"hope and change"

7/20/2013 11:38:38 PM

He's managed to restart the cold war. Cool.

7/24/2013 12:42:37 PM

His speech today was just a retread of every one of his other economic speeches. "Inequality is morally wrong." "I want to make America work for working Americans."

Lol. Obama doesn't give a shit about working Americans.

7/24/2013 6:15:32 PM

mew mew mew im so angry mew mew congress mew

7/24/2013 7:23:14 PM

Quote :

"The House of Representatives voted 217-205 to defeat an amendment to the defense appropriations bill that would have limited the National Security Agency's ability to collect electronic information, including phone call records. The measure, which has been opposed by the White House and intelligence chiefs, was the first attempt to curb NSA spying since former NSA contractor Edward Snowden leaked details about the extent of the agency's data collecting."

Good. Now we can concentrate on slaughtering that filthy traitor with poison.

7/24/2013 8:02:54 PM

Why US v Blewett is the Obama Justice Department's greatest shame
Explain the paradox that the US still jails thousands of African Americans on sentences it admits were unfair? It can't be done
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jul/23/us-v-blewett-obama-justice-department-shame

Quote :

"Last month, President Obama quietly did something that should shake every American to the core. Seeking to enforce federal crack cocaine laws that have since been repealed, the Obama administration asked a federal appeals court to ensure that thousands of human beings, mostly poor and mostly black, remain locked in prison – even though everyone agrees that there is no justification for them to be there. To understand Obama's decision and to understand why you have probably not heard about this, it is important to realize just how normalized rampant incarceration has become in our society. America now puts people in prisons at rates unparalleled in the modern world and unprecedented in American history. The US has 5% of the world's population and 25% of its prisoners."

7/25/2013 9:30:21 AM

Sorry, I'm only concerned about his mistreatment of terrorists.

7/25/2013 4:51:00 PM

Obama: Egypt didn't have a "coup", so we can keep selling them weapons.

7/25/2013 9:16:04 PM

Shrike will soon be in here to defend Obama. Just give it time

7/25/2013 10:51:42 PM

I am defending Obama. Giving Egypt military aid is a good thing. Those savages aren't capable of ruling themselves. A military junta is the best possible outcome for us.

7/25/2013 11:16:40 PM

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/07/28/white-house-doubles-down-on-vow-obama-wont-agree-to-more-spending-cuts/

7/28/2013 2:19:07 PM

+1 credibility

7/28/2013 2:27:08 PM

How is not making cuts a good thing?

7/30/2013 9:56:00 AM

Because non Medicare/Medicaid spending is already the lowest its been in over 60 years and taxes are already the lowest they've been in decades

But more importantly, Republicans are using it to absolutely stonewall all legislation by being unapologetically obstructionist and this is something that must be stopped.

7/30/2013 10:07:51 AM

Well I agree with that second point. But government spending is way way way too high. It would be a nice change if he actually did something to further reduce/eliminate the deficit.

7/30/2013 10:09:47 AM

Quote :

"But government spending is way way way too high."

What do you think we're spending way, way too much on? Because I doubt that's what the Republicans are wanting to cut.

7/30/2013 10:23:45 AM

I realize they (GOP) don't wanna cut defense (which should be cut) but pretty much everything should be cut. Corn subsidies, welfare programs, healthcare spending, some foreign aid, govt services, entire government agencies (Homeland Security, i'm talking to you). The government's continual expansion isn't needed and is counter to most Americans' desires.

[Edited on July 30, 2013 at 10:39 AM. Reason : k]

7/30/2013 10:39:13 AM

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ian-reifowitz/endgame-the-time-has-come_b_3670252.html

Here's his chance to not be a pussy.

7/30/2013 10:42:12 AM

^^ spending on those things is the lowest its been in 60 years, government spending on those things has contracted under Obama and not expanded

7/30/2013 10:46:22 AM

Quote :

"I realize they (GOP) don't wanna cut defense (which should be cut) but pretty much everything should be cut. Corn subsidies, welfare programs, healthcare spending, some foreign aid, govt services, entire government agencies (Homeland Security, i'm talking to you). The government's continual expansion isn't needed and is counter to most Americans' desires."

Agree with you on these, but neither party will cut them. As far as welfare and healthcare, I'll defer to dtownral's point.

[Edited on July 30, 2013 at 11:06 AM. Reason : .]

7/30/2013 11:06:08 AM

So I guess, in summary, that both parties actually don't give a shit about reducing gov't spending. Seems like a very obvious statement to make actually

[Edited on July 30, 2013 at 1:32 PM. Reason : k]

7/30/2013 1:31:40 PM

Wow, mind blown. Thank you for that insight.

7/30/2013 1:34:10 PM

7/30/2013 1:36:02 PM

from that article:

Quote :

"Of course, that agreement set up the sequester. Remember the sequester? It's the indiscriminate slashing of government spending that the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office estimates is costing up to 1.6 million jobs. Yeah, that. This time, the end result must be something that makes Boehner unhappy. "

all that tells me is that the government is employing too many people.

7/30/2013 1:37:33 PM

Quote :

"Wow, mind blown. Thank you for that insight."

rude

7/30/2013 1:44:01 PM

It's not just you I assure you.

A little too much Captain Obvious ITT for my taste.

7/30/2013 1:56:52 PM

Quote :

"http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/07/28/white-house-doubles-down-on-vow-obama-wont-agree-to-more-spending-cuts/"

In Bizarro World, it's considered heroic when you promise not to allow any reduction in the amount of resources being sucked into the black hole that is government.

7/30/2013 2:08:36 PM

In other news, lol?

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/30/us/politics/wrinkle-in-health-law-vexes-lawmakers-aides.html?hp&_r=0

7/30/2013 2:18:23 PM

^ I'd like to think that this situation would raise a modicum of sympathy for the lower class, but I know it won't.

7/30/2013 3:21:21 PM

Quote :

"In Bizarro World, it's considered heroic when you promise not to allow any reduction in the amount of resources being sucked into the black hole that is government. attempt to crater the economy based on generally discredited economic principles."

7/30/2013 4:29:20 PM

Legalized bribery and stealing isn't really an economic issue, it's a moral one.

7/30/2013 4:32:20 PM

7/30/2013 4:34:35 PM

^^come on man, life is too precious to sit around and bitch about the government on the internet. have some damn dignity

7/30/2013 4:37:01 PM

continued:

http://www.cnbc.com/id/100921864

7/30/2013 5:19:03 PM

You know what else is a huge moral issue? Valuing profit above human rights and well being.

7/30/2013 5:23:16 PM

continued:

http://washingtonexaminer.com/exography-many-disability-recipients-admit-they-could-work/article/2533626

7/30/2013 5:25:18 PM

Ever since I've read Confidence Men I knew about Obama's reliance on Wall Street insiders for fiscal policy direction. This recent rumor of Larry Summers being selected to succeed Bernanke further demonstrates this conflict of interests.

Here are some revelations from the book:

Quote :

"The most attention-getting material involves comments from Obama's economic team. For example, Lawrence Summers is quoted as saying to Budget Director Peter Orzag at a dinner that 'There's no adult in charge. Clinton would never have made these mistakes.' Former Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker, in turn, describes the president as too reliant on Summers, smart, but not smart enough. Senior White House aide Pete Rouse wrote 'There is deep dissatisfaction within the economic team with what is perceived as Larry's imperious and heavy-handed direction of the economic policy process.' Suskind also tells us Geithner was working behind the scenes to neutralize Elizabeth Warren and prevent her being named to lead the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - per bankers' demands. And then there's Christina Romer, former chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, stating that she 'felt like a piece of meat' after being kept out of a meeting by Summers; further, she once threatened to walk out of a dinner with the president and outside economists after the president skipped over her when asking his guests for their recommendations."

-9999 cred

7/30/2013 9:10:41 PM

Quote :

"You know what else is a huge moral issue? Valuing profit above human rights and well being."

And shouldn't there be a distinction between the government and corporations?

7/31/2013 1:44:46 PM

Looks like the terrorism threat meter is back up to red....or whatever that old meter thing was....


You guys scared yet? You should be.




Boo!





[Edited on August 2, 2013 at 4:17 PM. Reason : ]

8/2/2013 4:14:07 PM

Wow, check out all those new full part-time jobs!

[Edited on August 2, 2013 at 4:23 PM. Reason : ^lol]

8/2/2013 4:22:53 PM

"The terror alert has been raised from Harvest Pumpkin to Periwinkle."

8/2/2013 4:44:15 PM

the president is terribly partial to periwinkle blue, boys.

8/2/2013 5:32:29 PM

Knows the government can and does listen in on the world's communications at will.

[scumbag soapbox poster]

Calls bullshit on government terrorism warnings.

[Edited on August 2, 2013 at 6:39 PM. Reason : Probably made up to justify NSA goings on right?]

8/2/2013 6:36:59 PM

fuck me, you're dumb.


do I really need to explain to you why somebody would be skeptical of a state that lies about its secret surveillance programs and then immediately turns around and raises a general warning about undisclosed threats?

8/2/2013 7:42:57 PM

courage the cowardly country

8/2/2013 9:21:23 PM

Nah man. I already said, it's a conspiracy to justify the NSA's doings. I'm with you.

8/2/2013 9:46:36 PM

ugh what's wrong with you people? the president of the united states JOB is to take care of us. he is letting the NSA have our phone conversations to catch the BAD guys and terrorists, not us. i don't see the problem... unless you have something to hide in which case obama SHOULD find you.

8/2/2013 10:35:01 PM

lol

8/2/2013 10:48:37 PM

you people are so stupid. don't you remember 9-11? my middle school teacher showed us the whole thing and it was terrible. how about we spend our taxpayer dollars on things that PREVENT it from happening again??

8/2/2013 11:53:55 PM

8/3/2013 12:21:02 AM