Entries Tagged as 'obama'

Monday, August 24th, 2009

Why is Obama’s popularity declining?

theferret Obama would not only have to sell America on a new health care plan but defend the merits of government and talk about the limitations of the free market, which the Republicans have demonized and fetishized respectively Sure, some Republicans _claim_ to support free markets. But what do they do once they’re actually in [...]

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

The National Debt Road Trip

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

Financial Rescue Nears GDP as Pledges Top $12.8 Trillion

Bush left office with a budget deficit of $482 billion, the largest ever in nominal dollars (although not the largest as a percentage of GDP). Bush was roundly criticized (deservedly so) for increasing the budge deficit. How often did you hear during the campaign that Bush “turned a budget surplus into a budget deficit”? So [...]

Monday, January 26th, 2009

Amazing Obama inauguration panoramic photo

Amazing pic of the Obama inauguration. Be sure to scroll into the picture. Via reichart

Friday, January 23rd, 2009

Bush spy program targeted reporters

Scary, if true: Former National Security Agency analyst Russell Tice, who helped expose the NSA’s warrantless wiretapping in December 2005, has now come forward with even more startling allegations. Tice told MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann on Wednesday that the programs that spied on Americans were not only much broader than previously acknowledged but specifically targeted journalists. [...]

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

My feelings about the inauguration

Friday, November 7th, 2008

Obama administration plans to make national gun ban permanent

Via On Concerns Over Gun Control, Gun Sales Are Up “We’re not really sure who is promoting the concept that a change in federal administrations might affect firearms possession rights,” said an agency spokesman, Lance Clem… Um, how about Obama’s stated plans to ban guns?: As president, Barack Obama would repeal the Tiahrt Amendment, which [...]

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

Change You Can Believe In

Well, the House just served the American public with a $700 billion crap sandwich with $170 billion side of pork. So, how did Obama, champion of change, friend of the little guy, vote? He voted for it, of course. And twisted the arms of Congressional Black Caucus members–who originally voted against it–to change their vote. [...]

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

Candidate of change, my ass

Monday, February 4th, 2008

Obama: the 6% change

If Obama represents “change “, how much change can we expect from him? The Senate has held 645 roll-call votes while Obama and Clinton served together in the Senate. Their votes differed only 40 times. 94% of the time they voted identically. (1) Also, “….On Congressional Quarterly’s tally of how often senators support Bush’s positions [...]