This past Thursday, on a clear Texas afternoon, an Army psychiatrist walked into the Soldier Readiness Processing Center, and began shooting his fellow soldiers.
Ever the storyteller – President Obama adds that little detail about it being a clear afternoon.
it’s all the more heartbreaking and all the more despicable because of the place where it occurred and the patriots who were its victims.
That’s for sure. Let’s see if he knows more than we do.
even as we saw the worst of human nature on full display, we also saw the best of America. We saw soldiers and civilians alike rushing to aid fallen comrades; tearing off bullet-riddled clothes to treat the injured; using blouses as tourniquets; taking down the shooter even as they bore wounds themselves.
I have a relative who was one of those soldiers aiding the hurt.
I met with FBI Director Mueller, Defense Secretary Gates, and representatives of the relevant agencies to discuss their ongoing investigation into what led to this terrible crime.
Isn’t is obvious? The man didn’t want to be shipped out.
Our thoughts are with all the families who’ve lost a loved one in this national tragedy.
Seeing as I’ve not been a recipient of this kind of comment, does the idea of someone’s thoughts being with you help in any way?
They are Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus and nonbelievers.
I wonder if the term “nonbelievers” offends anyone.
so long as our nation endures.
Wait – what? “So long as our nation endures”? That doesn’t sound like there’s much hope for it enduring!
And the truth is, over the past ten months, I’ve often had to report distressing news during what has been a difficult time for our country.
I wonder why he had to add, “and the truth is”. It almost makes it seem as if most of the other stuff he’s talking about isn’t the truth.
It’s like when someone says, “I’ll be honest with you … ” Like what they’ve already said isn’t them being honest.
We learned that the economy grew for the first time in more than a year and faster than at any point in the previous two years.
This is good news right?
It is easy to forget that it was only several months ago that the economy was shrinking rapidly and many economists feared another Great Depression.
You yourself continually used that phrase, Mr. President – you and your team were/are alarmists like every other politician.
Now, economic growth is no substitute for job growth.
That, my friends, is truth in it’s purest form.
And we will likely see further job losses in the coming days, a fact that is both troubling for our economy and heartbreaking for the men and women who suddenly find themselves out of work.
Like me; I will be out of a job come January 2010.
Based on reports coming in from across America – as shovels break ground, as needed public servants are rehired, and as factories whir to life – it is clear that the Recovery Act has now created and saved more than one million jobs.
That’s why the Recovery Act was designed to help small businesses expand and create jobs.
Is that why most of the money went to large banks and Wall Street? Seems to me that the Recovery Act was designed to bail out the greedy lawless CEOs and major corporations.
I also announced that we’ll be taking additional steps through our Financial Stability plan to make more credit available to the small local and community banks that so many small businesses depend on
So small businesses may be under his control as well?
I see this administration sticking its finger into places where it shouldn’t. There are some aspects of life that the federal government should stay away from. It doesn’t need to own everything.
I have a feeling that President Obama’s team may take the credit for the success of the latest scare movie, Paranormal Activity and how it owns Hollywood.
Over the better part of the past year, a great debate has taken place in Washington and across America, about how to reform our health care system to provide security for people with insurance, coverage for those without insurance, and lower costs for everyone.
I guess it all depends on what he means by “great”. I don’t think the name-calling and screaming (from both sides) equals anything great. If he means, large – then I will grant him the use of great when talking about the health care reform debate.
we can point to a broad and growing coalition of doctors and nurses, [...] including leading Democrats and many leading Republicans – who recognize the urgency of action.
I don’t think anyone would claim that action is not needed in our health care system. I think it’s the form of action. We all agree something must be done, change must occur. Not all agree on your plan.
But this is not the time to pat ourselves on the back.
As you did when you “learned” of your Nobel Prize??? But we won’t get into that.
No – your administration should not pat the backs quite yet. Jobs are still disappearing and you can no longer blame President Bush for this. This job loss is all on you.
[The Insurance Companies are] filling the airwaves with deceptive and dishonest ads. They’re flooding Capitol Hill with lobbyists and campaign contributions. And they’re funding studies designed to mislead the American people.
I would like to see the proof of this. I’m not denying that it’s happening, I would just like to see an example or two.
But what I will not abide are those who would bend the truth – or break it – to score political points and stop our progress as a country.
Mark those words Mr. President. You said them and now you are being held accountable. May you never bend the truth to score political points.
Over and over again. We’re hearing the same mumbo-jumbo from a different President. The difference: Bush was war on terror; Obama is war on health care. All these Presidents do is repeat and repeat and repeat.
What’s that saying if you say something loud enough and long enough, you’ll start to believe it?
When I took office eight months ago, our nation was in the midst of an economic crisis unlike any we’d seen in generations.
The President cannot shake this anti-Bush mentality. This is your administration mucking things up now sir. Don’t give us this trash about what you inherited eight years ago. We’re sick of hearing you bemoan President Bush.
But yesterday’s report on September job losses was a sobering reminder that progress comes in fits and starts, and that we will need to grind out this recovery step by step.
Backpedaling after promising the people that recovery would happen quickly once your plan was in place. This is the second thing we’re sick of hearing repeated.
And I won’t let up until those who seek jobs can find them; until businesses that seek capital and credit can thrive; and until all responsible homeowners can stay in their homes.
This is different, he used to say he wouldn’t rest until the jobs come back. And yet he has time to play Oliver and beg the Olympic Commission to send them to Chicago. (Which failed horribly) But I saw that trial as our President attempting to bring in the big bucks which ties into him finding the resources.
Rising health care costs are undermining our businesses, exploding our deficits, and costing our nation more jobs with each passing month.
Once this reform passes through Congress (and we all know it will) what will be the next thing that is undermining this country that President Obama will save us from? I can guarantee there will be something we will “have to be afraid of”.
This has become the administration of the 21st Century – Pop Culture edition.
Today, I can report on what we achieved—a new commitment to meet common challenges, and real progress in advancing America’s national security and economic prosperity.
Let’s wait and see what the details are, but from here it just sounds like empty political words. Just like what a person expects from an entity such as The U.N.
over the past nine months my administration has renewed American leadership
Seriously, Mr President – you really need to let go of your hatred for President Bush. You didn’t renew American leadership.
In Pittsburgh, the world’s major economies agreed to continue our effort to spur global demand to put our people back to work
All talk. That’s all I see. When I see tangible results I’ll begin to trust these so-called G-20 administrations.
And we resolved to move forward in the journey toward a just, lasting and comprehensive peace in the Middle East.
It’s a telling process when the groups have to agree just to move forward. They’re not even talking action points yet.
the Security Council endorsed our global effort to lock down all vulnerable material within four years.
And yet again, the proof will be tangible or another empty phrase from that body.
all nations have the right to peaceful nuclear energy
So Iran should have the right to this energy. Why won’t they let people inspect them?
President Medvedev of Russia and I agreed that Iran must pursue a new course or face consequences.
Those in Iran, when they heard, “or face consequences” they all yawned.
The first meeting of the G-20 nations in April came at the height of the global financial crisis – a crisis that required unprecedented international cooperation to jumpstart the world’s economies and help break the downward spiral that enveloped all our nations.
Jumpstart the largest banks and Wall Street – the main culprits of this fiasco.
in effect, a five-month checkup to review the steps each nation has taken – separately and together – to break the back of this economic crisis.
So there will be a lot of accusations flying around about who isn’t doing enough.
In February, we enacted a Recovery Act, providing relief to Americans who need it, preventing layoffs, and putting Americans back to work.
From my view, the only Americans who were provided relief were the ones who caused this mess. And as far as putting Americans back to work, I’m losing my job!
And we’ve challenged other nations to join us
Like China; we’ve asked them to pretty much own our sorry excuse for a federal government.
we can now say that we have stopped our economic freefall.
Yet unemployment is at an all-time high and spending is out of this world.
Not surprisingly, lobbyists for big Wall Street banks are hard at work trying to stop reforms that would hold them accountable and they want to keep things just the way they are.
Yet you bend over backwards to give them the money they never should have gotten in the first place.
On Wednesday, I addressed a joint session of Congress and the American people about why we need health insurance reform and what it will take to do it.
And most of us know about the “You Lie” comment made. Most in the media are slamming the guy for being a reckless heckler. Yet they seem to forget that when President Bush made a comment about Social Security going bankrupt, he was booed and heckeled too. I suppose if only one person does it, it’s considered bad form. But if a group of people do it, it’s a reasonable remark.
You can’t have it both ways Democrats!
It’s an anxiety that’s keeping more and more Americans awake at night.
My son is who’s keeping me up at night.
Over the last twelve months, nearly six million more Americans lost their health coverage – that’s 17,000 men and women every single day.
You’d think with the oh-so successful economic rescue plan in place, most Americans would have jobs and this number would be going down. Somehow, President Obama will always have us fear something so that he can continue to push his agenda.
But then, most Presidents and Federal Officials want us afraid of something.
we can expect that about half of all Americans under 65 will lose their health coverage at some point over the next ten years.
Translation: “So join me! Be afraid for your lives!”
I refuse to allow that future to happen.
These words he uses are reminiscent of President Bush during his war-speech. President Obama wants to come across as decisive and forceful. Is it working?
And then he goes on to spell out what he said to Congress.
Yesterday, we received a report showing that job losses have slowed dramatically compared to just a few months ago.
And yet the jobless rate is the highest it has ever been. How do those two numbers rectify?
and that many of the banks that borrowed money at the height of the financial crisis are now returning it to taxpayers with interest.
Oh really? I’m afraid I haven’t seen any returns. Sounds like President Obama is channeling President Bush with this Pie-in-the-sky pep talk…
That’s why it is so important that we remain focused on speeding our economic recovery.
And what is the President’s definition of “speeding our economic recovery”? Is there a measurable limit?
we certainly cannot go back to an economy based on inflated profits and maxed-out credit cards; the cycles of speculative booms and painful busts; a system that put the interests of the short-term ahead of the needs of long-term.
Dare I think to even write out the “S” word?
We have to revive this economy and rebuild it stronger than before.
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the million-dollar economy. Actually it’s more like multi-trillion dollar, right?
Sorry it’s taken so long for this. I’m really not having a great week. (and it’s only Tuesday) Here is the transcript.
And away we go…
As we remember all that was lost, we must take stock of the work being done on recovery, while preparing for future disasters. And that is what I want to speak with you about today.
Did you just read/hear that?!?! President Obama is telling us there will be disasters in the future! Run for the hills!!!
None of us can forget how we felt when those winds battered the shore, the floodwaters began to rise, and Americans were stranded on rooftops and in stadiums.
I honestly can’t remember how I felt. I was so removed from it that it wasn’t a big deal to me. And probably a majority of the rest of the country.
Over a thousand people would lose their lives.
After the fact that everyone and their grandmother were telling these people to, “Get out!” Why doesn’t everyone listen to people when they say, “a storm is coming, it’s going to be bad and you really need to leave the area.”?
my Administration has focused on helping citizens finish the work of rebuilding their lives and communities, while taking steps to prevent similar catastrophes going forward.
Guess it must have been a secretly focused group because this is the first I’ve heard of this help.
Our approach is simple: government must keep its responsibility to the people, so that Americans have the opportunity to take responsibility for their future.
How about a new approach: government get out of the people’s way and let them live the lives they want.
To date, eleven members of my Cabinet have visited the Gulf Coast, and I’m looking forward to going to New Orleans later this year.
The President and his eleven Cabinet members want gold stars…
To cite just one hopeful indicator, New Orleans is the fastest growing city in America, as many who had been displaced are now coming home.
Coming home and living where?
To learn more about the simple steps that you can take to keep you and your family safe from all of these dangers, please visit www.ready.gov.
