Each day I read more and more criticism of President Barack Obama. One day its the health care bill, the next day its the budget, then unemployment, and on and on it goes. What most of these critics never mention is that President Obama entered office with 2 unfunded wars, an economic crisis (meltdown), and terribly high unemployment. He's now been in office for almost 20 months...and believe it or not....the wars have been scaled back and troop withdrawal begun, the economy is stabilized, and unemployment is the right direction - unlike it was in the last administration. Yes, the deficit is up - what do you expect with the high unemployment and unfunded wars? Really...what did you expect???
Here's what Teddy Roosevelt had to say about cynics who have nothing but criticism for even the most valiant of efforts.
It is not critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles,
or where the doer of good deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust an sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without and error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat. Theodore Roosevelt April 23, 1910
It is not critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles,
or where the doer of good deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust an sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without and error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat. Theodore Roosevelt April 23, 1910So while a confederacy of dunces continue to rise up against the leadership of President Obama, a few experts, folks knowledgable in finance and economics realize that without the stimulus - we would be in a global recession right now.
My view of our President is that we have a brilliant, hard-working individual who has saved this country from complete economic disaster. God Bless President Obama
Jan 09 to Jan 11 + 9. Math isn't my strong suit, but......
ReplyDeleteAlso, it is hard to prove a negative, what would have occurred otherwise.
Stop drinking the koolaid, They are all worthless and ineffective. Buying into one party is the same as buying into the other. I realize party politics is how things are done but there comes a time when spending has reached a tipping point.
Pres. may be a good man but he has made selecting failures for advisors and the advisors make executive policy. Perhaps for the next 12 months he should make some decisions himself.
He sold the Tarp II just like colin Powell did the war to the UN on bad info. Unemployment hasn't moved since the last administration and August had zero growth. Maybe I get different new here in Southern Cal, as we are now part of Mexico, since the border has moved 200 mile north.
PS FYI the last post is mine MIke. Love and kisses Paul
ReplyDeleteMaybe you should revisit this post Paul Roberts.
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