Look tejek, there is no one on SI I admire more than you. So this is not a pissing match to me. But I expected more from obama, he promised more. Let me answer yur answers:
>>Obama promisd and open fair governemnt for the people. He is not delivering on that promise. That is why people are pisssed. He threw a lot of people under the bus using your logic i.e. I can do anythign I want as Bush is worse.
Do you honestly believe that if Brown wins big tomorrow its because Obama's gov't was transparent enough. Seriously. Is that the message you will get from that win?>>
Brown is a pure SOB. but if he wins it will be because peopel do nto like Obama's health care. Cutting meidcare and taxing cadillac hlath programs and lot so fqustions. Mass has health care. many are probably worried they may have to pay more somehow, like the medicare and union health plans will.
People are all fisrt worried abotu jobs. FDR created 4 million jobs in 60 DAYS. To match that obama woul dhave to crete 1 million jobs. He didn't, instead he spent his time on those stupid guys and gals like Grassly and snow.
He got his priorities messed up.
Let me promise you, I am way to the left of you.
>>I doubt it even if you are, so what? That's not the point.
>>Being a hard core yellow dog dem means I can critisize Obama without anyone telling me I am spinning. We yellow dogs got rid of LBJ and I helped do it. And for good reason looking back.>>
The reason people are pissed is because of Obama cutting medicare payments to fund the 30 million uninsured and the 40% tax on unions and other good health care packages instead of just taxing the rich. All people see is more welfare for the health industry at the expense of the middle class.>>
>>Has Obama said he won't let the tax cuts for the rich expire next year?>>
Not enough.
Letting wall street steal our money and then helping them to do it by putting people cozy with Wall street into power and by not even allowing us to see where the 14 trillion went to Wall street.
>>If I remember correctly, it was Bush and Paulson, not Obama, who would not let people know where the money was going.>>
That was only the second 350 billion of the TARP, but there is another 14 trillion unaccounted for which Bernanke will not release info on and Obama did just seal the records for the 182 billion we give to AIG which was then funneled into Goldman Sachs and other large banks.
Wall street is making record profits while we endure 20% unemployment. I watched him pander to the large banks makind it almost impossible ot get a home loan, when he needed to do the opposite.
>>Wall Street is not making record profits. Most banks are hoping to make a profit this quarter. In the meantime, the feds have made money for taxpayers on the money that's been lent and repaid. Plus, the Fed. Reserve made a record profit of $54 billion last year.<<
Wall street is making record profits gambling with free money the fed gave them.
>>And then there is all the shares the feds own in the banks. When they sell those shares, they will make a nice chunk of change since the shares of most banks have appreciated nicely since last year and should improve even more this year.>>
So why are they not willing to show the 182 billion AIG money or the 14 trillion. I am not making this shit up man. Read matt Taibi's expose on goldman Sachs.
And I have Elizabeth Warren and Paul Volker, Stiglitz and Krugman all saying Obama is helping wall street steal our money.
They are not saying it in so many words. They are saying Obama is not adequatly regulating Wall street. And you will just have to take my word for it.
And Obama did dis Stiglitz, Krugman and recently threw volker under the bus. And Elizabeth Warren is on Rachel and dylan Ratigan often complaining.
Not prosecuting the tortureres.
The unwinable Afghanistan war, and listenting to the brain dad military; and not even allowing the imporation of Canadian drugs and not taking insurance companies to task.
This is just silly....I won't even argue this one. If you really think the US could just close up shop in Afghanistan in 24 hours without causing a great deal of turmoil and losing a great deal of face in the world, you live in a different world than I. The easiest thing for Obama to do was walk away.
I didn't say close up in 24 hours.. But that is nto what they are working for. They are tryign to win an unwinnable war.
And watch Olberman tonight regarding Gitmo murders!!
And by giving lil bush the Haiti job, Obama legitimizes a criminal who should be in jail for treason. |
