100 days and counting for Obama....

[BjornBee]

They say that the first 100 days is the most important for the president the first year. It sets the momentum for the coming year.

So what do you think will get accomplished? Here are a few off the top of my head that I heard promised. It seems many think these will get done. I don't hold my breathe.

1) NAFTA will be rewritten.

2) Millions of new high paying industrial jobs will be created in the rust belt area.

3) Our troops will be coming home soon.

4) National healthcare for all.

5) Our taxes will NOT go up.

I know OBama has picked a rather odd thing to go after first, that being changing the "Do not ask, do not tell policy" in the military.

I have always said that 99% of one's happiness, one's success, and anything else, was dictated by the individual. But it seems that many others are betting on much of their success and happiness on who sits in the white house.

So please tell me, what will change or what do you feel will happen in the first 100 days? And in case I'm all wet behind the ears, tell me which changes are going to change your life for the better, from looking at yesterday, to looking forward to tomorrow.

In the next 100 days, what do you think will get accomplished?

[Robo]

Don't forget the so-called fairness doctrine .   I believe that is on his short list of to-dos as well. 


And gun control, but that will probably take more than 100 days 

[KONASDAD]

I doubt any of the things you highlite will be addressed in the first 100 days. Troops will not be home. NAFTa will not be addressed either. healthcare will be looked at but national healthcare is probably 20 yrs away if ever. You can gut spending proposals all you want and we will still have devaststing national debt. Taxes will be addressed. Some will pay more, some will not. Small business exceptions will continue in IRS code for years to come.
Expectations are proportional to the troubles we have. So yes, he will not live up to "expectations" Who could? He will be lucky to get a handle on the economy and adress the Iraq and now Isreal/hammas issues which are looking more dire as Saudi Arabia is now making noise. We could be back to the Yom Kippur wars and those  issues all over again as the arab world begins to show a unified front. He will be like a one armed paper hanger initially.
The one thing I am sure of, is there will be a feeling of hope instead of fear. I also expect more cooperation from the rest of the world. It wont help, but the verbiage will be prevalent

[bassman1977]

The only thing that will get done is a whole lot of nothing.

[Scadsobees]

I'd say in 100 days his approval ratings will drop.

[kathyp]

The one thing I am sure of, is there will be a feeling of hope instead of fear.

hope is a fragile thing.  if you base your future on hope rather than action, you won't have much of a future.  we don't really know what obama is going to do because he never really gave us concrete ideas.  he was elected because he's not bush, not republican, and he made the liberal segment of the population feel good.

i suspect that the far left and even some of the moderate left will be quite disappointed in obama.  they had an agenda, but he may not fall in line.  they feel that he owes them, but i doubt he feels that he does.

i think he'll let the bush tax cuts expire on their own.
he'll work on jobs creation, but that is going to be very expensive.  when this was done before, they didn't have OSHA, min wage laws, age restriction, training restrictions, etc. to deal with...at least not the the extent that they do now.
i hope he doesn't mess with "don't ask, don't tell".  it works as it is, and it would be foolish to piss off a large portion of the military to satisfy a small number of people with an agenda.
taxes will be raised on the "rich" and because much of this will have to go through congress, some of us will find out that we are rich and didn't know it.

he will leave the current withdrawl plan in place in iraq, but increase troops to afghanistan.  this is foolish both because of the nature of the conflict and the nature of NATO.  we will be there forever and many live will be wasted along with many dollars.  unlike iraq, there is no strategic advantage to staying in afghanistan and it will continue to drain our military.

if he can not control nancy and harry, and i don't think he can, he will end up with programs bigger and more expensive than even he foresaw.

enjoy that hope.  it's going to be a rocky and expensive ride!

[buzzbee]

There is already talk of a million new government jobs.That's the way to reduce the national debt!! I predict a Republican Congress in two years. The democratic congress has produced nothing since it took over the majority and managed to blame everything on Bush. well,guess who's left to blame it on now.
  Every one swooned Clinton for the balanced budgets,but it was the congress led by Newt Gingrich that wrote the spending bills to create the so called surpluses.
  Until someone at the federal level has the guts to reduce spending(you can't spend your way to prosperity)you will never see an end to the deepening deficit.

[kathyp]

you can't reduce spending when the majority of spending is on entitlements.  the more you promise, the higher the bill and the more people voting for more of it.

[iddee]

I don't know if I can post a link yet, but if I can, this says it all.
I guess I can't. Hey, mod, how long before you turn them on for me.

[KONASDAD]

HOPE IS VERY FRAGILE. It can never be fulfilled almost by definition.

[Brian D. Bray]

you can't reduce spending when the majority of spending is on entitlements.  the more you promise, the higher the bill and the more people voting for more of it.

According to it's definition: Socialism is giving to everybody equally until everybody has nothing.  It's a downward spiral, those who have their handout for freebies always want more, those who are producing the products the government is giving away stop producing and get in line with their handout, wanting what everybody else has.  After a while nobodies working, just running around with their hand out, and upset to find that there's nothing to get anymore.

I know OBama has picked a rather odd thing to go after first, that being changing the "Do not ask, do not tell policy" in the military.

The only good thing I can see about being gay is that it is a self-limiting lifestyle, it has built in birth control.  As for gays in the military, I would have allowed it a long time ago, with the previso that they were automatically infantry.   

[Robo]

I don't know if I can post a link yet, but if I can, this says it all.
I guess I can't. Hey, mod, how long before you turn them on for me.

I don't know if you CAN,  but you have the right permissions to.   What is not working for you?

[iddee]

I'll try again.

This says it all.

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j226/Iddee/Temp/death.jpg

[kathyp]

that's great!!  hopefully not true.  i'd like to think that we are on life support and a miracle could save us 

[Jerrymac]

The only good thing I can see about being gay is that it is a self-limiting lifestyle, it has built in birth control. 

Hey you're right.

Wait a minute........ where did they come from 

[shawnwri]

I'd say in 100 days his approval ratings will drop.

That is a safe bet.  He will also be 100 days older, but no promise that he will be wiser.  I'm not surprised by anything that has happened so far, but I don't like what he has done.  While I wish him success as a husband and father, I hope his plans fail based on what he has done so far.

[Irwin]

A good way to start


President Barack Obama, meeting with Republican Congressman, arrogantly instructed them to stop listening to radio host Rush Limbaugh if they want to "get things done" with him.

[BjornBee]

Not only that, but when discussing the details of the bailout plan, and upon hearing a comment from one of the republican congressman, He basically said "I won!"  How arrogant and cocky for ANY president in an open meeting in congress to basically say "Shut up, I don't care what you have to say....I won!"

Bipartisan...yeah right!

[Irwin]

If this is the way he starts right out of the gate it's going to be a HARD four year's

[Robo]

I enjoyed Limbaugh's response

http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=OTU5MjE3MmQ0NWU1Zjc1YzYyMDE1NzNmZmM2MzYxMmI=

[kathyp]

one of the behavior signs of arrogance is being late.  late to press conferences, speeches, etc. 

of course, it can mean that you are totally disorganized....but that's what you have people for.....

[kathyp]

bob beckel, defending the "family planning" dollars in the spending bill, said this:  "if you have fewer children, you have fewer problems".  a little margaret sanger anyone??  add that to the plan for national health care, which must be rationed care, and i see green wafers in our future.

[Scadsobees]

Oh, and BTW, get ready to all buy really expensive 4-cylinder bee-trucks!   

[Brian D. Bray]

one of the behavior signs of arrogance is being late.  late to press conferences, speeches, etc. 

of course, it can mean that you are totally disorganized....but that's what you have people for.....

If you think is his arrogance is showing now, wait 6 months.  I hate to make the comparison (again) but Hitler started out a bit orrogant and then got more so.  Since he had his party controlling the assembly they passed whatever he demanded, including making him a dictator.

Our "Blackberry" tekkie President is not disorganized, so that leaves the arrogance.

I was afraid he was going to start of being high handed in his actions as President, my surprise was that it took more than 24 hours.

There's more to come.......

[wayne]

  We used to have a local politician that was alot like Obama. He was student council president in high school. Then student body president in college. After graduation he ran for city council and won easily. Never lost an election to this day.
  Every media story about him in what ever format described him as a "Rising Star" in politics. He could do no wrong, as the saying goes.
  Then one night a ticked off husband took a shot at him through a window as he sat in the living room of the local school superintindant. Scandles were exposed including some his political friends had covered up.
  His star became tarnished and today he is seldom mentioned.
  Mr. Obama stopped talking to reporters a month before the election. He tossed those who asked the wrong questions off the bus so to speak. He never said anything about actions with specifics, just that he would fix it.
  Mr. Obama was elected because of his race and little else. He passed Hillary in the race because of his race. A huge part of his win was from those trying to prove to themselves that they were not a racist.
  For over a year everyone has bowed down and kissed his feet. Every news outlet has bathed him in praise and fawned over him. Is it any wonder he feels bigger than life?
  A great many people worked long and hard to see him win. They all expect him to change the world to match THEIR point of view. And after two losses that they feel were stolen from them they are out for payback.
  It is telling that his first contacts with the press and world leaders are with mid east countries. And his first actions are to disrupt the military, and try to spend his way out of the economic problems.
  I am making a list of everyone I can find who voted for him. In a few years I will either congratulate them on their foresight, or refuse to share my food with them.

[Brian D. Bray]

In a few years I will either congratulate them on their foresight, or refuse to share my food with them.

Provided you can find anything to eat.  The USA is intent upon spending itself into the poor house to temporarily bolster out current life style.  Very short sighted I think.  If Obama's not careful he can forget about the Arabs and Learn to like rice and speak Chinese.