Accomplishments of President Obama

[classicman]

Originally Posted by Radar

He isn't a god, but when compared to complete failures like me, he seems like it.

fixed that for ya!

[Radar]

Originally Posted by classicman

He isn't a god, but when compared to complete failures like George W. Bush and Ronald Reagan, he seems like it.

fixed it back to the truth for ya!

[classicman]

lol -

[morethanpretty]

Originally Posted by BrianR

I didn't say I had a problem with vacations. These are not negative lists, merely a list of things that he has done that EVERY President has done.

I want to have that list handy when the long-term effects come home to roost.

You didn't answer all the questions

Originally Posted by morethanpretty

How many vacations has he taken exactly?
What do you call a "vacation"?
How would that compare to previous presidents' amount of vacations?

You obviously have a problem with the number of vacations President Obama has taken or else you wouldn't have quantified the number of vacations with "a LOT," which is an opinion, not a fact. Also putting "LOT" in caps, you've emphasized that you think he's taken more than a normal number of vacations. Yet you have yet to back this opinion up with any factual data. So why will you only answer one question, why can't you answer the other 3? Perhaps because the evidence doesn't support your opinion?

I hope you do have that list around when the long term effect come to roost, so you can see just how wrong your doomsday predictions were.

[TheMercenary]

I don't think a president is really ever on vacation in a true sense. He still has daily breifings. I am sure more than once per day. He still is making decisions. The business of a nation never pauses.

[Shawnee123]

Even George Will, on This Week (sans George Stephanopoulus this time) said that it was unnecessary for the pres to run back to DC whenever anything happened, such as the recent terrorist incident. He still conducts business, he wasn't out of touch...to run back would have been "what the terrorists want" with the doomsday OMG look what they did knee-jerk response. Those kinds of reactions are counter-productive. If he had run back, then went back to join his family, I'm sure we would have heard all about the wasted plane gas and such.

The same things concerning vacations were said about G-dub. It's old news and people who have any clue how things work don't typically bring it up as a way to cast aspersions on the president.

[classicman]

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

The same things concerning vacations were said about G-dub. It's old news and people who have any clue how things work don't typically bring it up as a way to cast aspersions on the president.

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

Even George Will, on This Week (sans George Stephanopoulus this time) said that it was unnecessary for the pres to run back to DC whenever anything happened, such as the recent terrorist incident. He still conducts business, he wasn't out of touch...to run back would have been "what the terrorists want" with the doomsday OMG look what they did knee-jerk response. Those kinds of reactions are counter-productive. If he had run back, then went back to join his family, I'm sure we would have heard all about the wasted plane gas and such.

The same things concerning vacations were said about G-dub. It's old news and people who have any clue how things work don't typically bring it up as a way to cast aspersions on the president.

And Obama never left home w/o his Blackberry.

Bush? "Add them to my fruit salad but why do they call them blackberries when they arent black."

Sadly, the Secret Service thought that Obama using a Blackberry posed security risks and has taken it away.

But not before we caught a glimpse of a few e-mails and text messages:

[classicman]

HAHAHAHA Those are great - Where is the one from Pelosi???

[skysidhe]

Funny Redux! I want to see some more!

Cost you $10 for more, $5 used

Obama's Blackberry

[skysidhe]

lol!

Oh it's true!

oh it's so ..wrong yet right.

A great gag gift for someone's birthday.

*skeeming* humm someone's birthday is coming up

I think it would make him laugh.

Thanks red

[classicman]

The ones from Bush and Clinton are great!

[skysidhe]

Thanks classic.

[skysidhe]

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama told banks Thursday they should pay a new tax to recoup the cost of bailing out foundering firms at the height of the financial crisis. "We want our money back," he said.

The tax, which would require congressional approval, would last at least 10 years and generate about $90 billion over the decade, according to administration estimates. "If these companies are in good enough shape to afford massive bonuses, they are surely in good enough shape to afford paying back every penny to taxpayers," Obama said.
Advisers believe the administration can make an argument that banks should tap their bonus pools for the fee instead of passing the cost on to consumers.
The proposed 0.15 percent tax on the liabilities of large financial institutions would apply only to those companies with assets of more than $50 billion — a group estimated at about 50. Administration officials estimate that 60 percent of the revenue would come from the 10 biggest ones.

WOW