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Just wondering if you think Barack Obama will benefit or hurt (imo, destroy) our country. A simple "Yes" or "No" will suffice... no need for political arguments.
Agree or disagree? hahaDestroy.
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Hmm, I've never heard about that. I'm not surprised, though, I never watch the news. How much longer does he plan to make the school year?Well, there's that Pain, but I'm also not liking his whole "Forced volunteerism" plan. That, and that he wants to increase the length of the school year.
I think there is a large difference between "forced" and "incentive". From what I understand, if you choose to volunteer to help your community, you'll be rewarded in some manner. It seems to me about the same as having a tax write off when giving to charity.Well, there's that Pain, but I'm also not liking his whole "Forced volunteerism" plan. That, and that he wants to increase the length of the school year.
I'll agree that diplomacy needs to be used, but when you shrug off the PM of Great Britain, show him little repsect, then turn around and bow to the king of Saudi Arabia and carry on like its highschool with latin american dictators who give you books insulting your country you are not showing any backbone at all. There needs to be a happy medium, someone who knows how and when to use the clenched fist. Bush didn't get it right, and it looks like Obama is failing in the other direction.I don't think he'll hurt the nation, but we'll see. I certainly don't agree with right wings who claim that Obama will turn our nation socialist or who claim that Obama is making America look weak by wanting to *gasp* use diplomacy.
I really don't care much about socialism coming to America, but I will respectfully disagree with your assertion that Socialism has infact come here. The only reason I'm actually making this post is to kindly ask you not to call me cupcake.I'll agree that diplomacy needs to be used, but when you shrug off the PM of Great Britain, show him little repsect, then turn around and bow to the king of Saudi Arabia and carry on like its highschool with latin american dictators who give you books insulting your country you are not showing any backbone at all. There needs to be a happy medium, someone who knows how and when to use the clenched fist. Bush didn't get it right, and it looks like Obama is failing in the other direction.
As far as Socialism, its already here cupcake. He refused to take back TARP money, and wants to switch from preffered stock in all of the nations banks to common stock.
Common stock lets you vote, it implies ownership. When he changes that over, and he has said he will, socialism is here. The US government will own all of the major banks, all lines of credit, and it will control the way the US does buisness from now on. That is the very definition of socialism.
I don't think people forget. The Democratic Congress' approval rating was lower than Bush which says a lot. Personally, I think we should have term limits for Congress, it's asinine that we don't.Finally, the prosecution of the exiting administration is really, really bad news for America. The **** will really hit the fan when it comes public that democratic party leaders were not only breifed on the methods used at Gitmo, but were also in favor of it . . . until the public found out. Reid and Pelosi were pointed out as two such leaders. That would be a serious blow to Obama's own party. When people point at the previous administration, I think they forget that nothing got through without Democratic votes.
My personal opinion is that the current congress is so currupt (and it has been for many years) that it will do most of the damage to the country. The ginormous porkulous bill is a good example. Not Obama's fault, but he didn't exactly step up to his campaign promise and say, lets get special interests out of this bill. That being said, I think he's doing more harm in the long run than he looks like he's doing, but its the dem supermajority thats hurting the country more than he is.
While I don't think he has shown a strong relationship with Great Britian as recent president have, I do not think that he has shown any disrespect. He's well liked here and gets almost nothing but praise from our news coverage, not that I'm saying thats a good thing, but we are in no way finding ourselves having a bad relationship with America.I'll agree that diplomacy needs to be used, but when you shrug off the PM of Great Britain, show him little repsect, then turn around and bow to the king of Saudi Arabia and carry on like its highschool with latin american dictators who give you books insulting your country you are not showing any backbone at all. There needs to be a happy medium, someone who knows how and when to use the clenched fist. Bush didn't get it right, and it looks like Obama is failing in the other direction.