Obama addresses Congress

[Dave Gray]

  I know, but did he ever bring that up when promising to bring them home? 

Yeah, all the time.

Get out of Iraq in 16 months.  Increase troops in Afghanistan.  That's been his talk sine way into his campaign.

It sounds like that's changing to 2/3 out in 19 months in Iraq.  But the push to Afghanistan still stays.


I don't even agree with the decision, but it's been consistent, that's for sure.

[Dphins4me]

Someone created this in honor of the $8/week payroll tax break.

I got this one in an Email. 

Obama Food Coupon

Maybe he's taking his cue from Washington State which just sent out $1.00 checks to 250,000 food stamp recipients.

  I believe it makes the eligible for monies from the Fed Gov by doing so.  Washington St. is expecting it to raise revenue by the amount of Fed. Gov money that will be coming in.

[Dphins4me]

Yeah, all the time.

Get out of Iraq in 16 months.  Increase troops in Afghanistan.  That's been his talk sine way into his campaign.

It sounds like that's changing to 2/3 out in 19 months in Iraq.  But the push to Afghanistan still stays.


I don't even agree with the decision, but it's been consistent, that's for sure.

Then I missed that.  Can't catch them all.

[Phishfan]

The President WAS wrong.

Believe it or not - he can be wrong from time to time.  Would you like me to post all the newslinks from CNN to MSNBC to Fox to AOL that points it out...or will one do?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/obamagaffeamericadidntinventautomobile

These articles can also be wrong. Selden invented and applied for a patent before Benz did. Selden's original car never went into production but was definitely invented first. It is semantics. Are we talking inventions or actual production?

[MaineDolFan]

Are we talking inventions or actual production?

Good point. 

It wasn't a huge deal, really.  Just part of my rant.  For the first time while listening to Obama speak I felt like I was being sold a bunch of bull and I'm not all that happy about it.

[SCFinfan]

I thought the delivery was classic Obama rhetoric. He's a very good speaker, and his points are made forcefully. That said, I believed it about as much as I believed President Bush's old Congressional Addresses.

[Dphins4me]

  Again just want to say.  Watch what they do & not what they say.  Actions speak louder than words.   The man has no intention of stopping wasteful spending he is helping light the fuses on even more Gov spending..

Here we are in a bad spot & all these guys care about is their pet projects.  Can't really say he is doing this because of the bad economy.  We were in a bad economy when he was running for election & making these promises.  Please no one tell me he will cut earmarks later after the economy is better.

President Barack Obama will break a campaign pledge against congressional earmarks and sign a budget bill laden with millions in lawmakers' pet projects, administration officials said.

Administration budget chief Peter Orszag and White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel both downplayed the $410 billion spending bill and signaled Obama would hold his nose and sign it.

Orszag said: "We want to just move on. Let's get this bill done, get it into law and move forward."

Said Emanuel: "That's last year's business.

Obama will sign spending bill despite earmarks

[bsmooth]

Then I missed that.  Can't catch them all.

How could you have missed it? It was one of the big bones he tossed to the left to win them over throughout both the Democrat primaries and the election.

[Dphins4me]

How could you have missed it? It was one of the big bones he tossed to the left to win them over throughout both the Democrat primaries and the election.

So much info coming at you, I either missed it or forgot it.   

[bsmooth]

So much info coming at you, I either missed it or forgot it.   

What! With all your rantings, and dam near line by line analysis of his actions so far, you are going to try and say that you missed the hundreds of times he said he was going to reduce/remove troops in Iraq and increase troops in Afghanistan leading up to the election.

[Dphins4me]

What! With all your rantings, and dam near line by line analysis of his actions so far, you are going to try and say that you missed the hundreds of times he said he was going to reduce/remove troops in Iraq and increase troops in Afghanistan leading up to the election.

  Other than attacking me.  What is your point?

[Dave Gray]

Nobody is attacking you.  It's just strange that a major campaign promise said on the stump every single day of Obama's life for 2 years would fly under your radar.

McCain constantly talked about pork-barrel spending, Obama talked about getting out of Iraq and into Afghanistan.  If you missed such a giant aspect of his campaign, maybe you weren't giving his ideas a chance.

[Dphins4me]

Nobody is attacking you.   It's just strange that a major campaign promise said on the stump every single day of Obama's life for 2 years would fly under your radar.

McCain constantly talked about pork-barrel spending, Obama talked about getting out of Iraq and into Afghanistan.  If you missed such a giant aspect of his campaign, maybe you weren't giving his ideas a chance.

One post probably not.  Two?    I say attack because it has nothing to do with the topic & just about me.   I missed or forgot it.    I probably push it aside & did not listen well enough on that topic.   I'm human. 

Has nothing to do with his ideas.  I'm not upset he is moving troops to Afghanistan

[Phishfan]

  I'm not upset he is moving troops to Afghanistan

Then why did you bring it up as a point of contention?

This is not an attack post, it is an honest question.

[Dphins4me]

Then why did you bring it up as a point of contention?

This is not an attack post, it is an honest question.

  It was in line with them telling us one thing to get elected then doing another.