Colin Powell Endorses Obama

[Tim Bonney]

[Tom Parker]

[Tim Bonney]

[Tom Parker]

Tim:

You said:'He is a consumate salesman. And a great salesman says what he needs to say to make the sale. But deep down I don't really think Mitt cares about abortion or gay marriage or the Tea Party. He just wants their votes and they are going to be really disappointed if he wins because he won't really be their President."

Personally I think his public position on abortion is just to get folks like Southern Baptists who are often one issue voters to vote for him.

I agree with you if he gets elected he will do what previous Republican presidents have done about abortion--not much.

[Haruo]

I think Romney is Beijing's candidate, and they had him run because they were afraid Obama might turn out to be Muslim after all and might fund insurgents in Urumqi.

[Haruo]

That last post was off the wall tongue in cheek, although I do think Romney has made money off China and stands to make much more there if elected.

[William Thornton]

[KeithE]

[Haruo]

But at least in Romney's case we have every reason to think he won't do what he now says he will. Because of progressive revelation theory. (I think that's the biggest difference between Mormonism and Islam. As it is between Islam and Bahá'í.)

[Sandy]

[William Thornton]

[Neil Heath]

I saw last week that the Salt Lake City paper endorsed Obama, saying there were too many MItts to know which one was the real one. I think the NY Times also endorsed Obama.

[KeithE]

[William Thornton]

[Dave Roberts]

[Ed Pettibone]

[Dave Roberts]

The space race was a giant government stimulus of scientific and manufacturing research and development. Personal computers were born out of the government funded research from the space race, especially the Apollo Program. LBJ brought home some of the biggest bacon ever issued when the Johnson Space Center was built outside Houston (most of which was moved from Langley AFB in VA). There were many dead-ends funded here as well as the richly successful. It certainly also paved the way for satellite communications technology.

The space shuttle program was again a gigantic research investment that furthered satellite technology, space research like the Hubbell, and invested heavily in the technology of materials manufacture and development that would have not come to fruition without the stimulus of these areas.

The 1980's arm's race certainly favored major defense contractors as well as the heavy investment in technologies such as cruise missles and smart bombs. The government chose the industries to be favored at the expense of others. Again, it was a major stimulus of the economy during the 1980's. If you doubt the favoritism, look at the growth of Northrup-Grumman during those years.

Romney also favors a stimulus for shipbuilding that again will reflect government favor for one part of the economy. It seems that we only assume it's a stimulus if it doesn't favor something we like. Otherwise, it's just a natural government expense.

[Haruo]

Ed, you're misattributing by not using the Quote feature correctly. William did not write "Your dismissiveness is showing again William. Read 1 and 2 again", nor did Dave write "You are not paying attention: #1 been there, done that, nothing new #2 Tax increase", and you did not write the words the Dave did write...

[Ed Pettibone]

[Haruo]

[Haruo]