hello america!!! the following is a recent video of obama & what he's supposed to have done:::::
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/obama-campaign-video-focuses-achievements-ignores-romney-140409923.html
obama can rant & rave all he wishes to but, he can't look you in the eye & tell you we have /or ever will recoup all of the money loaned/ or made accessible to gm & chrysler. the US & canada still own the majority of gm. what obamas video doesn't tell you is, ford walked away from the bailout talks, refused the loans & is doing very well...this comes from obamas own people...
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d10492.pdf
& this comes from forbes...
http://www.forbes.com/2010/04/23/general-motors-economy-bailout-opinions-columnists-shikha-dalmia.html
&, bear in mind, obama is trying to give you a $7,500. tax credit for buying a new gm chevy volt. two things strike me here::::::1.this is the unionized company obama bailed out & 2.the tax credit is the very same thing he wants abolish----yeah, figure that one out. he wants congress to close all these loopholes & yet, he's promoting them. which is it???
again, we are hearing how obama inherited this mess...what you are not hearing is, he had a direct hand in creating this mess as a lawyer for acorn...he not only trained acorn people to put on 'demonstrations' at banks to force them to make sub-prime loans, he actively sued banks....see here
http://www.mediacircus.com/2008/10/obama-sued-citibank-under-cra-to-force-it-to-make-bad-loans/
&, in defense of pres bush, there is this which the dems don't want you to see.....
http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2008/10/20081009-10.html
so much for the blame game. however, the pro-obama-biased media won't report this & the dems & obama hope it never comes up...
as for the video stating the amount of jobs saved, if you care to remember, they credited zip codes & districts that never existed with saving/creating jobs so, i know their figures are off. they are constantly 'adjusting' them & it really is hard to put my full trust in them. however, other then the labor department, i don't know who else gets employment/unemployment reported to them so, i'm stuck with their figures &, just for that, take a look at this....
http://bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm
good people, no matter how you slice it, we have a very serious employment/unemployment problem...you can say what you wish about obama however, he was hired to fix the economy & he has failed to do so...what's sad about this whole thing is, there are blacks (14% unemployed) & latinos (10.3%) that support obama simply because of his color instead of questioning him on why this is & what is he doing to correct it. they voted for him because of 'change' & i would like to know what he has done to 'change' their life.
on the other hand, if they're happy with food stamps & welfare, then, so-be-it...says a lot about expectations for upcoming generations of people of color. people of color were hit very hard by our economic fall & if they can't get jobs now, obama has not shown them anything that should inspire a lot of hope for tomorrow. besides, the true unemployment rate will ever be known but, for blacks it's probably hovering around 16-18%, for latinos, at 12-14%, for whites, at 10-12%.
i personally know of some blacks, latinos, & whites that can work & don't even bother looking. they are content to stay on section 8, receive food stamps, medical & welfare money & the saddest part of it all is, our government isn't requiring them to do anything but collect. so yeah, i can see these people supporting obama.
on the opposite end of the spectrum, i know some pretty hard working people of color that don't want 'hand outs'. they have 'earned' everything they have & strive for more. they are examples of people following the american dream.
by the way, just so you know, the national unemployment rate is presently at 8.2%.
&, people of color, don't forget to go out there & purchase that new chevy volt ($40,000-$50,000) so you can take advantage of obamas $7,500 tax credit---worry about the rent & other bills later>>>>>>
First lady Michelle Obama’s weekend jaunt to Aspen, Colorado for a President’s Day ski holiday with her daughters Sasha and Malia makes the 16th time members of the first family have gone on extended vacations during their three years in office.
Their stay at the home of a major Chicago fundraiser for President Obama makes the fifth time the first lady and her daughters have taken a break from Washington on their own. Only once has Obama had a long weekend out of town and alone, celebrating his 49th birthday in Chicago in August 2010.
Accounting for trips out of Washington for several days, the total number of vacations Washington Secrets tabulated is 16, 10 where the family was together, such as for Christmas and summer vacations, one by the president and five by the first lady. Not included were Camp David visits or trips like the first family’s New York City date night in May, 2009.
According to presidential watcher Mark Knoller of CBS, George W. Bush, at this time of his presidency, had made 30 visits to his Texas ranch spanning all or part of 220 days. The Obama’s vacation day count is less than half of that.
But his have become more controversial because of the costs associated with moving the first family to a public vacation spot, unlike the Bushes to their remote ranch in Crawford, Texas. For example, the Hawaii Reporter said the first family’s 2011 Christmas vacation in Hawaii would exceed $1.5 million.
Critics and even some in his own party say the vacations present a bad image at a time when many Americans are struggling to get by during the recession. According to recent Harris poll, only three in 10 said they plan to take a vacation lasting longer than a week in the next six months, and that number has been dropping during the recession as people worry about the costs of vacations. Other polls have found that less than half of all Americans take all the vacation time they earn because they can’t afford trips.
The Obama Vacation List
-- President’s Day 2012, Michelle and the first daughters in Aspen, Colorado to ski.
-- Christmas 2011, the first family in Hawaii for an extended vacation.
-- Summer 2011, in Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., for the annual beach break.
-- June 2011, the first lady, her mother and daughters traveled to South Africa and Botswana.
-- President’s Day 2011, the first lady and first daughters travel to Vail to ski.
-- Christmas 2010, in Hawaii.
-- August 2010, the first family traveled to Panama City Beach, Fla., for some sun and fun at the beach.
-- August 2010, Obama spent the weekend alone in Chicago for his 49th birthday bash.
-- August 2010, the first lady and daughter Sasha traveled to Spain for a mother-daughter vacation.
-- August 2010, summer vacation again at Martha’s Vineyard.
-- July 2010, the first family went to Mount Desert Island, Maine.
-- May 2010, the first family had a four-day trip to Chicago.
-- March 2010, first lady and daughter spend Spring Break in New York City.
-- Christmas 2009, Hawaii again for the annual break.
-- August 2009, at Yellowstone National Park and the Grand Canyon for a short vacation.
-- August 2009, their first summer vacation as first family at Martha’s Vineyard, Mass.
Accounting for trips out of Washington for several days, the total number of vacations Washington Secrets tabulated is 16, 10 where the family was together, such as for Christmas and summer vacations, one by the president and five by the first lady. Not included were Camp David visits or trips like the first family’s New York City date night in May, 2009.
According to presidential watcher Mark Knoller of CBS, George W. Bush, at this time of his presidency, had made 30 visits to his Texas ranch spanning all or part of 220 days. The Obama’s vacation day count is less than half of that.
But his have become more controversial because of the costs associated with moving the first family to a public vacation spot, unlike the Bushes to their remote ranch in Crawford, Texas. For example, the Hawaii Reporter said the first family’s 2011 Christmas vacation in Hawaii would exceed $1.5 million.
Critics and even some in his own party say the vacations present a bad image at a time when many Americans are struggling to get by during the recession. According to recent Harris poll, only three in 10 said they plan to take a vacation lasting longer than a week in the next six months, and that number has been dropping during the recession as people worry about the costs of vacations. Other polls have found that less than half of all Americans take all the vacation time they earn because they can’t afford trips.
The Obama Vacation List
-- President’s Day 2012, Michelle and the first daughters in Aspen, Colorado to ski.
-- Christmas 2011, the first family in Hawaii for an extended vacation.
-- Summer 2011, in Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., for the annual beach break.
-- June 2011, the first lady, her mother and daughters traveled to South Africa and Botswana.
-- President’s Day 2011, the first lady and first daughters travel to Vail to ski.
-- Christmas 2010, in Hawaii.
-- August 2010, the first family traveled to Panama City Beach, Fla., for some sun and fun at the beach.
-- August 2010, Obama spent the weekend alone in Chicago for his 49th birthday bash.
-- August 2010, the first lady and daughter Sasha traveled to Spain for a mother-daughter vacation.
-- August 2010, summer vacation again at Martha’s Vineyard.
-- July 2010, the first family went to Mount Desert Island, Maine.
-- May 2010, the first family had a four-day trip to Chicago.
-- March 2010, first lady and daughter spend Spring Break in New York City.
-- Christmas 2009, Hawaii again for the annual break.
-- August 2009, at Yellowstone National Park and the Grand Canyon for a short vacation.
-- August 2009, their first summer vacation as first family at Martha’s Vineyard, Mass.