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Re: Obama isn't doing bad

Postby Georgetpwn » Sun Aug 02, 2009 7:06 am

the only reason why the liberal media swings at him for his beer choice is because they're afraid to actually critize him on his policies, because liberal media belives Obama is God.
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Postby Kantria » Sun Aug 02, 2009 7:08 am

I think you guys are taking this little manufactured controversy way too seriously. I doubt even the people behind it feel their complaints are relevant in the slightest way.
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Postby Kantria » Sun Aug 02, 2009 7:08 am

Georgetpwn wrote:the only reason why the liberal media swings at him for his beer choice is because they're afraid to actually critize him on his policies, because liberal media belives Obama is God.


Yup. This. That's it; you win NSG forever.
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Re: Obama isn't doing bad

Postby Fartsniffage » Sun Aug 02, 2009 7:28 am

Georgetpwn wrote:the only reason why the liberal media swings at him for his beer choice is because they're afraid to actually critize him on his policies, because liberal media belives Obama is God.


Or perhaps, do try to stay with me here, the media outlets that aren't criticising his policies actually agree with them. :shock:

I know it's very difficult to believe but I swear it's true, some people actually hold different views from yourself on the best way to run a country and they might even be right.

You might want to sit down for a while to let that sink in. I wouldn't want the shock from learning that everyone isn't exactly the same as you to make you faint while standing and cause you injury.

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Postby Pacifisia » Sun Aug 02, 2009 8:23 am

We've seen some great progress so far. Guantanamo bay, healthcare and enducation, Iraq, the economy, all these things have seen progress. I hope he keeps it up!

I really admire Obama's outburst, not because I agree with speaking on something before you know all the facts, but because it proves he has a heart. Too many politicians these days are like machines, with no emotion. When did you last hear of a politician getting angry in public?

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Postby No Names Left Damn It » Sun Aug 02, 2009 8:25 am

Pacifisia wrote:When did you last hear of a politician getting angry in public?


The Czech Prime Minister's a bit of a nutcase, he ends up whacking people quite a lot. And then there was John Prescott laying into that protester dick a couple of years ago.
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Postby Wanderjar » Sun Aug 02, 2009 8:26 am

Hairless Kitten II wrote:Surprise surprise, me, Hairless Kitten created a posting about Obama. :)

The reason why I wrote it is about the amusing news that some American media is mad because lately Obama drunk a beer with that black professor and that white policeman.

The reason why the media is mad? Well, the beer is 'Belgian'.

If the media is complaining about such things, if this is Obama his worst sin then he's doing pretty well.

After all, what's next? He can't eat no Chinese food anymore? And what about Champagne? French Fries? Spaghetti?

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/07/29 ... 6417.shtml
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I felt that was a good call on Obama's part, and is the only thing he's done right in his entire presidency.
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Postby Pacifisia » Sun Aug 02, 2009 8:26 am

No Names Left Damn It wrote:
Pacifisia wrote:When did you last hear of a politician getting angry in public?


The Czech Prime Minister's a bit of a nutcase, he ends up whacking people quite a lot. And then there was John Prescott laying into that protester dick a couple of years ago.


A serious politician, I mean.

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Postby No Names Left Damn It » Sun Aug 02, 2009 8:26 am

Wanderjar wrote:I felt that was a good call on Obama's part, and is the only thing he's done right in his entire presidency.


Oh come on, he's done a few other good things.
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Postby No Names Left Damn It » Sun Aug 02, 2009 8:27 am

Pacifisia wrote:A serious politician, I mean.


John Prescott and the Czech PM aren't serious nowadays?
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Postby Wanderjar » Sun Aug 02, 2009 8:29 am

No Names Left Damn It wrote:
Wanderjar wrote:I felt that was a good call on Obama's part, and is the only thing he's done right in his entire presidency.


Oh come on, he's done a few other good things.


You're right, using an executive order to end torture usage was a good call. Touche. I'm not a fan of his economic policies though. I don't entirely blame him though, gotta blame congress too. Oh and I detest socialised medicare.
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Postby Nineteen Halves » Sun Aug 02, 2009 8:38 am

Wanderjar wrote:
No Names Left Damn It wrote:
Wanderjar wrote:I felt that was a good call on Obama's part, and is the only thing he's done right in his entire presidency.


Oh come on, he's done a few other good things.


You're right, using an executive order to end torture usage was a good call. Touche. I'm not a fan of his economic policies though. I don't entirely blame him though, gotta blame congress too. Oh and I detest socialised medicare.

What do you actually mean when you say "socialised medicare?" (I assume you actually mean medicine, because privitizing mediacare would be very odd.)

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Wanderjar wrote:Oh and I detest socialised medicare.


That's one of the few points where I actually agree with Obama. Socialised healthcare is a good thing.
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Postby Wanderjar » Sun Aug 02, 2009 8:40 am

No Names Left Damn It wrote:
Wanderjar wrote:Oh and I detest socialised medicare.


That's one of the few points where I actually agree with Obama. Socialised healthcare is a good thing.


No. It isn't. Socialised anything is never a good thing. Government interference in anything is never a good thing.
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Postby No Names Left Damn It » Sun Aug 02, 2009 8:45 am

Wanderjar wrote:No. It isn't. Socialised anything is never a good thing. Government interference in anything is never a good thing.


Yeah, that's why the NHS has lasted over 60 years and even Margaret Thatcher said she wouldn't change anything about it.
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No Names Left Damn It wrote:
Wanderjar wrote:No. It isn't. Socialised anything is never a good thing. Government interference in anything is never a good thing.


Yeah, that's why the NHS has lasted over 60 years and even Margaret Thatcher said she wouldn't change anything about it.


The only thing I dislike about Maggie Thatcher too. I loathe the idea of socialised medicine in this country, it'd be a complete and utter nightmare just like every other government program we institute.
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Postby SaintB » Sun Aug 02, 2009 8:50 am

Wanderjar wrote:
No Names Left Damn It wrote:
Wanderjar wrote:Oh and I detest socialised medicare.


That's one of the few points where I actually agree with Obama. Socialised healthcare is a good thing.


No. It isn't. Socialised anything is never a good thing. Government interference in anything is never a good thing.

All except for the Postal Service, and urban water supplies, and sewer removal and treatment, and garbage management, and road repair and construction, and....

In short that argument is made of a cup of fail and tablespoon of totally wrong.
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Postby Kantria » Sun Aug 02, 2009 8:52 am

Wanderjar wrote:
No Names Left Damn It wrote:
Wanderjar wrote:Oh and I detest socialised medicare.


That's one of the few points where I actually agree with Obama. Socialised healthcare is a good thing.


No. It isn't. Socialised anything is never a good thing. Government interference in anything is never a good thing.


But interference by corporations with no legal or even moral responsibility to provide effective and fair service is OK.

Some government interference is necessary and even inevitable, whether the "government" consists of an assembly of democratically elected representatives or a corps of non-elected corporate elites. People will find a way to reign over their fellow man.

All except for the Postal Service, and urban water supplies, and sewer removal and treatment, and garbage management, and road repair and construction, and....In short that argument is made of a cup of fail and tablespoon of totally wrong.


Incidentally, what have the Romans ever done for us?
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Postby Pedoka » Sun Aug 02, 2009 8:53 am

Honestly, stop making terrible threads.

"Obama can't be doing bad because all the media is reporting is how he drank a Belgian beer"

Do you not see how that is the terrible logic? You don't even live in the states, you don't see our "MEDIA" as it is. There are plenty of other discussions going on about how his stimulus program is a complete failure...

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Postby Sdaeriji » Sun Aug 02, 2009 8:53 am

Wanderjar wrote:
No Names Left Damn It wrote:
Wanderjar wrote:Oh and I detest socialised medicare.


That's one of the few points where I actually agree with Obama. Socialised healthcare is a good thing.


No. It isn't. Socialised anything is never a good thing. Government interference in anything is never a good thing.


We have a socialized military. Perhaps we should privatize that.
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Postby Wanderjar » Sun Aug 02, 2009 8:57 am

SaintB wrote:
Wanderjar wrote:
Wanderjar wrote:Oh and I detest socialised medicare.


No. It isn't. Socialised anything is never a good thing. Government interference in anything is never a good thing.

All except for the Postal Service, and urban water supplies, and sewer removal and treatment, and garbage management, and road repair and construction, and....

In short that argument is made of a cup of fail and tablespoon of totally wrong.


Well actually I'm not in favour of the government controlling any of that. And the postal service is among the most inefficient, most wasteful organizations ever devised.
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Wanderjar wrote:
SaintB wrote:All except for the Postal Service, and urban water supplies, and sewer removal and treatment, and garbage management, and road repair and construction, and....

In short that argument is made of a cup of fail and tablespoon of totally wrong.


Well actually I'm not in favour of the government controlling any of that. And the postal service is among the most inefficient, most wasteful organizations ever devised.

Well than you unlike most are at least ocnsistent.
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Postby Wanderjar » Sun Aug 02, 2009 9:01 am

SaintB wrote:
Wanderjar wrote:
SaintB wrote:All except for the Postal Service, and urban water supplies, and sewer removal and treatment, and garbage management, and road repair and construction, and....

In short that argument is made of a cup of fail and tablespoon of totally wrong.


Well actually I'm not in favour of the government controlling any of that. And the postal service is among the most inefficient, most wasteful organizations ever devised.

Well than you unlike most are at least ocnsistent.


You know it :p
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Postby Hawaii And Midway » Sun Aug 02, 2009 9:04 am

I'm still pissed he shut down the F-22 program...irrelevent but...still...
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Postby Wanderjar » Sun Aug 02, 2009 9:05 am

Look, the government has failed us miserably. They create these pork projects which are just utter waste...recently they procured 500,000,000 for a museum in Nebraska, and furthermore an airport in Pennsylvania to nowhere...basically a monument to John Murtha. 3/4ths of our bridges are unsafe, and our roads are pockmarked and in utter disrepair everywhere I go. Do you really think I have reason to think "Oh lord yes! The government is doing a fantastic job at everything! I can put utter faith in all their operations!" Don't get me started on AMTRAC.
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