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- Llyod0
Obama will have to be a miracle worker to pull the economy out of the pooper and resolve two wars, and solve countless other problems.
- exador10
what movie was it where the guy said something along the lines of 'the sooner we all start having sex with each other, the sooner we can all start looking philipino...and then we'll all be better off, cuz those are some damn fine looking people'
or something like that..
always liked that :)
my kids are mixed... so I'm all for it :)
- gramme0
Obama is not going to pull our economy out of the gutter. It's not within his power, regardless of what he and the pundits say. A president can help PUT us in the economic shitter, but they are largely incapable of pulling us out. It's up to us. It's up to businesses and the people running them.
- right but the help of a government making THE RIGHT choices nationally will help out greatly.anxiousarms
- taxing businesses as he plans, will make that very toughsputnik2
- Business did well under Clinton with the same tax rates.Mimio
- That had nothing to do with Clinton. It was all about the ebb and flow of business.gramme
- Just saying it didn't effect growth or jobs. Besides it's far better than what McCain was suggesting.Mimio
- Balancing the budget and freezing federal spending in a recession like this is death to the economy.Mimio
- bigbaby530
I know there are a lot of "non-americans" on QBN...What are your thoughts of the US now, as an outsider? Many folks outside of the US have seen us as a bit nuts after witnessing the last 8 yrs. Is this election the beginning of a healing, of sorts, on how the US is viewed by other countries?
- I think we have a slightly optimistic feeling about America again. Time will tell.ETM
- _niko0
Wooooooohooooooooo!!!!! it's the dawn of a new future.
I just wish they would focus on Obama the man, not Obama the african-american.
He's half Kenyan, half American who grew up in Hawaii. His American experience is closer to that of other first generation Americans than to that of African Americans like Al sharpton, Jesse Jackson and Oprah so why do we need to see them every 10 seconds.Who gives a fuck if he's African-american, Irish-american, Italian-American, Mexican-American or whatever.
He's a great man period.
- vespa0
Just stumbled across this:
"As recently as 1967, sixteen US states from Delaware to Texas had laws banning interracial couples."
- vespa0
Mixed Race Icons: Bob Marley
- janne760
^ meaning there can't be any vespa's in those states.. well not born before 1967. ;)
- non0
- mg330
Here's the thing:
If a president can assist in putting us in the proverbial shitter in less than 8 years, then it's within Obama's ability to use the next 4, and God willing, 8 years to reverse this. Even greater though, is the ability to do so in a way that will change things for decades to come.
It will not happen overnight. We didn't fall this far overnight. But the hope and inspiration and togetherness that President Obama will bring is something for the common man, something that we can all rally behind and join in. I will be smiling because of that for a long time.
It's interesting to think... here's a president who's not financially wealthy, who has one house, who doesn't have a vacation house, who feels as close to many of us as we may ever have someone feel. We're getting a president who absolutely understands and relates to the common man and isn't motivated by wealth and personal achievement. A selfless person. Clinton, while a great president, can't even lay claim to that.
The world is rejoicing because we have elected a remarkable and real person to be our president. What a day this is.
- Sorry mg33, I think you're giving the Bush too much credit here. This mess started 16 years ago. And it will need to betommyo
- fixed in Congress, not the presidency. Here's to crossing some fingers and hoping these politicians figure it out.tommyo
- yeh, fuck clinton waggling his cock about and being a smarmy bastard, I can't stand him, or his wife. Fuck them.mikotondria3
- you are right, two words
" Executive Order"BattleAxe
- kelpie0
this notion that governments cannot make policy to improve an economic system is only a very sad piece of evidence that a lot of the rubbish spouted by Bush and his crew has sunk in and become gospel when really its just ideology. Good stewardship will see the situation improve, after all its a lack of government in these things that's allowed it to go to hell.
- Matter of ideology here but imo, It's actually too much government that's allowed it to go to hell.tommyo
- haha tomato/tomato :)
regulation doesn't mean communism is all I'm sayingkelpie - No you're right it doesnt. But there is good regulation and bad regulation you know? We've just got WAY too muchtommyo
- bureaucracy involved in many of our gov programs. Tons of waste that we all pay for daily.tommyo
- skt0
was there an election or something? must have missed it.
- yeah some skinny cunt with a nice logo got in or somethingkelpie
- actually, it was pretty mental being in the states as it happened. the girlfriend cried when he made his speach.skt
- I was chatting to a pal of mine who moved over about 10 years ago the other day, he was blown away by the whole thingkelpie
- it was like watching a football final in the bar, with all the cheering and singing.skt
- and there was a boy in a hoops top sitting at the bar too.skt
- there's always at least one of them, no matter where you are in the worldkelpie
- this is true, it's when you see a dons top that you really freak out.skt
- ukit0
I hope that Obama uses the grassroots, web-based networking he has built through his campaign to help him govern. If so, that could be a major break with previous governments.
- I really wish these campaigns would move more to the web and cost a lot less to run. A lot of the candidates did really welltommyo
- with the use of web. They produced commercials literally on the fly. Was pretty interesting.tommyo
- you mean, like taking a web survey to see where people stand on what he should do? truly by the people... :)mg33
- spent less!?! yeah like the 30 minute infomercial, get the f*ck out of hereJazX
- something like this http://www.govit.com…BattleAxe
- mg330
Oh man, I completely forgot that I heard someone jokingly say last night "What a day for Half-rican Americans!" on account of Obama being the son of a white mother and Kenyan father.
- redant0
Obama may not be a true African American but his wife is I forgot about that.
- tasty0
Lloyd you will never have to worry about falling above the $250K income line that Obama wants to put in place.
Why? Because you don't have a job or seem to be pursuing one by the amount BS you post on here.
- lowimpakt0
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world…
"Television news bulletins across the world have been reporting the story of Barack Obama's US presidential victory.
People in the Japanese city of Obama reacted with joy to his election, as did Indonesian children at the school he attended and Barack Obama's grandmother in Kenya was clearly delighted.
Many were not short of words of advice for the new US President - from Afghanistan and Israel to Gaza and Iran. "
- JazX0
2 years from now, you'll all say, "wow this guy actually sucks, even though he looks like he fits into that slacker, liberal role, I'll take another dose of Bush, because my taxes are through the roof"
- I love how you think you have this incredible insight that no one else has, it's cute when you are incorrect all the time.DrBombay
- JazX0
You guys bring up a good point, he has little in common with most blacks because his family doesn't have that same slave historical past. I don't say that negatively, but having grown up with a lot of blacks, it's MUCH different. Much more in common with an educated African is you were to ask me. Having lived in Namibia and Sud Afrika for an extended period of time. In fact, a Zulu friend E-mailed me after the electoin making light of Obama. Kenya is notoriously known for corruption. Go do a search on 'Focus on Africa' of the BBC. Kept me alive for two years on shortwave.
- skt0
'having grown up with a lot of blacks'
you are a fucking tool jazx.
- "I am one of JazX friends from Africa. I am a black"
mikotondria3 - I guess you could ask flavorful, he's about the only to know my old stomping groundsJazX
- I've known tons of bigots that grew up in the ghetto. It doesn't give you a license to be a redneck.DrBombay
- I didn't say that, I said I grew up with them, understanding the mentality that exists is keyJazX
- //yeah, all black people are exactly the same.DrBombay
- your average U.S. AA doesn't act very much like Obama, that I can see. No one I knowJazX
- I know tons of intelligent professional black people, so to me, you are an average bigot.DrBombay
- hey, you're out line, Obama the sheperd is looking for you. Go back to the flock.JazX
- "I am one of JazX friends from Africa. I am a black"