bmwracer wrote:
The GOP is trying to appear relevant and progressive (is that in their vocabulary?).... :shakehead:
What they really look like are opportunists and out of touch.
"Opportunists" was the perfect word to describe Sarah Palin being put into the republican ticket. Well, to their own party, it does not seem that they are out of touch...
About the whole budget thing, you think this is going to work the way the president predicts it will work?
littlemissfab wrote:"Opportunists" was the perfect word to describe Sarah Palin being put into the republican ticket. Well, to their own party, it does not seem that they are out of touch...
Of course... They're more worried about themselves than their constituents... Which is why they're on the outside looking in.
About the whole budget thing, you think this is going to work the way the president predicts it will work?
Obama: Get the dread out of tax deadline day
By LIZ SIDOTI, Associated Press
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama declared on tax-filing day that he aims to take the dread out of deadline day. Obama said at a White House event Wednesday that he's working toward "a simpler tax code that rewards work and the pursuit of the American dream."
"For too long, we've seen taxes used as a wedge to scare people into supporting policies that increased the burden on working people instead of helping them live their dreams," Obama said. "That has to change, and that's the work that we've begun."
Obama also met at the White House with several working families to mark April 15 \ known notoriously as file-or-else day \ and underscore his efforts to make the tax code more fair and less complex.
He noted April 15 "isn't exactly everyone's favorite date on the calendar." But Obama said the day is a reminder to leaders in Washington that they have a responsibility to the people who elected them.
The president noted that he's asked his economic advisers to thoroughly review how to simplify the tax code and report back to him by year's end.
"We need to simplify a monstrous tax code that is far too complicated for most Americans to understand, but just complicated enough for the insiders who know how to game the system," Obama said.
He added: "It will take time to undo the damage of years of carve-outs and loopholes. But I want every American to know that we will rewrite the tax code so that it puts your interests over any special interest. And we will make it quicker, easier, and less expensive for you to file a return, so that April 15 is not a date that is approached with dread each year."
Obama Makes Middle East Speech[/list:u]President Obama made a highly anticipated visit to the Middle East earlier this week. Folks around the world listened closely to his speeches.
There were no fist bumps, but there were many interesting moments during Obama's speech in Cairo. The moment that got the most attention was Obama's use of "assalamu alaikum." Said the President: "I'm also proud to carry with me the goodwill of the American people, and a greeting of peace from Muslim communities in my country: Assalaamu alaykum."
So THAT'S what he said! I thought he said, "I sold my Mom some liquor." :bonk: [/list:u]
North Korea: 2 US journalists pardoned
21 mins ago
SEOUL, South Korea – North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has issued a "special pardon" to two American journalists convicted of sneaking into the country illegally, and he ordered them released during a visit by former U.S. President Bill Clinton, North Korean media reported early Wednesday.
The release of Laura Ling and Euna Lee was a sign of North Korea's "humanitarian and peaceloving policy," the Korean Central News Agency reported.
I was watching some of Obama's recent speech to Congress and tripped out to Rep. Joe Wilson's "You Lie!" outburst. :shocked: Tell us what you really think. :hehe: Nancy Pelosi's facial expression was priceless. :rofl:
bmwracer wrote:Comments on Obama's State of the Union speech?
I thought it was quite impressive. :victory:
Yes it was! :applaud: Whenever I hear President Obama make a speech the words 'decency' always comes to mind. He has the unspoken qualities of compassion and common sense that seem to be missing in too many other politicians.
Enna wrote:Yes it was! :applaud: Whenever I hear President Obama make a speech the words 'decency' always comes to mind. He has the unspoken qualities of compassion and common sense that seems to be missing in too many other politicians.
Yup.
I can't remember any time in my life when I actually wanted to hear a President speak as I do with Obama.
I just hope his speech gets things rolling. :fingerscrossed:
'Talk' is the only thing he (Obama) has done so far because he really hasn't gotten much done, it terms of what he promised. Gitmo is still open, and we're sending more troops to what looks like a never ending war.
Jav_sol wrote:'Talk' is the only thing he (Obama) has done so far because he really hasn't gotten much done, it terms of what he promised. Gitmo is still open, and we're sending more troops to what looks like a never ending war.
True.
Partisan politics has something to do with some of that... And he pointed that out quite clearly in his speech.
All U.S. combat troops are scheduled to be out of Iraq by August of 2010.
As for Afghanistan. The exit date for U.S. Troops is July 11, 2011.
As to Guantanamo Bay Prison... on his second day in office Obama signed an Executive Order to close Gitmo within the year.
The deadline passed because Congress blocked money to move the prisoners, and are blocking efforts to put these particular prisoners in U.S. Mainland prisons. (Lots of, "Not in my backyard" stuff.)
The guy in charge of closing Gitmo says "homes" (my quotes) will be found for these 196 prisoners within the next 18 months. We'll see.
Re: Last night's State of the Union Address. Great speech. But then, Clinton's speech about reforming the Health Care system in the U.S. was easily one of the best speeches I've ever heard. And shortly thereafter Clinton's Health Care Plan went down like the Hindenburg.
Obama has to learn how to take a Louisville Slugger to these beezers, behind closed doors, the way guys like LBJ did.
Geezer wrote:
All U.S. combat troops are scheduled to be out of Iraq by August of 2010.
As for Afghanistan. The exit date for U.S. Troops is July 11, 2011.
As to Guantanamo Bay Prison... on his second day in office Obama signed an Executive Order to close Gitmo within the year.
The deadline passed because Congress blocked money to move the prisoners, and are blocking efforts to put these particular prisoners in U.S. Mainland prisons. (Lots of, "Not in my backyard" stuff.)
The guy in charge of closing Gitmo says "homes" (my quotes) will be found for these 196 prisoners within the next 18 months. We'll see.
Geezer wrote:We'll see.
Took the words right out of my mouth.
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