pippin;357823 Wrote: > as I said, it was the impression I got. I am very well aware that > impressions don't always fit reality in every detail. Here in Berlin, > for example, they "solved" the problem of too many homeless people > lurking around in public places by simply pushing them out of the city > center. They are still there, you just don't see them. US cities may > have had similar strategies.
let me just point to you a book called "Bias" by Bernard Goldberg. one of the things he talks about is the bias of news coverage. in the 80's and during bush Sr term, the press OBSESSED with the homeless issue. it was ridiculous really. and then something miraculous happened, clinton solved the homeless issue! except that, he didn't. the stats bear it out, he did NOTHING for the homeless, zilch, zero. but the press suddenly decided, after 10+ years it wasn't an issue anymore, so you, [meaning anyone] would think the issue was solved. it wasn't. that an example of bias in our media, and i'd argue, its liberal in origin. again, the facts are documented in the book. we also btw, try to "zone" homeless out of certain areas. the homeless in america are by in large not economic victims, but drug/alcohol related, and / or mentally ill. the liberals, way back when in their wisdom, fought to have the state release the mentally ill onto the streets if they weren't a danger to anyone. big mistake. pippin;357823 Wrote: > On th other hand: > 1. Your economic argument sounds a bit one-sided to me. It's true that > the 90s saw a steady economic upturn but so did the 80s and obviously > you would readily attribute this to the policies of the Reagan > administration instead of the dramatically declining oil price after > the energy crisis of the 70s. I do believe that there is such thing as > good or bad economic policy and you even though you typically don't see > the effect of that for the first 2-3 years you DO see it within eight > years. come on... yes, cheaper oil helped, but cutting tax rates from 70% to 28% for the highest bracket was the real engine of change, as was cuttng capital gains and all the rest of it. pippin;357823 Wrote: > it looks like a pretty clear vote in favor of a change from how it is > now. For the moment, I think that's a pretty big chance! too bad it seems like its going to be a change to socialism. the problem is we don't even know if thats the plan. we heard "change" for 2 years, we never heard change to what, how, when, or why. -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 (primary) / SBR (secondary) / SBC - w/SC 7.3b - Win XP Pro SP3 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram - D-Link DIR-655 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54678 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
