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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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Gauntlet15 wrote
at 9:39 PM, Sunday July 17, 2011 EDT
I got a 4 on AP history = (.
skrumgaer wrote
at 1:50 AM, Monday July 18, 2011 EDT
The blind leading the blind.
greekboi wrote
at 5:34 PM, Monday July 18, 2011 EDT
so how come Obama is powerless, and none of the current conditions can be attributed to him, yet BO and many others directly blame Bush for what happened during his term?

and i'm not spreading Republican propaganda, you big idiot. i'm a NY registered democrat. it's just that half of you idiots aren't even cognizant voters, you simply vote and support people based on their party affiliation.
detenmile wrote
at 10:50 PM, Monday July 18, 2011 EDT
My only comment is this. I am working 80 hour weeks as an environmental specialist and technical drafter (odd combo I know). However at the end of the year, since I am part time most of the time, I will not be much better off than the people I am subsidizing.

here are my estimates for my end of year income

12 weeks 80 hours 18.50/hr for first 40 and 26.00/hr for latter 40
27 weeks 15 hours at 18.50/hr

total: $28,852.2 1365 hours
less about 35% in taxes between federal income, Oregon State income, and Michigan State income.

$18,754

In Oregon people can get around 10k in cash money as well as food stamps (more if they are pregnant or have dependents.)

I didn't haul my ass out of Oregon to find a job that's long hours and associated stress have me damned near depressed just so some lazy ass hole doesn't have to work. I'm all for saving staving children, but let the lazy adults starve. Maybe their children will learn something from it.


dasfury wrote
at 8:03 AM, Tuesday July 19, 2011 EDT
Along that same line, I get very annoyed when I'm behind someone in the line at the store and see the crap that they buy with their EBT card.
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