Barack Obama

[randolph]

The missionary issue was settled by the SUPREME COURT!

Obama is not taking over the census, the White House wants to review the operation of the census department. There is very little news out there on this issue. As usual Fox News picked this up and made a big deal out of it. If it was a big deal there would be some good coverage.

[CreativeMind]

Originally Posted by randolph

Obama is not taking over the census.
There is very little news out there on this issue.
As usual Fox News picked this up and made a big deal out of it.
If it was a big deal there would be some good coverage.

TOO...MANY...MOCKING...ANSWERS...FLOODING...INTO HEAD!
BRAIN OVERLOAD! CAN'T...PICK...JUST...ONE!!!

Obama isn't trying to do anything wrong.
"If it was a big deal there would be some good coverage."
>snicker< (wiping tears from my eyes)
Thanks for the best laugh I got all day with THAT one, Randolph!

[randolph]

Originally Posted by CreativeMind

TOO...MANY...MOCKING...ANSWERS...FLOODING...INTO HEAD!
BRAIN OVERLOAD! CAN'T...PICK...JUST...ONE!!!

Obama isn't trying to do anything wrong.
"If it was a big deal there would be some good coverage."
>snicker< (wiping tears from my eyes)
Thanks for the best laugh I got all day with THAT one, Randolph!

Well I guess it is good to know that some people find our present situation humorous. Isn't laughter the best medicine? It's just hard for me to laugh when thousands of people are losing their jobs and homes.

[CreativeMind]

Originally Posted by randolph

Well I guess it is good to know that some people find our present situation humorous.
Isn't laughter the best medicine?
It's just hard for me to laugh when thousands of people are losing their jobs and homes.

Randolph, I COMPLETELY sympathize with the plight of people in need right now -- trust me, I know MORE than enough people facing some pretty dire situations right now. I live and work in Los Angeles/Hollywood and people are losing their jobs left and right do to the poor economy overall, which in turn is likewise shutting down productions (and other things) left and right in this town. Not to mention (and most people have forgotten this due to the national crisis) but out here -- even in the midst of this madness -- the Screen Actors Guild never did come to a new contract agreement and they're STILL threatening to go on strike and shut things down in this town 100%. And if that happens...coupled with the national crisis...you might as well kiss Los Angeles good-bye for years to come. This place will officially become a ghost town.

Hell, even as it is, you should kiss California all but good-bye. As of today, California is facing a $32 BILLION deficit with the stimulus plan possibly sending around $10 billion in bail out aid to the state. Which means we'd still be a whopping $22 Billion in the hole -- hence today's latest news that as of Friday Arnold will be laying off 20,000 state workers. Not to mention the state also has told the taxpayers they're NOT getting any tax refunds this year -- we're all getting fucking "IOU's" in the mail since the state is completely bust.

Of course this also leads to another political wildfire -- namely that in the midst of this, the LA TIMES just issued a news report tallying the cost of illegal immigrants here at $5 billion a year, while other studies show it running as high as $10 Billion. So at a time when the state is $32 Billion in the hole -- and nearly a THIRD of that loss is due to illegal aliens living here and draining public services dry -- this state is quickly becoming an economic, political, and societal powder keg.

Or as someone said on TV today (I forget who, but I caught the comment in passing and thought it was dead-on): "They say that as California goes, so goes the rest of the nation. Well, if that's the case, WE'RE ALL SCREWED."

Anyway, the reason I made my humorous comment before was due to your one-two punch statement that IF Obama was doing anything wrong, it would get plenty of coverage. PUH-LEEZE. As the election showed, the media is SO in Obama's pocket and SO determined to back him and even protect him that you're right -- it isn't funny. In fact, it's sad. It's a sad day for democracy and honest journalism when we've reached that point.

An example off the top of my head: Chris Matthews on MSNBC going from being a firebrand and saying it was his job was to "relentlessly find the truth and ask hard questions of the Bush Administration" to him declaring on air that listening to Obama speak "sends a shiver up my leg" and that he now feels (and I quote): "It's my job now to make sure Obama succeeds." Excuse me? TO MAKE SURE he succeeds? Gee, I thought his job as a fucking journalist was to report the news, not SHAPE it.

So going back to your post and my reply, the notion of these clowns in the media reporting ANYTHING bad that Obama does is all but inconceivable at this point...

[TracyCoxx]

Originally Posted by hankhavelock

And why would you basicly give a shit what any one thinks? You just send the marines... simple! And good for you! Or is it?

Originally Posted by hankhavelock

The current American rethoric and waging of war has made it harder to be a Westerner in this world. It's time for an optimistic change. Barack will to a degree bring that.

Peace (love and harmony)!

HankyPanky

Originally Posted by hankhavelock

And in the end, isn't that truly what the socalled "American Dream" is all about? I mean, before it was hijacked by the military fascists who sort of indicate that to be a TRUE American with hand on heart, tears in the eyes and gun (and sexuality) in the closet you MUST be an ultra right winger believing in the "small-town-set" of values?

Hopefully all that will fade away and die out with the current believers.

Peace!

LOL LOL
Sorry HankyPanky... Obama sucks as a president so far, but at least he's continuing Bush's war.

Originally Posted by randolph

Or, here is a novel idea, lets start a war! Wars have got us out of depressions in the past.

Ask, and ye shall receive.

More Than 17,000 Troops Headed to Afghanistan

Originally Posted by randolph

I haven't seen ANY news on this, where is it reported?

Yeah, funny isn't it. CNN forgot to report on this trivial bit of news.

[TracyCoxx]

In other news (that's off Randolf's radar), Feinstein was trying to slip something into the spendulous package that would require internet providers to guarantee that child pornography would not be transmitted through them. Sounds nice... BUT this would require ISPs to monitor your network activities, and slow down internet speeds so that packets could be analyzed. And once ISPs see what all us perverts are looking at on transladyboy, they'll probably not be happy with that and shut that down as well. Democrats will probably also want to apply the Fairness Doctrine to the internet as well so they can guarantee that what you're reading is fair and balanced according to them. Feinstein's initial attempt was stopped, but he was looking for other sneaky ways to stick it into the bill. I haven't heard yet if he was successful. No one really knows what other surprises are in that bill.

And if an additional $787 Billion to our debt weren't enough, now Barry wants to spend ANOTHER $50 Billion for people who are defaulting on their loans because ACORN insisted the government should give them the loans. Will the madness ever end? Nah, we're only at the beginning of what is likely going to be the longest 4 years in American history.

[randolph]

Did you all see Frontline on PBS? Bernake et. al. are clue less they really have no idea how to deal with this crisis. They are just throwing money at it and hoping it works! God save us!

Well at least we can play with ourselves and dream about ladyboys. We don't need a loan for that unless we want to go to Thailand!