I know I'm pumped up. Our new president-elect, Barack Obama, will take office in eight short days, and CHANGE will come to America. Yeah, CHANGE, baby ! Woo-hoo ! Hope will be coming as well, and who doesn't like hope, especially when it's combined with CHANGE ? Count me in !
As his first CHANGE, Obama will try to pass the largest economic stimulus package in history, larger than the previous largest economic stimulus package passed by George W. Bush. See, a Bush stimulus package isn't CHANGE. An Obama stimulus package is CHANGE. Obama said Congress needs to act fast to implement his $1 trillion stimulus package, and that the consequences to our economy will be dire if Congress doesn't act immediately. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson said nearly the exact same words about the $800 billion financial bailout, but clearly, Obama is for CHANGE, while Paulson definitely isn't for CHANGE. Obama's stimulus package is quite short on specifics about how the money will be spent, just as Paulson's bailout was, but don't let that confuse you about who the CHANGE guy is either. Have a nice glass of Kool-Aid instead, and don't worry your pretty little heads.
And definitely don't think about who is going to pay for all this government spending. That will only bum you out, possibly interfering with hope. Just keep repeating the CHANGE mantra. It's simpler. Much simpler.
The terrible ogre Bush ran federal deficits during his tenure as president, and Obama the CHANGE guy has already promised to do the exact same thing. Obama, however, is going to create jobs. That really would be a CHANGE, and Obama keeps upping the job creation ante, which is more good news. On the campaign trail, Obama promised to add 2 million American jobs. Then it went to 3 million after he was elected. Yesterday, he pushed that number to 4 million, so obviously, Obama is a great president already, and has exceeded expectations. I wouldn't be surprised if he gets up to 5 million, or maybe even 6 million imaginary jobs created by his inauguration day. Happy days are here again.
Not only is The One going to put a chicken in every pot, he's going to bring us universal health care too. As to how he will provide 45 million uninsured people with comprehensive health care insurance and not drive up government spending even more drastically (health care already comprises 25% of government spending), well, we don't really have an answer to that, but I'm guessing Obama will wave his magical CHANGE wand and make that happen effortlessly. They don't call him the Messiah for nothing. If you have absolute faith in the infallibility of our new president, you will believe it too. If you don't have absolute faith, then you are probably an obstructionist GOP evildoer bent on the destruction of all that is good. You are an enemy of truth and light. Just ask my pal the Reverend over at the Blog Of Mass Destruction on ohio.com. He knows. The sole purpose of the Republican party is to destroy America. I can't exactly remember why the Republicans would want to do that, since they are part of the America they would be destroying, but ask the Reverend. I'm sure he has a theory.
Another wonderful part of the new CHANGE coming to America is that Obama is going to cut taxes for 95% of us. Isn't it marvelous ? I am super-psyched about that. Not only is Obama going to spend tons of money to help us and drive up the deficits, but with the new CHANGE, we don't even have to pay for it !!!!! Is that a sweet deal, or what ? It's like living in Alice's Wonderland, where nothing has to make sense, and reality doesn't have meaning. For those of you paying attention, it might seem like cutting taxes, increasing federal spending, and running deficits is the exact same thing that Bush did, but you are missing a vital CHANGE fact. Look at the two names of the presidents. 'Bush' is spelled B-U-S-H, while 'Obama' is spelled O-B-A-M-A. Clearly, they are totally different. Not at all the same. CHANGE is as CHANGE does, and life is like a box of chocolates.
So, party on CHANGE-sters ! It's all good. Obama is even going to have the most expensive inauguration in history, all in the middle of what Obama himself calls the most serious economic downturn since the Great Depression. Money doesn't even matter anymore (because in the end, you won't have any). It's fan-freaking-tastic !
CHANGE, CHANGE, CHANGE !!! I can't get enough.
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King, I have noticed that Obama doesn't use that term CHANGE nearly as often since the election but now says HIT THE GROUND RUNNING over and over in just a few minutes of press conferences. I hear that term much more these days and wonder what did happen to HOPE AND CHANGE.
Somehow it seems to me that our only real hope is that he will unseal his birth certificat before the inauguration, you know the biggest and most expensive one in history. Somehow I think that I will have to give up on that HOPE and expect no CHANGE in that direction.
He and his people will certainly hit the ground running and Nancy Pelosi has lots of tripping stones to put in front of them. How can that poor man accomplish anything with her in the House looking to become the major player in the federal government? I hope he finds out soon enough to exact all those changes that seem to be the same as Bush's so far.
King, I have noticed that Obama doesn't use that term CHANGE nearly as often since the election but now says HIT THE GROUND RUNNING over and over in just a few minutes of press conferences. I hear that term much more these days and wonder what did happen to HOPE AND CHANGE.
Somehow it seems to me that our only real hope is that he will unseal his birth certificat before the inauguration, you know the biggest and most expensive one in history. Somehow I think that I will have to give up on that HOPE and expect no CHANGE in that direction.
He and his people will certainly hit the ground running and Nancy Pelosi has lots of tripping stones to put in front of them. How can that poor man accomplish anything with her in the House looking to become the major player in the federal government? I hope he finds out soon enough to exact all those changes that seem to be the same as Bush's, so far.
Speaking of Change, he's also changed his tune on the jobs front. He's now going to 'save' zillions of jobs, not necessarily create them.
how are we going to measure "saved jobs?" seems kind of arbitrary.
Roy and larry,
You two sound like obstructionist evildoers. You better CHANGE, by stopping all that thinking. It just gets in the way.
ben and larry,
Yes, by adding "saved" to his job numbers, Obama could create no jobs at all, and then claim that he "saved" millions of them. I'd love to hear him try to pass that off as legitimate. I don't know if he could even fool the NY Times with that.
Free at last! Free at last! Thanks God we are free at last. No more worries. This clip right here says it all!!! It is about time!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P36×8rTb3jI
Hallelujah! Praise the selected one!!!
Who want's to get a beer?
This just in…people celebrating at the Inauguration…watch the whole thing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR2S95KYqqE
Free at last! Free at last! Thanks God we are free at last. We won't have to worry about anything anymore!!!
Just look: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P36×8rTb3jI
Pictures of the crowd starting to arrive for the inauguration watch it all….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR2S95KYqqE
Who want's to get a beer!?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQWBHViYaN0
I can't wait either King…..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg98BvqUvCc
Sorry guys, It wouldn't come up so I tried a few times………Too much time on my hands I guess… But it doesn't matter because Obama is president in 8 days!!! Oh yeah baby!!!
joe,
I got your link to come up. It was the ecstatic Obama supporter saying "I won't have to worry about putting gas in my car. I won't have to worry about paying my mortgage."
Yeah, it's Miller Time !!! No more working for a living. Yahoo !!!!
Free stuff for everyone !!!
I think America's last brain cell just died.
I guess none of you brainiacs listened to G.W.'s final press conference today…let's just say that it will be nice to have an adult in charge!
I did TBomb. I think he had to hold back what he really wanted to say. I think he wanted to go "Blagojovich" on them. Over the course of his term in office many of those people did more to hurt the moral of our country and risk the security and safety of it's citizens than many of our enemies. They told more lies and spun more tales than any other press in history. They divided our country with their lies and stories. Even if they didn't know the truth they made it up as long as it sold advertising or was benefit to their cause or the cause of their special interest. They blamed him for every problem we have. You would think that he was the only one in Washington and that there were no administrations before him. When lies are told and amplified like they told, the country will fall. Just look at Marx, Castro and Hitler and their media's effects on the citizens of their countries.
Bush wasn't the greatest president but history will show he wasn't the worst. He did the best with what he had available to him. Sad thing, now it will be the conservative press' turn to take shots at Obama like they did Clinton. However, like Clinton many of his mistakes and short-comings will be covered up. The citizens of the United States will never know the truth of what is happening in our country especially now that the internet and conspiracy theorists have gotten so big. Have you ever read some of the websites some of the contributers on here use a references. Art Bell and George Nory's guests make more sense and are more believable. Scarey.
My Holy Title was brought up in King's post…..so I thought it proper to respond.
It is true that the GOP, in it's present cancerous form, seeks to destroy America. At least, the America defined by the Constitution.
The real America understands torture as illegal and repugnant. The GOP understands torture as an essential tool in keeping us safe. For over 200 years we obviously were not safe, according to modern GOP'ers. Obama seeks to return America to it's pre-W. form. That would be "change".
The real America understands that insuring the economic well being of it's, you know, working citizens….is the only way to strenthen America, the country, economically. The modern GOP believes that only insuring the economic well being of wealthy Americans makes us strong. Obama seeks to "change" that.
The honest, non-wingnutted, Americans realize that W. has doubled the national debt in 8 years and that we don't even have a tee shirt to show for it….a total waste. Modern GOP'ers, up until Obama was elected, didn't give one sh*t about deficit spending….cheering ever more deficit increasing tax cuts while waging expensive wars of adventurism…again with nothing to show for it.
Predictably, dishonest extremists on the right, now that a Democrat is president, and Bush has left the country in economic shambles, are returning to their, again, dishonest, roots of frugality and fiscal responsibility….as if they have been under hypnosis the last 8 years. Convenient….but anti-American….and dishonest. Obama will seek to "change" that.
I could write the wingnut narrative right now for the next 4 years…..that's what never changes.
King, and others, would have you believe that spending more money now is wrong and will be counter-productive. And if for some freak reason, we don't go ahead and spend money right now…..and the country winds up resembling Albania in a couple years…then THAT will be Obama's fault.
Heads Republicans win….tails Democrats lose.
The propaganda must stop. Come to think of it….that would respresent change.
I'm psyched too! Gobama!!
When Bush wasted trillions of dollars on the Iraq War, that is money that money was lost to the economy. It caused no economic benefit.
On the other hand, Obama's borrowing of a trillion dollars will be used to start construction programs, extend unemployment benefits, and keep people in their homes. That money will stay in the US economy and bootstrap future growth.
Gobama! USA! USA! USA!
Rev,
You forgot to thank me for the plug.
But I knew you'd be good for a theory.
Btw, I have complained about deficit spending all along. You, on the other hand, only complain about it when Republicans do it. When a Democrat does it, you turn about 180 degress and call it proper, even CHANGE. Hilarious.
And from your post, I can see you aren't about to hold Obama accountable for anything he does for the next 4 years. It will all be Bush's fault. Some things never CHANGE.
Tom,
To date, the cost of the Iraq War is just over $600 billion.
http://zfacts.com/p/447.html
The cost of all the bailouts and lost investments is approaching $8 trillion, and it isn't over yet.
http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/06/news/economy/where_stimulus_fits_in/?postversion=2009010610
I know which one bothers me the most.
And do you fellas yet realize that government is the primary cause for what you are complaining about ??? Not just Republicans, not just Democrats, but government as a whole. Congress approved the Iraq War (that includes Democrats). Both parties pushed the housing bubble along until it blew up, and they patted themselves on the back every step of the way.
Like Diogenes, I'm looking for an honest man (or woman). Anyone ?
Yep King I agree with ya de regulated government caused most of these evils. If neo-cons had left alone the the New Deal regulatory laws. It would have been impossible for the housing bubble to burst because you could not have created it. Banks would not have been able to create CDO's because that broken the law. What has caused this nightmare is not that some Americans did not pay their mortgage. What created it is called gambling with other peoples money. Large institutions gambled got burned and jumped out of the game thereby creating the need for the bail outs and the loss of market capitalization. Please no what you are talking about before you post, blog or in your case DA King breathe.
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January 14th, 2009 at 12:35 pm
Tom,
To date, the cost of the Iraq War is just over $600 billion.
http://zfacts.com/p/447.html
The cost of all the bailouts and lost investments is approaching $8 trillion, and it isn't over yet.
http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/06/news/economy/where_stimulus_fits_in/?postversion=2009010610
I know which one bothers me the most.
[/quote Da King]
$600 Billion may be the cost of the war to date, but it does not count the cost of finishing the occupation or caring for the 10,000 or so disabled soldiers that you republicans caused. $10 million each would be a sum of $100 Billion. 10^4 X 10^7 => 10^11. That's ten with eleven zeros.
And the cost of the republican financial meltdown has absolutely nothing to do with Obama's economic stimulus package.
That was a wholly stupid remark. How was it that the Beacon Journal selected *you* to be their RW pundit/sort of person? I am sure that you could not survive in any job that needed an *editor*.
And further, a nod to Big Mac (yay): Republican government has given us nothing but relaxed, pro-corporate non-enforcement of regulations. Poisoned food, anyone?
By my math Obama will be 3 times better than Bush. Bush wasted $50 million on his last corination and Obama is spending over $150 million. The math is simple.
I love how the libs use conspriacy theory websites to prove their points.. LOL baaaa baaaaaaaa. (sheep sound)
That's like getting facts from the Natl Enquirier or worse yet…The World News (the one with Bat Boy) or worse yet the Washington Times.
Tom,
We drew straws to see who would be the wingnut blogger, and I lost. Sorry I'm so woefully stupid, but at least I didn't say something as dumb as referring to the current economic crisis as a "Republican financial meltdown," as if no Democrat had a hand in it. Now, that's world class ignorance right there.
Naw…Queenie!
No "Republican financial meltdown" here…only the realization of all the thieving pricks with a vested interest in "AN UNREGULATED CAPITALIST ECONOMIC SYSTEM", eh, buttecup?
Um…fyi, sweatpea! It was announced early on that the big-money interests had representatives in both the political camps of O'bama and Clinton, let alone the Republicans! In fact, it was reported that one certain, filthy-rich "financial family" located in Chicago was one of the major proponents of the "sub-prime" mortgage market and that each had representatives "vedded"(ain't that the quaint catch frase of the day?) in both Democratic camps?
Of course, we all know just how "punked" the Bush Administration was by the likes of Haliburton and Blackwater…"mission accomplished"…"bring it on"…and all those other quaint "skull & bones" cheers!
You had me at 'buttercup.'
And you got it right. Corruption knows no party bounds. It's all about money and power.
The states with the highest foreclosure rates are….Calif., Nev., Ariz., and Fla.
Those states are also hyper house construction zone states…..where much of the speculative house building and flipping went on. That isn't sub-prime.
And to Robin: Sorry, what?