I am not better off than I was 2 years ago, but then I would have said that going back every 2 years up you Bush first stealing the office of president. My better off'ness has been declining since. I do see things getting better since I do get at least sporadic contracts, rather than none at all a few years ago. So for me, Clinton was good and showed me a period of great advancement, Bush sucked ass and was a period of a lot of unemployment and great finacial difficulty, and Obama, well the jury is still out, but by all indicators I would say he will turn out to be better than Bush was. Things are still rough though. If you would have asked me a few months ago if things were better than 2 or 4 years ago, I would have answered with a resounding yes.
-----Original Message----- From: Scott Stroz [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2010 2:46 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Gods. The US policy is now set by the Right Wing Media. I feel the same way. It seems the media is fine referring to his race when they deem it appropriate but condemn anyone else who uses his race in a way they do not agree with. I'll be honest, I did not vote for him, but I do not think he is doing a bad job. I did not think, overall Bush did a bad job, or Clinton before him, or Bush before him. A while ago I was told a good measure of how a president did for you is to ask, 'Am I better off now than I was 4 years ago' (Admittedly, its not perfect, but a good place to start). Right now, I am not better off than I was 2 years ago (actually, I am lucky, this is the first time in my adult life I could ever say I am not better off than I was even the year before), so, if this were an election year, Obama as a choice would not start off too well. Of course there are a lot of other factors that come into play, but I always start by asking myself, 'Am I better off now than I was 4 years ago' and work from there. I will say one thing about President Obama. I may not agree with him on a lot of issues, but damn that man can speak. It is so refreshing to listen to him after 8 years of listening to Bush stammering through even the simplest of sentences. He is engaging in a way that kind of reminds me of Ronald Reagan, but different enough for him to stand out by himself. On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 10:37 AM, trish simon <[email protected]> wrote: > > I thought his mother was Caucasian and his father African? Personally, I > think he is a human being...I also thought the other guy would be better at > the job...but, since he is the President, he deserves some respect. He > deserves to be given the chance to be a good leader or a terrible leader, > just as all the other presidents.The fact that he is the first colorful > president in the US history is old news (almost 2 years old). There is too > much focus on race and not enough devoted to the real issues...the economy, > the "war on terrorism, health-care, the environment... > > We cannot blame the media for what we personally do or say. As an individual > I can focus on the issues, and make a difference by NOT allowing the media > to influence my actions and speech. Using race to push an agenda is wrong, > wrong, wrong...but it works because we all fall for it, every > time...unfortunately, in this country race matters. > > On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Well, for starters, he is black - at least that what the media has >> been ramming down our throats since they fell in love with him quite a >> few years back. >> >> Want to blame someone? Blame the media. How many times do we here in >> the news 'So and So is the first African American to do {x}'. You >> cannot have your cake and eat it too. You cannot be OK with the media >> celebrating that President Obama is the first black president, and >> then get all pissy when other people say he is black. >> >> On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 9:36 AM, trish simon <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > Why are we calling the president Black? I thought he was just the >> > President? I do not recall other presidents being referenced by color or >> > race. Hmm...more evidence that racism has "surfaced", or increased, since >> > the new president has been in the ""White" House. >> > >> > Beeblebrox's daughter has the right idea: >> > >> > "My daughters refer to their friends as "..the one with blond hair, the >> > one with brown skin, the one with tan skin, the one with black hair, >> > the one with the green eyes"...as if skin color were nothing more or >> > less different that hair color or eye color. They're not Black, >> > Asian, Mexican or any of those labels our society uses. >> > >> > I wish I could be more like that." >> > >> > Me too... >> > >> > >> > >> > On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 9:12 AM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> >> >> >> Did you hear when she said this? >> >> >> >> I haven't seen such a mean-spirited people as I've seen lately over >> >> this issue of health care. [Mumurs of agreement.] Some of the racism >> >> we thought was buried [someone in the audience says, "It surfaced!"] >> >> Didn't it surface? Now, we endured eight years of the Bushes and we >> >> didn't do the stuff these Republicans are doing because you have a >> >> black president. [Applause] >> >> >> >> Yeah, she's a uniter. >> >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 8:58 AM, Jerry Johnson <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> > >> >> > I have to admit. I read her remarks (admittedly taken out of context >> both >> >> > from a content and timeliness standpoint), and I thought "this woman >> >> should >> >> > be fired. today. nothing can justify this statement or attitude. >> >> Especially >> >> > not in a government employee. Escpecially not in one setting policy". >> >> > >> >> > On Monday night, I did not think _anything_ could mitigate her >> >> statements. >> >> > >> >> > Of course, I was wrong. And I was purposefully and skillfully >> manipulated >> >> > into that wrongness by professionals. >> >> > >> >> > So, I have learned an invaluable lesson that I _thought_ I already >> knew. >> >> > Don't take any story at face value. Don't rush to judgment. Nothing I >> >> learn >> >> > today is necessarily more correct than what I learn next week. >> >> > >> >> > There are whole swaths of our society whose single profession is to >> >> > manipulate us into doing what they want and feeling how they want. >> >> > Advertising. Politics. Branding. Romance novels. Breaking news >> stories. >> >> > Blues albums. Movies. >> >> > >> >> > I can't blame them too much if they get good at it. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:323647 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
