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we are at 9% unemployment we are shooting at people in 4 different countries We are deeper in debt than 2 years ago And gas does sell for more than $4 here in LA Please explain where these are not facts! and simple my imagination or partisan beliefs!! Quote:
And unemployment is still at 9% with many people falling off at 99 weeks where they can't get unemployment anymore, just facts, not going to believe it won't make it go away |
Well, your question (and the answer) all depends on who you mean by "we".
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he killed Osama he promised to stop attacking pot collectives with federal money oh wait, he lied about that, Help me out here, looking for something else I can agree with Oh wait, no, he lied about that too He did start doing more arrests of illegal aliens. I'm just getting tired of all the wars |
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Our constitution gives very little domestic power to a President...a President's primary power is in foreign policy. A President cannot make law and a President does not control the finances/spending. The power to make law lies with Congress and the Congress controls the finances/spending. The greatest power of a President in domestic policy is that of the "bully pulpit".
It is generations of Congress and their policies and party politics that are the primary cause of today's problems. Ultimately though...it is the American people/electorate that are responsible for today's problems...as it is still a nation of government by the people and for the people. It is an uninterested and ignorant electorate that continue to vote in those that represent us in Government. I know people and I am satisfied that many...if not most of you...know people that do not watch the news on T.V...do not read a news paper...do not read books...and yet will vote in elections...Local...State and Federal...but primarily in State or Federal. I know people that when they receive their ballot in the mail...they spend...maybe twenty or thirty minutes...looking it over and that is the sum total of their political knowledge about the candidates and issues and yet they will vote. Also as you know a relatively small percentage even go to the trouble to vote at all. Many Americans believe that we only have a two party system and are not even aware that there are about 50 officially registered political parties in this country. There will be nothing change for the better without the American people/electorate taking an interest and educating themselves about the parties...candidates and issues...and frequently letting their representatives know what their thinking is about the way they are being represented on the issues. My confidence level is high that conditions will get much worse before the American people will get their ass in gear. |
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You can say the unemployment numbers are ONLY(which is a ridiculous argument) down because of people running out of it, but you all ignored the steady upswing in job creation which was a huge turn from the downward path of Bush job growth. Unemployment is at the end of the spectrum to go down in a recovery and its been showing signs of continued decline, yet you seem to practically delight in a % of a % uptick as tho it proves and validates your arguments. I'm sorry your hatred for our President blinds you so much you are willing to ignore or discount/nullify all the positives. Are some things bad? Of course. Are most things getting better? Yes. Are there always pitfalls that we can fall in to? Of course. |
are we better off than we were 2 years ago?
absolutely not |
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OK President Obama just announced a tentative deal with Republicans on extending the sweeping tax cuts signed by President George W. Bush nearly a decade ago. The deal extends all the tax cuts for two years, including those on upper-income Americans that Obama wanted to end. As a result, the debate over the tax cuts will have to be joined again during the 2012 presidential campaign. http://www.usatoday.com/communities/...ush-tax-cuts/1 From The Labor Department new applicants for unemployment insurance last week came in at a seasonally adjusted number of 388,000. How is that any good? |
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Iraq has wound down (50k troops, still too many, imo). Afghanistan is set to start winding down in July. Pakistani operations are and have been an extension of the war in Afghanistan and they certainly seem to have proved to be effective. You simply cannot call lybia a war. I completely agree that we need more of our troops home. My brother-in-law was just deployed to afghanistan and he's had 2 tours in iraq, others in the balkans, spent years on the DMZ. |
Personally, I don't think so.
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If you do not like the President having that power...how many times have you notified your Congressman that you want that power revoked or have notified the President that you do not like drones being used in Pakistan. You can "believe that the government has been overstepping it's power"...that is your right to do so...but it is the third coequal branch of Government...not you...that has the power to decide if "Government is overstepping it's power"...and that is the Supreme Court. |
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I agree, unemployment: Bad, but you are still ignoring the fact that job creation is going up quarter by quarter. It's not where it should be nor where I'd like it to be yet, but things take time and we are RECOVERING from a huge recession. |
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I try to stay out of these things, but I find it depressing that you dismiss everyone on this board as pornographers, as if being politically aware is somehow incompatible with slangin' pr0n. I'm really sick of the thing where people (not just you, but the majority) refuse to discuss issues and just shout partisan insults. If someone (such as Vendzilla) says something which is not wholly partisan, then the debate revolves around trying to shove him into one partisan box or another. White sheets? Come on, guys. |
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As forthe countries we are fighting with, either we are fighting or we are not,people are still dieing and we can't afford the military cost Quote:
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Yes there is job creation, but there is also job lose, thats why we are at 9% still |
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Really? Please show the quote where he said he would stop attacking pot collectives. |
sounds like a shit place to live
what country we talking about here??? |
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Only on one occasion after multiple letters and phone calls...about an intervention I was doing on behalf of a former comrade in arms who was still on active duty and was facing a Court Martial...which were intercepted by staff...did the staff actually put me on the phone with the Congressman. He took control of the situation and intervened with the military and the Court Martial was dropped...but unfortunately my friend was denied reenlistment when his current enlistment expired...he had intended to be a career soldier. |
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Since I own a dispensary I'm fairly certain Obama has never used the words 'pot collective', but hey, prove me wrong. |
News flash unemployment is never going down. Mcdonalds and walmart can only hire so many people. Lol this is the new normal get used to it and hope some radical doesnt come in and make online porn job one. They will keep lower taxes on the rich and big corporations while sticking it in the ass of the fading middle class. And the scary part is people like vend will keep voting against their own best interest while they get fucked in the ass deeper and deeper.
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What has he said that he hasn't done that you liked in particular that bothers you? |
The US of A? Oh we're fucked like a $2 whore, no doubt.
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I also think the Republican party knew this and wanted to loose, knowing that the next four - eight years are going to suck donkey balls no matter which side is in office. I love the comments about how Obama promised to change this and fix this. That's call politics, get used to it. |
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You mean like people will not have to change their current healthcare insurance? I have a lot of people that it's already changed and it's not even in effect yet. My buddy works for Coca Cola, it's union and they had to change their insurance coverage a few months ago. |
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Ask the Dollar, he will not lie oh whats that the answer is No, and I trust my eight ball:anon |
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You really ARE that dumb, aren't you? |
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For many Americans? Probably not. But you're fuck of alot better off than if McCain and Palin were running the country for the past 3 years, that's for sure.
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Hogwash....
Shooting in 4 countries? Come on, lame twist. How about at war with 1 country, ended an illegal war with another, in a conflict, and worked with another to get a person the entire Country wanted. btw, Reagan had far more bullets in Countries that Obama has, by 3 times. Not that it makes a difference, unless it's a Republican in power. It costs 800b a year to run this boat, and Obama directly has spent less than 800b. Saying the debt went up under his watch is like saying he breaths air. Record gas prices happened in 09, we haven't reached the point again. Now if you're going to blame him for the increase, then you should credit him with the largest drop in 5 years as well. Outside of that the markets have grown, rather than shrank like they did the previous 10 years. The economic drop was stopped, which was being said was the next depression. Actually, even jobs and housing stopped it's major drops, prob will drop again but at least it quit from its depression like speeds. That's before all the civil stuff he's done, tax code work, shit the list is so long I couldn't list it all. It's not like Obama has done only bad... |
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$250k will buy a house anywhere. Around $250k in Texas will get you a mini mansion Where do you live. I've seen nice 4 bed room houses for like $80,000 in many states now. There's crazy good deals out there in realestate. |
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Change....
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I've never been banned, I was called on something I got wrong on some gun legislation though |
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If anything, a quick peek at years of your daily political posts will show your bull headed bias. Historically, your prejudices are crystal clear and it's more than obvious that you will never change your position, nor are open minded in the least to the views of others on those political topics. Especially in regards to Democrats/liberals/particular issues. People would be better off debating a cat in their back yard. :2 cents: |
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