Originally Posted by Guest

I am a real American. I have given 37 years to this country, i think this President has done a great job taking this country out of a near depression and rebuilding this economy without any help at all from the GOP.

Well, you prove that "ignorance is bliss." Slowest recovery from a recession or depression in history. No thanks to Obama, because he did everything he could think of to slow it's recovery. Record number of families on food stamps, still. Lower minority EMPLOYMENT, still. Highest amount of population out of work force since the Great Depression. I could go on about this so-called success story you blather about, but it would be pointless because you would still deny it, even if it smacked you in the face. "Ignorance is bliss."

Originally Posted by Guest

Well, you prove that "ignorance is bliss." Slowest recovery from a recession or depression in history. No thanks to Obama, because he did everything he could think of to slow it's recovery. Record number of families on food stamps, still. Lower minority EMPLOYMENT, still. Highest amount of population out of work force since the Great Depression. I could go on about this so-called success story you blather about, but it would be pointless because you would still deny it, even if it smacked you in the face. "Ignorance is bliss."

Imagine that, a GOP wacko who is worrying about minority employment ...

Talk all you want ... complain all you want ... but your basically stating is the country has recovered but not as much as it should have. Which is totally subjective because you can't go back and put someone else in the job to actually see what would have happened. Every program that Obama tried to get through was either stopped by the GOP welfare senators, or cut back miserably. You have all the blame for your president but none for the actual money spenders, Congress.

2007-2008 this country was in dire straights. 8 years of Bush, fighting wars off the books, Obama takes over and all of a sudden it's his fault.

So cry all you want about Obama not doing enough for you. The fact is this country is in much better shape today than when he took office.

Originally Posted by Guest

Imagine that, a GOP wacko who is worrying about minority employment ...

Talk all you want ... complain all you want ... but your basically stating is the country has recovered but not as much as it should have. Which is totally subjective because you can't go back and put someone else in the job to actually see what would have happened. Every program that Obama tried to get through was either stopped by the GOP welfare senators, or cut back miserably. You have all the blame for your president but none for the actual money spenders, Congress.

2007-2008 this country was in dire straights. 8 years of Bush, fighting wars off the books, Obama takes over and all of a sudden it's his fault.

So cry all you want about Obama not doing enough for you. The fact is this country is in much better shape today than when he took office.

You nailed it.
We are a little better off. The top 1/10 of 1% have really done well the last 7 years.

Originally Posted by Guest

The fact is this country is in much better shape today than when he took office.

NO...it is NOT better. We added $10 trillion of debt. $30,000 for EVERY man woman AND child. It was a FAKE recovery fueled by debt. Like having a job, getting fired, and living off of credit cards and loans. What IS better? Gay people can marry? Children have "safe spaces" in colleges?

Originally Posted by Guest

Imagine that, a GOP wacko who is worrying about minority employment ...

Talk all you want ... complain all you want ... but your basically stating is the country has recovered but not as much as it should have. Which is totally subjective because you can't go back and put someone else in the job to actually see what would have happened. Every program that Obama tried to get through was either stopped by the GOP welfare senators, or cut back miserably. You have all the blame for your president but none for the actual money spenders, Congress.

2007-2008 this country was in dire straights. 8 years of Bush, fighting wars off the books, Obama takes over and all of a sudden it's his fault.

So cry all you want about Obama not doing enough for you. The fact is this country is in much better shape today than when he took office.

You're wrong. You can compare historical notes. You are probably the only one that would deny the facts. And the facts remain that this country's economy is down and we are being told obvious lies. Unemployment lies, for one. If half the work force quit looking for jobs, then you have an employment problem. You don't say Obama has the best unemployment figures in years. That doesn't compute. If you have 45 million families on food stamps, that doesn't show a great economy. If you have a negative GDP growth, that's not something to celebrate. When you have the lowest minority employment rate in many years, you don't applaud. Just because Obummer goes on TV and tells you that everything is peachy, you might as well believe that Clinton didn't transmit gov emails over an unsecured private Internet server. You liberals are very naive and that's not healthy.
History shows that almost any other president would have done better for an economic recovery. But, you go ahead and kiss Obummer's butt, because he will not be able to do any more damage in a few more months.

Originally Posted by Guest

Imagine that, a GOP wacko who is worrying about minority employment ...

Talk all you want ... complain all you want ... but your basically stating is the country has recovered but not as much as it should have. Which is totally subjective because you can't go back and put someone else in the job to actually see what would have happened. Every program that Obama tried to get through was either stopped by the GOP welfare senators, or cut back miserably. You have all the blame for your president but none for the actual money spenders, Congress.

2007-2008 this country was in dire straights. 8 years of Bush, fighting wars off the books, Obama takes over and all of a sudden it's his fault.

So cry all you want about Obama not doing enough for you. The fact is this country is in much better shape today than when he took office.

Interesting that you say that, probably with a naive straight face. The GOP is responsible for doing more for minorities than the party of slavery. Which party voted for all the civil rights laws and which did not? Google is your friend. And there are more ways than one for one to be a slave to a higher power. The liberals are doing their best to keep the minority down.

Originally Posted by Guest

Yes, he did. If you were interested enough in current events, you would know how many times he has apologized to other countries, INCLUDING Muslim countries. Remember, Google is your friend.

You are right. Google is my friend. This is what my friend told me.
CNN Fact Check: Obama went on an apology tour, Romney and others say - CNNPolitics.com

In this political climate, everything is twisted to fit the narrative the person wants others to believe. If you don't think that pure hate has nothing to do how people including the press treat Obama, you are kidding yourself.

I'm glad you have a friend in Google. I do too. Take a look at this. It may help you understand how the names of the party's came about.

Originally Posted by Guest

You're wrong. You can compare historical notes. You are probably the only one that would deny the facts. And the facts remain that this country's economy is down and we are being told obvious lies. Unemployment lies, for one. If half the work force quit looking for jobs, then you have an employment problem. You don't say Obama has the best unemployment figures in years. That doesn't compute. If you have 45 million families on food stamps, that doesn't show a great economy. If you have a negative GDP growth, that's not something to celebrate. When you have the lowest minority employment rate in many years, you don't applaud. Just because Obummer goes on TV and tells you that everything is peachy, you might as well believe that Clinton didn't transmit gov emails over an unsecured private Internet server. You liberals are very naive and that's not healthy.
History shows that almost any other president would have done better for an economic recovery. But, you go ahead and kiss Obummer's butt, because he will not be able to do any more damage in a few more months.

Half the work force has stopped looking for work. The total work force is 156 million. The total US population is 323 million. 156 x 2 = 312 million.
So, children of school age and under, and retired people in the US makes up the difference 11 million. Don't you think that half is just a little high?

45 million people on food stamps maybe the result of the minimum wage being too low. With many production jobs leaving the US, we are a service country. Many of the service jobs pay next to nothing. Wal-Mart was receiving billions of dollars from the US by underpaying their employees. Their employees received the money from the government. However, if Wal-Mart had paid them a living wage, they wouldn't need food stamps. Wal-Mart said that they will be paying their employees more, because light was shed on them, and they don't want their customers going elsewhere.

Why do you think that they called the Great Recession? No other president had to deal with a recession like the one he was handed. To make matters worse, the Republican obstructed everything Obama wanted to do from day one of his presidency. To place all the blame on Obama is a typical right wing attempt to change history. It just won't fly.

Originally Posted by Guest

You are right. Google is my friend. This is what my friend told me.
CNN Fact Check: Obama went on an apology tour, Romney and others say - CNNPolitics.com

In this political climate, everything is twisted to fit the narrative the person wants others to believe. If you don't think that pure hate has nothing to do how people including the press treat Obama, you are kidding yourself.

Excellent article that supports your opinion. I would be interesting to read an article that supports the opposite opinion. Google is everyone's friend. Let's see how others use it to support their view.

Originally Posted by Guest

I am a real American. I have given 37 years to this country, i think this President has done a great job taking this country out of a near depression and rebuilding this economy without any help at all from the GOP.

Originally Posted by Guest

What the hell is "a real American"? Somebody who believes the propaganda BS? Someone willing to die for bankers profits?

We're $10 TRILLION more in debt, that's the "recovery", over trillion a year. MORE than doubled since Bush, it's a $19 trillion debt now.

Most of you people are delusional. The ignorant rabble...

Didn't the republican congress promise to fix that? What a whiner.

[QUOTE=Guest;1204222]Half the work force has stopped looking for work. The total work force is 156 million. The total US population is 323 million. 156 x 2 = 312 million.
So, children of school age and under, and retired people in the US makes up the difference 11 million. Don't you think that half is just a little high?
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Look, I am a far left progressive, in the Elizabeth Warren wing, but your statement that 1/2 the work force has stopped looking is ridiculous and making feces up doesn't help our side look reasonable. The bureau of labor statistics actually studies these things so you don't have to guess. It should be obvious that not every American is seeking employment. There are plenty of homes with a stay at home parent. Members of the military are not counted as employed. Etc. etc.

There are 60 million Americans on Social Security There are 70 million under age 18, so that gives you 130 million right off the top.
https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/quic...stat_snapshot/
Persons under age 18, 2015-2060

Here is the data, and if you are really interested in how the data is collected the BLS website is very thorough
Employment Situation Summary

Originally Posted by Guest

Wal-Mart was receiving billions of dollars from the US by underpaying their employees. Their employees received the money from the government. However, if Wal-Mart had paid them a living wage, they wouldn't need food stamps. Wal-Mart said that they will be paying their employees more, because light was shed on them, and they don't want their customers going elsewhere.

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Originally Posted by Guest

Here is the data, and if you are really interested in how the data is collected the BLS website is very thorough
Employment Situation Summary

I was interested.
Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 242,000 in February, and the
unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.9 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics reported today. Employment gains occurred in health care and social
assistance, retail trade, food services and drinking places, and private
educational services. Job losses continued in mining.