70 Facts President Obama Doesn’t Want You To Know
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Why is the economy going to collapse? Have you ever been asked that question? If so, what did you say? Sometimes it is difficult to communicate dozens of complicated economic and financial concepts in a package that the average person on the street can easily digest. It can be very frustrating to know that something is true but not be able to explain it clearly to someone else. Hopefully many of you out there will find the list below useful. It is a list of 70 numbers that show why we are headed for a national economic nightmare. So why does the title of the article single out Barack Obama? Well, it is because right now he is the biggest cheerleader for the economy. He is attempting to convince all of us that everything is just fine and that the economy is heading in a positive direction. Well, the truth is that everything is not fine and things are about to get a whole lot worse. Certainly others should share in the blame as well. Congress has been steering the economy in the wrong direction for decades, the “too big to fail” banks have turned Wall Street into a pyramid of risk, leverage and debt, and the Federal Reserve has more power over the financial system than anyone else does. Our economy has been in decline for quite a while now, and soon we are going to smash directly into an economic brick wall. Unfortunately, a lot of Americans are in denial about this. A lot of people out there doubt that an economic collapse is coming. Well, if you know someone that believes that the U.S. economy is going to be “just fine”, just show them the list below.
The following are 70 facts that Barack Obama does not want you to see….
$3.59 - When Barack Obama entered the White House, the average price of a gallon of gasoline was $1.85. Today, it is$3.59.
22 - It is hard to believe, but today the poverty rate for children living in the United States is a whopping 22 percent.
23 - According to U.S. Representative Betty Sutton, an average of 23 manufacturing facilities permanently shut down in the United States every single day during 2010.
30 - Back in 2007, about 10 percent of all unemployed Americans had been out of work for 52 weeks or longer. Today, that number is above 30 percent.
32 - The amount of money that the federal government gives directly to Americans has increased by 32 percent since Barack Obama entered the White House.
35 - U.S. housing prices are now down a total of 35 percent from the peak of the housing bubble.
40 - The official U.S. unemployment rate has been above 8 percent for 40 months in a row.
42 - According to one survey, 42 percent of all American workers are currently living paycheck to paycheck.
48 - Shockingly, at this point 48 percent of all Americans are either considered to be “low income” or are living in poverty.
49 - Today, an astounding 49.1 percent of all Americans live in a home where at least one person receives benefits from the government.
53 - Last year, an astounding 53 percent of all U.S. college graduates under the age of 25 were either unemployed or underemployed.
60 - According to a recent Gallup poll, only 60 percent of all Americans say that they have enough money to live comfortably.
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12:39 pm
Need anything else be said??? This is just sickening!
10:32 pm
Yes. The next question should be "Why?"
12:01 pm
Thank God McCain didn't win
7:45 pm
too bad the spook won.
12:17 pm
The sky is falling. The sky is falling. The panic stricken, whining, ego-centric American populace needs a good enema. They missed 0, the number of Republicans whose existence on this planet is beneficial.
9:09 am
your sir, are a moron
7:10 am
Trickle down economics was the phrase David Stockmon used during the Reagan administration for reducing taxes for the wealthy and having it trickle down to help those of lower incomes. He later referred to it as "Vodoo" economics admitting that it doesn't work. As for our economy it is the result of losing manf. to China, (nonpolitical), reducing taxes, an unjustified and unfunded war with Iraq, and an unregulated banking system gone amuck. It isn't that difficult to under stand and all or most of the political decisions were based on Republican principals.
7:34 am
The term you refer to is "trickle down economics" it is traceable back to David Stockmond who worked for Reagan, he later admitted it was "Vodoo economics" because it didn't work. It has been the battle cry of Republicans ever since. The cause of our economic problems are simple 1. Manf. moving to China ar 25 cents an hour, we can't beat that no one's fault they are poor and will work for less 2. Tax cuts at a time when we were fighting an unjustified, unfunded war 3. An under regulated banking system that made bad decisions. # 2 and 3 were Bush's decisions. There that isn't so difficult to understand as you claim.
12:40 pm
The last time I posted a comment, after many hours, I never saw it posted.
It would have been helpful if all the items had comparisons – to the start of Obama's rule, if nothing else. Although I think a lot of companies downsized when Obama got elected, before the took office.
93 – does that mean 92 countries have greater inequality than US?
95 – I think most of the jobs are middle class, so the % lost would also be. It would be good to know what % are middle class?
11:17 am
Your just another Obama apologist that refuses to take their Obama blinders off when confronted with the truth of Obama's record
9:08 am
Most Presidents' time in office is referred to as a "term", not a "rule". However, President Obama's actions indicate that at least he, if no one else, thinks in terms of his "ruling" the U.S. in the manner of a king or dictator. Scary!
1:52 pm
"93 – does that mean 92 countries have greater inequality than US?"
Exactly my question. How is 93rd bad?
9:50 am
before Obama i was living paycheck to paycheck, gas prices was going up and all your facts was pre Obasma.
I just don't buy these facts.. give me some thing better from 2008-2012…
12:43 pm
What do Amercans think that Obamas job bas Community Organizer was???
8:45 am
Where are the jobs republicons???? In the first two years of the Obama administration, republicans broke all historical records for use of the fillibuster. This is easily verified with a simple search. It's called "obstructionism."
Here's the playbook of most republicans…Increase negativity as much as possible and avoid all previous GOP failures. Use obstructionism, and distortions as much as possible, even if it hurts the recovery of the nation, with the sole purpose of regaining Congress and the White House.During Bushs disgraceful presidency y'all said things like: "If you don't like him (Bush jr, Cheney, etc etc) you can leave", "he won you lost, get over it!", "if you dare question, criticize, or attack the President, his policies, his staff, or his family than you are an anti-American un-patriotic terrorist lover!"… and then of course in November of 2008 they all said… "well if that black man wins I'm leaving the country" – Rush, Hannity, Billo, Beck, republicans, you can still leave! Again and again y'all prove just what hypocritical fools y'all are!!Y'all are the same people who screamed bloody murder over the Dixie Chicks for daring to criticize the President of the United States and are now cheering on Ted Nugent for insinuating he'd like to kill the President of the United States. I guess for them, it really isn't the office that demands respect, as many of them argued at the time. It's not all about patriotism for your country. It's all about the money and power…. anti god beliefs…..
12:02 pm
uhhhh….organizing communities?
10:34 pm
"Community Organizer" is a euphemism for "Rabble Rouser."
3:52 am
as a community organizer he worked for 8 CATHOLIC parishes. it was not a government job. He increased the fundraising from 70,000 to 400,000 in 3 years, and expanded the staff from 1 to 17. he set up a number of great programs including one that provided college prep classes to inner city kids whose families struggled during the downsizing of the factories in west chicago. sounds like a hell of a job to me. and he left a law firm to be paid 1000 per month, and get nearly no recognition. but then again, mitt was the person who in most cases WAS DOING THE DOWNSIZING. you people only read things skin deep. its sickening how little you know.
12:48 pm
And I guess Obama doesn't want you to see this because you believe this is all his fault?
You think we have amnesia and forgot about Bush. The first time gas went over $2 and then even over $4 a gallon was under Bush. Bush came into office with a budget surplus and left with 10 TRILLION in debt and the Bush Tax Cuts and Medicaid Part D are still adding trillions to the deficit. 83% of the Bush tax cuts went to the upper 2% of taxpayers who are millionnaires and billionnaires. Bush policies increased the gap between the rich and poor. (I could go on and on)
1:17 pm
Oh my God the Bush crutch again. Wake up, Bush has been gone 3 1/2 years now. About time Odumbo takes responsibilty and all his other wackies.
DDOWN WITH ODUMBO 2012!
3:53 am
experts will tell you that you dont feel the the true effect of a president untill about 2.5 years after he's gone. so it sounds like its just about time to start blaming bush for all this.
1:53 pm
I GUESS YOU DON'T READ WELL . BUSH'S TAX CUTS WENT ACROSS THE BOARD ,AND WHY DID THE DEMOCRATES VOTE TO EXTEND THEM ?
11:09 am
Wrong….Bush came into office 1-20-01 with a debt of 5 TRILLION 727 BILLION, he left office 1-20-09 with a debt of 10 TRILLION 626 BILLION an increase of 4 TRILLION 899 BILLION while facing the attacks of 9-11. In just a little over 3 years of Obama the debt has already increased to 14 TRILLION 639 BILLION, over a 4 TRILLION increase with no 9-11……………Obama is on course to raise the debt more in his first 4 years then Bush did in 8……..
11:16 am
facts and figures are irrelevant to liberals. That is why they rely on talking points. If you give them a headache with those numbers, they may ask for an increase in disability.
2:31 pm
Is that why your sorry news network is known as Faux News, where there are no facts, just opinions from morons!
3:57 am
are you serious? most of the spending increases under obama were built into the law. they were made to come into effect if certain conditions were met, and those conditions were met early in his presidency, first few months, because of the mess left by bush. in terms of spending that HE HAS SIGNED INTO LAW he has increased spending less than any other president to date. havent seen an honest fact used by a republican. they are mostly taken out of context, or not explained. numbers mean nothing to me, the meaning behind them is everything.
1:50 pm
Bush did not come in w/a budget surplus. Search "Clinton's Surplus Myth" and look at the "real" numbers. Bill Clinton took out of America's "savings accounts" and wrote the checks–that's why we're in as much trouble as we are. The fact is America hasn't had a surplus since I can remember–we've been in debt for a long time. Don't you understand why the Dems don't want to reform Social Security? They don't want the truth to come out!
11:29 am
the truth is the political hacks in our government stole 1 trillion from the S.S. for other crap and was never paid back if that money was repaid alot of this mess would not be !
5:31 pm
What exactly is your point? Bush is not in office. Obama is. Where is the CHANGE? The POINT is that there is no change. Whatever Bush may have done or not done, Obama has not improved upon anything. He gave us lies and hot air to get elected… rode a wave of hope into the White House; then became a G-D politician. Wake up and smell the coffee. Oh, that's right, we can't afford coffee anymore.
3:21 pm
Hold up here and get your facts straight MythBuster777. A name you obviously don't deserve as you perpetuate Myths. When Bush came into office the National deficit was 5.7 trillion. When he left office it was 10.6 trillion. He added an average of .6 trillion per yr. over 8 years. Today the national debt is 14.071 trillion. That means Obama has added an average of 1.116 trillion per year since HE BECAME president. He is out spending Bush almost 2 to 1. There is a HUGE difference between Clinton having a small surplus the year he left office and the national debt. You DO realize he didn't eliminate the national debt right? You do understand he simply had a YEARLY surplus, right.
3:58 am
again, most of the spending increases under obama were built into the law and he had no control over them. ughghghghghghghghghghgghgh
6:04 am
How is that KoolAde???? LOL PUTZ
9:52 am
Mythe – your numbers need to be truthful, Bush left office with 2.34 trillion in debt not $10 trill. As for Obama and denocrats, we are now heading for $17+ trillion debt. You need to read the above, not just post for your friends.
1:14 pm
I BELIEVE THEY DO HAVE AMNESIA AND ARE STUPID
11:19 am
Talking about Bush has nothing to do with this article. Bush has his own figures. Mythbuster777 plans on being an idiot for the rest of his life also.
Changing the subject does not change the facts of this article, you imbocile you.
5:11 pm
A much welcomed breath of fresh air! Under," The 70 things Obama doesn't want you to know", almost everyone, points to the eight years of bad governing by Bush, et al! And after almost four years of " Do nothing" policies, that passes for today's politics, the Right wants to place the blame one the President! When Congress has only been in session 94/95 days this year and they abuse the Filibuster rule, to block almost everything from coming to a vote, it's not a wonder that the Country's business isn't getting done. And so many items up for discussion, that were originally Republican ideas they could have passed, were now bad ideas, because it would give the appearance it was the Presidents ideas. Is this anyway to run a country?
3:49 pm
I apologize, Rob. I meant to thumbs down on "Mikey". Calling names on a debate, discussion, just infuriates me no matter who does it. I tried to rectify my mistake to no avail.
12:36 pm
Are you overlooking the Fact that the democrats were in power the first two years of Obama's reign.
Rather than look at the faults of the Republicans and placing all the blame for our problems on them, check out the truths about your chosen president. He is suppose to be OUR president and yet he very readily makes it know that he could care less about anyone who doesn't fully support his desires.
He is a total failure and his followers are too blind to see it. Most won't even check out the facts about this man. WHY?
8:47 am
Talk about a do-nothing congress. Where's the budget that the Democratic Senate hasn't passed in 3-1/2 years? And it's the Democratic Senate that has blocked everything from coming to a vote!
3:39 pm
Actually we did not have 10 Trillion in debt under Bush. You need to look at the statistics before you spout your mouth. Obama has incurred more debt in one term than all other Presidents combined. This is what we need to be looking at in the November election. Go Romney.
3:51 pm
Does everyone conveniently forget that Nancy Pelosi and her crew handled the purse strings in the House the last two years of the second Bush administration. That could NOT possibly have anything to do with the spending path Bush is blamed for, now could it??
3:53 pm
You are right Bush sucked also maybe its not the party its, they are a bunch of lawyers.
9:37 am
Lol, gotta love the libtards that try to redirect it on Bush even years later. get a clue tardy.
10:03 am
The people voted for Obama and the lies he told about Hope and Change. Bush did a lousy job trying to contain the spending that Pelosi and Reid started in 2007 when the Congress was a majority of democrats in both houses and could have created fiscal sanity, but the bigger question is, why is Bush at fault for everything that has happened in the world. Its time to stop the blame game and look at the facts for why Obama has spent more in his three and one half years in office than all others in two hundred years. We hired a guy who made Bush's mistakes much worse because he does not know how to run the biggest economy in the world and he has surrounded himself with a bunch of amatuer commie losers. Obama wants bigger govt and the private sector cannot afford the revenue required to run big govt. This is a capitolist society that drives a free market system of small business's and you can't have an enormously expensive big govt overhead expense to be successful. If we want a great nation, it could never happen under the socialist ideology to tax, spend and spread the wealth. We can't have it both ways.
10:51 am
The Republicans took over the House and the Senate in 1995 when the economy was in a recession. For the next 12 years, the Republicans ran the House and the Senate, we experience the greatest economic expansion in the last 50 years (as far as low unemployment, job growth, high GDP, low inflation & low deficits, etc). The Democrats took the House and the Senate back in 2007, doubled our annual deficit, and drove us back into a recession, but people like you keep blaming Bush. From 2001-2006, the economy was doing well. When Nancy and Harry took over, the economy crumbled. It's a fact. Look it up.
10:17 am
There was no "budget surplus" when Bush came into office–it was a projected surplus. The debt was still over $5 trillion. He doubled that, true enough. With 9-11 (which according to the so-called "experts" was every bit as devastating as the subprime mortgage debacle), one major conflict and one minor conflict (both of which were won and are now in the process of being lost by Obama–no surprise there), the voluntary surrender of Libya's WMD program (which Obama then showed his gratitude for by overthrowing Gaddafi anyway), an average unemployment of rate of <5% (hasn't been below 8% since Obama took office), and calling–repeatedly–for increased regulation of the GSE's (which Barney Frank and Chris Dodd ridiculed as unnecessary), Bush was a better president by a magnitude of about 1000 when compared to the incompetent naif currently inhabiting the White House.
7:45 pm
why are you commenting when you obviously have no clue what you're taling about!!! "Bush was a better president by a magnitude of about 1000" … OMG its been confirmed…you are retarded, you better put your helmet back on before you hurt yourself!!!! After your get your helmet on…go back and check your "so-called" facts that are about as un-factual as un-factual can get! Where do you people get this stuff!!! AMAZING!
12:58 pm
No need to go on and on airhead, now you sound just like Obama – what about all those campaign promises that have yet to come to light? first it was "Believe" now it is "Forward" but if he is elected for a second term it will "Make believe it is not going backward" He has the gift of gab and that is about it, he is not a qualified president- it is not a job you can rely on on-the-job training to get by….
8:38 am
You are stupid. You can't be helped.
8:39 am
Why must you folks keep trying to blame this on Bush Bush is gone. The economy picked up and then Obama came along and it became worse than it ever was under Bush. Remember what happened under Bush's term like 911, Katrina, etc.When the Dems took control of Congress in 2007, the down turn became a nightmare and when Obama came along it has become worse. Under Obama's "watch" the debt rose to near 15 TRILLON and he didn't have half to worries that Bush had,
1:36 pm
Obama has changed nothing that Bush did. He has not reversed one policy. He has just tripled down and over regulated more than the previous most regulatory president in the history of the US: George W Bush.
1:37 pm
Obama is Bush on steroids.
1:43 am
Watch Your Mailbox!
Just wanted to let you know – today I received my 2012 Social Security Stimulus Package.
It contained two tomato seeds, cornbread mix, a prayer rug, a machine to blow smoke up my behind, 2 discount coupons to KFC, an "Obama Hope & Change" bumper sticker, and a "Blame it on Bush" poster for the front yard.
The directions were in Spanish.
Watch for yours soon.
1:52 am
Ya, why would we want to go back to bush, when unemployment was around 5% and gas was about $2. Now with Obamacare we will all get to put are names on a list that says we have free health insurance but when you actually need it you will have to pay to travel to another country like the Canadians do now in order to actually get healthcare. Things are so much better now under Obama. Just keep repeating it is all George Bushes fault. The world was perfect before George Bush and he ruined everything and Mister Hope and Change is going to fix everything by having the Government print money and spend, spend, spend. Ya that makes total sense to me…. anyone wanna buy a bridge I have for sale cheap?….
1:39 pm
Spare us your stupidty and do not "go on and on"!! Obama's last hope is that there are still a lot of idiots like yourself to give him another four years of U.S. sabotage.
11:37 am
Oh, how could we forget Bush, Obama blames him for everything! He hasn't even got the character to take responsibility for his own failings. Some "leader".
1:28 pm
Obama has added more to the national debt than the previous 3 Presidents combined. Bush took office in a recession, then had 911 and then prior to the end of his first term had added enough jobs to counter all those lost due to the recession and 911. There really was no surplus from Clinton, there was just creative financing accoding to his secretary of the treasury, which move the Social Security Trust Fund from a "lock box" account into the general fund to make it look like a balanced budget. I agree that he and the Republicans and Democrates in Congress spent too much, but you have your "facts" mighty screwed up. And by the way, the top 2% pay 67% of all the taxes in this country, while 49% of elegible tax payers pay no tax at all.
10:27 am
Bush was four long years ago! How long before obummer takes responsibility for his failed presidency and stops blaming others. And his lies…my God his lies; I have never known one politician in all my 77 years that lies as much as Obummer; he does it in complete safety because the lame stream media NEVER calls him out on it.
12:12 pm
Budget surplus and national debt are two totally different things. Another silly lib who failed economics in their liberal college of choice.
2:27 pm
Compared to you who didn't go to college, doesn't know what socialism is, but married your sister and can shoot a squirrel from 100ft. Congrats!
10:34 am
You just proved that you understand little about what you wrote. There is a difference between "debt" and "Budget surplus". They are 2 completely different funds. You're the reason that a man got in office because he knew how ignorant Americans have become. Your statement here proved you voted for someone because you are ignorant. George Bush was not a good president. We have not seen a good president since Jack Kennedy, and he got killed because he would not run the country as the corporation wanted to ran. People believe in a lie because they are afraid it is true. Look at the book that Barry wrote. Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance. Here he talks of a great man who was a absentee Father, and only seen him 1 time after the parents divorced when Barry was 2 years old. Barry honored a sperm donor, and totally disregarded the people in his life that gave him anything he wanted. But to get the ignorant people like you to vote for him he switches to become black man
I do not know what race you are but it is apparent that you did not care if Barry save the world, just as long as a black man was elected in to office. If you have any sense of education you would have waited for another Black man who would have made a difference and not only help The United States of America get back to being a great nation, and not try to sell us off to the middle east countries but also help the Black Community become better off with a Black man who would make a difference.too
12:07 pm
your a lier. stop making thngs up to make Obumer look better
1:01 pm
not true: gasoline spiked over $2.00 a gallon in 2000-while bill clinton was still in office-esp ecially in high tax states on the east coast & in parts of california.-also, yes, there never was a surplus-bill clinton was the first president allowed to use the social security trust fund as part of budget calculations, due to an accounting rule change.
10:23 am
The debt and deficit are two distinct entities. The U.S. government experienced a one year "surplus" during the Clinton era due mainly to Newt Gingrich and Congressional Republicans, but even that was really an accounting gimmick because the national debt continued to climb. Deficits under Obama have risen from about $545 billion under Bush to $1.3 trillion now, while the national debt has ballooned from $10 trillion to $16 trillion in less than four years. Social Security and Medicare are the two main drivers of debt and our nation's ruin-programs created by Democrats in the 1930s and 1960s. Ending these programs as we know them plus economic growth spurred by even deeper tax cuts will get us going again.
1:31 pm
HAHHAHAHHAHAHH-YOU ARE AN IDIOT.
11:22 am
Exactly. The one stat, really the only stat that is necessary to illustrate the myth of conservative economic policy, is clearly stated above: Bush enters office, budget surplus. Bush leaves office, after the "rebates" and tax cuts, massive deficit. 'Nuf said…
1:58 pm
One last time. Of course 83% of the tax cuts went to 2% of the tax payers because they were the ones paying the taxes. 50% didn't pay taxes before the tax cuts so that makes it real hard for the tax cuts to help your friends and relatives otherwise known at the poor unfortunates. Just because you and your friends and relatives are among the poor unfortunates doesn't mean you have to be ignorant of the facts as well.
8:33 am
Too bad you do not understand the difference between budget surplus/deficits and national debt. The national debt was 8 trillion when Bush took office. 2 trillion was added to the national debt in Bush's 8 years. Obama has added 5 trillion to the debt in 4 years. Do the math and learn a little economics instead of parroting incorrect things you read elsewhere.
4:50 am
Im sure the writer of this ridiculous article would love to tell us WHY gas was $1.85 in the last few months of Bush presidency. Right? Well, probably not, so I'll tell you… it was because the global economy had just taken a ginormous shit, thanks to Bush era financial wrong doings and his FAKE "HOUSE OF CARDS" ECONOMY crashing to the ground. Millions and millions of people with no job to drive to caused demand to fall into abyss. THATS WHY. You want to brag about gas being that low in last months of Bush presidency? Really?
10:23 am
Keep drinking that Kool-Aide because that's all you have left – other than a head full of liberal BS.
12:23 pm
Of course Republicans have a short memories .. that is why none of the Busches or the 2008 losers
are invited 2012 convention !
12:48 pm
…cont'd
Obama isn't perfect, but he is doing a lot better job than Bush did. Our economy is improving instead of spiraling out of control. Romney is Bush on sterioid. He wants even more tax cuts for the wealthy and cares less about average working people than about profits as shown by his record at Bain Capital. He will be a disaster for America and the economy.
Republicans blame Obama for the recession, block anything that would help the recession, and then blame Obama when it doesn't get better. They are for something until Obama is and then they are against it. They have actually introduced bills and then later campaigned against their bills and ideas once Obama compromised and added them.
They LOVE that the economy is bad, that is good for their party. They don't care about American's – they only care about getting rid of Obama and getting back in power. Everyone else be damned.
100% truth – not the twisted "facts – minus all the facts" you have in your article.
10:33 am
And you sound like the 'typical Liberal' spouting hot air, friend. Barack Obama has created MORE dept in a SHORTER time than ALL the Presidents before him. He's a megalomaniac with serious delusions of grandeur, and he really does think he's right with everything he's doing. 'Damn the consequences,' he likely says. '*I* know what is best for this country!'
It really is scary when someone with as little (political AND financial) experience as our current President has can convince people he knows what he's doing, and that we will benefit for it.
Teacher above help us all.
4:32 am
"MORE dept"? LOL, ignorant uneducated moron – no wonder you're a retardican.
6:14 am
Amend. You have heard and seen this propaganda machine at work. They want back in power because their war machine is slowing down. Rommy's history shows he likes war as long as someome else's child is on the front lines. He got special deferment during the Veitnam War and not one of his 5 sons went into the service in Iraq or Afganistan. Why? He and his family are too good to be on the ground fighting for freedom. He believes we are all peones that should do his dirty work,with the blood of our children so he can have the American Dream.
10:33 am
What planet are you from?
12:16 pm
You have on rose colored glasses or you are blind to facts! The average American has lost 40% of their wealth since Obama took office and you still spout this crap! You are the one trying to spread a myth which by the way is not the true definition of the word! Our economy is not improving! You must not buy groceries, gas, or anything else for that matter! The only reason you respond to an article like this is to tout Obama's horn and you are really in the wrong place! Any fool knows that anyone in their right mind does not LOVE it that the economy is bad! Have you lost your mind? All your sense of reasoning? I guess you have! Obama and his cronies are the only ones trying to destroy this country!
5:43 pm
Keep drinkin' that Kool-Aid brother….
10:54 am
Are you kidding! First of all the Democrats were in charge of the Senate and House most of Bush's years, and the last two years of his administration they did not even create a budget! When Bush left they presented a 15% increase in spending, Obama signed nine spending bills with his hand and pen in March of 2009. He owns the increase in spending lock, stock and barrel! That atrocious spending binge just as the economy was going into a recession accelerated and deepened the problem. Under Obama's out of control and irresponsible cocaine-like spending spree, he has exceeded revenue by 1.1 TRILLION dollars!!!! Recessions are not solved by government spending, history shows that action has the opposite effect, fiscal restraint and limited spending is the cure; spending feeds the economy poison. During a recession government revenues go down (less people making as much money therefore less taxes raised). However if the government spends more during a recessions tremendous debt is created, thanks to Obama the debt has doubled, a horrible situation, it is just ludicrous and blind to think Obama has helped the economy. Wake up!
11:02 am
Get all your news from Obama campaign adds?
6:32 pm
drinking that koolaid again…..
11:18 am
Your living in a dream world,name just one thing that's better under our current marxist ruler
6:50 am
So you think you can fix all of that by spending even more money? Look at the real correlations. As entitlment and welfare grows, the health of the ecoonomy declines. That is reality that no liberal wants you to see.
12:54 pm
you are a freakn moron..enough said!
7:08 am
Obama is destroying our country you idiot! Bush grew gov, so do not call him a conservative. Bush was a problem, but Obama is Bush x 100! Liberalism and the democratic party are destroying our country. All you have to do is look at historically democratic states and compare them to historically GOp states. Look at California, NY, Michigan, they are the cesspools of America because of your communist ideology. If it was not for us conservatives and producers, you liberals would starve! You liberals steal from the rest of us in the name of "fairness". Liberals are the biggest hypocrites in the world – you murder innocent babies in the name of choice. You complained about water boarding but your president murders using drones. He and you are cowards and are the scum of the earth and are the REASON for the downfall of our once great Country.
3:52 pm
We only care about getting rid of Obama because he has spent more money that ALL previous presidents combined.
4:19 pm
You really need to do some fact checking before you recite these liberal lies. You might be embarassed, if you have integrity.
1:57 pm
Mythbuster777: You need counseling, meds and general help. Because of Obama, America is circling the drain.
2:35 pm
Was it a bad accident? Does it still hurt? It can take a long time to recover from such serious head trauma.
1:01 pm
you are so full of it mythbuster777 – and by the way – you admit that the Economy is Bad ha ha ha – I truly think you are the one that is twisted
12:49 pm
Republicans are your neighbors, doctors, lawyers, teachers etc.. The hate and ridiculous statements you make sound foolish. I am a republican, also a Christian, a mother of 5, wife of a highly decorated Vietnam Vet and have gone from being poor to middle class and heading back to being poor again. Just because I don't feel the government should be involved in every area of my life does not mean I don't love my country and want the best for its people. I don't want to see our people dependent on government for their every need. That is CONTROL over our lives. Controlling governments are seen in Iran, North Korea, China etc…. Is this really the type of government you want? Because if Obama gets his way you might end up in a country that is far from free.
8:25 am
You are an everyday communist moron.
10:12 am
Are You Crazy, or have you just been drinking the Kool Aid of the left for too long ?
FACT: From Obama's own team : in 2009 The Obama administration has released new deficit numbers, and they are not pretty. The deficit for fiscal year 2009, which ended Sept. 30, came in at a record $1.42 trillion,
And FACT Now in the past 3 years , our deficit is 5.8 Trillion Dollars and growing by 3.96 BILLION every DAY.
The estimated population of the United States is 313,070,498
so each citizen's share of this debt is $50,772.41. And that includes almost 50% of the
Population in the US that pays no taxes at all thanks to all the entitlements
Guess That's Bushes fault too. Man up Obama , and take the blame where it LIES
11:52 am
The guy is a marxist, PERIOD! a big government guy who wants everyone miserable so you are controlled by them. Read the founders warnings. They knew. You can see it crystal clear
12:38 pm
You are such an idiot that it's hard to know how to answer you. Bush's last couple of years in office had a Democratic house and, therefore, nothing he wanted to do got done. Obama is a professional politician who has never had a real job. He can talk and talk and talk. He's good at that. I don't expect a liberal to understand his weaknesses though. He is ruining this country. I definitely do not want the economy to be bad cause I live off my investments and since HE has been in office they have gone down. Get an education and maybe you will understand how this country should be run.
12:14 pm
The economy is a result of the collapse housing market. Period. The housing market collapsed as a result of a program instituted by Bill Clinton and a Democratically controlled Congress. It was called the Affordable Housing Act. It compelled banks to loan money to people who couldn't pay it back and guaranteed the loans by the Fed. George Bush requested a Senate investigation into the liquidity of the program and was lied to by the Senate Banking Committee Chairman, Barney Frank, who told the administration that Fannie May and Freddie Mack were in no trouble. (see the Congressional Record) Less than two years later it was discovered that they were in trouble when the bottom fell out of the market and the banks which had believed Frank were in collapse.
When I was a Democrat we stood for something. We protested the war in Vietnam. We supported the Civil Rights movement. We were protective of our liberties and invoked the Constitution as the basis for our protest. After jimmy Carter it became clear that the Democratic party had become infected with a liberal element which was fundamentally anti American and I voted for Reagan. I have never been ashamed of my choice.
My message to you is that you may want to check your facts and do a little introspection.
5:06 pm
They are all the same…..Republicans and Deomcrates are the problem…and we the people let them do it. 100% truth will come from no one in politics…not even Obama he is aliar just like the rest of them. I feel sorry for you, you sound like Wasserman…ya know she gets paid though for her lies. Collect your own information from multipal sources and make up your own mind about the truth dont let people tell you what the truth is. Your whole statement is full of lies they have fed you. Do your own research….do some research on the founding fathers and their vision for our country…you will be shocked.
8:43 am
The economy is NOT improving. Read the jobs reports and manufacturing reports. Again, read the actual data and stop parroting incorrrect information you read from moron's blogs. GDP is NOT growing at any kind of substantial rate. Anything under 3% is stagnant. When you dip into class warfare rhetoric, you show your lack of knowledge of actual economics. Also, Bush inherited a recession from Clinton (Check the data), but he didnt whine about it like this one does. Plus, Presidents really can't control the economy. The Fed controls interest rates and money supply and Congress controls taxing and spending. Read the Constitution on the actual powers of the President. They are NOT the government and their will is not law. Sorry to disappoint all the people who think Presidents make laws.
10:25 am
Not true. Bush policies saved the country. He kept the economy from colapsng after 9-11. A miricle and I'm so glad he was president. And he had us with the highest unemployment in memory for years. The ecomnimic problems were the housing bubble burst, which wasn't his fault and thank goodness for him it wasn't much worse.
12:01 am
The wealth are moving their money and jobs to countries that are more business-friendly.
I DO want more tax cuts for the job creators, because that means more jobs for Americans, or for hard-working folks in Bangladesh. I mean, job creators are only going to create jobs in places where the job creator will get a return on their investment in that worker. Obama can reward companies that hire here, but job creators will only go for it if it makes business sense. I mean, the Government is bankrupt so it is just another empty promise. The job creators know that. They can't even afford Obama care so you think they are going to hire people here since on top of OSHA, the Unions, and every other regulation they now must provide health insurance that is going much more expensive with the 2700 pages of NON-affordable care act rules and regulations??? Think… it is a litte bit deeper than you might realize.
3:57 pm
You are an airhead. Obama is far worse than Bush, running up deficits at four times the rate of Bush and with ZERO results on the job front. You must be a paid union hack–same thing as an airhead.
There is not a single thing you have written that is either true or even remotely near reality. We are in a Congressional stalemate. Any job creating measures passed by the House will require Senate and Obama approval and that's not going to happen in the current political environment. Only when the GOP takes control of the Senate and Obama is out on his ASS will things improve under Romney.
The left hates America in its present form, which is why they're trying to turn it into a socialist welfare state like Greece. And even a moron like you should know where Greece is headed. I don't know why you are even posting. You haven't the intelligence to address any of these issues. A perfect OBAMA ZOMBIE.
4:52 pm
at least romney is an american, do you know that obama had 3 men killed in an attempt to hush up his gay afairs, this man was bone in kenya i will send any of you the link were his wife states they went to barracks birth place kenya,
12:58 pm
…cont'd
Obama isn't perfect, but he is doing a lot better job than Bush did. Our economy is improving instead of spiraling out of control. Romney is Bush on steroids. He wants even more tax cuts for the wealthy and cares less about average working people than about profits as shown by his record at Bain Capital. He will be a disaster for America and the economy.
Republicans blame Obama for the recession, block anything that would help the recession, and then blame Obama when it doesn't get better. They are for something until Obama is and then they are against it. They have actually introduced bills and then later campaigned against their bills and ideas once Obama compromised and added them.
They LOVE that the economy is bad, that is good for their party. They don't care about American's – they only care about getting rid of Obama and getting back in power. Everyone else be damned.
100% truth – not the twisted "facts – minus all the real facts" you have in your article.
2:05 pm
If it's bad for the country,bad for the economy,bad for anyone except his freinds or supporters,bammerbow thinks it's great.He's a psychological case of stupidity but he pulled the wool over so many peoples eyes.
9:50 am
Howes that Hope and Change working out there Mythbuster???or is that a myth/??kool-aid..
12:34 pm
You must be a dyed-in-the-wool Marxist to spout such nonsense. Yeh, Bush wasn't the greatest. After the disastrous Carter years, Reagan had the economy turned around within his first term, even having to fight a Democrat controlled legislature. Obama has only made things worse. In a comparative timeframe, Obama has outspent Bush by at least 2 to 1.
9:35 am
Let’s hope for change in 2012, the psychological boost alone from dumping Obummer will do the economy wonders.
3:59 pm
clueless liberal.
10:13 am
You have obviously forgotten that the Democrats took control of Congress in '07. Thus making Bush powerless. Obama did not make it any worse. He is too much of an idiot to do the right/wrong thing. It was the Democraticly lead Congress that sent our debt to new heights. Our problems are not/were not Obama or Bush. We desparately need term limits for Congress.
2:24 pm
You poor soul. You must have a degree from college. You're smart, I can see that, but haven't a clue. You people go to college and come out brain-washed–never again able to think for yourself. It's not the Repubs fault or the Dems fault–it's the American people who have become so spoiled that forget how to "live within their means." The housing bubble was a good example–people taking advantage of the lucrative opportunity and buying homes they couldn't afford, taking equity out of the home after six months, then buying their cars, furniture, big screens, pool tables, etc, as what was duly noted in Riverside and San Bernardino, CA, following the "bubble burst" in the many empty homes (2009) left high and dry with large furniture, big screens, pool tables, etc, that the worthless opportunists couldn't take with them. How much debt do you have, currently, or have you ever filed for bankruptcy putting it on the shoulders of our countrymen and women and future children to pay. The only people to blame are the people blaming others without reasonable "facts" and twisting the "real facts."
9:23 pm
Speaking of bubbles wait till green energy bubble burst all of us will be standing there once again screwed once again after all the tax dollars and bailouts to green energy companies AKA Obama's largest campain contributors . When all the smoke clears us tax payers will be holding a big bag of useless shit our taxes paid for . A bunch of bankrupt energy companies more people out of work and the contributors will be laughing all the way to the bank. Corrupt businessmen ,Corrupt politicans, and Corrupt Media sold us a bag goods that is nothing more than a money making scam a win win for every one involved EXCEPT you know us the tax payer.
4:13 pm
Mythbuster, you need to get back on your meds. You are obviously delusional.
4:23 pm
really ? are you that blind .
12:04 pm
You're not a myth-buster, you are creating them. You have the sides to this problem 180 degrees out of alignment, just like Obama is trying to convince the voters. Use sticky notes on your documents (if you even use them) so you don't forget which side is doing what.
6:44 pm
Your comments are totally ridiculous. I wonder where you get your information. Our economy is not improving at all. Every week there are more people on unemployment. Of course when some run out of benefits, they count them as back to work, which is not true.
Of course Obama is responsible for the mess of our country. He lies, does things in private, like passing money out wherever he chooses,putting us deeper & deeper in debt. I think that's what he wants. There will be a point where we are so deep in debt that we can no longer hold onto our country and then we will belong to someone else.
Republicans don't block as much as Obama blocks. He just lies about it. Republicans presented several budgets and Obama had none. They asked him for a year to make one and finally he did. It was so bad that not one person voted for it, so he still has no budget and he tells people Republicans blocked it – so did the Democrats.
You're dreaming when you say Romney wants tax cuts for the wealthy. He never said that….it would be nice to give some corporations reason to stay in America so we could have jobs. When they provide jobs for people, those people pay enough in taxes that government benefits a whole lot without trying to grab every nickel to the point the companies move out. China doesn't collect taxes at all from businesses.
Your name is false. You don't bust myths, you create them
11:19 am
all I have to say is Thank God, 911 did not happen on Obama's watch!!! better recheck all of your facts. Don't leave anything out!!
9:22 am
We need to cut taxes especially on the wealthy. Have you ever been hired by a poor person? It is their money. The rich will ALWAYS be rich so lets put that money to work to create jobs. .
9:43 am
Republicans betrayed their own conscience when they went against established Republican principles like the MANDATE over healthcare which was a Heritage foundation issue popularized by Gingrich.
Obama did more than his share to UNITE but the Republicans were out to oppose for opposing sake and not following any policy or principles. In the famous words of Minority Senate Leader Mitch McConnell the Republicans were out to defeat the Obama agenda even if it went against established Republican policies set by past precedent.
Mitch McConnell was out to make sure that President Obama remains a one term President and see where it has brought the Congress and its public esteem.
Gingrich out of his own admission was out to defeat Obama from the day he was sworn in as President.
You can not justify the Republicans as the "loyal" opposition as is the case in most mature democracies. They have been out to get President Obama by hook or by crook. A leader can meet the opposition half way but can not fold completely to their whims and fantasies like that of the current Tea Party affiliates.
Republicans will loose in 2012 just like they did in 2008 but with a smaller margin because of the dark money of Billionaires due to Citizens United verdict of the right wing Supreme Court.
9:45 am
Two-Faced Willard
"I was not responsible for what happened at Bain Capital" – Mitt Romney
"I was the Sole shareholder, Sole director, Chief executive officer and President of Bain" – Mitt Romney
"The Arizona immigration policy is a good model" – Mitt Romney
"I didn't really support the Arizona immigration policy" – Mitt Romney
“The Massachusetts healthcare plan should be a model for the nation” – Mitt Romney
“Healthcare reform should be left to the states” – Mitt Romney
"Let Detroit go bankrupt" -Mitt Romney
"I'll take a lot of credit for saving the auto industry" -Mitt Romney
“I believe Roe v Wade has gone too far.” – Mitt Romney
“Roe v Wade has been the law for 20 years we should sustain and support it.” – Mitt Romney
“I respect and will protect a woman’s right to choose.” – Mitt Romney
“I never really called myself pro-choice.” – Mitt Romney
“It was not my desire to go off and serve in Vietnam.” – Mitt Romney
“I longed in many respects to actually be in Vietnam and represent our country there.” – Mitt Romney
“I’m not trying to return to Reagan-Bush.” – Mitt Romney
“Ronald Reagan is… my hero.” – Mitt Romney
“I think the minimum wage ought to keep pace with inflation.” – Mitt Romney
"There’s no question raising the minimum wage excessively causes a loss of jobs.” – Mitt Romney
“I saw my father march with Martin Luther King.” – Mitt Romney
“I did not see it with my own eyes.” – Mitt Romney
“I would like to have campaign spending limits.” – Mitt Romney
“The American people should be free to advocate for their candidates without burdensome limitations.” – Mitt Romney
“I supported the assault weapon ban.” – Mitt Romney
"I don’t support any gun control legislation.” – Mitt Romney
1:22 pm
Obama is also responsible for baldness and halitosis
4:36 am
Yup Your right "Obama is responsible for baldness and halitosis"
Because People are losing their Hair from the "stress" he is causing them and Halitosis because they can't afford the dentist or toothpaste anymore, I hope he rots in Hell with all his ass kissing coward supporters!
5:42 pm
Boy, it's about time we found out what causes baldness and halitosis – now it's time for a CURE!
5:22 am
One of Obama's Trolls!!! No, republicans do not love Obama's failures. Our pensions, savings, and values of our properties have taken a massive dive.. That is the last thing we want is for Obama to fail. Regardless of politics, If Obama fails so do we. Yes we are angry. We are sitting by and watching him and his socialist and communist buddies ruin this country.
10:24 am
Facts are facts! You just can't deal with reality
1:46 pm
dont you mean Bush?
11:30 am
I knew it! All one has to do is look at his hair compared to Romney's!
3:25 pm
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-debt-load-fal…
10:20 am
Are you seriously posting this widely–I mean WIDELY–discredited bunch of hooey? You should be banned forever for spreading ignorance.
7:01 pm
SO DO WE NEED DUMBO FOR ANOTHER FOUR YEARS
3:42 am
No dumbo can't run again. He is inCrawford Texas where he can't destroy this country any more. SORRY!!!
12:03 pm
Would you prefer White Horse?
5:24 am
To divert the attention of people, the Obama should soonest wage wars on North Korea, Syria, Iran, Pakistan, Cuba etc , and by brute force occupy all/ most of the small countries of the world with some cooked up stories or beat its biggest enemy china through India..
1:36 pm
Cooked up story by the Dems? Can you say "Weapons of mass destruction"? Or are you so far up Sarah Palin's ass that you can no longer even type correct English?
10:15 am
Hey liberty it must be nice to see the world from rose colored glasses. When you get done smokin and practicing your world peace speech lets review some facts. Who was in control of the House and Senate under Bush? Polosi and Reid. The press villified Bush from day one and now that some real reporting about Obama comes out you say
It is not fair. What a cry baby. If Obama is such a good leader then why can't he get his own party to vote for his budgets?
Get over blaming Bush it has been three years and Obama does not have a clue, he is the least experienced guy in any room he walks into. If the roles were reversed do you think a republican president would get the hall pass Obama is getting. Get real you idiot this guy wants you and I living in poverty so he can get even with a country he blames all the worlds problems on
2:47 am
We have been going so far to the left (socialism) that it's time for more balance. Time for the right to balance things out. Obama is history and every single day his narcissism shows and he continues to step on his %@!*! He is the very definition of "amateur".
1:53 pm
Obama's Jimmy Carter decaf. deja vu all over again.
12:04 pm
LOL….you clearly have NO clue what socialism is.
2:07 pm
still can't hink of a reason to re-elect him.
7:09 am
Hopefully Dottie, everyonel will feel the same. It is not rocket science that Obama has done nothing for this country but run us in the ground and run up the debt.
12:07 pm
LOL…..and "conservatism" is a sane alternative? Can you list for me a few "conservative" accomplishments…???? Take your time…I'm sure you can spin up something.
9:01 am
Bet you don't hink of too much.
5:39 pm
I can ROMNEY
1:04 pm
The only reason I can think of is that four more years of Obama would so clearly reveal the failings and futility of the liberal agenda that it would scare America conservative for generations.
2:44 pm
Because he is black. If you don't you are a RASIST.
11:25 am
Bin laden dead. Good reason
10:06 am
So if Barack sez it, it's true. Don't bother him with the facts. It's his office to lead; three years into the term is by all means way too late and would require him to start leading… If Bush set your house on fire and fire chief Barack sez it's doing just fine then you need to go into the burning house and watch football because it's not Barack fault? Congress, the courts and the President, regardless of political party, are not being held accountable by the media. Voters will be swayed by the media because many of them are too lazy to go digging for answers themselves. Ask a registered voter how his elected representative voted in the last year and most have no clue.
4:02 pm
So true, and unfortunately, an even lesser number of people will do anything about it. They won't get out and knock on doors, help better candidates, etc. I understand some of the apathy. However, we are definitley spiruling downward, FAST. Hold on to our "hats" and family.
It is better to trust in the LORD Yehovah than to put confidence in man. – Psalms 118:8
1:03 am
You people Still don't get it, do you? Stop calling it "Socialism." What we have in this country has been around far longer than most anyone can remember. Our taxes, although currently All going to the National Debt, pay for the things we need . . . nothing like they do in countries such as Canada, France, the Netherlands. I don't love our President. I like him. He's At Least keeping up afloat, which would Not be the case if McCain and Palin were in office. It.Takes.Years.Not.Months.For.Policy.To.Work! This country's "We want the Answers and Solutions NOW" DOESN'T WORK PEOPLE! It.Just.Doesn't! Romney is only going to make our economy more chaotic and harder to even Live on a daily basis! I don't trust him. Never will.
11:29 am
There are many elements of Socialism in this country. Some by necessity. The government provides Head Start for low income children. Head Start is largely funded by taxpayers whose children are not allowed in Head Start because they make too much. Also busing in the cities is supplemented by taxpayer money…
These things along with Social Security have largely been accepted by Conservatives. It is new "good idea fairy" programs such as Socialized medicine which are hard to accept by anyone who has taken High School Math or Economics. True, we are not living under Socialism. Some of us would like to keep it that way.
10:25 am
That's just stupid. I don't know what McCain and Palin would have done, but I can tell you what they wouldn't have done–and that's increase regulation of business in this country twofold. They wouldn't have threatened industries with driving them into bankruptcy and worked to destroy jobs in industries they didn't personally care for. They wouldn't have allowed the Bush tax cuts to hang over the head of business like the Sword of Damocles, wondering from one day to the next whether the capital gains tax is going to double overnight. And they wouldn't have engaged in politicizing virtually every agency and department in government with ideologues who put their nutty ideas above the welfare of America and Americans.
12:09 pm
Wow….talking points and spin are really dumb stuff….It looks BAD when you can't even repeat them accurately
2:33 pm
Yet it was the very deregulation done by Bush's SEC Chairman that helped destroy the biggest investment banks . . . maybe pretend you can do research before you look like a handicapped buffoon on these message boards!
11:05 am
so you don't care if the so called leader in the white house is illegal, a traitor, a liar, a hater of the American constitution, a racist, a muslum sider but better than Bush. It is all Leftist hype and lies that Bush is responsible for any thing that the Tryannt can't handle.
1:16 pm
Just like I will never trust an idiot like you – where do you dream this crap up – Socialism by any other name is just that – Socialism – get a clue moron.
1:20 pm
Fool.
8:49 am
"At least he is keeping us afloat"??????????? You are jesting are you not?
9:30 am
I think you areall stupid, why you ask, go back and re-read the artical, gas is not 3.59 its 3.13 Housing down 35% why? Under George Bush thats why. This is all political BS by the REpubs. Who got us into this mess in the first place. If Romney gets back in, we will go Under AS americans. Remember this is Bushes mistake
9:41 am
Another brain-dead 0-bot with zero critical thinking skills. The ability of leftists to distort truth and engage in inverted moralism is astounding. Despite mountains of evidence showing the criminal, corrupt incompetence of the current (mis)Administration, they still want to "blame Bush" for the ills of the country and ignore the idiotic rule of 0bong0 and his merry band of Socialist cohorts. Liberalism/Progressivsm truly is a mental disorder.
5:57 pm
You know, our country has been under many greedy presidents over the last several decades. I used to get irritated when someone would BLAME Bush for anything and everything that is wrong with our country. Unfortunately, *many* presidents on BOTH sides have helped to drive our country into the ground. So stop BLAMING the republicans. The democrats DO want socialism, gun control, euthanasia for the elderly, and control of our kids' minds. To disband the family traditions… and a bazillion more things. People need to get responsible for themselves and their family. As I told my kids, "Do what's right and don't do what's wrong and you'll do fine in your life." There are so many moochers and lazy people that **expect** a constant governmental lifeline. You can't have that and not eventually drown the country. That said, Obama HAS put forth a ton more regulations – we're now the snowball that's been pushed down the mountain – it's on the path to being a huge snowball. God bless America – if the people are still worthy.
8:54 am
Progressive38, I guess when we go bankrupt like Greece, you'll be in the streets rioting because you're not getting your welfare check or food stamps. You need to look at the nations that have tried to solve all their problems with big and then bigger government — it just does not work, P38.
9:35 am
Progressive income tax is one of the 14 steps laid out by Karl Marx to achieve Communism.
All things that creat greater reliance on the state and less reliance on self are a part of the Socialism model.
Once you are dependent on the government to live you are a virtual if not literal slave and thus the welfare culture continues to vote for people that pour benefits in their direction even when it is not in the best interests of the nation or the long term interests of the individual.
The failed sub culture of the inner city Black community speaks volumes. It is safer for a black man between the ages of 17 and 30 to be at war in Afghanistan and to live in Chicago, NY, DC, LA and Detroit. The sense of personal responsibility is being destroyed by the addiction to the public dole. Personal responsibility for one another and ones own actions.
2:02 pm
In other words you might have to find a job.
11:26 am
Please explain to me how Romney, an economic genius, will make the economy worse than the economy by a man with no business experience.
12:28 pm
Ask a Loon what "socalist" is , or define what a "socialist government is" .. and they can't.
Hint … THE US govenment makes no profit from, nor manages any program or owns
any business .. as a profit. It is all service set up by CONGRESS.
Of course Loons never went to snob colleges so they really have no grasp
of the real world.
4:22 pm
You are truly clueless. Obama could be around for fifty years and his policies would never work. It is a demonstrable fact that the greater the share of GDP is consumed by government, the lower economic growth will be. "Socialism" is as good as any other descriptor, although fascism is actually more accurate because of the crony capitalist element of Obama's policies (you know, the billions thrown at "green" capitalists who, in short order, flush it down a rathole). Socialism no longer means ownership of the means of production, as in Marx, but a socialist welfare state in which the government becomes the provider of cradle to grave social services. Such services are chiefly designed to gain the votes of the those on the dole. Even the left conceded that government ownership of production was a failure. Hence, they decided to tax it and spread the resulting income around to buy the votes of those too lazy to work. This does not apply to those who cannot work through no fault of their own, or the aged and infirm. It is the sharp increase in the number of able-bodies people not working that is the horror of Obamanomics. Most of our problems are created by government and subsequent efforts to fix what governnment caused in the first place. In a few years, if Obama is re-elected, none of this will matter, because the government and economy will collapse in a state of insolvency. You cannot spend $1.2 trillion more annually than you take in without serious consequences.
And if and when interest rates to historic levels, all income taxes will be required just to pay debt service on the national debt. Obama has driven us to the edge of the cliff.
4:47 am
I gather he is ready to start a few more Wars.. after all War is MONEY!!!
How else is he gonna rack up some Major BIG BUCKS??? (Military Industrial Complex)
I can't wait till He hits the fan!!! The POS that He is!!!
I am sick to death of this communist dirt bag!!!
I look forward to the day the whole bunch of them swing!!!
10:39 am
Wow! Racist much. You're comments are the opitomy of ignorant republican sterotypes. Thanks so much for your invaluable opinion. BTW you're an idiot.
11:49 am
Typical of anyone who disagrees with anything in this administration. Name calling – and playing the racist card.
3:48 pm
Talk about an idiot. Look in the mirror. I don't see one racist thing in the comment you replied to.
5:33 pm
No, war COSTS money. That's how we got into debt during the Bush administration. War only gives the appearance of generating money if you look at it SOLELY from the point of view of the weapon producers and profiteers.
1:40 pm
You Racist HillBilly Assshole! Let's see all those black folk swing, so jackasses such as yourself can be in charge! Too bad stupid isn't sent to the back of the bus!
10:12 am
As bad as the news is, and it is devastatingly bad, at least we still have the Lottery. That is about the only way any of us regular people will ever be able to retire.
10:16 am
Beware of Obama professional bloggers and "comment posters" on all these type articles…trying to spin the bad news as somehow not Obama's fault, and re-direct our ire against another group (ie. "banksters", "Wall Street", the "obstructionist Republican Congress", yada yada – you get the picture). We've had 230+ years as a capitalist nation, which – while not perfect – still produced the most prosperous nation in the history of humanity. Excuse me but the truth is, under our system the wealth IS spread around, which is why we became the most prosperous. Even our poor are the envy of the world! Obama's spin-meisters are trained to deceive us. Beware!
4:24 pm
And I bet you're wild about Fox news. Just because someone disagrees with your paranoid rant doesn't mean that we were sent here by our PRESIDENT or are professional bloggers. He saved this Country from falling off a financial cliff and taking the rest of the world with us. He has attempted to look out for the middle class and hit roadblocks right and left. When Republicans just state publically that they are going to block everything that he proposes they most certainly aren't looking out for Americans. They are looking out for themselves. Do you really think that they want to give up those big Corporate donations that some (and not only Republicans) siphon off for personal use? Of course not.
We all have a vote. My vote will be for PRESIDENT Obama and I will do so knowing that he will continue to do his best for Americans…even you.
12:51 pm
If your first statement is correct, why aren't I getting paid? PRESIDENT Obama has more cajones than any weaselly Republican in office now.
12:12 pm
Obama sucks…he's a stealth conservative……and far better than you knuckleheads deserve. This country deserves absolute idiot leadership like Bush, McCain and Palin…….maybe then you people will wake the hell up.
10:26 am
Just what rock did you crawl out from under.
12:35 pm
Good to see yur comment to alert the ignorants out there. Indeed, the Obama campaign headquarters recruited some 2,000 PAID IT PROFESSIONALS during his Presidential campaign, many from the Professional and Technical Consultants Association based in the SF Bay area. I was a two-decade member of PATCA and decried their underhanded approach to falsely create what they termed as "Grass Roots" web sites and "independent and spontaneous" bloggers to counter and defame or discredit anyone who criticized Obama. Their talking points were supplied by the DNC and directly affiliated with Obama's web site http://www.Obama.com. That site had the most outrageous and false propaganda than perhaps anywhere else on the web.
7:07 am
Great going Obamanation oh yea I forgot it is Bush fault right?
10:40 am
Of course it is. Where have you been?!
8:59 am
Obama is a lot better than Bush. Remember, the President doesn't have all the power; it takes Congress, also, to get things done in Washington. Re-elect Obama and fix Congress, not the President!
10:48 am
yea…and more obomacare that we can't afford…..good plan….We have to pass the bill before we know whats in the bill….defies logic
4:24 pm
Ummmm obama has been unable to do Jack even with a friendly Congress for the 1st 2 years and the Senate. He is truley unqualified for the job.
6:30 pm
We "used" to need Congress. Our Constitution definitely includes Congress, but Obama doesn't need them at all. He makes all the decisions. They voted 'no' on the Dream Act so he went around them and passed it anyway. He didn't like the several budgets Republicans produced but when they asked him to produce one, a year later he finally did – and it was so bad he got zero votes, including Democrats, so he goes on without a budget. That's good because it allows him to spend our money any way he likes. I sure wanted to spend millions on buildings for Kenya while America is in such bad shape. That just sounds like "The Right Thing'" to do. I wanted to give amnesty with our economy tanked, so if a job should become available, there will be plenty of non-american's to get it. "The Right Thing to do".
Obama is the worst president I've ever seen or heard of in this country. He'd probably go over very well in the Middle East. They should love him since he gives them all our money to play war games. What the heck this country is so far in debt under Obama that we probably won't be able to continue as a country any longer. Yeah Raaa, he's really good!
10:31 am
Exactly purplewings123. Since Obama's gone rogue, what difference does Congress make? He definitely owns EVERYTHING now.
8:38 am
How is Obama better than Bush? From my perspective, Bush was bad and Obama is three times as bad. Bush handled the 2001 recession recovery after the stock market bubble burst much better than Obama has handled the home loan bubble bursting. Exactly what did Obama and the Democrat controlled Congress do that was good in 2009 and 2010 when they had total control? Exactly what did the Democrat controlled Congress do in 2007 and 2008 to prevent the crash? Exactly what did Republicans do to cause the crash?
11:16 am
But Obama uses executive privelege to avoid Congress. He signs into law things that Congress will not pass.He does not care about the Constitution or the American people.So at this point he may not have all the power but he has enough to circumvent a congressional vote.His ink pen has the power to do significant damage!
1:23 pm
Raaa, not a popular opinion. You should re-think your stance.
4:12 am
Ahhhhhh…….NO!
11:22 am
IF i remember right, Congess and Senate were controlled by dems the first 2 years………And his ideas and policys are so messed up he couldnt even get them through then.
5:22 pm
You aren't remembering it right at all. The republicans DOUBLED the filibuster rate, which was already higher than it ever should've been through the past 3 administrations (both dems and republicans share the blame there, but not here)
So tell me, how was anything supposed to be done with the republicans committing over 200 filibusters? Literally sitting there and showing pictures of their grandchildren and talking about them. Geez, it's not that hard to get this information. You can get it right off of congress' website!
12:17 pm
Put the crack pipe down.
There. Doesn't that feel better?
2:05 pm
I guess the Tea Party will just have to try harder huh?
9:36 am
Obama had a Democrat congress during his first 2 years in office. He had 2 years to do something positive for our country; namely fixing the economy. He didn't. Instead, he focused on wealth re-distribution, mostly for his rich friends. I can't wait to vote him out of office. He has been a disaster for this country. He hates the USA, hates white people, and hates freedom for Americans. He wants control of everthing we do. He makes me sick.
1:19 pm
Well, remember, you cannot make a racehorse out of a mule.
10:42 am
We had a mule for 8 years. Americans are looking for a Blue Moon Andalusian.
12:13 pm
True….you can put suits on Klansmen and call them Republicans….but you still have a backward ass mule.
1:51 pm
I can't stand conservatives with this fake information. If you want to be taken seriously then you need to cite your sources. I want them backed up with solid facts. Secondly, the president whether republican or democrat has NO CONTROL over gas prices. If you have a problem with gas prices look at OPEC and the greedy oil companies. Third and lastly, lets not forget which party started bailouts *cough* REPUBLICANS *cough* If your going to bash Obama for bailouts you need to practice what you preach first.
4:05 pm
#71. Picked Biden for his V.P.
#72. Biden accepted.
#73. Picked Holder for A.G.
#74. Holder accepted
#75. Picked Hillary for Sec'y of State.
#76 Hillary accepted.
#77. Picked Van Jones, Jerimiah Wright, Bill Ayers, Saul Aulinsky as friends.
#78. With friends like these, who needs enemies.
my fingers hurt….
4:32 pm
The information you listed in this article has nothing to do with blaming Obama for the economy.
Get real and understand that the MILITARY is WASTING all of our money. WHY DO WE NEED MILITARY BASES AROUND THE WORLD? WHY DO WE PAY RICH CORPORATIONS TO GET RICHER OFF OF SUPPLIES NEEDED FOR WAR? WHY ARE MOST OF MY TAX DOLLARS GOING TOWARDS WAR?
END ALL MILITARY PARTICIPATION AND WATCH OUR ECONOMY GROW….
AND it wouldn't hurt to penalize all these corporations who are getting rich by using slave labor around the world. Corporate America is the reason we have fewer JOBS in this country.
You want to play the blame game, you best start with Nixon, then Reagan and follow it up with Bush who almost pushed this country into another depression…. I guess you forget that Obama actually saved this country from falling into a depression…..
All i know is my government representatives DO NOT REPRESENT ME! (although i have plenty of contact with them, they are NOT LISTeNING!
11:04 am
Are you kidding me? The Military is the fault. The fact that you can dribble on websites like this because of our military. Do you want to live like North Korea? China for that matter? Give me a break.
11:36 am
Good thing
10:34 am
Wow–that's some seriously selective recollection there, Cindy. So tell me–what would happen to all those soldiers we throw out onto the street when we "end all military participation?" And what do we do when we use all American labor and nobody in the world–including us–can afford the products we produce? And I'm sure you're in constant contact with your representatives and they don't listen–because you're a 24k nut.
8:47 am
I agree that we need to cut military spending dramatically. Replace FICA and income taxes with the Fair Tax and you will see real growth. Imports are subject to sales taxes (which the Fair Tax is) and imports do not pay FICA, income taxes or property taxes. The Fair Tax is rebated up to the poverty level so low income people effectively pay no tax, including no FICA and income taxes embedded in the production cost of everything American made today. Long term, domestic spending is the real problem as it is consuming more and more of the budget with no end in sight.
12:12 pm
You are as naive as an ostrich
9:13 am
You are amazingly deluded and ignorant. Even if the DOD was completely de-funded in would make practically no difference in Governmnt spending. 70% of Government spending is Entitlement Programs. So with your statement you are supporting the leeches on the economy over the people willing to give up their lives to protect your right to remain a complete idiot.
10:38 am
When will idiots such as yourself realize that as soon as the unions and the government quit trying to milk the rich into poverty, they will stop closing their plants here and outsourcing their work to other countries? I have worked with union members, and their work ethic is the poorest example I have ever seen. They cry when you ask them to work, then cry some more when you take 'their job' and give it to someone else. Most unions began for very good reasons, they were needed, but their just like the ACLU. They don't know when to quit.
2:12 pm
They're not listening because you are not saying anything that is not nonsense. You must have come to political maturity during the Vietnam war. A war started and continued by Democrat presidents by the way. For heaven sakes it isn't 1968 anymore.
5:23 pm
Cindy Cook, I like the cut'o'yer'jib.
You are a rare voice of rationality here. Will you marry me?
9:39 am
So tired of your liberal talking points. Please say something original, like something with actual facts to back them up instead of what you hear on MSNBC.
10:23 am
For all you still trying to blame Bush( yeah he was a big spending Republican we all railed against. but at least he LOVED his country) these FACTS are the result of OBAMANOMICS. Remember I hope yall are getting this. THIS IS UNDER OBAMANOMICS!!! And Obama wants more of the same. He's so engrossed in his ideological Marxist beliefs he won't heed the advice of his own Dems about fiscal sanity. His budget proposals are so radical his own party won't vote for them. He didn't get a single Dem to vote for them. Personally I believe Obama is intoxicated with power, a self delusional narcissist who is literally, and I'm trying to be nice here, an intellectual buffoon. When he's off the teleprompter you get stuff like emergency room breathalyzers for kids, algae powered cars, "thingamajigs" for furnaces (in the SUMMER yet!) and a host of other idiotic, incoherent statements. This is coming from a man the press has pronounced with godlike wisdom. Bush would have been crucified for this yet Obama is untouchable. Bush KNEW he wasn't gifted with great oratory skills nor great delivery. But you knew he was sincere. Obama is just a really good teleprompter reader. But off it he's an incoherent community agitator on the level of Marx and Lenin. Look it's time for a change. I've had enough of Obama policies and so has America!!!
2:27 pm
Don't forget what his wife said about her lack of pride in America. What a loser! What does she do best? VACATION on our dollars while the unemployed watch on TV.
11:19 am
Check your history before you start to rant. I have some questions for you: How did the Bush administration policies benefit you? How has the Obama administration policies hurt you? Answer those and then we can talk about your beliefs on how horrible Obama has been for the country. I'm just saying!
9:53 pm
So very well put.I am sick and tired of the buffoons that stump for this miscreant,I say good riddance.
10:36 pm
Socialist? I thought you guys said he was a Fascist. Which is it?
1:20 pm
Well said. Ditto!!!!!!
12:16 pm
You're not trying to be "nice," you're trying to be as mean-spirited and defamatory as you can possibly be, and in the process, you're seriously being weird and crazy. In fact, this entire board is full of the weirdest, craziest Republican fanatics I've ever seen in one place. It's creepy.
12:22 pm
yeah obama isn't great.. far From it.. he's awful!! but the only Reason Obama made it as president, its beCause G.W. Screwed up SOOO Bad that he made it impossible for a white man to get into office!! that's all on G.W.!!
3:15 pm
Cliff, you are BEYOND ignorant. No one person, not even Bush, can do what you profess that Obama has. These problems are a part of CAPITALISM, which puts PROFIT before all else. And yes, Republican presidents are much more to blame for continuing this capitalistic society than Democrats. When we decide that it's ok to share some wealth, and spread it among our fellow Americans, we will all prosper. Oh yeah, and having half the country as racist doesn't help either.
8:14 am
Wow. You are a complete idiot.
11:12 am
Since when did new technologies become a sign of Marxism in a competitive, commercial society? Just because you do not believe in science does not mean that others cannot make money on new markets rooted in advances in technology and science.
9:18 am
Hilarious comment….it's all nonsense. And there are so many comments like this with 100+ thumbs-up. Bush doubled the national debt. That's not hyperbole. That's not the liberal agenda. That's a fact. You can find it via the Tresury's web site if you would like to verify this fact. Direct us, please, to anything corroborating any of the "points" in the above comment.
9:50 am
On Friday the 13th (7/13/2012) the very illusive Mitt Romney gave very defensive interviews to all FIVE networks on a single day at once!! Just a few days ago Mitt Romney said to FOX News that explaining means that you are WEAK. So his five interviews "explaining" his time at Bain were signs of his weakness!!
Presidential Candidate Mr. Mitt Romney maybe feeling the heat on his role in BAIN Capital, his business experience which was supposed to be his sole criteria for creating jobs and his greatest qualification for running for the American Presidency in the current economy in 2012!
However SEC documents show Mitt Romney as sole owner of all shares of Bain Capital. Romney is shown as CEO, President and Chairman of Board of Bain Capital in 2001 and 2002 then LEGALLY speaking Mitt Romney has been responsible to all that goes on under the banner of Bain Capital.
Mitt Romney can not just share the good like job creation from 1999 to 2002 and leave the ugly like Bankruptcies and layoffs behind as if he had nothing to do about them from 1999 to 2002.
If he really wanted to disassociate himself from Bain Capital he could have resigned and sold all his shares in Bain Capital in February 1999 then it would have been a different matter but to share in the glory of Bain's job creation accept a salary of $100,000 or MORE (where are the Tax Returns?) for three years and only to refuse to take the responsibility of Bankruptcies and layoffs on his WATCH (1999-2002) is trying to have it both ways and then complaining of playing politics having been caught with his hand in the proverbial Cookie Jar that is the very essence of an ACTIVE LEGAL ROLE in Bain Capital till 2002!! Was Romney getting $100,000.00 or more to do NOTHING for BAIN Capital???
Mitt Romney will have to face the consequences of this leaving Bain "lie" that Mitt Romney has brought on upon himself. If we keep reminding the Romney campaign of the Bain exit lie and Romney's ill effects on workers robbing them of their hard earned salaries and life long benefits all the way to November then 7/13/2012 (FRIDAY the 13th) will go down as the turning point of the 2012 Presidential election!
1:57 pm
We have been under a "Democrat" stronghold since Clinton was president and it has nothing to do with Bush. When will you people stop blaming Bush for everything! If you are too blind to see the outrageous spending of this president, then I guess there is no hope for America. We will be like the uncivilized countries of the world with no food, clothes or shelter before too long! Hope you can learn how to grow some food somewhere somehow because there wont be any jobs or money because the elite 400 will have it all and you can bet your bottom dollar they aint gonna share with you!! It's time to stop the madness of spending more than we make and cut the president's access to unlimited funds that do not exist! No more vacations and golf outings and supporting you cronies, Mr President, you really should be in jail!
3:38 pm
ur an idiot
10:37 pm
I think you have to ask yourself, "Why was all the spending necessary?"
6:20 am
AMEN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
9:11 am
Dumb. I'm sorry, but this is dumb. Reagan tripled the debt, which I don't have a problem with, because he also pretty much single-handedly ended the Cold War. Bush Jr. doubled the debt again. The debt was dropping when Clinton handed the reigns over to GWB. Bush had years of a House and Senate Republican majority. How exactly has the country been under a Democrat stronghold since Clinton?
This is the problem with the country right now. People are absolutely wound-up (reasonable), but they have no idea what is going on. I can promise you that this current iteration of Republican politicians (it ain't Reagan anymore) is the fox representing the hens.
9:21 am
Get the facts straight. Anyone who has sat through day 1 of Civics 101 knows… congress controls the purse strings! Simply plot congressional control on a timeline and it all becomes VERY CLEAR:
– When Republicans have run congress, we've seen explosive economic growth.
– when Democrats have run congress, we've faced economic disaster.
Clinton's economy was the direct result of a Republican congress. There was NOTHING that Clinton did that contributed, and in fact he fought AGAINST most of the Republican changes that brought that prosperity. It was only when the prosperity ensued that he narcissistically took credit.
When the Dems took over during Clinton's final 2 years, they nearly killed the economy and everything was in freefall.
When the Republicans regained control under Bush, we saw 4.5% unemployment rates and a RECORD SETTING 4+ years of straight economic growth.
During Bush's final two years, the Democrats regained control, and we've been in a DOWNWARD ECONOMIC SPIRAL ever since. The ground is fast approaching, and we're going to hit hard. All it will take is for us to leave Socialists in our congress.
2:26 pm
Clinton Lied when he left office. He claimed that during his last Trip through the Presidency the budget was under 500 billion dollars. After the audit 6 months later it was determined that The budget had been overspent 500 billion. He was a Trillion dollars off.
Not only that he was bombing Iraq in 1998. I think all Liberals are lie.
All you have to do is see what happens when the Democrats buy thier votes with the Union raises and entitlements.
I can remember when Clinton toured the US and gave monies to all the cities for building up the Police Forces. Everyone thought he was trying to build up a Police State.
Obama wants to build his own police force for his private use. I'll bet that there has been a heavy infiltration of Immigrants of Islamic along with all the Mexicans. I would like to see Pelosi have to get her scarf ,that she got while in Syria, out and be required to wear it and be accompanied by a Muslim relative to go to work.
Of course Obama has suggested the problems in Nigeria is all about Property ownership not a religion thing.
I wonder why there a reports of christians being killed??
All these Unions and LeftWing Politicians are nothing more than Useful idots to get OB back in Office.
2:27 pm
You won't post my comments you cowards–stupid assed liberals–go fuck yourselves!
12:18 pm
lol. This board is full of the most wildly conservative people I've ever seen, and still there's another, crazier conservative who decries the "liberal powers" at work. Hahahahaha.. Talk about indicative of a cultural delusion. "It's all the liberal media's fault.." blah blah blah.
8:35 am
Ignorant, foul-mouthed fool—BE GONE!
1:53 am
Gesh Paul, maybe you should actually post something intelligent instead of just swearing like a middle school kid trying to impress his friends.
2:30 am
Now, don't you feel kinda foolish?
9:47 am
ah, rational discourse.
how refreshing
1:44 pm
Yes, the liberal control ALL media-that's why we tolerate the Jews! And we are all out to stiffel you Paul!
7:47 pm
yep you can't trust those jewboyz
9:09 am
I don't know what comments they've censored, but they didn't hesitate to post the one that would make you look out of control. Curious…
2:34 pm
I can't think of a reason to re-elect him either. I'm with you.
9:43 am
Why are you blaming this on Obama…these isseues are the results of 30 years of Republican control and the implementation of republican policies and strategies…primarily NAFTA and other trade agreements fashioned and crafted by REPUBLICANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hypocrits!!! Clinton was a short relief from these destructive approaches started by Ronald Reagan and taken to the extreme by Bush II.
11:41 am
But…Clinton signed NAFTA…right?
10:48 am
Coming from an Author titled ": The Economic Collapse Blog", its not surprising that the amount of very obvious BIAS in this article. Load of tripe. The title infers that Obama is at fault and this is typical scare mongering in what passes for jounralism in the US.
6:12 pm
You ever had tripe? It pretty damn tasty. How big of a load are we talking about?
11:05 am
Wow, wonderful blog format! How long have you been running a blog for? you made running a blog glance easy. The full glance of your website is wonderful, as neatly as the content!
11:35 am
Our government is entirely corrupt. Obama is not better then Bush. The corruption in this regime is far worse than anything I could imagine. From the jobs act which allowed huge amounts of taxpayers money to go to "green" companies controlled by Obama cronies. This is THEFT! All of them should be in jail. While people talk about increasing taxes on the rich to help the poor. The truth is the vast majority of the funds stolen from the middle class in taxation is going to the 1% not the poor. Look at "fast and furious" 10 million dollars spent to arm Mexican drug lords over 400 Mexican people are dead. News in Mexico is reporting drug cartel campaign donations to Obama. Why is this not being investigated? The federal reserve bank controlled by Goldman Sachs is funneling HUGE amounts of money to corporations controlled by itself and the politically connected. Just as in communist China where the government class lives like kings while the majority of people scrape by. That is what this nation is becoming as big government has always become a tyrannical monster. As Thomas Jefferson said the two enemies of the people are criminals and government! Our government is CRIMINAL. Stop with the Republicans this or the Democrats that open your eyes it is us (the people) against them (the politically connected, the government class, the crooks). We the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street must work together to shrink government and restore freedom and our Republic.
1:38 pm
The man has taken our rights and next our guns wants to put Americans in salve camps and spend more money going to wars so he can keep his friends in the green his lips are so planted on wall street, he says one thing and dose another we cant trust him wake up kids its getting really ugly out the truth sucks!!!I am tired of seeing my fellow Americans losing what they have worked hard for and all the death war brings to all the people of this world. God for the 1 percent is GOLD OIL DRUGS !!!!!
6:26 pm
I agreed with all you wrote, Terrie. However, it would be a lot easier to read with periods to end your sentences.
You put it plainly in the last sentence – how true. We are just guinea pigs when it comes to the new drugs on the market. (side effects are: …. "And may cause your tongue and throat to swell…") WHAT?? Yes, the drug industry is getting criminal. And all the drugs for little kids to start school – man it's a lot. If we all could pick just one thing and jump in to change it, America would be so much better. But, unfortunately, that's not in the real world. Be sure to tell your friends to vote – and research who they plan to vote for.
3:14 pm
Just how stupid do you think the American people are to be sold this bag of good. This has been a petri dish experience gone terribly wrong and we are all paying the freight. George Bush has never looked so good.
3:25 pm
The "sickening" part is that so many of us just take these "facts" and don't even think of where and how the problems originated. These facts may be true, but they certainly leave out so many other facts and the entire story behind these statistics.
Did obama help our economy / country? Yes or no, he certainly made difficult decisions in the hopes that our country would respond in a positive way. Our economy was in the dumps before obama took over, this is common knowledge (though some seem to suffer from amnesia). During his election year it was stated by many that this would be among the most difficult presidential terms ever. A thankless job, under much scrutiny, trying to help the US recover from our most devastating recession. The economy took years of neglect to fall, it will take years of assistance to recover. Our economy has never been this bad, and it may still get worse before it gets better.
Is his effort good enough? In our system of government, in order to get things moving, there must be a majority vote. today it just seems that whichever one side wants (republican/democratic), the other side (left/right) will go against it just on the parties principles. These principles must shift towards helping the American people instead of supporting their respected party and attacking the other.
4:25 pm
I don't understand this list at all. The Republicans created this list of dissatisfaction. The economy did collapse while Bush was still President, and there are signs of recovery even though the Republicans do everything they can to oppose the Obama Administration . . even when it's policies the Republicans believe in. Republicans twist and distort everything to feed their own narcissism. OK, Maybe President Obama isn't perfect, but I do not want any part of the REPUBLICAN MODE of OPERATION. Republican's hatred, bigotry, classism, rascism, sexism, inaccurate information, oppositional disorder, twisting and distorting into lies will be the downfall of America. Wake Up EVERYONE !!!!!
9:16 am
Hmmm,,, "hatred, bigotry, classism, rascism, sexism, inaccurate information, oppositional disorder, twisting and distorting into lies…"
You went from complaining about Republicans to describing Democrats. Do you have multiple personalities or are you simply confused?
6:51 pm
OMG Sharon. You absolutely just described the Democrat party to perfection! Try to bone up on some truth. It may just shock the shoes off your feet, but it also could help save our country which is so close to just plain ending. You can't go so far in debt to other nations that it adds over a million in interest every hour and expect to come out a winner. Yet, Obama has not stopped spending…he is just keeping it quieter. You can hate Republicans all you like, but the truth is you hate America and that's why you write such incorrect information. No truth to what you've written. NONE!
6:06 pm
Interesting fiction, starting with the $1.85 a gallon part. Somebody's been listening to Michele Bachmann just a little too much.
7:05 pm
I believe this sums it up – why would anyone want to continue down this suicidal path? Tragic; failed presidency for certain.
9:50 pm
Companies aren't hiring and they're not spending – the entire country is holding its breath hoping that the next administration will start to turn the tide back. We are on the edge here and if someone doesn't grab the bull by the horns and pull back, we'll be tumbling over that edge real soon.
10:56 pm
Isn't it great to have a rock star for our president? Our Messiah Obumnutts can walk on water and heal the planet. It wouldn't be so bad if he wasn't a liar, self indulgent, deceitful, had some experience, had some self control, did something useful except blaming everyone for his problems, etc.etc.etc. He promised everyone the world and he gave us a load of crap. Remember Van Jones during the election saying "no more broken promises,no more broken promises,well there you go.
6:44 pm
And what happened to the "transparency?" Ok, Pelosi – Mrs. You have to pass it to find out what's in it. Who does that?? Do we buy things blindfolded? How in this WORLD did Obamacare get passed? SUCH corruption. And sneaking bills into law over a holiday, etc. etc. Is that transparency? That's as sneaky as it gets! He lied! They all lied and are lying to this day. He wants to live like a king in Kenya does. With our money! What about the big vacation for Michelle, their girls, their parents, and all those bodyguards? Wow! What a spring trip! Yep, that was on the people's dime. There are sooooo many things that he has done that has blatantly screwed us with our own hard earned tax money. It is so disheartening. We need more conservatives in our government. And honesty. Is that too much to ask for? And to be honest during the campaigning. Tell us what they plan to do. And if elected that means the majority of the people WANT the same thing. Don't just sound good, get elected, then do what they want. There are wrong things that both sides do, but I believe the Democrats are much heavier on the list.
11:03 pm
The only experience the skinny has is handing out fliers on Chicago Street corners that says, "Sign here for Obama Money."
Now whose fault is that? Mine and yours.
12:04 am
This is all bullshit. As if any of this is Obama's fault. Do your research you idiot. Might as well list the foods you don't like and blame Obama as well.
12:13 am
What a bunch of propaganda, hype, hyperbole and ignorance. If you believe this then go back to high school and take a rhetoric class.
12:28 pm
The new version of insanity is to re-elect a failing president and expect better results
12:54 pm
We already did it when we reelected W. That creep nearly killed this country, but Republicans seem to have selective amnesia about that.
3:51 pm
I think there is plenty of blame to go around. Both parties, and yes it is a party for them, have screwed this country over. The Gov't is 40% to 60% larger than it has to be. There are simple solutions to most of these problems, but then, what would the reason be for them being there, if not to "straighten it out". Would you fire yourself, or your friends?
6:50 pm
Boy Darrell, excellent comment. And our government IS much larger than necessary.
But since much of the public schools have been dumbed down for so many years, they figure someone needs to govern them. ~ How convenient for government control. Good for you. I liked your comment more than most that I've read here.
11:33 am
I have to laugh at people who want to blame Bush for the economic conditions this country is in. First off, no president has complete control of the purse strings of Govt, that is the role of Congress. Congress under Clinton was mostly controlled by Republicans, and they got our fiscal house in order. Then, came a recession towards the end of the Clinton regime, followed by 9-11 and Katrina, etc at begginning of Dubya's administration. Dubya, while spending more money than I would have liked as a conservative, did the right things to get the country OUT of the recession, and quickly. HE lowered taxes for ALL Americans, benefitting the poor the most, taking rougly 20 million of the poorest people off the Fed Income Tax rolls all together. Bush was actually reducing the yearly deficit of the country, and it averaged less than $300 billion per year while he was in office. Obama on the other, has been anti-business, anti-private sector, has zero meaningful tax relief, and has greatly increased the size/scope of the Govt. Thus, he has wrung up annual deficits topping $1.4 trillion, roughly 3 x times the size of any that Dubya had.
11:38 am
Really and what can people expect? Things were pretty jacked up when Obama got in office-Bush had screwed things up-and his dumb dad before him. I don't care-I'm casting my vote for Obama BEFORE we get stuck again with republican rule. Republicans walk on the backs of the little people-at least, in my opinion Obama remembers us. One thing for sure, this will be an interesting election!
11:49 am
Nobody seems to get it, POLITICS are the reason the country is in the sh!t! lets not pay them for the rest of there lives when they leave office, make them pay there own healthcare, don't make being a politician a career choice and things will change…
12:32 pm
So many of you all bitch about the TAX Breaks that the so called rich have Well all those so called HONORABLE Men and WOMEN in D.C<. Gave them to the rich to get re-elected so set the blame where the hell it belongs. Obama voted for many tax breaks for the rich. But he will never admit to it. He rather make you believe the rich are stealing all those tax breaks.While he has you focused on the Rich he is destroying the Middle Class in America. Wake up you fools.
7:00 pm
You're really right on with that. Obama loves the wealthy and has always been in George Soros pocket. Soros has always wanted to destroy our economy the way he managed to do it in other countries, including Southeast Asia and Europe. http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopolitica/s…
So, yes Obama is doing a great job. Since destroying our country is his goal.
At the same time as Obama & his Union pals brought the public down on wealth, they were accumulating millions $$, but who noticed? That's what you call diverting attention and dividing citizens. Great job!
12:36 pm
Who said "Censorship is Dead"? It is alive and well on so many of these Blogs and articles that have a response avenue.
12:45 pm
this is a demonstration of the power of expotential math. all of us are schooled in the idea that x percent of growth is good. but, in fact, almost any growth that you label: population, energy consumption, etc., is unsustainable. we are doomed, i believe, to be the witnesses of what the other side of this bell curve called "the american dream" looks like. hang on to your hats, kids, it's gonna be a wild ride down.
11:14 am
plain and simple oblabla is NOT presidential material, oh and for just once forget about bush already, he IS retired and dwelling on the past is stupid! anyone but obama now!
2:09 am
Shame. Shame on you! When Barack returns for the second coming, he's going to send you down below!
2:41 pm
There is no simple solution to this problem. The only solution – watch Revelations conitinue to play out like it is supposed to.
10:48 am
Hahahahahahahaha. Sorry, it's soo funny. Hahahahaha
3:43 pm
This article is not only factually incorrect but stupid. How is it that you right winged idiots are so good at not having/utilizing ANY amount of logic? Obama has had only 3 years to fix 8 years of Bush mess. You republicans are so frustrating. Is common sense no longer part of your brain function?
1:31 pm
Hey Jivin j – do you even have a first grade education? Do you have any common sense? Do you even have any brain function? Obama has made such a giant mess out of America and poltics itself in only three years – it will take republicans at least twelve years to fix that – Obama is Nobama in 2012
6:43 am
So, what's the problem with income inequality?
Just because somene has more or earns more, doesn't mean they stole it from anyone else.
When there IS income equality, its just because everyone is poor.
10:47 am
And yet you're useless comment appears. The only thing i've read in these comments that resembled the truth was that congress (the house and senate) don't have American interests in mind. They are all out for themselves.
I also think this article reflects how the government is screwing Americans. Not Obama, all of them!
1:18 pm
I love how Republicans say "forget about Bush" and "Bush is gone, it's Obama…" Why would we forget about Bush when that's what we're dealing with. The results of his actions are affecting us now. Republican's use the same argument with Romney. Why talk about Bain Capital, thats the past. Yes, so lets not look at a possible candidates past employment history to determine if they are capable of upholding the requirements of this new and more difficult job. Oh, you were a software engineer, well employment history isn't important. I feel confident you can run my neurology department. Genius plan.
3:27 pm
Actual median home price in Detroit was probably meant to be $60,000, not $6,000. http://www.bankrate.com/finance/real-estate/home-…
At the beginning of 2012, the median home price in Detroit was $52,300 according to the article by bankrate.com. Still nothing to be proud of, but not $6,000.
12:07 pm
Apr 16, 2012 – March Real Estate Sales, Prices Up Across Metro Detroit … Median sale price on foreclosure sales, $6500.
6:59 pm
My aunt & uncle lived in a neighborhood for like 60 years in a northern Indiana town, and their house value was $6,000. It was small (2 BR, finished basement, nice garage) but would have sold elsewhere for $40,000. So in some areas, that IS possible. And their home wasn't foreclosed on!
4:53 pm
It seems to me that you just proved the 99% 0ccupiers right.
11:33 pm
Unless you make more than $250,000 a year from your investments, you should hope and pray President Obama gets reelected. Stop watching and listening to the people making a ton of money off of you, because you are not intellectual enough to read a few books with different versions of how our economy got in such a bad shape. Please, people, this is not a game, this is real life. How this election turns out may help or destroy our middle class. Stop thinking it does not matter if some rich man who does not have a clue how tough you have it gets elected. Seems it would be easier to have someone in the white house that at least knows how hard life can be sometimes(even if he is half white)then someone who can never relate to you. I know I could never vote for the rich guy!
12:19 pm
PAGE 1-I am just so angry with all the blame going around, this President has no accomplishment for his term in office. He has almost put this our Country into bankrupcy. He is still putting out money for foreign aid, its time to put that aside, and use the money to help our own Country in its CRISIS.
We continue to keep buying all these Toxic products from Japan, the are slowly trying to kill us. This past week on the news, Toxic dog treats killed over 80 dogs that we know of so far, then we have the Toxic baby formula, thats our babies. We should be producing our own products and circulate our $$$ in the US to build our own economy.
12:19 pm
We need to stop buying our products from other Countries. What is wrong with us? My family and I are actually trying to buy MADE IN THE U.S.A. We are substituting products with something else or not buying it at all. No impulse buying without looking at labels. Yes its not easy, but it should be. When did this all happen
when did we give up our Industries? This is disgusting, we should be ashame of ourselves and our CEO's with their GREED, buying it else where. We need to put heavy taxes on imports to get industry back into he USA
SUPPORT THE USA- BUY AMERICAN ! ! !
11:26 am
Hey there! I just discovered your web site: Yolo – 70 Facts President Obama Doesn’t Want You To Know when I was searching digg.com. It looks as though someone enjoyed your site so much they decided to bookmark it. I’ll unquestionably be coming here more often.
12:18 pm
Please STOP trying to confuse liberals with the facts!
7:04 pm
You have everything ass backwards girl! Not surprised tho. You are hood winked and being used to hoodwink others…why don't you take a step back and do some research of your own!
9:02 pm
The real question is this: Why don't the Republicans want to do the responsible
thing and tax the rich and the big corporations?
11:26 pm
Gas Was that low when Obama came into office because the economy was so fucked up.
Oh wait too much logic for the teabaggers.
1:57 pm
Lots of people with their head in the sand or either drinking that funnie kool aid. Makes me shake my head in bewilderment.
6:43 am
How is this Obama's fault? We were already in a recession BEFORE he took office, he couldn't stop the fall. No one could he did the best he could given the (shitty) circumstances he was given .
8:33 am
1.8% reduction in public sector jobs since recession began.
4.5% reduction in private sector jobs since recession began.
Obama says the private sector is doing fine compared to the public sector and wants more stimulus spending (more debt) to increase public sector jobs.
1:39 pm
It's hard to believe folks are still behind Obama considering the mess he's made and the non-transparency._Wish wash, wish wash for 4 long years. Now the lovely first lady is finally proud of her country._Check your facts on Lady Bush and Lady Obama, who had done the most for humanity??_GE paid no taxes in for 2011, buit yet Obama says the rich need to pay more taxes!_Check your facts, look up all the new taxes that will be imposed if Obama is re-elected._We have been a charitable and strong nation for decades, other countries have looked to us for_support and guidance. Soon, we won't even be able to sustain ourselves. _We need to get rid of politicians without intergrity._We need to stop aiding hostile nations._We need to get a handle on government waste and spending in general._We need to stop allowing illegals to vote and live off our system.(Work permits will do the trick for those who are sincere and want to take care of themselves and theirr families). Then if they want to become a citizen legally_they will be have the same rights as any other American._We need to bring industry back to our country._And #1 thing! My personal view, we need to stop turning our back on God!__
8:03 am
Seriously, you really think Obama knows seventy facts?
12:27 pm
Many of the items on this list the president / government has little or no power to change.
I don't like Obama either, but … the truth of the matter is the president and our government has very little power over the economy. The economy is too large and too slow moving for the gov't to make any immediate changes. The gov't can only influence private industry to make decisions that will keep jobs here. So, yes, he lied when he said the economy was going to get better (quickly) due to the bailouts.
1:32 pm
These "facts" are skewed and false. It shows how the far right is panicking. I'm a Republican who is embarrassed by my party. Luckily, I have enough sense to back OUR president, based on true facts. Here's a cut and paste of an interview with Bill Clinton: “When President Obama took office, it was four months after we suffered the biggest financial crash since the Great Depression,” he says. “The depth of it continued to persist through the first six or seven months of the president’s term.
“Then he passed his legislation, and it began to have an effect. In the last three or four months, the private sector has produced 4.3 million new jobs. That is 40 percent more than the 2.6 million jobs produced by the private sector in the seven years of the Bush administration before the financial meltdown. That’s another relevant fact that hardly anybody knows.”
By Clinton math, Republicans’ score on job creation since they were given control of the House is negative by 670,000 people. “They refused to back the president in his support for state and local government, and that has allowed 670,000 teachers, police officers, firefighters, and others to be laid off,” Clinton asserts. “If they had supported the president, the unemployment rate would be 7.3 percent instead of the current 8-plus percent.”
“If [Republicans] had supported the president, the unemployment rate would be 7.3 percent instead of 8-plus percent.”
If the Supreme Court decides to invalidate the individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act, there will be consequences, Clinton said, which he claims aren’t being reported, and which he spelled out:
• Changing the health-care delivery system has already produced two years in a row of 4 percent inflation in health-care costs. This is the first time in 50 years that health-care costs have gone up so little. Killing the Affordable Care Act would let inflation loose again.
• Some 2.6 million people ages 21 to 26, who now have insurance coverage for the first time because they can be carried under their parents’ policy, would lose it.
• $1.3 billion dollars in insurance refunds have already been paid to businesses and individuals because now the law says 85 percent of your premium has to go to health care and not to profits and promotion. (California hasn’t reported yet, but will likely increase that figure to more than $1.5 billion.) Refunds would shrink.
• If Republicans succeed in persuading the Supreme Court to repeal the individual mandate, somewhere between 12 million and 16 million Americans will be unable to get health insurance because of preexisting conditions.
Clinton predicted that if the law is declared unconstitutional, Republicans will suffer a backlash when millions of Americans calculate what they have lost. Before the Affordable Care Act passed, two thirds of all the applications for bankruptcy were because of health-care emergencies, a consequence likely to return if health care inflation again rises precipitously.
Clinton drew laughter with anecdotes about individual mandates that go back to the founding of the nation. In 1797, when John Adams was president, he signed a bill that required all seamen to be covered by hospitalization insurance through their employer.
None other than President George Washington signed a bill that required employers to provide hospitalization insurance for sailors. Another of the soldier president’s individual mandates would tickle Republicans today: every free male person between ages 18 and 44 had to keep a musket, a bayonet, and ammunition in his home. Even Quakers were denied exemption.
1:33 pm
Bullshit !!
1:54 pm
Obama's Jimmy Carter decaf deja vu all over again.
2:52 pm
The boy running the show now is wandering around the WH wondering why everyone is mad at him… This lying sack WILL go down in history as the most corrupt, underhanded administration this country has ever known. He will exceed all past administrations combined for abysmal failures from the top to bottom…
3:46 pm
Some facts relevant to Obama's policies, some are not. Hard to argue though that he has not delivered on the Hope & Change theme at all. He has been bitterly partisan at a time we needed real leadership and yes Bush failed too. We need to get beyond the partisan BS and elect some leaders with virtue who are interested in truly serving the citizens of our country. Incumbents have been faring poorly in recent elections because they're doing a bad job for the most part – both sides of the aisle!
4:17 pm
The reason the country is in such a mess is that it reflects the collective electoral intelligence of those who post here. The ignorance is stunning! It is an indisuptable fact that Reagan and Bush 2 incurred over $10T in debt during good economic times. The principal point of Keynesian economics is that public sector spending needs to step up when aggregate demand is otherwise falling. If some of you uninformed individuals don't believe that the governement should be spending, then hurry down to your local Wal Mart and buy some more guns and beer in order to boost economic activity.
12:24 pm
Only defensive Democrats think that Republicans blame Obama for the recession. Quit being so defensive. It is a complete lack of leadership from this administration that is beholding to unions and trying to create a division within America. We have progressed from War on Blacks to War on Latinos to war on Women to War on Gay's. Where is the leadership to unity? Where is there a comprehensive plan for energy other than "All of the above" with nothing but regulations prohibiting energy development. Same with regulations on the banking industry. It is so difficult for the average small business or family to obtain financing that many are resigned to rental life. IF Obama spent 100 days golfing and 19 vacations over the last 3 years one would think that everything is cool. It isn't and we need a new LEADER that will unite and not engage in divisive politics. EVERYTHING is political and nothing towards improving the average American family unless one considers Food Stamps and improvement.
4:15 pm
Before you pick up your pitchforks, please realize that this article is misleading…
1. The Obama has nothing to do with national average of gas…(if you don't think so, please tell me how). You can blame the OPEC (oil producing countries) and the oil speculators for that.
2. The poverty rate of 'children' is 22 percent…really….is this important? How many kids do you know that even work or can afford stuff? How is that a relevant economic factor when children are usually provided for by the parents. Ridiculous statement to make here….like saying the poverty rate of babies under 1 year is a whopping 55% percent. Irrelevance knows no bounds.
23, 30, 35, 40, 42, 48, 53, 60- you can attribute all these to the 2008 recession that has a rippling affect over the entire nation. Obama has a duty to fix this..but to say that he's the cause of this is like saying the country of Iraq is the reason 9/11 happened (instead of Osama bin Laden). The recession happened in 2008 and Obama wasn't even in office then…but I'm sure you know which party and who was in charge at that time. Regardless Obama is still doing a pathetic job of fixing the mess the previous president left us with, but calling him as the worst president ever is the most blatant lie you're telling yourself. Ignorance is no longer an excuse….find out the truth yourself even if you hate the man so much.
4:46 pm
Obama inherited a country already on the brink of failing economically, or the dominoes were already set and falling. To me it is the same as inheriting a company that is failing as the previous owners set it up to fail, either 1 you just let it go and everyone there looses or 2 you try to fix it and get it back on track.
The latter is what Obama has been doing and being fought tooth and nail all the way by the opposing side. He did drop the ball so to say as far as fixing things that needed a real fix to push healthcare reform. Me I would have focused on fixing the failing economy and get US citizens back to work by repealing the laws that allows US jobs to flock overseas and get Americans back to work rather than fix healthcare (which did need fixing anyways).
He did loose more jobs early on than most other presidents did but that is also due to the previous administrations policies that allowed such a horrible job market to even exist. Look back before blaming to when employers were confined to the US rather than the globalization that Bush Jr left us. You could quit a job one day and find a new one the next as employers were desperate for workers. Now they can nitpick as there are far more unemployed and looking for work.
As Ross Perot said " if these policies are implemented you will hear a giant sucking sound as US jobs leave the country" and that is what we face today. As millions of US jobs sit in other countries that make allow cheap labor far more appealing than keeping the same job at home.
1:30 am
SOME OF YOU WHITE GUYS ARE JUST PATHETIC RACIST…AND THE SAD THING IS THAT YOU KNOW!
PLEASE GO LOOK IN THE MIRROR AT YOUR SORRY ASSES.
7:10 am
Why aren't the liberal posters screaming about lowering COSTS of Health Insurance ?
Answer: they are satisfied with theatre and government control and deals with Pharma instead of grass roots price control methods, like choice and competition. In other words, S T U P ! D
Why aren't the liberal posters screaming about the Orwellian aspects of this ?
Answer: they are children and don't mind having a Big Brother to fix stuff, and take their extra toys away.
Why aren't the liberal posters able to see down the road to what is blindingly clear to everyone else who looks at Great Britain, Greece, Venezuela, etc. ?
Answer: Because their minds cannot hold too many ideas at the same time, and evaluate them in context. They follow their emotional reactions only and adjust the facts of history to their fleeting lifespans. Again, like young children developmentally.
8:50 am
Yeah….and the price of gas in 1965 was $0.19/gallon, and a new house was <$20,000. Do you want to blame him for that too?
Goof grief!!!
11:55 am
Yes, but in 1965 one dollar was worth 91 cents buying power, today the same dollar has four cents power power that's why homes are 100k plus and not 20k and gas is $3.50 and not 19 cents
1:49 pm
And all of this from a black islamic president with a third grade vocabulary pretending to be an American citizen!!! WOW
3:35 pm
Gee, "Fact" is not a word I'm used to seeing in the same sentence as obama…
3:43 pm
Do you really believe this mess was caused by President Obama? You have a very short memory…and the Republicans are counting on that.
5:01 pm
Buncha crap.
5:04 pm
I received an email with Obama carrying a book! The name of the book is: "The Post-American World," written by he friend & fellow Muslim(Fareed Zakaria)
"Post" America means: The World "After" America!"
Obama is working toward a muslim overthrow of our country. If you haven't noticed, he has moved this plan along pretty well!!!
6:14 pm
Partisan politics is killing whatever is left of American democracy. Bush, Obama, [enter next president here] are all very similar, with subtle talking points. Wake up, if change is to come there will have to be budget caps on election campaigns, zero lobbying, and an acknowledgement of system built social inequalities.
11:41 pm
I realy bored with old fessioned tv. live streaming is the best way.keep readin others posts, it makes your brain bigger.
9:43 am
70 things President Obama does not want us to know. They may be true but what about explaning why they are like they are. I did not think The Smithsonian was partisan. People will believe the items and not know it was not Obamas fault.
12:20 pm
I find it siLLy that When Bill Clinton Was President & this country was doing great.. Every single Republican out there, Critized and Stated that it Clinton was Only Reaping the benefits of Bush Sr. And that a president's presidency is only the reflection of its past president.. So if this is true, then these facts belong to G.W. Bush.. he's the one that got us where we are @!! not Obama.. obama got a basket of shit given to him.. what can he do w/ a basket of shit?? Oh yeah Your 1st point out there!! Gas @ 1.85?? i dunno where the heck you ppl were living at the time??? but i remember Bush Keeping Gas Prices @ Around 5 bucks his entire presidency!! i dunno where ya'll get the 1.85 from!!
1:30 pm
It seems that the mental disorder the radical left, Obama worshipers have can not be cured. They may be very intelligent, but easily brain washed. There is nothing that he can do that they would criticize, and find and excuse for every blunder he makes. Obama had 2 yrs when he could have done anything he wanted, he had the Senate, the House and the Presidency. The fact is he has followed many of Bush's policies. Not closed Gitmo, enhanced the Patriot Act, not stopped the wars(more casualties than under Bush), spent more money, bailed out big business. Bush was bad, Obama is worse.
2:24 pm
Read The Amateur and The Great Destroyer. His accomplishments speak for themselves.
3:09 pm
typical world renound, ruth murdock, bias right wing propaganda. phoney baloney statistics. bash clinton relentless, then defend bush with vigor, then look for any loopholes to bash obama. After W recked the clinton surplus and boom in the 90's which more prosperous then bush 2000's, W left behind a mess caused unchecked big greedy "to big to fail " banks, Big Banks are still alive & back to prerecession levels no thanks to marxist commi socialism, yet they dont feel its necessary to hire back to recesssion levels, for example. Although obama doing the right thing and securely end 2 the war campaigns saving the country catrillions a year . theres is no 100% garentee obama or romney can get the economy 100% again, so lets revert back to w bushs era policy.
4:30 pm
This article is hilarious in its implication that the "facts" it states are somehow all attributable to President Obama when most of this mess started and took hold well before his presidency as a direct result of over 30 years of supply side economics, tax breaks for the wealthy, Wall Street deregulation, two unfunded wars, etc., etc. What is equally hilarious is how anybody could think he is miraculously supposed to clean up 30 years of bad policy, war, and Wall Street recklessness in a little under 4 years! Pretty hard to reverse a runaway train! Perhaps the most hilarious part, (if it wasn't so sad), is that there are so many idealogues in this country with blinders on to the real facts!
3:36 am
Well that’s explained it in such a way that it was quick and easy to grasp, excellent post, a very fulfilling read I must add. Internet marketing surely is growing these days, with the advent of the recession and the sharp decline in wealth, job security has began to simmer, I foresee a great deal more people moving away from their conventional jobs to take up alternative methods of making money, like affiliate marketing.
10:49 am
Good god… and one wonders why idiots keep voting for liberals… they actually believe all the hype that their party passes off as truth…
God help us.
12:05 pm
The First Statement is a BOLD Faced LIE! Gas wasn't NO WHERE NEAR $1.85. Where the Heck did that figure come from?
1:18 pm
Debt is a result of years of bad decisions. When Clinton was president, we hadn't any debt. When Bush was president we racked up more debt than any time in history. Now it's Obama's fault?
7:41 pm
It's all numbers – Clinton about shut down the military I believe, then took that money and put it elsewhere. It's all money finagled here and there to make them look good wherever they need to look good – especially just before the elections!
12:11 am
I really wish the REPUBLICANS would stop all the continuous comments on the price of a gallon of gas when Barack Obama was elected president. I remember in 2007 and early 2008, during George W. Bush's second term when gas prices were above $2.50 a gallon !
The $1.85 figure quoted at the beginning of this story happened after the "bottom" fell out of the market in late 2008 or early 2009. The former IDIOT governor of Mississippi, likes to BASH the Democrats using the price of gas as a "yard stick". I for one am just tired of the same old song.
2:30 am
obmma is by far the worst we've even had.American People wake up..Change is desperately needs before the socialist communist platforms of Obama take over. Why declare war when you can take iver the country from the inside through deception and fraud. Gee, who would do that??
8:50 am
Bull shit , just search Google gas prices 2007 , click the CNN artical it was 3.20 per gallon. what a bunch of frauds. One search found you out.
10:18 am
All the problems listed in the article developed under George W Bush, and Obama has been trying to deal with them ever since. Do you remember that the financial meltdown which plunged this country and the world into near-depression happened in 2007, when Bush was in office? And that Obama's TARP program and rescue of the auto industry kept us from a full-out Great Depression II? And what — we are going to fix the remaining problems by putting back into office the same pro-billionaire care-nothing-for-the-average-Joe party that caused the problem in 2007? No thanks!!!!
7:13 pm
Our country has been surviving on stilts on the ocean side instead of having a solid foundation for decades. That means LOTS of presidents – both republican and democrats. Sooner or later there will come the right wave and down we fall. I want to still have our freedoms at that time. Not living under socialism. No president is perfect – but I want one that loves America and is a true citizen of the US. If Obama is a citizen, why would he spend so much money to hide the proof? And uh, that's "our" money he's spending to keep it hidden. He has no respect for our Constitution – it's the only thing that trips him up from taking all our freedoms away. Thank you to our Founding Fathers. I'm sure they're rolling over in their graves, but boy were they smart!
Now to get out of the UN….
11:20 am
Seriously, you lost ALL credibility when you stated gas was $1.85 when OB took office….what a bold face lie…not an Obama fan, but gas was definately NOT $1.85, liar. No desire to even read that rest of your list after that whopper.
11:22 am
Who are you trying to fool? Gas was definately NOT $1.85 when Obama took office. NOT an Obama fan, but what a bold face lie. Didn't even want to read the rest of your garbage after that whopper. Loser. $1.85? Do you take everyone for a fool??
11:23 am
Following GOP strategy, Fox News is again blaming the Obama administration for rising gasoline prices — a claim that has been repeatedly debunked by energy analysts. But back in the summer of 2008, when the average U.S. gasoline price hit a record high of $4.11, Fox said that "no President has the power to increase or to lower gas prices. $1.85…wow, you would stoop to any low with a lie like that.
7:22 pm
You know what scares me??
When Obama whispers (close enough for the microphone to catch) to Russia "When I'm reelected, we'll talk some more." There's just waaay too much that Obama doesn't show to the American people. He's too sneaky. He should be – like the president is supposed to be – working FOR America. He has too many scary, underhanded or under the table things/ plans/ shenanigans that are going against America. His heart is not with our country.
12:21 pm
The only defense for Obama is finding someone worse. Sadly, he is running out of examples.
6:08 pm
Don't get me wrong… I am no fan of the O-Man… BUT… gasoline was NOT $1.85 when he took office. That's a Newtie Boy lie. (If you haven't noticed… both crook parties lie through their teeth). Gasoline was around $2.75 per gallon when the O-Man took office… and yes… it has gone up… way up. However… don't forget we were at $4.00 per gallon in 2008 when Bush-Whack was in the House of No Hope. Like I said… BOTH PARTIES SUCK.
3:59 am
I love how we didn't get into this diaster in 4 years but people with their unrealistic expectations; expect Obama to get us out of this mess in 4 years. People kept their mouths shut when Bush basically brought the country down to it's knees, directly in front of everybody's face. Where was all these comments and letters that should have went out to congress at! Nowhere. Now people want to act like Obama is the second coming and he is supposed to snap his fingers and make things change when the damn house mostly consists of REPLUBLICANS his entire freaking term. People need to get real.
10:21 am
You lost me the moment you blamed the President for the price of gasoline. We all know he does not control the price of gasoline. We all also know that the economical disaster he inherited from George W. Bush will take much longer than 3 or 4 years to repair. The President is not a magician. Further, when Bill Clinton signed the Galss-Steagall Act out of existence he gave the green light to banks to plunge he economy into disaster while enriching themselves beyond measure. When corporations moved their manufacturing bases abroad for cheaper labor, I wondered where Americans would get the money to buy their products.
10:40 am
Heres BRACK OBUMMERS audio excerpt stating that our Consititution is fundamentally flawed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzSTvtM0SDc&fe…
ANYONE, and I mean ANYONE that thinks that can get the F out of my country. Our forefathers wrote these documents to free us from religious and tax oppression. They had the vision to see what was coming because they had already been through it. People who dont study history are fools.
12:18 pm
"Shockingly, at this point 48 percent of all Americans are either considered to be “low income” or are living in poverty." "Shockingly?" Someone didn't pass math class, did they? I'm shocked that percentage isn't higher considering the income inequality in the country. You're saying that 51% have above average incomes?
2:24 pm
The Left has done nothing to improve the economy, the new health care law (2,700 pages) is going kill any hopes of small business pulling us out of this recession. The reason for all of this, it is Bush's fault ! No accountability, reckless spending, bailouts, government investment in private business. I thought Barack Hussein Obama II, was done with Cronyism, he took it to a new level. Does anyone remember – The New Black Panther Party intimidating voters ? $535 million to Solyndra ? $2.1 billion loan to Solar Trust – Both went bankrupt. $16.3 million grant to First Solar.
Everyone knows that Democrats aren’t judged on their results, only on their intentions. Their intentions are always good and squeaky clean. Results not good for anyone but them? No matter. They meant well.
WAKE UP AMERICA – Vote Romney
2:25 pm
The Left has done nothing to improve the economy, the new health care law (2,700 pages) is going kill any hopes of small business pulling us out of this recession. The reason for all of this, it is Bush's fault ! No accountability, reckless spending, bailouts, government investment in private business. I thought Barack Hussein Obama II, was done with Cronyism, he took it to a new level. Does anyone remember – The New Black Panther Party intimidating voters ? $535 million to Solyndra ? $2.1 billion loan to Solar Trust – Both went bankrupt. $16.3 million grant to First Solar.
5:25 am
What will it finally take for the American people to rise up and demand a Direct Democracy?
7:48 am
nothing like Bipartisan cmments
9:00 am
The Kool-Aid drinking, Mentally Libtarded HATE the TRUTH. They get their "news" from Comedy Central, SNL, and MTV. What a bunch of useless tools. Barry ObamACORN is by far the worst president in the history of the USA. The Commiecrat Party, which is protected by the lying and cowardly Lamestream Media, is not even a legitimate political party. It is more like a cult for losers and unpatriotic freeloaders.
11:12 am
I think they should throw all the big companies out of america thats not supporting the american labor force.These money grubbing slobs dont give a hoot about their own people.How very very sad.
1:42 pm
All of the congressmen and women who don't truly represent the people should be removed from their posts!!! I don't care about who has what or how much they have! I am concerned about everyday people(God's precious rainbow) losing jobs, homes, etc., because of mindless egos in Washington!!! My 24yr old daughter is on my health insurance and i love it!!! Thanks Mr.President and Mr. Chief Justice Roberts!!!!! God has blessed myself to be able to work and pay for insurances. I don't want nor need any handouts!!! Like most Americans just give us jobs with great pay and insurances? Being able to live in our homes, send our kids to college and still be able to eat! To All Of Congress- Let the egos go, educate, and feed all Americans!!!! Try being postively legendary!!:/
12:13 pm
For the ignorant liberals (and paid DNC Bloggers) on here (like MYTHBUSTER):
The FACTS:
At the end of Clinton's term, the economy was entering a recession in 2000 (recall the dot.com bubble?) that was dragging down the economy. The DOW peaked at 10,138 in March 2000. The next three months saw a huge 740 point drop. GW Bush first gave a TAX REBATE in 2001 that had little impact (similar to Obama's tax "rebate," except Bush did NOT give a handout to NON-taxpayers like Obama did). Then we had the disaster of 9/11, and by December 2002, the DOW had sunk below 7200. As the economy worsened, Bush instituted his famous 'across the board' tax breaks in 2003 to ALL taxpayers (it's a LIE that it was for the 'Rich' only). The result of Bush's tax cuts were HUGE, and are exemplified by the DOW peaking at 14,198 (almost DOUBLE the DOW of Dec. 2002). The tax cuts produced the LOWEST unemployment rate in 26 years, created 8.3 Million NEW private sector (taxpaying) jobs, an INCREASED standard of living for ALL Americans, a HIGHER average family income than when Bush took office (BECAUSE of the tax cuts), HIGHER tax revenues than when Bush took office (and therefore ENHANCED services to the poor and the middle class), and a GROWTH in the U.S. GDP that was larger than the entire economy of China.
NET RESULTS after the Democrats took control of Congress and the White House:
8.8 million jobs LOST!!! (Note: DESTROYED all the Bush tax cut benefits.)
Unemployment level rose from a 26-year LOW to 9.8% (one of the HIGHEST in U.S. history)
LOWEST government tax revenue in 45 years (reported 12/17/2010)
Trillions in "stimulus" spending that has been declared a "no positive impact" failure… but will burden our country, kids, and grandkids for decades.
24% increase in Entitlement programs, upping the welfare costs to ~37% of the entire GDP of the United States.
Establishment of a clear cut "Nanny State" by providing up to 99 weeks (almost TWO YEARS) of unemployment benefits while also raising the absolute level of individual unemployment payouts, radically increased Food Stamps allowances, and an Entertainment Allowance (dinner and a movie out for the entire family once a month… an Obama-added special)… all for "low-incomers." (Income redistribution by any other name.)
700% increase in education Pell Grants while allowing more than one grant per year per student and extending the allowed schooling time for up to 9 years… all for "low-incomers" ONLY…. Obama's voting public.
We are now approaching 50% of Americans receiving welfare or subsidies from the government, higher even than in the Great Depression.
1:24 pm
Obummeer has always been a dope head, even today. Wonder what his wife grows inside the WH?
1:25 pm
Won't post mine either. Fuc*ing liberal obummer assholes.
1:27 pm
Almost all of you are idiots, it's all of them with congress leading the way by not leading. They are sitting on their hands waiting….For what I do not know. All of them do not care about us, it's all about them. They don't care if we go down. Their all acting like children, hoarding their toys it's time to clean House…Senate & the President and I don't mean Mitt Romney. Wake Up.
8:43 am
I don't see how many people can still say "Obama didn't create this mess, but he is doing a better job than Bush."Proof is in the numbers. This country has done nothing but spiral out of control since Obamas Rule. Other than our Economy continuing to run a muck, we have had more constitutional right taken from us than any President before us. Consider SOPA, NDAA, the 'Obamacare' bill, the bill they passed to make it illegal to hold a peaceful protest in the vicinity of a member of congress or the president…….in the last three years, Obama hasn't had the first budget passed on his own. Congress has shot it down every time. But that's not saying much either because congress has done a really swell job at messing this country up too. Which I may add , the president has done nothing to veto anything coming from them either. Oh yeah, but he's not to blame for any of it, is he?
10:15 am
They should call this blog the Yokol Hub, instead of the Yolo Hub! What bullshit! You've got the attention span & memory of Yokols. Why don't you just rewrite history while you're spewing your lies?
10:23 am
The fact that you won't post my comment without "approval of the site administrator" is proof that this blog should be called Yokel Hub instead of Yolo Hub. You guys are lying fascists who fear anyone's opinion other than your own! ! You're obviously not interested in presenting anything even remotely resembling the truth.
10:30 am
Reagan did not spend his term blaming his predecessor. Character, responsibility, and common sense are what the current administration lacks.
5:36 pm
obama blames Bush for most everything. The house and senate was controlled by the democrats since 2007!!
5:51 pm
1.85 for gas ? bs i remember paying 4 a gallon with bush . liar
4:52 pm
Why is it that both the thumbs up and thumbs down are highlighted, when only one was chosen?
3:51 am
The sharpest thing I've heard Obama say so far is, "It's July. It's hot." He didn't even have help with that grand statement. I was so proud of him that day.
7:25 am
I believe mythbuster777 is really Debbie Wasserman Schulz…….nice try Debbie
5:23 am
Uninformed liberals think that Obama's doing such a great job keeping the economy in check, but what they don't realize is that feds are printing a record amount of new currency just to give this impression. It is an artificial and temporary effect. The rate the stock market indices have increased in recent time closely parallel the rate at which newly printed US dollars are released into the marketplace. Couple this artificial effect with an increasingly large debt propagated by Obama policies and you are likely to get another financial meltdown within the next 1.5 yrs (according to expert economists). This is a serious and looming problem that can best be alleviated by removing from office the amateur executive responsible for the present state of the union– Obama.
7:29 am
This is an example of how liars use statistics.
9:33 am
Gosh, it's ridiculous how much time is wasted talking about Obama. If you don't like him, then don't re-elect him. If you like him, then go ahead.
9:52 am
Ed Gillespie on CNN’s "State of the Union" Sunday 7/16/2012
" … Mitt Romney senior adviser Ed Gillespie said Sunday on CNN’s "State of the Union" the GOP candidate “retroactively” retired from Bain Capital after the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics began. … "
No body who has been drawing at LEAST $100,000.00 per year from 1999 to 2002 from Bain Capital “retroactively” retires from Bain Capital AFTER the 2002!!! Then why draw the salary of at LEAST $100,000.00 per year from 1999 to 2002 from Bain Capital if Romney retired from Bain “retroactively” !!!
" … Gillespie continued, "He took a leave of absence and, in fact, Candy, he ended up not going back at all and retired retroactively to February of 1999 as a result." … "
However SEC documents show Mitt Romney as sole owner of all shares of Bain Capital. Romney is also shown as CEO, President and Chairman of Board of Bain Capital in 2001 and 2002 then LEGALLY speaking Mitt Romney has been responsible to all that goes on under the banner of Bain Capital. Then to run for Governor of MA Romney sought residency of MA by lieu of his Bain positions. Now either Romney was at the Olympics OR he was at BAIN.
Only one can be true not BOTH at the same time simultaneously!!! Will the true Willard Mitt Romney stand up and accept ONE thing? Does Romney want to accept untrue SEC filings and be called a Felon or agree that he represented Bain from 1999 to 2002?
9:57 am
"Given the precedent set by past five Presidents of releasing multi-year tax returns why is Romney making an exception?"
Because he has a lot to hide, apparently.
He's the only one that knows what's in there, and apparently he's made the judgement that he's better off having us suspect the worst, rather than us knowing whats in there, which apparently in his mind is worse than anything we're likely to imagine.
Possibilities include:
(1) He ended up with 120 million in his 401K by the trick of agreeing with Bain to grossly undervalue the market value of his stock, then a few years later have the stock get unvalued to the stratosphere.
(2) He participated in the tax avoidance amnesty program of a few years back, avoiding major tax penalties or prosecution.
(3) Any one or more of the other borderline legal but very bad smelling tax dodges– "in-kind" trades, "no-risk" trades, no-risk write-offs, the list is almost endless.
And BTW he HASNT even released all of his 2010 return, he very conveniently left off the foreign investments and deposits form. Very convenient.
And his argument that it would be "bothersome" to collect the tax data is a crock too– he supposedly collected 23 years of the stuff to show to McCain in 2008.
12:16 pm
Does his wife have over 20 personal assistants? Who is paying for them ?He is a joke!
5:04 pm
fuck you. you wont post any thing against that kenyan
5:13 pm
what about obama killing those guys in chicago to keep his gay acts on the down low.