You know, I was going to pipe up and say that didn't think you were a "liberal" as defined by some of the wingnuts on this board but I didn't want to vouch for you.

4/23/2008 7:34:13 PM

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"****Please keep this intellectual, blatant personal attacks just makes what you stand for less credible****"

14 words later......

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"I hate liberals"

4/23/2008 8:17:07 PM

What is everyones most important issue when it comes to voting?

4/26/2008 3:09:37 AM

the economy

4/26/2008 3:14:11 AM

and to go further...what do you view as the number one factor relating to the economy and i say iraq war

4/26/2008 3:17:18 AM

^Try again.

Wars usually boost the economy while they are going on. The negative effects aren't felt until years later.

The number one factor affecting the economy is obviously the sub-prime mortgage meltdown.

Number 2 is clearly rising energy prices.

4/26/2008 3:24:20 AM

well the war has caused the US to borrow and print more money, which has devalued the dollar.

I blame our economic situation on the falling dollar too.

4/26/2008 1:52:39 PM

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"The number one factor affecting the economy is obviously the sub-prime mortgage meltdown."

What about the collapse of the U.S. Dollar? That alone can be given a strong contributory effect on energy prices and a whole host of other ills.

[Edited on April 26, 2008 at 2:45 PM. Reason : ^ As TF said.]

4/26/2008 2:45:08 PM

The rise in price of energy can be a complicated issue. It's important to look at the REAL price, than you see that only the number figure changes, it must be indexed to inflation to find the real price. The real price of gasoline has been more about the supply/demand factors surrounding the industry. The increase in real terms is because of the instability in the market and a main factor in this instability is the war, although that is not the only factor. It's also important to point at that once your pay check is adjusted according to inflation (which takes time) than if nothing in the gas market changed on the supply/demand side of the market than there would be no more or less pressure on your wallet.

4/26/2008 2:57:03 PM

Ahh, but the weak dollar can be blamed on the sub-prime thing. Afterall, nothing will devalue your current more than convincing evidence that it is unsafe to invest in your nation's economy.

4/26/2008 2:57:50 PM

The dollar was weak before the subprime collapse, however. Which seems to indicate that it's unlikely that it caused the dollar's decline.

(I'm aware, however, that you're likely being facetious.)

4/26/2008 3:04:00 PM