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Barack Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States, as the country chose him as its first African American chief executive.
Share your thoughts on this historic election.
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Re: President Barack Obama
Jul 10, 2009 11:15 PM
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But, the Floridians didn't have flooding on the scale that NO did.
Get a clue. Don't blame the victims.
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Re: President Barack Obama
Jul 10, 2009 11:13 PM
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> Was the sub-par response to the Katrina flood
> keeping America safe?
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Maybe the democratic mayor could have used the buses, but instead he was hiding at a hotel. Maybe the democratic governor could have done something. Maybe the democrats over the last hundred years could have built the levys up. Maybe instead of democrat William Jefferson, taking the $90,000 bribe and who know's how much more, he could have been helping his state. The answer by every democrat is the federal gov't must clean up the mess. Let us not be responsible we will left the feds handle it. It is all George Bush's fault when the local gov't and state gov't fail. Who knows Louisianna better, the federal gov't or the elected officials from the state. Some times the states need to take care of themselves. There was no problems the year before when Florida got hit with four hurricanes in three weeks. Oh wait they had a real governor.
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Re: President Barack Obama
Jul 10, 2009 11:04 PM
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> > New info coming out that Goldman Sachs has been
> > making 60% of the Wall St. trades.
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> s2grand,
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> I wish someone would get the Fed to tax WS trades,
> buy, sell, both. Heavily. That would be such a good
> way for us to get our bailout money given to those
> ungrateful, rotten scoundrels back. Hopefully, more.
Are you wishing to tax the trade itself? Because income received by stocks are capital gains. So, who ever the stock belongs to pays taxes. Then, the broker pays taxes on their income. I may be mistaken, but I believe that is how it goes. Actually some of the bailout money has been repaid, and with a bit of profit. We will probably never see the $80 billion to the GM and Chrysler. I believe it is easier for the financial companies to pay back bailout money, because their problem was liquidity. For the autos it is survival.
If the gov't did not waste our money, maybe the answer would not always be taxes. Run an efficient gov't. But, then they can't cheat and steal.
You're always railing against the corps. If the law makers did their job, then maybe the corps. could not do what they want. The corps are acting in their best interest, maybe politicians need to start acting in our best interest. But, then where would they get their cushy jobs.
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Re: President Barack Obama
Jul 10, 2009 10:36 PM
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> Sunez:
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> . I think politically Jeb is the
> > better choice, even with Bush. He will allow
> the gop
> > to reach hispanics, he speaks fluent spanish,
> his
> > wife is Mexican, and his son is a good
> campaigner. I
> > like Gingrich's forward looking, and like
> Romney's
> > business sense, and what makes sense. Maybe,
> > Jeb/Sarah '12, that will drive the dems crazy.
> I
> > think Jindal is the favorite for VP.
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> Sunaz, none of those clowns will get the 2012
> nomination.
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> In fact, Gingrich, Palin, Bush, and Jindol aren't
> even going to be candidates in '12. They are
> A'feared.
>
> Mutt Romney will run, and should hope he loses the
> nomination to avoid being humiliated in November.
Cynic
I agree, Romney looks likely. Limbaugh supports him and I think Mitt has some ownership in the company that pays Limbaugh. Handy
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Re: President Barack Obama
Jul 10, 2009 10:34 PM
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> rdfan:
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> > yeah, god forbid the Democratic Mayor or
> Democratic
> > Governor of the state lift a finger, display
> some
> > leadrership skills and actually do something
> instread
> > of crying like the little unskilled babies that
> they
> > are.
> >
> > At least Sarah Palin would have put her
> wolf-hunting
> > skills to use and flown over via helicopter
> picking
> > offthe looters
>
> I heard that Sarah Palin's best skill is one she
> picked up at the University of Hawaii.
>
> Its initials are B.J.
Also a very admirable skill for a lady to have.
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Re: President Barack Obama
Jul 10, 2009 10:34 PM
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Don't be fooled by that asshole Brooks' bullshit.
He is a neocon and was up Bush's ass so far he could smell his bad breath.
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Re: President Barack Obama
Jul 10, 2009 10:26 PM
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I've been on a retro-Elvis Costello kick recently; when I listened to this song for the first in more than ten years, I was struck by how poetically it sums up my disappointment with Barack Obama.
And so -- with regret -- I dedicate to the man I helped elect, an excerpt from Elvis Costello's Brilliant Mistake:
"He thought he was the King of America,
Where they pour Coca Cola just like vintage wine.
Now I try hard not to be hysterical,
But I'm not sure if I should laugh or cry.
I wish that I could push a button
And talk in the past and not the present tense;
And watch this hurting feeling disappear
Like it was common sense.
He was a fine idea at the time --
Now he's a brilliant mistake."
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Edited by russfirestone at 07/10/2009 7:27 PM PDT
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Edited by russfirestone at 07/10/2009 7:27 PM PDT
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Re: President Barack Obama
Jul 10, 2009 10:24 PM
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rdfan:
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> yeah, god forbid the Democratic Mayor or Democratic
> Governor of the state lift a finger, display some
> leadrership skills and actually do something instread
> of crying like the little unskilled babies that they
> are.
>
> At least Sarah Palin would have put her wolf-hunting
> skills to use and flown over via helicopter picking
> offthe looters
I heard that Sarah Palin's best skill is one she picked up at the University of Hawaii.
Its initials are B.J.
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Re: President Barack Obama
Jul 10, 2009 10:14 PM
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> > Was the sub-par response to the Katrina
> flood
> > keeping America safe?
> >
> > Hey...he had a very important birthday fishing
> trip
> > with John McCain to attend to. Some of you
> just
> > don't know how to prioritize like GB Deuce did.
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> >
> > --
> > When in doubt, hit him in the head. --Coach
> Lawyer
> >
> > You've just been invited to suck it. --Steve
> Carell
> > (The Office)
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> The Repubs decided to wait until enough "urban types"
> were drowned or shot by Republican vigilianties to
> ensure Bobby Jindol's election.
yeah, god forbid the Democratic Mayor or Democratic Governor of the state lift a finger, display some leadrership skills and actually do something instread of crying like the little unskilled babies that they are.
At least Sarah Palin would have put her wolf-hunting skills to use and flown over via helicopter picking offthe looters
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Re: President Barack Obama
Jul 10, 2009 9:44 PM
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> Was the sub-par response to the Katrina flood
> keeping America safe?
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> Hey...he had a very important birthday fishing trip
> with John McCain to attend to. Some of you just
> don't know how to prioritize like GB Deuce did.
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> --
> When in doubt, hit him in the head. --Coach Lawyer
>
> You've just been invited to suck it. --Steve Carell
> (The Office)
The Repubs decided to wait until enough "urban types" were drowned or shot by Republican vigilianties to ensure Bobby Jindol's election.
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Re: President Barack Obama
Jul 10, 2009 9:38 PM
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Was the sub-par response to the Katrina flood keeping America safe?
Hey...he had a very important birthday fishing trip with John McCain to attend to. Some of you just don't know how to prioritize like GB Deuce did.
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When in doubt, hit him in the head. --Coach Lawyer
You've just been invited to suck it. --Steve Carell (The Office)
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Re: President Barack Obama
Jul 10, 2009 7:59 PM
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They also need to keep in mind that he didn't even keep us safe after that.
Was the sub-par response to the Katrina flood keeping America safe?
How about the current financial implosion caused by robber banks and trillion dollar military adventuring in Iraq?
A eight years lack of progress on Global Warming, that just may yet be the single most dangerous issue in human history.
It amazes me that while nobody really trusts the MSM anymore they can still color images with their poor reporting.
Always remember Bush did not keep things safe at all after 9/11! Whenever a neo-con trots out that tired platitude, throw this right back at them!
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Re: President Barack Obama
Jul 10, 2009 7:14 PM
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> I love the way conservatives are already declaring
> Obama a failure after 7 months in office when they
> say Bush kept us safe after 9/11 when that happened 9
> months into his first term. The attack he didn't
> stop. So Bush gets a break after not stopping an
> attack 9 months into his presidency and Obama's a
> failure after 7 months because the economy the
> republicans destroyed is still bad. Now
> that's powerful stupid.
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> Edited by jrcel at 07/10/2009 1:49 PM PDT
It cracks me up when one of the Conservative Dopes says, "Well, Prez Bush kept us safe, AFTER 9/11."
Yeah, he kept us safe- except for that one time that he didn't- the most deadly and easily preventable attack ever. Fuck yeah, except for that one little slip, Boy George did a bang up job.
Actually, I have become increasingly convinced that the warnings about the attack using passenger jetliners as guided suicide missiles were disregarded because Bushco wanted them to succeed. Big fuckin' hero all right.
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Re: President Barack Obama
Jul 10, 2009 7:05 PM
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> > > > New info coming out that Goldman Sachs
> has
> > been
> > > > making 60% of the Wall St. trades.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > s2grand,
> > >
> > > I wish someone would get the Fed to tax WS
> > trades,
> > > buy, sell, both. Heavily. That would be
> such a
> > good
> > > way for us to get our bailout money given
> to
> > those
> > > ungrateful, rotten scoundrels back.
> Hopefully,
> > more.
> >
> > Rainy,
> >
> > Several have suggested that very thing. I
> believe
> > Bernie Sanders was one & Thom Hartmann. But with
> the
> > "foxes" in the hen house they won't do it.
>
> s2Grand,
>
> I wouldn't even know Sanders name if it weren't for
> Maher. Both nice men 
Rainy,
Bernie's one of the "good ones", too few & far between.
Sometimes Bill isn't so nice, he can be a bigot himself.
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