Ok, there was a post encouraging Americans to vote. Any thoughts on the results?

[Wilful1]

I have been out of work for a while now because of the hep c and tx, so I have spent quite a bit of time watching the progress of the elections in the USA.  It was so heartwarming to see the positive reactions to the elections from so many parts of the world.  However, I do know our media can be biased, and I'm sure there were some very negative responses in the world, but I found it a moving event.  He is only a man and I hope he can hold on to his ideals for American and our children but, as we all know "power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely."
Wilful

[gauf]

p.s.s. I don't consider myself a radical. I believe in the free market system and the constitution. I believe that is still the American way.

[gauf]

P.S. I have many times cited my sources. Not one from any right wing blog. If you cite your sources than a point/counterpoint discussion can be discussed and any bias in those sources can be weighed.

[gauf]

The markets need to correct themselves. Roosevelt's tinkering just prolonged the recovery. Bush let spending get out of control and the dems pushed the banks into making bad loans. The bubble burst and the market has got to reset. If Obama, like Roosevelt, tinkers with the market (and he will), the pain will just be prolonged. I respect Buffet but he is in a unique position to profit.

[Andiamo1]

I knew they would get bailed out, why wouldn't Buffet?  Did you read the details of his investment?  He didn't bail them out. He made a very shrewd investment.  He is very highly respected by almost everyone but you.

By the way, I have yet to read moveon.org and I never heard of the daily kos.

The statement you made about Roosevelt is your opinion, not fact.  Tell me the move he made that prolonged the depression.   We just completed 8 years with no one interfering with the market.  How did that work our for you  (not to mention low taxes)?

By the way, I bought SKF a year ago June.  I traded it in and out a few times and made close to 170%.

If you want to understand what Roosevelt did, look at GDP during the years after he was elected and relate that to his programs.  Some of his programs were a waste of money and some were brilliant.  I am confident you will not be able to relate any negative changes in GDP to any of his programs.  Many of them did nothing at all except spend money and many had strong impact.  That is history and if you will put the time in, you can prove it to yourself.

You keep trying to paint me as left wing.  I am not.  I am quite willing to give right wing politicians credit when it is due and I am quite willing to give left wing politicians credit when it is due.  I am also willing to criticize both when they deserve it.

You won't even give right wing writers credence when they differ from your radical ideas.  I at least think that Kristol and David Brooks have brains and often say very perceptive things.

[gauf]

P.S. If Warren Buffet knew (and I believe he did) that GE was in trouble, why invest in a dying corp? I contend that he knew they were going to be bailed out. It is the only scenario that makes sense to me.

[gauf]

You always accuse me of being a victim of right wing propagandists. I get the impression you are completely influenced by left wing propagandists like moveon.org and the daily kos, but I digress. Roosevelt most certainly prolonged the depression by constantly interfering with the market. That is fact.