How about on Conservatism? How about the economy? How about checks and balances in government vs Czars? How about foreign affairs? How about democracy?
On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 12:02 PM, Gruss Gott<[email protected]> wrote: > >> Sam wrote: >> How's that Obama dude doing? >> > > Well it's too early to be comparative so we can't look there with any > accuracy. I'll try to grade him on a made-up performance model: > > On rhetoric to efficacy so far: D > > On communications management: B > > On working through congress: A > > We can't really judge him on passed initiatives as it's too early and > I'm not going to count the stimulus. > > My suspicion is that he's taking a Rahm-led through-the-congress > approach to everything and therefore his outward communication is very > broad. The bills as they appear now seem to be watered down slop that > I wouldn't think would change much. > > We've talked quite a bit about healthcare and I don't like his > approach. I'm a swiss/dutch system guy which means I favor a > government that sets the rules then asks private industry to provide > the products and services. > > That's tough to do in America because Congress wants the money, not the work. > > If we ask Congress to craft some kick-ass healthcare regulation that's > an industry game changer they think: > > 1.) "Gee, that sounds like work..." > > 2.) "My donors will HATE me ..." > > 3.) "Wait. You mean I do a bunch of work but don't get any tax > dollars for my efforts??? Feck that." > > So what we really need is government regulation and what we're getting > is systemic gifts to every constituent including Congress at tax payer > expense. > > On outward appearances that s ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:299892 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
