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Subscribe to RSSThe New York Times on Obama pushing for his jobs bill in Denver, CO yesterday, “Mr. Obama said the $25 billion in the legislation for repairing and renovating schools would allow Abraham Lincoln High School, a well-kept but aging institution, to update science laboratories of a 1960s vintage”
"One of the biggest drags on the economy continues to be public-sector employees who are laid off -- and there are more coming in New York: “Gov. Cuomo began the process to lay off 3,500 workers Tuesday night after the state's second-largest employee union rejected a tentative contract that would have avoided job cuts,” the New York Daily News reports.
Former New York Mayor Ed Koch is now suddenly “on board the Obama bus for reelection,” after hearing his speech at the U.N., calling his support of Israel “superb,” the New York Daily News reports. “I am very appreciative of the President providing Israel with more military intelligence and military technology than was provided by his predecessor, President [George W.] Bush. Whatever difficulties were there before, they may have been a result of a misunderstanding on my part.” OK, then…
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SCIENCE LABS?? Why, that commie! We don't need no stinkin' science labs. We gots the Tea Party!!
Maybe they should invest in a geography book. Or a map.
http://whitehouse.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/27/oops-white-house-fails-basic-geography-test/
Ah, well. Just another stop on the intercontinental railroad.
All schools should be maintained and updated no doubt about it!
It should be done in the manner our fore fathers and our constitution intended. Each city is to take care of it themselves. If they can't they are supposed to go their state and ask for funding. A school in Co. ( one of my favorite states I might add) is not the concearn of the people in the other 49 states. It is NOT a Federal concearn ....sorry.
Hillary 2012
If Obama stays out front and fights for his jobs plan, while republicans continue to avoid the reality that Governors have been paying their bills with "Obama's failed stimulus" money for the last three years, and are now forced to lay off thousands of people because they refuse to face the fact of necessary tax increases, he will be re-elected and democrats will gain house seats. Every time a conservative republican gets laid off, they quickly become a liberal democrat hoping and needing to get an unemployment check so they can buy groceries for their family. There will be a lot of republicans applying for food stamps, until they figure out that there working class status means they are not republicans, and that voting for them is harmful to themselves, and their families. The creditors and small businessmen that depend on these people to pay their bills and spend with them are already starting to question the wisdom of voting republican, their policies are great for the multinational corporations, but they are killing the small businessman.
Obama is superb at giving speeches that get the adrenalin pumping, but what is he actually saying? Hitler also gave rousing speeches, but did anyone stop to consider his words, his agenda?
He is saying don't vote for people who do not have your best interests at heart, he is saying don't vote for US representatives who sign pledges to Grover Norquist, he is saying, don't vote republican. I think he is exactly right.
Amen Forrest.
Please understan that your view Forrest is fixated on the fact that he is doing a good job. That his agenda is based on what the people want. I am sorry, but he is an utter failure and I hope and pray that the failure ends. But elected officals pledge to the very people that elected them at every level. You can not try to understand what I or other Tea Party members are asking of our elected officals. You will vote for obama no matter what and I will vote against him. Why can't that be enough?
ettucat - only superb in giving speeches? anyway it's better than claiming to be pro-life but yet applauds killing. I'll take those speeches to attending coliseum.
The country's with you Forrest. At least 80% of the country. The other 20% are just nuts.
Ha I certainly do not need you MRWSR to explain my views or my motivation to me, I have very little respect for your ability to reasonably think things through, so you are right about one thing I will not be taking advice from you. Signing a pledge to a single individual is hardly representing all the people you were elected to represent. The point is this most people feel that Obama could do a much better job if he was not sabotaged from the day of his election by republican leaders (they publicly stated that to see him fail was their top priority, do you understand that, did you ever think you would see the day when US Senators and Congressman would openly state that their main goal was to see the POTUS fail), most people resent that because they feel they were sabotaged as well, even people who feel Obama did a poor job have every reason to believe that it is still a better job than any current republican (Christie included) will do.
Good post MRWSR,
You didn't go far enough though.
Obama isn't just an utter failure at trying to do whats right and what needs to be done. We could all understand that and, at least, give him credit for trying.
But no, he is actually going in the wrong direction entirely. Then attempting to place the blame for his inevitable failure on either Bush or the Republican House, or both.
Then, to top it off, he attempts to divide Americans by race and by economic standing. He is demeaning himself and the office of President. He has to go.
That's what the tea people GOP republicans are all abut Forrest, telling people what they think.
No Joseph, it's you tea people GOP republicans that are demeaning the office of the President.
If you could get paid for spin you libs would be wealthy. Eighty percent say the country is headed in the wrong direction. According to the Real Clear Politics average of six different polls 50.8% disapprove of the job that Obama is doing.
Forest Grump: "Obama was sabotaged from the day of his election." Since the Democoms had control of both houses for the first two years of Barry H. Soetoro's a.k.a. Osama al-Barack Hussein Obama Mohammed II's term then he must have been sabotaged by his own party by passing the let's piss away $1 trillion stim-u-less bill , cash-for-clunckers, Obamacare and other money wasting stupid programs. No telling how great he would have been without this sabotage? Get a life Forest or maybe try a job first.
Forrest outstanding comeback. Sorry for my ingorance. Will not challenge you again. Have learned my lesson and am sorry.
@ Rick and Joe - You "TORIES" should be truthful to yourselves and recognize that Obama himself is not dividing Americans. Rather it is the PREJUDICES people have, that surfaced (and continue to surface) after Obama's election. PREJUDICES that are buried deep within.
Its okay Joseph if you would rather hire a man to be a member of your team/business. Its okay if you would rather hire a younger person than an old. White or Mulatto over hispanic. I understand although such "preferences" is a form of discrimination dependant on how those "prefs" are communicated. Now stop blaming Obama for predisposed judgements held by individuals/corporations that interfere with sound logic.
Real Clear Politics Poll Average SAMPLE TOTAL is 7,284 Americans. 50.8% = the MAJORITY to you Rick im sure lol. Who are the wealthiest? Oh yea the SPIN MASTERS themselves.
I got two gigs Dr. Bob I have a good union job, and a small business. Strange people these "conservative" republicans, when I work at my union job they resent my 50 bucks an hour wage and fringe package, but when they hire me as a consultant they happily pay me 150 bucks an hour, and I don't do a lick of physical work. The only difference between a greedy socialist and a smart capitalist for them, is rather I walk in wearing work clothes charge them 50 an hour or I wear a jacket and tie and charge them 150 an hour. Isn't that a cool racket Dr, Bob they complain about paying me 50 bucks an hour, so I change clothes come back and tell them I will charge them 3X as much to tell them what and how things need to be done, but that I will not personally touch a tool, and then they shake my hand, thank me and load my wallet with easy money.
By the way have you ever heard of the filibuster, it was used a record number of times during the first two years of Obama's presidency to thwart the will of the majority, which is exactly who elected Obama, the majority of US citizens.
adidas 503
So you are saying that polls that support liberal views are always correct and those that are counter to your opinion are always wrong. Do you suppose that some of us would not suspect class warfare if we did not constantly hear phrase like "Share the wealth", "Spread the wealth around", "The wealthy should pay their fair (meaning larger) share."
Rick, I didnt say anything even remotely similar to "the RCA Average Poll is garbage" that is your own manifested assumption. IMO (In my opinion) Polls only sample a small portion of the 310 Million Americans thus I read polls with a GRAIN OF SALT.
As for Class Warfare OK how about we set an example and compromise? Wealthy or "Successful" individuals dont need to "share their wealth" if they have DO NOT have MULTIPLE DUIs, do not engage in conduct such as paying for high priced prostitutes then contracting HSV from performing cunnilingus because they couldnt get it up after blowing their "wealth" on stimulants.
If "job creators" create jobs then sure let them keep all their money. If they are reckless, pass out after partying in the bathtub of a La Quinta inn flooding 2 floors while on a business trip, they have to pay the tax rate before the BUSH TAX CUTS. DEAL?
@MSWSR
I apologize MSWSR, I should not have been so harsh with you personally, I'm sorry, I got personal, and I don't know you personally so I was wrong to go there. I got a little worked up, because personally I will never forget or forgive Boehner, McConnel and other republican so called representatives of the USA, for the public statements they immediately made and continued to make about insuring that Obama fails, and is a one term president, I take them at their word and they said it was their top priorty. If the president fails the country and all citizens fail as well, I think it is despicable. I thought GW Bush was a disaster but he was the president of the US, my president whether I voted for him or not, our president, and I always hoped he would do well, I never wished he would fail just so a democrat would be elected. I have voted for a republican candidate in local elections a couple of times in my life because I felt they were the best man at that time and place. Now I would not vote for Jesus Christ if he ran as a republican, never, not while Boehner, Cantor, DeMint and McConnel are in office, I would go to hell first, if that was my only two choices. I am extremely pissed at these guys, however I had no right to take it out on you and once again I apologize for doing so.
adidas,
Realize that some discrimination is against the law when hiring. Some is not. We still have the freedom of choice in some respects. If the work I'm hiring for is very heavy, I, naturally, would look for the cadidate that can actually do the work. This is called common sense. If I want a receptionist, he, or she must speak clearly, enunciate his words, be organized, and look presentable to the general public. In other words, someone who fits the job as I see it. This is largely my choice. this is why there are job interviews, and resumes.
If you really want to help public education, get rid of the Dept. of Education, the local schools wouldn't miss a beat and the teachers unions. Oh, and keep Oblahba out of the way.
Amen Forrest!
The bill will not pass, we all know that. This is going to be 13 months of name calling and bid for re-election. No more spending bills and Mo there is not an 80%, that is a very gray area poll and has been defined that way. Your president will now move to the center, like clinton, to sure up his bid. I wish I could see improvement in him, or even a chance of common sense. But he is surrounded by the wrong people that tell him what to do. Would like to see him have a primary to call him out and answer some tuff questions. But to you and all the other obama fans, he is above reproach.
MRWSR, you don't see even a small dose of common sense in Obama but will vote for whoever the tea party endorses? I haven't read a lot of your posts and as I've said to others here, I'm trying to get a sense of who I can trust and believe in the words they write. Why does it seem that those from the right are quickly falling off my list?
Kingofmyhill,
Not quite sure what your asking here. I will choose who ever I want, not a rank and file person. But I am a Tea Party member. Have not been sold on any canditate, have a way's to go. Some of my comment was towards Mo. The posts for the most part here are good and I enjoy the debates and learn alot, still have much to learn. But personally, me, do not see alot of common sense in obama. That is my opinion.
Yea Right B!tch. After you helped put another republican in office.
So obama thinks he can sell us on this school still using 1960's era equipment? A sink is still a sink, a desk is still a desk and a chemical resistant top is still chemically resistant.
Education fundamentals are not enhanced by flashy looking equipment and it is very hard to believe that the school system ignored maintaining student safety over the years.
Sorry obama, there is a whole lot more involved in k-12 education than just new equipment or a building facelift.
The Tea Potty is a Great example of people needing a good education. Where did these people come from.
I am critical of Obama's American Jobs Act, mainly because it lacks the focus to create sustainable job growth. And, while economist are predicting that it will prevent more economic problems, they are not overly optimistic about job creation.
The majority of the bills spending is payroll tax cuts for both employees and employers, , which many employers are unconvinced that it will lead to more hiring. That leaves less than half of the money for actual stimulus like preventing layoffs of public workers and building infrastructure, which are not sustainable because when the stimulus money ends so do these jobs.
Even Obama said that economic recovery will be driven not by government, but by our businesses and our workers.
Scott
President Obama's "Save MY Job Act" has laser-like focus. The bill cuts taxes for the middle-class so he can call himself the protector of the middle-class; though the payroll tax cuts will hurt S.S., which he has taken off the deficit reduction table. He's raising taxes on the "rich" claiming that millionaires shouldn't pay a lower rate than a secretary; again, so he can be the protector. And we all know that millionaires do pay more; though not on capital gains. He assures that teachers will be kept on and the construction workers can rebuild our infrastructure. Once again, laser-like foocus, on union membership.
I agree with you about what the plan lacks. The good news is that it can't pass, the bad news is that it a political tool being used to motivate his support groups.