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I recieved this and found it rather enlightning....
Rant/rave and fume all you like; sorces are cited.


Barack Obama's 32 Month Report Card


by Rich Carroll


"Mr. Hope and Change" wants to create a nation humbled; humiliated, casting-aside capitalism and individual freedoms for one where we the people are government controlled. This would be a system that genuflects mediocrity, steals personal aspiration and opportunity, and punishes those who strive to succeed.


A gallon of regular gasoline the day Obama was inaugurated was $1.79 on average in the U.S. Today that price is $3.59, a 100.6% increase. The number of food stamp recipients has risen since Obama took office from 31,983,716 to 43,200,878, a 35.1% jump. Long term unemployment soared 146.2% during the same 32 month period from 2,600,000 to 6,400,000. Staggering hope and change isn't it?


American citizens living in poverty have risen 9.5% from 39,800,000 to 43,600,000, and the number of unemployed has jumped almost 25% from 11,616,000 to 14,485,000 as of August 31, 2011. The number of unemployed blacks has risen from 12.6% at the end of George Bush's term to 15.8% today, a 25.4% increase, and finally, our national debt is up 34.4% from 10.627 trillion to 14,278 trillion *


Keep these figures in mind as we recount the number of firsts for this presidency:


First President to refuse to show a valid birth certificate.


First President to apply for college aid as a foreign student, then deny he was a foreigner.


First President to have a social security number from a state he has never lived in.


First President to preside over a cut to the credit rating of the United States .


First President to violate the War Powers Act.


First President to be held in contempt of court for illegally obstructing oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico .


First President to defy a Federal Judges court order to cease implementing the Health Care Reform Law.


First President to require all Americans to purchase a product from a third party.


First President to spend a trillion dollars on shovel-ready jobs and later admit there was no such thing as shovel-ready jobs.


First President to abrogate bankruptcy law to turn over control of companies to his union supporters.


First President to by-pass Congress and implement the Dream Act through executive fiat.


First President to order a secret amnesty program that stopped the deportation of illegal immigrants across the U.S. , including those with criminal convictions.


First President to demand a company hand-over $20 billion to one of his political appointees.


First President to terminate Americas ability to put a man in space.


First President to encourage racial discrimination and intimidation at polling places.


First President to have a law signed by an auto-pen without being present.


First President to arbitrarily declare an existing law unconstitutional and refuse to enforce it.


First President to threaten insurance companies if they publicly speak-out on the reasons for their rate increases.


First President to tell a major manufacturing company in which state they are allowed to locate a factory.


First President to file lawsuits against the states he swore an oath to protect (AZ, WI, OH, IN)


First President to withdraw an existing coal permit that had been properly issued years ago.


First President to fire an inspector general of Ameri-corps for catching one of his friends in a corruption case.


First President to appoint 45 Czars to replace elected officials in his office.


First President to golf 73 separate times in his first two and a half years in office.


First President to hide his medical, educational and travel records.


First President to win a Nobel Peace Prize for doing NOTHING to earn it.


First President to coddle American enemies while alienating Americas allies.


First President to publicly bow to Americas enemies while refusing to salute the U.S. Flag.


First President to go on multiple global apology tours.


First President to go on 17 lavish vacations, including date nights and Wednesday evening White House parties for his friends, paid for by the taxpayer.


First President to refuse to wear the U.S. Flag lapel pin.


First President to have 22 personal servants (taxpayer funded) for his wife.


First President to keep a dog trainer on retainer for $102,000.00 a year at taxpayer expense.


First President to repeat the Holy Qur'an tells us, and openly admit the early morning call of the Azan (Islamic call to worship) is the most beautiful sound on earth.


Remember that 32 months of Obama White House we the people have accumulated national debt at a rate more than 27 times as fast as during the rest of our nation's entire history, as the Obama's plan their next extravagant vacation to the Indonesian Island nation of Bali .


Hope and change anyone ?????????


* sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Wall Street Journal, Bureau of Labor Statistics, US Dept of Labor, Standard & Poors/Case-Shiller, Federal Reserve, US Treasury, Heritage Foundation

Some of that is fairly biased...

purplefood wrote:Some of that is fairly biased...

How dare you suggest such a thing purplefood? I'm disappointed in you...

MrDwhitey wrote:

purplefood wrote:Some of that is fairly biased...

How dare you suggest such a thing purplefood? I'm disappointed in you...

Sorry that was my cat, not me...

First President to refuse to show a valid birth certificate.

Birthers are just Racist.

Seriously. Not even Biccat is a birther.

purplefood wrote:Sorry that was my cat, not me...

In the blender it goes. It's been warned before!

Chowderhead wrote:Seriously. Not even Biccat is a birther.

You do realise he now has to take the opposite stance to you. It's his job. You just made Biccat a birther. (just kidding)

gregor_xenos wrote:Rant/rave and fume all you like; sorces are cited.

gregor_xenos wrote:

gregor_xenos wrote:Rant/rave and fume all you like; sorces are cited.

So go ahead and cite them.

Do it. You won't.

Rule #1 is be polite. This was not polite. Edited. MT11

Now if we could just get Senate/congress to do the same before they pass a bill. lol

That's a birth certificate. For the President. From the White House.

gregor_xenos wrote:

gregor_xenos wrote:Rant/rave and fume all you like; sorces are cited.

Yeah that's fine but i don't see why the fact that Obama saying a religious sound (Muslim call to prayer) is beautiful/ the most beutiful noise is a significant thing...
I mean it might show he has bad taste in music but that's hardly a massive issue in a political leader...

purplefood wrote:

gregor_xenos wrote:

gregor_xenos wrote:Rant/rave and fume all you like; sorces are cited.

Yeah that's fine but i don't see why the fact that Obama saying a religious sound (Muslim call to prayer) is beautiful/ the most beutiful noise is a significant thing...
I mean it might show he has bad taste in music but that's hardly a massive issue in a political leader...

Have you forgotten the big hoohah about a different religions prayer being said before senate?

gregor_xenos, that's not really citing, or if it is, it's incredibly lazy and useless citing. Links to informations for each stated "fact" is what people would be after for "citing". Also, inb4 you tell us to do it for you.

Chowderhead wrote:[img]
That's a birth certificate. For the President. From the White House.

Funny how anyone else would have provided it "on the spot" rather than waiting so long to do so.
Notice also, the Communist & Chief also applied for grants for "foreign" students, while NOW *or 4 years ago* is a solid American.
Looks like Dakka has it's fair share of "Sheeple".

Also, it was stated I recieved this.... I didnt write it... found it interesting and wanted to see what "intellegent" conversation could come of this.... looks like more of the same so far though.

I love how two british people and a teenager are debunking these myths.

Goes to show how stupid these myths are.

Also, those aren't sources. Those are names. We need links, specifics, not just "Department of Defence".

gregor_xenos wrote:Read the whole post jackwagon... that's right all the way to the bottom....

Now if we could just get Senate/congress to do the same before they pass a bill. lol

That list as is proves nothing. I can make a bunch of biased claims and then list a bunch of people/sources that supposedly support my rant too.

You need to provide links to the actual validated data/evidence that proves the claims.


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gregor_xenos wrote:
Looks like Dakka has it's fair share of "Sheeple".

and trolls...

gregor_xenos wrote:

Chowderhead wrote:[img]
That's a birth certificate. For the President. From the White House.

Funny how anyone else would have provided it "on the spot" rather than waiting so long to do so.
Notice also, the Communist & Chief also applied for grants for "foreign" students, while NOW *or 4 years ago* is a solid American.
Looks like Dakka has it's fair share of "Sheeple".

Find me a non Republican Biased site where it says that.

Also,

Sheeple... it's a Welshmans dream come true.

Well, we've got a win win situation, come this next election.

Obama gets re elected, and causes the Zombie Apocalypse. His Fault, the bastard.

Obama doesn't get re elected. The bastard.

I'm happy with either one

Chowderhead wrote:

Now THAT sir.... is pretty funny!

As for trolls..... Who's that trompin on my bridge?

gregor_xenos wrote:

Chowderhead wrote:

Now THAT sir.... is pretty funny!

As for trolls..... Who's that trompin on my bridge?

So you admit it.

Damnit i wanted to post that picture...

Chowderhead wrote:I love how two british people and a teenager are debunking these myths.

Goes to show how stupid these myths are.

Also, those aren't sources. Those are names. We need links, specifics, not just "Department of Defence".

Actually, the Vacations/golf/servants-for-his-wife thing, at the expense of the taxpayer, is true. I've heard that from a lot of places, none of the being particularily biased. No comment on the rest.

gregor_xenos wrote:

Funny how anyone else would have provided it "on the spot" rather than waiting so long to do so.
Notice also, the Communist & Chief also applied for grants for "foreign" students, while NOW *or 4 years ago* is a solid American.
Looks like Dakka has it's fair share of "Sheeple".

Notice also, the Communist & Chief also applied for grants for "foreign" students, while NOW *or 4 years ago* is a solid American.
Looks like Dakka has it's fair share of "Sheeple".

fair share of "Sheeple".

"Sheeple".

I think this is like a new Godwin's Law; anyone who seriously uses the word "sheeple" in an argument instantly loses.

A cited source is " the Heritage Foundation ".
Gee, seems odd they'd say bad things about President Obama?

Slarg232 wrote:

Chowderhead wrote:I love how two british people and a teenager are debunking these myths.

Goes to show how stupid these myths are.

Also, those aren't sources. Those are names. We need links, specifics, not just "Department of Defence".

Actually, the Vacations/golf/servants-for-his-wife thing, at the expense of the taxpayer, is true. I've heard that from a lot of places, none of the being particularily biased. No comment on the rest.

Yeah, I figured that was true.

Besides calling them SERVANTS. They're called staffers.

Chowderhead wrote:

Slarg232 wrote:

Chowderhead wrote:I love how two british people and a teenager are debunking these myths.

Goes to show how stupid these myths are.

Also, those aren't sources. Those are names. We need links, specifics, not just "Department of Defence".

Actually, the Vacations/golf/servants-for-his-wife thing, at the expense of the taxpayer, is true. I've heard that from a lot of places, none of the being particularily biased. No comment on the rest.

Yeah, I figured that was true.

Besides calling them SERVANTS. They're called staffers.

He's the root of all evil. Of course he has servants. Unless their slaves, further investigation is needed.

A gallon of regular gasoline the day Obama was inaugurated was $1.79 on average in the U.S. Today that price is $3.59, a 100.6% increase.

Bull

It was certainly not $1.79 when he was elected. Maybe in Saudi Arabia, but not here. Gas was just around where it is now, if not higher.

I stopped reading there.

Samus_aran115 wrote:

A gallon of regular gasoline the day Obama was inaugurated was $1.79 on average in the U.S. Today that price is $3.59, a 100.6% increase.

Bull

It was certainly not $1.79 when he was elected. Maybe in Saudi Arabia, but not here. Gas was just around where it is now, if not higher.

I stopped reading there.

Yep youre right... just looked it up and this is not true. Gas was 3.79 in Aug 2008... it was 1.79 the year he was elected.... to senate.
Kinda misplaced there wasnt it.


I CAN admit I'm wrong.... it just helps if someone shows me WHY instead of yelling "stoopid stoopid stoopid."
However; no matter how many times I get shown that net-pic of a certificate, I will have doubts; due to the withholding of said document.

gregor_xenos wrote:
A gallon of regular gasoline the day Obama was inaugurated was $1.79 on average in the U.S. Today that price is $3.59, a 100.6% increase

gregor_xenos wrote:
First President to refuse to show a valid birth certificate.

As seen above, Birth Certificate

gregor_xenos wrote:
First President to have a social security number from a state he has never lived in.

What? I'm pretty sure SSN's are national.

gregor_xenos wrote:
First President to terminate Americas ability to put a man in space.

So do you also blame Gerald Ford for not allowing us to go to the moon?

gregor_xenos wrote:
First President to coddle American enemies while alienating Americas allies.

...really?

gregor_xenos wrote:
First President to repeat the Holy Qur'an tells us, and openly admit the early morning call of the Azan (Islamic call to worship) is the most beautiful sound on earth.

Don't look too closely, your religious intolerance is showing.

gregor_xenos wrote:
Remember that 32 months of Obama White House we the people have accumulated national debt at a rate more than 27 times as fast as during the rest of our nation's entire history

I draw your attention to "Debt as a Fraction of GDP" (the only statistic that matters, not the pure number) and the period between 1940 and 1950.

As for the rest of it, most of it is very specific. You could make a list like this for any President in history and have it just as long.

EDIT: That was a big image... spoilered it.

Shrike325 wrote:You could make a list like this for any President in history and have it just as long.

Sounds like youre up for the challenge.... knock yourself out. Start easy... with someone who is allready considered an *donkey*. How's about Carter.

BTW: Again. This was not written by me. Some of these things I hold true, some are interesting, and some I DO expect to be downright BS due to spin.