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Obama is upset the serfs are learning economics

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ryanpatgray Posted: Fri, Feb 6 2009 4:27 PM

Via Breitbart:

Obama said ""You've got some economists and some folks who think they're economists. By the way, these days everybody thinks they're economists," he joked. "

Translation: If you disagree with me you are not a real economist.

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Arvin replied on Sat, Feb 7 2009 2:37 AM

Yes that guy is such a politician. Everything he says is tactical to the extreme. Today he said that we have to be responsible and act quickly. That is the same as saying that if you question him you are not being responsible, and therefor your argument is moot. It's all bullshit really, but hey, surprise surprise.

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Flash replied on Tue, Feb 10 2009 9:47 AM

Arvin:

Yes that guy is such a politician. Everything he says is tactical to the extreme. Today he said that we have to be responsible and act quickly. That is the same as saying that if you question him you are not being responsible, and therefor your argument is moot. It's all bullshit really, but hey, surprise surprise.

This is a good post, as is the original post. I think that he could be 'found out' a little bit quicker than most people expect, he's just not been around long enough for the general populus to pick up on the same observations.

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Spideynw replied on Tue, Feb 10 2009 10:01 AM

I think he is more upset about the Media, Ron Paul, and Peter Schiff.

At most, 5% of the population would need to stop complying to bring down the government.

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bearing01 replied on Tue, Feb 10 2009 10:32 AM

Unfortunately for Obama, the world now has the internet where people can find real information that is not tainted by the mainstream media to construct a view that government want's to portray.  Also, we've already been through the great depression and observed the effects of Hoover and Roosevelt's policies.  Internet is a way for those who remember or are educated to remind the rest of the truth.  If it weren't for the internet we would probably all be sitting around, again like in the 1930's,  cheering the idea of destroying cotton, pigs and potatoes to prop up prices while we are hungry and can't afford food.

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