Comments on: Barnes Defends Gramm: Americans Are ‘Whining All The Way Through’ The Bad Economy

By: gonavy

gonavy — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:00:35 +0000

Well, I can only speak from my own experiences. But, I know a few people who wear $200 heels, drive the newest model of BMW, regularly go to spas, and live in half a million to one million dollar homes. These people have not had to cut down on their vacations or their spending, gas or food. And yet they are always the ones to start complaining about the high prices. I know these people, and they know my situation, so I ask them “What high prices are you referring to?” It’s always a conversation killer because they are complaining about their manacures or what they spent while on vacation. They are whining, and they know it. The winers are those who do not take personal responsibility for their own actions, but expect someone to help them out when they get in a financial jam. This group of people that I speak of has gotten themselves into many financial jams. They spend more than they make and refuse to cut down on their wants.
We have become a spoiled society. We expect to be given a credit card and allowed to spend freely. We expect to get a 0 down payment mortgage, even if we have bad credit. We expect to drive off the lot in a new car every 2 years. We have done this to ourselves and it’s now time to face the consequences. We have to change our financial attitudes, otherwise our children will expect all of this and more.

By: BloggerRadio.com

BloggerRadio.com — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 21:09:51 +0000

Anyone have Fred Barnes’ Fox or Home address and telephone number? Phil Gramm’s … a telephone number to reach ‘em at their mansions would be ideal … I wanna leave a message with their slaves … oops, I meant butlers/maids.

By: BloggerRadio.com

BloggerRadio.com — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 20:20:19 +0000

Fox? Thank goodness someone watches Fox so they can report the goings-on to the rest of us … I wouldn’t watch that group of whack-jobs if it was the only broadcast still in existence.

When we finally storm the Bastille, let’s see if any of these old-rich-bois (McCain, Gramm & Fred Barnes) whine when they’re bent-over and receiving their just-deserts.

WE-THE-PEOPLE have been bent-over for 8 years now … let’s test to compare how long it’ll take one of those rich, NeoCon, girlie-men to start whining.

By: marlow

marlow — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 18:26:18 +0000

Of course, I wouldn’t be thinking about that until I’d emptied all of his bank accounts and donated his estate to the ACLU.

By: marlow

marlow — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 18:24:37 +0000

If I woke up one day as Fred Barnes, I don’t think all the showers in the world would make me feel clean.

By: zenster666

zenster666 — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 06:12:04 +0000

Krugman says that oil speculation is not the prime mover in setting the price. But isn’t he just pleading for calm?

By: Innocent Bystander

Innocent Bystander — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 06:07:54 +0000

If Barnes wasn’t gainfully subsidized giving lip-service to/for RW Republican media organizations and actually had to earn a living , like real Americans, he’d sing a different tune. But the wingnut welfare requires that he trash this country to get his check.

By: green

green — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 03:57:32 +0000

It’s interesting that some right wing politicians, pundits and the trolls so conveniently distance themselves from real Americans. “It’s a mental recession,” “Americans are whining,” blah, blah, blah. These people who are judging and belittling us don’t have a clue about us. And they blather on and on attempting to frame the debate. Most of the American people are hurting and are worried about the future – but these folks don’t give a sh!t – plain and simple. For many years now they have been bent and determined to destroy the middle class and those aspiring. They may have succeeded – to their own detriment as well. I smell revolution in the air.

By: pluege

pluege — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 03:47:01 +0000

all mccain has to do is invite Americans to a mccain BBQ at the lake and all whining immediately stops.

By: piniella

piniella — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 02:43:46 +0000

We should start calling Gramm and his defenders “elitists.”

By: Bilbo Hussein Baggins

Bilbo Hussein Baggins — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:47:45 +0000

jabberjaw Says:

You know, no one here is buying your shit so why don’t you just give it up. The people here are not so stupid in that they would throw away their vote on Nader. I’m fairly sure that most of them remember that it is partly thanks to Nader that we have Bush. If the people who voted for Nader had voted for Gore, then the Supremes would not have had the opportunity to hand the presidency to George.

By: Bilbo Hussein Baggins

Bilbo Hussein Baggins — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:44:10 +0000

I think that Fox may be making a big mistake here. I am quite sure that most of the Fox audience is hurting financially. After all, they are the “low-information” voters that tend to be at the lower end of the socioeconomic scale. With Fox continuing with the “we are all whiners” theme, they are really insulting their audience. Could be the best thing to happen in a long time. Perhaps these people will finally turn their backs on Fox and find a place where they can become truly informed.

By: pbg

pbg — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:42:48 +0000

“whiners” trumps ‘bitter.’

And Phil Gramm trumps Jeremiah Wright.

Not that he had much of a chance to begin with, but this ends John McCain’s candidacy.

By: Marie

Marie — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:08:09 +0000

Why don’t these rich b@sturds just STFU on the economy and how people are suffering today. People stormed the Bastille for attitudes such as Barnes unabashedly displays.

By: kassandrasduplex

kassandrasduplex — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:34:08 +0000

Here’s a modest proposal: return the Ruling Class to the days of New Deal 70% TAXATION, what we used to know as PROGRESSIVE TAXATION. Then let’s see who’s whining…
Until then, each time I turn on my computer I eagerly search for news of a revolt and burnings and be-headings and the like. But sadly, am disappointed every time.
This “let them eat cake” type stuff didn’t go over with the French! Whassup with Americans?

By: kassandrasduplex

kassandrasduplex — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:31:21 +0000

Wayne Says:
Is it “low class” to want to slap Barnes with a tire tool?

No, actually, that would be “high” class. Slapping him with a tire iron is lower class. Take your pick, however as both approaches are appropriate.

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:24:28 +0000

Could this sort of talk explain why the fox market share has dropped so? No one feeling the hurt of the higher cost of living would consider themselves ‘whining’, so it’s got to be alienataing some of the normal fox audience. If you don’t hear the condescending tone then you must be as out-of-touch as these asses.

By: texaslady

texaslady — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:04:48 +0000

Anyone listening to the people making over $500,000 will hear the scream of how much taxes they pay and how so many others are getting a free ride. Yet, on the same hand these people will write off many thousands as “company business”. Strange how that works.
So how about reworking the system change EIC but also change what can and cannot be charged off as company write off.

By: StratRat

StratRat — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:00:58 +0000

And can anyone tell me what Gramm and Barnes and their ilk have contributed in Real Value to the US economy over that time to justify such remuneration?

Well, they catapult the propoganda for the GOP. That’s where their value lies. It is hard work keeping millions of Low Information Voters (LIV) distracted and unpatriotic.

By: ralph the wonder llama

ralph the wonder llama — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:57:16 +0000

StratRat Says:

It would be entirely naive to think that Gramm has limited his income in the last few years to merely ‘half a mil’.

And can anyone tell me what Gramm and Barnes and their ilk have contributed in Real Value to the US economy over that time to justify such remuneration?