Keukasmallies
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I have to admit it. My liberal friends were right.
They told me if I voted for McCain, the nation's Hope would deteriorate, and sure enough there has been a 20 point drop in the Consumer Confidence Index since the election, reaching a lower point than any time during the Bush administration.
They told me if I voted for McCain, the US would become more deeply embroiled in the Middle East, and sure enough tens of thousands of additional troops are scheduled to be deployed into Afghanistan.
They told me if I voted for McCain, that the economy would get worse and sure enough unemployment is approaching 8.8% and the new stimulus packages implemented recently have sent the stock market lower than at any time since 9-11.
They told me if I voted for McCain, we would see more "crooks" in high ranking positions in Federal government and sure enough, several recent cabinet nominees and Senate appointments revealed resumes of bribery and tax fraud.
Well I ignored my Democrat friends in November and voted for McCain. And they were right... all of their predictions have come true.
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Given the depth of the media's love of the Obama phenomenon, those may be the most in-depth looks the media ever initiates into the current administration.
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Sorry, DC Tom, sometimes a guy just gets the itch....
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This speaks for itself.
January 21
1. Outgoing President George W. Bush quietly boards his helicopter and leaves for Texas, commenting only: "Today is not about me. Today is a historical day for our nation and people."
Eight years ago:
1. Outgoing President Bill Clinton schedules two separate radio addresses to the nation, and organizes a public farewell speech/ rally in downtown Washington D.C. scheduled to directly conflict with incoming President Bush's inauguration ceremony.
January 21
2. President Bush leaves office without issuing a single Presidential pardon, only granting a commutation of sentence to two former border patrol agents convicted of shooting a convicted drug smuggler. He does not grant any type of clemency to Scooter Libby or any other former political aide, ally, or business partner.
Eight years ago:
2. President Clinton issues 140 pardons and several commutations of sentence on his final day in office.
Included in these are: billionaire financier, convicted tax evader, and leading Democratic campaign contributor Marc Rich; Whitewater scandal figure Susan McDougal; Congressional Post Office Scandal figure and former Democratic Congressman Dan Rostenkowski; convicted bank fraud, sexual assault and child porn perpetrator and former Democratic Congressman Melvin Reynolds; and convicted drug felon Roger Clinton, the President's half-brother.
January 21:
3. The Bush daughters leave gift baskets in the White House bedrooms for the Obama daughters, containing flowers, candy, stuffed animals, DVD's and CD's, and heartfelt notes of encouragement and advice for the young girls on how to prepare for their new lives in the White House.
Eight years ago:
3. Clinton and Gore staffers rip computer wires and electrical outlets from the White House walls, stuff piles of notebook papers into the White House toilets, systematically remove the letter "W" from every computer key-pad in the entire White House, and damage several thousand dollars worth of furniture in the White House master bedroom.
Headlines On This Date 4 Years Ago:
"Republicans spending $42 million on inauguration while troops Die in unarmored Humvees"
"Bush extravagance exceeds any reason during tough economic times"
"Fat cats get their $42 million inauguration party, Ordinary Americans get the shaft"
Headlines January 21, 2009:
"Historic Obama Inauguration will cost only $170 million"
"Obama Spends $170 million on inauguration; America Needs A Big Party"
"Everyman Obama shows America how to celebrate"
"Citibank executives contribute $8 million to Obama Inauguration"
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connor,
What Obama had to do for me to prove he wasn't just another Beltway Boy was to honor his campaign promise about changing the way Washington does business--new faces, new approaches. To me that meant NOT appointing all the good ol' boys, e.g., Biden, Clinton (OK, women, too), Emanuel. How many more retreads will he trot out in the coming months; is James Carville waiting for his cue; when will we see some honest-to-God new faces not beholding to the entrenched DC power mavens?
For the 1,234th time on this site I declare: If you always do what you always did, you'll always get what you always got.
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UBibVA, I'm trying valiantly to unravel your negation of the original points made in this post. Is Buffalo Bill just plain wrong because you say so....?
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Harry and Nancy seem like such nice people, and they sounded so sincere at the time....
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You told us with increasing frequency over the past thirty-six months that it was imperative that your party win majorities in both houses of Congress, and win the Presidency in order to turn the country around. (Remember that "first hundred days" thing from several years ago?)
News Flash: You won the trifecta!
Why agonize over "bipartisanship?" You got the votes, go for it; fix stuff, ignore the other party and just do the stuff you promised.
We are all waiting to feel the results....
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Do Obama and Biden actually cuddle? I've seen Joe do some unusual things, but cuddlin'....?
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Is there any truth to the rumor, apparently confirmed in recent videos, that Joe Biden IS President Obama's personal valet? If not, he gives new meaning to the concept of hover craft.
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The Rev. Al Dullton would not be happy with some of the above comments....
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2009 will be remembered as the year that the definition of the word "stimulus" was expanded to include the words "scam, boondoggle, fraud, etc."
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Maybe the creditors he stiffed when his club went breasts up will watch tonight....?
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As a retired Superintendent of Schools, I can tell you that the situation posted above is only the tip of the special education iceberg. Continuing the comparison, you can think of most school districts as the Titanic....
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Actually, my posting detractors, the hiatus is over. I decided to rely on the keen insights eminating from members of Congress detailing the intricacies of the stimulus plan and its impact on us here in The Empire State. I was going to search the Internet for that promised website, but Demosthenes kind of wore out that gig.
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ROTFLMAO....of course, in a strictly bi-partisan manner
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No link because the promised website doesn't exist!
Ergo the point of the original post!
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Can we cut out the middle man here?
Let's just raise taxes on anybody who works. Take that revenue and spend it on a campaign discouraging people from working, and telling them how to get welfare and foodstamps instead.
Now there's an idea with traction!
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I won't be able to post here for a bit; I'm too busy reading the Internet site that provides taxpayers with a transparent and seamless information flow that accounts for every dollar of the Congress' newly-approved stimulus bill.
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Always assuming that hookers are not educational....
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Exiled...move the rhymin' Simon stuff to a music lyrics board, please....
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I'm missing the point of the Guns and Roses poetry thing.... Throwing good (tax) money after bad is yesterdays solution and speaks to a stalled intellect.
If you always do what you always did, you'll always get what you always got.
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Does anybody out there have any memory of the reason given for the establishment of theDEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ..... during the Carter Administration?
* Anybody?
* Anything?
* No?
* ... Didn't think so.
Bottom line . . we've spent several hundred billion dollars in support of an agency ... the reason for which not one person who reads this can remember.
Ready?
* It was very simple and at the time everybody thought it very appropriate.
The Department of Energy was instituted 8-04-1977 TO LESSEN OUR DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN OIL.
... HEY, PRETTY EFFICIENT, HUH?
AND NOW IT'S 2008, 31 YEARS LATER ... AND THE BUDGET FOR THIS NECESSARY DEPARTMENT IS AT $24.2 BILLION A YEAR
* THEY HAVE 16,000 FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AND APPROXIMATELY 100,000 CONTRACT EMPLOYEES
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* AND LOOK AT THE JOB THEY HAVE DONE!
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THIS IS WHERE YOU SLAP YOUR FOREHEAD AND SAY 'WHAT WAS I THINKING?'
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* Ah yes, good ole bureaucracy.
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* And now we are going to turn the Banking System & the Auto Industry over to them?
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* God Help us.
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"Remember, if a job is no longer worth doing, it's important that the position still be filled five years from now."
Wow, this statement is one for the ages! It sounds like a direct quote from Huey Long.
My friends were right!
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Britbillsfan, please accept my apologies. Of course, you're right; and the error of my thinking in expanding the specific geographic confines of the Middle East, therefore negates the thought of the post. Again, mea culpa.