There has been a bit of unrest lately over Obama’s performance, as his first year in office comes to a close. This DailyKos diary sums up my feelings about his performance. Essentially, he falls short of idealist progressive changes and of his campaign promises. But progressives constitute a minority of the American public; the rest [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Obama’
29 Dec
KPFK, Obama Health Care
Revisiting KPFK today, after quickly getting bored of 10 year old CD’s in my car. Two guests on the show, for the Democratic Scorecard, were very displeased with Obama. He didn’t take leadership on health care, which I was upset about it before. They said he was a pragmatist, not a true progressive. But I [...]
15 Nov
ObaMao
Thanks to Yang for this site: This is how you make fascist leaders. Photoshop their portrait just like this. Instant fascist!
28 Oct
Quick Thoughts
Harry Reid passes a health care bill that gives states an ‘opt-out’ for the public option. Obama starts campaigning for climate change This is probably the biggest news of today – Harry Reid getting the health care bill ready for the Senate to vote on. I am still mostly confused on the bill-making and -passing [...]
