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Chris
01-24-2017, 09:56 AM
This is WaPo's assessment. You can make your own.

After 8 years, here are the promises Obama kept — and the ones he didn’t (https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/obama-promises/)

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Cigar
01-24-2017, 09:58 AM
Dude ... can you make it any smaller :laugh: ?

Subdermal
01-24-2017, 10:01 AM
Dude ... can you make it any smaller :laugh: ?
If you're referencing your brain, that's logical...since you can fucking click on the links.

Chris
01-24-2017, 10:01 AM
Dude ... can you make it any smaller :laugh: ?

It says "(click on image to see full size)"

Cigar
01-24-2017, 10:03 AM
Reason #1 that you need a Majority of House and Senate ... and it's amazing he got anything done ... but he did ...


if you recall, during the Presidential Campaign back in 2008 the campaign was halted because of the "historic crisis in our financial system."

Wall Street bailout negotiations intervened in the election process (Under The Bush Administration).

The very sobering reality was that there likely could be a Depression and the world financial markets could collapse.

The United States was losing 800,000 jobs a month and was poised to lose at least 10 million jobs the first year once the new President took office.

So let us recall that ALL of America was suffering terribly at the beginning of Obama’s Presidency.

Since much of the rhetoric before Obama was elected was that he would impose Sharia Law, Take Away Your Guns, Create Death Panels, Destroy the Economy, Impose Socialism and, would you agree that NONE of this came to pass .... ?

Cigar
01-24-2017, 10:05 AM
It says "(click on image to see full size)"

Too Small to see ...

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Chris
01-24-2017, 10:06 AM
Open eyes, McGoo.

Chris
01-24-2017, 10:07 AM
Reason #1 that you need a Majority of House and Senate ... and it's amazing he got anything done ... but he did ...


if you recall, during the Presidential Campaign back in 2008 the campaign was halted because of the "historic crisis in our financial system."

Wall Street bailout negotiations intervened in the election process (Under The Bush Administration).

The very sobering reality was that there likely could be a Depression and the world financial markets could collapse.

The United States was losing 800,000 jobs a month and was poised to lose at least 10 million jobs the first year once the new President took office.

So let us recall that ALL of America was suffering terribly at the beginning of Obama’s Presidency.

Since much of the rhetoric before Obama was elected was that he would impose Sharia Law, Take Away Your Guns, Create Death Panels, Destroy the Economy, Impose Socialism and, would you agree that NONE of this came to pass .... ?


Except the Constitution design a government of contention not conformity.


They should have let the banks fail.

Cigar
01-24-2017, 10:19 AM
Except the Constitution design a government of contention not conformity.


They should have let the banks fail.

Did you see this Documentary? If not, you can find it on Netflix

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a1/InsideJob2010Poster.jpg/220px-InsideJob2010Poster.jpg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside_Job_(2010_film))

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside_Job_(2010_film)

Chris
01-24-2017, 10:29 AM
Did you see this Documentary? If not, you can find it on Netflix

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a1/InsideJob2010Poster.jpg/220px-InsideJob2010Poster.jpg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside_Job_(2010_film))

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside_Job_(2010_film)


I'll watch. But wiki says: "explores how changes in the policy environment and banking practices helped create the financial crisis". And indeed it was. Bad government policies and banks and other financial institutions taking advantage.

See Kling on The Political Implications of Ignoring Our Own Ignorance (http://www.aei.org/publication/the-political-implications-of-ignoring-our-own-ignorance/). Best article I've ever read on the crash.

Cigar
01-24-2017, 11:12 AM
I'll watch. But wiki says: "explores how changes in the policy environment and banking practices helped create the financial crisis". And indeed it was. Bad government policies and banks and other financial institutions taking advantage.

See Kling on The Political Implications of Ignoring Our Own Ignorance (http://www.aei.org/publication/the-political-implications-of-ignoring-our-own-ignorance/). Best article I've ever read on the crash.

All started in The 80's when we let the Cowboys Lose on Wall Street, then Clinton did the same ... Bush and Obama got the results.

So what do we do now, turn'em lose again. :rollseyes:

We never learn from our mistakes or we choose to ignore them.

MisterVeritis
01-24-2017, 11:15 AM
Reason #1 that you need a Majority of House and Senate ... and it's amazing he got anything done ... but he did ...
I thought the Democrats controlled the House, Senate, and Presidency for Obama's first two years. Am I wrong?

if you recall, during the Presidential Campaign back in 2008 the campaign was halted because of the "historic crisis in our financial system."
Wall Street bailout negotiations intervened in the election process (Under The Bush Administration).
The very sobering reality was that there likely could be a Depression and the world financial markets could collapse.
The United States was losing 800,000 jobs a month and was poised to lose at least 10 million jobs the first year once the new President took office.
It is true that once the citizens elected a Marxist, job losses spiked. Those who were responsible for protecting their companies and shareholders fired as many marginal people as possible. We were never in a position to lose ten million jobs in Obama's first year. Five million perhaps.

So let us recall that ALL of America was suffering terribly at the beginning of Obama’s Presidency.Since much of the rhetoric before Obama was elected was that he would impose Sharia Law, Take Away Your Guns, Create Death Panels, Destroy the Economy, Impose Socialism and, would you agree that NONE of this came to pass .... ?
That evil man did threaten to fundamentally transform America. That evil man succeeded. Hence Trump.

Chris
01-24-2017, 11:24 AM
All started in The 80's when we let the Cowboys Lose on Wall Street, then Clinton did the same ... Bush and Obama got the results.

So what do we do now, turn'em lose again. :rollseyes:

We never learn from our mistakes or we choose to ignore them.


Read the Kling article. The common myth is the government deregulated when in fact regulations were stricter. The problem is the regulations failed. Ignorance is key. But the government pushed for a housing bubble. and we got it. As H. L. Mencken put it, "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard."

Cigar
01-24-2017, 11:27 AM
Read the Kling article. The common myth is the government deregulated when in fact regulations were stricter. The problem is the regulations failed. Ignorance is key. But the government pushed for a housing bubble. and we got it. As H. L. Mencken put it, "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard."

Watch Inside Job, you'll see real experts who where actually involved and part of the system ... not actors, not authors, not reporters ... but undeniable participants.

Cigar
01-24-2017, 11:28 AM
I thought the Democrats controlled the House, Senate, and Presidency for Obama's first two years. Am I wrong?
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It is true that once the citizens elected a Marxist, job losses spiked. Those who were responsible for protecting their companies and shareholders fired as many marginal people as possible. We were never in a position to lose ten million jobs in Obama's first year. Five million perhaps.

That evil man did threaten to fundamentally transform America. That evil man succeeded. Hence Trump.

Rant :laugh:

Chris
01-24-2017, 11:31 AM
Watch Inside Job, you'll see real experts who where actually involved and part of the system ... not actors, not authors, not reporters ... but undeniable participants.

Government failure and banksters taking advantage.

Tahuyaman
01-24-2017, 12:27 PM
It says "(click on image to see full size)"

He needs explicit instructions.