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The mayor has applied for $400 million out of Barack Obama's $787 billion fiscal stimulus plan. Top of his wish list are automatic weapons and Kevlar vests for the police, and some more police to tote them: last year, in this, the crime capital of the Midwest, he had to lay off police officers due to shortage of funds.
The city symbolises the scale of the economic challenge facing Obama as he approaches 100 days in office. If the president is to deliver something more than the "audacity of hype", homes will have to be built in Gary, health care delivered, and a way found for its inhabitants to live on something more than benefits and debt. But much of America is in revolt against what needs to happen for this to be achieved. And Obama's own momentum on the economic front looks weak.
Originally posted by Ferris.Bueller.II
Interesting read. Thanks. Very true about how you only see these articles from foreign news sources. U.S. MSM news is all aflutter with what Obama did (well, about 10% of what he did) in his first 100 days.
What does a U.S. town with only 100k residents need with automatic weapons and Kevlar vests? Are these to be used for the upcoming disarming of all American citizens?
Interesting read. Thanks. Very true about how you only see these articles from foreign news sources. U.S. MSM news is all aflutter with what Obama did (well, about 10% of what he did) in his first 100 days.
Originally posted by whaaa
If the vests and guns were asked for by a neocon admin; the right wing would have said it was a blow for freedom against the terrorists.
The mayor has applied for $400 million out of Barack Obama's $787 billion fiscal stimulus plan. Top of his wish list are automatic weapons and Kevlar vests for the police, and some more police to tote them: last year, in this, the crime capital of the Midwest, he had to lay off police officers due to shortage of funds.
Originally posted by purehughness
Ah, teach me to skim-read!
But now that you've brought that to my attention, the whole affair really brings home how the lack of confidence in Obama's financial stimulus plan is affecting middle America. Are they anticipating riots and civil unrest in the possible wake of mass employment, or is this clamping down on real crime as it would at first suggest. Maybe both.
Originally posted by Stormdancer777
I watched Donald Trump give Obama a B+ on the economy this morning, I am thinking WTF?
Originally posted by Ferris.Bueller.II
What does a U.S. town with only 100k residents need with automatic weapons and Kevlar vests? Are these to be used for the upcoming disarming of all American citizens?
Originally posted by FlyersFan
Originally posted by Stormdancer777
I watched Donald Trump give Obama a B+ on the economy this morning, I am thinking WTF?
I saw that and thought the exact same thing. My second thought was ... how much did he get paid off to say something like that? If he plays nice with the Obama administration does he get an extra cookie or two somewhere along the line ...
His statement was absurd.