“He will show us why we were chanting “Yes We Can” by ignoring all ignorance of the racist and people who only think of themselves. He also we make this country look smarter by bringing our soldiers home instead waisting amunition money and lives and save them for when something really does happen. Then to top it all off he will finally do something about the less fortunate citizens of America and try to make us more equal.” Anonymous (source Wiki-Answers).
The recession ended in 2009, but it doesn’t feel like it and 2012 is right around the corner. We’re still in Iraq and Afghanistan and we’ve become involved in Libya too. While helping our Libyan friends, they thanked us by attacking our embassy and they burnt it to the ground. The poor in the USA is now greater than at any time in the past 20 years. Our national debt is now over $40,000 on every man, woman and child. The Obama’s spending on their travel for one year exceed what any 5 average workers will earn in a lifetime. The cost of education has skyrocketed and many good students have dropped out because it’s too expensive. The United States has dropped to 5th place among the world nations for business/ economics. There have been no meaningful reforms to waste, fraud or abuse by Congress. The border is still unsecured with miles upon miles where anyone can cross at will. Illegal drugs are rampant. FEMA is nearly broke and we’ve seen the first time a president failed to produce a budget for Congress.
That’s what Obama has done – was it close to what you thought he would do?
He did say that didn’t he!
He was elected wasn’t he
He hasn’t done it ! has he.
So what has he done other than attempt to divide this country’s population by turning the Have’s and have Not’s, against one another, and he almost got away with it, using a totally bias Democratic Congress and Administration. Which created the need of Tea Party Americans, (which you should give credit to Obama & Congress for that) a Constitutional believing group of concerned Americans not willing to allow the continued disregard and trampling of Our Constitution. Also they realized the results of Americas financial decline due to excessive spending as a result of a Congress without PROCESS supervision. A lot of people on the left dislike the the Tea Party, a lot of people on the right dislike Obama, thankfully any concerned American dislike the direction of decline and dissension Obama has created. So far all Obama has proven is a desire to divide this country’s populous and a exemplary use of meaningless words.
Although I didn’t know all of the specifics, in terms of the bad economy, yes, this is what I knew would be the result of electing an inexperienced personality with a spread the wealth agenda.
I was surprised by some of his early decisions on the war. Then I reconsidered. The enemy we face is not something George Bush made up to fuel the militaryindustrialcomplex. The enemy is real, the potential for a much deadlier attack is real, the methods for fighting this enemy must be multifaceted, and unfortunately we’ll be at this for a long time. Also, Guantanamo was the best solution in a difficult, unprecidented situation. Obama had no other choice but to continue…”closing Gitmo” and “bringing the troops home” were a campaign promises bound to end in failure.
Obama has done pretty much what I thought he was going to do — make things much worse at an accelerated rate.
Quentin, wow, now that was a very thoughtful reply and I appreciate reading it.
Thanks for the Atlantic chart.
Tricky chart, Q, but about what one would expect from the sicophant New York Times, it’s actual source. The chart is pure spin.
Conveniently, it ignores tax revenues (or lack thereof) and gross domestic product, which, when considered, offer a more accurate picture of Obama’s wisdom (or lack thereof) regarding spending (and new expensive legislation).
Factcheck.org has a chart and a very informative article.
http://factcheck.org/2010/07/geithners-gdp-whopper/
New spending isn’t quite as crucial if the economy is humming, people have jobs and tax revenues are flowing in, but when the economy has tanked, businesses are failing, unemployment is high and tax revenues are not flowing new spending and projected new spending is downright STUPID! Any housewife with a checkbook can tell you that!
And that’s not all. Projected spending, as a percentage of GDP because of the health care laws places us in the same neighborhood as Greece!
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/26/cbos-2020-vision-debt-will-rise-to-90-of-gdp/
Interest on that debt will be higher than what we now pay for our entire military…JUST THE INTEREST PAYMENT!
YES GWB allowed too much spending but those who were hypercritical of him then cannot be taken seriously if they do not now criticize the direction that this administration and it’s super majority congress have taken in the midst of a financial and economic crisis.
If we make changes in key entitlement programs, if we tighten our belts in general, if we trash the complicated, expensive Obamacare and write a few laws that will fix the few health care issues that need to be adressed, if we give our business community a green light to rev up the economy by lowering or eliminating tax burdens, we MIGHT have a chance at avoiding a third world reality of poverty and stagnation.
“Afghanis burned our embassy and you blame Obama for sending troops to Afghanistan?”
Nay, nay…it was Obama’s air strikes:
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2010/11/number-of-afghan-air-strikes-highest-ever/
Quentin you just can’t run from the FACT that Obama has been president for nearly three years now and Dems had Congress for two years before that…spending, the economy and war now BELONG TO THEM!
Idiots don’t care to make a distinction between corporitists and corporate citizens…all guilty si lazy but so much easier…and makes him seem so god like in his own mind!
Funny some of the same people can’t make the distinction between an Islamist terrorist and a peaceful Muslim either.
“The recession ended in 2009, but it doesn’t feel like it and 2012 is right around the corner.”
And if were gonna take a double dip, it will be laid entirely at the feet of the freshman class of 2010.
“And if were gonna take a double dip, it will be laid entirely at the feet of the freshman class of 2010.”
You still haven’t made the corellation. How do you lay it at their feet?
Audio started playing anytime I opened up this web site, so irritating!