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We should pull out and not be so arrogant to think we can do what the USSR couldn't do
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100% agreed. Anyone and everyone who has gone into that country has failed going all the way back Alexander The Great. We have to leave and we should do it today.
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I didn't hear of too many people pissed about gitmo bay, but alot that were bringing them to DC for trial
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There were a lot of left wing liberals who have been calling for the closing of gitmo for a while now. They are no happy, but the right wingers are unhappy about the trials taking place in DC. You can't make everyone happy.
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Which has generated millions of non existent jobs
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supposedly there have been jobs created and saved. I don't know the exact numbers nor am I going to bother to look it up. I think a stimulus plan is a good idea, I think the one we got was not so great. I was just using this as an example of something he has done, even if it is something you and I don't like.
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he said he would do this with bipartisanship and without pork, that didn't work, good luck to him getting it passed now
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True. Today he said he is committed to working with the republicans (of course now he has no choice) and they will work on a plan that has some shared core programs. Maybe this is a good step forward.
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If he's brought back the good name, why are terrorist attacks happening?
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Terrorists have nothing to do with how the world at large feels about us. There are always going to be a core group of people who hate us. That countries like France and Germany and many others are now embracing us again only makes the terrorist more angry. As long as we support Israel and as long as we buy oil from the middle east and try to influence their policies there will be terrorists that want to destroy us.
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So your the one person that thought cash for clunkers worked?, Honda loved it!
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Actually, yeah. I think it was pretty successful. I understand it didn't go off without a hitch and there were problems, but overall I think it helped some dealers get some cash in their pockets and it helped some people who needed/wanted cars to buy them. Either way it infused cash directly into the economy because the money wasn't paid out until a car was sold.
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Yeah, heard about the woman he put in charge of that , her husband works for a big window company that is the only window company on the list for funds for that package
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There will be stuff like this no matter what the project is. There are a million examples of things like this in all administrations.
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Samuel Clemens would say that would be like closing the door after the barn burned down in regards to the way that all happened
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Or maybe it is a way to learn from the mistakes of the past and try to correct them so they don't happen again in the future.
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Doesn't effect me, but the way I raised my daughter, I would be afraid to discriminate against her
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It is easy to say that until it happens and she has to get a lawyer and fight a huge company that has a staff of lawyers with nothing to do but cause her misery.
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I'm a vet, haven't heard anything that's going to effect me
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From what I understand a lot of it is broadening the benefits of vets that are disabled/wounded in action in Iraq/Afghanistan, but I would be lying if I said I knew every detail of how this works and what was expanded.
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Kinda broad statement there, how did he expand it?
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He increased number of temp job slots in Americorp from (these are non-profit jobs that last 10-12 months and help people earn money for college) from 75K to 250K. He expanded the senior citizen section of Americorp to encourage and help people over 55 who want to volunteer. He increased the budged for these types of programs by around 260 million dollars. He also expanded the Learn and Serve America program which gives grant money to schools, colleges and communities to help them improve their classrooms, hire teachers and help general education.
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nothing has really been finished and now that he's had a year of more power than any president in a long time, it won't, bad leadership if you ask me
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As I said in a different post in this thread I am a little more patient than some people. The guy was handed a shit sandwich when he took over. I will forgive him if he hasn't turned it into a gourmet meal in 12 months. That said, if in 12 more months he has made some major strides forward I will find myself be far more critical of him.