Will Warren Buffett be appointed Secty of Treasury by President Obama?

Warren Buffet would probably be the best addition to the government since Bush. He is smart, he probably knows more about the economy than anyone else alive, however unfortunetly he is supporting Obama. Clearly there must be something wrong with his head! Delirium setting in a couple years early is my guess.

Why is Bush now to referred to as "Lame Duck"?

Probably because he is a scapegoat for the fools at the democratic congresses failures. Even if this bailout fails its not his responsibility. It would be the treasurys or the congresses fault for proposing or passing a faulty bill.

Bush IS a Lame Duck due to Democracy alone.

And by lame duck you mean?

Comparing Warren Buffet to Bush is quite a stretch. If Buffet ever borrowed money from bin laden's banker (not that he would ever have stooped so low) he wouldn't have screwed it up.

Lame Duck = as close to powerless an American President can be.

The relationship between Buffet and Bin Laden is..... loose at best. Bin Laden was seen as a good alternative to using US troops. It was less of a relation between Bush and Bin Laden and more of a relation between Bin Laden and the US government.

Bush's original relationship with associates of bin laden had nothing to do with the US government. Buffet has never had a relationship with associates of bin laden.

Im not criticizing Buffet. Buffet is a good man. However let me remind you that Bush, (and McCain for that matter) never had any connection with the weathermans. Or a anti white church. You want to mention a shady history how about Obama? And Bush and Bin Laden didnt really have a direct relationship. It was a connection between the two of there familys if i remember correctly.

Actually McCain recently formed a very strong alliance with a woman who provided support (with in the last year!) for a group who wants to literally remove a state from the union. That groups rhetoric is as disturbing. I very much doubt that Obama's discussions with Ayers ever included anything about destroying the Union.

Reverend Wrights church is not anti-white but rather anti--anti-black or rather, anti-racist.

Bush's relationship was with bin laden's banker. If binladen was a banker he probably would have dealt with him directly.

My original point was that your comparison of Bush and Buffet is an insult to Buffet.

Well you broke off by insulting Bush, bush who is a man of character and principles. And i dont think Reverend white is anti racist. Considering he called Obama a few racist words when he was caught on tape. "talking down the black man" I believe he said. Seems to me thats pretty racist.
Im not really sure what you mean by strong alliance with a women who provided support for a group who wants to literally remove a state from the union but i gaurentee you, what the weatherman wanted to do was much worse.
Bush is a successful president by most standards. Most current problems that are not directly part of the war is the senates responsibilty and you should probably direct any failures on there part to the democratic party.

Bush should have never went to iraq. That's where most of the problems of today's situation lie. 7 years after 911 and still fiddle farting around in Afghanistan and trying to figure out how to close the door on Iraq after realizing it should have never been opened in the first place.

The stock market and credit crisis can be blamed on nothing other than corporate greed and the allowance of politicians to be getting ass kissed by lobbyists everywhere they go. Until you guys sort out that problem I'm afraid the situation is going to continue to fail.

it wasn't Wright that said that it was that other black guy...anyway.... using an example of a black man taking shots at another black man as an example of racism seems like another stretch to me.

mork, you belong in Canada.

So your saying we should have ignored a direct threat to the american people! Risked the lives of innocent civilians because you dont want to have to pay a little extra! Tell me, how many people are going to die because of the iraq war? Now tell me how many would die if we hadnt attacked and they had w.o.m.d.s? I admit they didnt however every threat should have an immediate response. Plus this will act as a detterant to countrys who would risk attacking us knowing that the same thing that happened to iraq could happen to them.

...or maybe France.

Are you saying that a black man cant be racist about another black man? That seems awfully racist of you mork :)

What direct threat? There was no WMD! If hubdub were around at that time I could prove that even I could have told you that in 2003. America will soon be weaker than ever due to overstretching and that is not going to be much of a deterrent.

Thanks Erik. We as Canadians are proud of the fact we stood up and won when America wanted to expand their border north.

So we should have ignored the threat of a WMD? I dont care if there is only a small chance of it being there every threat to the american people should be investigated! Dont you agree?

I'm sorry but two black guys talking black race issues amongst themselves <- none of my business

just forget it mork. dragon is only trying to stir you up

And yet the us government is your business? Pretty fickle.

The list is too long dragon. That's why aggression was not a reasonable option.

What happens in the US has a major impact on Canada and most other places in the world for that fact. We cannot be not involved.

I agree the list is long. Thats why a deterant was so neccessary! Let me put it to you this way,
Ever since the invasion we havent:
1: been attacked my a nuclear missle
2: Had an invasion on us soil
3: Lost a war
4: Had a wmd endanger us lives
Coincidence? I think not.

Same for canada! While you may not suffer our losses you do benefit from our gains! That list spreads to you to!

1.) N.Korea feels the same way because of their foreign policy
2.) See 1. and we aren't interested.
3.) If Iraq ends with America broke... one could argue you lost.
4.)There were no WMD

Losses cross the border as well. Check our TSX this week.

3: America isnt a corperation. It cant go "broke". We make the money therefore we cant be broke. If the situation ever came that we had to much debt we simply do what france did and what spain did. We up inflation rates by printing out more money and make our debt much easier to pay off. Im not saying thats a good alternative im just saying thats why we cant go broke.
1 & 2: North Korea is well on its way to being a peaceful country and is dismantling its nuclear weapons programs. Tell me how thats not progress!
4: But there was the threat of a WMD and we cant risk not following up on that chance.

Well losses dont just cross borders. They cross oceans. And that has nothing to do with the iraq war. That has to do with government regulation (spearheaded by people like Barack Hussien Obama) forcing banks to give loans to people who couldnt pay it off. You want to blame someone for that blame the democratic party.

The threat was non-existent...North Korea is Barely on its way...Broke is a figure of speech (you know what I'm talking about.)

We're starting to talk circles here Dragon. We won't change each others opinions.

I'm begining to think its impossible to change anyones mind. Lets just agree to *cough*agree that its the democratic partys fault*cough*. Ok?

dragon (i have a dream) you are a racist of the worst type

My Dad told me 40 % of American voters vote Rep because thats what their family has always done. Another 40% vote Dem for the same reason. And 20 % show up to call the shot....I'm starting to think he must be right.

Cheers dragon. g'nite

Is that so? And why is that?

dont worry about him curios he just trying to wind you up

Hey heres a crazy idea! Lets both change to independents! That way we call the shots without upsetting the natural order!

I think its your 2 party system. I always sense of strong partisan emotional attachment. We have it here too but another dimension of strategic voting exists and people use it. A larger portion of our population will regularly switch their vote based on their candidate or issues as opposed to what party they are with.

Well i guess that makes sense. After all canadas crazy. I remember last time i was there there was this entire section of the city where these homeless people and beggers would all try and sell or buy a bunch of stolen goods! It was insane! There were people screaming stuff like "I got a bike here 20$!" and "Anyone got any oxycotten?" Then there were these people, walking around looking like zombies totally drugged out! You have an explanation as to why these areas arnet being swarmed by police officers?

I like Ron Paul.
One thing I can say is that the discussions and questions on this site have helped me gain some understanding of your system, for which I am grateful. This campaign has been interesting but I am thankful ours doesn't go on for as long. ;) We are, I think, five weeks into ours and the previous 5 weeks have become completely irrelevant due to the financial crisis. One week to go...

Thats an interesting way of looking at the elections. Get them over with fast. However this race for america is way past Barack Obama and John McCain. Everyone knows that the powers of the president are so limited they dont have any power of the current economic situation. No its more about figuring out how powerful, despite all the claims that bush has killed the republican party, the right wing still is. And if McCain wins then basically all these claims against bush are innacurate. And if obama wins then, well, the democratic congress has succeded in painting bush as a scapegoat for congresses failures.

That's Vancouver's east end I think, The rest of the town is beautiful....Because they are just gonna get outta jail and do the same thing....We have to focus our resources on busting dope smokers for Ron and Nancy.

The problems you speak of are treated more as a health issue than criminal. It seems to work in Europe but it takes a long time. Hollands drug use for example is now decreasing.

Yeah it was! Good guess! However i dont think its a health issue. I think stealing is a criminal issue no matter what the motivation. As for Holland, the situation they have over there is both wierd and sick. Legalizing drug use when it can be prevented is wrong is so many ways of the word. Now im all for small government however at some point they have to step in and say "No, we will not let you kill youself!" Right now they are taking the cowards way out. Allowing drug use at any level that it can be prevented is twisted. I dont care how long it takes its to long. What if a child sees this? Will he see that it is ok to do that? The only time a child should see that is when there being shoved into the back of a police car.

Great discussion. But it belongs in http://www.hubdub.com/e/Forum/General_chat_7 If someone is trying to ask a question about the actual question-market, they shouldn't have to wade through 47 posts to ask their question. If you want to continue this discussion, start a thread in General Chat and then link to it here. Everybody wins.

Not me. I have to spend the extra 30 seconds going to the forum as opposed to going here. Any anyone who has an opinion about this should see that it has already been covered in the 48 posts.

Thanks Infernal
Sorry all. Will remember for next time.

Sounds like a stretch to me. Although Warren could certainly afford the pay cut, why would anybody want a job where you are going to get blamed for every economic downturn, and nary a thank you when things go good???

Mork! I am dissapointed in you! Very dissapointed! I cant believe you would do such a thing!

No kidding. He does more good right now then he'd ever do under Obamas watching eyes.

President Bush is Batman in The Dark Knight.

think about it.

whoa.... sry infernal, i didn't catch that before I posted (I know this post just makes it worse)

: /

I didnt watch the dark knight. But since the dark knight is the good guy i guess the analogy is correct.

Warren buffet is a very successful man who has loved making money since he was 7 years old. There is one thing this man has not been able to do even tho he has made billions of dollars; put his name on the money. As Secty of Treasury he will have his signature on every dollar printed. For a man like warren that is a whole lot more important!

Oh just a little food for thought here folks. The online book makers Warren buffet as Secty of Treasury has the most even odds..... might want to check that out. The gambling sites and bookmakers are usually much better at calling it than polls and newspapers.