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My summary (and the reasons for my discontent) of Obama's Presidency
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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Gurgi wrote
at 12:16 PM, Saturday May 21, 2011 EDT
i can't take greekboi seriously. i just remember him as the dude who yelled and cursed at people randomly
moondust wrote
at 2:43 PM, Saturday May 21, 2011 EDT
Indeed, all I have to say here is this:

I can't take greekboi seriously. I just remember him as the dude who yelled and cursed at people randomly.
greekboi wrote
at 2:33 PM, Sunday May 22, 2011 EDT
stick to mimicking others' comments and making your really, really cool kdice player quizzes moon
greekboi wrote
at 2:40 PM, Tuesday May 24, 2011 EDT
lets ignore the nonsensical writings above and continue this discussion..
what do you guys think of these bombings that have occurred, both by the U.S. forces (under Obama's command) and NATO, on el-Qaddafi's compound. I'm not gonna argue that he should be in office, but who the fuck are we (and by we, I mean Barack Obama/U.S. military) to put innocent civilians in the line of fire?
Boner Oiler wrote
at 3:52 PM, Tuesday May 24, 2011 EDT
I take it by your hunanitarian concern you were also among the first to criticize the bush administration for it's war crimes and/or human rights violations? Not saying the current administration isn't guilty of anything like that but I would hope you're at least consistent in how you dole out reprieve.
greekboi wrote
at 5:01 PM, Monday May 30, 2011 EDT
of course i didn't like Bush starting a war in Iraq...i'm all about people loving one another, but in this case Obama's actions were even worse

and maybe you should take your own advice - almost everything that you defend Obama for doing, Bush did the same
greekboi wrote
at 11:44 AM, Thursday June 2, 2011 EDT
also, John Stuart Mill is likely rolling in his grave over Obamacare and the degree to which we are a welfare state in general
moondust wrote
at 12:16 PM, Thursday June 2, 2011 EDT
Do you think this thread will reach 100 without you bumping it all the time?
greekboi wrote
at 10:29 PM, Saturday June 4, 2011 EDT
im totally getting PGE'd out of a 100-post thread here!!!
greekboi wrote
at 6:42 PM, Saturday July 16, 2011 EDT
pushhh. seriously. let's talk about how shitty Obama's "economic stimulus" was for our economy or something.
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