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My summary (and the reasons for my discontent) of Obama's Presidency
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greekboi wrote
at 7:45 PM, Wednesday May 18, 2011 EDT
Can someone PLEASE tell me what good Obama has done for this country since the start of his Presidency? You can write an essay or list bullets, either way is fine. I'm not sure you will be needing more than a sentence though.
Without further ado, here's my summary of Obama's Presidency (in no particular order of importance or chronology) : -he's shown a lack of convictions/decisiveness (very diplomatically stated) that has been displayed through his failure to implement any of the changes he advocated in his campaign that made him such an attractive candidate -->his health care reform is good in theory, but it is constitutionally offensive, and it won't work without tort reform (did i mention the bill was over 2000 pages long and didn't even begin to explain how the program would be implemented?) -->he did not close Guantanamo Bay, nor did he investigate if any human rights abuses occurred during GWB's term -->he did NOT end American involvement in the ongoing wars in the Middle East -->he bombed Gaddafi's personal dwelling (where his family lives) -->he dropped immigration reform -->he dumped his energy policy -->he is now caving in to the demands for increased oil drilling and less regulations, which is not only something that Liberals have historically been opposed to, but also can potentially endanger Americans while NOT dropping gasoline prices at all -->he announced a new national policy this week in which he promises to reduce drug use by focusing on prevention and treatment YET the $10 BILLION of spending on interdiction and law enforcement out of his $15.5 BILLION dollar drug-control budget is a record high in terms of dollars and percentage -->he showed an inability to react quickly to a major crisis - the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico - yet the media coverage left him relatively unscathed (which is very interesting considering the amount of blame placed on Bush for the lack of cohesiveness surrounding Katrina) -->he used the aforementioned major crisis to promote green energy (instead of cleaning it up, lol) -->he created an "economic stimulus" plan (not to be confused with President Bush's "bailout") that he said would not allow unemployment to exceed 8%, although last month it reached 9% (A HISTORIC HIGH) The only thing clear about Obama's agenda is his vision of increasing entitlement program benefits and paying for it through increased taxation of those providing the most value to society (the high income earners) and over-taxing corporations. This is a great policy, if you support socialism. |
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Boner Oiler wrote
at 11:52 PM, Wednesday May 18, 2011 EDT |
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Xheia wrote
at 12:33 AM, Thursday May 19, 2011 EDT Nice website BO
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TheBetterYodel wrote
at 12:42 AM, Thursday May 19, 2011 EDT What the fuck has Obama done so far?
Issued executive order to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/22/guantanamo.order/index.html lol |
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TheBetterYodel wrote
at 12:43 AM, Thursday May 19, 2011 EDT What the fuck has Obama done so far?
Increased minority access to capital http://www.sba.gov/idc/groups/public/documents/sba_homepage/news_release_09-58.pdf What a racist fucker. He should be banned from kdice. |
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Boner Oiler wrote
at 12:46 AM, Thursday May 19, 2011 EDT "On January 22, 2009, President Obama stated that he ordered the government to suspend prosecutions of Guantánamo Bay detainees for 120 days to review all the detainees' cases to determine whether and how each detainee should be prosecuted. A day later, Obama signed an executive order stating that Guantánamo Detention Camp would be closed within the year.[212] His plan encountered a setback, however, when incoming officials of his administration discovered that there were no comprehensive files concerning many of the detainees, so that merely assembling the available evidence about them could take weeks or months.[213] In May, Obama announced that the prosecutions would be revived.[214] In November 2009, President Obama admitted that the "specific deadline" he had set for closure of the Guantánamo Bay camp would be "missed." He said the camp would probably be closed later in 2010, but did not set a specific deadline.[215][216]"
The previous administration didn't keep records of prisons... go figure. |
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Boner Oiler wrote
at 12:46 AM, Thursday May 19, 2011 EDT prisoners*
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TheBetterYodel wrote
at 1:12 AM, Thursday May 19, 2011 EDT Veta ur such a dumfuck
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Boner Oiler wrote
at 1:13 AM, Thursday May 19, 2011 EDT yodel ever stop and wonder "maybe i'm the dumbfuck?"
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Thraxle wrote
at 7:19 AM, Thursday May 19, 2011 EDT "44 days in" was a better rant. : )
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Cal Ripken wrote
at 8:16 AM, Thursday May 19, 2011 EDT You forgot legalizing gay marriage.
And Harry, seriously, a lot of those are good points that I agree with. I could list plenty of things the Obama hasn't done or has done that I disagree with AND even though its certainly a hell of a lot better than a McCain/Palin administration, that shouldn't excuse less-than-amazing performance. However, I assume unless I'm running the country, whoever is in charge is going to do somethings I disagree with...but I digress You completely lose me at the end with the tired rhetoric of "his vision of increasing entitlement program benefits and paying for it through increased taxation of those providing the most value to society (the high income earners) and over-taxing corporations. This is a great policy, if you support socialism" This is a ridiculous overstatement grounded in hyperbole. Examples: "entitlement program benefits" "most value to society" - this is particularly laughable "over-taxing" - I guess they were always over-taxed before W Bush? I fail to remember how up until 2000 corporations were so hard off "you support socialism" - yeah, not in the slightest - I assume this is just an insult for the hell of it |