Happy Birthday Ronald Reagan

[Kirkland Laing]

In which case the GOP are responsible for all the spending under Obama.

Reagan's administration proposed all the budgets, including creation of an entirely new government department. The administration draws up the yearly budget and sends it to congress. Congress add on their own earmark spending and then pass it. That's how the political system works.

A lot of it, yes....all of it? No. Let's not forget Obama's Democrat Majority Congress for his first 2 years as President.

The Real Obama Liberal Legacy: Budgets that Never Balance | Speaker.gov


...but Speaker Ryan is guilty as well of spending more than we needed to.

The deficits in Obama's first two years weren't down to Obama spending money, they were down to the collapse in government income due to the economic collapse of 2008.

Ah yes, we mustn't blame Obama for anything ever

I'm happy to blame Obaba for things he should have done. No crackdown/prosecitions on Wall Street, allowing massive mergers/less competition and so on. Of course Trump has done even worse than Obama in both these respects, even saying he;s going to scrap what little financial regulation Obamam enacted.

[vidgil]

I'm happy to blame Obaba for things he should have done. No crackdown/prosecitions on Wall Street, allowing massive mergers/less competition and so on. Of course Trump has done even worse than Obama in both these respects, even saying he;s going to scrap what little financial regulation Obamam enacted.

He shouldn't have thrown the nation's police departments under the bus.

[Kirkland Laing]

I'm happy to blame Obaba for things he should have done. No crackdown/prosecitions on Wall Street, allowing massive mergers/less competition and so on. Of course Trump has done even worse than Obama in both these respects, even saying he;s going to scrap what little financial regulation Obamam enacted.

He shouldn't have thrown the nation's police departments under the bus.

There's a problem in a lot of police forces. Obama is the first prez to really speak out about it. It's a problem if nobody speaks out about it, it's a different problem if somebody does. Eventually it'll have to be dealt with somehow and Obama made a start on this. He's not throwing anybody under a bus, he's acknowledging a problem that exists. It may be some time before there's any more movement towards doing anything what with the current mob in charge. It's going to be interesting to see the current administration's reaction to incidents like this one.

[El Kabong]

I'm happy to blame Obaba for things he should have done. No crackdown/prosecitions on Wall Street, allowing massive mergers/less competition and so on. Of course Trump has done even worse than Obama in both these respects, even saying he;s going to scrap what little financial regulation Obamam enacted.

He shouldn't have thrown the nation's police departments under the bus.

There's a problem in a lot of police forces. Obama is the first prez to really speak out about it. It's a problem if nobody speaks out about it, it's a different problem if somebody does. Eventually it'll have to be dealt with somehow and Obama made a start on this. He's not throwing anybody under a bus, he's acknowledging a problem that exists. It may be some time before there's any more movement towards doing anything what with the current mob in charge. It's going to be interesting to see the current administration's reaction to incidents like this one.

“If we are to sustain the unity we need to get through these difficulties, if we are to honor these five outstanding officers who we have lost, then we will need to act on the truths that we know … America, we know that bias remains,” - President Obama

Oh he spoke out about it alright.....right over the dead bodies of 5 police officers who died because Black Lives Matter murdered them. Yeah such wise, much great words from all seeing all knowing Barack Obama.


I don't LIKE the Police, but I have enough fucking sense to respect them and stay out of trouble....apparently that's asking too fucking much from a section of our society.