Republican House Speaker John Boehner just tweeted a survey from Bloomberg News. It shows 72 percent of people saying the economy is getting worse and the country's on the wrong track:
The broad message of Republicans is resonating, with 57 percent of the country saying the best way to create jobs is to cut taxes and government spending. That hasn't stopped the party's brand from deteriorating, and the public rejects many specific Republican policy prescriptions.
From far away, voters buy the tough-love premise. Up close, they want Congress to raise taxes on the wealthy before cutting Medicare or Social Security. They also like health reform -- just 34 percent agree with Republicans that it should be repealed.
Another new survey, this one not tweeted by Speaker Boehner, says that Americans prefer President Obama's approach to the economy over Republicans. They like the American Jobs Act by 43-35, and when you break it down into parts, Steve Benen notes, they like it even more:
[T]he more important results show strong support for individual provisions of the plan: clear majorities Americans support cutting the payroll tax (65% support), providing state aid to protect jobs for teachers and first responders (74%), and infrastructure investments (64%).
Republicans oppose all of these ideas.
We saw something of the same thing in the health reform fight -- even people opposed to it on principle really liked the particulars.
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OK, so…I guess we're still going to keep voting more Republicans in?
They're gloating over their winning of the NY09 seat last night (the former Weiner seat) like a bully who just took candy a wimpy kids last piece of candy.
They assume the loss of the seat was somehow a referendum on Obama's policies. Which couldn't be further from the truth. NY09 is a heavily Jewish district. And people there are disappointed with Obama's views on Israel. They also didn't take kindly to Weprin's voting in favor of same sex marriage here in NY.
It was punishment. Simple as that. But it will be a short lived victory for Turner. Because redistricting will eliminate the seat. NY has to lose two House seats, and NY09 was on top of the list right from the start.
The residents of NY09 KNOW the seat is history. So giving it to a republican until its gerrymandered is their way of telling Obama to rethink his views on Israel.
But I do find the republicans enthusiasm quite comical. They're acting like they just won the 2012 presidential election LOL
Alan O
that`s a good way of looking at this. thanks.
Unfortunately, America is flooded with stupidity. People in America vote against their own best interest and when they get %*(^# by the person they voted for, these low-life's blame everyone but themselves. For the working people in N.Y. and Neveda, and anywhere else, that votes for republicans, I hope your home burns down, and no fireman available. O, yeah most firemen in America have no jobs anyway!!!!!!! Thanks to republicans across the nation............
Just ask the folks in Texas about saving money by getting rid of Firemen & Firewomen.
No kidding crash? Puck Ferry!
crasheagle, will they also cheer to see the buildings burning? There is a wildfire in TX (next location- a state near you) I usually like to hear the CDF (CA State firefighters) planes. I was lucky to be kayaking in a local lake and watched the CDF helicopter dip out a huge ladle of lake water to put on the little fire that was quickly put out because of having that- yes many million dollar homes and vineyards were probably saved. Some that might want to cut spending on such things. Do they want to wait for volunteer firefighters and watch people with garden hoses on the roofs of their homes and lose the crops?
OH Alan how I hope that's the case. I'm not from NY but that win truly disappointed me. The same goes for Nevada. What that looked like to me was it doesn't matter how much Republicans screw this country, in the end they will still be rewarded. I know it's not all of NY however. Still, what the hell New York? They chose a man who is the "mastermind" behind The Jerry Springer show?!? Home of trailer trash food fights, retarded racists, and women exposing their titties for a bunch of beads instead of asking a question to the trailer trash retarded racists!?!?
So yeah Alan I REALLY need your statement to be the case.
Bloomberg News. It shows 72 percent of people saying the economy is getting worse and the country's on the wrong track:
yes and Hench the lowing approval rating on our President. not because he is doing bad but more then likely cause he has not stood up to the obstructionism party or just the Teapubliecants!
because I know all normal Americans happen to like the idea the President has on getting Americans back to work making American products.
so his rating not a worry unless its 3 weeks before the election!
That is fantasyland talk.
This flaccid administration and national democratic party are going down in flames in 2012. Obama has already started to cave on the jobs bill. Watch as he implodes. So sad.
smiling
Nice to see you're happy as the ship sinks.
well glad to know you will panic after taken some hits.
dont know about what ship you speak of. but as far as the country goes, i am of the believe the country will not sink? but it can be given a dead blow. and that will come from the right!
David Gagne,
Maybe on your planet, but certainly not here. You really need to pay closer attention to whats going on in the bigger picture.
Obama isn't going anywhere. The economy has bottomed out, and has nowhere to go but up. Unless of course, house republicans don't move on anything Obama has proposed. Which right now, would be political suicide. Republicans are STILL seeking a viable choice for 2012, and NOT finding one anywhere in sight. They see two things in this current crop of candidates.... extreme views that they fear will do further harm, or more of the same 'ol same 'ol policies they saw from 2001 - 2008.
And then theres the VERY high potential for one of these candidates to change their status to independent. Creating another "Ross Perot situation". And with the current infighting going on within the republican party, that potential is extremely high. The Tea Party has Perry in its sights, while the "establishment" GOP is clearly looking toward Romney. And no matter how much the Tea Party kicks and screams, the establishment makes the nomination.
The House and Senate however, will likely see sweeping change in 2012. On BOTH sides of the aisle. But I don't think you'll be happy with the results when the dust finally settles. Because poll after poll after poll has republicans CLEARLY viewed as being the ultimate cause of the current economic situation.
Voters will be looking for more "centered", or independent representatives in 2012. And Obama is setting the stage for it. Its obvious in EVERY move hes recently made. And right now, hes playing on the border between moderate democrats and moderate republicans.
His jobs plan is clear evidence of that. If you actually read the bill, the CNN poll makes perfect sense. Because it portrays the current mood of the electorate. And on every note, Obama is driving his message home. From the infrastructure proposals to the tax proposals, the overwhelming majority have the SAME view, and are expecting action. Now. Not next month. Not in 2012. But right now.
And if house republicans don't start making some moves they like pretty quick, then 2012 isn't going to be a very happy time for you.
Count on it.
Alan O.
It hasn't been political suicide for Republicans to oppose everything so far. why should they change?
Here on planet Earth that has been a very successful tactic for them. To deny that is to deny reality. Can you remember as far back as 2010?
As to "creating another Ross Perot Solution" - I never said anything about a third party approach. That's a straw man you created to argue with.
The jobs plan would be a decent start - except that Obama has already started to cave. That is not "driving his message home".
Pilot
This ship IS sinking and by denying it you're part of the problem.
It is too early to start counting our chickens based on this special election. The voters in 2012 are going to hold their nose when they vote because they are dissatisfied with both parties. If the Republicans nominate Perry, it is very possible that Obama will win by default, but not because voters are voting for him.
sadly the problem is you and the rest of the warm temp Democrats not me.
i do not believe in ever thing He has done or gone about getting it done! that doesn`t mean i will panic and cast off hope.
and just what do you mean he has caved? what do you call Caved?
do you compair caved with compermise? which is what they need to do in a Democracy!
Pilot
To say that somebody is a "warm temp Democrat" because they think Obama has caved is waaaaay of base. Blind alegiance to a president is a bad thing. Whether or not that president is Republican or Deomocrat.
Healthcare, Bush tax cut for the rich extension, Debt Ceiling.... on and on. And now he is walking away from pushing for the COMPLETE jobs bill. Less than a week after proposing it. That's a cave.
Mike Paganucci
I don't base this on the special election. I base this on his poll numbers steadily eroding.
And the time for him to change course is NOW.
David Gagne,
Yes. I can and do.
But I don't discount that the entirety of the situation has changed completely.
No, it wasn't. Its a part of the overall picture of the 2012 race, no matter how much you choose to ignore it. I choose not to.
Has he? Really? If that's what you truly believe, then things are going perfectly. Now, let me clue you in to why this is your "fail moment":
Remember those "tax proposals" I mentioned?
Well, those provisions can ONLY originate from congress (specifically, the House of Representatives) under the 16th amendment:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
You know that Obama is a constitutional scholar, right? Meaning that he KNEW his bill would be opposed the day it arrived in the House, because by definition, his proposal is "a tax bill".
What does this mean?
Well, it means that the House must either disqualify the bill, or rewrite it. Here's the problem for them:
Obama is hammering the sensibility (and it IS quite sensible) of this proposal home to the public, and MANY have read it because its freely available on the web to view:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/64723281/American-Jobs-Act
And he will continue to do so. And you can bet that in order to get anything done, the House will need to rewrite the bill. And if they leave out the tax provision "pay-fors", which MILLIONS agree should be employed as a common sense measure:
http://www.politicususa.com/en/polls-taxes-deficit
they ARE going to notice. And are NOT going to like it.
Its the same argument we saw during the debt ceiling fiasco. The very SAME situation which created the results of those 19 polls. So now the question is, will the message going into 2012 be "pass this bill", or will it be "send me the rest".
But no matter which message it ends up being, if the House republicans stand firm on the corporate tax provisions, subsidies, and other loopholes (which ONLY they can act on) that the VAST majority of Americans want to see eliminated, then the House republicans will have a VERY hard time explaining themselves in 2012.
Feel free to continue dismissing the realities of the bigger picture all you like. But November 2012 is still a long way off, and Obama is focused on his message. And the CNN poll clearly shows that the majority of Americans like that message. And when the detailed CBO scoring of Obama's plan gets out, the seed will be sown even deeper.
Game on! LOL
Geeze, this is fantasyland stuff.
Obama is falling in the polls but you cling to the dream that suddenly the electorate
It hasn't happend yet and just because it feels good to say that doesn't mean it has anything to do with the real world.
Another fantasyland dream of yours is the Ross Perot dream. Based on nothing - just a dream you have of the tea party suddenly splitting from the republican party. Why should they? Because it's your dream? Ha!
And then you start in on the pretzel logic of the jobs bill being a kind of trap for the republicans. Watch out - the republicans will pass things the general public doesn't like and then the electorate will revolt.
Here's the real world: the Republicans took a hit on the debt ceiling fiasco but they're winning elections. they won big in 2010, (which you blithely dismiss) and they are poised to win big in 2012.
As for Obama hammering home the jobs bill message - he has already started to cave - now saying that he would accept only portions of the bill being passed. to you this is a smart move. To everyone living in the real world this is a cave.
You can live in your dream world all you want - it's just helping to drag down the Democratic party.
The numbers for Congress do not bode well for Republicans. Voters are angry with both parties. Obama's numbers at this point are meaningless. When the Republicans pick a candidate, those numbers will change. The Republicans are not poised to make a big win in 2012. They could win the Presidency and Senate, but they are going to lose seats in the House. The voters will turn out most of the Tea Party. The seats that Republicans won in swing districts are most likely to switch parties because some of those Republicans barely won their election. Dems also have the SS and Medicare issues. I stand by my statement that it is too early to make any prediction based on poll numbers and special elections. We are 14 months away from the election without any firm Republican candidate.
Mike Paganucci,
Exactly. The "big picture" is far more important than some here choose to acknowledge.
David Gagne,
Go ahead. Delude yourself all you like. I'll be sure to include you among those I point and laugh at in November 2012. Much like I'm doing right now LOL
David, you are correct on your points, but you are talking to a brick wall. Very few people here want to listen to your message. To them Obama is above criticism or blame, and they seem determined to ride this sinking ship to the bottom. Like Mike above, "They (the Republicans) could win the Presidency and Senate, but they are going to lose seats in the House. Well, since they have a majority in the House right now, with no trend for big loses in 2012, (note NY-9), that would mean they would have the whole thing. But, hell, things are going just great! Couldn't be better, and by all means don't blame our courageous President. He has 'em right where he wants 'em. Right.
Still, it's good to know someone else sees this. Doesn't really make me feel better. I actually wish we were wrong and Obama wasn't giving it all away.
One contested special election does not make a trend. There are a lot of factors that need to be considered. History shows that big wins in the House are followed by losses. It is just a question of how many the Republicans will lose, but I am not discounting the fact they may continue to control the House. However, voter anger with both parties is the most significant factor and that is not good for the majority party which in this case is the Republicans in the House.
M. Fehrman -
Yeah - I understand there are a lot of Obamabots here. Some are truly off their meds like Alan O. Those are the ones that feel the need to make playground rejoinders like "I'm laughing at you!" Uhhh, OK - so what.
MIke Paganucci just seems to view the situation fundamentally different but is adult and rational. So he's OK to converse with.
But my posts on this subject aren't really for the Obamabots. They are for the rest of the crowd. Hopefully a few will think about it and call or email the White House.
In fact here is a little something they might want to call about:
How's them apples? Oh, I forgot, this is all part of the mulit-dimensional chess game the Obama team has employed so well - that must be why he is soaring in the polls that don't matter... until it's too late.
This latest about cutting Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security is not a shock. It goes along with everything else Obama has done since he took office. Just another give away to the Republicans. These days he doesn't even wait for them to ask.
I continue to email him, and my Rep and Senators in the hopes someone will wake-up and stop this madness. At this point, it's not much hope, but what's the alternative? It's a dead horse I'm beating, but it's the only one I've got. Of course, I intend to work for politicians on the local and state level who are of a like mind. I believe we've got to take back OUR party at the grassroots. As I recall, that's where we lost it.
I wouldn't worry about SS because that is on a better financial footing that can be tweaked in line with current actuarial tables. Medicare is more problematic since it is the biggest growing entitlement program. It may require people to pay higher premiums and larger copays as well as changes to provider reimbursements. The program may also be structured in accordance with your ability to pay based on income and assets. Medicare will still be cheaper than any private insurance. These are not major structural changes that will significantly affect people who are dependent on Medicare and SS. The changes will gradual over the next 10 years. Any change that will significantly hit the retired who are totally and partially dependent on the program will not pass Congress because no Dem in their right mind is going to vote for it.
Those sort of remarks make it so I don't care to read the rest David but, it may just be your style.
David Gagne,
LOL..... so delusional. And it shows in what you derive from what you "think" you read, that you "imagine" was said:
LOL.... such a fool you are. Obama cannot make policy unilaterally. And that particular policy? It'll never get anywhere, because not even many republicans would touch it with a ten foot pole. To top that idiocy off, you assume that any reforms he would propose, will automatically be focused on benefit cuts LOL
M. Fehrman,
I'd be the last person to absolve Obama of any or all blame for everything. But lets at least be honest here. House republicans are in a much tighter spot than Obama is. And you can bet that's only going to get worse for them if they continue on the path of intransigence and obstructionism (regardless of whether you see it as such or not). And that means things likely get better for him. Again, the 2012 election is 14 months out. And a LOT can happen. Either way.
As far as the NY09 seat goes, its a few districts away from me. And will be redistricted in 2012:
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/13/the-ninth-district-is-a-dog-or-maybe-a/
And most of the state has known this since before "Weinergate". NY HAS to lose 2 seats in 2012. And NY09 WILL be one of them.
So, Turner gets to go on a Washington vacation for a year, perhaps garner himself a lifetime congressional benefits package (at taxpayer expense), only to be sent packing back to NY next year LOL
So uh...
David Gagne,
Still think the "Ross Perot" situation is a stretch? Maybe you should have a look:
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/15/new-cnn-poll-gop-divided-over-tea-party-movement/?hpt=hp_c2
And that crazy broad that runs the Tea Party clown show? She just told John King on CNN that the Tea Party will determine the GOP nominee....
NOT the establishment LOL
good god, I hope not, Lauri :(
Am I making up that the country was getting better when Democrats were in charge and since the republicans have been running things in their infinite wisdom, things are getting worse?
No.
Well, you are making up, for sure.
Democratic President, Democratic Senate that stops ANY Republican measures coming from the now Republican controlled House. Spin any way you want.
1 in 6 Americans are now under the poverty line. 1in 6!!!!! HORRENDOUS news! No, the current President can't be blamed for it all. But he IS the one in charge & while he's been in office things in this country have gotten infinitely worse. He has not EARNED another term! There MUST be a change in the next election to turn this sinking ship around.
Mike,
So the Fat Cat Republicans on Wall Street who used deregulation as a cannon ball to blow a hole in the economic boat need to be put back in charge?
You want to put the GOP obstructionists who put party before country in charge again?
1 in 6 people in poverty is your reason to elect the party of the rich?
Turning a sinking ship around is about as helpful as our current GOP congress.
I can see the headline, "Economy sinks during course maneuvers"
And when we are bankrupt the Tea Party will claim to have solved the debt problem.
@Mike, with lots of help from the gop in congress, Obama is not a king or a dictator making laws all by himself, needs a little help from his so called friends.
mike4099435- The only bills that has come from the republican congress is: (1) They are up womens uteruses (2) Killing social security and medicare (3) Blocking our right to vote (4) Keeping their government run insurance, and taking yours away (Obamacare)........... Poverty is up due to republican governors across the country, which is not the fault of the President. The country was downgraded because, of the ignorance of the republican party!!!!! They have all admitted, in order to beat President Obama they must resort to sabotage!!!!! it is the only way they feel they can win......They all, are people of LOW moral character and they prey on the weak-minded like yourself..................
The only thing I am puzzled by is how people can NOT SEE that the Republicans are saying stuff that just deflects, dissociates, and divides working people, the victims of the policies of deregulating corps "ALLOWING" them to …. what???
Outsource your jobs, cut your wages, kick you out of your home, call you a lazy s.o.b., try to convince you the enemy is unions, give the Wall St. investors a BAILOUT and make the Medicare cuts more likely than raising capital gains taxes for millionaires, convince people that the beloved Social Security is an illegal money scam.
insert the Scooby Doo "huuurrhh" here.
Let's keep sharing information and act in the best interest of our shared world.
'Republicans oppose all of these ideas.'
Is anyone interested in a draft Hilary movement NOW...like yesterday.
NOPE!!! not here
small advice>> now is not the time to Panic! and that sounds way to much like the beginning of a Panic.
I believe that that ONLY way we are not going to get trampled by Republicans and the Tea Party is if we mobilize and get out the vote. Grass roots house to house in EVERY district to get people to register and to VOTE DEMOCRATIC across the damn board.
I do not see Hilary as a solution. The country is still suffering from NAFTA. If you think she wasn't a part of that effort you weren't paying attention when it was passed.
But I would LOVE to see somebody defeat Obama in the primaries. We obviously need another Democrat as president.
So Norman, what exactly will Mrs. Clinton do to fix things? She wasn't strong enough to win the Democratic Primaries and hasn't, as far as I know, expressed a vested interest in the job this time around. So, really, what's going to happen?
Yes - but Obama has abandoned his base. And the base is what you need for any grassroots effort.
PatriotGamer, I don't support a Draft Hillary movement, but FYI she did very well in the Democratic primaries, actually won most of them. Where she lost was in the caucuses. Obama won those, and they were controlled (very tightly in my state) by the Party. Hillary was the choice of the people. Obama was the choice of the "powers that be" in the Party. Check the election results.
Hillary is done and has stated so. She may not return if Obama wins 2012.
I find the public fascinating ,it would not surprise me to see the general public vote the "right" back in. Then whaling will start all over again,they will go back their blackberry's & play their games & complain that they have no jobs. Yes they will find something to cry about on the net,but this time they will really look like fools.
Guess you'll be kind enough to pass out the life preservers on that sinking ship called Obama next year then? Making a intelligent game change doesn't make it a "panic". It's only a timely & smart thing to do, unless President Perry sounds good to you, or maybe Romney sounds better to you.
Are you a shill for the Repubs?
This pathetic "you must be a Republican if you don't think Obama is the best we can do" talk is one of the main reasons we are in this fix.
Are YOU really a Democrat? Maybe you're a Republican that wants to see the Democrats go down in flames by sticking with this inept politician.
pathetic "you must be
if you think its all and only President Obama's fault!!! that`s the Pathetic part!!
you need to add the others in there as well and MAYBE we can start to talk.
I and the original poster never said it was ALL Obama's fault.
In fact, I said comments like yours were one of the main problems.
Blind allegiance to a president is a bad thing.
I say we all vote Republican and take one for the team. I think we really need to live under Republican rule for about 10 or 15 years so the American people can really and truly see what they're all about. After that if there's any country left or anything worth saving, we can take it back and rebuild. But at least the Republicans will be gone forever.
Rob, i like your thinking. In the mean time though, I will be living in Sweden.
Isn't that what we already did under Reagan, & the two Bushy's? They haven't changed their message in over 30 years. How long are we going to wait? That sounds like an Obama plan, wait, then capitulate all opportunity away. DRAFT HILARY.
That would be great----I'd like to see them suffer from their stupidity too---but I prefer not to live out the last few years of my life in a totally screwed up world. I still stand behind Obama and will continue to do so. I am amazed at how many people just believe everything they are told and worse yet, they pass it on to more people with no brain cells functioning.!!
Rob, I've already had to endure that torture from 2001 to 2009, I don't know where the hell you were. Jobs flat-lined, wages stagnated and the molasses that is the Republican Party finally totally tanked the economy in 2008. And, they continue to tank the economy, it is their only hope of retaking the White House.
Did we just do that whole "live under Republican"-thing?
That seems to be how it goes—Republicans usually get two terms to really screw things up—and every time I assume that we all now finally know that their policies really and truly don't work. Then, we vote Democratic, and when they don't have the mess cleaned up in short order, we vote Republican again out of disgust! It’s a stupid and self-defeating cycle.
Once again, I was really sure we’d be all disgusted and done with the current Republican over-reach—with the relentless focus on union busting and reproductive rights instead of things that matter. That’s what always happens—vote Republican because they are for small government, and then they NEVER are, never. Just as intrusive as they ever were.
How many times do the people that vote republican/tea party have to bend over and let them do it to'em before they wise up.
lauri- YOU said it best!!!!! Why are democratic Presidents required to fix ALL the problems in 2yrs, when republican Presidents get to steal, kill, and destroy the country in 8yrs????? Dems & Indep should be ashamed of them selves for adopting this way of thinking...**Suicides in America, are higher when republicans are in office, and most victims are republicans**
What we need is a lesson on why the Republican plan won't work. We need to demonstrate that the Bush economy actually was a failure, a cancer on the American economy. Forget that he added $6.2 trillion to the deficit. Forget that he left President Obama with a $10.2 trillion. With the unregulated housing/banking boom we should have had the greatest job growth in history, but we didn't. Our infrastructure deteriorated all that time. Tell me anywhere that President Obama has raised taxes or increased regulation that it impacts today's economy. We are still running the Bush policies at the lowest ever taxes ever. Corporations still sitting on loads on money. And more tax cuts will make them change their minds?
In the words of Orange Crush, king of the cry babies!!!!! "HELL NO THEY WON'T"............
About 30 percent of Americans drink excessively,
"They also like health reform -- just 34 percent agree with Republicans that it should be repealed."
I aint sayin' there's a correlation. I'm just sayin' since -
Long-term misuse of alcohol can cause a wide range of mental health problems. Severecognitive problems are common; approximately 10 percent of all dementia cases are related to alcohol consumption, making it the second leading cause of dementia.[54] Excessive alcohol use causes damage to brain function, and psychological health can be increasingly affected over time.[55]
Psychiatric disorders are common in alcoholics, with as many as 25 percent suffering severe psychiatric disturbances. The most prevalent psychiatric symptoms are anxiety and depression disorders.
Interesting theory, but how does it fix the problem at hand?
Heads up Andy. Most alcohol consumers had those problems before. That,s why they started drinking. Ignorant stigma and no access to proper healthcare.
Is this about John Boehner? Is he an alcoholic?
And then there's Russia (I just read this. It's not funny, really, but the visual is, just a little bit):
Sourced from International Politics on the World Stage 12th Ed. by John T. Rourke.
Back to us: Out of the 26 most developed countries, 15-yr-olds in the U.S. scored 14th as well as below the average and just above Poland for skills in reading, math and science. Japan, South Korea, Finland and Australia were among the above average scores.
Oh, and we have more discipline problems and also spend on average only about 1/2 as much time on these subjects than Japan, France and Germany.
Same Source.
OMG, Jacqlyn... just read your post and the light bulb lit like 25 drunks: The dumbification of America is a strategy to get the populace to vote Republican. This in addition to their other weapon of all-out sabotage at the expense of the people they work for. And then top that with RR shame, fear and guilt ....
Wow, the new standard of success: Stupidity, grade-school recess rivalries and mean-*ss coercion. Where am I? I'm a little disoriented. This is a nightmare, right?
2012 GOP Tagline: "NewNenProved America: Where Stupid is the New Smart!" **and if the rest of the world laughs, we'll kick your ass into the next century. Because we can. Your Welcome.
**now recruiting S. Pro's (Stupids-for-Professorships) at our new for-profit SINS U. (Stupid-is-the-New-Smart U.) High paying. Very competitive. Must take religion test. Must be able to read and spell pretty good. And, of course, must be stupid!
Revised (I can't help myself):
**now recruiting S. Pro's (Stupids-for-Professorships) at our newly privatized, for-profit U. of SINS (University of Stupid-is-the-New-Smart.) Very competitive. Pay commensurate with stupidity. Must pass religion test. And, of course, must be Stupid as SINS!
Seriously, though ... one of my Master's program (not at a public U., which probably explains this) Bio (as in, like, the equivalent of BIO 100) teachers read from the text when he taught class and on more than 3 occasions could not answer basic questions from the class, when the answers were in the text ! I found myself more than once, more than twice, at least 3 or more times, providing the answers: "PSSST! ... it's on this page ... it's in the next paragraph ... it's over here ...." Un-f*cking-believable. One student commented, "Well, he's only human." That's nice. So I'm paying $1000 for a class where the requirement to teach is to be human and able to read out of the text to the class. Lovely. Can I have that job? I can do that! I, thank God, left that school. No freaking thank you. I can read all by myself. I learned how in kindergarten.
Oh, and this was priceless: Do not pee in the jacuzzi, and wipe from front to back. Do not show up to school drunk (I'm assuming because this will nullify the first two rules). Wow, and to think of all those poor people who never make it to the Master's level ... must have to clean their "jacuzzi's" a lot.
As a Canadian, I'm against this idea since we wouldn't be able to handle the flood of refugees.
The statistic is misleading. In that 72%, there are progressives who are dissatisfied that the country is not going more to the center/left. So that leaves the question of what percentage think the Republicans ideas are the best way to go. Boehner is putting reliance on a stat that does not correctly reflect support for conservatives.
@J-rock I can understand your concern! I would love to be there and could be, in a heart beat!!! I do love my country though---my statement is just out of frustration with the way things are going here.
Maybe we need to get out and move as much as we talk. Iget a lot ideas here and on air, then I post them in my car windows and park at the mall. Mostly fact sheets and graphs from the most non-partisan, universally respected sources I can find. Surprising how many admitted Fox viewers actually stop and read pretty,and simple graphs. Also surprising how many ask and discuss when faced with real info. as opposed to spin based on lies and rhetoric. I like to watch Fox, do my research and get out there when it's still fresh in their tiny little minds.
If Unenjoyment is the same come election time BO will loose. No one since FDR has won an election with Unenjoyment over 6%
Ron Reagan 7.2%
I think B.O. will lose if we don't start screaming on a daily basis. Make noise everywhere and fight with facts. only the far right extremists are completely immune to facts. The rest of them just haven't heard them.
Soory Pilot you are right :)
No American president has been reelected whenunemployment has been higher than 7.2 percent in more than 50 years
David183- Unemployment has risen since republican governors have taken over most of this country. President Obama didn't vote those losers in, people like YOU did. The house democratics have passed17 jobs bills (not including the Prez.) and each one has been filibustered by the republicans. So if you base your vote on, what happened 50 yrs ago, you should really seek HELP!!!!!!
B and his boys are steadfast on taking Obama down along with America. No intelligent, sane person(s) should think CUTS only to a REV & CUT issue. America's infrastructure is failing due to a few get the $$ while the nation crumbles and lags behind in ED/HC/Energy innovation. B & his boys strategy resonates w/ those who still want a birth certificate - while 80% people want our POTUS & nation to succeed - regardless who is sitting in chair.
Are "they" polling people who only have cell phones? you know - the progressive - not attached to the land line people? just curious
yes, that and the President will always lag in the Polls as that`s how they are set up.
remember how far behind McCain/Palin he was. and look how that went. I know it will be different this time, and 2010 his block really didn't vote.
it will boil down to GOTV
The 8 years Bush was in office was the LONGEST 8 years in my memory. It, for me, was like being sealed up in a box. And, even though we have a new president, the stench of the Republicans hasn't gone away, especially, since Americans gave them back the House in the midterms. Republicans, besides being heavy-handed and paternalistic, are SO damn boring, I can't stand it.
Boehner is an inveterate, stinking liar. He is forever presuming that "the American people" want what he says they want. I hope he gets fired in the next round of elections.
Cry-baby Boehner's understanding of anything outside of a tanning booth, and his bank account are an anathema to thinking people!! His district should do Americans a favor and fire him during the next election! The American people ought to wake up and stop casting "reactionary" votes, because rethugnikans sole duty is to their pimps aka the OLIGARCHY!!
If the People put more Republicans in they'll be screaming even louder in more pain then ever. Has no one noticed that things have gotten far worse since the 2010 installation of teapublicans? It was bad enough when the Republicans in the Senate filibustered everything, now the TeaPublicans just vote no on everything but bills that ban abortion and blame women for being raped.
I don't know what it will take to wake up Americans to the fact the Right is Wrong and are destroying us.
It will take a return to teaching of all of American history in our public schools,not just the fun pieces, as well as a genuine effort to develope critical thinking skills in our students. REPEAL "No Child Left Behind" !
Hey Susan, School text books that are delivered across the country, are made in the state of T.X. and those FREAKS are rewriting history to make themselves look better. Meaning all our children are about to be lied to on a daily bases. I think this is called indoctcranation??????
Of course the GOP can't approve of anything the President proposes, even if they personally believe it's a good idea and would work. That would set them against the ideals and the foremost goal of the party.
If our President is not elected again, they will rejoice and will immediately do a copy and paste of his proposals, present them to Congress, they will be passed, and the country will be on the way to recovery. Then it will be glory for them, and our President will be historically remembered as they want him to be remembered.
It hurts me to my core that they place more value on outside oaths and a childish "one-term" vow than they place on the Oath of Office and the job of representing the United States of America.
HA! Just wait until the GOP takes full control of the Congress. We'll look back in fond memories of the recession. The GOP--and its crew of Confederate Tea Partiers--aims to destroy the U.S. government, and I'm certain they will do so.
We already live in a fascist, totalitarian military state. Here's a question--if you lived in a fascist state, but the media wasn't allowed to discuss it and all politicians supported the corporate state--would you know you lived in a fascist state?
LOL--stupid, stupid Americans
Religion performs the Fascist role covertly so as to maintain the illusion of freedom.
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They're gloating over their winning of the NY09 seat last night (the former Weiner seat) like a bully who just took candy a wimpy kids last piece of candy.They assume the loss of the seat was somehow a referendum on Obama's policies. Which couldn't be further from the truth. NY09 is a heavily Jewish district. And people there are disappointed with Obama's views on Israel. They also didn't take kindly to Weprin's voting in favor of same sex marriage here in NY."
You neglect to acknowledge that Weprin is an Orthodox Jew and member of a prominent Queens political family. NY09 is SO Democratic that Sen. Chuck Schumer came from it. NY09 is SO Democratic that it has been held by Democrats in every election since the 1920s.!! In the last week before the election, outside Democratic groups spent $700,000 boosting Weprin, while Republican and conservative groups spent $53,000 to support Turner, a 13-to-1 Democratic advantage. They brought in Clinton, they brought in Cuomo.
Yet a staunch Democrat of New York, Ed Koch, worked for Turner because he KNOWS we are on a disastrous course.
It's absolutely comical reading this blog. How utterly BLIND you left/Democratic posters are. Moaning & groaning about how it's not a referendum on Obama. This is a major SMACK in the face of Obama & Democratic DISASTER rule that in 2 3/4 years has DESTROYED this country.
It is the first election signal that the disaster that is Obama policies will be gone come next election & that this country will again have a chance.
Denial is blindness.
So Mike, you think Scott Brown will get re-elected in Mass?
So the election of a Democrat in NY 26, a district held since the civil war by repubs was not a slap in the face for republicants? That door swings both ways..