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Steven
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   Posted: 07 June 2011 at 17:21 |
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Yes, but with 59% of Americans disapproving of his handling of the economy he might very well find himself in one of those empty cells in Guantanamo.
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Esprit
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Joined: 28 January 2010 Location: Brazil Online Status: Offline Posts: 2407 |
Posted: 07 June 2011 at 20:52 |
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I found it quite amusing when, during a TV interview by a sympathising chat show host, Obama was asked to comment about his achievements, and in particular his Presidential election campaign slogans: ‘Hope & change and Yes we can!’ Obama blathered on about his hope for the future and what change he has made [unaffordable health reform]. When pressed about ‘yes we can’ he replied, “Yes we can but...” During the short pause in his reply the audience erupted in laughter and I suspect that the use of little word, but, cost him dearly. He went on to suggest that not everything can be done during one period in office. Guess what – you can only have two terms followed by an autobiography entitled, “I tried to change it but...” This is what happens when a President is elected by lobbyist funding and brilliant oratory. |
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Steven
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Posted: 07 June 2011 at 21:39 |
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Through the years I have evolved from my left-wing anti-Viet Nam War student activist days to my current baby boomer worked-hard-all-my-life-ready-to-retire Republican mentality. I suspect that I'm not alone in this transition. So, of course, I am most assuredly biased in my politics and find remarkable comparisons between President Obama and President Clinton in their single-minded attention to public opinion polls.
Say what you want about George Bush but he did what he thought was right.
I'm sorry but I need a leader who leads. Not a guy who gallops after Gallup. I think that the applause Mr. Obama receives on his global sojurns is reflective of the benefits that his audience perceives they will receive based on his pursuit of the carrot of public opinion. I'm ready for some "Hope and Change and Yes We Can!" Time for a new guy.
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Esprit
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Posted: 07 June 2011 at 22:10 |
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I wouldn’t hold out any hope for change in the absence of something extraordinary and traumatic happening on the global stage: the second coming or perhaps captain Kirk revisiting earth via a time warp. The political machinery in entrenched in a club comprising the oligarchy represented by the lobbyists aided by the rabid media and the collective idiot, the electorate. This is evidenced by the people offered up for election; squeaky clean money-wise and bedroom-wise, good looking, never inhaled, well spoken, believes in God, has never masturbated and politically correct in all things. Is it possible that there is such a person with the necessary leadership skills? |
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Dom Pedro
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Posted: 07 June 2011 at 22:20 |
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Any man who is under 30, and is not a liberal, has no heart; and any man who is over 30, and is not a conservative, has no brains. (C) Sir Winston Churchill |
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No, I don´t take drugs. My dreams are already scary enough. M.C. Escher
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BorisG
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Posted: 08 June 2011 at 00:12 |
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Amen. My favorite of Sr. Winston´s many pearls is the following: "The main vice of capitalism is the uneven distribution of prosperity. The main vice of socialism is the even distribution of misery." |
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Gringo.Floripa
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Posted: 08 June 2011 at 08:39 |
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Most (US) Americans don't realize they are being subjected to the good cop/bad cop psyop. For Steven, Bush was the good cop, for me, Bush was definitely the bad cop, and vice-versa for Obama (though good cop is no longer my opinion of him). Nonetheless, both cops report to the same hierarchy. It's quite evident this hierarchy has launched a well-crafted divide/conquer/enslave campaign, which seems to be succeeding. I have never seen my fellow countrymen so bitterly divided as now.
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Steven
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Posted: 08 June 2011 at 09:47 |
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I only think that he was good in the sense that he was more principled than Mr. Obama. I'm not real happy with some of the things that Mr. Bush accomplished during his tenure so I wouldn't really call him a good cop.
As far as the divide/conquer/enslave campaign - you might be overstating the situation a little bit but there's no doubt that you need to belong to the "old boys club" to get elected and make the deals needed to govern. All politicians would stick a shiv in their own mother's backs if it helped them get elected.
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sven
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Posted: 08 June 2011 at 09:50 |
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Then he must have confused socialism with communism. |
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~Oscar Wilde |
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sven
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Posted: 08 June 2011 at 09:58 |
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You mean the stupid cop: "I believe men and fish can live together in peace"
That's bacause you lack a real democracy. Let's face it, two parties, and both ar in the pocket of big farmaceuticals, the arms industry, tobaco and so on. Elections are won on issues like "abortion" and "family values" and not on real political issues. |
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