Quote Originally Posted by grinner666 View Post
What *I* find ironic ... no, hilarious ... is that you're bringing up a proposed bill from the 109th Congress ... which took place from 2005 to 2007 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/109th_U...tates_Congress), in the middle of Dubya's administration, and trying to use that as evidence that somehow Barack Obama is a socialist. Nice bit of misdirection there, it took me all of thirty seconds' research to straighten out.

So in point of fact, the word should be "wantED", unless you have some other piece of proposed legislation, from THIS year, to pull out of your a ... hat. And frankly, blaming legislation PROPOSED before Obama ever took the office of the president, by a Senator who's been in government since 1969, and been an elected official since 1974, on Obama is not only unconvincing, it seems to me more than just a little sleazy.

I will also note that the bill you use as your shining example of Obama's socialist tendencies never even got out of committee, so you can't even honestly say that he ... a freshman senator with basically no influence outside his one vote ... supported it.

As to your second "point," it is not "irony" to complain that Obama is trying to control what we eat (he isn't, and even if he was, in federally-funded schools, the federal government has every right to control what the money it gives to a school is spent on), and then complain that he didn't provide enough control on the oil industry. It's complaint, and illogical complaint at that.

Arguing that Obama is a socialist because his administration (I've said it before and will continue saying it) dropped the ball on this matter is insanity; socialists want government control of the means of production and distribution. On the other hand, arguing that the oil industry needs less controls is equally, and demonstrably, nuts.

Please make your position on this matter more clear, because at this point you are still sounding like an "I want the government to protect me but I don't want anybody to have to pay for it" teabagger.
Did I mention Obama's administration when replying to that post?

I DIDN'T. Nor did I say that the current administration's "dropped ball" indicates Socialism. FYI, please see my previous post in response to tyrannyoferos above, especially that last statement that begins with "Take note"

As TantricSoul has pointed out previously, sometimes threads ebb and flow and occasionally stray off topic as people respond to specific comments within a post. I'm terribly sorry if you have difficulty following along. I'm also quite apologetic (on your behalf) to others who may find offense with your unnecessary comments within your posts.