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If so, can we take him to the Animal Shelter? - WoodlandsOwl - 09-07-2010 07:06 AM
Maybe he will get adopted by some Third World Country before he turns this Republic into Zimbabwe. Spend what you have left in the Stimulus Budget before you ask the Chinese to pay more.
I can't understand this guy. He spends (and wastes) money faster than a crackhead with a stolen debit card.
In a Labor Day speech in Milwaukee that sounded more like a campaign stump speech than a holiday greeting, President Barack Obama delivered a message that was the political equivalent of "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore."
Kicking off what has traditionally been considered the official fall campaign season, Obama said:"Some powerful interests who had been dominating the agenda in Washington for a very long time, they're not always happy with me. They talk about me like a dog. That's not in my prepared remarks, but it's true."
In the midst of the speech, the president said he was proposing a $50-billion program to jump-start job creation and to rebuild the crumbling infrastructure of the United States. The plan includes the rebuilding of 150,000 miles of road, 4,000 miles of railroad tracks and 150 miles of runways.
"I want America to have the best infrastructure in the world," Obama said. "We used to have the best infrastructure. We can make it happen again."
He is also proposing an "infrastructure bank," which a statement from the White House said "would leverage private and state and local capital to invest in projects that are most critical to our economic progress."
"This marks an important departure from the federal government's traditional way of spending on infrastructure through earmarks and formula-based grants that are allocated more by geography and politics than demonstrated value," the statement said. "Instead, the bank will base its investment decisions on clear analytical measures of performance, competing projects against each other to determine which will produce the greatest return for American taxpayers."
The bulk of Obama's speech was focused on taking on Republicans and their criticism of the Obama administration. He mentioned Wall Street reform, health care reform and the overhaul of the student loan programs, adding this about the GOP: "They're not happy with it, but it was the right thing to do."
Obama described the U.S. economy as a car that had been driven into a ditch by Republicans during the administration of George W. Bush. The president said working people had struggled to pull the car out of the ditch, only to have the Republicans ask for the keys back. "I don't want to give them the keys back," Obama said. "They don't know how to drive."
http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/09/06/obama-takes-on-his-gop-critics-in-labor-day-speech/?icid=main%7Cmain%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk1%7C168811
RE: If so, can we take him to the Animal Shelter? - Rebel - 09-07-2010 07:14 AM
(09-07-2010 07:06 AM)WMD Owl Wrote: "I want America to have the best infrastructure in the world," Obama said. "We used to have the best infrastructure. We can make it happen again."
"...and I care about it and want is so bad that I waited almost 2 years into my presidency and when my numbers started tanking".
Yeah, sell crazy someplace else, Kenyan.
RE: If so, can we take him to the Animal Shelter? - smn1256 - 09-07-2010 10:14 AM
He's proposing more union-type jobs again. What about the rest of us?
RE: If so, can we take him to the Animal Shelter? - SumOfAllFears - 09-07-2010 10:31 AM
They talk about me like a dog.
I would not want to disparage an animal.
RE: If so, can we take him to the Animal Shelter? - RobertN - 09-07-2010 10:43 AM
(09-07-2010 07:14 AM)Rebel Wrote:(09-07-2010 07:06 AM)WMD Owl Wrote: "I want America to have the best infrastructure in the world," Obama said. "We used to have the best infrastructure. We can make it happen again."
"...and I care about it and want is so bad that I waited almost 2 years into my presidency and when my numbers started tanking".
Yeah, sell crazy someplace else, Kenyan.
You never miss an opportuniity to show your ignorance do you?
RE: If so, can we take him to the Animal Shelter? - RobertN - 09-07-2010 10:57 AM
(09-07-2010 10:14 AM)smn1256 Wrote: He's proposing more union-type jobs again. What about the rest of us?Well, we need to fix our infrastructure and we need to create jobs in the construction sector since there is little home/commercial building currently, do you really think they would target getting jobs for pimps or whatever the hell you did? Why not try to get a construction job? Too difficult for you? You can be a flagman. That seems pretty easy. I think it is funny how you guys on the right ***** and moan about the people on unemployment not taking whatever job comes along and just looking for something in their field. Yet, here you are bitching about union construction jobs and yet not willing to take such a job because you want a job in your field of expertise.
RE: If so, can we take him to the Animal Shelter? - BlazerFan11 - 09-07-2010 11:03 AM
Not a fair comparison. First of all, dogs have redeeming qualities, like being loyal and protective. Dogs learn from their mistakes when you scold them or swat them on the nose. They don't try the same idiotic things over and over again. They also have better taste in choosing who they reproduce with. And when you get a bad one or give up on them, you can have them euthanized.
RE: If so, can we take him to the Animal Shelter? - Lord Stanley - 09-07-2010 11:39 AM
A campaign speech, nothing more.
As if 30,000 re-employeed union constuctrion workers were going to vote R anyway....
RE: If so, can we take him to the Animal Shelter? - smn1256 - 09-07-2010 11:44 AM
(09-07-2010 10:57 AM)RobertN Wrote:(09-07-2010 10:14 AM)smn1256 Wrote: He's proposing more union-type jobs again. What about the rest of us?Well, we need to fix our infrastructure and we need to create jobs in the construction sector since there is little home/commercial building currently, do you really think they would target getting jobs for pimps or whatever the hell you did? Why not try to get a construction job? Too difficult for you? You can be a flagman. That seems pretty easy. I think it is funny how you guys on the right ***** and moan about the people on unemployment not taking whatever job comes along and just looking for something in their field. Yet, here you are bitching about union construction jobs and yet not willing to take such a job because you want a job in your field of expertise.
OK, have it your way, but don't ***** about the owners of the construction companies making big green.