“It’s depressing how bad Americans have become. A big percentage of our citizens openly root and pray for the complete downfall and destruction of our president. Why do we want our president, and in turn, our country to fail? Is that what it means to be American these days?”
“I think Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan should go to Libya, and Egypt and show their leadership qualities and prove their foreign policy ideology. Given Romney’s experience in dealing with the conflicts of the past, which reminds me, his missionary experience should be a plus.”
“Romney was more Presidential in six minutes (after the attacks in Libya) than Obama has been in almost four years!”
“Although I am outraged at the vicious attacks on U.S embassies in the Middle East, they are to be expected given our lawless aggression in their countries, raining down random death and destruction upon innocent people when we have no business being there. The blowback is our fault for assuming policeman-of-the-world status. Let’s stay home and tend our own borders.”
“The west needs to stop exporting oil to China and importing oil from the mideast. Just let China deal with the mideast to keep up their flow of oil. Maybe China will have better luck! Then we can sit on the sidelines and bad mouth everything they do and not lift a finger to help, you know kind of like the GOP in this country.”
“Regarding Mesa Public Library (downtown Mesa), Sept. 12 at approximately 5 p.m., and a wonderful woman. I doubt this will reach its intended recipient but I’m going to try. I send a big Thank You to the mother who told her little son that he HAD to turn in to Lost and Found a Nook he found in the library. I was told your son cried because he wanted so much to keep the Nook. You are an incredible role model and mother. Thank you so much.”
“Just a note to the venter who claimed his 401k bottomed out during the Bush administration. Try to remember that your party took control of the house and senate in 2007. Barney Frank and Chris Dodd assumed the Chairs of financial services in both houses and began to work their magic. Barney Frank assured the American public that Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac were in good shape just before they went into conservator ship on Sept. 6, 08 costing the American tax payer somewhere between $200 and $300 billion dollars. Also remember that in Oct. 2007 before the magic took hold the Dow Jones average exceeded 14,000 points. Your 401k hasn’t seen those numbers since. We are not bitter and angry, we are concerned.”
“We just finished watching Mark Owen (pseudonym), author of No Easy Day, interviewed by Scott Pelle on “60 Minutes”. HOW AWESOME WAS THAT? I could not be prouder of Seal Team 6, the CIA investigator who had been watching the Pakistani compound for five years prior to the raid, and every single service man, commander, and participant in this process! But, most of all, I could not be prouder of Barack Obama, our President, who was the only person in the world who could have authorized this! In spite of at least two people who tried to dissuade him, President Obama made what Robert Gates called, ‘The gutsiest move I have ever seen a President take.’ I can only imagine the profound frustration of the servicemen who wanted to get Bin Laden when he was cornered at Tora Bora — only to have Bush-Cheney order them to stand down. Had the raid failed, the uproar against Mr. Obama would have been deafening. As it was, he had faith in the people entrusted to carry out this mission. Thank you... for keeping us safe!”
Accuracy posted at 6:31 pm on Fri, Sep 21, 2012.
VENT # 1: “It’s depressing how bad Americans have become. A big percentage of our citizens openly root and pray for the complete downfall and destruction of our president…..”
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What do you mean? Conservative Chuck Norris was guest on Mike Huckabee's TV Show . . . and he stated "President Obama did his best, it just wasn't good enough.”
Arizona Willie posted at 7:42 am on Thu, Sep 20, 2012.
1st venter ... it is also very very saddening to see the hate and bitterness of right wingers towards the poor.
They constantly complain about 47% of the people not paying taxes ( Fed Income Tax ) and ignore the articles that show that those people don't pay Fed Income Tax because, for the most part, they make less than 20K / year.
There are a number of millionaires ( and richer ) who pay zero Fed Income Tax and it is justifiable to be angry about that.
But, to be angry at poor people and accuse them of deliberately refusing to work because it is easier to sit and home and draw a welfare check is obscene.
They should have to change place with one of those non-Fed Income Tax payers for a year ( the poor ones that is ) and see how great a life they live.
Believe me, the poor people would be more than happy to change places.
And, these same people usually loudly proclaim themselves to be " born again Christians ".
Somehow their Bibles leave out the passage like " Whatsoever ye do to the least of these, so ye do also to me " etc. etc. I'm sure I didn't phrase that exactly right but most of you know what I mean.
And the amount spent on welfare to the poor people pales in comparison to Corporate Welfare with all the subsidies and tax breaks and incentives the Government gives businesses.
Just the subsidies to the wealthy oil industry alone are probably way more than all social spending together.
But, the right wingers don't get mad about that. Wonder why.
chatmandu002 posted at 11:59 am on Wed, Sep 19, 2012.
Vent #1: The president's leadership and his policies are failing the country. We do not want our country to fail because of his policies. When leadership and policies fail us it's time to let them go. Another 4 years of failure are not what this country needs. How many more ways of saying "failure" does it take before the liberal/progressives understand Obama is a failure.
Vent #2: Romney and Ryan do not have any authority as of now to do any foreign policy. It shouldn't disqualify them from complaining as do I about the foreign policy of our present administration's policies and there handling of the latest killings of our citizens.
Vent #3: Romney has every right of any citizen to respond to the handing of what happened in Middle East. His response to the administration's groveling and apologizing in Egypt was correct and prudent.
Vent #4: It's all our fault? Isn't that what Obama was saying in his "apology" tour. Seems like the "apology" tour didn't work. Rain terror down upon innocent people? Do you mean the Obama approved drone strikes that kill the terrorists?
Vent #5: Yes let the Chinese and Russians take over the Middle East. Let them support these bands of radical Islamist. Open up our carbon resources, let the US produce the energy from our own resources and make the wheels of commerce produce again. Oh wait, Obama is against carbon energy and allowing commerce to flourish without more environmental rules, crippling union labor wages and higher taxes. While the GOP sits on the side lines yelling "drill baby drill".
Vent #6: Has that long lost NOOK found it's home yet?
Vent #7: Good point about the democrats being in charge of congress during the last two years of the Bush administration. Also for those that are bragging about their 401Ks doing so well under Obama. Will you still so be confident with another 4 years of deficit spending, more debt and the FED printing more money? I would personally move my 401K to a gold stock portfolio. If the spending and debt keep increasing how long will it be before the dollar collapses?
Vent #8: Obama does get the credit for getting Bin Laden. He had specific information as to location, terrain, easy logistics and a small amount of personnel required. This was not the same scenario that confronted Bush/Cheney in Tora Bora. As for Obama keeping us safe, it depends on where you are when the miscreants of Islam decide to strike.