THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH

[heights unknown]

Hi all; as most of you know, I am Black, African America, Negro, whatever you desire to call me...you can call me Tom if you like.  I love this country dearly.  Last night, I listened intently to the President's speech. Though I didn't vote for him, I still respect, admire, and support him; that is our duty as citizens...we may not like the President, or agree with him/her, but we should still try to support them if we can.  I didn't like President Bush, but I still supported him (but deep inside hastened his exit out of office), but I still supported him. In my opinion, since President Obama took Office, he has been trying extremely hard to get our country back on track.  He inherited a blunt "mess" from President Bush.  I firmly believe if someone else had been elected, they would have taken the same road towards staving off a depression and economic collapse and disaster; if they would not have taken that same course of action, I firmly believe America would now resemble a third world country.  What irks me is this; it seems that everything he does is either shot down or blocked for no smart, intelligent, or frank reason.  Whether we, or others in the political arena or circle in Washington disagree with the President, we still must stand behind him, support him, and just "DO IT" as we used to say in the military because our country is hanging by a fine slim thread financially, economically, spiritually, America is not doing very well at all.  Those in Washington need to throw away and dismiss their egos, selfishness, and other adverse emotions and personalities and support the President lock, stock and barrel; but something tells me this will not happen. I won't rant and rave no more but in closing I will say this, and this is only MY OPINION.  If America does not unite together to hopefully get our country back on track, we are headed for a short hard fall; it will be hard, and it will be sudden.  We will not recover as in the past.  After we fall, we can try as hard as we can to come together but it will be too late; we need to do what needs to be done now before things careen out of control.  If America does not support the President, and the bickering, selfishness, and egotistical behaviors continue up in Washington, deep in my heart, and I shouldn't say this but I will, I hope America does fall; maybe then we will really and truly realize what we had and then lost it because of our idiocy and stupidity.

"HU"

[buckethead]

I'm your huckleberry:

He is more of the same, as it pertains to the previous administration. With the exception, of course, that he can speak without making a person cringe.

Lip service by any other name, is lip service just the same.

(I just made that up)

[heights unknown]

I disagree "buckethead," in all due respect.  And the actions of your post mirror the way the feelings and attidudes are in Washington and pretty much around the nation...this is not the time to have those type attitudes...he is trying, give him something, as a citizen, to help him instead of negativeness; in all due respect.

And...I don't care if the President was purple, with pink poka dots...if they are trying to get this country back on track, I am behind them, and this is what this man is doing.

Again, I am not bashing you, but giving you MY opinion, "in all due respect."

Thanks.  "HU"

[heights unknown]

I get the feeling that the country is in much worse shape than most Americans know or are even aware of.  Washington really needs to band together to get our country back on track or a surprise is waiting for us that we cannot fathom or ward away with a ransom.

"HU"

[JMac]

My opinion is that he is the worst kind of politician.  Everything he's done or promoted, TARP, Simulus, Healthcare, Cap and Trade has been designed primarily to centralize power in Washington, shovel money to public and private unions, and build permanent Democratic Party constituencies.

[BridgeTroll]

No doubt... a bit puzzled by the lack of a giant tax increase on "the rich" to regain all they plundered during those dark years...

[Shwaz]

I'm so tired of hearing what he inherited from the 'last administration'
If it was too much then you shouldn't have run for office... just like begging for bipartisan support... then blame, scold and take shots at the party you want to unite with  

[JMac]

TARP was passed during the lame duck last couple of months of the Bush administration and has been administered mostly by Obama's Treasury Secretary, Geithner.  Mark to market accounting changes and SEC enforcement of the uptick short-selling rule could have pulled these banks from the brink, but Obama and Geithner chose to buy preferred stock in the banks instead, because that gave them more control.  Now that most of the big banks re-capitalized and have paid back TARP money, Obama now resorts to threatening them with punitive taxes and regulations to get them to do what he wants.

Geithner and Obama also used TARP to take control of GM and Chrysler.  Talk about scope creep.

Obama has been president for a year and the Dems have controlled congress since 2006.  Time for them to take some responsibility.  I don't remember the economy ever being this bad.

[BridgeTroll]

All I'm saying Stephen is we heard the criticisms about Bush's "tax cuts for the rich".  Why are we not trying to get that ill gained plunder back?

[JMac]

TARP was passed during the lame duck last couple of months of the Bush administration...

Did I not write that?

The Republicans aren't without blame, but the repeal of Glass Steagle didn't cause this problem as much as the existence of the Community Reinvestment Act, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Alan Greenspan's low interest rates.

[BridgeTroll]

So there wasnt a president when TARP passed?,extended and expanded?

And he wasnt Republican?Democrat?

And his name wasnt George W. Bush?Barak H. Obama?

So by this logic Obama is responsible for what occured on his watch... right?

[JMac]

And now, instead of actually you know, trying to help the economy, Obama and the Dems decided they would just shovel billions of dollars to State Governments and teachers unions and hold on to the rest of the fund to buy off votes as needed.

[BridgeTroll]

Exactly Stephen... That is why it is perplexing Mr Obama is not proposing to get back all that money from "the rich".

[JMac]

Okay, let's try tax cuts and see what happens.

[BridgeTroll]

Soooo... If tax cuts caused this then _________ will fix it ... right?