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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: coug who wrote (68391)	1/18/2010 9:41:00 PM
From: Mac Con Ulaidh	Respond to of 149317

106 pound puppy? :) I'm glad he is feeling better. My Sasha was 65 pounds and thought she ruled the world... well, she did rule. she might have taken a double-take at a 106 pound pup, tho. but she liked other dogs. it was humans she was wary of.. and a Tiger and a War Eagle rolled into one. oh yeah. need something extra to speak with a Cougar. There was a legend down here about a black panther roaming the hills. a young man, he was 15 at the time, ran away from home and came down to my house. it was 900 feet down my driveway and I had an alarm that set off if someone came down down it. anyways... he knocks at 2am and I open the door and there was Craig with his napsack over his shoulder, shaking as hard as could be... so I ask "what's wrong??? and... what you doing here?" "uhm, I'm running away. can I come in? and... she was there by the drive" "who was there?" "the panther. by your drive. just like they said." "ah. her. well, she didn't eat you did she? she let you pass?" blank boy look. "uhm, yeh." "then I guess she approves of you. so come on in. then we'll discuss calling your mother." boys can be so silly. and legends of black panthers so handy... if it was just a legend??? amazing how many people saw her walking my land lines. :) love them CATS

To: coug who wrote (68391)	1/20/2010 2:43:03 AM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

We elected a Professor not a Fighter. What do we do? ______________________________________________________________ by Voodoo king DailyKos.com Tue Jan 19, 2010 at 11:02:49 PM PST Where's the Heart? What should Democrats do as a party when they have as the head of their party a Man who isn't prone to fighting for their beliefs and cause? This is not a bash Obama diary this is just me stating the facts as I see them. All through the election of 2008 Obama played the cool factor to great effect thanks in large part because he ran against an opponent that was verging on the insane, the pick of Palin as VP proves that. I thought once Obama got into office he would transition from his cool persona in the campaign to a full fledge defender of his policy with great vigor and conviction like FDR did or LBJ, but sadly to date Obama hasn't shown any of that...I guess he's just who he is, you can't ask someone to change personality after having been that way for some forty eight years. But in the world of cutthroat politics Obama's lackadaisical attitude is destroying the democratic party and in essence this country. God forbid if the Tea-baggers gain the reins of power -- if you thought George Bush's eight years of hell was a nightmare what will it be like if the likes of Beck and his fellow crazies suddenly have someone in the oval office who believes what they believe? I don't fault Obama for democrats losing MA but I partly fault Obama and which ever Clowns are advising him for causing the atmosphere of this defeat. Republicans are waging an all out war right now against the Progressive agenda, in their minds they believe Democrats and whoever might think like them are evil sent to do harm to this country. They're determined to do whatever it takes to see that Americans which for the most part hardly follow politics come around to seeing things their way. The Republican messaging in the past year and a half has absolutely destroyed the Democratic party messaging. Democrats right now are simply a party without a message, and for Democrats to have any chance in the next year or two to win that messaging war it has to start from the top. Barack Obama needs to kill the cool and show some conviction for the Progressive agenda. I'm not asking for angry I'm asking for CONVICTION. Let People know you believe in something, let people know you can take a stand on serious policy issues. Let people see you dare the Republicans to filibuster an agenda or two. In this country right now people are dying for a fighter, they want to know the ones leading them are fighting against those monied interest who they've come to believe are the cause of all their problems. Scott Brown saw that the people in MA were clamoring for a fighter and he gave it to them. Unless Barack Obama starts channeling some fight in him that will blunt the Republican assault, I fear this country is headed down a path we may never recover from.

To: coug who wrote (68391)	3/6/2010 1:42:01 AM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 149317

Kucinich Forces Congress to Debate Afghanistan by Robert Naiman / Published on Friday, March 5, 2010 by CommonDreams.org On Thursday, Ohio Representative Dennis Kucinich introduced H. Con Res. 248, a privileged resolution with 16 original cosponsors that will require the House of Representatives to debate whether to continue the war in Afghanistan. Debate on the resolution is expected early next week. Original cosponsors of the Kucinich resolution include John Conyers, Ron Paul, José Serrano, Bob Filner, Lynn Woolsey, Walter Jones, Danny Davis, Barbara Lee, Michael Capuano, Raúl Grijalva, Tammy Baldwin, Tim Johnson, Yvette Clarke, Eric Massa, Alan Grayson, and Chellie Pingree. The Pentagon doesn't want Congress to debate Afghanistan. The Pentagon wants Congress to fork over $33 billion more to pay for the current military escalation, no questions asked, no restrictions imposed for a withdrawal timetable or an exit strategy. Ideally, from the point of view of the Pentagon, Congress would fork over that money right away, before the coming Kandahar offensive that the $33 billion is supposed to pay for, because you can expect a lot of bad news out of Afghanistan in the form of deaths of American soldiers and Afghan civilians once the Kandahar offensive starts, and it would sure be awkward if all that bad news reached Washington while the $33 billion was hanging fire. So it's a great thing that Rep. Kucinich and his 16 allies are forcing Congress to debate the issue, and it would be even better if more Members of Congress would be urged by their constituents to support Kucinich's resolution. That would be a signal to the House leadership that continuation of the open-ended war and occupation is controversial in the House, and the House leadership should not try to ram through $33 billion more for the war on a fast-track without ample opportunity for debate and amendment. Every day the Afghanistan war continues is another day on which the United States Government plays Russian Roulette with the lives of American soldiers and Afghan civilians. The British Government has more urgency than the U.S. government about ending the war - and is more supportive than the U.S. of a political solution to end the conflict - because in Britain there is greater public outcry. If there were greater public and Congressional outcry in the U.S., we could be more like Britain, and get our government on board the train to a political solution, instead of prolonging the war indefinitely. The first step towards bringing our troops home is for Members of Congress to hear from their constituents. *Robert Naiman is Policy Director at Just Foreign Policy commondreams.org