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"nAme one thing he had done that benefits anyone other than the poor. "

repaved the beltline between I-40 and the U.S. 64/264 Bypass. Almost 100,000 vehicles a day travel that section of the beltline, according to NCDOT.

poor people don't have cars you stupid fucking neocon.

[Edited on January 27, 2010 at 3:01 PM. Reason : .]

1/27/2010 2:59:40 PM

lol@AR&R act projects being used as evidence that obama did something for the non-poor.

1/27/2010 3:35:28 PM

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"nAme one thing he had done that benefits anyone other than the poor. you stupid fucking liberals are ruining this country. i hate you all"

lmao

1/27/2010 3:40:24 PM

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"Obama said he's siding with the Saints because of Katrina. Fucking shut up about Katrina already."

White_American.txt

1/27/2010 3:44:38 PM

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"poor people don't have cars you stupid fucking neocon."

:carlface: absolutely destitute people do not have cars but many that are considered 'poor' do, a very high percentage actually. the us has one of the highest standards of living of the poor. (not as good as it could potentially or possibly be but still much better than it was 25 - 50 years ago and infinitely better than 100+ years ago)

THIS IS CHITCHAT

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"Some of the work he's done I like, some I don't, but until he starts an unnecessary war, the "he's worse than Bush" comparisons are totally off base."

oh, i'm not saying worse, at least not yet, but are we better off right this moment than we were 4 years ago?

[Edited on January 27, 2010 at 3:47 PM. Reason : s]

1/27/2010 3:46:03 PM

^^^^What does something that was budgeted, designed, and approved of years ago have to do with Obama's first year. Also, I was unaware he signed off on DOT projects

1/27/2010 3:46:28 PM

the rich are doing just fine, what could they possibly want from obama?

1/27/2010 5:06:39 PM

you lefties keep calling out the rich. do you know who the rich are, according to obama and the lefties in government? what obama and his cronies want to do is destroy the middle and upper classes while telling the lower class that they can't help themselves (they're too poor, weak, stupid, etc) and that the government has to help them, and then this gets accomplished by the destruction of the other classes. you can't have a single economic class. the government can't (and shouldn't) artificially define and create economic classes. there have to be rich, well-off, struggling, poor, etc or the economy doesn't work. no one said life is fair, some people will make it big, others won't.

1/27/2010 5:25:17 PM

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"but are we better off right this moment than we were 4 years ago"

Obama's only been in office for a year. Considering the economic shit storm we were in 1 year ago, I'd say yes, we're better off now. How much of the "recovery" is due to Obama? Probably not very much. But are we better off? I think yes. And I also like the way he's handled international diplomacy so far, as compared to Bush.

[Edited on January 27, 2010 at 5:27 PM. Reason : .]

1/27/2010 5:26:01 PM

I think there were plenty of aspects of what I said (which got stuck at the bottom of a page so I'm reposting it here) that don't only help poor people:


President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, he signed a bill to expand veteran benefits, he signed kids tobacco legislation, he signed a land protection act, & SCHIP, gave the Cairo speech to the Muslim world & has represented our country abroad (Europe seems to be pretty fond of him for the most part), he oversees an EPA that has shown it is willing to get tough on environmental issues via regulation if the congress won’t via legislation, he gave a widely watched education speech, he's advocated for science in our schools, & is for stem cell research, he's appointed a supreme court justice, he's ended torture, respects the Geneva Convention, and has plans to close Gitmo (albeit behind schedule after responding to facts on the ground), he's going to have us out of Iraq next year and starting to pulling out of Afghanistan (the one that actually attacked us) at the same time.

And since he gets a hard time on gay rights (& deservedly so) , here is a section on what he has done so far. On the gay rights from he has signed legislation such as the hate crimes bill, and ryan white care act, he has lifted the travel/immigration ban based on HIV status earlier this month, he has expanded federal benefits to gay spouses which is the largest employer in the US & in some sense sets the tone for many other employers, he's invited gay couples to public white house family holiday events (& to the State of the Union, the guest list even mentions a gay couple adopting), he's appointed openly gay officials as well as gay ambassadors. He's called for the end of Don't Ask Don't Tell on the campaign trail, again after taking office during the National Equality March weekend, and said (although he should certainly say it louder & more often) he would sign legislation relating to repealing DADT, the repealing of the Defense of Marriage Act, & enacting the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.

And then of course there is all the day to day of meetings & running the country. All of this without mentioning any health care reform efforts or economic recovery efforts which are the areas that have seen the most work. And it wasn’t just keeping Wall Street from collapsing, but cash for clunkers which had an economic and environmental aspect to it, and first time home buyer subsidies, and so on. Combine that with recent efforts to get money back from the banks, and recent efforts to fight corporate rule, & the SCOTUS decision and I think he has had a busy year.



Some of the work he's done I like, some I don't, but until he starts an unnecessary war, the "he's worse than Bush" comparisons are totally off base.

1/27/2010 5:29:05 PM

1/27/2010 5:30:13 PM

i really think we should start with the people that abuse welfare, unemployment, and disability. that would totally free up some dollars and force people to work to live.

oh wait, we shouldn't force anyone to do anything... never mind.

1/27/2010 8:57:58 PM

^most people work their whole lives just to get by, what world do you live in?

1/27/2010 8:59:55 PM

i kinda feel like the whole "everyone is abusing welfare" thing is kinda blown out of proportion. that and its so like 1982.

1/27/2010 9:01:58 PM

NOBAMA!

attn liberals: i told ya so!

1/27/2010 9:04:20 PM

who are you and what did you tell anyone?

1/27/2010 11:06:41 PM

^^i too would like to know who you told

1/28/2010 3:47:40 PM

melandylnn (sp) is my hero!

1/28/2010 3:48:13 PM

this thread again?

1/28/2010 3:49:14 PM

If you don't support our President during wartime you're a traitor. These colors don't run. Love it or leave it.

1/28/2010 3:49:27 PM

POLOLITICS

[Edited on January 28, 2010 at 3:55 PM. Reason : ]

1/28/2010 3:54:58 PM

^^how true

1/31/2010 10:21:59 AM

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"Europe seems to be pretty fond of him for the most part"

fuck europe they're going down the tubes faster than we ever were

1/31/2010 10:28:59 AM

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"fuck europe they're going down the tubes faster than we ever were"

*never has been to europe*
*doesn't follow european politics*

1/31/2010 10:30:22 AM

^ haha exactly

1/31/2010 10:42:05 AM

1/31/2010 10:55:00 AM

if you think europe is doing better than the US politically, then LOL is all I can say.

1/31/2010 11:04:55 AM

lol lmao at every viewpoint in this thread. you're all idiots. no i won't say why. welp seeya

1/31/2010 1:13:34 PM