Obama Talks Policy, From Pakistan to Tax Plan

Sunlen,

Why do you quote him as saying "wanna" instead of "want to"? Are you mocking him? I would mock him for his autocratic idiocy and incompetence, but not his diction, and I find your tactic a bit discomfiting. It's almost as if you're intentionally editorializing by pretending to quote him "accurately." That is unprofessional, you know. Stop it. He looks bad without your help, and you look bad, too.

"I don't see a problem with Obama not stooping to play North Korea's whose-spittle-flies-the-furthest nonsense. Perhaps speak softly and carry a big stick will work better than Bush's shout"

It's Obama's watch now. We will have to wait and see what Obama does to prevent North Korea and Iran from obtaining nukes and missiles to launch them.

Al-Qaeda, China, Russia, or north Korea would be completely mistaken to test this president and the American people resolve, with any of their aggression, I’ll admit, we are at this moment pointing fingers at each other because of our economic condition, but that is how our forbearers form our democracy with checks and balances because we value our principles, Dwight D .Eisenhower put it this way (A people that values its privileges above it’s principles soon loses both. You see one of our principles is that we value our freedom, we realizes that it is a privilege that has been paid for with a heavy price, and for that reason any aggressive threats to take away or undermine our freedoms in one accord both democrats, independent and republicans a like, than our finger pointing becomes a fist against thee aggressors.

"I would like to see him do one hour on Charlie Rose without knowing the questions ahead of time and without his teleprompter."

Well let's see Obama was on Charlie Rose in 2004 and again in 2006.

You can see the interviews on u tube

Still care to repeat the right wing teleprompter meme?

"Completely and utterly false. Adam Smith believed that individuals acting in their own self-interest would benefit the common good. He believed a person maximizing his own revenues in turn maximized the revenues of his community. He called that the "invisible hand"."

Why is it right wingers always have the cliff notes version (at best) of various theories as passed along by right wing media?

Concerned in Ohio:"If Adam Smith were to discuss corporations and tax policy on this board, you people would smear him as a racist for opposing 0bama's policies."

You don't even know his fundamental works on the form and functions of corporations, so it is not surprising that you have to cuddle your straw man and throwout unsupported slander.

Facist Hyena:"How can it be that, on Mr. Obama's watch, North Korea announces its intention to launch an ICBM prototype and the Secretary of Defense announces that we are unprepared to stop it?"

The previous administration couldn't even keep that dictatorship from getting a nuclear bomb. I don't see a problem with Obama not stooping to play North Korea's whose-spittle-flies-the-furthest nonsense. Perhaps speak softly and carry a big stick will work better than Bush's shout "Bring it on!" and then swagger off to the ranch to clear brush while the nuke test is done.

p.s. Would love to know what your 'grounds for impeachment' are ...

Good luck answering both questions!

Sluggo:

Since you're a regular "SOCIALIST" shouter here, please define it in a way that makes sense with regard to Obama.

Cuz I don't get it.

Never mind Adam Smith, if Jesus H. Christ rolled in on a bicycle you'd shout SOCIALIST at him.

And then complain about the bicycle.

..right wing ideologues and Wall Street stooges."

That was redundant, wasn't it?

Wagoner didn't have to step down. GM wanted the welfare money, and thats the price. They didn't have to take the money.

This is exactly what they should have done with the banks.

Unfortunately, Obama's financial team is filled with right wing ideologues and Wall Street stooges.

How can it be that, on Mr. Obama's watch, North Korea announces its intention to launch an ICBM prototype and the Secretary of Defense announces that we are unprepared to stop it?

This man is obviously unsuited for the job of Commander-in-Chief. He is in way over his head, and the consequences will be quite dire.

The Culture of Corruption:

"As Democrats prepared to take control of Congress after the 2006 elections, a top boss at the insurance giant American International Group Inc. told colleagues that Sen. Christopher J. Dodd was seeking re-election donations and he implored company executives and their spouses to give.

"The message in the Nov. 17, 2006, e-mail from Joseph Cassano, AIG Financial Products chief executive, was unmistakable: Mr. Dodd was 'next in line' to be chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, which oversees the insurance industry, and he would "have the opportunity to set the committee's agenda on issues critical to the financial services industry.

"'Given his seniority in the Senate, he will also play a key role in the Democratic Majority's leadership,' Mr. Cassano wrote in the message, obtained by The Washington Times.

"Mr. Dodd's campaign quickly hit pay dirt, collecting more than $160,000 from employees and their spouses at the AIG Financial Products division (AIG-FP) in Wilton, Conn., in the days before he took over as the committee chairman in January 2007. Months later, the senator transferred the donations to jump-start his 2008 presidential bid, which later failed."

Is there no depth to which this utterly base, corrupt political party will not stoop?

Whats good for GM is obviously not whats good for America.

If Adam Smith were to discuss corporations and tax policy on this board, he would be denounced as a socialist.

The last part was supposed to read.

Sept. 18, 2001 - [S.J. Res. 23

Obama's war?

To authorize the use of United States Armed Forces against those
responsible for the recent attacks launched against the United
States. >

This is what authorized the war in Afghanistan. We have been wafing that war ever sense.

Did Obama take command of the war? You bet he did, as he should. Cheney/Bush on the other hand left it hang out there to dry, turning it over to NATO, SUBMITTING OUR FORCES to foreign command.

Concerned in OH:""Before you get snarky about corporations' role in serving the Common Good, perhaps you should remember that corporations are in fact chartered by the government because that is precisely the role that they are SUPPOSED to fulfill."

False. States charter corporations (not the federal government) for the sole benefit of their shareholders."

In the US, they were originally chartered to promote the "common good." This is a matter of historical record. It is also a position promoted by Adam Smith (corporations precede America). Personally, I'll take the opinion of the father of capitalism over a dull internet troll.

Re: "If that is what the right wing has against him, the use of the teleprompter, you are really reaching. If you think he doesn't know the issues, I think you are very much mistaken."

I'm a liberal Democrat. Secondly, you are comparing him to Bush, and compared to Bush, yes, Obama looks good. Anyone would. But I am old enough to remember Presidents who could speak without the teleprompter, and I see the difference.

Obama has never spoken about public policy in-depth without the teleprompter and without commercial breaks. I would like to see him do one hour on Charlie Rose without knowing the questions ahead of time and without his teleprompter.

Yeah right!

Homeland Security First,& Create Jobs By Protecting the Borders,& Ports, By Hireing American Citizens. That would be a major stimulas & a no brainer for security. I thought BHO was going to "Shake Up Washington."