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Current Events => Breaking News => Topic started by: TheSarge on January 11, 2009, 08:48:34 PM
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(http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/data?pid=avimage&iid=itrESbZgm_2k)
Jan. 11 (Bloomberg) -- President-elect Barack Obama said reviving the U.S. economy will require scaling back on his campaign promises and personal sacrifice from all Americans.
“I want to be realistic here, not everything that we talked about during the campaign are we going to be able to do on the pace we had hoped,†Obama said in an interview on ABC’s “This Week†program broadcast this morning. “Everybody’s going to have to give.â€
Obama also said in the interview recorded yesterday that he wants stricter guidelines and greater transparency in spending the remaining $350 billion in the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
Obama takes office Jan. 20 and is pressing Congress to act quickly on a two-year economic stimulus plan of about $775 billion that includes new government spending and tax cuts. As part of his campaign to build support from lawmakers and the public, Obama has been speaking about the economy every day over the past week, warning of a deeper and more prolonged recession without government action.
Though some Democrats have resisted elements of Obama’s plan, recent economic data have helped him make his point. The Labor Department reported Jan. 9 that the U.S. lost almost 2.6 million jobs in 2008 and that the unemployment rate jumped to 7.2 percent in December, the highest level in almost 16 years. The losses were widespread, with manufacturers, builders, retailers and temporary-help agencies axing positions.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a3YMkstD3JzA
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“I want to be realistic here, not everything that we talked about during the campaign are we going to be able to do on the pace we had hoped,†Obama said in an interview on ABC’s “This Week†program broadcast this morning. “Everybody’s going to have to give.â€
Kudos for the honesty, as for the implementation of "everybody having to give"... :bolt:
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Kudos for the honesty, as for the implementation of "everybody having to give"... :bolt:
well, as i see it, there are now people who don't give, but take. therefore, they should give first...
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Ah, the picture that is worth a thousand zeros....the very definition of the "blank stare"....the "deer in the headlights". As for not keeping his promises...never really expected him to keep any that would do anything positive anyway. He shouldn't really worry about lowering our expectations. They can't get any lower than they are now.
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Wow, he's not even waiting till Inauguration Day..... :lmao:
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Wow, he's not even waiting till Inauguration Day..... :lmao:
Yeah, it's funny. He has no problem talking about the economy right now as if he were already president, but Israel? Oh nooooo,nononononono, he has to wait until Bush leaves to even acknowledge that there's a war going on over there.
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He was still making those promises when he knew the recession was in place.
Man... That man played them voters for straight up fools.
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He was still making those promises when he knew the recession was in place.
Man... That man played them voters for THE straight up fools THEY ARE.
Slight fix
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Excellent observation HFB. He's totally picking and choosing.
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The headline should have been, "Economic Reality Forces Socialism To Be Put On Hold". :uhsure:
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Does this mean Im not getting a pony, and rainbows wont be shooting out of my ass anytime soon ?
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Does this mean Im not getting a pony, and rainbows wont be shooting out of my ass anytime soon ?
Sorry to break it to ya miskie...
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and rainbows wont be shooting out of my ass anytime soon ?
Uh... You sound like that's a bad thing...
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No ponies, no rainbows.........................
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Does this mean Im not getting a pony, and rainbows wont be shooting out of my ass anytime soon ?
(http://zoiks.net/~benley/no_pony.jpg)
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(http://zoiks.net/~benley/no_pony.jpg)
So I guess miskie gets rainbows shooting out his ass then
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Ah, the picture that is worth a thousand zeros....the very definition of the "blank stare"....the "deer in the headlights". As for not keeping his promises...never really expected him to keep any that would do anything positive anyway. He shouldn't really worry about lowering our expectations. They can't get any lower than they are now.
Actually, I was listening to Savage today and he talked about how Osama-Obama looked overly confused and in total disbelief that he was actually elected when pressed on the issues facing America today.
Snicker.....
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Does this mean Im not getting a pony, and rainbows wont be shooting out of my ass anytime soon ?
The pony? No Butt, you will get rainbows shooting out of your ass if you are gay enough... :-)
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Damn it! Obama promised me rainbows and ponies !
Clowns never laughed before
and beanstalks never grew.
Ponies never lived with me
Till I met you
Surf never broke before
Artists never drew.
Asses never shot rainbows
Till I met you.
My dream came true,
My dream came true.
The world spent my lives begging,
'Cause I met you.
Phones never rang before,
Wise men never knew.
No one ever loved before,
Till I met you.