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The following is just a short list of some of Obama’s accompishments:
The Typical Household, Now Worth a Third Less
Economic inequality in the United States has been receiving a lot of attention. But it’s not merely an issue of the rich getting richer. The typical American household has been getting poorer, too.
The inflation-adjusted net worth for the typical household was $87,992 in 2003. Ten years later, it was only $56,335, or a 36 percent decline, according to a study financed by the Russell Sage Foundation. Those are the figures for a household at the median point in the wealth distribution — the level at which there are an equal number of households whose worth is higher and lower. But during the same period, the net worth of wealthy households increased substantially.
The Russell Sage study also examined net worth at the 95th percentile. (For households at that level, 94 percent of the population had less wealth and 4 percent had more.) It found that for this well-do-do slice of the population, household net worth increased 14 percent over the same 10 years. Other research, by economists like Edward Wolff at New York University, has shown even greater gains in wealth for the richest 1 percent of households.
Rubbing elbows with the rich and elite is fine enough. Unfortunately, the work suffers. The degree to which he is now phoning it in – sleepwalking perfunctorily through his second term – is astonishing.
And based on his recent handling of situations much more serious than a possible post-presidential move to sunny California, it seems as if “No Drama Obama” is no longer even worried about keeping up appearances; he doesn’t care enough to fake it.
Consider this: In recent days, a) Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down, apparently by Russian separatists in Ukraine, b) In the Gaza strip, the numbers killed continued to mount as Israelis and Palestinians exchange rocket fire, c) a huge influx of children fleeing Central American poverty and gang warfare swamped America’s southern border, creating a humanitarian crisis. And, oh yeah, d) Christians living in Mosul were given the choice to either convert to Islam or flee the area they have inhabited for nearly two thousand years.
You know what else has happened during this time? a) Obama played many rounds of golf, b) he attended numerous fund-raisers, c) he dined on barbecue in Texas and burgers in Delaware, and d) he almost appeared on the comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night television show in Hollywood.
I say “almost” because the White House finally relented. “We ultimately elected not to have the president do that interview over the course of this trip,” the White House press secretary, Josh Earnest, conceded. “And that is at least in part related to the challenges of doing a comedy show in the midst of some of these other more serious matters that the president’s dealing with in the international scene.”
The irony is that Obama won election in 2008, partly based on his ability to demonstrate leadership (at least, rhetorically).
originally posted by: dukeofjive696969
If obama ever gets impeached, wich will never happen, it would open up the door to all future presidents, not happening both parties have too much to lose going down this road.
originally posted by: Bilk22
Well we arrive at the mid terms and there's a very good possibility that the Reps get both houses. Then what? However, the new bodies arriving every day may make that a difficult task. Keep your eye on the ball.
originally posted by: Bilk22
Best case scenario is they do get control of both houses.
originally posted by: Bilk22
Impeach and then leave it at that. No prosecution. Just censure and relegate him to finishing off his term without the ability to do further damage.
originally posted by: xuenchen
originally posted by: intrepid
Why is the reaction of the Right to a Leftist prez always IMPEACHMENT? Apparently democracy doesn't work when your party is sucking.
There was a big effort to impeach Bush.
During the presidency of George W. Bush, several American politicians sought to either investigate Bush for allegedly impeachable offenses, or to bring actual impeachment charges on the floor of the United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee.
And a big website dedicated
originally posted by: Aazadan
If the Republicans impeach Obama I honestly believe there will be blood in the streets. First Clinton over BS charges, then the Democrats crying to impeach Bush and being obstructionist as possible for 8 years followed by another 6 (and counting) of the reverse. Partisan bickering and hatred is at an all time high, taking an action like this could very well cause riots based on nothing more than party affiliation.
originally posted by: sheepslayer247
By the time all of the impeachment proceedings are done and over with...Obama will be out of office anyway. So this entire idea is just silly.
I bet Palin and the rest didn't think of that.
I don't believe Obama is a Rhodes scholar. Bill Clinton, yes.
originally posted by: marg6043
a reply to: xuenchen
I been getting e-mails for donations to the democratic party to fight the impeachment every day, still this nothing but a pony show, the reason, is that is not going to happen, no when Obama have less than two years in the white house.
Nothing but a pony show and a reason for the Demo-rats to ask for more donations.