Barack Obama

[TracyCoxx]

Originally Posted by randolph

Of course, THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE!

So will lobotomizing yourself apparently

[TracyCoxx]

Looks like TARP is failing. What a waste of money.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010...-created-risk/

The problems that led to the last financial crisis have not yet been addressed, and in some cases have grown worse, says Neil Barofsky, the special inspector general for the trouble asset relief program, or TARP. The quarterly report to Congress was released Sunday.

The government's bailout of financial institutions deemed "too big to fail" has created a risk that the United States could face a worse fiscal meltdown in the future, an independent watchdog assigned to review the program told Congress on Sunday.

The Troubled Assets Relief Program, known as TARP, has not addressed the problems that led to the last crisis and in some case those problems have festered and are a bigger threat than before, warned Neil Barofsky, the special inspector general at the Treasury Department.

"Even if TARP saved our financial system from driving off a cliff back in 2008, absent meaningful reform, we are still driving on the same winding mountain road, but this time in a faster car," Barofsky wrote.

Barofsky wrote the $700 billion financial bailout has encouraged more risk-taking because bank executives, who are still receiving massive bonuses, figure the government will come to the rescue the next time they steer their ships nearly aground.

"The market mentality now seems fixed that the U.S. government will continue to step in and bail out giant financial institutions," said Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. "The IG's findings confirm my decision to oppose releasing $350 billion in TARP funds last year and my recent vote to terminate the program altogether."

Anymore questions TAL?

I said it a year ago... Obama had better learn the lessons of why the financial crisis happened in '08 and prevent them from happening again. And I'm talking about the REAL reasons Randy & Jim. Not this Bush-Did-It crap. Because that line may fool liberal voters but it doesn't address the real problem. And until we confront the real problem, it will not go away!

[TracyCoxx]

BO breaks another campaign promise. He promised many times during his campaign to crack down on the use of no-bid contracts. So why is a no-bid contract awarded for $24 million to Checchi and Company Consulting? Because it's owned by Democratic Party donor Vincent Checchi? This is yet another promise that BO has broken. He also pledged to close Gitmo within a year of taking office. Thankfully he broke that one.

Didn't he also say we would be out of Iraq within 6 months of him taking office? LOL

And here's another statement from him during his campaign:

Originally Posted by Obama

Embracying Human Space Exploration
Human spaceflight is important to America?s political, economic, technological, and scientific leadership. Barack Obama will support renewed human exploration beyond low earth orbit. He endorses the goal of sending human missions to the Moon by 2020, as a precursor in an orderly progression to missions to more distant destinations, including Mars.

Here's the reality:
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/...,2770904.story

Originally Posted by Orlando Sentinel

Obama aims to ax moon mission
NASA's plans to return astronauts to the moon are dead. So are the rockets being designed to take them there ? that is, if President Barack Obama gets his way.

When the White House releases his budget proposal Monday, there will be no money for the Constellation program that was supposed to return humans to the moon by 2020. The troubled and expensive Ares I rocket that was to replace the space shuttle to ferry humans to space will be gone, along with money for its bigger brother, the Ares V cargo rocket that was to launch the fuel and supplies needed to take humans back to the moon.

There will be no lunar landers, no moon bases, no Constellation program at all.

TMF would say anything to get elected. Either he was too naive to do what he wanted, or he would outright lie to get himself into office. And he's still lying when he says he wants to increase our competitiveness, increase skills in math and science, create jobs...

Originally Posted by Orlando Sentinel

There will be no lunar landers, no moon bases, no Constellation program at all.

[jimnaseum]

Originally Posted by TracyCoxx

Obama had better learn the lessons of why the financial crisis happened in '08and prevent them from happening again. And I'm talking about the REAL reasons Randy & Jim. Not this Bush-Did-It crap.

Lemme guess, the solution to all our problems would be to let Sean Hannity call all the shots.

[jimnaseum]

Is there ANYBODY who can save us?

[randolph]

Elephant lobotomies

[randolph]

A republican found a magic genie's lamp and rubbed it. The genie said : "I will grant you one wish." He said : "I wish I were smarter". So the genie made him smarter. The next day he became a Democrat.

"Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid, it is true that most stupid people are conservative."
John Stuart Mill

"Republicans want to punish work and reward wealth; hence the high payroll tax and the low dividend tax. Said one Bush economic adviser, if we can't help wealthy investors and screw working people, what's the point in being a Republican?"
Paul Begala

[TracyCoxx]

Originally Posted by randolph

"Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid, it is true that most stupid people are conservative."

Well yes, there is Palin, Hannity and Dave Ramsey (who uses the Bible as a source for financial strategies). But I think there are one or two exceptions. Like the woman who thought BO would pay for her gas & mortgage...
Oh, and except for BO who's solution to the financial crisis is to put us further into debt. Plus his awesome quote "I?ve now been in 57 states? I think one left to go?"
And uh, then there's Howard Dean who claims Bush let 9/11 happen.
Oh yeah, and Louis Farrakhan: "I heard from a very reliable source who saw a 25 foot deep crater under the levee breach. It may have been blown up to destroy the black part of town and keep the white part dry."
Oh, and don't forget Michael Moore.
And Rosie O'Donnell who doesn't think fire can get hot enough to melt steel
And good ol Joe Biden - at least he's entertaining.
Oh yeah, and Kayne West (many examples)
And MCA of Beastie Boys who complains that Bush puts American's ahead of people in other countries.
And of course Al Sharpton (many many examples)
And Al Gore who claims to have invented the internet, and many more examples.
Oh yeah, and Mike Wallace: ?I couldn?t be happier for the privilege of sitting down with the president of Iran.?
And then there's Jimmy Carter, for his presidency, and for tireless work promoting the causes of Lebanon and Hezbollah.
And let's not forget John Edwards for obvious reasons.

Well this is getting lengthy so I'll cut it short...

[TracyCoxx]

Originally Posted by jimnaseum

Lemme guess, the solution to all our problems would be to let Sean Hannity call all the shots.

Why, was Hannity against the bailout?

Originally Posted by randolph

A republican found a magic genie's lamp and rubbed it. The genie said : "I will grant you one wish." He said : "I wish I were smarter". So the genie made him smarter. The next day he became a Democrat.

And when he saw the country was in a financial crisis he said "We need to put ourselves $4 trillion deeper into debt". And the Genie came back and said "WTF??? My apologies I forgot that the democratic party had been hijacked by progressives!" And so he turned the politician into a conservative libertarian, and all was well