BTW I found this by typing in google “what has obama done”

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

I’m not buying it.

Chitown: I just have 1 thing to add:

AYYY-MEN!

If say your prez is an @sshole does that make me guilty of a hate crime? well it will in the eyes of those who like him and that’s why anti hatred laws are stupid.Why one has an opinion about someone is subject to interpretation regardless of what one says the reason for that opinion is.

But come on. What have we learnt after the Bush years and this economic crisis??

It’s not just one frigging person!?

I personally don’t think Obama has that much power at all…he’s to new to the game and he has so many people invested in him which is why he won…

Remember Hilary was a shoo in, he must’ve had slapped a few backs and the rest to get were he is…

But your forgetting human nature. Find the easiest path. I wished more people would realize that the President doesn’t have all that much authority. But their all bought in that he has it all. Hell, if you listen to Obama, he thinks the same. So, I can’t blame people for believing that he has all the power.

True. There are the rare times that the elected and bought officials actually listen to the people that placed them where they are. But that is rare.

Well not always.

Don’t know about the American system, but Margaret Torture got the axe from her own party while she was in power, as did Tony Blair.

I know things work a bit differently when the executive is separate from the legislative, but having a majority does not always guarantee fealty.

And in our respective systems it all depends on the PM.

We have one right now who is practically running the whole show out of the prime minister’s office. Most of his ministers don’t dare open their mouths at all.
Hard to imagine that the PMO’s chief of staff would be more powerful than the finance minister, but that’s kind of how it was last year, when their fortunes were running high.

Sorry John. I’ll bite (though I’m a foreigner too).
In the second list, Cheney, obviously, because he was given the power, not because he got it by virtue of the office.

First list… Dunno. I would assume the higher-ups in executive have more individual power than in legislative simply because the house leaders’ (the equivalent of our party whips, I guess)fortunes are tied to the vote spread in the house, meaning their power is dependent on several hundred other people.

Within the executive, hard to say. The president obviously has more power on paper, but the chief of staff surely has some freedom of movement that the president does not.

On the other hand, the chief of staff can’t replace the president.

I know but come on…..?? We’re supposed to be bright dude! We’re not the layman lol!

Only one person has answered me, which I knew. THIS is human nature. We’re inherently the most judgemental and selfish type, purely because we have the brain capacity to problem solve or change BUT we don’t.

@Sampson:

I knoow…I was being generalistic…was Alistair Campbell jus as powerful as Blair?? Come on…

I ALSO HAVE STOCK IN TAMIFLU.

It’s made by Gilead Sciences, a company that specializes in HIV/AIDS research and pharmaceuticals – and thus one of the most qualified companies to deal with viruses and flus.

i bought the stock for a moral reason (i had a friend die of AIDS)… and it’s lost me money. even so, i still keep the stock. currently… their stock is doing awful… and has been for some time. Swine Flu isn’t doing a DAMN thing for their stock prices. please look up their past year stock chart. it’s horrendous.

so please (everyone) think before throwing fingers. on the subject… we are 100 days into an over 1460 day presidency. social issues are being handled on a state level at an alarming rate – and that’s an awesome thing to witness. but i personally have stopped pointing fingers and demanding attention like a 3 year old brat. i want to make sure i have a job, future, IRA, house, and some stability in the next 5 years. that’s just me.

marriage equality. it’s coming… it’s coming real soon across the board. AND I LOVE IT.

Love Queerty!

Bill you should have your own blog. Do you? Please say yes! I am not conservative but I am not relating to the Democratic party anymore either. I listen to all sides of an issue.

I know neither you nor I will change each others’ opinion, I said I didn’t want to debate it for that reason.

But if only for the benefit of others reading this, it is legitimate to post exceptions to your rule.

And I do hope you’re not offended that I agree with you in part.

So I agree that major change usually requires grassroots impetus, but there are important exceptions.

Parties in power have sometimes done the right thing even though it was not popular.

And interestingly, there were a number of enlightened despots who reformed their countries. Of course it is not as common today, but it does exist.

And of course I know you and I have radically different views on the causes of social change. We don’t have to hash that out here.

And Lincoln’s law to free slaves from owners who supported secession (a year before the Emancipation proclamation) was also a case of using anti-slavery to a strategic military advantage.

Two things changed his mind. One was a shift in public opinion spearheaded by the efforts of dozens of people like Frederick Douglass and the second was the failure of the Union armies to put down the treasonous slave holders.

Lincoln needed freed slaves for the Union Army and wanted to foment rebelliousness in the treason states. The Emancipation Proclamation was meant to both simultaneously and over time and did just that.

Again, it’s wrong to say that personalities like Lincoln or Obama are primary; it’s the creation of mass movements for change that propel history. In the absense of those mass movements change is impossible. Ask Hugo Chavez.

So Lincoln did actually put abolition on the backburner until he could deal with the issue of national unity.

Obama is no more our friend than Clinton or Bush.

He has a record longer than 100 days, and it’s a rap sheet as long as my arm. He’s done nothing but pander to get bigot votes from or well over a year. When he found our SSM was unpopular in bigot circles he got religion and switched to thier side. That’s what he was doing when his words ‘gawd’s in the mix’ torpedoed us in California, when he invited Warren, chose his bigoted ‘sprit advisors’ and when he appointed Joshua Dubois, an ordained pentecostal bigot to head up his ‘faith based’ bribery scam.

On the economy and the racist war against every one from Palestine to Pakistan he’s as bad as Clinton and Bush because the rich and the military industrial types own him body and soul. He’s an enemy of world peace as much as Bush and Clinton. Everyone killed in the oil wars from January 20th on is his responsibility. He’s the fifth president in a row to commit war crimes against muslims in a bid to control their oil. That makes it even more urgent to press for an International War Crimes Tribunal.

From our point of view, and that of working people and the GI and civilian antiwar movements, Obama has always been a loser. Don’t be surprised when hopey-changey morphs in rage, and don’t bother dismissing it as ‘bitchiness. It’s not; it’s the rage of people who’ve spent way too much time under the bus.

LOL. I know. But also, if you look at the history whenever the Congress is dominated by the party that has the White House, they generally become just a rubber stamp. But it is easier to point the finger at one individual than a group of over 400.

diverse? there are four women in his cabinet and 0 gay people. WOW that’s really diverse.. Change Hope Unity..Sausage fest..

Political truths have been nullified by idolatry. Fascism and elitism have become afrocentric. Black political suicide has become patriotic. Political logic has become treason. Most “journalists” are Obama’s fans. Most voters are his drones. Most gays are his doormats. And, most women and men are his groupies. It is truly pathetic to witness…

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Be that as it may, in my opinion to not show up shows disrespect for the organization. If someone in your congress says something terrible other representatives don’t refuse to attend because of it.
Refusing to attend is basically saying the bigots own the U.N. If our nations felt that way they should quit entirely. If not, they have a duty to show up and make their voices heard.

But you’re entitled to your opinion.

Welcome to the world of CHANGE HOPE AND UNITY.

A NEW KIND OF POLITICS.

Is that a kenny rogers song?