Gas Prices and the Repubs

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A war on porn is probably more important than fixing the economy...

The problem with these nutjobs is that they think that if they ban abortion, gay marriage, contraceptives, and porn, then God will swoop down, see how righteous we all are, and magically fix the economy.

Now THAT would be the invisible hand of the marketplace. What would we call it? Shinedown economics? Gracenomics?

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Well, if Obama would really do what he'd say he do, it'd be great. But I think that the US should bring stability to Afghanistan first.
Really, do something right for the first time in your history, please. Bring peace to Afghanistan, do not pull out until your work is done.

Well considering that ten years later things are just as messed up over ther as they ever were I see no reason to prolong this quagmire. Also Obama inherited this mess from dubya and his hawk buddies. Not to mention that there may be not one but two military actions in the same region depending how things play out with Israel and Syria. Related to gas prices further instability will only drive them up further.

Obama is merely a person. It doesn't matter whom he inherited anything, it is your country which is involved in these, not politicians.

This is a little bit of a red herring in that my point is that the Republicans have essentially expressed support for at least two further military actions. There is an exit strategy in place which calls for troops to be out by 2013. I don't see how us sticking around is going to help anyone, especially since support for the US led occupation is at an all time low. The Republicans essentially want to cut Medicaid, Medicare, safety net type programs and simultanaously cut taxes for the rich while increasing military spending by billions. Then to boot they are gung ho about two new military actions that will no doubt further destabilize the middle east and drive up gas prices even further. This is all good for the economy how?