He's neither intelligent, nor articulate. He bumbles through the English language every bit as much as the simpleton who preceded him and struggles with simple geography, history, and law. Ask him how many States are in the Union...how do you pronounce corpsman? I could go on...
He's portrayed as a god-like creature in U.S. media to spread their agenda dispite all of this, and European media take that to the next level.
Bush was a nightmare, which opened the door for this monster...
...makes me wonder how much worse the next guy's going to be.
He is personable though...and he can sing! That's cool...
...and just to play into the OPs thread...Satan was an angel...
No. Not in so many words...but he's the opposite face of the same coin.
When Bush was in office, the 4th Amendment of our Constitution (basically states that it's illegal for the government to search and siege property) was whittled into obscureity...anyone who questioned the PATRIOT act (yes...that's really what they called it), was accused of being a terrorist. "What do you have to hide?" His foreign policy was "kill everyone and ask questions later."
Now the Obama administration is shredding individual liberty for the sake of the "collective good;" from requiring citizens to purchase a service, to dictating the food our children eat. His foreign policy is "apologize to everyone that wants to exterminate us so they will hold hands with us and sing 'Kum Ba Ya'."
Scary stuff...from both of them.
As far as how inept each of them are with basics of law, history, and articulation? I'd say they're equal. Bush knew how many States we have in the Union. Obama knows how to pronounce "nuclear."
Hahaha...not going to question anything else in his post?
Everything he said about Bush doesn't deserve questioning.
Anywhoo..typical left wing banter. Don't need an exact quote or speech, when he probably was alluding to when Obama leaned over towards Putin and said, "we can work something out once this pesky election is over," when he told the middle east that Isreal, our ally, and a people who's targeted by all of its neighbors for extermination, that "they should revert to the 1967 borders," who thinks Chaves isn't a threat...but ok...he might not have stood up and said, "I'm sorry" to someone.
He is, in fact all about regulating how much salt producers can put in condiments, wants power over resturaunts to regulate nutrition standards, and when mayor Bloomberg proposed limiting soft drinks to no more than 16 oz containers, his wife mentioned how great it would be...and that's the model the rest of the nation should follow! Ok..so that wasn't him...but, given precidence, that's the houshold rule.
I wonder why he's seen so differently in your country than outside it. I obviously don't know how your media deals with him and I can't really give you anything except opinion because he's not my leader and I live in a different country.
I will say, though, that when he's been on European soil, he's been quite aggressive about getting the best deal for America. He's been polite about it too, but nonetheless aggressive. This isn't a criticism. I wish our leaders were more like that and got better deals for us.
Bush, on the other hand, completely undermined the U.S. as a country. By choosing him as a figurehead, the rest of the world thought America had taken leave of its senses. And I actually quite like George Bush as a person. He does have qualities worth having. But as a person. Not as a person with any kind of responsibility.
In terms of intelligence, I couldn't even begin to compare the two. I'd certainly challenge anyone saying Obama is unintelligent.
Because sometimes it takes a little effort to find the truth and the extreme right in this country combined with billions of dollars are glad to make the job harder. Its easier for people to let others do their intellectual heavy lifting and accept & repeat the mantra "Obama bad."
Like the billions of dollars the unions pour into Democratic funds? Or...like the billions of dollars GM and Chrysler blew and paid partial back "look that's paid off!"
Or...do you mean the billions in kickbacks and insentives GE gets? Wait! GE is a big corporation...Obama can't be in bed with them!
Buffet and Soros don't support him either. They're evil billionaires. Wait..the Buffet rule says he needs to pay his fair share! Maybe instead of paying his team of corporate lawyers to fight what Berkshire pays while he tells the rest of us "shame! shame!" he could...just pay "his fair share?"
From the outside, it doesn't look like he's doing too badly (I stress that is from the outside). However, I can't imagine it's viable to be a democrat in a recession. Left-wing policies tend to prolong recession.
but he's piss-poor at actually doing something good. He throws billions at projects that they KNOW were failing, refuses to drill for oil and taps our reserves instead to artificially lower gas prices.
And that's not even counting all the top-secret information he's let "leak" from the white house... all to make himself look popular. Who cares what lives THAT bullshit move costs the operators in resources & life, as long as he can use it to get votes right?
and what's up with that "you didn't build that" bullshit?
Because someone had "help" from a teacher or friend and got successful, they owe the *government* more taxes.
You're right on the money with that last statement. Considering my knowlege of how medical insurance works here, I know that we are all already paying for each other's health care regardless so I understand the urgency for reform, but many of his ideas and much of rhetoric and political strategy has done well to put employers in positions of uncertainty and even fear, which almost always means less job growth.
I don't necessarily disagree with his intentions but I think that he is pushing this much kore rapidly than we are able to handle at the moment. I wish he'd focus more on reform of corporate regulations to.ensure that this doesn't happen again as well as re-evaluation of national defense endeavors, welfare programs and and the progress of our education system.
The social values of our country are becoming more liberal than many of us have the adaptability to evolve into successfully. The younger generation here is being taught tolerance but.not how far that tolerance should go and whom they shouls and shouldn't trust as well as how to properly handle their personal desires. Parents are often failing to step up to the plate as economic conditions often prohibit them to spend ideal time with their kids and about half of the parents in this country did not intend on parenthood, statistically many of them are young and single.
We're at a pivotal point where education is most needed to help these people better understand the changing environment around them, and to take control of their lives rather than remain in a state of learned helplessness because opportunity is argueably harder to find. It's not just politicians that must change, the citizens must change too.
Yeah, it can be difficult for me because I'm traditionally left-wing but as staunch as people can be in their politics, flexibility and common-sense is often more important. If there was one policy that worked, we'd just adhere to it and wouldn't need governments.
To get out of a recession early, business needs stimulating, creating jobs, giving people disposable income, allowing them to buy products, and houses, and get capital circulating again rather than stagnating in banks.
The problem is, when the economy is bad, the welfare spend is at its highest and it seems counter-intuitive to cut back on something when people need it most. And there is always a "buffer" too; a delay in the benefits of changes. The public don't often accept solutions that don't offer immediate tangible benefits. Explaining this kind of thing is one of the few things I have sympathies with politicians for.
IIN to think Obama...Evil??
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He's intelligent, personable, and articulate. Shouldn't be allowed. Let's make up a story that he is evil and try and ruin his reputation! Yay us!
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He's neither intelligent, nor articulate. He bumbles through the English language every bit as much as the simpleton who preceded him and struggles with simple geography, history, and law. Ask him how many States are in the Union...how do you pronounce corpsman? I could go on...
He's portrayed as a god-like creature in U.S. media to spread their agenda dispite all of this, and European media take that to the next level.
Bush was a nightmare, which opened the door for this monster...
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He is personable though...and he can sing! That's cool...
...and just to play into the OPs thread...Satan was an angel...
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No. Not in so many words...but he's the opposite face of the same coin.
When Bush was in office, the 4th Amendment of our Constitution (basically states that it's illegal for the government to search and siege property) was whittled into obscureity...anyone who questioned the PATRIOT act (yes...that's really what they called it), was accused of being a terrorist. "What do you have to hide?" His foreign policy was "kill everyone and ask questions later."
Now the Obama administration is shredding individual liberty for the sake of the "collective good;" from requiring citizens to purchase a service, to dictating the food our children eat. His foreign policy is "apologize to everyone that wants to exterminate us so they will hold hands with us and sing 'Kum Ba Ya'."
Scary stuff...from both of them.
As far as how inept each of them are with basics of law, history, and articulation? I'd say they're equal. Bush knew how many States we have in the Union. Obama knows how to pronounce "nuclear."
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Just exactly when did Obama aledgedly apologize for America? Please provide an exact quote or speech. Also, how is he dictating what our kids can eat?
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Hahaha...not going to question anything else in his post?
Everything he said about Bush doesn't deserve questioning.
Anywhoo..typical left wing banter. Don't need an exact quote or speech, when he probably was alluding to when Obama leaned over towards Putin and said, "we can work something out once this pesky election is over," when he told the middle east that Isreal, our ally, and a people who's targeted by all of its neighbors for extermination, that "they should revert to the 1967 borders," who thinks Chaves isn't a threat...but ok...he might not have stood up and said, "I'm sorry" to someone.
He is, in fact all about regulating how much salt producers can put in condiments, wants power over resturaunts to regulate nutrition standards, and when mayor Bloomberg proposed limiting soft drinks to no more than 16 oz containers, his wife mentioned how great it would be...and that's the model the rest of the nation should follow! Ok..so that wasn't him...but, given precidence, that's the houshold rule.
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In other words, he never apologized for America.
As for the second part of your answer, BFD.
What in the PATRIOT act...exactly...breeches the 4th amendment??
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Lol! Pretty much all of it.
I wonder why he's seen so differently in your country than outside it. I obviously don't know how your media deals with him and I can't really give you anything except opinion because he's not my leader and I live in a different country.
I will say, though, that when he's been on European soil, he's been quite aggressive about getting the best deal for America. He's been polite about it too, but nonetheless aggressive. This isn't a criticism. I wish our leaders were more like that and got better deals for us.
Bush, on the other hand, completely undermined the U.S. as a country. By choosing him as a figurehead, the rest of the world thought America had taken leave of its senses. And I actually quite like George Bush as a person. He does have qualities worth having. But as a person. Not as a person with any kind of responsibility.
In terms of intelligence, I couldn't even begin to compare the two. I'd certainly challenge anyone saying Obama is unintelligent.
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Because sometimes it takes a little effort to find the truth and the extreme right in this country combined with billions of dollars are glad to make the job harder. Its easier for people to let others do their intellectual heavy lifting and accept & repeat the mantra "Obama bad."
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Like the billions of dollars the unions pour into Democratic funds? Or...like the billions of dollars GM and Chrysler blew and paid partial back "look that's paid off!"
Or...do you mean the billions in kickbacks and insentives GE gets? Wait! GE is a big corporation...Obama can't be in bed with them!
Buffet and Soros don't support him either. They're evil billionaires. Wait..the Buffet rule says he needs to pay his fair share! Maybe instead of paying his team of corporate lawyers to fight what Berkshire pays while he tells the rest of us "shame! shame!" he could...just pay "his fair share?"
The left is as guilty as anyone...for hypocracy.
I have to say, that's the way it looks to me too. I'd find it exceedingly frustrating if I lived there.
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From the outside, it doesn't look like he's doing too badly (I stress that is from the outside). However, I can't imagine it's viable to be a democrat in a recession. Left-wing policies tend to prolong recession.
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O_o
He's good at talking, very good at talking
but he's piss-poor at actually doing something good. He throws billions at projects that they KNOW were failing, refuses to drill for oil and taps our reserves instead to artificially lower gas prices.
And that's not even counting all the top-secret information he's let "leak" from the white house... all to make himself look popular. Who cares what lives THAT bullshit move costs the operators in resources & life, as long as he can use it to get votes right?
and what's up with that "you didn't build that" bullshit?
Because someone had "help" from a teacher or friend and got successful, they owe the *government* more taxes.
Sure, stomp out success. It works really O_o.
Apologies in advance, on a phone, typos and rambling.
You're right on the money with that last statement. Considering my knowlege of how medical insurance works here, I know that we are all already paying for each other's health care regardless so I understand the urgency for reform, but many of his ideas and much of rhetoric and political strategy has done well to put employers in positions of uncertainty and even fear, which almost always means less job growth.
I don't necessarily disagree with his intentions but I think that he is pushing this much kore rapidly than we are able to handle at the moment. I wish he'd focus more on reform of corporate regulations to.ensure that this doesn't happen again as well as re-evaluation of national defense endeavors, welfare programs and and the progress of our education system.
The social values of our country are becoming more liberal than many of us have the adaptability to evolve into successfully. The younger generation here is being taught tolerance but.not how far that tolerance should go and whom they shouls and shouldn't trust as well as how to properly handle their personal desires. Parents are often failing to step up to the plate as economic conditions often prohibit them to spend ideal time with their kids and about half of the parents in this country did not intend on parenthood, statistically many of them are young and single.
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Yeah, it can be difficult for me because I'm traditionally left-wing but as staunch as people can be in their politics, flexibility and common-sense is often more important. If there was one policy that worked, we'd just adhere to it and wouldn't need governments.
To get out of a recession early, business needs stimulating, creating jobs, giving people disposable income, allowing them to buy products, and houses, and get capital circulating again rather than stagnating in banks.
The problem is, when the economy is bad, the welfare spend is at its highest and it seems counter-intuitive to cut back on something when people need it most. And there is always a "buffer" too; a delay in the benefits of changes. The public don't often accept solutions that don't offer immediate tangible benefits. Explaining this kind of thing is one of the few things I have sympathies with politicians for.
"He's intelligent, personable, and articulate."
Addressing the public......
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But I don't know him in private. We're not really that matey.
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Exactly.