What is easy to see in this administration is the childish behavior of name-calling, finger point and imaginary prediction they engage in daily. If Obama isn’t blaming George W Bush – he is claiming that something he did prevented Armageddon… how many times have you heard “Our quick actions brought us back from the brink?” or some other like phrase? This is a bullcrap claim that I wouldn’t accept from a conservative better yet a Marxist. It’s typical despot grandstanding on a house of cards… don’t buy it. It would be laughable if it weren’t our country.
So what has Obama accomplished in the last year? Let’s have a look.
Remember Obama gave himself a solid B+ so with that in mind, read on.
It’s been a historic year of unprecedented screw ups, likely the worst screw ups – the screwiest screw ups since the great depression and can not help but ponder the cause…. hmmm? Can I blame the previous administration, the last eight year, the GOP obstructionism… that’s the name of the game is it not? No, not here – the blame clearly lies at the feet of the liar in thief Urkle Obama. So while Urkle failed to capture the 2009 Dumbass of the Year it was very, very close, so close that he too deserves historic acknowledgment of his unprecedented amateurism’s nearly to numerous to list, but we shall try…
It all started way back in late 2008 when Urkle inventing the Office of the President Elect and proclaim this new age of transparency and open government free from earmarks, lobbyist and pork. Then came the Washington Mall being completely trashed by the hoards of mindless Urklebots expecting someone else to pick up after them, it was a premonition of the trashing of America to come over the next year and counting. And just like that Mall, someone else will have to clean up the mess that will be left by Obama.
The imaginary coronation was over and Urkle set off on a worldwide apology tours accusing America of being arrogant and derisive all while bowing to third rate despots of terrorist harboring nation. This was not before Obama decreed that America invented the Automobile. Then came the so-called $787 BILLION STIMULUS PACKAGE that has yet to stimulate anything more than government, yet to create real jobs and yet to do anything it was promised. But wait there is more… a lot more, so much more that it would take far to long to list them all in this fashion. So let’s start a list…
We also had but not limited to and in the order I remember them-
The New York City flyby of Air Force One panicking the city.
The beer summit after Obama said the police acted stupidly.
Sign executive order to close Gitmo
The failed Chicago Olympic bid in Copenhagen.
The undeserved Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo.
Unemployment promised not to top 8% but hitting 10.2%
Single year record-breaking national debt.
Single year record-breaking national spending.
The bogus jobs created or saved on recovery.gov
Spending $18 million of tax payer funds to “revamp” recovery.gov’s website.
Phony congressional districts claiming have created stimulus jobs.
Phony zip codes claiming to have to have created stimulus jobs.
Phony jobs created
Classless gifts to the Queen and Prime Minister of England (An IPod of his speeches and Region 1DVD’s for Region 2 UK)
Taking two expensive “date nights” on the taxpayers dime. (1 in Chicago 1 in NYC)
Demanding a bill is passed right damn now then taking 4 days to sign it.
Bows to multiple foreign leaders
Making secret backroom deal for healthcare
Complete lack of transparency even though promised
Offering an open door and keeping it closed
Promised healthcare coverage on C-SPAN and reneging.
Claimed he will to go line by line over the health bill when anyone then refusing to do so
The pandering to Unions and special interest
Hiring lobbyist after claiming he would not
Continuously blaming George W. Bush for everything
Continuously claiming GOP obstruction when his party hold all branches of government
The take over of the auto industry less Ford
Take over of the banks
Foreclosure bailouts
Promising not to raise ANY taxes on those under $200K and raising them
The failed Cash for Clunker in which more foreign cars were sold then American
The attempt to move the US Census 2010 to the Executive Branch
Declaring war on FoxNews
Taking four months to supply reinforcements to Afghanistan
The appointment of radical Czars
Signing 10’s of 1000’s of earmarks when pledging not to
Taking three days to make a public remark on the terrorist attack
Calling three terrorist attacks in one year isolated extremist
Not allowing public to see bill before vote.
Saying the stimulus saved or created 2 million jobs in face of the fact that 1.7 million more are unemployed than when he took office.
There is more… so what about the numbers?
A by-the-numbers look at Obama’s first year
(Note some the dates the AP had wrong I’ve corrected them, they listed some 2010 dates as 2009)
13 million—Number of people 16 and older unemployed as of January 2009.
14.7 million—Number of people 16 and older unemployed as of December 2009.
7.7 percent—Unemployment rate January 2009
10.2 percent—Unemployment rate December 2009
$787 billion—Cost of economic stimulus approved by Congress.
$10.6 trillion—Outstanding public debt Jan. 20, 2009.
$12.3 trillion—Outstanding public debt Jan. 14, 2010. ($1.7 trillion higher than when Obama took office)
$296.4 billion—Federal spending from the financial crisis bailout fund before Jan. 20, 2009.
$173 billion—Federal spending from the financial crisis bailout fund after Jan. 20, 2009.
$165 billion—Amount of bailout funds repaid by banks and automakers.
139—Bank failures between Jan. 20, 2009, and Jan. 14, 2010.
274,399—Number of properties that received foreclosure-related notices in January 2009.
349,519—Number of properties that received foreclosure-related notices in December 2009.
34,400—U.S. troops in Afghanistan in January 2009.
70,000—U.S. troops in Afghanistan as of Jan. 12, 2010.
319—U.S. military deaths in Afghanistan from January 2009 through Jan. 15, 2010.
139,500—U.S. troops in Iraq in January 2009.
111,000—U.S. troops in Iraq as of Jan. 12, 2010.
152—U.S. military deaths in Iraq from January 2009 through Jan. 15, 2010.
539—Appointments to top federal policy positions submitted to the Senate
352—Appointments confirmed by the Senate.
180—Appointments in top policy positions carried over from the Bush administration.
12—Formal news conferences.
21—Foreign countries visited.
29—States visited.
10—Visits to Camp David.
2—Vacations.
OK what about promises? Surely he broke at least one-
PolitiFact – Promise Broken rulings on the Obameter
The following are all listed as broken by PolitiFact. (PolitiFact tracks to the left, so they are softer on liberals than on conservatives.)
End income tax for seniors making less than $50,000
End no-bid contracts above $25,000
Direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a comprehensive study of federal cancer initiatives
Allow five days of public comment before signing bills
Tougher rules against revolving door for lobbyists and former officials
Double funding for afterschool programs
Urge states to treat same-sex couples with full equality in their family and adoption laws
Allow bankruptcy judges to modify terms of a home mortgage
Pay for the national service plan without increasing the deficit
Reduce earmarks to 1994 levels
Create a $3,000 tax credit for companies that add jobs
Allow penalty-free hardship withdrawals from retirement accounts in 2008 and 2009
Recognize the Armenian genocide
Negotiate health care reform in public sessions televised on C-SPAN
Thats just what I remember without going through the old post.
And this is just YEAR ONE! Holy moly.
More here….
Planet Enron
Barely Making the Grade: Obama’s First Year
Mixed reviews for W.H.’s 2009
The Once-Appealing Barack Obama
2010 is shaping up to be a perfectly awful year for Democrats. It’s a safe bet that in response they and their allies will lash out in rage, angry at the perceived injustice of it all, furious at the fate that has befallen them. They will blame Obama’s predecessor, Republicans in Congress, the conservative movement, angry white males, Fox News, Sarah Palin’s tweets, and the wrong alignment of the stars. It won’t work.
What’s up preacher man? You need to apologize to all people for your slanderous prayer at the inauguration benediction, it was racist, it was rude and it was uncalled for and in just plain poor taste. As a white guy you offended me (that’s hard to do, congrads) and I as a white guy am sick and tired of being asked to apologize for every little statement some minority finds offensive or just for being white … well Rev Lowery you offend me and millions of good people and white people accross this great nation.
