dsponini

Wed, Dec 5, 2012 : 2:35 p.m.

Good ones clownfish!!

clownfish

Tue, Dec 4, 2012 : 7:30 p.m.

Doesn't matter Southy. The firm is using a publicly owned and operated facility. But, as we know, the gubment cannot create jobs, it is all Ponzi, and the gubment cannot run anything larger than a small ice cream store without ruining it. Why isn't the firm that Romney hired using a private airport? It HAS to be better and cheaper. Did Mitt build that airport? How much tax do you think Mitt pays in Wayne County to help fund the airport?

southyoop

Tue, Dec 4, 2012 : 3:49 p.m.

I'll bet he's at least paying for it

arborarmy

Tue, Dec 4, 2012 : 5:42 p.m.

I suggest you consult an economics textbook to determine the consequences of eliminating overnight a nearly $2 trillion deficit, whether by raising taxes, cutting spending, or a combination of both. So, if by "liberal math" you mean an informed understanding of the economic consequences of government policy, yes, this is liberal math. And I guess that means that "conservative math" (or, for at matter, conservative anything) means and uninformed misunderstanding. Good luck with that. We can discuss this, too, if you like, when we meet Friday to discuss the documents that inform our understanding of the Constitution. I can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to the brilliant insights I know you'll bring.

tdw

Tue, Dec 4, 2012 : 4:06 p.m.

army....You stated as a fact that the deficit has gone down it has not.I unlike you was not blaming anyone ( including Obama ) but you blame it all on Bush therefore it has gone down.A example of Liberal math is " we didn't loose as many jobs as last month or more than we expected therefore it's job growth " Another example of liberal math.A few years ago Democrats were saying the Republicans were cutting the school lunch program.The Republicans wanted a 3% increase BUT the Democrats wanted 7% increase.Now using liberal math that's a cut

clownfish

Tue, Dec 4, 2012 : 3:13 p.m.

What sacrifice are you willing to make to balance the federal budget, TOPCAT? Where were you when the last guy ran close to trillion dollar deficits annually and basically doubled our debt? Did you know that Reagan proved deficits don't matter?

arborarmy

Tue, Dec 4, 2012 : 2:41 p.m.

Gotta love people who don't understand how the budget works. And as an aside, your link is proof that the so-called liberal media ain't. The link's opening statement is: "The National Debt has now increased more during Preisdent Obama's first three years and two months than it did during 8 years of the Bush presidency" That is a correct statement the either displays a massive ignorance of the budget process, or takes advantage of public ignorance, or (most likely) both. The FY 2009 budget, whose defict that statement counts against Obama, took effect on Oct. 1, 2008, six weeks before his election. He had little impact on that budget. The vast majority of its record $1.9 Trillion deficit belongs to Bush II. Obama's first fiscal year was FY 2010, and the deficit fell to $1.6 Trillion. In FY 2011 it fell to $1.3 Tillion. In FY 2012 it fell to $1.1 Trillion. The Projection for FY 2013 is for $.9 Trillion (worth noting the deficit fell more, both in real terms and as a % of the deficit, before the Tea Party victory in 2010, but that's what happens when rigid ideologues who don't understand government take office). You can, as they say, look it up.

tdw

Tue, Dec 4, 2012 : 12:31 p.m.

arborarmy.....Fact: you are wrong.Gotta love liberal math.I'm stupid so please explain this to me.CBS is not by any stretch of the imagination conservative http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57400369-503544/national-debt-has-increased-more-under-obama-than-under-bush/

arborarmy

Tue, Dec 4, 2012 : 6:17 a.m.

Fact: the deficit has gone down every year Obama has been in office. Every year.

ordmad

Tue, Dec 4, 2012 : 5:31 a.m.

History will forget Romney. Lucky future.

cmdvimes

Tue, Dec 4, 2012 : 1:44 a.m.

History will view Romney as an out of touch "silver spooner" who tried to buy the election, which is perfectly true.

mady

Tue, Dec 4, 2012 : 2:42 p.m.

homeland, thanks for sharing......

Top Cat

Tue, Dec 4, 2012 : 1:25 a.m.

The Yankee Air Museum just purchased a fully restored flight deck from a Ford build B-24 Liberator that was assembled at Willow Run. It will be back here soon.

tdw

Mon, Dec 3, 2012 : 11:31 p.m.

Dog.....Ok.And did you know the dam on bridge st that made Ford Lake was to power the plant ? Next piece of trivia please.

Dog Guy

Mon, Dec 3, 2012 : 11:26 p.m.

Henry Ford built the factory in Washtenaw County because taxes were lower than in Wayne County. Wayne county got to tax only a strip of concrete.

Mike

Tue, Dec 4, 2012 : 8:39 p.m.

ex734 - where did I say I supported Bush and his spending, I don't support most republicans for that matter because they spend like liberals. I'm a fiscal conservative and you or your offspring will wish you were too some day.

clownfish

Tue, Dec 4, 2012 : 3:07 p.m.

shh, we are not allowed to bring up the past. We are not allowed to bring up the costs run up by the people Mike voted for!!! Just look at the last few years, taxes have been at record lows and the economy is flush with cash and job creation...oh..wait..nope, the opposite is true. I never knew that the road I use or the school I attended were Ponzi Schemes. I guess the pilot is done with his temporary job now. Gosh darn temporary jobs!!

dsponini

Tue, Dec 4, 2012 : 2:36 p.m.

Those who criticize the cost of Obama's Christmas vacation don't want you to know that George W. Bush spent at least $20 million taxpayer dollars just on flights to his ranch in Crawford. The problem is that W. wasn't thrifty. He was the most expensive vacation president in US history. Not only did Bush spend more days on vacation than any other president, but he used Air Force One more often while on vacation than any other president. During Bush's two terms, the cost of operating Air Force One ranged from $56,800 to $68,000 an hour. Bush used Air Force One 77 times to go to his ranch in Crawford, TX. Using the low end cost of $56,800, Media Matters calculated that each trip to Crawford cost taxpayers $259,687 each time, and $20 million total for Bush's ranch flights. h ttp://www.politicususa.com/ cost-obama-christmas-vacation-bush.html

antikvetch

Tue, Dec 4, 2012 : 4:20 a.m.

Way to set the bar there, ex734.....

ex734

Tue, Dec 4, 2012 : 3:30 a.m.

Mike, please research W's vacation time and then come back and comment on "wasting" tax payer dollars.

In doubt

Tue, Dec 4, 2012 : 1:57 a.m.

Mike you are so right about everything. Over 4 million on his current vacation when he hasn't even worked in the last four years.........what a deal. 109 rounds of golf must have worn him out. The only meetings he has attended lately was to put on a show like he actually works. Before that, he attended none of them. I just hope that people do not let Benghazi get blown in the wind and he has to account for it!

Evan Smith

Mon, Dec 3, 2012 : 11:24 p.m.

Some people these days...