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Friday, November 13, 2009 at 1:07 am
If I were the chief executive officer of a publicly traded company and followed the fiscal/financial policies of the U.S. government since November 2008, I would be fired immediately.
Why doesn't someone with intelligence see what President Barack Obama is doing to our country? Most people cannot afford what is being proposed. Simply passing on the increased spending to children and grandchildren will only relegate them to living in a second-rate country in the years to come.
Larry Carrier, Sabattus
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Failures of Bush and
Failures of Bush and Republicans
Lied about WMD.
Unilaterally invaded a sovereign nation without provocation and justification.
Lied during State of the Union speech re: Niger Uranium.
Responsible for pre-9/11 intelligence failures in White House, CIA, FBI.
Allowed 9-11 murderers to remain free while diverting precious military and financial resources to his vanity war in Iraq.
Lied about Saddam/bin Laden connection.
Turned Iraq into a terrorist breeding ground.
Lied about nation-building.
Opposed creation of 9-11 Commission and Homeland Security Department.
Disrespected and alienated the U.S. from French, German and other key allies.
Lied to Americans about the real cost of war.
Fostered an environment of torture at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo.
Lined Halliburton's pockets in Afghanistan and Iraq with fat no-bid contracts.
Under-manned and under-equipped our armed forces in Iraq, resulting in unnecessary death and injuries.
Ignored the nuclear build-up in both Iran and N.Korea; marginalized Kim Jong Il.
Shunned Kyoto Treaty.
Lied about effects of man-made pollutants on the environment to support corporate pals.
Lied about the insolvency of Social Security.
Gave huge cuts to the wealthiest taxpayers.
Lied about true cost of health care bill.
Lied about Free Trade stand.
Bitterly divided the nation along religious, party and sexual preference lines.
Guilty of numerous cronyism appointments (Homeland Security, Supreme Court, etc)
Rewarded failures of Condi Rice and other cronies with key promotions.
Dreadful energy policies lead to record gas and oil prices.
Responsible for the largest debt in U.S. history.
Colossal failure of preparedness, rescue and relief during Hurricane Katrina.
Fostered a culture of corruption among GOP and top leadership (Tom Delay, etc).
Allowed Donald Rumsfeld to keep job despite utter failure in Iraq.
Presided over the U.S.'s lowest popularity throughout the world.
Saw No Child Left Behind fail.
Lied last week about Iraqi troop strength during Saturday radio address. Directly contradicted by testimony given earlier in the week by Gen. Abizaid.
Colossal failure of preparedness for the transition of Medicare Part D.
Allegations of fraud surrounding the 2000 and 2004 elections.
Not elected by a majority of the popular vote in 2000.
Bush's lied when he said, "I don't think anyone anticipated the breach of the levees."
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You hit the nail on the head with these facts! Good job.
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With the November 2008 Presidential election and subsequent monthes the world superpower embarked on a great many firsts. Many of these firsts questionable in legality, some blatantly Unconstitutional, and too many to count that are fiscally irresposible at best and have undermined the economies of all 50 States and virtually every nation around the world for years if not decades to come.
In November of 2008, for the first time in US history, the President-elect, tookover the office of President without waiting for Inauguration and Swearing-In. Unlike every other US Presidential election in history, the pre-election world financial and diplomatic termoil did not subside with knowledge of who the new President would be. Never in the past has it mattered which candidate was elected the mere fact of uncertain leadership of the superpower is unsettling and once anyone is determined President-elect, the world has experienced a collective sigh of relief until 2008.
With that election, economic termoil rolled into one economic, diplomatic and health crisis after another. This President-elect embarked on the larges spending spree of the money of the worlds yet to be born grand children and great grand children. A global pandemic has been mismanaged and lies continuosly reported to The People of this great nation on everything from available vaccine and immunization rules, number of illnesses and deathes and this Administration has been unable come up with a plan they can stick to for more than 24 hours on "The Book" for the guidance and direction of public and private health agencies, hospitals, and practitioners. Home foreclosures under the Obama administration continue to climb with the October 2009 numbers 20% higher than the October 2008 numbers, the last month of the Bush Administration controlling the White House. Most recently, we have been tole that woth 1 in 168 homes receiving foreclosure notices in some states in October, major realty organizations epect the rate to continue to climb and do not foresee any improvement before the end of 2012, three years from now!
It is time for a reality check in Washington.
If we could only return to common sense...
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Unconstitutional??
As a U.S. citizen you have standing to take the government to court to remedy any unconstitutional wrongs.
Got an anchor tied to your azz?
If not, git er done!!
But methinks you're just blowing smoke-rings out Uranus.....
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I am versed on no fewer than eleven pending suits concerning the issues of acts in violation of the Constitution discussed in my earlier posting. Each time a suit of this nature is filed, the taxpayers of this great nation foot the very hefty bill for the defense with no possibility of being compinsated by the actual offender if the Plaintiff prevails, the Defendant found to have committed the act, no matter how blatant or henous it may have been.
Unlike Obama, I do not feel the need to be so free, wasteful and cavaliar with the money of the American people as to file a lawsuit on an issue when there is a suit on file (some have been waiting a year or more to be heard) on exactly the same issue and incident. To file a suit in such a manner would be shameful certainly and nothing would be gained by it. What is needed, is the hearing and resolution of the cases that have been filed expeditiously to limit the damage to this country. In some of these cases, the violations are ongoing and to be honest a quick decision is imparative to put a stop to the continuation but, I have no idea how the damage can be reversed, somethings you just can not take back or make whole again.
If we could only return to common sense...
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Queenie: "... its always easier to find a scapegoat."
Very true. The immaculated one descends into that quagmire at least once a week. Whenever any "journalist" asks him why his policies haven't accomplished a thing, he starts jerking is knee and his teleprompter: "I inherited this mess." Maybe, but now you own it. Uncork your thumb.
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We've been a 2nd rate country since Ol' George there was elected in office!!! Its always easier for people to find a scapegoat (in Obama).
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It's not what you inherit its what you do with it. I can inherit a junk truck, then sell off the parts or build art sculptures or build a better truck or sell it. Or I can whine and point out that it's not my responsibility and that all I did was inherit it. BTW: Under Bush, stimulis money was sent to consumers to spend or save. Under Obama, stimulis money was sent to failing wall street executives, failing large companies, and failing banks all of which are now doing sooooo well. So, who was for "Big Corporation" and who was for the common working man? Most of the countries economic woes are due to our own greed at buying houses we couldn't afford, using credit like it was a bottomless well, living well beyond our means, and spending more then we could ever hope to pay back. Reality was going to happen eventually.
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Your timeline seems to be off a bit. Who was pres when the Wall St bailouts started? "Under Bush, stimulis money was sent to consumers to spend or save." And that really nipped the recession right in the bud, didn't it?
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you did miss the point, so i will simplify. It's not what you inherit, its what you do with it that counts.
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I tire of your nonsense Lil. Bush isn't president any longer and neither is Clinton, Bush Sr or Reagan. Let's stop blaming past leaders and look at what our current leader is doing. Spend, spend, spend, bail out big companies that should have been allowed to fail on their own because of their poor business plan, printing money we don't have the collateral to cover, borrowing money from China, racking up debt, and wanting to create a health system that will break this country beyond repair. I didn't vote for Bush or Obama but the way we are heading is disastarous. How you cannot see that is something I will never understand. I'll bet that if Obama himself pulled the trigger at Fort Hood you would still defend him somehow.
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You're just tired of the truth. Obama inherited the worst recession since the Great Depression. That's certainly not nonsense, it's a fact!
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This recession started in December 2007, and Bush was an MBA. How'd that work out?
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As usual wrong. The fiscal problems we are currently facing can be traced directly to three blunders of the Bush presidency. 2001 taxcut for the richest 1% of the population. A medicare drug benefit which actually provides no benefit except to line the insurance companies pockets and a war against a country that never attacked us.
Backup materials if you are able to read:
2001 taxcut cost: $2.7 trillion: http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=1508
Medicare Part D to cost $900 billion: http://tinyurl.com/y9rmzo7
Iraq war cost: $700 billion and climbing, and this doesn't include legacy veteran benefits: http://costofwar.com/
That would add up to $5.3 trillion in dumphuckery.
Any problem that can't be solved with taxcuts, republicans pretend doesn't exist.
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"Why doesn't someone with intelligence see what President Barack Obama is doing to our country?" That rules out teabaggers and republicans.
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Another fine example of why your comments are largely ignored.
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It's kinda funny.
You post has two sentences.
The first, you take exception to Lil's shot at conservatives
The second line is your signature taking a shot a liberals in the exact same fashion that you call Lil out for.
So how bout you change your signature so you just a smidge less of a hypocrite?
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Doing for, or doing to? 1. Bailouts for industries plagued with inferior products and poor management. 2. "Stimulus" money that only went to specialized labor (which was still in demand) and ditch diggers (who can always get a minimum wage job). 3. La Raza Supreme Court. 4. Dragging heels on war options... hmmmm didn't he promise to end the war? Really, this guy makes me miss Bush.
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Well Cranky Yanker, you seem to be astute in the world of economics. Can you please explain why the stimulus has done nothing to create work for people. Keep in mind the employment rate wasn't suppose to pass 8% under the Obama stimulus . The U3 if you happen to know what that is, is now at 10.2%(that's people who are out of work and are claiming benefits). If you add in people who have gone off unemployment and have given up looking for work, your looking at somewhere between 17.5% and 20%. Your worried about the debt under Bush? The deficit when Bush left office was, let me see, let me see, yep he left a total deficit of 1.2 trillion. With the stimulus alone, President Obama has raised the deficit to over 3.5 trillion. And here is the fun part. They haven't included what health insurance reform and cap and trade will cost once they are passed. Let me see, I think the CBO is estimating our deficit to reach over 9 trillion and possibly reaching closer to 13 trillion by the time this President is through with us. Does that feel good to you Yanker, cause you'll be paying for it along with the rest of us, like it or not.
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Obama took over in January of 2009. So, I'm gonna go ahead and disregard your opinion because you lack basic knowledge of the democratic process. Maybe you're the one lacking intelligence?
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Let's see now, Bush's War is has cost us $950 BILLION to date, and you're worried about the stimulus programs? Puh-leeeze! I'm guessing you're rather have had Bank of America, Citibank, Wells Fargo, General Motors, Chrysler, and countless other businesses fail, and thus create a chain reaction leading to a situation similar to 1929? Good thinking.
The conservatives seem to be getting all of their talking points from Rush and Hannity these days. I guess they would all rather see the country fail (Rush publicly said so) than to see Obama, and the country, succeed. How patriotic is that? When the Republicans, like Nero, who sat around while the country collapsed around them actually bring something of substance in the way of an economic policy and healt care reform to the table, let me know. I'm just not going to hold my breath.
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