The First Obama Term

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The First Obama Term

He'll be assassinated before he takes office.
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No votes
He'll be assinated in office.
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14%
He really is the anti-christ and we're all going to die.
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21%
His Presidency will be a failure of Jimmy Carter Proportions.
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14%
His Presidency will be seen by history as mediocre.
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36%
His Presidency will be seen as a success of Reagan proportions.
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14%
He really is the second coming of Christ and GORDON is screwed.
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Post by Malcolm »

Knowing someone's essentially the main reason I got my current gig. That & the fact that the 30+ UI developers we have somehow can't even write one DB query competently. Why grab 10 clients at once when you could grab one client ten times?
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Aaaaaaaaand let's all be sure to enjoy our new national sales tax.

http://www.foxnews.com/politic....ded-tax

Can someone dig up the quote where Barack Asshole said he'd never impose a tax on peeps making (changing dollar amount) per year?
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If it's to replace the Income Tax, then that's not a bad idea IMO.
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2 people voted correctly in the poll.

Obama = Carter.

The bad part is I think he wants to trump Carter as the worst president ever.
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TPRJones wrote:If it's to replace the Income Tax, then that's not a bad idea IMO.
I saw absolutely nothing in that article that suggested eliminating the income tax.
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TPRJones wrote:If it's to replace the Income Tax, then that's not a bad idea IMO.
"If, at the end of the day, we need to raise taxes, we should raise taxes," he said.

He also said that Congress might also have to consider new taxes on carbon and energy.

I just waiting for the, "Why don't we just print more money," argument.
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Leisher wrote:2 people voted correctly in the poll.

Obama = Carter.

The bad part is I think he wants to trump Carter as the worst president ever.
He's getting close. But he's still got a bit to go. When I'm waiting in line for an hour or two to buy gas at the pump, we'll talk.
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Post by GORDON »

Wasn't that a direct result of price caps on gasoline?

They've already passed price caps on medical procedures, haven't they? That will be the gas-shortage equivalent.




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TheCatt wrote:
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TheCatt wrote:My brother and brother-in-law are plenty intelligent, but neither finished their degrees.
You do understand correlations, right?
Yes, just saying it isn't just intelligence.
But thanks to the Supreme Court, it's illegal to use IQ tests to screen employees. So you find something that's correlated.
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Post by GORDON »

This liar says he wants higher taxes, and thinks everyone else should, too.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn....43.html
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Leisher wrote:2 people voted correctly in the poll.

Obama = Carter.

The bad part is I think he wants to trump Carter as the worst president ever.
Yes, and Volcker was/is a pox on us all due to those exact two people.
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GORDON wrote:This liar says he wants higher taxes, and thinks everyone else should, too.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn....43.html
Hey dumbasses, guess what? The government ALREADY ACCEPTS ALL DONATIONS.

Send all you want!
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Post by GORDON »

Instead of sending extra money to the bureaucracy... buy another boat. Give your landscaper a raise. Anything.
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I'm pretty sure if they write a big fat check to the government it won't be turned down. Until they've done that themselves they can shut the fuck up about making other people do it.
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I guess it is too early to be discussing Obamacare... not even state government know what the hell is going on with it:

http://www.stateline.org/live/details/story?contentId=475804
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Post by GORDON »

"Obama's Secret Power Grabs"

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion....a-carol

The only reason I don't take that chart at face value is that I don't think the man is intelligent or experienced enough to be that devious.
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Post by GORDON »

The idiots actually canceled their own health insurance when they passed the Bill.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/13/us/politics/13health.html?hpw

And there's no doubt in my mind they will ignore the new law in order to get "theirs." Which is not an optional for us regular people, of course.
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Post by Malcolm »

Your transparent government at work.
The only part of the summit, other than a post-meeting news conference, that was visible to the public was Obama's eight-minute opening statement, which ended with the words: "I'm going to ask that we take a few moments to allow the press to exit before our first session."

Yep. Those CSPAN cameras must just be invisible.
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I'm OK with this. Doctors need more competition.
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