The Note, 1/21/09: Day Two — President Obama (At Last) Seeks Running Start

Well now that it’s all rainbows and sunshine here in the good ole USA, I am going to march on up to DC and get in line for a handout…umm I mean bailout!!! Hell, with $700B already appropriated there has to be some money left for the average Joe’s right??!!! All together now, let’s click our heels 3 times and let the “change” magic begin LOL!!!

Wow,
The only thing that could outdue the WORST sell off of the DOW in post election history after BO won, was the WORST inauguration day sell-ff of the DOW in history.
I wonder how many of the liberal whackjob media outlets will broadcast those facts?

I saw a myriad of people on TV yesterday explaining how Obama was now going to pay their bills. If this is how he got elected, this is serious trouble. The level of ignorance was astounding.

I wonder if I forget to pay my self-employment tax, will the IRS let me slide with an “honest mistake?” Geithner should be out.

Actions speak much louder than words. Let’s see the “miracle”!!!!!

Regardless of what happens, the Obama’s are now financially set for life. Wish the rest of us could say the same.

You can tell the rightwingers have been saving up their self pitying, snarky complaints for the day after the inauguration. Babies! You haven’t even begun to suffer and all ready you act like Obama has outed your CIA wife to punish you for telling the truth, or fired qualified Democratic Attorney Generals for not prosecuting Republicans before elections…oh, you don’t know what it is to suffer, and probably won’t because from all signs, Obama treats the opposition as if this were a Democracy.

The economy is a lot worse than most people are aware of. The possible fallout greater than most expect. I care not who sits in the Whitehouse, Obama or should it have been McCain, the crisis is greater than one man — even the presidency of U.S. It is a shame that Americans angered over Obama’s win will sit on their backsides and complain, instead of putting their hand to the task in their own community to help in this economic downturn. The U.S. government was fiscally irresponsible, but so have most Americans. The hardships was created by the government and by the people — it will take both to fix it. If everyone gets their financial house in order or at least starts forming a plan to get there — hopefully this storm will not be as bad as it portends to be. Don’t use who is in the Whitehouse as an excuse not to mind your own house’s affairs. There is more than Obama being tested today.

So the central government is about to take a more active role in the life of America. I don’t want unicorns in my living room. Did fine without them so far.

“So the central government is about to take a more active role in the life of America. I don’t want unicorns in my living room. Did fine without them so far.”
I honestly think you guys are sniffing glue or something. You’re talking some other language having nothing to do with reality. The “central government” is going to create jobs rebuilding infrastructure in a manner that is going to pay dividends down the road. It’s a great idea. Is that what you’re refering to?

Amy and Silky; Today would be a good day for both of you to look for a job. Maybe Obama will put shovels in your hope filled hands. I understand how empty the lives of Obamabots are now that the election is over, but we adults don’t appreciate your hall monitor demeanor. Your guy has been inaugurated but he has yet to prove his worth. There’s nothing for you to defend at this point. He’s done nothing but project. Get it?

“300 private jets landed in Washington for Bush’s inauguration day, over 600 flew in for barry’s”
er, successful people like Barack more than they did Bush?
“the average dontation to the republican party has historically been $50 dollars” We all know Republicans have won elections by manipulating the fears of working class Americans. No surprise there.
“27/50 of the wealthiest members of congress are liberals” I thought Joe the Plumber spoke for you when he whined the Democrats would punish him if he managed to be successful?

Silky
My point is that it is ironic that the “spread the wealth around”/global warming is going to kill us all crew has the biggest bank accounts and most private jets. It’ a little funny, isn’t it?
As for barry setting aside his socialist costume for a bit and not raising taxes, i’m somewhat skeptical of that. First he and joe the biden said 250k was wealthy, then it was 200k, then it was 150k?
So what is it barry? what amount of $$ constitutes the gov’t swooping in and redistributing it to all those idiot followers of yours we saw yesterday on tv?

“First he and joe the biden said 250k was wealthy, then it was 200k, then it was 150k?”
If you still can’t figure out how wrong you are about this, I can’t help you. Your type is exactly the worst kind of Republican. The kind who likes to argue, but is incapable of thinking in detail. THEY NEVER WAVERED AN INCH ON HIS TAX PLAN DURING THE CAMPAIGN. You just can’t tell the difference between somebody getting a tax cut and somebody’s taxes not increasing.

Buyer’s Remorse: If you knew anything at all about the markets, you would have known that the dismal earnings reports that released yesterday morning and caused the market selloff, had absolutely nothing to do with who was President. They would have still been dismal even if an idiot – such as you – was being sworn in.

The mountaintop experience is over. The partying is over. It’s time to face reality. There are problems to address. I’m wondering how long it will be before the media turns on him.

“Silky
If I am incapable of thinking in detail then how do I know that almost 50% of Americans don’t pay federal taxes, yet barry ran on his famous “95% of Americans will get a tax break” stump.”
He said “95% of workers and their families.” Got any more lies, dave?
And I guess you’re done your definition of wealthy rant then, dave?

It is funny to hear the libs say we should now come together to support our president. How should we do that exactly? If I am an Asian, Mr. Obama will call me “yellow” and say that I need to “mellow” – If I am hispanic, well, then Mr. Obama thinks I should just hang around. Of course, if I am white then I am obviously incapable of thought; luckily, Mr. Obama will ALLOW me to now think “right”. Wow, no matter what race am it seems that I am inferior to Mr. Obama and his racist preacher.
Not a very auspicious start on that post-partisanship promise. Racial harmony? Not on Mr. Obama’s watch.

Par – You’re right to call me a cynic, but my cyncism doesn’t just include Obama. Our 2 party gov’t system is broken and only corporate America is heard by our own reps. Only big money talks in DC no matter who is in the White House. Get over yourself and your bad case of Obamamania. He’s just another gov’t crook.

Did I hear someone mention a narcissist who compared themselves to Lincoln? That was ME, ME, ME!
GIBSON: You said recently, in your old church, “Our national leaders are sending U.S. soldiers on a task that is from God.” Are we fighting a holy war?
PALIN: You know, I don’t know if that was my exact quote.
GIBSON: Exact words.
PALIN: But the reference there is a repeat of Abraham Lincoln’s words when he said — first, he suggested never presume to know what God’s will is, and I would never presume to know God’s will or to speak God’s words.
But what Abraham Lincoln had said, and that’s a repeat in my comments, was let us not pray that God is on our side in a war or any other time, but let us pray that we are on God’s side.
That’s what that comment was all about, Charlie.

“Sure, he might have said that working family crap, but that is beside the point.”
Lol! No, it’s exactly the point. Go back and read your initial comment on the subject. Did you ever even bother to read his tax proposal? Of course you didn’t.
“What do you mean my wealthy rants? I was merely pointing out the inconsistencies in barry’s evaluations of wealthy. 250k, then it was 200k, 150k.”
Once more, dave…no such inconsistencies ever existed. You confusion is a result of your inability to distiguish between a tax cut and no change to your taxes.

Amy; I challenge you to cite a single example of a lie I have posted.

Oh my God! You right-wingers really have your heads up your lower orifices. Couldn’t you see how happy former president Bush “W” was yesterday? He couldn’t wait to get out of there. It would be a very BIG surprise if Laura doesn’t even back him any longer. I am a guessing the new house is just for HER. He can stay at the ranch by himself.
He was quoted to have said to a onlooker, that this was a great day for the country. I guess HE is NOT so dumb after all. I have a new found respect for him. He knows what he has caused by his ignorance and his EGO.
I am profoundly (along with the majority of this country and the world) happy to have a intelligent man that has his mind set for something bigger than himself (for a change) in office.
My husband, pretty much sounds like most of you right-wingers. He thinks he is the media darling also. He said last evening after work, watching the inaugeration that I recorded, that this was a great day and he was glad that Mr. Bush was finally gone. (He voted for him both times.)
Everything that I told my family and friends 8 years ago has come true in spades. Maybe I’ll be right about this one too. Only it will help all of us this time.
Be care Dave and Monroe, you are both sounding a little bitter. Your blood pressures are going to be needing checked. You don’t want to be quoted later with being wrong. I only hope and pray along with the world, that you are. FOR ALL OF US! We now need a miracle! Thank you for that Mr. Bush.

Yes the yellow, brown if your white your not right thing was just another of bo’s racist friends and mentors.
I was hard not to puke when I saw our flag “Old Glory” defaced with bo’s mug. Those people should be arrested!

“Yes the yellow, brown if your white your not right thing was just another of bo’s racist friends and mentors.”
You people are a mess.

“silky, just the remark I expected from you! bo and anyone kin to bo is above the law! He can do no wrong!”
No. I just don’t care. Not even a little.

“Yes, Silky, they are a mess. But they are votes for ME ME ME in 2012 and that’s all that matters to ME ME ME!”
I am on the record saying that I will eat one of my shoes if you get elected President.

Sarah is refering to “me” generation pc president.

Silky
Barry ran his campaign under the slogan of 95% of Americans will recieve a tax break. This is regardless of the fact that 50% of Americans pay no federal taxes. In other words, barry will be handing out welfare checks. He is the new robin hood.
This resulted in droves of people believing that their rent, car payments, and mortgages will all be picked up by the US Governement.

mmonroeliveson
“So the central government is about to take a more active role in the life of America.”
The above quote is Dan Balz’s interpretation of how the Obama administration will defer from Bush’s stated ideology. I personally feel the government under Bush has been too active in changing the country in ways I don’t agree with, but that’s me.
Obama himself said “The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works.” We have a federal government. Conservatives pretend they don’t want a central government and consequently they try to privatize services, just on principle, which end up costing the tax payers billions more in fraud (see the money lost in Iraq.)Obama is talking about skipping the old small/big argument about the government, and aim for a more competent government.

What’s so offensive about the yellow, brown, red, white line? I asked my grandkids, even the brown ones, if they were offended, and they all said no.

Oh, please. Give me a freaking break.
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No, YOU give US a freaking break!
Some things you just CAN’T spin.

Oh dave, you love me. You really, really love me! I know I can count on your vote in 2012 no matter how many ethics violations I commit and no matter how many lies and half-truths I tell. Keep on drinkin’ that Palin Pink koolaid, it helps you forget all that kind of stuff. -wink-

“Palin was everything that liberal, feminazis hate.
1. She is hot
2. She is Christian
3. She is happily married
4. She is a self-made governor
5. She is pro-life
6. She is conservative”
I’m thinking it had more to do with her consistently making a fool of herself, and particularly, the man-walked-with-dinosaurs 4,000 years ago line. That one was pure gold. The party of Bush is alive an well!

Silky, how can you possibly not be offended by someone calling people brown, yellow, and white when it was meant to minimize their value to exhalt the value of a person that is black? No one should accept this type of race baiting. No one should accept his antagonism of others just to provide accolades to someone of another race.
It is despicable. Obama seems to have surrounded himself with people like this (rv. wright, f flageler, and JJ). If Obama were a Republican he would catch unending heck for this arrogance and divisiveness.

Kind of sad how quickly this blog devolved into a back and forth on race.
Don’t know what that’s all about.

I wonder if Michele Obama got mad when Larry Sinclair sent a certified letter to her describing Mr. Obama’s private parts. I would have loved to have seen her reaction.
Who is Larry Sinclair? He was doing coke and offering or@l to our new president a short 8 years ago. I don’t care if it is Larry Craig or Barak Obama – these people do not change. He will bring great embarrassment to our nation when he is caught in the next late night rendezvous.

silky
Palin saying man walking with dinosaurs was ALMOST as classic as barry O saying he’s been “to all 57 states”. Now that was funny, and given barry’s level of patriotsim and knowledge of accurate American history (not rev wright’s version), I am sure he believed there are 57 states!
Or how about biden saying……
“when roosevelt was president in 1929, he got on television and spoke directly to the people”
“jobs is a three letter word”
“bosniac”
“hillary is much more qualified then i am and quite frankly, she would have been a better choice”
Democrats get passes from the media and republicans get crucified.

“Silky, how can you possibly not be offended by someone calling people brown, yellow, and white when it was meant to minimize their value to exhalt the value of a person that is black?”
Because that’s not what happened, and I couldn’t care less what that guy has to say anyway.

It is obvious that you don’t care.
That said, in this particular case, maybe, in future, you should refrain from speaking for the rest of us of that do care.
Peace…

“That said, in this particular case, maybe, in future, you should refrain from speaking for the rest of us of that do care.”
I didn’t speak for you. Besides, don’t you have more important things to care about? Like…y’know…things that matter?

James, you better not be sayin’ that I look fat! I keep myself in good shape in order to pick up male votes. Female votes even. I’ll take ‘em where I can get ‘em. Some of my best friends swing that way, even though it’s an abomination. Who am I to judge? [giggle]

The Barry bots are especially exciteable today.
Maybe they were attendees at the Barry-Oprah “special” meeeting. Since both are c@ke heads I’m sure it involved some chemically induced good times.

Silky, finding sympathetic judges is how libs have operated for years. Do I believe that sooner or later a sympathetic judge will be found when it comes to Obama’s citizenship? I absolutely do. When Barry has to produce proof he will be in trouble.
However, I am more opptomistic that sooner or later we will find someone at Harvard or Occidental that wants to make money. Maybe someone in the state government of Hawaii will need some extra cash to get through the coming economic depression. We have several paths to take and are persistent if nothing else.

Silky
So biden’s ridiculously stupid remarks that entertained us all throughout the campaign were not worthy of your defense? Well, I guess I win that one then.
Palin has said she is a creationist, as am I. Evolution is a theory that was regarded as fact by liberals the moment darwin wrote his book “origin of species”, because they think it destroys the idea of God. Accepting evolution is like walking into the Sisteen Chapel and saying “wow, this just happened over time by itself, no artist, it just happened.”
Believing that we all developed from mud is a little ridiculuos too, isn’t it? Where did the mud come from?

Silky, you have the patience of a saint.

Oh yes, Mr. Berg is my hero. I don’t care that he was found guilty of legal malpractice, or that he is a 9/11 conspiracy theorist, or that he demanded disbarment of several Supreme Court justices, or that he sued George W. Bush more than once for various alleged malfeasances, including 9/11 complicity. In fact, I like all that stuff. And the Obama stuff is so exciting! Even if Obama were able to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that he was born in Hawaii, there are those of us who will NEVER, EVER believe it. Go Mr. Berg!

Silky,
My sympathies to you too about your friend. I hope everything else gets better…
Go pee atleast!

The tinkle I can handle. Btw…I wasn’t complaining or looking for sympathy. Just lending my perspective. I assume many of us have similar loads. But thanks.

Wow: what a bunch of negativity. What happened to “give the guy a chance?” While he will never accomplish everything, if he accomplishes just half of what he promised, he will be ahead of our last leader. I pray for him and for all of the negative ones to have some hope.

Curt, you are incredibly smart, jest like ME! Thanks in advance for your votes.

Pat Napolitano Marietta. Ga,
There is no more negativity here than has been directed toward Ronald Reagan. Like Reagan, Mr. Obama will be expected to produce results. If he does not he will be kicked out of office sometime during the next four years.
By the way, opposition is not equivalent to negativity. If you see a train wreck about to happen and you have the ability to either prevent it or to minimize the impact you have an obligation to do so. Mr. Obama is a train wreck waiting to happen.

Will Obama support reparations? Maybe that is what he meant by “spreading the wealth”
If that happens, I will get some new spinners for my ride. Might even get me some dingle balls for my rear view mirror.

SNL was too late. The McCain ad with Charlton Heston parting the sea was hilarious! Nothing that SNL could come up with would ever compare.

Here’s how well Palin helped herself during her campaign exposure.
“Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin might have a tougher time than once thought if she were to take on Sen. Lisa Murkowski in a Republican primary next year.
A Dittman Research poll shows Murkowski leading this year’s GOP vice presidential nominee in the hypothetical matchup, 57-33, according to KTUU-TV in Anchorage.
That contrasts with a Research 2000 poll from mid-December that showed Palin on top 55-31.”
Looks as though her popularity in her own state of Alaska is meeting rejection by the looks of this poll taken in Alaska, complete reversal in not much more than a month.

“Four years, did I say four years, I meant eight years. Wow, was that a freudian. I am trying to put it all behind me now. Starting now.
Good luck Silky.
You aren’t going to have any trouble getting a job. Maybe things will be better by July. We really do need miracles don’t we?

Just a few for me
Drillin in ANWR would have the effect of putting a postage stamp on a football field. It would not have nearly the damaging effect on the environment that all 600 private planes that flew into Washington DC this weekend did (Bush had 300 for his inauguration). Leave it up to those limosuine liberals, they really know how to keep their carbon foot prints down!
Iran is a backwards, thirdworld, primitive, terrorist playground.
The “open minded” liberals, living up to their traitor reputations, proved just how insane iran is when they invited ahkmandijead to speak at Columbia. Do you remember what he said there? “Iran doesn’t have gay people”. Yeah, because they get killed when they are exposed!
He also denied the holocaust repeatedly and called for the “real holocaust” to take place.
Palin saying that women exposing too much hair/skin could result in their death was wrong how?
When she attacked barry’s socialist healthcare plan, what was inaccurate about what she said? barry’s plan is to have the gov’t run our healthcare. Wow, that sounds great! Didn’t that work well for Cuba? People would rather die on a raft trying to come here then live in that liberal haven.
Let’ see here, she might have pressed to have her brother-in-law, the man who tazered her nephew, illegally shot a moose, threatened to kill her father, and was caught drunk while patroling, fired. Shocking. If that is “unethical” then ethics should be reevaluated.
Actully, pretty much all of you Palin quotes are fine. Why did you post them?

Dave, Dave, Dave, You never saw the SNL where the debate panelists kept cutting off Hillary abruptly and asked Obama if he needed a pillow? Never saw Jon Stewart when a choir of angels heralded every mention of Barack’s name for several episodes? Biden has been skewered for his hair plugs and his big mouth. Bill and Hill are always the butt of jokes. The difference is, voters decided Biden really was more qualified, despite being over talkative.
Voters decided Hillary was very bright, despite her poor choice in husbands. They also decided that Palin was not ready to be Vice President, despite her great legs and over all spunk.

Dave,
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE check your facts… The President NEVER stated in his campaign that 95% of Americans would receive a tax break. How many times are you going to make that statement when the actual campaign had NO such promises? The campaign was for “working families.” Getting the facts straight before you post them repeatedly on a comment site would lend you some credibility.

I’m with you youbetcha…talking points from Rush Limbaugh are not a good place from which to take “fact” for arguments.

Or how about all of the “facts” that Mr. Bush used? Credibility?
Colin Powell, said that his party needed to make some serious changes. What party? I think it just took a nose dive.
Dave, you, just face the facts, are now a dinosaur. They are extinct, you betcha.

Amy,
Actually, the SNL skits I did see that made fun of hillary always made her out to seem like a very competent woman with a few annoying characteristics.
Palin, however, was made to be a complete and total fool at every opporunity. This is despite the fact the Palin rose to power on her own merits, while hillary rose to power holding on to bill’s jock strap. I can certainly see why all of the woman’s groups back hillary.lol.
Hillary was suuuuccchhh an independent and proud woman. I mean bill only stuck a cigar in monica, only slept with paula jones a few times, and was never convicted of the rape charges placed by juanita brodderick.
Palin’s family was also viscously attacked. I guess you never expect anything less from “open minded” liberals.

“dave Disrespects President Barack Obama – because DAVE IS A RACIST!”

Palin’s career consists of a beauty pageant and a mayoral race that was uncontested. Hillary Clinton’s career consists of a successful law practice and many years in public policy and Senatorship in a state with many times the population of Palin’s. Hands down, experience has it.
Palin was foolish and unintelligent in her own presentation. The media didn’t just make up the material they used to mock her…she gave it to them.

Bobj72
Calling someone who calls barry by his white name before be decided to be called barrack in order play the victim by embracing his black father who abandoned him a racist is ridiculous. Remember “dreams from my father”. why would he title that after the deadbeat abandoned him?
I just don’t like anti-American, socialiast, RACIST people like barry O. No matter what color they are. Followers of rev racist for 20 years aren’t too high on my list either.

Dave, I am sure they just LOVE you. Hee Hee and another big guffaw!
We the people, just don’t care what you think any more. Look where THAT got us!
Just because you keep saying it, doesn’t make it any more true, each time you do.
You really are going to have to see a professional to get you through the next EIGHT years!

AWESOME, IT JUST OCCURED TO ME! WE SURVIVED THE LAST EIGHT YEARS. WE HAVE TO SIT TIGHT AND HOLD ON FOR A LITTLE LONGER. HOPING THAT IT WON’T TAKE LONG FOR US TO REPAIR WHAT OUR FORMER PRESIDENT HAS ACHIEVED.
COME ON GUYS, LET’S STOP PLAYING WITH THESE DINOSAURS. THEY ARE HISTORY! IT IS TIME TO CELEBRATE.

bobj72
So when was it that you first realized that you hated America? Was it when you did that first anti-Vietnam rally in the 60′s, which resulted in America pulling out of Vietnam prematurely, leaving millions of South Vietnamese to be slaughtered by the North?
Or when you first heard “Bush lied, kids died”, I bet that just turned a light bulb on in your head didn’t it?
Liberals hate America which is why they LOVE barry.

Amy, this is the “rite-rad’s” tact I referenced earlier.
dave says; “Calling someone who calls barry by his WHITE NAME before be decided to be called barrack in order play the VICTIM by embracing his black father who abandoned him a racist is ridiculous.”
I ask you;
dave, anyone competent in anthropology knows the species of man descended from the continent of Africa. Therefore, I ask you sir, “What Is Your BLACK NAME?”
“dave Disrespects President Barack Obama – because DAVE IS AN INTRACTABLE, FIERY-EYED RACIST!”
“dave Disrespects President Barack Obama – because DAVE IS AN INTRACTABLE, FIERY-EYED RACIST!”

“Liberals hate America which is why they LOVE barry.”
Liberals hate America? Where do you come up with this stuff?

WHERE’S MONROE?
DID IT GET TOO DEEP FOR YOU?
OR IS IT NOW HITTING HOME, THAT YOU REALLY ARE A DINOSAUR?
MAYBE YOU ARE LISTENING TO TALK RADIO TO GET MORE UNBIASED MATERIAL?
OR SAY IT ISN’T SO, YOU FINALLY GOT THE MEANING OF PATRIOTISM?

SAM, HEY, YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE DINOSAURS! EVEN BUSH IS READY TO TURN COAT ON THE REPUBLICANS. HE SAID YESTERDAY WAS A GREAT DAY FOR AMERICA!

Yes, our true colors will eventually show through. Now have some more Palin Pink koolaid and check out how well-covered my butt is. -wiggle wiggle-

YOUBETCHA, why are you yelling? I can read normal lower case text. We dino’s have used it for millions of years. On your keyboard, locate the “caps lock” key and press it once.

WHOSE YELLING? THIS SAVES A LOT OF TIME. I DON’T HAVE TO STOP AND CAPITALIZE EACH PROPER NOUN, ETC.
BESIDES, I HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR THROUGH THE COMPUTER, OUCH! SCREAMING YOU UNPATRIOTISM COMMENTS, DOESN’T MAKE THEM ANY MORE TRUE.

POOR SAM, YOU ARE DELUSIONAL. I GUESS THAT EXPLAINS YOUR RESONINGS IN POLITICS! LOL

YOUBETCHA
Actually, voting for someone who brought their children to hear the following is VERY UNPATRIOTIC…
“GD America”
“America created the AIDS virus to kill black people”
“America is the worst terrorist nation in the world”
“America deserved 9/11″
With that being said, fortunately, I think that most people who voted for barry really don’t have a clue what they voted for (many of my family for example).
For years the media has told them Bush is dumb, the war was wrong, Cuba has better healthcare, the earth is melting, Europe hates us and America is not that great of a country. So we need some CHANGE! They don’t really know what it means, but hey, it’s CHANGE!
Take the Jews for example. The %age that voted for barry is baffling. Why in God’s name would those people ever vote overwhelmingly for someone who said in the primaries “iran is a tiny country and not a serious threat”, and “i would sit down with ahkmendiejead without preconditions”. Iran has repeatedly denied the holocaust, called enthusiasitically for a real one to take place, and said that israel will be wiped off of the map once they get the capability to do so.
Barry, history already has a neville chamberlain, we don’t need a second.
In addition to barry’s own ridiculous statements, the church he attended for 20 years was apparently very pro-palestine. Rev racist can be heard on video accusing the USA of siding with israel and harming “black palestinians” multiple times.
Barry’s church also gave louie farrahkan a lifetime acheivment award (louie is one of the most recognizable, muslim, anti-semetic faces today),and farrahkan has called barry the messiah many, many times. get on you tube and watch it.
Finally, barry has repeatedly said he “will decrease our military spending and halt our nuclear weapons research”.
That’s just great barry, it’s nice to know that America’s enemies will continue to stock pile weapons, but America can offer them hugs.
Finally, in the ultimate display of ignorance by the American public, Catholics voted by majority for barry. This is a group of people who claim that they are pro-life, and yet they voted for someone who twice voted down the “Infant Born Alive Act”.
Barry was the ONLY SENATOR TO DO SO.
The bill stated stated that care would be given to any baby born alived, resulting from a botched abortion. This bill was proposed after nurses came forward telling of babies being left to die after botched abortions.
Barry said it would “make the mother revisit her original decision” and also “inconvenience the doctor”.
I am not making this stuff up people.
This election year was NOT a victory for America’s people, it was a victory by the media. The media has proven just how powerful it can be.

YOUBETCHA, just as I thought, you know nothing about blogging etiquette. You should go back upstairs and ask mommy if it is alright if you play with the big boys before you start playing.

sarah, honey, I’ll be what ever your heart desires!

dave…there is entirely too much God in your arguments for my comfort.

Now that the party’s over, we’ll finally get an idea of what kind of a president Obama will be. I’m hopeful that he will be an OK president, but at this point, it’s too soon to tell.
Dave, you are right that the American people don’t know what they elected – we elected a candidate who has never made an executive decision in his life, so he’s a blank slate – could be good or could be a disaster.
It’s often said that the president doesn’t really run the country, the people he surrounds himself with actually do the running of the country, and so far, Obama’s cabinet and circle of advisers is looking a lot like that of Bill Clinton which brings up those foreign policy disasters like Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Haiti, Somalia, etc. Not to mention the whole Elian Gonzales/Cuba debacle.

Silky smooth
Liberals have been siding with America’s enemies for 60 years. I would say that constitutes a slight hatred for America. The amount of evidence to support my claim is overwhelming. I could win this case in court.
I graduated from the University of Mizzou, a school that is well respected for its journalism program. The amount of anti-American rhetoric being pumped out by the faculty everyday was shocking. I am not just talking about their hatred of Bush. Their hatred went much further then that. In many of my professor’s eyes, America is responsible for most of the world’s problems.
Now, doesn’t that correlate with Michelle O saying “I have never been proud of my country in my adult life” and barry saying in audacity of hope “in college, I sought out the marxist professors”?

There will no way to satisfy the anti-Obama people, no way at all. They are all locked into their small-minded view of the world. Even if Jesus himself came down and personally anointed our new President, the fanatic fundamentalists of the evangelical right would say that he was a phony. So I suggest we let them stew in their own wild thoughts and imaginings. They will never change, apparently having an incurable illness.
GOD BLESS OUR NEW PRESIDENT !!

YES, IT MAKES ME NOSTALGIC FOR THAT CLINTON “ERA”. IT WILL HELP US GET OVER THE BUSH “ERROR”!
PRACTICE MAKE PERFECT. SOMEBODY HAVE A BETTER IDEA SALLY SUE?
THANK YOU FOR JOINING IN THE DINOSAUR LEAGUE OF AMERICA!

HOWWOULDIKNOW? EXACTLY! YOUR NAME SPEAKS VOLUMES, DINOSAUR.

Silky – your version of the election season shows you have a convenient memory. There was a time when McCain was actually ahead in the polls – soon after Obama won the final primary because some democrats simply could not get behind a candidate with no experience.
At the same time, conservatives could not get behind McCain because he’s more of a democrat then a republican (and certainly not a conservative).
The “economic crisis” is what put Obama ahead. Pushing the false belief that the economic situation was caused by the president and could be fixed by the right president is what put Obama ahead in the polls. The media happily played along with this belief, especially MSNBC who saw its ratings plummet just before the “crisis.” The belief that action from the president was needed helped to push conservatives even further from McCain and he never recovered from that. He couldn’t run his campaign as a conservative or even as a republican – he couldn’t oppose Bush, because then he would lose support of Bush supporters. At that point, he was in a no-win situation.
The reality is, recessions come and go. Jobs come and go. The good companies can survive just fine without government interference. Presidential meddling does nothing more then make a recession worse and last longer.
And what is Obama saying now? Now that he’s elected and in office, he’s saying that the economy will not be fixed for at least a year – nothing he can do can fix it.

“And please, if a white candidate had spent 20 years going to KKK meetings you wouldn’t be defending him with comments like “you put entirely too much stock in the impact that the words of a klan leader have on people”"
Comparing Obamas church-going to Klan rallies is laughable and an instant credibility killer. People like you cannot be talked to.

“The “economic crisis” is what put Obama ahead. Pushing the false belief that the economic situation was caused by the president and could be fixed by the right president is what put Obama ahead in the polls.”
And Bush fatigue.

youbetcha
Instead of calling me rush limbaugh (great American by the way), why don’t you dissect my claims if they are so bogus? Could it be that they are true?
Could barry O be the next neville chamberlain?
Is there any evidence to show that liberals actually like this country?
Here is some evidence to the contrary (it could go on for miles)
They run around throwing eggs at bush and giving hugs to hugo chavez (half of hollywood).
They sing and dance with the north vietnamese soldiers, while spitting on our troops returning from the war (jane fonda and the entire hippy idiots of the 60′s).
They claim “bush don’t like black people” without acknowledgeing the fact that one man stands alone as authorizing more $$ to africa then anyone else in history- george bush.
They accuse our troops of raping and murdering civilians (john murtha), terrorizing civilians (john kerry).
They make documentaries in the middle of a war accusing our troops of being bloodthirsty murderers and they depict the enemy as peace-loving reformers (michael moore).
They are told that they are employing communist spies direct from moscow in their administrations and instead of investigating the claims (which turned out to true thanks to the Venona project) they call the messenger crazy, homosexual, liar (joe mcarthy)
They bomb gov’t buildings and advocate children killing their parents, only to be offered teaching positions at the University of Chicago and Northwestern.(bernadine dhorn and bill ayers)

ON AND ON THEY DRIVEL (NOT EVEN SPEWING) OUT THEIR VENOM. IGNORE THEM !!
GOD BLESS OUR NEW PRESIDENT !!

Silky : Yes, I didn’t expect you to be able to provide an answer to that… because you know full well that if any white guy had spent that much time going to racist, hate mongering meetings you’d be all over him. Because you simply don’t do that without picking something up AND agreeing with what was being said.
And come on, do you really think that given your lack of credibility you should be using that line? Seriously, after your “the media played no part in Obama’s win” bit.. do you really not see what a joke any credibility comments from you are?

Silky smooth
And I forgot to add that they invite ahkmadenijead to speak at our presitgous university, Columbia. This is a man who calls America the great satan, denies the holocaust, and wants to wipe Israel off the map.
He seems like an alright guy, let’s here what else he has to say!!!

howouldiknow
Good point. Remember when hillary was the media darling? She lost that title the second the socialist from chicago stepped out on the scene. The treatment of her was pretty ridiculous.
The media picked their new guy and the clintons were out!

“Seriously, after your “the media played no part in Obama’s win” bit..”
I didn’t say they played no part. I’m saying that there was enough there without them to get him the win.

dave : Letting Ahmadinejad speak at Columbia was a mistake, but in their defense they were pretty hostile to him. And he left pissed off.

“A transition that has had more corruption and tax evasion charges than any in history. The promise of a massive increase in federal debt to be used in a way which will have no impact on our economic problems. A promise to close a prison when he has no idea what to do with the people held there. And a promise to surrender to Al Qaeda.”
Lie. Speculation. How would you know? And a sign of an inability to discuss anything rationally. Nice work!

howwouldiknow
The fact that they gave the man the platform at all was repulsive! He is supplying our enemy who is murdering our troops. I don’t give a crap that they acknowledge it was a mistake!
The man calls America the great satan and wants to blow Israel off the map, that might have been my first clues as justification for not giving him a speaking platform.
They gave him a better initial reception then Bush would have gotten at Columbia. Of course the warm welcome ended when he started babbling on like usual and he made them look stupid for inviting him at all.

Amy
“it sounds like “liking your country” means keeping one’s mouth shut when crimes are committed and people suffer from injustice.”
Which is always the case when America is concerned, right?
Of course America makes mistakes, and we should learn from them. However, when our soldiers got some insane terrorists naked, who had American’s blood on their hands, and messed with them, the liberals reacted in typical hysterical anti-American fashion.
Instead of simply punishing the individuals and moving on, the whacky liberal media blasted the pictures over and over again. They repeatedly questioned the integrity of our military, and asked ridiculous questions like “HOW ON EARTH COULD SUCH HORRENDOUS AND DISGUSTING ACTS HAVE GONE ON”. “WHAT IS WRONG WITH OUR MILITARY?”
Never once did I hear any prominent liberal acknowledge that we hazed them fraternity style and they cut our heads off.

Dave, you forgot to mention that just last week in Iran they were protesting in the streets burning photos and effigies of Obama because he refused to even comment on the Israel / Hammas war. Oh, but you, like the vast majority of Americans didn’t even hear about that because the bias liberal American media squashed it. I read about it in the London Times.

“However, when our soldiers got some insane terrorists naked, who had American’s blood on their hands, and messed with them, the liberals reacted in typical hysterical anti-American fashion.”
OMG. That was a terrorist recruiting tool, dave. Do you have any idea how “un-American” that ordeal was? You don’t, do you?

“Dave, you forgot to mention that just last week in Iran they were protesting in the streets burning photos and effigies of Obama because he refused to even comment on the Israel / Hammas war.”
Yeah, God forbid Obama keep his mouth shut regarding the most hot-button foreign policy issue in the world when there is another President still sitting in the White House. You people are unbelievable.

Can’t you guys see that you are never going to sway the other. Both sides reject fact and fiction that does not support their ideals. Noboby is perfect, Bush wasn’t and Obama won’t be either. Live and let live. Life is to short.

Dave; Just so everyone understands, I don’t agree with much of anything you have to say. In fact I’m pretty sure some psychological counseling, and further education would do you some good.

Dave,
Its hard to know where to start with you. You want to talk about Vietnam?
Liberals were the bad guys cause they protested sending young men to fight a war that had nothing to do with protecting America. 50,000 American soldiers died and today we are trading partners with Vietnam and we are supposed to still hate Liberal Professors and John Kerry?

Bobj72; By noon your posts are so chopped up with parentheses, brackets, braces, upper case, and lower case BS that it gets hard to determine which left wing sympathizer you’re quoting, much less what message you’re trying to convey. Have you considered posting in traditional English format?

Dave; Far right conservatives like you are the reason we have a centrist left wing sympathizing president.

Amy
With Vietnam, I was just comparing liberal hysteria that results in the protesting of any war America is involved in. Liberals refuse to acknowledge that war is sometimes necessary.
Once the liberals succeeded in getting America to withdraw prematurely in the 60′s (as they vehemently tried with Iraq) MILLIONS of south vietnamese were slaughtered by the north. They were sent to reeducation camps, students were forced to watch their teachers hang.
Yep, that was another fantastic victory for the liberals!
Thank God the liberals lost their fight over Iraq.

Dave,
As near as I can tell from your philosophy, a good American doesn’t protest dropping napalm on children, the killing of civilians at My Lai, the detention of prisoners indefinitely without trial, and so on. Good Americans give up on the rule of law, cause that’s for sissies. How does that make America any different from Russian, China or Iran? In my opinion, Liberals love America more than right wingers do because Liberals care about the principles for which it stands.

“wow Silky, I simply stated what happened in Iran to show a little more depth of the hatred that Ahmadinejad and his country has for you (if you are an American) and I and all of us. I didn’t say anything bad toward Obama. Their protest was for what I said, I didn’t say Obama was in the wrong in anyway. You are suspect of everyone and you are the one that I find unbelievable.”
It was your use of “even”…as in “he refused to EVEN comment…” that made your comment sound like you were chastising Obama for not commenting. I think that was an entirely reasonable interpretation of what you said, no?

mmonroeliveson
yup, this does seem like a rough room.
Sorry I called you a liar.

Wow, has anyone noticed that our country is still intact, and functioning and that Bush left office quietly and peacefully.
Well, that really shows how ignorant those Demi-Dems are. They said he was a tyrant, and was not going to yield power. In other words he & Cheney were going to pull off a coup, and remain in power for ever (typical liberal emotionalistic melo-drama).
When the real-world evidence finally hits them they just blabber at the mouth, make excuses and continue on with their lies, and associated politics………………
Also, the mouthy black guy who said when “Whites do what is right” must have forgot his dementia medicine….. White just substantially helped to elect an ‘Un-Qualified’ black president. Was that not politically correct enough for him??
I really think he meant to say, “when ‘Rev. Wrong’ does what is Right”.

Silky, Oh, wait a minute, now I get it…your in love with Obama, your smitten, obsessed, infatuated. That explains a lot. There is no reasoning with a person in love.

bobj72
please give it a rest with the quotation marks

I wonder how many of the O buttons they found missing from the keyboards.
Probably very few, because Republicans have ‘soo’ much more Class and Maturity than Demi-Dems.

Bobj72; Ignore Dave and others like him. Don’t let his hatred cause you the same misery that seethes within him. Rise above the hate. Look to the future instead of dwelling on the past. Stop attacking them. You are playing into their hands when you allow them to agitate you. You are an educated and responsible man. There’s no need today to defend yourself. You can do better than participate in the banter. Take the high road.

“If liberals claim to be about human rights then why do they continually turn their backs on people who are suffering?”
As I recall, Bill Clinton intervened in Bosnia, against the strident complaints of conservatives, who accused him of meddling in another country’s affairs. He overthrew that monster Miloshavik, and stopped a genocide, all without losing a single US soldier. Bill Clinton, hero of yours?

mmonroeliveson
Will you get off my case? If you don’t stop harassing me I will sick the singing obamabot children on you.
I am not a hate filled person as you claim, you don’t know me at all. I do how ever have a great love for this country and I have seen it under attack by liberals for a long time now.
From CNN to my college professors, it has only gotten worse. Just recently the media showed its muscle by getting a man elected who has more dirty laundry then al capone. If only Al Copone were a liberal, he might have been President Capone!

“But blues and gospel remains the shortest route to my soul.”
Familiar with Cat Power?

Silky, I reread my post several times, I bashed the media not Obama. I didn’t vote for him, but he’s the man now. And BTW do you not have an original thought of your on? Reading back all you provide is boring nonsence rebuttal. Why don’t you actually provide a topic yourself instead of taking the easy path of “oh who cares”.

Dave; I agree we have the best bad government in the world. There’s much to be desired in our electoral process, there’s much to be desired in our foreign policy, there’s a widespread need for charity, and there are lots of other things wrong. We just see the right way to address the issues through different eyes. Though history does repeat itself, we are currently at a turning point driven by the fact that our nation is no longer the leading industrial nation it once was nor is there much hope for recovering that status under current conditions. My point is the things we did to prosper in the past are no longer available as options. I have faith we the people will find ways to recover from this economic recession. I don’t think the government has much say in when or how private business, the driving force will accomplish recovery. I don’t like the idea of a big controlling bureaucractic government because big government steps all over our rights. I don’t like the idea of building foreign nations we must compete with especially while we have so many domestic needs that require monetary investment. I don’t like the idea of the government being our go to when there are times of economic distress. Time will work things out. Most importantly I don’t like the idea of anyone taking more out of the system than they have put in.

Yawn. This discussion has been nothing but ad hominem attacks being responded to by MORE ad hominem attacks. That, I’m sad to say, is exactly what’s WRONG with our country today, and with its political discourse (or lack thereof).
A couple of points:
If you really believe that there is no such thing as institutional media bias in this country, you must not be paying attention. The foreign press, throughout the last four months, has been running expose’ after expose’ to show the negative vs. positive coverage of Barack Obama vs. John McCain, and the results, quite frankly, were simply stunning. By one study, Obama scored an 82% favorable rating in stores written about him, whereas McCain only scored a 36% favorable rating for the same period. At the same time, Obama only scored 12% in the negative column, while McCain scored 58% negative. With slanted news coverage like this (which, as the Los Angeles Times reported in a “morning after” critique of their own editorial division which was UNPRECEDENTED), how could McCain or any other politician for that matter compete with the Obama juggernaut?
I voted for Ron Paul in the primaries, and am disillusioned with BOTH parties at this time. I believe that neither one respects or honors the Constitution; the neo-con crazies that run the GOP now believe in Big Brother government, while the “limousine liberals” that run the Democratic Party believe in Big Mother “nanny” government. Both these expansionist government visions were anathema to the Founding Fathers, who warned of both extremes and called both “tyranny.”
We’ve replaced Big Government Republicans with BiggER Government Democrats. In the end, folks, there ain’t no such thing as a free lunch – and ALL of us (rich AND poor) will end up footing the bill.

As long a the current President helps our Nation get back to where we were before 9/11. . . so he just wants to let all the war prisioners free. It’s a start and in Hawaii there are not borders to worry about.

If the main stream media were objective, Obama would not be our president today. If the main stream meadia had done its job, the public would understand that it was the the Democrats who caused this banking crisis, not Bush and the GOP. And the public would understand the role that Barney Frank, Maxine Waters, Gregory Meeks, Franklin Raines, Artur Davis, Lacy Clay… AND Obama had in this.

interesting blog, other than the extreme bits. i’m a non-obama supporter who is somewhat impressed, against his will, at the disciplined focus and effective use of power that obama has shown since election. his campaign wasn’t particularly attractive to me, but his opponent wasn’t up to the task of portraying leadership..
he’s ahead on points, styled to be the most public president ever, a team maker and a consensus maker who is charismatic and in the right place at the right time with the country in the toilet.
if anybody ever had the chance to succeed big, and a foothold, he’s got it. as an american i can’t find it in me to wish him ill, though i do think the solution he’s proposing is more of the problem rather than an antidote. .
i’m will to believe he’s a pragmatic sort, less than perfect but just possibly much better than we deserve.
if he wins, we win. hard to complain..

I don’t know how someone is saying Obama have no clue about what he is doing. May be some are so angry that they do not remember what our country lives the last eight years like for example been in a war we really are not suppose to be and all the wrongdoings from Bush. The last wrongdoing was how he favored his friends taking the first half of the bail out to give to his friends without any rules, yes, that is whet Paulson did with the first half of the 350B given to him. More than that, some CEOs and high rank executives were granted bonus and some million dollars as incentives from the tax payers money. Did that actions reflect the duties of a person knowing what he was doing? At least Obama have one of the best team in regards to economic issues and other important areas.

Hail satan

Oh and the IDOTS who made comments regarding “this miracle” he supposedly proclaimed. That’s just not true.
PRESIDENT OBAMA ……………
(just eats you up doesn’t it..lol)
has been open and honest about the road ahead not being easy and smooth, but it’s not impossilbe if we all do SOMETHING to help.

CW posted “Gosh the people moaning and whining. Give a man a chance. Its like some on this blog look forward to or wish that he fails. Your economy must be better than mine. I wouldnt care if it was the man in the moon sitting in the white house, ….”
Way to go.
Given the fact that he is our President and I am not willing to do the job/have the capability to solve our nation’s problems, I might as well support our leader. All those of you who have a better plan than he does, run for public office. I don’t have a better plan so I am just going to try and do my bit and shut my mouth, and pray for my leader. If it was a Republican in office, I would have done the same.
Quit whining.