Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is an ultra conservative. So is the Ayatollah Khamenei and the Iranian government. The only hope for the future is for another revolution in Iran that would install a more liberal, progressive government.

Conservative leaders in the middle east are the problem.

DON'T VOTE.......it only encourages the basterds.

I think if Thomas Jefferson were to come back today, he would give Glenn Beck a good swift kick in the azz and tell him how F'd up he is about the founding fathers ideas for this country.

That's what happens when conservatives are in control.

Sounds like a lot of good Irish names.

Hmmmm.....last time the Russians were fighting the Afghans, we supplied them with "Stinger" missles to take out the Soviet helicopters.

And all the Iranians are shipping in is generic explosives? Disguised as kitchenware?

There is a big difference between reading to EDUCATE yourself and reading propaganda.

It's a very lengthy article but let's start with the beginning of the piece.

In the OP:

"This was demonstrated in the late 1920s after the stock market crashed. In a panic, the government, under enormous public pressure, cut off free trade under the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act by imposing heavy taxes (a socialist idea) on imports. This slowed down international trade and killed millions of jobs in America."

"These taxes were ‘protectionist’ measures that liberals always use to ‘protect’ jobs, when in fact the overall result was to kill jobs, as it is today.

"*imposing heavy taxes on imports (liberal idea) "


Here are the facts:

Smoot was a Republican from Utah and chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. Willis C. Hawley, a Republican from Oregon, was chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee.

When campaigning for president during 1928, one of Republican Herbert Hoover's promises to help beleaguered farmers had been to increase tariffs of agricultural products. Hoover won, and Republicans maintained comfortable majorities in the House and the Senate during 1928. Hoover then asked Congress for an increase of tariff rates for agricultural goods and a decrease of rates for industrial goods.

In May 1930, a petition was signed by 1028 economists in the U.S. asking Republican President Hoover to veto the legislation, organized by Paul Douglas, Irving Fisher, James TFG Wood, Frank Graham, Ernest Patterson, Henry Seager, Frank Taussig, and Clair Wilcox. Automobile executive Henry Ford spent an evening at the White House trying to convince Hoover to veto the bill, calling it "an economic stupidity". J. P. Morgan's chief executive Thomas W. Lamont said he "almost went down on my knees to beg Herbert Hoover to veto the asinine Hawley-Smoot tariff."

Hoover yielded to influence from his own party and business leaders and signed the bill.

Franklin D. Roosevelt spoke against the act while campaigning for president during 1932.

I could go on and on.....the original article posted is really a bunch of propaganda and Hogwash!

That article is nothing more than conservative propaganda. Hogwash!

I think Stewart is really on to something with the rally.

I also think he is going to draw a crowd to DC that will dwarf that of the idiot Glenn Beck.

And coupled with Colberts planned march to "Keep fear alive".......this is going to be great!

You ever listen to "Coast to Coast" radio?

George Noory fan here.......

....and when the seal was opened, a third of the sea died....

They didn't get a full presidential pardon....their sentences were commuted. There's a big difference.

Mine would say:

1. I'm having a problem with ____ at the house...can you fix it?

2. The Jeep won't start....can you fix it?

Ya, and that was Bush from Texas that had them sent to prison. Their names are Campean & Ramos.....they shot a drug smuggler and got sentenced to 12 years by Bush.

I missed you!

Sure, spending is always a problem. Arizona is about to receive millions in federal funds.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced Monday that Arizona will receive nearly $212 million aimed at keeping thousands of teachers in the classroom this school year.

Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/2010/09/13/20100913cash-for-state-jobs.html#ixzz0zW7nVZq4

All you hear about the conservative state of Arizona and Jan Brewer is SB 1070. Seems like our conservative State Government bi!tches about spending but holds their hand out when the Feds show them $$.

All the States are guilty of this. They complain about it but want their fair share of the $$.

I agree that it would be much better if American Owned companies were heading up these projects.....and I blame the American companies for their failure to get with the program here.

Sure, profits are going to foriegn companies but there are still many components and US labor involved in the manufacturing, construction and operation of the plants.

Look at Toyota....how many people does Toyota employ in the USA? Thousands and thousands. I know they have plants all over the USA from California to Texas to Indiana, Kentuckey, Alabama & Mississippi.

Abengoa Solar Inc. is a multi-national corporation....seems like all the big companies are multi-nationals these days. It is a global economy.

He has already back-pedaled from his statement. Rep Boehner has clarified his comment that he wants the tax cuts for everyone to be extended....even the wealthy.

The thing that amazes me is that it seems all the republicans want to continue the tax cuts for the wealthy. And now I believe the FOX polls show that a majority of Americans want it extended to the wealthy also.

People have been brain washed by FOX.

I believe it should be extended for the middle class but not the wealthy.

It seems that anything the President does, the republicans bi!tch about how it will add to the deficit. But when it is pointed out that by extending the cuts to the wealthy, it adds to the deficit some $700 billion, they don't want to have that conversation.

All they want to do is torpedo anything this administration proposes.

I think it will be just the opposite. These companies are hoping for the government to get involved....to help subsidize the start up of operations to keep the price spike down.

Right now, there are rebates and tax incentives to switch to solar. There are many companies starting up here in Arizona but are having a tough time getting off the ground due to the economy.

We also only have 2 primary utlity providers here in AZ and both are jumping on the bandwagon to get into green energy. They both seem to view it as the wave of the future....and these are huge companies.

It's very hard these days to get power plants built. I think the last major plant built here...Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station (I believe it's still the largest nuke plant in the USA) was built back in the 1970's. And that project must have sat on the table being debated for 10 years before they ever built it.

Nothing happens fast....people need to be patient and keep the ball rolling in the direction of solar energy.