tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34286346.post4980528571107034407..comments2023-05-05T06:35:54.350-04:00Comments on The Best Way to Have a Good Idea is to Have Lots: "Words Mean Something!" - ObamaJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07540465146418344229noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34286346.post-58381108658192392942008-09-09T22:02:00.000-04:002008-09-09T22:02:00.000-04:00It really made me wonder if Obama has been reading...It really made me wonder if Obama has been reading this blog...Venicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09942914639293844444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34286346.post-44807470863078401572008-09-08T21:42:00.000-04:002008-09-08T21:42:00.000-04:00Actually, Barack stole MY line that I wrote in Jan...Actually, Barack stole MY line that I wrote in January: "Words matter to me." A cop made a careless comment, quoted in the newspaper, that bugged me.<BR/><BR/>Sigh. Barack and I- soulmates.Stamford Talkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10145856659548079358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34286346.post-69217907812333563232008-09-08T11:56:00.000-04:002008-09-08T11:56:00.000-04:00ha! i saw that words-mean-something quote and thou...ha! i saw that words-mean-something quote and thought WAIT! obama just stole john's line! some other interesting quotes i saw recently were mccain's and obama's initial reactions to the fannie mae freddie mac bailout:<BR/><BR/>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122064650145404781.html<BR/><BR/>Mccain says: "his goal is to make the companies 'go away' and to push for regulation that 'limits their ability to borrow, shrinks their size until they are no longer a threat to our economy and privatizes and eliminates their links to the government.'"<BR/><BR/>note the republican candidate is arguing for more regulation here... <BR/><BR/>obama says: "the companies are a 'weird blend' and that 'if these are public entities, then they've got to get out of the profit-making business, and if they're private entities, then we don't bail them out.'"<BR/><BR/>so that sounds to me like these guys are positioning themselves as regulators in exactly the opposite way that they supposedly ought to based on party lines... the world is turning upside down!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09655601351157857847noreply@blogger.com