Obama - What is your opinion so far on his Presidency
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From what i recall he shut down the whole kit and caboodle - Throwing thousands out of work.
This just might (probably will) be the end of the ideal Socialist nation some brag about. the people have finally woken up. I hope President Obama and his pals take notice.
STOCKHOLM – A far-right party entered the Swedish Parliament for the first time in elections Sunday, spoiling the center-right government's victory and majority, and plunging the country into political disarray, preliminary results showed.
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt was seeking to become the first center-right leader to win re-election after serving a full term in a Scandinavian welfare nation dominated for decades by the left-wing Social Democrats.
But the Islam-bashing Sweden Democrats held the balance of power after winning 5.7 percent of the votes for 20 seats in the 349-seat legislature, according to results.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100919/ap_on_re_eu/eu_sweden_election
STOCKHOLM – A far-right party entered the Swedish Parliament for the first time in elections Sunday, spoiling the center-right government's victory and majority, and plunging the country into political disarray, preliminary results showed.
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt was seeking to become the first center-right leader to win re-election after serving a full term in a Scandinavian welfare nation dominated for decades by the left-wing Social Democrats.
But the Islam-bashing Sweden Democrats held the balance of power after winning 5.7 percent of the votes for 20 seats in the 349-seat legislature, according to results.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100919/ap_on_re_eu/eu_sweden_election
Until the end of November, for those 33 rigs. The estimates are between 8 and 12 thousand jobs lost when it's all said and done.
Dudley Faces Fight to Drill in Gulf as BP Says Goodbye Macondo - Bloomberg
What are you saying? If we go too far left, we risk a far-right backlash?
If so, then it's not just the left that ought to worry about this. It's clear from the link that even the centre right party does not want to touch the far-right party with a ten-foot pole and would rather work with the moderate-left Green Party.
This by the way is a repeat of the 1930s, where generally speaking the centre right and centre left were more willing to form coalitions with one another then with the extremes of either wing.
So here's my question. Let's suppose parliament ended up being split four ways between the centre right, the centre left, the far right and the far left, and a coalition were inevitable? I'd hope a coalition of the centre would emerge, because if not, we would risk a repeat of WWII.
Long, but worth watching. Alternate title could be: "Thought we could!"
The Obama Deception (Full Movie-DivxHQ)
The Obama Deception (Full Movie-DivxHQ)
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I think he is begining to forget the past.
BATON ROUGE, La. – While Texans are fiercely proud their state was once its own republic, and California celebrates the same former status on its flag, relatively few Louisianans know that a group of their forebears overthrew Spanish rule to carve out a tiny, independent nation 200 years ago. With the bicentennial coming up Thursday, historians and descendants of the rebels are hoping to change that.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_west_florida_revolt
YouTube - The Bonnie Blue Flag- Symphony
BATON ROUGE, La. – While Texans are fiercely proud their state was once its own republic, and California celebrates the same former status on its flag, relatively few Louisianans know that a group of their forebears overthrew Spanish rule to carve out a tiny, independent nation 200 years ago. With the bicentennial coming up Thursday, historians and descendants of the rebels are hoping to change that.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_west_florida_revolt
YouTube - The Bonnie Blue Flag- Symphony
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Well, considering the last opinion poll I saw of him saw him at 42% approval and 52% disapproval, I'd say he's pretty pathetic. He passed a health care bill that was just a bail out for the insurance agencies, written by them and costing atrocious money to actually take their health care system backwards, and that's criticism from the left, not the right. He's given trillions to the banks. His stimulus package stimulated all of about nothing, other than throwing more money into the people that paid for his campaign. He didn't take control of the BP thing until it was out of hand and showed no leadership. He has made the unemployment rate look better than the even ridiculous way they admit it is even, by hiring and firing 100,000 people or so per month with the census so it would appear more jobs were created. He went back and forth on the mosque. He's turned out to not really be a good public speaker if he's not campaigning on platitudes. He's robotic and boring. He is going to lose the next election in 2014 by a very large margin, imo. It won't matter though because there is no difference between Republicans and Democrats anyways. We need to get rid of all political parties and have real grassroots in Canada and USA. No more multi millionaires in politics would be a start.
I think you are "selling him a little short". Actually right now is the ideal time to be rock bottom in the polls- it means he is getting the necessary unpopular sh*t done. I'd say by next summer his rating should start creeping up. But any rate 40% approval rating in politics isn't bad. With basically a two party system I guess 51% is the ideal figure. :lol:
The "change" Obama promised is eerily reminiscent of this:
Old sea story
There's an old sea story about a ship's Captain who inspected his sailors, and afterward told the first mate that his men smelled bad.The Captain suggested perhaps it would help if the sailors would change underwear occasionally.
The first mate responded, "Aye, aye sir, I'll see to it immediately!"
The first mate went straight to the sailors berth deck and announced, "The Captain thinks you guys smell bad and wants you to change your underwear." He continued, "Pittman, you change with Jones, McCarthy, you change with Witkowski, and Brown, you change with Schultz."
THE MORAL OF THE STORY:
Someone may come along and promise "Change", but don't count on things smelling any better.
Old sea story
There's an old sea story about a ship's Captain who inspected his sailors, and afterward told the first mate that his men smelled bad.The Captain suggested perhaps it would help if the sailors would change underwear occasionally.
The first mate responded, "Aye, aye sir, I'll see to it immediately!"
The first mate went straight to the sailors berth deck and announced, "The Captain thinks you guys smell bad and wants you to change your underwear." He continued, "Pittman, you change with Jones, McCarthy, you change with Witkowski, and Brown, you change with Schultz."
THE MORAL OF THE STORY:
Someone may come along and promise "Change", but don't count on things smelling any better.
Yeah, because Bush f**ked things up pretty bad.
Even a messiah couldn't put the egg back together again.
Not all can be laid at the feet of Bush the Lesser - Fannie Mae and Mac had their marching orders from the Clinton Admin as well as from Bush - Make housing affordable.