Mr. President I want to thank you for the health care reform bill that is going to cost us more in premiums with the possibility of bankrupting numerous businesses because they can't aftord the cost to insure every employee or the fine. Thank you Mr. President for all of your new debt that we now owe that my children and grandchildren are going to have to pay. Thank you Mr. President for taking our tax dollers and spending it on a stimulus bill that has lost 3 million jobs and has our umemployment rate above 9.5%. Thank you Mr. President for the way you and the government handled the oil spill weeks into the spill. Thank you Mr. President for the legislative reform bill that no one knows anything about accept that our fees are likely to go up at our banks and thank you Mr. President for not wanting to extend the Bush Tax Cuts that acutually helped businesses and everyday people and no matter what you say everyone will see their taxes go up and their paycheck go down and thank you Mr. President for my husband having to go into work today and lay-off half of his employee staff (has never had to layoff in 78 years of business) because of the decisions you have made. Again, thank you Mr. President for all that you have done. It is so greatly appreciated by me, my children, my future grandchildren, my husband and the 50 employees that don't have a job after today.
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109Beach Fanatic
Thank you too for the biggest drop in the economy since 1946 and the highest rate of unemployment in 26 years. It was so good of you to appear on that vapid show, The View, to campaign amidst all the misery out here instead of leading.
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For a second here I thought you wrote this. Then I read the part about tax cuts expiring that were helping "everyday folks" and that's when I realized this was an automated post from a computer at the RNC.
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For a second here I thought you wrote this. Then I read the part about tax cuts expiring that were helping "everyday folks" and that's when I realized this was an automated post from a computer at the RNC.
Sorry, not a Republican, just an everyday business owner's wife who saw my husband leave the house this morning with a sadden and dissapointed look on his face. He is put into a position, of no fault of his own because of others. That what really stinks.
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Sorry, not a Republican, just an everyday business owner's wife who saw my husband leave the house this morning with a sadden and dissapointed look on his face. He is put into a position, of no fault of his own because of others. That what really stinks.
I leave the house most mornings with a saddened and disappointed look on my face too. But rationally speaking, should I be blaming our current president for what ails me and viewing his replacement (in 2013 or 2017) as the solution to my problems?

Certainly, I've had a lot of things not go my way. But at the end of the day (or the beginning of it) I really need to look in the mirror for the cause and the fix.
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Dear Wastin Away,
I hope you wrote a similar thank-you letter to the last president who turned a $236B budget surplus into a $1.2 Trillion Deficit in 8 yrs via two wars, at least one of them unnecessary, and by giving substantial tax cuts to the wealthiest couple of percent of Americans. Did you thank him for infringing our civil liberties via the Patriot Act? Did you thank him for destroying the American image among the society of civilized nations?
I hope you wrote a similar thank-you letter to the last president who turned a $236B budget surplus into a $1.2 Trillion Deficit in 8 yrs via two wars, at least one of them unnecessary, and by giving substantial tax cuts to the wealthiest couple of percent of Americans. Did you thank him for infringing our civil liberties via the Patriot Act? Did you thank him for destroying the American image among the society of civilized nations?
SoWal Insider
Dear Wastin Away,
I hope you wrote a similar thank-you letter to the last president who turned a $236B budget surplus into a $1.2 Trillion Deficit in 8 yrs via two wars, at least one of them unnecessary, and by giving substantial tax cuts to the wealthiest couple of percent of Americans. Did you thank him for infringing our civil liberties via the Patriot Act? Did you thank him for destroying the American image among the society of civilized nations?
This is a great post. Succinct and to the point. I agree 100%. Thanks.
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Dear Wastin Away,
I hope you wrote a similar thank-you letter to the last president who turned a $236B budget surplus into a $1.2 Trillion Deficit in 8 yrs via two wars, at least one of them unnecessary, and by giving substantial tax cuts to the wealthiest couple of percent of Americans. Did you thank him for infringing our civil liberties via the Patriot Act? Did you thank him for destroying the American image among the society of civilized nations?
Are you a small business owner UGABUGA? Have you ever had to make sure you had enough money in the bank to make sure 115 employees could cash their payroll checks, have you ever had to make sure your bank account had enough money each week to meet your companies business expenses, have you ever had to make sure you had enough money to make sure you could pay for the employees heath care costs and all of other taxes associated with being a small business owner. If you are then God bless you because you are helping support 70% of the jobs in this country. These problems were not an issue 8 years ago. They are NOW!!!!, so until you are in our shoes dont tell me about thanking the last President. The issues have resulted from decisions this President and this Congress have made in the past 18 months.
SoWal Insider
Are you a small business owner UGABUGA? Have you ever had to make sure you had enough money in the bank to make sure 115 employees could cash their payroll checks, have you ever had to make sure your bank account had enough money each week to meet your companies business expenses, have you ever had to make sure you had enough money to make sure you could pay for the employees heath care costs and all of other taxes associated with being a small business owner. If you are then God bless you because you are helping support 70% of the jobs in this country. These problems were not an issue 8 years ago. They are NOW!!!!, so until you are in our shoes dont tell me about thanking the last President. The issues have resulted from decisions this President and this Congress have made in the past 18 months.
The economic collapse began in 2007 and 2008. If you want to ignore that fact, than this thread will go sour real fast.
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These problems were not an issue 8 years ago. They are NOW!!!!, so until you are in our shoes dont tell me about thanking the last President. The issues have resulted from decisions this President and this Congress have made in the past 18 months.
Wastin Away,
No, these problems were not an issue 8 yrs ago. They are Now because President Bush & the Republican Congress took a booming economy and turned it into a shambles.
You're convinced our economic problems are all the fault of the current president & the current congress. I believe it's almost totally due to the failed policies prior to his taking office. We'll just have to agree to disagree.
I wonder if you know that, yesterday, Senate Republicans blocked the President's bill to aid small business
Republicans Block Bill to Aid Small Business - DealBook Blog - NYTimes.com
The President said the bill, which would provide for loans and tax breaks to small businesses, would stimulate the economy; the Republicans said it would add to the deficit & would hurt the economy. The bill needed 60 votes to advance; the final tally was 58-42. All the Democrats voted Yes; all the Republicans voted No. It's hard for me to understand how you rationalize it, but go ahead & blame the president & Democrats if you want to.
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People have been saying for 18 months things are about to get really ugly while dems waived their "recovery summer" flags. The fact is things are getting worse not better and there's been plenty of time and trillions of borrowed dollars to turn things around. The policies of this administration have been disastrous to the economy as predicted.
So when the economy is still in the crapper a year from now will Bush still be the reason? It's laughable to see people trying to pin this on Bush. I blame Chris Dodd and Barney Frank. Remember those guys...
The end of the tax cuts on top of the tax increases are going to make you wish GW Bush was back. You think jobs are scarce now...
What a horrible day that 50 more people have lost their jobs. To think Obama isn't the problem is simply a state of denial.
So when the economy is still in the crapper a year from now will Bush still be the reason? It's laughable to see people trying to pin this on Bush. I blame Chris Dodd and Barney Frank. Remember those guys...
The end of the tax cuts on top of the tax increases are going to make you wish GW Bush was back. You think jobs are scarce now...
What a horrible day that 50 more people have lost their jobs. To think Obama isn't the problem is simply a state of denial.
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Wastin Away,
No, these problems were not an issue 8 yrs ago. They are Now because President Bush & the Republican Congress took a booming economy and turned it into a shambles.
I?m sorry you suffer Bush Derangement Syndrome but this is Obama?s economy.
Some inconvenient facts for you Uga. Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act promising a fast economic recovery by ?putting Americans to work.? Obama and his clusterflock have been claiming their policies are working, despite the incontrovertible economic news. Jay Leno and Jon Stewart have been having lots of giggles making fun of Obama?s faulty thinking.
Is it working? Don?t think so. Unemployment is dancing around double digits. Congress needs to cut taxes for small business. It?s small business that makes the world go round. Not Obama. Congress needs to get rid of all the hideous red tape small businesses have to deal with and it?s a massive Excedrin headache. Congress needs to stop this wild ?kid gone wild with a credit card? spending.
This is one of the reasons millions of Americans who never gave a thought to politics have gone and joined the growing tea party revolution. A place they can show their displeasure, frustrations and disgust with the direction down the toilet the economy is quickly circling.
The bill you mentioned was all democrat posturing. They did not want the bill to pass so they did one of their smarmy tricks by presenting it with a ?take it or leave it and you have no opportunity to offer amendments, so there, knowing the republicans would not do it that way. Campaign season is on Uga and politicians will say and do most anything to stay in power.
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The economic collapse began in 2007 and 2008. If you want to ignore that fact, than this thread will go sour real fast.
Would you like me to explain to you who was in charge of the Congress in 2008 and 2009, maybe you need to see the light and accept the fact that was is happening is occuring because of this Presdient and this Congress.
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Dear Wastin Away,
I hope you wrote a similar thank-you letter to the last president who turned a $236B budget surplus into a $1.2 Trillion Deficit in 8 yrs via two wars, at least one of them unnecessary, and by giving substantial tax cuts to the wealthiest couple of percent of Americans. Did you thank him for infringing our civil liberties via the Patriot Act? Did you thank him for destroying the American image among the society of civilized nations?
Not Wastin Away, but I did write him and thank him for keeping me, my family and all Americans safe from another terrorist attack in our country after 9-11. I thanked him for the Patriot Act because I believe that kept us safe. I thanked him for those tax cuts, that Obama now appears to realize are a good thing. I also thanked him for all he did to fight Aids in Africa. I think that Obama has totally destroyed our image to the world, we have become a bunch of bowing "panties". And as far as that deficit thing goes, Obama is going for the Deficit Record in the Guinness World Book of Records.
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I think that Obama has totally destroyed our image to the world, we have become a bunch of bowing "panties".
Yes, Obama certainly did destroy our image to the world. We are no longer viewed as narrow minded cowboys who wish to push our views by force upon the rest of the world regardless of repercussions. Diplomacy....what a concept! :roll:
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Grammy says,
"I did write him and thank him for keeping me, my family and all Americans safe from another terrorist attack in our country after 9-11."
But, Grammy, 9/11 was on his watch & happened after he either (1) failed to read or (2) read but ignored a memo entitled "Bin Laden Determined to Strike within U.S."
Grammy says,
"I thanked him for the Patriot Act because I believe that kept us safe."
But Grammy, Benjamin Franklin said "those who would sacrifice essential liberties for security, deserve neither liberty nor security." The former USSR was very "secure" because their "Patriot Acts" took away even more civil liberties than our Patriot Act did.
Grammy says,
"And as far as that deficit thing goes, Obama is going for the Deficit Record in the Guinness World Book of Records."
But, Grammy, Obama didn't start w/ $0 deficit. GWB turned a $236B surplus into a $1.3Trillion deficit; admittedly Obama built on top of that, but he had two of his predecessor's wars, a recession, and a financial meltdown to deal with. Please, give "credit" where it's due.
"I did write him and thank him for keeping me, my family and all Americans safe from another terrorist attack in our country after 9-11."
But, Grammy, 9/11 was on his watch & happened after he either (1) failed to read or (2) read but ignored a memo entitled "Bin Laden Determined to Strike within U.S."
Grammy says,
"I thanked him for the Patriot Act because I believe that kept us safe."
But Grammy, Benjamin Franklin said "those who would sacrifice essential liberties for security, deserve neither liberty nor security." The former USSR was very "secure" because their "Patriot Acts" took away even more civil liberties than our Patriot Act did.
Grammy says,
"And as far as that deficit thing goes, Obama is going for the Deficit Record in the Guinness World Book of Records."
But, Grammy, Obama didn't start w/ $0 deficit. GWB turned a $236B surplus into a $1.3Trillion deficit; admittedly Obama built on top of that, but he had two of his predecessor's wars, a recession, and a financial meltdown to deal with. Please, give "credit" where it's due.
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Beach LoverAuthor
Grammy says,
"I did write him and thank him for keeping me, my family and all Americans safe from another terrorist attack in our country after 9-11."
But, Grammy, 9/11 was on his watch & happened after he either (1) failed to read or (2) read but ignored a memo entitled "Bin Laden Determined to Strike within U.S."
Grammy says,
"I thanked him for the Patriot Act because I believe that kept us safe."
But Grammy, Benjamin Franklin said "those who would sacrifice essential liberties for security, deserve neither liberty nor security." The former USSR was very "secure" because their "Patriot Acts" took away even more civil liberties than our Patriot Act did.
Grammy says,
"And as far as that deficit thing goes, Obama is going for the Deficit Record in the Guinness World Book of Records."
But, Grammy, Obama didn't start w/ $0 deficit. GWB turned a $236B surplus into a $1.3Trillion deficit; admittedly Obama built on top of that, but he had two of his predecessor's wars, a recession, and a financial meltdown to deal with. Please, give "credit" where it's due.
Would you like Grape or Cherry?
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Grammy says,
"I did write him and thank him for keeping me, my family and all Americans safe from another terrorist attack in our country after 9-11."
But, Grammy, 9/11 was on his watch & happened after he either (1) failed to read or (2) read but ignored a memo entitled "Bin Laden Determined to Strike within U.S."
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I believe it was Ex-Pres. Clinton that let Osama bin Laden slip away. Gosh, there's a lot of people here suffering from Bush Derangement Syndrome.
SoWal Insider
Would you like me to explain to you who was in charge of the Congress in 2008 and 2009, maybe you need to see the light and accept the fact that was is happening is occuring because of this Presdient and this Congress.
I will repeat this more slowly. The financial collapse started in 2007 and 2008. The Bush bail-outs were put in place in 2008. The three trillion dollar war in Iraq was started by the Bush administratrion in 2006. Again, if you want to ignore these facts, then this will be a long, tiring thread.
Beach LoverAuthor
I will repeat this more slowly. The financial collapse started in 2007 and 2008. The Bush bail-outs were put in place in 2008. The three trillion dollar war in Iraq was started by the Bush administratrion in 2006. Again, if you want to ignore these facts, then this will be a long, tiring thread.
No you have made your point. May God bless you in 2011.
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I will repeat this more slowly. The financial collapse started in 2007 and 2008. The Bush bail-outs were put in place in 2008. The three trillion dollar war in Iraq was started by the Bush administratrion in 2006. Again, if you want to ignore these facts, then this will be a long, tiring thread.
And the point is this:
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As things continue to get worse at some point the attempt to deflect blame will stop. It's like the 5 stages of death and they're trying to hang on to stage 1 (denial & isolation).
Beach Lover
Yes, Obama certainly did destroy our image to the world. We are no longer viewed as narrow minded cowboys who wish to push our views by force upon the rest of the world regardless of repercussions. Diplomacy....what a concept! :roll:
Douglas, in the world that we live in now I would rather be led by a cowboy that knows how to make a "campfire" that will keep the bears away than by Obama who believes in "feeding" the bears as they slowly pick us off one by one.
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Yes, Obama certainly did destroy our image to the world. We are no longer viewed as narrow minded cowboys who wish to push our views by force upon the rest of the world regardless of repercussions. Diplomacy....what a concept! :roll:
Some won't be happy until people from other countries start throwing things at Obama.
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Some won't be happy until people from other countries start throwing things at Obama.
What are you talking about throwing things??? Atomic bombs from Iran? Korea?
Don't you go knocking cowboys. Florida was built on cowboys and cattle.
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SoWal Insider
I will repeat this more slowly. The financial collapse started in 2007 and 2008. The Bush bail-outs were put in place in 2008. The three trillion dollar war in Iraq was started by the Bush administratrion in 2006. Again, if you want to ignore these facts, then this will be a long, tiring thread.
Three trillion dollar war?
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