mcjwelles

1. The first bill President Obama signed was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, to help women fight back when they don't get equal pay for equal work.

2. His Recovery Act supported millions of jobs and helped to stave off a second Great Depression.

3. He pushed for and won middle-class tax cuts that benefitted every American worker, and saved the typical family $3,600 in taxes over the last four years.

4. President Obama helped to rescue the auto industry, and now GM (well, used to be) and Chrysler are healthier than they've ever been. The American auto industry has added nearly a quarter of a million jobs since June 2009 -- and they most likely wouldn't exist right now without President Obama's leadership.

5. He doubled funding for Pell Grants, helping to make college more affordable for nearly 10 million families. Not that that seems to be an issue for you...

6. His student loan reform ended billions in subsidies to banks serving as middlemen and reinvested those savings directly into students.

7. The President established the American Opportunity Tax Credit, worth up to $10,000 over four years of college.

8. His Race to the Top Initiative helped spur nearly every state to raise academic standards.

9. His tax cuts, social-welfare programs, and economic policies lifted nearly 7 million Americans above the federal poverty line in 2010.

10. President Obama has signed 18 tax cuts for small businesses since taking office.

11. We've seen 5.2 million new private-sector jobs over the first 31 months.

12. The unemployment rate is at the lowest level since President Obama took office.

13. Health care reform -- passed after decades of failed attempts by every previous President -- provides affordable health coverage to every American and will lower premiums by an average of $2,000 per family by 2019. I know you don't buy that one, but there it is, getting stronger every day.

14. Obamacare expanded access to lifesaving preventive care such as cancer screenings and immunizations with no out-of-pocket costs for 54 million Americans. You, of course are immortal and like using the ER that the rest of us have to pay for...

15. Obamacare ends insurance discrimination against the 129 million Americans with pre-existing conditions.

16. Because of Obamacare, over 3 million more young adults have health insurance today than would if the new law hadn't passed.

17. The parents of over 17 million children with pre-existing conditions no longer have to worry that their children will be denied coverage.

18. President Obama has ordered the overhaul of federal government regulations to make them smarter, practical, and more efficient. Just a fraction of these commonsense initiatives will help save businesses $10 billion in the next five years alone.

19. His historic investments in clean energy have helped more than double the amount of electricity we obtain from wind and solar sources and helped increase biofuel production to its highest level in history.

20. President Obama is doubling fuel efficiency standards, which will save drivers more than $8,000 at the gas pump, not to mention lessen the impact of automobiles on our environment.

21. President Obama has taken unprecedented action to address climate change, reaching historic international agreements to curb carbon emissions, and taking action here at home to reduce carbon pollution from our vehicles and promote clean energy production. Even if you think the Earth is 6000 years old and that Climate Change is an inconvenient plot for and by chumps.

22. He has taken historic action to protect our environment -- Perhaps the biggest since Nixon began the EPA- signing one of the largest expansions of protected wilderness in a generation and putting in place standards to reduce toxic air pollution that will save thousands of lives.

23. President Obama fought for and won landmark Wall Street reform that reins in the abuses that led to the financial crisis and ends the era of taxpayer bailouts and "too big to fail."

24. Wall Street reform created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the nation's first federal agency focused solely on consumer financial protection -- and the Bureau is already protecting families from unfair and abusive financial practices from Wall Street banks and shadowy corners of the financial industry.

25. As part of President Obama's commitment to transparency, the White House has posted its visitor records online for the first time ever.

26. President Obama's all-of-the-above approach to energy has helped cut the United States' dependence on foreign oil to its lowest level in 20 years.

27. President Obama responsibly ended our war in Iraq. And now: ISIS.

28. He announced a plan to end the war in Afghanistan and transition security responsibility to the Afghan people. That has largely been accomplished.

29. President Obama sent the largest security assistance package to Israel in history and funded the Iron Dome system, which is protecting Israeli homes and schools from rocket attacks.

30. President Obama rallied the international community to implement the toughest sanctions on Iran in history.

31. Through the President's historic increases in Veterans Affairs funding, he has expanded and improved healthcare and job training access for our returning veterans.

32. President Obama negotiated the New START Treaty with Russia to reduce the number of nuclear weapons in both countries. At the same time, he also secured commitments from dozens of other countries to lock down nuclear materials.

33. His administration naturalized 11,146 military service members as U.S. citizens in 2010; more than in any year since 1955.

34. President Obama set a bold new plan for the future of NASA space exploration, using the skill and ability of the private sector for short trips to the International Space Station, while building a new vehicle for exploration of distant space, and doing everything in his power to support the economy on Florida's Space Coast.

35. President Obama recognizes that tourism is one of America's largest economic engines; he's worked to encourage international visitors to come here, maintaining our security while keeping millions of Americans in good, paying jobs.

36. He has affirmed his personal support of marriage equality, directed the Justice Department to stop defending DOMA in federal courts, and took the practical and compassionate step of extending hospital visitation rights to same-sex partners.

37. He fought for and won the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, allowing gay and lesbian members of the military to serve openly for the first time in history.

38. When Congress failed to fix our broken immigration system, his administration did everything in its power to improve it, streamlining the legal immigration process and announcing a policy that lifts the shadow of deportation from hard working young immigrants brought to the U.S. as children.

39. Oh, and he gave the order to send troops in after Osama Bin Laden -- and has decimated al-Qaeda's senior leadership.

Oh and:


 
1. When W. Bush left office, our GDP was at minus 9 and today is positive 2. something. Which is better?  
 
2. Size of the economy in the 4 Quarter of 2008 was at 95% of GDP, and today is greater than 102 % of GDP. Which is better?  
 
3. When Bush left office, Down Jones was at 6600 point, and today is at 16,600 points. Up 100+% Similarly, when Bush left office, my 401K was half value. Today my 401 K is double. Which is better?  
 
4. When Bush left office, we had over 12 months jobs lost consecutively, 800K jobs lost per month, spiral to a depression. Mr. Obama stops the bleed, and has produced over one term of jobs growth consecutively. Which is better?  
 
5. When Bush left office, corporation profits was down, and today is up 30 - 40 percent higher than 2008. Which is better?  
 
6. When Bush left office, Export was down at minus 30%, and today is positive 11 percent. Both export and import are growing again. Which is better?  
 
7. When Bush left office, we had higher trade deficit, and today is a lot less. Which is better?  
 
8. We have higher household income today than when Bush left office. In fact, it’s much higher than real GDP. Which is better?  
 
9. well over 5 million new jobs, unemployment lower than when Obama took office, recovering housing industry, etc., etc.

I just ran out of breath...

permafrost Loc: Minnesota

MCJ, great post, nice response. No way to say it better. We may have a long wait for a rebuttal..

just chris

Yeh Brian I think I ask him before what gun rights he lost since Obama was elected and what personal freedoms aside from not having to have health insurance have been taken away. No answer just called me a bunch of names and explained what Obama "wants" to do. Well hell I want to win the lottery, which will most likely happen before any of the crap Steve claims Obama is about to do happens.

just chris

MCJ wrote all of that and never called anyone names or used ugly words GREAT JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

Steve700

No opinions here at all. Only common knowledge facts (to anyone who is not a totally ignorant mesmerized Libtard Obamabot who has an aversion to truth & an immunity to education or someone who is a full-fledged communist in which case they just don't give a damn.) The questions are in red - how about trying to answer them Mr. Liberal.

Steve700

I never said Obama didn't have any good accomplishments; what I am saying is that they are overwhelmingly Marxist and bad for this country. His agenda over all is to bring us down morally, economically and militarily for the purpose of acclimating us into the New World order. If you would spend close to 2 hours going over all the following material I am providing your including watching all the videos you would really learned a lot that you don't know and I think, lay with quite a different opinion from what you have now why don't you give it a try. That way you won't walk around ignorant while believing that you are enlightened. At the very least I would think that you would want to have the intelligence to want to learn what it is that the conservatives find wrong about Obama so that you have some fundamental knowledge in order to debate with them.

I have no idea how devout of a Muslim Obama may be, but he most certainly IS a Muslim and his loyalty lies not with the United States our Western civilization or Western values, but with Islam.

In his teenage years, young Barack, or Barry as h is e was then called, self mentored himself with Malcolm X books. That's the Nation of Islam who believe whites are the devil and that in the end days, the blacks and the Muslims will kill all whites on earth. Although the Nation of Islam is probably the most hateful of the sects of Islam. I do however, like a lot of what Malcolm X had to say about how the blacks should be responsible, self-reliant and better themselves. In Barack Obama's book "Dreams From My Father" it becomes very apparent that he has adopted the ideology of his father, - That of an anti-colonial Muslim communist. That's why the title of the book says dreams "from" my father, not dreams "of" my father. In his other book "The Audacity Of Hope" he indicates his feeling about whites when speaking of his mother's side of the family. He says "Those are not my people" in reply to a statement someone made referring to his mother's side of the family as being his people. He also indicates his anti-traditional America side when speaking of his college days, stating "I sought out the most far left Marxist professors I could find". And his feelings about whites and his dislike for American values when he said "I chose my friends very carefully; only the most politically active blacks, Chicanos and foreign students. (Those would be America hating leftist activists - OBVIOUSLY) You should realize his feelings likely go deeper than what he would be willing to put in a book meant for the public's. Two of the foreign students that he chose were two Muslim Pakistani foreign exchange students, whom in those college years for his roommates and that he made a trip to Pakistan with. He also stated in his book: "Should the winds of change turn in an ugly direction, I will stand with the Muslims" --- With the Muslims he said. He did NOT say with America, the Christians or with Western civilization. Also, regarding his family, on both sides, they are all either communist, Muslim, or both. On his mother's side his mother was a communist activists who felt very strongly about it and made sure that young Barack continued to have communist mentors and his grandparents were also communists. On his father's side, the whole family is Muslim and they claim that Barack is too. His Kenyan grandmother who is dead now, said she was there in Kenya at Barack's birth. Obama has 2 Kenyan half-brothers. The one who, in a YouTube interview video, comes across as very neat, moral, thoughtful and intelligent and is grateful for what little he has, and does not consider himself to be a victim, Barack has nothing to do with. His other half brother people is a non-devout Muslim communist activists, Obama has been, and remains in close regular communication with. In 2004 Obama made a trip to Kenya to school this Muslim communist half brother in the ways of Saul Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals" a while before the Kenyan elections. When the communists lost the elections there, they created a lot of havoc including murderers and the burning down of a few buildings.

Did you know that his school records and other Indonesian records, where the block for religion is, it is stated Muslim. And you must know that when he was brought up, that in his formative years, he was brought up in Indonesia as a Muslim. In fact, he took "mendaghi" classes where the more bright and devout Muslim students learn to memorize the Koran. Now considering that he was brought up as a Muslim, tell me why exactly you would presume that he has given all that up. Because he said he became a Christian ?? ??? -- You would believe that ?? ??? When he became a trained deceiver under the tutelage of Bill Ayers; the unrepentant anti-government terrorists from the 1960s. And what else do you call a guy who runs his administration straight out of Saul Alinsky's "Rules For Radicals". Obama used to teach that book and it is all about how to gain power through deceit. If you were to bother to read it, you would find that he is running his administration straight out of that book. It is his, and the community organizers official handbook (and it's also taught at the university's as if there was nothing wrong with it.) 'cuz the universities are all run by leftists, don't ya know. What else, therefore, do you call him, but a trained deceiver ?? ??? The top three of the Democratic Party: Obama, Reid and Pelosi are all pathological liars. And that's pretty obvious and undeniable to anyone who is observant and has smallest modicum of understanding. And why do you suppose he chose Jeremiah Wright's church of black liberation theology. From what I understand Jeremiah Wright is an X-Muslim. That's more than likely true the anti-American, Anti-white, anti-western, anti-capitalism crap he spews out, like "A White Man's Greed Runs A World In Need" is anti-western Muslim propaganda as well as communist propaganda. Obama even stole that phrase from Jeremiah Wright and put it in his book. Don't tell me that Obama sat in that pue for 20 years and wasn't in agreement with all that stuff. -Of course he was. - That IS Obama! - He chose that church because he liked it! Just like Jeremiah Wright chose that neighborhood for a congregation because that kind of thinking is already embedded in so many blacks.

Did you know that Obama has been importing Muslims into this country at an ever-increasing rate and fast tracking them to full citizenship. Do you have a idea how many Muslims he has put into key positions in his administration and various government agencies. (As well as communists) and they are not just infiltrating; they are embedded. Do you realize that he has members of the Muslim brotherhood working directly as advisors with the NSA. This is INSANE !! He has had the Muslim brotherhood members in the White House numerous times, as well as the Sultan of Brunei. Obama speaks highly of the Sultan of Brunei, although it is a known fact that the Sultan of Brunei has a harem of pubescent and pre-pubescent children. This is all sanctified in Islam. Mohammed himself married a six year old when he was 53 years old. The poor girl's hair fell out, likely from the trauma. He consummated the marriage when she was nine. If you have that naïve idea that it doesn't matter if Obama is a Muslim, consider this: - Mohammed is held up in Islamic theology as the ideal man. It is incumbent upon all Muslims to follow his example, whenever they have the power to do so. Mohammed was a murderer, a mass murderer, a thief, a robber, rapist, a pedophile, and extortionists and a slaver who had people killed the didn't agree with them. Satan himself could not have devised a more diabolical religion/political system and Mohammed did. The religion and the political system are inseparable and there is no divided loyalties and Islamic theology. A Muslim must be loyal to the Islam and Allah alone - first, last and always. The reason Islam is called "The Religion Of Peace"is because that is their agenda - to create world peace by eliminating every other religion, political system and culture until there is only Islam and Allah alone is worshiped. In Islamic theology, humanity is only divided into two categories: - "The House of Islam" & "The House of War". In Islamic theology Islam is in the perpetual state of war with the rest of the non-Islamic world until there is only Islam and Allah alone is worshiped. Al Qaeda, Hezbollah and Hamas's sole purpose is to bring that about. (And rid the earth of Jews). They are all outgrowths of the Muslim brotherhood and Obama has called them a moderate organization.In their charter it states "Jihad is our way - Our greatest wish is to be martyred in the cause of Allah". That is also 50% of their 4 line motto. Certainly you must know that Obama has purged the words Islamic terrorism and jihad and how to recognize and fight Islamic terrorism out of the manuals of ALL government agencies. As you know Islamic terrorism is now deemed to be "workplace violence". This is absolutely outrageous - How do we fight an enemy that we can't even identify. Obama has also put unreasonable restrictions on our conduct in warfare and also purged our military of the high-ranking officers who have a lot of integrity but dislike his agenda.

He has befriended our enemies and insulted and snubbed our allies. For instance, immediately upon becoming president, he returned the bust of Winston Churchill that was in the White House and was a gift from England. That proves right there that he is an anti-colonialist: An anti-colonialist is a person who feels that countries like America, France and England who were colonial powers went into these backward countries and raped, robbed and pillaged their resources and therefore feels that the only way to make things right, is that we must give back what we have stolen) He has certainly snubbed Israel and insulted Benjamin Netanyahu. When Netanyahu came to the White House, Obama acted exactly as you would expect a Muslim to act. When they talked, Obama looked disinterested, like he wanted to be somewhere else and would hardly look at him; when it came time for dinner Obama went away, leaving Netanyahu to eat the nonkosher meal that was provided, by himself. When it came time for Netanyahu to leave he was ushered out the back door past all the garbage cans. You tell me that Obama wasn't acting like a good Muslim who hates Israel and hates Jews !! !!!

I'm sure you remember the way he went around the world apologizing for America. And you remember the way he proclaimed to the world that we are not a Christian nation. And how time and time again he praise the Muslim culture and touted the contributions of Muslims to America and humanity. (Without nameing any of course, because there are non, except maybe architectural and algebra from Islam's early glory days.) In fact, America's first war, very shortly after the founding of the nation, was with Muslims - against the Barbary pirates that were attacking our trade routes. In one of his speeches he said "I have known Muslims on three continents; I know because I'm one of them". In another speech. He said "I know John McCain has not talked about my Muslim faith, ah --- ah , I mean my Christian faith". I've seen several articles from before the time Morcy was elected, that stated that Obama told the Egyptian ambassador "I am a Muslim, just wait and see what I'll do for the Muslims". And speaking of Egypt, remember when the protests against the government first started over there and Obama demanded that Egypt's leader abdicate his office, even though he was a good ally. And when the Muslim brotherhood's Morcy was elected, Obama was all happy. That's when morcy started changing everything, trying to become an Islamic dictator. The Army had to step in and jerk him out of office. That made Obama very upset and he started complaining that wasn't right and that Morcy was duly elected. Remember all the Egyptian protesters holding up signs in English asking Obama why he was supporting terrorists. You may not have seen that if you're watching MSNBC. They, like most news outlets are always covering for Obama, but they were sure showing it on Fox news. And speaking of supporting terrorist it's a common fact that everybody knows that we've been supporting the terrorists in Syria. That's common knowledge and there's been a lot of hubbub about it. And how about Iran. We have always been hoping that the Iranian people might overthrow that mullah regime. When the people there were demonstrating against their government and being violently put down the Iranian people there too, they were holding up signs in English asking for America support. None was ever given. Do these things ,like the actions of a president who realizes that we are fighting radical Islam and need a more democratized Middle East ?? ??? And please explain to me how anyone but a Muslim could like that annoying yodeling that is the Islamic call to prayer ?? ??? Certainly, if you been in a coma, you have heard that Obama described that as "the most beautiful sound on earth". Come on now, who but a Muslim say a crazy thing like that - I mean REALLY, let's get real here. And of course you remember Obama bowing to the Saudi King. What American president does that - bowing to the leader of foreign nation. Why didn't he bow before the royal family of England or the leader of Japan? ?? ??? Do I really need to tell you? Because what that act implies is that "I am at your service for you are higher than me, Oh mighty Islamic king of an Islamic nation, for I am only the leader of an infidel nation".

Another little interesting fact about Obama that strongly suggests that he is a Muslim is the ring he wears. He has been wearing the same ring always on his wedding ring finger for over 30 years; from long before he was married. When he got married, he had taken that ring off his finger and Michelle, during this ceremony, put that same ring back on his wedding finger. That ring looks like a wedding band, except for that has a little inscription on it; Islamic Arabic lettering. This ring has inscribed on it the first line of the four-line shahada that is said to officially become a Muslim. "There is no God but Allah". That's what it says. He bought this ring during his college days, probably when he went to the Mideast with his two Pakistani roommates. I think the fact that he has always worn this ring on his marriage ring finger indicates loyalty and before he was married that would be loyalty to alla. At the end of this article, I have put a short three minute video that talks about and shows you this ring. Please watch it.

The last thing I want to tell you concerning Obama being a Muslim is regarding Obama's logo. You know, that logo of the rising Sun over the red and white stripes from our flag. There is a story that goes with that logo that concerns a cult of 20,000 that began in Indonesia. His mother and a woman named Laura Fuddy who became the head of the department in Hawaii that dispenses duplicate birth certificates, were friends and both members of that same cult. The information about this cult and Obama's logo is mind blowing. It has to do with both Islamic scriptures and Egyptology. Also it has to do with two people that look ASTOUNDINGLY, just like Obama. -- (Both now dead, however) and I do mean ASTOUNDINGLY just like Obama. And you'll be able to see for yourself in the second video. One is the founder of that cult and the other is Akenoten, the father of Tutencomen. I saw another video of Obama in Egypt and when he saw the sculpture of Akenoten he exclaimed with surprise " He looks just like me" - and he certainly does. The pieces of the puzzle are falling into place and prophecy is being fulfilled at an ever quickening pace; far more than any hedonist could possibly imagine our comprehend. The coincidences in his video are such that it substantiate something that I have felt for a long time. That is, that God plays games with us, for his own good pleasure and glory. What I mean by that and God's reason for that is that we are His creation and he's not about to let us abandon him, creating a worldwide hedonistic Sodom and Gomorrah that leaves him out. The distruction to come is therefore both God's plan and our own doing. This second video will ABSOLUTELY BLOW YOU AWAY. Don't fail to see both videos. Unfortunately, I don't think this second video will turn into a link. You can however cut and paste it and put it in a search engine address bar. OR easier yet -- Copy & Paste bottom link (3rd one) into the YouTube address bar. After seeing the first short video. It will be well worth your time to see all the 2nd video. And please --- PLEASE due to the very long length of this article, when responding DO NOT click on "quote reply", but "reply" only instead, or better yet, use this first post below to reply for this article. You Will see I have put only the links for those 2 videos (for 2nd video you can use 2nd OR 3rd link) in that next posting space just below. Reply from that Space[/color] Please see both viveos before Replying - Thank You

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This is an excellent video exposing who Barack Obama really is. It is 42 minutes long but more than worth your time. Liberals especially should see this, because they really have little idea of what exactly they are defending. I know that will be difficult for the Liberals, the since they have an aversion to truth and are immune to education; and especially in this case it will be difficult because they will want to dismiss it right off the bat because it is a video of one of Glenn Beck's programs. And every liberal has been told and believes that Glenn Beck is full of BS, which he is not and please ;liberals, try to refrain from replying to this without seeing the video All of it. It really get irritating when you guys start talking shit, a you typically do, without even going over the material. This video continues to get more and more riveting as it continues on. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYnCwwtSuU0 (42 minutes)

Steve700

mcjwelles, just chris, & Permafrost:

I'm still waiting for you guys answer the questions. While I'm waiting forever for that, here is more information about the liberal sickness.
The liberal mindset certainly did not start with this President, it has been going on for some time.
This article was written in 2008, but, it's accuracy of the behavior of Obama and his agenda is just that, accurate.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/09/barack_obama_and_the_strategy.html
Take the sequestration......Obama and the complicit media portrayed this as the fault of a do nothing Republican house.
Most people bought this. But, the administration had it planned well in advance. Why do you think the day it came the administration had signs already in place saying " Because of the government shutdown...This ( park, memorial, etc) is closed".
They had to contract to make the signs well in advance and then distribute them all around the US. They planned it. So, the whining about Republicans not negotiating was really the other way around. Then, make things worse....Manufactured Crisis.
You have the immigration situation with the lack of law enforcement, but, with a twist. Kids. Now, the system is overloaded. Accident? No. Again planned. The administration had plans for this eventuality. Escorts for the young ones. Planned back in January. So, Obama is using this strategy and it is clear.
Plan the chaos, and then have a culprit, then say " We have to have a solution, and I will use my phone and pen if congress doesn't act...". But, the acts that make sense for America are not the ones Obama will enact. And the complicit media will not report the truth.
Many may doubt that this could be happening, but, just look at the facts and the "why's" of people doing things.
Why are liberals against voter ID? Because they know they lose votes if they actually had to obey the laws.
Why are liberals in congress tacitly defending the IRS? Because they already know many of them are neck deep in the corruption.
You can go through every "Phony" scandal and find the truth, and be sure, there will be another scandal, " Phony" of course, to take attention off of the real issues.

A dismal negative GDP in the first quarter, highest number of people on food stamps, lowest labor participation rate in decades, no energy policy, disgraceful foreign policy....The list goes on....And so does the BS from liberals.

Just open your eyes and you see. It's not about what is happening with the Kardashians...It's not about LeBron james free agency, it's not about Global warming.......It's about our country and it sovereign state......We are losing it.

jaydee

Great writing. But hate to tell ya this, but they likely won't respond. Too much truth in it. These people are not uniformed. They hate truth & love lies. Now if you would have told lies, wouldn't be enough room on here for all of their response.

These people are messed up. They are not Americans. True Americans have a foundation of truth in them, called Godliness. These libtards love lies, wickedness, corruption, wickedness & evil.

badbob85037

How dare you talk about President Bozo in such a way. Don't you know he died for our sins. I'll bet you didn't know that did you. He is also a great war hero of Korea, Vietnam and Detroit South side. He is the inventor of the internet and the Oreo cookie. He can also hold his own when all of his good buddies are saying 'NO MORE' when handed the crack pipe. Talking about the crack pipe. Look at the advancements he has made for Black American by reducing the time served for possession of crack cocaine. I have even heard his interracial whore mama loved him and regrets the close hanger episode. Why won't Americans join in when I chant O BOMB A, O BOMB A, O BOMB A? It's un-American. He ain't a racist cause he loves any color he tastes. My NAMBLA group love him and so does the patriot Code Pink.

rickdri

Obama has not fixed the economy. He has simply pushed our true day of reckoning off into the future. None of the economic problems we had in 2008 have been remedied. We actually have larger banks to deal with. They are doing the same things they were doing in 2008 and before that got us into this mess in the first place! Jobs have not come back! If you were to measure unemployment the way it was in the 1930's during the Great Depression the number would be at 23% unemployment. We are still going down hill and people just don't want to admit this fact.
There are some industries that are doing fine for the moment however nothing has been sustainable. We have minor growth spurts followed by a huge drop off. Take in case this past quarter where the GDP was -2.9. This was not all to be blamed on the weather! If so then we would have seen huge drop offs in past winters when the weather was bad. People today do a lot of their shopping online. The weather would have nothing to do with online shopping.
The dollar is still in a free fall as more and more countries are trading without the dollar! It is only a matter of time before our dollar loses it's world reserve status. At that point we will begin to see inflation ass we have never before. I don't know how old you are, but the inflation we will witness this time will make the 70's pale in comparison. If you don't know during the 70's we were on the verge of a dollar collapse. If not for Nixon convincing OPEC to tie the dollar to the price of oil we would have had a major collapse at that time. So why does a dollar collapse seem impossible today?
Obama has done some good things to his credit, the economy is not one however. You can not and should not believe the numbers the government gives out on unemployment and inflation. These numbers have been doctored up for over 30 years now. Inflation is actually running in the neighbor hood of 6% if you were to count food and gas. These two are the early warning signs for inflation. They claim that the reason they don't include them is because they are too volatile. Yes they are but they should be counted as they were prior to 1980 because these are items used everyday by people. They aren't counted because they do show the early signs of inflation and make the government numbers look bad! Same with unemployment. Those no longer receiving benefits are no longer counted against the unemployment number. These numbers are juiced to favor the government.
Bush did some very idiotic things that did hurt our freedoms and our economy. Obama has not done anything to correct these things. Our economic system is so imbalanced! More than at any time in history. The elite continue to take more and more capital out of our system to benefit themselves. This is why the gap between the rich and poor continues to widen. Obamacare is one of Obama's programs contributing to the imbalance. This unfinished law was written by the insurance companies and the drug companies in collusion with the government. It is a wealth transfer in reverse. It is making the insurance and drug companies rich while forcing Americans to carry coverage they will never need nor use! Obamacare may be nice for those that willreceive Medicaid, not so nice for those whose premiums have skyrocketed and are continuing to do so. If this were such a good law, why do they continue to push the employer mandate off further into the future? As a matter of fact Obamacare is one of the culprits for our -2.9% growth in the first quarter.
As I stated Obama has done some good things and to be fair he did inherit a bad economy that has been coming on for 30 years. Several past presidents are responsible for this economy. Obama has not done anything to alleviate the pain. Yes you can blame the republicans too. Both parties are to blame. However you can not say that the republicans are the only ones blocking progress. Both parties are blocking each others bills for political posturing. We need honorable people from both sides to come together to correct our problems. At this time we have no honorable leaders in Washington!

cesspool jones Loc: atlanta

why don't you answer the questions instead. thatz what this post iz for. think with your head, not your ass.

permafrost Loc: Minnesota

Jones, the questions are not questions. First they demand you agree with opinions which no one but a right wing nut will believe. This is a junior high tactic as I stated earlier.

Also an excellent statement was made, all you need do is follow the thread.

oldladyfromwaco

Lordy, Lordy! You certainly have anger issues, don't you?
Things just aren't going your way are they?

Personally, I don't support ANY of the existing "parties". The ALL are bought and paid for, including the TP....and dance to the tune of billionaires.

If you REALLY love this country, you will give your allegiance to IT....NOT to any existing party considering the messes we have now due to ALL of them.....and help begin another party (one sans religion) that takes care of the BUSINESS OF THE COUNTRY and leaves morality issues to the individual.

permafrost Loc: Minnesota

Ms. Waco, sound real good, but I feel so dumb, what is IT?

cesspool jones Loc: atlanta

if they're not questions....what are they? no right wing nut iz going to allow 'big government' to intrude into private affairs like liberals do like they never left mommy's umbillicall cord. you need to follow your ambitions...not the governments.