# PolitiSUCK **URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/c/politisuck/14.md?page=8 [Latest](https://forums.speedlife.net/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forums.speedlife.net/categories.md) **Page:** 9 --- ## [Edmonds: Taxpayers Paid $24,000 per Cash-for-Clunkers Vehicle](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/edmonds-taxpayers-paid-24-000-per-cash-for-clunkers-vehicle/75470)
**Author:** [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2009, 7:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/edmonds-taxpayers-paid-24-000-per-cash-for-clunkers-vehicle/75470 "2009-10-29T07:12:54Z")
http://www.edmunds.com/help/about/press/159446/article.html Wait… what? I was hoping they’d have a more detailed explanation on their site. If it’s not exact, or even if the number is off, that still sucks. inbeforewh… --- ## [New Yorkers leaving at alarming rate](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-yorkers-leaving-at-alarming-rate/75433)
**Author:** [@glitch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/glitch)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2009, 1:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-yorkers-leaving-at-alarming-rate/75433 "2009-10-28T13:39:44Z")
New Yorkers Leaving At An Alarming Rate NEW YORK (WIVB) - Taxes and fees may be driving New Yorkers out of the state at an alarming rate. The Empire Center for New York State Policy said about 8% of the state’s populat… --- ## [New funding for ACORN in unrelated consumer protection agency](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-funding-for-acorn-in-unrelated-consumer-protection-agency/75442)
**Author:** [@Eazy716](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Eazy716)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2009, 1:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-funding-for-acorn-in-unrelated-consumer-protection-agency/75442 "2009-10-28T13:32:22Z")
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/How-Dems-outmaneuvered-GOP-on-ACORN-66727072.html Last Thursday was a confusing day at the House Financial Services Committee. The committee was preparing to vote on legislati… --- ## [Why are you successful AND lean left?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-are-you-successful-and-lean-left/75417)
**Author:** [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2009, 11:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-are-you-successful-and-lean-left/75417 "2009-10-28T11:04:32Z")
Mobuzzkill4u has brought this up a couple of times. So, here’s why I’m young with a promising future and a (slight in my case) lefty twist: #1 - After we learned some things from the great depression, we came up with G… --- ## [So the Libertarian party...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-the-libertarian-party/75194)
**Author:** [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2009, 6:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-the-libertarian-party/75194 "2009-10-28T06:56:24Z")
…seems like the republican party without the corporate sponsorships. What are your thoughts? --- ## [Tipping Point](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tipping-point/75378)
**Author:** [@rskrause](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rskrause)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2009, 3:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tipping-point/75378 "2009-10-28T03:51:02Z")
Total US population: ~308M Total civilian people who are employed: ~145M Employed by the Government (Federal, State, and Local): 22M People receiving SS and SSDI: ~56M Incarcerated: ~1M On welfare: very hard to pin … --- ## [Team Obama gets big FU from the networks](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/team-obama-gets-big-fu-from-the-networks/75254)
**Author:** [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2009, 7:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/team-obama-gets-big-fu-from-the-networks/75254 "2009-10-26T07:44:49Z")
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/10/23/white-house-loses-bid-exclude-fox-news-pay-czar-interview/ And for those that won’t click it because it’s a Fox link, here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/23/white-hous… --- ## [Why is faux not reporting about this?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-is-faux-not-reporting-about-this/75259)
**Author:** [@A.J](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/A.J)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2009, 2:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-is-faux-not-reporting-about-this/75259 "2009-10-25T14:44:35Z")
Over 300,000 people called their congress representatives the other day in support for health care reform and yet Faux News continues to ignore the event? I searched all over including their own website and cannot find e… --- ## [republicans, the DOD and the White House "for rape"](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/republicans-the-dod-and-the-white-house-for-rape/75181)
**Author:** [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2009, 8:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/republicans-the-dod-and-the-white-house-for-rape/75181 "2009-10-21T20:59:28Z")
I thought we could have a nice talk about this one… http://www.republicansforrape.org/legislators/ see for the backstory: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/15/jon-stewart-takes-on-30-r\_n\_321985.html --- ## [lol @ Buffalo News today](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lol-buffalo-news-today/74947)
**Author:** [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2009, 8:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lol-buffalo-news-today/74947 "2009-10-21T20:33:46Z")
Budget picard \[http://media.buffalonews.com/smedia/2009/10/15/22/101609top.standalone.prod\_affiliate.50.jpg\] http://www.buffalonews.com/home/story/829255.html --- ## [Oklahoma - Wow (abortions listing)](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oklahoma-wow-abortions-listing/75045)
**Author:** [@ILC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILC)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2009, 9:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oklahoma-wow-abortions-listing/75045 "2009-10-21T09:57:36Z")
Abortion rights groups have filed a lawsuit to try to block the new law, which requires women seeking abortions to provide doctors with answers to 34 questions including their age, marital status and education levels, a… --- ## [Figures Show Buffalo Remains Third Poorest in the Nation](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/figures-show-buffalo-remains-third-poorest-in-the-nation/74215)
**Author:** [@Avatar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Avatar)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2009, 7:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/figures-show-buffalo-remains-third-poorest-in-the-nation/74215 "2009-10-10T07:40:58Z")
Figures… :deadhorse2: http://www.buffalonews.com/cityregion/buffaloerie/story/812361.html --- ## [California back in the red. (out of money)](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/california-back-in-the-red-out-of-money/74662)
**Author:** [@Penfold](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Penfold)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2009, 1:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/california-back-in-the-red-out-of-money/74662 "2009-10-10T01:06:02Z")
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=ahpLpu9sKLyY So after guaranteeing next years tax revenues to debt to pay for this year’s deficit, CA already needs more money. I honestly don’t know how they will ev… --- ## [LOL! \[NY budget deficit grows to $3B\]](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lol-ny-budget-deficit-grows-to-3b/74578)
**Author:** [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2009, 4:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lol-ny-budget-deficit-grows-to-3b/74578 "2009-10-08T16:46:15Z")
http://www.buffalonews.com/home/story/821562.html :bigclap: good job paterson! --- ## [Didn't know Big Bird was so political](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/didnt-know-big-bird-was-so-political/74475)
**Author:** [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2009, 3:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/didnt-know-big-bird-was-so-political/74475 "2009-10-06T15:00:40Z")
http://www.hulu.com/watch/99370/the-tonight-show-with-conan-obrien-sesame-street-does-health-care :slight\_smile: --- ## [Latest Erie County Budget Proposal](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/latest-erie-county-budget-proposal/74336)
**Author:** [@Avatar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Avatar)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2009, 1:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/latest-erie-county-budget-proposal/74336 "2009-10-02T13:43:22Z")
http://www.buffalonews.com/home/story/814985.html http://wwww.erie.gov/exec/?office-of-budget.html I like this a lot. Way to go, Chris. Keep cutting and streamlining government. --- ## [what happned here? \[Rep. Jack Murtha\]](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-happned-here-rep-jack-murtha/74341)
**Author:** [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2009, 1:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-happned-here-rep-jack-murtha/74341 "2009-10-02T13:22:06Z")
What is Murtha doing? is this video doctored? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywgUCdefSW8&feature=player\_embedded --- ## [The Secret Effort to Kill Health Care Reform](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-secret-effort-to-kill-health-care-reform/74165)
**Author:** [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2009, 12:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-secret-effort-to-kill-health-care-reform/74165 "2009-10-02T12:29:24Z")
According to internal documents obtained by Rolling Stone, right wing groups have been coordinating “in a plot to unleash irate mobs at town-hall meetings.” “Far from representing a spontaneous upwelling of populist rag… --- ## [FDIC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fdic/74142)
**Author:** [@Penfold](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Penfold)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2009, 9:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fdic/74142 "2009-09-29T09:20:11Z")
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33060959/ns/business-us\_business/ In a nutshell the FDIC is out of money and is asking the banks to pay their fees early so it has reserve cash on hand while at the same time allowing those b… --- ## [Something I agree with Obama on.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-i-agree-with-obama-on/74091)
**Author:** [@Penfold](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Penfold)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2009, 6:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-i-agree-with-obama-on/74091 "2009-09-29T06:53:26Z")
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090927/ap\_on\_re\_us/us\_more\_school “Our school calendar is based upon the agrarian economy and not too many of our kids are working the fields today,” Education Secretary Arne Duncan said in… --- ## [Second Amendment rights?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/second-amendment-rights/74113)
**Author:** [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2009, 1:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/second-amendment-rights/74113 "2009-09-28T13:08:29Z")
I wonder if I am on the Terrorist watch list. If I am put on this list of more than a million people they don’t want me to have a gun. How simple, just throw everyone on the list and yank their rights from them. Serio… --- ## [You know those "unbias" economists telling us the recession is over?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/you-know-those-unbias-economists-telling-us-the-recession-is-over/73777)
**Author:** [@97\_B18b1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/97_B18b1)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2009, 11:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/you-know-those-unbias-economists-telling-us-the-recession-is-over/73777 "2009-09-26T23:34:26Z")
Ya, the fed owns them too… http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/07/priceless-how-the-federal\_n\_278805.html --- ## [Obama Will Spend More on Welfare NEXT YEAR than Bush Spent on the Entire Iraq War](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/obama-will-spend-more-on-welfare-next-year-than-bush-spent-on-the-entire-iraq-war/73981)
**Author:** [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2009, 11:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/obama-will-spend-more-on-welfare-next-year-than-bush-spent-on-the-entire-iraq-war/73981 "2009-09-26T23:31:11Z")
I encourage you to check this out, it’s a fascinating read. I had no idea that we spent so much on welfare and how rapidly it is increasing. Take a look and discuss: http://www.heritage.org/Research/Welfare/upload/SR… --- ## [Another tax for "free" healthcare.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-tax-for-free-healthcare/74032)
**Author:** [@klug](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/klug)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2009, 2:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-tax-for-free-healthcare/74032 "2009-09-26T02:22:08Z")
taxes taxes taxes http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090925/ap\_on\_go\_co/us\_health\_care\_overhaul --- ## [Protectionism and Trade wars- v. China](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/protectionism-and-trade-wars-v-china/73456)
**Author:** [@Penfold](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Penfold)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2009, 6:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/protectionism-and-trade-wars-v-china/73456 "2009-09-22T06:58:41Z")
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a9igRzOC55wE This is certainly something to keep an eye and hope it doesn’t escalate. --- ## [Paterson finally pulls the race card](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/paterson-finally-pulls-the-race-card/72430)
**Author:** [@PureXTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PureXTC)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2009, 5:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/paterson-finally-pulls-the-race-card/72430 "2009-09-21T05:34:30Z")
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2009/08/21/2009-08-21\_gov\_david\_paterson\_blames\_call\_for\_.html No it’s not the huge budget gap or anything. Maybe he’s too blind to see that we elected a black president! --- ## [Paladino: Putting his foot back in the political door](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/paladino-putting-his-foot-back-in-the-political-door/73539)
**Author:** [@tpgsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tpgsr)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2009, 1:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/paladino-putting-his-foot-back-in-the-political-door/73539 "2009-09-16T13:34:33Z")
He gave Micky a bunch of $$, and now he is paying to air this commercial: http://www.roadflares.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/blog-carl\_paladino\_9-1.mp3 I am impressed! Also he somehow got his hand on this and b… --- ## [Looking for an article...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-for-an-article/73597)
**Author:** [@PureXTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PureXTC)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2009, 9:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-for-an-article/73597 "2009-09-16T09:40:21Z")
I’m looking for the rumored article about Kearns being called a racist for his accusations towards Byron Brown. I need something to laugh at. --- ## ["YOU LIE" \[Congressman Joe Wilson comment thread\]](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/you-lie-congressman-joe-wilson-comment-thread/73314)
**Author:** [@rugsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rugsr)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2009, 11:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/you-lie-congressman-joe-wilson-comment-thread/73314 "2009-09-15T11:53:38Z")
Hahaha a guy from work just showed this to me. Im almost positive this guy got his ass BEAT afterwards. I forgot the womans name in the back next to Biden but look at her face…HAHAHA she sux btw Then Joe shakes his … --- ## [The quiet Coup](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-quiet-coup/73502)
**Author:** [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2009, 1:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-quiet-coup/73502 "2009-09-14T13:07:51Z")
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200905/imf-advice read and then discuss… I think it ties a lot of things together really well. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/c/politisuck/14.md?page=7) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/c/politisuck/14.md?page=9)