I am tired of all of these bandwagon PBS fans.

Iran should scare the bejesus out of all of us. We need to send the apologizer in chief back home to play basketball and golf and let a real president handle the big problems.

I'm all for cutting back on unnecessary gov. spending....as with everyone out there. But, I think to use PBS as an example, Romney goofed. There are far better expenditures out there that could be cut. Instead, Romney (and every Republican presidential candidate in the past) just wants to cut taxes to the rich while cutting spending on things they deemed unnecessary. Unfortunately, what they deem unnecessary is often judged through their own eyes which are seen through multi-millionaire "spectacles".

As far as bailing out U.S. companies, I think we had no choice. It was either bailing them out or letting them fail and worsening the economy and financial state of the country.

With regards to our kids not being able to read, you can blame that on the parents and all the cuts to the school budgets. But primarily, you HAVE to blame the parents. I have kids and my son starting reading at 3 yrs of age. That's because I sat with him every night and went over the basics. And, I worked 6 days a week and got home close to 7 pm every night. So, you can't say that work prevented me from being a good parent!

You are absolutely right about parental involvement and school achievement. Money has very little to do with the quality of an education. It is has mostly to do with examples set and expectations to put in the effort.

I agree that Romney could have used a better example than Sesame Street, but take a good look at my name. It is not just a name plucked out of the air. I am an artist and believe me when I tell you that creativity is born mostly from exploration. The more resources, the less need for invention. I'm not saying that the arts should be cut to the bone. I'm saying that there is fat in every program.

As for the bailouts? They put themselves there and they should have faced the consequences. Their CEOs were getting paid gross amounts of money and not producing viable products. It's time that EVERYONE is held accountable for their work ethic and productivity. Unions were instrumental in forging safe work environments for decent wages. Now, many of them have throttled companies to the point of bankruptcy. Who pays for that? Taxpayers and consumers. It's a nightmare of a merry-go-round and it has to stop somewhere.

Oh, and Rupublican tax cuts for the rich? See whom will most be affected when the tax breaks are not renewed. 47% of Americans don't pay taxes 47%!!!! That is plain crazy! I'm all for a national sales tax. The more you consume, the more you pay. Those with the most to spend will naturally pay more, but everyone contributes. Our economy would stabilize and then programs for the truly needy, not the truly lazy, would be available and much more effective.

I don't know about the 47% and what that really represents. But, I would assume it includes U.S. citizens who are still minors and kids in college. Hence, they usually get their Federal taxes refunded and only have to pay FICA taxes. Also, that 47% would account for unemployed ppl and low income families.

whats another war......

It's another son or daughter's life. Is that not enough? I can show you where the enrollment office is located if your hellbent on it.

sarcasm is quite lost on the internet these days.....

By getting us bogged down in yet another pointless war in the middle east? Yeah the GOP seems to like that sort of thing.

Ahmandinejad will be out of office next year, we can only hope that someone a little more reasonable takes over the presidency.

I don't know about the 47% and what that really represents. But, I would assume it includes U.S. citizens who are still minors and kids in college. Hence, they usually get their Federal taxes refunded and only have to pay FICA taxes. Also, that 47% would account for unemployed ppl and low income families.

But, I think when a politician throws out that number, it gets spun by the public and media. And, ppl think that 47% represents average adults out there just working and not paying taxes. Romney himself made it out like it's a bunch of lazy Americans who would be in an uproar if all their free ride(s) would be taken away.

Elderly/retired make up a decent chunk too.

You are absolutely right about parental involvement and school achievement. Money has very little to do with the quality of an education. It is has mostly to do with examples set and expectations to put in the effort.

I agree that Romney could have used a better example than Sesame Street, but take a good look at my name. It is not just a name plucked out of the air. I am an artist and believe me when I tell you that creativity is born mostly from exploration. The more resources, the less need for invention. I'm not saying that the arts should be cut to the bone. I'm saying that there is fat in every program.

As for the bailouts? They put themselves there and they should have faced the consequences. Their CEOs were getting paid gross amounts of money and not producing viable products. It's time that EVERYONE is held accountable for their work ethic and productivity. Unions were instrumental in forging safe work environments for decent wages. Now, many of them have throttled companies to the point of bankruptcy. Who pays for that? Taxpayers and consumers. It's a nightmare of a merry-go-round and it has to stop somewhere.

Oh, and Rupublican tax cuts for the rich? See whom will most be affected when the tax breaks are not renewed. 47% of Americans don't pay taxes 47%!!!! That is plain crazy! I'm all for a national sales tax. The more you consume, the more you pay. Those with the most to spend will naturally pay more, but everyone contributes. Our economy would stabilize and then programs for the truly needy, not the truly lazy, would be available and much more effective.

Oh, do dah do dah

Yes, you both probably correct. All I know is that I can't afford to pay taxes to bailout fiscally irresponsible corporations, more social programs that don't work, larger government to manage more programs, and a health care bill that will increase my cost for less coverage. I am not for starving children or the elderly, but my grocery bill has increased by 40% since this time last year and I get less food and lessor quality food. Gas is up, insurance is up, tuition is up and if my taxes go up, we will be eating what we can grow catch or kill. Do you see solutions that I don't? Do you believe that our current path will lead us out of this course of self-destruction and if so, how and when?

Romney himself made it out like it's a bunch of lazy Americans who would be in an uproar if all their free ride(s) would be taken away.

Clearly you love to gobble up the spoon-fed garbage that the liberals feed you daily.

What Romney said was that it didn't make sense for him to put effort in to trying to sway the votes of people who would be most likely to continue voting to get free stuff from the government. It was the typical liberal response to latch on to the quote and spin it for those who can't think logically for themselves.

Clearly you love to gobble up the spoon-fed garbage that the liberals feed you daily.

What Romney said was that it didn't make sense for him to put effort in to trying to sway the votes of people who would be most likely to continue voting to get free stuff from the government. It was the typical liberal response to latch on to the quote and spin it for those who can't think logically for themselves.

speaking of spoon fed garbage...... is that vomit I see....

Actually, that was just my take on his comments based on the video that I saw. It wasn't from any commentary on the video.