Thursday, January 28, 2010

Notes

* I was very pleased with President Obama's State of the Union last night. President Obama warned the Republicans that "....saying "No" is not leadership..." The President is absolutely correct. The politics of "NO!" does not create jobs, educate children, move our economy, or help our elderly.

Before the State of the Union speech, Jeb Bush, said the following about the upcoming address by the President. The Swamp:

..."America is a center-right country,'' Bush said. "President Obama, you know, is a liberal... The very fact that the term is not used anymore -- the term progressive is used -- is pretty telling, I think, that people don't want to be known as liberal... He is the most liberal president we have had in modern times.''

Obama has caught an early break, however, Bush says.

"If he does show humility and does try to find common ground... there are Republicans who will sign up for that,'' Bush said....


I have many issues with what Jeb Bush said, but I'll just pick a few to discuss----
> Bush and his sheeple always say that the USA is a "center right country." Bush is wrong. He is just professing his wish and desires, not reality. Our country is definitely politically moderate.
> Jeb Bush said he wanted President Obama to "...show humility..." Why would Jeb say that? President Obama has done nothing wrong. Somehow, Jeb Bush's request for "humility" sounds racist to me. Jeb's brother, George W. Bush, never showed humility and never owned up to his own mistakes.
> There is nothing wrong with the word "liberal." The liberals in this country were successful in getting voting rights, equal education, Social Security, Medicare, Civil Rights, equal pay for equal work, integration, and many more important standards that our part of our country today. There is nothing wrong with being a "liberal" or a "progressive" in my opinion. It means that I put people first.

> How is it that President Obama caught an early break?????? When President Obama came into office, he was given a boatload of problems left by Jeb Bush's brother:
...1. Two wars: Afghanistan and Iraq
...2. Unprecedented unemployment
...3. The near collapse of our banking system
...4. The collapse of the auto industry
...5. Failures on Wall Street
...6. Unprecedented anti-American sentiment around the world
...7. National debt at an all time high
...8. etc., etc., etc.

Exactly, where is the break Obama got?

***** Now some GOOD NEWS!!!!!

The state of Ohio will get some jobs and development in the months ahead----we are getting a passenger rail system!!!!!

Dispatch:

Ohio's long-planned passenger rail corridor is about to get a $400 million federal boost.

President Obama is going to Florida on Thursday to reveal how his administration will divvy up $8 billion in high-speed rail funding, but the good news will whistle all the way up to the Buckeye State, say Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Rep Mary Jo Kilroy, D-Columbus....

....well-placed federal source told The Dispatch this afternoon that the figure will be $400 million....

This will be an important step toward recovery in the state.