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Janice don't flip don't make your self sick slow down you can't change nothing save those issue for the next four year if you last that long you scare me honey pray My God

Not so much a reward, Jake, as much as an Olympics at a nation that most of the world would not see us as a rogue bad actor nation like they have seen us under Bush. How neat, I'll be able to go to Chicago much cheaper than overseas. Nice move Obama.

numbcitizen said:

Also,the timing is not good. Bush is still the President YOU KNOW!!! What's next is he moving into the White House over the Thanksgiving holiday. I am really upset over this!!! FOCUS and PLAN for 1/20/08!!!!

really? 2008? Wow!!!! 2009 is when he's moving in.....stop being so numb and go on with your life....

This seems like a job for a Mayor or something; Maybe he needs to forget about the Land of Lincoln for a while.

Most of us don't care about 2016 olympics anyway..at least it's a little beyond my interest at this point.

Come out and say something about important issues...even if you aren't the current President..everyone gets it, you are the President..it's just not official yet!!!

"I love liberals, trickle down does not work as far as economics goes."

Geez! Trickle Down is the "Conservative" economic policy, not the "Liberal" one. Did you go to high school?

Reagan gave us Trickle Down, and tripled the size of the national debt.

Clinton gave us Trickle Up, in the form of tax relief for the Middle Class (as opposed to the top 1% Rich), and that gave us the longest sustained period of economic growth in US history.

Bush then gave us more Trickle Down, and that brought us to where we are now.

Why in hell would the prospect of a return to Clinton-like economics scare the Stock Market? They never did so well as under Bill Clinton's Trickle Up administration.

By the way, Trickle-Up works because when the Middle Class is doing well, they can buy things and pay taxes.

Barb,

At the pace we are traveling. The United States will not be able to host the 2016 Olympics. No one will be employed and able to afford tickets!!

Also,the timing is not good. Bush is still the President YOU KNOW!!! What's next is he moving into the White House over the Thanksgiving holiday. I am really upset over this!!! FOCUS and PLAN for 1/20/08!!!!

Why Chicago? Is there a kickback involved?

Can we stay focused on the 2008 financial meltdown?

Trickle down, trickle down....

I love liberals, trickle down does not work as far as economics goes.

BUT - Trickle down is an avalanche when it comes to job loss !

Liberals and there typical thought process 1 + 2 = 3, but 2 + 1 is not 3!

bco
It is not possible to do any worst than Bush have already done over the past 8 years. No one could be worst than Bush and if you think Bush has done a good job than you must be one of those who got a piece of the 7B bailout backage.
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barb ,

Paste those words on your fridge!

Your going to eat them soon! Bush kept America safe, for some insane reason you libbies refuse to accept or acknowledge that fact!

There are plenty of people from BOTH sides of the aisle eating blame pie for the $700B. You had better call out Barney frank & Chris Dodd, there have the majority slice!

Oh, by the way, you do realize that CONGRESS is controlled by DEMOCRATS right? It is their RESPONSIBILITY to handle OVERSIGHT, NOT the President!

WHY HAVE PELOSI & REID NOT DONE THEIR DUTY AND PUT OVERSIGHT IN PLACE ON THAT $700B ?

Our Greatest Leader is making a plea for a game in 2016, while he is "voting" present for the current economic meltdown.

If you had failed to understand what his voting record of present meant in Illinois, this is what it means to America now.

"I think ... sort of the bottom feels like it is falling out for many people," said Gergen, who has advised four presidents. "They sense there's a total lack of leadership in Washington, that the White House is silent, the treasury secretary has been battered, the Federal Reserve can't speak up. These automakers come up to Capitol Hill and fail. And the president-elect is silent in Chicago."

Asked if Obama was offering guidance on the issue, Durbin replied, "No, no."

Yet, our Greatest Leader was busy spreading rumors and feeling waters for his old family friend Pritzker for the Secretary of DoC, only failed and tanked the stock market by 900 and more than 11% in two days.

What a "change" and Greatest Leader we are witnessing.

Don't say it's all the stupid George Bush's fault. He is a duck, and there is a need for new directions.

Where is the insight of our Greatest Leaders, other than "present"?

Janice says: he could never be the man President Bush is....
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Amen and a big Thank God for that!

I am from Atlanta and I wish Chicago would be chosen for an Olympic site.
Hopefully they would do a better job than the embarrassment that Atlanta caused the U.S. by putting on the worst Olympics in history.

bco : Perhaps you should take the time to study what economists have been saying about Obama’s policies for months. The possibility of an Obama victory was impacting markets as early as june. The probability of an Obama victory was causing serious concern in august/September. The reality of an Obama victory has caused panic. Is Obama the cause of the problem, no.. but he has contributed heavily to making it worse.

Approval ratings are what they are, and I’m sure Obama’s ratings will be falling pretty low in the coming months when people realize that his policies are only hurting us more.

Trickle down economics actually has worked pretty well. It’s been in effect for about 20 years, and until recently we’ve experienced pretty steady growth. Even with our problems today we are much better off than we were under the “trickle up” economic philosophy employed by Carter and championed by Obama.

The economy is driven by the future as much, or more, than it is by the present or past. And the future is an Obama led US government with anti-business philosophy. No business will be looking to expand their operation here, in fact they’ll do exactly the opposite. If you’re too deluded by your blind belief in Obama to see that.. then so be it. But even your delusion is going to be sorely tested in the coming months.

Hey, look at me...get your mind off your pocketbook, let's get the olympics in Chicago...my guys need more money to help me get elected in 2012. Hey, I love to play basketball, maybe I can play on the olympic team when I take my vacation. My grandmother has passed, so I won't have to go to Hawaii and spend a couple of hours with her.

Janice wrote:

"No, he [Obama] is not Preident (sic) Bush - he could never be the man President Bush is"

Janice I think you miss the point. That is the reason Obama was elected in the first place.

Why even bother responding to such nonsense.. but I will:

"just because the economy is imploding in response to his election"

uh... perhaps you can remember that the already-imploded economy was already THE number one issue in the campaign- you know, the reason that McCain had to Suspend His Campaign, for a day or two, way back in September?

Bush's 20% approval rating, if that's where its gotten to now, is partly due to his mishandling of the economy. His trickle-down tax cuts for the top 1% did not work. Deregulating, or Non-Regulating the financial industry did not work.

Obama isn't even frickking president yet, and you want to lay the blame for an economic crisis that has been festering for years, and that came to a head in September, on him?

I guess that fantasies like these bring you some kind of comfort in a world that you do not understand.

howwouldiknow,
yes, how would you know?

Janice,
thanks for proving that 20-something approval rating is not an urban myth. I thought 20+% of the population couldn't possibly be THAT blind. I stand corrected.

Given Bush's standing with the international community, it's probably not a bad argument to make.