Is anyone watching the President tonight? Here is my question...Have you ever seen so many pretty ties in one room at the same time? Oh my gosh. Pretty ties. Polka dots. Stripes. Pastels. Solids. Godish browns. All bright and flashy. All wide ties.
I can't hear what the president is saying for the beautiful ties and the red suits the ladies are wearing.
CAMPAIGN 2012 is officially underway. Obama couldn't keep from trying to blame Congress or more specifically the Republicans. With leaders in Washington like Obama, Reid and Pelosi I am not sure we can save this country.
I had just typed a whole big thing about this speech and some other things and it went into "blue heaven" which is just as well. It wasn't really very nice. And I am not that kind of guy.
It might show up anyhow.
Larryj
Amen Frank....I couldn't believe how many times he said they needed to "pass this"...he was making me sick! And all the jumping up and down and clapping...same story, different day. I like Boehner in that Speaker's chair instead of Nancy "Jack-In-The-Box" Pelosi though even though they had to keep showing her. Construction jobs...amazing. Isn't that what a lot of that $787 billion mess was before? Creating some construction jobs? How long are they good for? 12-16 months? Yay economy! Let's spend $400 billion MORE dollars so a few people can work for a few months and others can get yet another year of unemployment benefits. But maybe some people will have a job when election time rolls around next year and they'll think, "Yay, Obama got me a job so he's got MY vote!" Then they can head to the unemployment line again soon after....
I think the most interesting part of the whole address was the very end when they broke away from his shmoozing it up with the ladies and talked about the new terror threat!
Mrs. Hillbilly
Jennifer, the way "O" put it everything was the Republicans fault.
Which is why his campaign slogan this year should be "Blame You Can Believe In." (Thanks to Laura Ingraham for that lovely slogan)
It's nothing knew. He's blamed the Republicans for EVERYTHING since he took office. He had a Democrat Congress for how long? But it's still the Repubs fault. I just cannot reiterate enough that this man makes me SICK! He has spent this country into even more debt but it's always someone else's fault. Why can't he admit that a lot, if not all, of his "stimulus" plans and spending sprees and vacations have been complete and total FAILURES that have done nothing but put this country on the fast track of the Highway to Hell?
Mrs. KSH
Frank.... a few things I picked from Obuma's speech were:
"Um...the road's gonna get Bumpier!... Strategy and um... Strategic Wall Street Job creation... Retirement Economy... Economic failure... I'm not gonna lie to you... um... again... most jobs since 9/11!... Comprehensive immigration reform... previous administration's failures... yes we can... Spread the wealth.... east-advantaged Americans... Health Care Loophole... Bush-era taxcuts... Congress's inability to... um... Michelle's vacation and health food.... um... hope and exchange... willing to work...
Make no mistake... Afghanistan... my Muslim brothers... um... Fort Hood... (free square) Accountable Taxes... corporate greed.... back from the brink... um... Taxpayers... um... Tax Plan... relief for working families... roads and bridges... Bipartisan Senator.... Senate Reform... Middle Class... Main Street... we get it... Gun nuts in Western Pennsylvania... Special Olympics... labor strikes... um... bowling... Free market... Inherited problems.... Social Security's fault... it's gonna take time... Signs of recovery... Relief for working families... Strategic fit...yes, um... Strategic unfit... um... fit of fitttisss...
Which Republican would-be do you like?
Quote from: Wilma on September 08, 2011, 08:40:57 PM
Which Republican would-be do you like?
If you're asking me, Wilma... I like Rep. Thaddeus McCotter R-MI who should have been in the line-up last night. second choice? Toss up between Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich.... Newt is probably the smartist of the bunch and experience-heavy but too much baggage and a goofy spendthrift wife. Is that a blonde helmet she's wearing or her hair? I'm sorta soured a little on Perry because of his feelings on S.S., the border fence, Mexico and Medicaid... to name a few. Still would take him over Romney tho'.
How about you???
And pray tell, what does her hair have to do with anything? Her spending habits aren't anybody's problems but theirs. Show me the issues!
Dear Friends,
Tonight I attended the President's speech before a Joint Session of Congress. I wish I could say that I was pleasantly surprised, but unfortunately it was more of the same. Spending money we do not have on programs that do not work is no solution. Despite the glaring evidence that the February 2009 stimulus did not produce the results that were promised, the President proposed even more stimulus spending tonight.
When the Obama administration sold the February 2009 stimulus to the American people, we were told unemployment would never exceed 8%. Unfortunately, only the reverse has been true; since then, unemployment has only exceeded 8%. In fact, the average unemployment rate for the past 31 months has been 9.4%! Sustained unemployment like this has not been seen since the Great Depression. And, the stimulus was supposed to create 3.5 million jobs, yet compared to the promises that were made and the number of people out of work, the President is 6.7 million jobs short.
The 25 million Americans who are unemployed or underemployed are paying the price for the President's unwillingness to embrace pro-growth solutions. The House has passed no less than 10 bills that would provide some very needed certainty to job creators, but which remain untouched in the Senate. If only the President would send us the three pending trade agreements, the House would swiftly approve three pending trade agreements and create thousands of jobs and grow the economy. And, the House would not object to the President imposing a full regulatory moratorium that would prohibit the issuance of any new job-killing regulations.
Tonight the President outlined his desire to spend $450 billion on another stimulus. That's $450 billion he wants you and I to pay. You and I know that Washington has to put an end to this practice of spend now, think about the consequences later. Families don't practice that type of financial mismanagement – neither should Washington. The $14.6 trillion in debt America already has – plus the trillions more Washington is expected to accrue in the coming years – is enough. In fact, it's too much. And, where that $450 billion is going concerns me. Why dedicate hundreds of billions to the same types of projects and tax gimmicks that underdelivered and underperformed with the first stimulus? Washington must take a cue from job creators across this country – including in the First District of Kansas – who say the only thing they need from Washington is less of it.
Sincerely,
Tim Huelskamp
Member of Congress
Then there was O's comment about seeing more things that were stamped "Made in America".... as his chief economic adviser, Jeff Immelt of GE was sitting with Mrs O. GE... that icon that now does most of its manufacturing overseas, largely in Communist China. The same GE that paid $0.00 in US taxes last year. ???
Sometimes the simple things say so much.
Jeeze that was 45 mins of my life i'll never get back.
Damn i feel like i need to go shower now after the proposed screwing hes giving us.
Warph, I think my choice right now has to be someone I have never heard of. Thus, the reason I am asking who others like. I will pay more attention to the ones you named. I agree with you on Perry. He reminds me of an Illinois governor who was kicked out of office not so long ago.
One statement did bother me a little. He was talking about Lincoln and how he saved the country and how he built the transcontinental railroad. (?) So, I looked it up. The transcontinental railroad was started 1863, so maybe he might have suggested it or was instrumental in getting it going, but it took until 1869 to complete, four years after he was assassinated. And, of all the references he made to Lincoln, there was no mention of "freeing the slaves." hmmmmm.
So, I watched and it was the same old rhetoric, same old BS. As Steve said, it was a waste of good time and I, too, felt somewhat in need of a shower afterwards. What is amazing is that he, as well, as many other presidents, give out these speeches which are just totally meaningless and expect the American public to believe it. This was not a "look at what we need to do with this jobs bill" but "look at what I did (or didn't do) during my administration" speech and the election is coming in fourteen months (his words) and I (I mean we) gotta do something to make me look good so I will get reelected. I wonder how many of our Congressmen and women are sitting there wishing they were someplace else. Probably most of them. At least, the television viewing audience can turn off the TV or switch channels. The Congress probably just tunes most of the speech out.
The problem is that a lot of the younger generation hears and believes the BS, pretty much like we used to do when we were college age. But, the big difference is we had President Kennedy who did do something worthwhile. And, what does it say to the American people when they see all the Republicans sitting while there is a standing ovation? Why are our elected congressmen and women acting so much like school children showing all that disdain for the President of the United States? They may not like what he is saying, but I think, IMHO, they should at least show some respect. ::) If not for the man, but for the office.
Larry (what I am I doing in Politics?) j
Larry ,you are being disappointed just as I am. The tolerated rudeness and obvious disdain of the President is going to hurt us at some point. People act like President Obama is President for life.The worst that can possibly happen is he does four more years of the same; not much happening. How will the next President be treated? Just as rudely by whom ever the other side is then ? I hate bulldog politics. Right now all the opposition wants is to bring down the President with no seemingly real plan for what happens next.
dis·dain/disˈdān/ Noun: The feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one's consideration or respect; contempt.
Obvious disdain of Obama, Diane ? No, I would say "disdain" is when the Generals on the ground have asked that the draw down later this year in Iraq not to go below 27,000 troops but that big eared clown says he will leave 3,000 troops. That is disdain !!
Big eared clown? I understand the concern about the draw down but the rude comments don't have any impact, now do they ? What does that ever accomplish, no matter who the recipient of such language is. Besides I thought we were done with Iraq. People want our military home....now. What more can we do there? It's costing too much in money and lives.Leave the contractors if they must and bring the rest home.
Quote from: Wilma on September 09, 2011, 07:32:49 AM
Warph, I think my choice right now has to be someone I have never heard of. Thus, the reason I am asking who others like. I will pay more attention to the ones you named. I agree with you on Perry. He reminds me of an Illinois governor who was kicked out of office not so long ago.
Wilma, I was interested in who Thad McCotter was since ol Warph mentioned him. I found this website that has info on a huge variety of canidates from many parties. Many of the people I have never heard of. It was an interesting read. Thad McCotter was lead guitarist for "The Flying Squirrels". :laugh:
http://2012.presidential-candidates.org/
David
Quote from: larryJ on September 09, 2011, 10:18:51 AM
Why are our elected congressmen and women acting so much like school children showing all that disdain for the President of the United States? They may not like what he is saying, but I think, IMHO, they should at least show some respect. ::) If not for the man, but for the office.
Larry (what I am I doing in Politics?) j
Sorry but the man in the office deserves no respect. I respect the office. But right now, the office is held hostage and the usurper has disrespected this country through the office. He's lucky i wasn't attending i would have thrown him the great American Symbol of Defiance. The full fledge American Bird!
Quote from: Diane Amberg on September 09, 2011, 11:45:39 AM
Big eared clown? I understand the concern about the draw down but the rude comments don't have any impact, now do they ? What does that ever accomplish, no matter who the recipient of such language is. Besides I thought we were done with Iraq. People want our military home....now. What more can we do there? It's costing too much in money and lives.Leave the contractors if they must and bring the rest home.
Sigh i wish people would wake up and realize we need to be in iraq. It is a central staging point for our military should the need arise to respond to iran or any other middle eastern country that decides to screw with us. Its just like when we put up military bsaes along the iron curtain in the cold war. We need a presence there to keep a eye and to respond as quickly as possible. Just because we had an ocean between us and russia wasn't enough to deter them, we needed eyes ears and a missle or two camped out on their borders to keep them from getting too bold.
Quote from Diane:
Big eared clown? I understand the concern about the draw down but the rude comments don't have any impact, now do they ? What does that ever accomplish, no matter who the recipient of such language is. Besides I thought we were done with Iraq. People want our military home....now. What more can we do there? It's costing too much in money and lives.Leave the contractors if they must and bring the rest home.
Diane ,
Calling him a big eared clown was the nicest thing I could think of to call him on a family forum. You response was something from the Liberal's book---and NO I'm not calling you a liberal. I agree, bring all the troops home from Iraq if the POTUS won't do right by the military---BUT---that's not what we were talking about. It's that Dumbo does not listen to his Generals on the ground and spits in their face every chance he gets. He is NOT pulling all the troops out so why wouldn't he do what the "experts" advise ? Hell, if he aint going to listen to them then pull everyone out that holds a rank above E-4 and let Cpl's and Spec 4's run the war
I see people so happy they get to shake his hand. I would not walk across the street to even look at him. He has disgraced our GREAT country with every other nations he has been in. He gets no respect from my family.
I'm with Steve. I will respect the office but I will not respect Barack Hussein Obama. Why should we respect him when he clearly does NOT respect the great people of America?----Mrs. KSH