Who woulda guessed?
Posted By: gourdpainter on 2008-10-29
In Reply to: this from the wall street journal, interesting article - cj
Can't post anything without it goes back to trashing on Obama. Carry on............
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who woulda guessed you wouldn't be objective...nm
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What I woulda' done -
To begin with, after 9/11, I would've focused the US's military power and resources solely on AFGHANISTAN... the country that ATTACKED us. I would've made sure we hit them hard, and would not have stopped until Bid Laden had been caputured or killed. Attacking Iraq when there was no need, spreading our recource far too thin, and then leaving the job in Afghanistan unfinished was a foolish & negligent act, in my opinion. And Bin Laden is still alive & free.
What a message to send to the rest of the world: That we can't even successfully retaliate against a 3rd-world country like Afghanistan; that we'll go to war with any country on a whim, whether it's justified or not; and that once at war, we pull the air power out of the picture too soon and leave our ground troops to be picked off daily by snipers & car bombs.
If I were Pres., I'd work to keep Church & State separate, as it states in the Constitution, rather than encouraging religion to infiltrate every part of our government. And I'd have no tolerance for that hate-groups in this country that hide behind the mask of religious beliefs.
I'd work to put an end to large, unscrupulous companies in this country getting all the perks and tax-breaks, while the average US citizen gets further and further in the hole financially. There would be fewer corporate loopholes, and more penalties for the selling of our country's jobs to the lowest bidder.
As was suggested on the news this morning, I'd also launch an investigation into oil & energy speculation, and hopefully have that practice yanked from the stock market.
Regardless of what happens in the oil market, whether it goes higher, or back down again, if I were Pres., I'd have the government offer incentives to scientists, inventors, corporations, the auto & energy industries, ANYONE who can get us on the fast-track to complete freedom from fossil fuel -- not 100 years from now, but in the immediate future. If we can put men on the moon and robots on Mars, there's no reason why we can't have a completely clean and self-sustaining energy system. If we can make hand-held, combination phone/computer/MP3-players the size of a deck of cards or smaller, then why can't we come up with solar panels small, powerful, & inexpensive enough to power our cars, boats, air-conditioners, home appliances, and everything else? This is supposedly a country that can 'do anything', so maybe it's abou time to do just that.
Gee, if I woulda known that, I might
have contributed a few hundred thousand so I could be ambassador of Tobago or Trinidad (NOT!)
We could have guessed this would
have your approval. You have got to be either related to him or on his payroll!
As you should have guessed....(sm)
I'm just going to disagree with most of that...LOL. One thing you should know though, is that (believe it or not) some of the harshest criticism Obama has gotten has come from MSNBC -- in particular Rachel Maddow. The problem Obama has is that he's trying to play "middle of the road" and that's just not possible sometimes. So, naturally the right is picking apart everything he does (just like the left picked apart Bush), but the far left is also having a field day with him -- just on different issues.
Check this one out: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#30877514
And if you ever wanted to know how MSNBC handles dems who do illegal stuff, check this out: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036697/#30968650
It ain't pretty....LOL
Your friend probably just guessed
I doubt she would have any credible knowlege. Obama came out of nowhere. The first time I and most other people ever heard of him was when he ran for Senator. I recall the media referring to him as an "up and coming" politician.
The financial collapse just sure came at an opportune time too didn't it? I shudder to think what's ahead. As I've said before, I'll put my faith in God and His will WILL be done in the end.
No! YOU'RE a FREEPER? Never would have guessed!
(Sorry GT, I couldn't resist this one.)
I guessed I missed the "hate" part that others ..sm
are accusing you of. I agree with you - and it's your right to monitor the music and celebrities your child admires.
I taught my children tolerance - but also that they did not have to approve of everything and everyone's behavior - politically correct or not.
I steered mine away from Madonna and Spears.
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