The First Obama Term

Post by **Leisher** » Tue Jan 24, 2012 8:56 am

Don't know how accurate these numbers are, but I think it's a cool way of breaking everything down.

Post by **TheCatt** » Tue Jan 24, 2012 9:10 am

Opposed to what he called the "out of control" growth of the federal government, Boston Bruins goalie Tim Thomas declined an invitation to join his teammates at the White House on Monday.

The award-winning Thomas, who last year led the Bruins to the Stanley Cup championship emblematic of National Hockey League supremacy, was one of three players missing when President Barack Obama met with the team to offer congratulations.

According to a story on the team's website, [url=http://www.bostonbruins.com,]www.bostonbruins.com,[/url] Thomas "opted out" of the White House visit. One of the other missing players was injured, and the third now plays for another team, according to the website story.

A statement by the 37-year-old Thomas posted Monday on the team website said he opposed the "out of control" growth of the federal government that threatened "the rights, liberties, and property of the people."

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Post by **GORDON** » Sat Jan 28, 2012 1:13 pm

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinion....ry.html

Obama, an unfettered executive wielding a swollen state, began and ended his address by celebrating the armed forces. They are not “consumed with personal ambition,” they “work together” and “focus on the mission at hand” and do not “obsess over their differences.” Americans should emulate troops “marching into battle,” who “rise or fall as one unit.”

Well. The armed services’ ethos, although noble, is not a template for civilian society, unless the aspiration is to extinguish politics. People marching in serried ranks, fused into a solid mass by the heat of martial ardor, proceeding in lock step, shoulder to shoulder, obedient to orders from a commanding officer — this is a recurring dream of progressives eager to dispense with tiresome persuasion and untidy dissension in a free, tumultuous society.

Progressive presidents use martial language as a way of encouraging Americans to confuse civilian politics with military exertions, thereby circumventing an impediment to progressive aspirations — the Constitution and the patience it demands.

Post by **GORDON** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 8:28 am

"The People" do one of Obama's petitions to look into bribery charges since that MPAA guy went officially on the record and admitted to bribing politicians.

White House decides to do nothing.

https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitio....comment

Shocker.

Post by **GORDON** » Fri Feb 03, 2012 11:02 am

When the Soviet Union wanted to keep people from East Germany defecting into West Germany, they built a big wall that became a symbol of oppression around the world. A socialism doesn't work unless you can force everyone to participate at gunpoint.

When people start getting sick of the creeping socialism in America and start leaving, a big wall is just too obvious, so instead lets impose fees for renouncing citizenship. For now.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news....1016265

$450 is better than getting machine gunned in the back as you run, but let's see where it goes from here.

Post by **TheCatt** » Fri Feb 03, 2012 11:51 am

Those who count on quote 'Hollywood' for support need to understand that this industry is watching very carefully who's going to stand up for them when their job is at stake. Don't ask me to write a check for you when you think your job is at risk and then don't pay any attention to me when my job is at stake.

- Chris Dodd

Post by **thibodeaux** » Fri Feb 03, 2012 12:01 pm

Yeah, be real sure to vote this November. Wouldn't want the wrong lizards to be in charge.

Post by **TheCatt** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 8:59 am

Obama launches Truth Teams

Has he done this before? It sounds familiar.

I love the name of his website, I'm sure the word's God-imagery (what's the word form of imagery? Im still waking up) is completely accidental: KeepingHisWord

Post by **GORDON** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 9:00 am

Remember this next time you hear about how republicans only "repeat talking points, in lock-step."

Post by **thibodeaux** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 9:07 am

They supposedly asked people to send in "fishy" criticisms of Obamacare:

https://www.google.com/search?....a+fishy

Post by **TheCatt** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 10:10 am

I read a few of them. It's basically Obama taking credit for anything that happened, regardless of the fact he had nothing to do with it.

Post by **TheCatt** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 12:49 pm

Truth: President Obama presided over record budget deficits every single year of his presidency

Post by **TheCatt** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 1:59 pm

Simpson-Bowles abandoned due to Democrats getting smacked down in midterm elections.

By then, Bowles said he believes Obama decided to abandon the report based on advice from his political advisers and over the objections of his economic team. In his remarks to the forum, comments that got surprisingly little notice, the former top aide to President Bill Clinton jabbed Obama for the call: "Like every White House, there's a small cabal of people that surround the president that he trusts and works with, and I believe it was those Chicago guys, the political team that convinced him that it would be smarter for him to wait and let [incoming House Budget Chairman] Paul Ryan go first, and then he would look like the sensible guy in the game."

Post by **TheCatt** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 8:43 pm

Steve Gordon wants Clinton back in office?

Post by **GORDON** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 8:50 pm

TheCatt wrote:Steve Gordon wants Clinton back in office?

Reagan is dead. What good would he be?

Post by **TheCatt** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 8:52 pm

GORDON wrote:
TheCatt wrote:Steve Gordon wants Clinton back in office?
Reagan is dead. What good would he be?

Clinton's gone vegetarian. WTF do you think he'd do now?

Post by **GORDON** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 8:54 pm

More interns?

The main reason I answered Clinton is that I have a lot of relatives who will be confused by it.

Post by **TheCatt** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 9:09 pm

And dtman board people...

Post by **GORDON** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 9:27 pm

Well also because the rest of them are dead. Obviously.

Poll was too unspecific.

Post by **GORDON** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 9:37 pm

At least Clinton was a professional politician and knew how to get along with a Congress of the opposite party. As was W. But now we have Obama, and his own failure gets spun as a failure of Congress to cooperate.

Everyone knew he had no experience when they elected him, now they don't want to admit that he runs the job like an ignorant amateur. It is everyone elses fault he is a failure.