Obama

[Pine Mt Beagles]

Obama best President
There are many reasons why Barack Obama ,could easily win another term as President of the United States.

The majority of Americans have rid them selves of their Racist Bigotry,that is born and bred in many Americans ,and actually see reality.

Bigotry is very hard ,to over come ,especially when it is pounded into Americans every day by the Republican Party ,especially the Republican Presidential Candidates .

Barack H. Obama is the Greatest President of Modern Times

It is difficult to compare presidents outside of a narrow context of time. It is like trying to compare baseball players, like Ruth and Aaron, or football players, like Johnny Unitas and Peyton Manning. For athletes, the games they play were different then; and for presidents, not only the country, but the world is different.

There is no way of knowing how a president today would have fared when faced with the prospect of the First or Second World War, or how they would have handled the advent of the Cold War with the Soviet Union.
These are answers we can never have answered, and speculation is pointless. Despite any internal similarities, the external contexts cannot be ignored: Korea is not Vietnam and Vietnam is not Iraq.

What we can do is judge them by their accomplishments, by how they faced the challenges of their time. Coming off arguably one of the most disastrous presidencies in our history, that of George W. Bush, who cut taxes yet involved us in two un-paid for wars, and crashed our economy and that of the rest of the world as a result, we found ourselves with our nation’ first black president.

Not only did Barack H. Obama face the deeply entrenched racism of the nation that elected him, but a Republican Party determined to obstruct his every move, to make him a one term president and that term an utter failure. All the while, he had to face his real work, that for which he was elected: digging our nation out of the hole into which his predecessor had dragged us.

And it was a deep hole. Hated by the world, our economy in shambles, two wars continuing and with no real end in sight, let alone any idea of what, exactly, would constitute victory, Barack Obama stepped up to the plate, and like Babe Ruth calling his shot, made his play. Like Ruth, he hit it out of the park. This is not hyperbole. The facts prove it.

The wars are over, the economy is booming. Unemployment, like gas prices, are dropping and we have seen record levels of job growth. By any measure of success, including that of Republican candidates in 2012, his presidency has been a success. Even businesses and Wall Street agree that Republicans are killing the economy, and the evidence proves that the economy grows more under Democratic than Republican presidents.

And not only did he end the wars (and without getting us into any of the new ones proposed by Republicans) and restored the economy, but he helped speed along social change by embracing marriage equality, kicking DOMA to the curb and ending Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell; he has supported women’s rights, including equal pay and the right to manage their own reproductive rights; He has fought for workers and for a living wage; battled on behalf of the environment; and fought for the rights of immigrants. And with the Affordable Care Act, known fittingly as Obamacare, he has given all Americans access to healthcare for the first time in our nation’s history.

His list of accomplishments, even minus any opposition, would be staggering. Considering the odds against him, they are truly monumental. In all these areas, he has made life better for Americans. Not just for the rich, but for all Americans.

Right off the bat, President Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize. This was a measure of the world’s relief at being rid of President Bush as much as anything else. The world heaved a sigh of relief. And that alone spurred the much-needed cycle of healing. But it is what President Obama did as himself, rather than as not-Bush, that has really sealed his legacy.

We have just seen that he has been named by Americans as the most admired man in the world for the seventh straight year. There is good reason for that. And it is not because he is FDR or JFK or even Abraham Lincoln. It is because he is Barack H. Obama, and that is no small thing in itself. He was, like so many other great men in our nation’s history, the right man in the right place at the right time. And he answered the call.

He may not have been as liberal as some of us would have liked, but neither was he as far left as Republicans imagined. That he seemed to them to be a Marxist shows not how far left Obama was but how far Right they had moved. In many respects, Obama is a Republican out of the past, embracing many policies once embraced by the GOP. These make him much more of a centrist than someone to the far left of the political spectrum. But that might have been exactly what we needed in 2008.

Some have complained and continue to complain that Obama did not bring the change he promised, but he did bring change, and a great deal of it. Republicans have asked if we miss Bush yet. No, resoundingly, we do not. We can quibble, but it would be wrong to judge him according to what he did or did not do from our own personal lists of things we wanted done. What matters, and what alone matters, are the results.

And the results, as I pointed to above, are spectacular. Despite a steadfast refusal to do their jobs, despite every roadblock Republicans could put in his path, President Obama has persevered, with class and with style, holding his head up proudly like the American he is, sharing credit for his successes and accepting responsibility for his failures.

It is impossible not to compare Bush and Obama: the man who got us into war and the man who got us out of it; the man who destroyed the economy and the man who restored it; the man who alienated the world and the man who makes friends of enemies, including Cuba.

But ultimately Obama must be judged for who he is and not for who he is not, and according to those standards, he is a great man indeed. He is, I will assert here and without any hesitation, if not the greatest American president ever, the greatest president of modern times.

Obama outperforms Reagan – Best economic President in modern times.
There is an article out at Forbes ,From The Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS), that is much different from ,Traditional mainstream media reports that seem to be designed to deliver GOP talking points on this President, misinform, but mostly stay quiet on his accomplishments.
If one listens to the traditional news media, one would see that they spin the unemployment numbers as if President Obama’s recovery is more anemic than the recovery of other presidents. The last President that had to dig America out of the type of hole that greeted President Obama was FDR. And we know it took a world war to to get us out of that depression after fighting with it for nearly a decade.

“Now that ‘Boomers’ are retiring we are seeing the percentage of those seeking employment decline. This has nothing to do with job availability, and everything to do with a highly predictable aging demographic.
“What’s now clear is that the Obama administration policies have outperformed the Reagan administration policies for job creation and unemployment reduction. Even though Reagan had the benefit of a growing Boomer class to ignite economic growth, while Obama has been forced to deal with a retiring workforce developing special needs. During the eight years preceding Obama there was a net reduction in jobs in America. We now are rapidly moving toward higher, sustainable jobs growth.”

Even with the systemic reality of baby boomers causing a reduction in the labor participation rates, a dysfunctional Congress that has done very little since this President’s first two years under a Democratic Congress, and the deliberate sabotage by Republicans, this President has outperformed economically. The author of the piece says it best.

Economically, President Obama’s administration has outperformed President Reagan’s in all commonly watched categories. Simultaneously the current administration has reduced the deficit, which skyrocketed under Reagan. Additionally, Obama has reduced federal employment, which grew under Reagan (especially when including military personnel,) and truly delivered a “smaller government.” Additionally, the current administration has kept inflation low, even during extreme international upheaval, failure of foreign economies (Greece) and a dramatic slowdown in the European economy.

There is much angst that most Americans feel. The President has restored the economy. He has added some economic security with the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, and some other programs along the fringes. What President Obama has been unable to achieve is revamping an economic and tax system that is biased against middle class America. This will require average Americans that are ready to assert their worth and demand its piece of the American pie.It will require an America that does not fall for the false economic narrative that states that the rich are the job creators. Americans must no longer allow the plutocrats to steal our treasure.

[Rabbithoundjb]

LMAO, what a load of $hit. You're an moron, Reagan had an annual growth rate of 8%, The US labor participation rate went from 62.5% to 67% under Reagan, under Obama it has went from 66% to 62.5%. The national debt under Reagan grew 1.5 trillion under Obama it has grown 9 trillion. You have posted a lot of stupid $hit but comparing Obama to Reagan is like comparing $hit to perfume. Obama's presidency is over flowing septic tank.

[bluemouse]

Jb that's pinemooch to a T the other day he found an Obama doll in a outhouse that had corn for eyes and peanuts for ears and he thought it was a collectors piece.

[Pine Mt Beagles]

Facts are facts ,,much better than Regan .regan was sorry anyway.

[Rabbithoundjb]

Yes they are and lying dependent free loaders are exactly that, YOU PMB

[cris axtell/coal hill ken]

Obama is the worst president in history. If he got elected for four more years this country would be in a race war or a revolution.

[Pine Mt Beagles]

Racism and Bigotry

There is no room in America for this anymore,a few old White Men sitting around hating ,it will eat you up and consume you,give it up.

I will tell you up front none of you could ever be as Racist or Bigoted as I,,once was my last year in the Marines and for several years after I got out .But after I got saved by,excepting the Blood of Jesus Christ,,I saw just how Horrable that I had been and I will never be that way again
I ,am so sorry that so many of you ,have been Cursed by God to have a Reprobate Mind,out of four of us children we are lucky I guess to only have one ,my Baby Sister.I pray for her and worry about her ,But, no one can go against God .She married into a Family cursed to have several, Reprobates ,I guess they just find each other I know Parents that are Reprobates and their Children grow up Normal and sometimes one Parent will be Reprobate or Republican ,God works in strange ways.

If President Obama,,was A White Man You would say he is the Best ever.and you know it.

[Newt]

"But after I got saved by,excepting the Blood of Jesus Christ,,I saw just how Horrable that I had been and I will never be that way again.
I ,am so sorry that so many of you ,have been Cursed by God to have a Reprobate Mind.

I think you meant "accepting" the blood of Jesus Christ. But who knows, God will be the Judge whether you meant accepting or excepting. Maybe you excepted Jesus and accepted Allah or Hillary or Harry or Nancy. Hmmm? Reprobate Mind!
Didn't God blind some and close their ears to understanding. Better look deeply inside yourself before you get back onto that soap box and start preaching

Excepted: Definition To exclude; leave out:

Do you understand the meaning of Jesus words, "though shalt not judge", "No one is great, only God is great", Beware the traditions of men, follow the teachings of Jesus.

[cris axtell/coal hill ken]

Judging from your past posts PM you are the one full of hate and rage. There is a special place for people like you and it's not heaven.

[littlewoody]

LMAO, what a load of $hit. You're an moron, Reagan had an annual growth rate of 8%, The US labor participation rate went from 62.5% to 67% under Reagan, under Obama it has went from 66% to 62.5%. The national debt under Reagan grew 1.5 trillion under Obama it has grown 9 trillion. You have posted a lot of stupid $hit but comparing Obama to Reagan is like comparing $hit to perfume. Obama's presidency is over flowing septic tank.

+100 % pm

[Newt]

National Park Service adds two LGBT sites to National Register of Historic Places


The National Park Service has added two properties commemorating the history of America’s gays and lesbians to the National Register of Historic Places, including the Washington home of a separatist lesbian collective in the early 1970s.

Tuesday’s decision to add the Furies Collective, a Capitol Hill rowhouse in Southeast Washington, and San Juan’s Edificio Comunidad de Orgullo Gay de Puerto Rico comes as the Obama administration is making a concerted effort to recognize the contribution of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans to the nation’s past. President Obama is preparing to name Stonewall — the New York City site where gay rioters and police clashed in protests in 1969, considered a watershed moment in the gay rights movement — as a national monument as early as next month.


I can't believe that a statue of Barney Franks is not in the works. He did his contribution to the Real Estate bubble collapse.