Dead Fledermaus
listens to the President's address on his jobs bill and wonders how the Tea Partiers are going to try and fuck this amazing thing up.
Dead Fledermaus
Man, he's hitting every point.
Dead Fledermaus
Everything from fixing our country's infrastructure to bringing companies and manufacturing back to the US to giving companies tax breaks
Dead Fledermaus
for hiring veterans or people who've been out of work for six months or more.
Dead Fledermaus
Plus bringing back thousands of teachers AND reducing the deficit.
Dead Fledermaus
And getting rid of tons of government red tape, reforming the workings of the government, reforming the tax system to make it fairer for all
Dead Fledermaus
And PROTECT THE EPA.
Yarn Temptress
This is a good idea. Wonder how my parents are going to try to spin this to sound-
Yarn Temptress
-A] Bad or B] tell me that the Reps thought this up tomorrow.
Dead Fledermaus
honestly doesn't have any complaints at all about what she's heard so far.
Dead Fledermaus
This is the stuff we've been saying all along. It's awesome to hear a politician, especially the President, say it too.
Dead Fledermaus
isn't sure about the Medicare reform he's talking about--just how modest is modest?--but there are probably ways it could be improved on.
Dead Fledermaus
We just...have to hope they pick those ways.
Rachel, RN
really really hopes he's re-elected
Dead Fledermaus
If this can be accomplished the way he's talking about, this could be THE defining moment of his presidency.
Dead Fledermaus
And he'd be almost guaranteed to be re-elected if he can rejuvenate the economy and give people jobs.
Pteryx
If. Trouble is, he has only a year and a hostile Congress...
Dead Fledermaus
would like to think he'd then use his second term to finally push for gay rights as much as he should have been all this time.
Dead Fledermaus
suspects he hasn't gone as far as he could in that regard because it could be a huge detriment to his reelection.
Dead Fledermaus
Yeah. :/ I'm sure they'll try to stop this from getting off the ground, and if it isn't remarkably successful they'll point at it and say
Dead Fledermaus
"SEE? We told you he couldn't solve our problems."
Dead Fledermaus
.....Breaking news that Homeland Security expects a "specific, credible but unconfirmed" terror threat to happen on or around 9/11.
Yarn Temptress
Considering that our current Rep presidential leads are another Texan Governor and... whoever the other guy is...
Yarn Temptress
I really hope he gets reelected too. /o\
Yarn Temptress
And sadly completely unsurprised about that 9/11 anniversary threat. /sigh
Yarn Temptress
According to the Irish Times they arrested two guys in Germany for suspicion of buying bomb materials to use in Berlin on the day.
Dead Fledermaus
Basically ALL of the Rep candidates terrify me.
Dead Fledermaus
Seriously?
Dead Fledermaus
Bloody hell.
Yarn Temptress
Now that I got my email to cooperate, sadly yeah. Here it is.