Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Politics - Not List Material

[Martin Stark (MStark]

How did that anti-scree end up here?

clyderomero [at] worldnet.att.net wrote:

> WTF over!
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> From: Mauricio Mesa <mesa_mauricio [at] yahoo.com>
> Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:51:52 
> To: clyde<clyderomero [at] worldnet.att.net>
> Cc: The FerrariList<ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Subject: [Ferrari] Politics - Not List Material
>
> First of all political views and religious views should not be a part of this list.  Expressing these kinds of views on this type of list don't lead to anything good.  If you are a racist, a communist or a facist, please keep it in the closet because it should not be part of this list.  
>
> If you are going to be critical then the least you can do is get your facts straight from an 
> unbiased non-partisan source (yep leave Fox News "Radical Right" and MSNBC News 
> "Radical Left" don't qualify as objective news sources).
>
> Get your facts straight at the Peterson Foundation.  Per their data, while G.W. Bush was in office for 8 years, the federal deficit rose over $11 Trillion dollars.  Bush's war, tax and trade policies seem to have led to this sizeable deficit.  Yes, Obama is spending over $1 Trillion or so attempting to change the course of this country, the additional Trillion pales in comparison to the previous administrations' deficit.  As far as tackling health care, it is a fact that if the health care system and its costs are not sustainable.  Projections indicate that in the coming decades health care, not war oranything else will lead to the nation going bankrupt if it is not changed.  
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> Provided below are some facts about the Peterson Foundation and their backgrounds.  They are non-partisan conservative values but have the facts straight and can back it, not just a bunch of unwarranted political spin-doctor retoric.    
>
> The Peter G. Peterson Foundation was established in 2008 by Peter G. Peterson, 
> a co-founder of the Blackstone Group. With an endowment of $1 billion, the 
> Peterson Foundation addresses fiscal sustainability issues related to federal 
> deficits, entitlement programs and tax policies.
>
> Peter G. Peterson
> Peter George Peterson (born June 5, 1926) is an American businessman, investment banker, 
> fiscal conservative, author, and politician whose most prominent political position was 
> as United States Secretary of Commerce from February 29, 1972, to February 1, 1973 under 
> Richard Nixon. He was Chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations until retiring on June 
> 30, 2007, after being named chairman emeritus. He is the Senior Chairman of the private 
> equity firm, the Blackstone Group. In 2008, he was ranked 149th on the "Forbes 400 
> Richest Americans" with a net worth of $2.8 Billion. In 2008, he established The 
> Peter G. Peterson Foundation with a $1 billion endowment.
>
> Dave Walker
> I am Dave Walker, former Comptroller General of the United States. I have read 
> several of the comments regarding my recent resignation and move to the Peter 
> G. Peterson Foundation as its first President and CEO. The plain truth is that 
> I changed positions in order to be able to advocate specific policy proposals 
> and in order to engage in even more aggressive coalition building and 
> grassroots efforts. Several persons have noted that Pete Peterson has endorsed 
> John McCain. That is his right as a citizen of this great nation. I have not 
> endorsed any particular candidates and do not have any plans to do so. Most 
> importantly, the Foundation will operate on a professional, objective, 
> fact-based, non-partisan and non-ideological manner. You will want to stay 
> tuned as we ramp up the Foundation's activities in the coming months. Our 
> temporary website is www:petergpetersonfoundation.org. We are all dedicated to 
> Fighting for America's Future in order to Help Keep
> America Great!
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