Obama has easily done more in his first few months than any president since FDR
Statistics, please?
― Dr Morbius, Monday, 15 June 2009 02:23 (fourteen years ago) link
ok, wrong word -- I think Reagan and Carter "did" at least as much, for good or ill.
― Dr Morbius, Monday, 15 June 2009 02:25 (fourteen years ago) link
http://rawstory.com/news/afp/Netanyahu_speech_an_important_step__06142009.html
― Gabbneb in NYC (gabbneb), Monday, 15 June 2009 13:51 (fourteen years ago) link
NOTHING TO DO W/ OBAMA'S FLAWS
― Dr Morbius, Monday, 15 June 2009 14:04 (fourteen years ago) link
Dr Morbius: Anti-Peace
― Gabbneb in NYC (gabbneb), Monday, 15 June 2009 14:12 (fourteen years ago) link
Rep. Keith Ellison on Obama and the progressives: http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/8657/
― bad hijab (suzy), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 02:15 (fourteen years ago) link
http://rawstory.com/08/news/2009/06/16/howard-dean-obama-anti-gay-language/
― Fidel Gastro (gabbneb), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 17:22 (fourteen years ago) link
Obama to give benefits for same-sex partners of federal employees
there's some docu on don't ask don't tell on a lot of public access stations this evening, according to a feature on NPR, if anyone's interested
― the heart is a lonely hamster (schlump), Wednesday, 17 June 2009 13:06 (fourteen years ago) link
half-assed damage control imo, but at least something
― giovanni & ribsy (elmo argonaut), Wednesday, 17 June 2009 13:16 (fourteen years ago) link
It's either that, really poor timing (ie, it was already in the works and the DOJ clusterfuck beat it out the door) or some combination ("shit, let's push this out now instead of waiting until September").
― HIS VAGINA IS MAKING HIM CRAVE SALAD. (HI DERE), Wednesday, 17 June 2009 13:23 (fourteen years ago) link
honestly surprised fed employees don't have this already
― Kitchen Paper Towel (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 17 June 2009 15:38 (fourteen years ago) link
what are barack obama's flaws? ― HIS VAGINA IS MAKING HIM CRAVE SALAD
^^^ Kinda unsettling to see that one in New Answers
― Enemy Insects (NickB), Wednesday, 17 June 2009 15:40 (fourteen years ago) link
still a valid flaw tho
― HIS VAGINA IS MAKING HIM CRAVE SALAD. (HI DERE), Wednesday, 17 June 2009 15:40 (fourteen years ago) link
really hope the right-wing blogosphere doesn't find out O has a V
― i want to marry a pizza (gbx), Wednesday, 17 June 2009 15:42 (fourteen years ago) link
ok so i'm hearing that this presidential memorandum will only extend relocation benefits, NOT health or retirement benefits -- if that's the case then this is some straight up bullshit. also, as a memorandum it will expire when he leaves office. ugh
― giovanni & ribsy (elmo argonaut), Wednesday, 17 June 2009 15:43 (fourteen years ago) link
He can swat a fly, you know...
― Mark G, Wednesday, 17 June 2009 15:47 (fourteen years ago) link
BREAKING NEWS
http://i39.tinypic.com/29djs5x.gif http://i39.tinypic.com/fbcdiu.jpg http://i39.tinypic.com/29djs5x.gif
(xpost damn!)
― StanM, Wednesday, 17 June 2009 15:48 (fourteen years ago) link
That's a great expression.
― Bud Huxtable (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 17 June 2009 15:57 (fourteen years ago) link
o rly?
― i want to marry a pizza (gbx), Wednesday, 17 June 2009 16:01 (fourteen years ago) link
so sick of hearing about the fly-swatting
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 17 June 2009 16:02 (fourteen years ago) link
ok so i'm hearing that this presidential memorandum will only extend relocation benefits, NOT health or retirement benefits -- if that's the case then this is some straight up bullshit.
Obama's hands are tied by, you guessed it, DOMA. From Politico: However, the Defense of Marriage Act prohibits the federal government from extending health and retirement benefits to same-sex couples, so the benefits are more likely to be marginal -- like relocation assistance.
― Kitchen Paper Towel (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 17 June 2009 16:17 (fourteen years ago) link
fucking Clinton
lol what a pathetic sop this is
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 17 June 2009 16:19 (fourteen years ago) link
agreed
― Kitchen Paper Towel (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 17 June 2009 16:19 (fourteen years ago) link
like...this is seriously the best he can offer? why even bother
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 17 June 2009 16:22 (fourteen years ago) link
so that when it's time for you to donate money again people can say "he tried"
― worm? lol (J0hn D.), Wednesday, 17 June 2009 16:25 (fourteen years ago) link
eh, poor attempt at damage control.
I am really surprised at his poor political instincts here. I can understand not wanting to throw the repeal of DOMA into the current legislative agenda, but he could at least be laying the groundwork for it, both rhetorically and behind the scenes.
x-post
― Kitchen Paper Towel (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 17 June 2009 16:25 (fourteen years ago) link
?? He hasn't tried shit!
― Kitchen Paper Towel (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 17 June 2009 16:26 (fourteen years ago) link
altho the irony of him being on the hook for cleaning up Clinton's fuckup is ... well not delicious but its somethin
― Kitchen Paper Towel (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 17 June 2009 16:27 (fourteen years ago) link
Barney's angry
― Kitchen Paper Towel (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 17 June 2009 17:13 (fourteen years ago) link
haaa this is great:
http://www.obamasplanforgayrights.com/
― goole, Wednesday, 17 June 2009 22:02 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0609/Obama_Just_a_start.html
― Kitchen Paper Towel (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 17 June 2009 23:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Not the world's biggest Conan the Barbarian expert:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yW7OPByRGDY
― James Mitchell, Saturday, 20 June 2009 15:33 (fourteen years ago) link
oh how fucking clevergood thing boyo got that copyrighted
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 20 June 2009 16:03 (fourteen years ago) link
In general, how much one criticizes Obama is largely a function of the areas on which one tends to focus. If I had spent the week writing about Iran, I would be largely defending -- and praising -- Obama's very wise restraint, even in the face of bipartisan political pressure, when it comes to interfering in Iran's internal political disputes. His private and public refusal to cheer on all of Israel's policies is also commendable. Conversely, those who focus on gay issues have been understandably furious with the administration, and in the areas of civil liberties, secrecy, and his Justice Department generally, the administration has been nothing short of abysmal. Criticizing the Right for its support of these positions is understandable, but in our modern political culture, the President is, far and away, the driving force, and those who supported him can have far more of an impact pointing out, rather than ignoring, the role he is playing in advancing these policies.
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/06/20/dna/index.html
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 20 June 2009 16:06 (fourteen years ago) link
what's michelle been up to lately?
― heave pho (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 12 August 2009 19:12 (fourteen years ago) link
Staying the fuck out of the health care debate?
― Anatomy of a Morbius (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 12 August 2009 19:41 (fourteen years ago) link
serious question
― galumphing lummox (bug), Wednesday, 12 August 2009 21:38 (fourteen years ago) link
performing abortions for welfare queens while dressed as Hitler
― go Nick go! Scrub that paint! Scrub it!! Yeah!! (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 12 August 2009 21:38 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.vanityfair.com/images/politics/2009/08/qaddafi-0908-ps01.jpg
― James Mitchell, Monday, 17 August 2009 11:26 (fourteen years ago) link
Little Richard misjudging the tone slightly.
― firestorm of twat rage (onimo), Monday, 17 August 2009 11:38 (fourteen years ago) link
Sooo... the Patriot Act* will extend to 2013?
*"If someone wants to know why their own government has decided to go on a fishing expedition through every personal record or private document — through library books they've read and phone calls they've made — this legislation gives people no rights to appeal the need for such a search in a court of law. No judge will hear their plea, no jury will hear their case. This is just plain wrong."
Barack Obama12/15/2005US Senate Floor
― vlogger working on a thinkpiece about the gastro-truck revolution (Steve Shasta), Saturday, 5 December 2009 00:15 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.clevelandleader.com/files/tigerobamagolf.jpg
― super sexy psycho fantasy world (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Saturday, 5 December 2009 00:18 (fourteen years ago) link
In that case, all this 'bipartisanship' talk makes me worry he'll let the plutocrats walk all over him in the name of unity. It's too early to tell, of course.
― Oilyrags, Wednesday, April 30, 2008
TIME TO START TELLING
― Hell is other people. In an ILE film forum. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 5 December 2009 02:26 (fourteen years ago) link
hush steve and albert, can't jeopardize the reelection
― a full circle lol (J0hn D.), Saturday, 5 December 2009 03:54 (fourteen years ago) link
count me as "not surprised, but not pleased either"
― ON THE PHONE WITH THIS FAT CHICK… WHERER MY IHOP (Eisbaer), Saturday, 5 December 2009 04:40 (fourteen years ago) link
wtf with this shit
― what u think i steen for to push a crawfish? (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Saturday, 5 December 2009 13:28 (fourteen years ago) link
"shit" from BHO yes, wtf not so much
― Feingold/Kaptur 2012 (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 5 December 2009 13:41 (fourteen years ago) link
oh for the record i'm wtfing at golf digest
― what u think i steen for to push a crawfish? (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Saturday, 5 December 2009 13:44 (fourteen years ago) link
patriot act bullshit makes me angry and sad and this combined with other things means i don't see myself voting for him in '12 (and definitely not defending him at the holiday dinner table)
― what u think i steen for to push a crawfish? (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Saturday, 5 December 2009 13:45 (fourteen years ago) link