Re mandatory school age, hopefully they wouldn't put restraints on testing out of high school at an early age. Public schools aren't challenging for some students. For those who have the aptitude and motivation to start college early there shouldn't be barriers. For students who don't have parents paying their tuition, they may need work and not maintain full time status each term.
TwenTYTwelve!! Great show Michael, I didn't catch the State of the Union so I appreciated listening to your summary. Also your beard is (in Cenk language) "aweesome"
Last year, I had to go back to school due to the company I worked for for YEARS got bought out and sold. I already have been paying older school loans off, have a mortgage, car note, etc, and it was very unlikely I'd qualify for a school loan. Thanks to OBAMA, he passed a law that anyone can qualify for a 'school' loan (not with a bloated interest rate either), if you can prove 3 years of taxes before. No Republican would've ever done that. That's all I needed to see with my own eyes.
The fact that these words are even part of Democratic ideology, even if they don't come to pass as much as we'd like, you'd NEVER hear any Republican talk about these things. Republicans are fucking morons. Of course neither side are angels, no shit. News fucking flash. But if you believe anything any current Republican candidate says, you aren't paying attention and you get all your info from Fox news, or your moronic bigoted parents. Wake...the fuck....up.
@liquifex You believe Obama more than Paul? Ahah. Except Obama wasn't even known prior to his campaign, came out of nowhere where a slogan that enraptured millions; and then broke 90 percent of his promises. He campaign donors...the wealthiest. Paul's donors are almost entirely small individual donors. He's been speaking the same message/voting record for over 30 years. If you really "believe" in Obama then you should go see a mental health clinic & ask them the definition of insanity. Imbecile.
@Raelsatu That's right. Obama 2012. If Ron Paul didn't have a teabagging son and wasn't attached to the Republican party, I might give him a shot. But what you Paulbots don't get is Ron Pauls 'amazing' ideas need to get through congress....and .00001% of them would get through. Be realistic.
@liquifex So you still put credence in the 2 party paradigm? Nice..... Read the top comment; both sides get money from the big corporations. Including Obama. And yet Romney surpasses Obama with the corporate donors... Paul gets zilch. There's a good reason for this. As for getting through Congress, would that not be to the doubters advantage in cases they don't like him on? Most notably some domestic issues. If that's your logic then no person is an eligible president. We need REAL change.
@liquifex sometimes changing the direction of political discourse is boon enough. Cant get anything done on drug reform if the president ignores it, scofs at it and interferes in state enforcement of laws
Ramp down of anti-iran rhetoric and normalisation of relation isn't going to happen with Obama at the helm and worse things will happen if a neocon becomes the potus
@JaguaripeRJ Yeah! Because none of that happens with Republicans in office! Christ, shut the fuck up already. You whine about shit that's so fucking old and disproven or reproduced by Republicans before Obama. Wake up and stop watching Fox. I bet you're a birther too.
If you're going to be this obsequious Michael, just tell me who Obama was wearing and how fabulous Michelle Obama invariably looks and leave the political 'stuff' to someone who isn't just an Obama service droid.
@AtheistGlitch Of course you believe Romney, Newt, Santorum and Paul though, right? I'll take Obama over anything the Republicans are capable of producing over the last 20 years.
@liquifex Would I trust a Republican, not a chance in hell. And given the choice of either Obama or a republican, I would take Obama every time. I'm just saying, Obama is lieing again, cause he talks progressively, but acts like a corporatist.
@AtheistGlitch Who else can you believe, leave your country on the hands of the republicans and the world will fall, he's failed but I feel he's the last best hope. Unfortunately.
He can promise to sign this and propose that all he wants, Congress, the bought Republicans, the bought Democrats aren't going to give it to him if giving State of the Union speeches is all Obama does.
@playgrrrr I think it's empty rhetoric and Obama is bought as well. I don't know why people act like he's some kind of outsider with a hero cape on.
People also missed a few things in his speech. He basically said there would be no public option and praised himself for deregulation (while adding far more regulations and a mandate?!) He also said he would not rule out force against Iran.
His solution to the economy: more education!!! Seriously?? Nothing about banks or derivatives...
@PoweredByMagnets I think that possibility most likely as well, but there is no certainty. He is the leader and he didn't exactly push hard for change, but he also is only the president and doesn't have unlimited power... doesn't most of it come from being the public/official figurehead/leader rather than having actual power himself? Mb he's all fluff, but there's a possibility that he gave the R's a chance to cooperate early and won't rely on them anymore later, too. Plausible doesn't = real.
@playgrrrr I think the struggle with Republicans is manufactured. People forget that in 2009 we had an overwhelmingly Democratic majority and he wasn't able to accomplish anything.
His record is also pro-establishment. He was against the fed audit, against investigating the CIA for torture, blocked the UN investigation of Gitmo, tried to keep the white house guest list secret, and increased troop deployments. These things can't be blamed on Republicans. It's time to be a defeatist.
@PoweredByMagnets >I think the struggle with Republicans is manufactured.< Tell that to the Republicans. Of course the Republican positions are more often than not "manufactured", because they are paid representatives of corporations rather than their electorate or even of their own ideals (other than getting rich on corrupt money). It's hard to have real politics, real discussions/debate when all you have is a two pole/party system. I'm glad that my country doesn't have that shit.
@playgrrrr I don't think you understand. We have a one-party system. Have you ever heard of good cop / bad cop? Both sides get money from the same donors. The Democrats' job in this game is to pretend to be spineless angels that always want to negotiate. The reason is simple: people will not uprise if they think representatives are fighting for them.
It's already apparent that Fox, MSNBC, CNN, and CBS are all working against us. Why is it hard to believe Democrats are too?
@PoweredByMagnets >Both sides get money from the same donors.< I know, I won't dispute such obvious facts. But not all sides have equal shares of representatives sucking up to corporations, and not all sides are getting the same amount of money, which is something you shouldn't forget even in your no more than two perspectives allowed political entertainment system.
@PoweredByMagnets And I watched the entire speech on C-SPAN, and it looked like hot air, empty promises on which he didn't deliver first term and on which Congress is even less likely to act, and it had an awful lot of pandering to some very stupid but powerful people/ideas in it as well (including nationalism).
@PoweredByMagnets Don't get me wrong, I don't think we disagree at all. I'm just not publically defeatist (but reserved), because I think things will change for the worse if we take wind out of the Democrats' sails, thereby boosting Republicans instead.
I like Michael, and I *liked* this video, but I didn't like Obama's speech, because frankly, this president has always been good at speeches, but still has to deliver on taking actual action. He was not going unopposed, but it's far from apparent that he tried his best.
The man knows how to deliver a speech that's for sure
Lets see how many things he delivers on
But Obama can be confident because his opponents like Romney are making no sense. They refuse to learn from previous mistakes its all about cutting taxes, no regulations (idiots) and keeping government out while also asking to bring the government in people houses with their abortion idiocy and Internet infringement policies
@DeJach A GED functions identically to a high school diploma in terms of job applications and going to college. If your homeschooled you usually have to take a test to judge your knowlege
Yeah as soon as Obama gets reelected it'll be cave Obama all over again.
Not to say at all that I'd ever want the other republican monsters to get elected, but I'm being honest with myself here. I don't want this one reelected either.
I want a true progressive. and I don't want what the fraction of the 1% are placing before us to pick from. It's Crap being served up to us on both sides. And I've had enough of this bought campaign system where only buyers get what they want.
@Frottjeif Obama talked about stopping insider trading in the SOTU and that has already passed into law so he has already delivered one of those things
Maybe the republicans and Congress can help him out a bit
@indaks007 Nearly all of congress is bought. Obama is bought. Stop maintaining this illusion that your Democratic heroes will save you. Obama entered office with a Democratic majority and still failed to pass a public option. He backed down on Volcker and vetoing the NDAA. He was against federal reserve transparency and against leaving Iraq. He banned reporters and a UN investigation of Gitmo, and a man who spent ten years there was denied a trial today by a court citing the NDAA.
You don't have a mandatory school age? Shock...
TheRacistsMustDie 2 weeks ago in playlist Uploaded videos
Re mandatory school age, hopefully they wouldn't put restraints on testing out of high school at an early age. Public schools aren't challenging for some students. For those who have the aptitude and motivation to start college early there shouldn't be barriers. For students who don't have parents paying their tuition, they may need work and not maintain full time status each term.
Locrian08 3 weeks ago in playlist Uploaded videos
What's 25 inches long and hangs between Obama's legs?
The President was EXCELLENT tonight I think SO HIGHLY of the President this Guy is ON MY SIDE slurp slurp
Deliverance02x 3 weeks ago
Obama (like most others before him) are liars cheats and son of a bitches!
logicCplusplus 3 weeks ago 2
in europe you need to be 18 or graguate , if you dont go you wil gen fine's and maybe even jail time
Knowtheylikeme 4 weeks ago
@Knowtheylikeme I'm not sure what graguate means but jailing kids because they reject indoctrination seems a little draconian.
ptm5150 3 weeks ago
Thanks
horusofoz 4 weeks ago
TwenTYTwelve!! Great show Michael, I didn't catch the State of the Union so I appreciated listening to your summary. Also your beard is (in Cenk language) "aweesome"
crayyawn 4 weeks ago
Now that elections are on the horizon its all pretty words. How can anybody believe in anything Obama says... just empty words.
Gen49671 4 weeks ago
Last year, I had to go back to school due to the company I worked for for YEARS got bought out and sold. I already have been paying older school loans off, have a mortgage, car note, etc, and it was very unlikely I'd qualify for a school loan. Thanks to OBAMA, he passed a law that anyone can qualify for a 'school' loan (not with a bloated interest rate either), if you can prove 3 years of taxes before. No Republican would've ever done that. That's all I needed to see with my own eyes.
liquifex 4 weeks ago
The fact that these words are even part of Democratic ideology, even if they don't come to pass as much as we'd like, you'd NEVER hear any Republican talk about these things. Republicans are fucking morons. Of course neither side are angels, no shit. News fucking flash. But if you believe anything any current Republican candidate says, you aren't paying attention and you get all your info from Fox news, or your moronic bigoted parents. Wake...the fuck....up.
liquifex 4 weeks ago
Sure it's lip service....But, I believe Obama more than Romney, Newt, Santorum or Paul! Decision made. Obama 2012.
liquifex 4 weeks ago
@liquifex You believe Obama more than Paul? Ahah. Except Obama wasn't even known prior to his campaign, came out of nowhere where a slogan that enraptured millions; and then broke 90 percent of his promises. He campaign donors...the wealthiest. Paul's donors are almost entirely small individual donors. He's been speaking the same message/voting record for over 30 years. If you really "believe" in Obama then you should go see a mental health clinic & ask them the definition of insanity. Imbecile.
Raelsatu 4 weeks ago
@Raelsatu That's right. Obama 2012. If Ron Paul didn't have a teabagging son and wasn't attached to the Republican party, I might give him a shot. But what you Paulbots don't get is Ron Pauls 'amazing' ideas need to get through congress....and .00001% of them would get through. Be realistic.
liquifex 4 weeks ago
@liquifex So you still put credence in the 2 party paradigm? Nice..... Read the top comment; both sides get money from the big corporations. Including Obama. And yet Romney surpasses Obama with the corporate donors... Paul gets zilch. There's a good reason for this. As for getting through Congress, would that not be to the doubters advantage in cases they don't like him on? Most notably some domestic issues. If that's your logic then no person is an eligible president. We need REAL change.
Raelsatu 4 weeks ago
@liquifex sometimes changing the direction of political discourse is boon enough. Cant get anything done on drug reform if the president ignores it, scofs at it and interferes in state enforcement of laws
Ramp down of anti-iran rhetoric and normalisation of relation isn't going to happen with Obama at the helm and worse things will happen if a neocon becomes the potus
BushidoBrownSama 3 weeks ago
harvey dent can he be trusted?
SnKzephyr 4 weeks ago
@SnKzephyr *tries to hide, but is busted* ....Harvey Dent.....Can....he be trusted....
liquifex 4 weeks ago
ít sounds good, its not too good to be true.. but it probably is
spaik007 4 weeks ago
Twentytwelve!!!
Liking this show more and more!!
Ex0dus111 4 weeks ago 2
Ugh this is worse than the Sean Hannity program total partisan ass-kissery.
Doesn't help that this guy has about as much charisma as Bill O' Reilly's teleprompter.
Deliverance02x 4 weeks ago
@Deliverance02x There is always criticism of Obama on this show, your perspective is unrealistic.
coralreefpaintings 4 weeks ago in playlist Uploaded videos
Yes, lets vote for Obama again!
More bailouts!
More wars!
Greater deficit for the Federal Government!
Erosion of civil lliberties (NDAA)!
That's all that America needs.
JaguaripeRJ 4 weeks ago
@JaguaripeRJ
[/spolier] Ron Paul isn't going to win [/spolier]
ContractorTwobitz 4 weeks ago
@ContractorTwobitz Did you seriously just try to spoiler on YouTube?
SchmuddelGrunge 4 weeks ago
@JaguaripeRJ Yeah! Because none of that happens with Republicans in office! Christ, shut the fuck up already. You whine about shit that's so fucking old and disproven or reproduced by Republicans before Obama. Wake up and stop watching Fox. I bet you're a birther too.
liquifex 4 weeks ago
@liquifex I used to be a Democrat, I'm not anymore. I don't like Republicans, with the exception of Ron Paul. I hate Fox.
JaguaripeRJ 4 weeks ago
I love when Obama gets like this. We can only hope he stays this way this second time around, granted he is re-elected.
gmsquared 4 weeks ago
I wouldn't say Congress has been "enjoying" their low approval...have you seen that guy Boehner? Cries over everything!
aaronpolitical 4 weeks ago
Best President you guys have had in years. Enjoy it and hope it lasts. And VOTE!!!!
ThatFelicitygirl 4 weeks ago
I didn't know E! covered the State of the Union.
If you're going to be this obsequious Michael, just tell me who Obama was wearing and how fabulous Michelle Obama invariably looks and leave the political 'stuff' to someone who isn't just an Obama service droid.
MrMamooshka 4 weeks ago
Eric Holder is like, Oh shit...
kfinnguy 4 weeks ago
I don't believe Obama, not a word.
AtheistGlitch 4 weeks ago 32
@AtheistGlitch Of course you believe Romney, Newt, Santorum and Paul though, right? I'll take Obama over anything the Republicans are capable of producing over the last 20 years.
liquifex 4 weeks ago
@liquifex Would I trust a Republican, not a chance in hell. And given the choice of either Obama or a republican, I would take Obama every time. I'm just saying, Obama is lieing again, cause he talks progressively, but acts like a corporatist.
AtheistGlitch 4 weeks ago
@AtheistGlitch Who else can you believe, leave your country on the hands of the republicans and the world will fall, he's failed but I feel he's the last best hope. Unfortunately.
cassiusmarcellusable 2 weeks ago in playlist Uploaded videos
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AtheistGlitch 4 weeks ago
Once were a flagship of peace and prosperity,
now taking on water and about to fucking sink.
No one seems to notice,
no one even blinks
Rise Agianst, 2004
MajorBookworm100 4 weeks ago
He can promise to sign this and propose that all he wants, Congress, the bought Republicans, the bought Democrats aren't going to give it to him if giving State of the Union speeches is all Obama does.
playgrrrr 4 weeks ago
@playgrrrr I think it's empty rhetoric and Obama is bought as well. I don't know why people act like he's some kind of outsider with a hero cape on.
People also missed a few things in his speech. He basically said there would be no public option and praised himself for deregulation (while adding far more regulations and a mandate?!) He also said he would not rule out force against Iran.
His solution to the economy: more education!!! Seriously?? Nothing about banks or derivatives...
PoweredByMagnets 4 weeks ago
@PoweredByMagnets I think that possibility most likely as well, but there is no certainty. He is the leader and he didn't exactly push hard for change, but he also is only the president and doesn't have unlimited power... doesn't most of it come from being the public/official figurehead/leader rather than having actual power himself? Mb he's all fluff, but there's a possibility that he gave the R's a chance to cooperate early and won't rely on them anymore later, too. Plausible doesn't = real.
playgrrrr 4 weeks ago
@playgrrrr I think the struggle with Republicans is manufactured. People forget that in 2009 we had an overwhelmingly Democratic majority and he wasn't able to accomplish anything.
His record is also pro-establishment. He was against the fed audit, against investigating the CIA for torture, blocked the UN investigation of Gitmo, tried to keep the white house guest list secret, and increased troop deployments. These things can't be blamed on Republicans. It's time to be a defeatist.
PoweredByMagnets 4 weeks ago
@PoweredByMagnets >I think the struggle with Republicans is manufactured.< Tell that to the Republicans. Of course the Republican positions are more often than not "manufactured", because they are paid representatives of corporations rather than their electorate or even of their own ideals (other than getting rich on corrupt money). It's hard to have real politics, real discussions/debate when all you have is a two pole/party system. I'm glad that my country doesn't have that shit.
playgrrrr 4 weeks ago
@playgrrrr I don't think you understand. We have a one-party system. Have you ever heard of good cop / bad cop? Both sides get money from the same donors. The Democrats' job in this game is to pretend to be spineless angels that always want to negotiate. The reason is simple: people will not uprise if they think representatives are fighting for them.
It's already apparent that Fox, MSNBC, CNN, and CBS are all working against us. Why is it hard to believe Democrats are too?
PoweredByMagnets 4 weeks ago
@PoweredByMagnets >Both sides get money from the same donors.< I know, I won't dispute such obvious facts. But not all sides have equal shares of representatives sucking up to corporations, and not all sides are getting the same amount of money, which is something you shouldn't forget even in your no more than two perspectives allowed political entertainment system.
playgrrrr 4 weeks ago 9
@playgrrrr You're right. Not all sides are getting the same amount of money. Democrats actually receive MORE money from lobbyists...
PoweredByMagnets 4 weeks ago
@playgrrrr not all sides are getting the same amount of money, that's right, some prostitutes cost more...
ptm5150 3 weeks ago
@PoweredByMagnets >These things can't be blamed on Republicans.< Can't they? Would they not have done exactly the same?
playgrrrr 4 weeks ago
@PoweredByMagnets And I watched the entire speech on C-SPAN, and it looked like hot air, empty promises on which he didn't deliver first term and on which Congress is even less likely to act, and it had an awful lot of pandering to some very stupid but powerful people/ideas in it as well (including nationalism).
playgrrrr 4 weeks ago
@PoweredByMagnets Don't get me wrong, I don't think we disagree at all. I'm just not publically defeatist (but reserved), because I think things will change for the worse if we take wind out of the Democrats' sails, thereby boosting Republicans instead.
playgrrrr 4 weeks ago
I like Michael, and I *liked* this video, but I didn't like Obama's speech, because frankly, this president has always been good at speeches, but still has to deliver on taking actual action. He was not going unopposed, but it's far from apparent that he tried his best.
playgrrrr 4 weeks ago
The man knows how to deliver a speech that's for sure
Lets see how many things he delivers on
But Obama can be confident because his opponents like Romney are making no sense. They refuse to learn from previous mistakes its all about cutting taxes, no regulations (idiots) and keeping government out while also asking to bring the government in people houses with their abortion idiocy and Internet infringement policies
indaks007 4 weeks ago
Um. Could a student take the GED still and avoid the HS requirement? And what about home school?
DeJach 4 weeks ago
@DeJach A GED functions identically to a high school diploma in terms of job applications and going to college. If your homeschooled you usually have to take a test to judge your knowlege
TheCryoScales 4 weeks ago
@TheCryoScales I know that, but how do they relate to Obama's proposal of forcing people to go to school until 18/graduated?
DeJach 4 weeks ago
why is this so late?
Froish 4 weeks ago
Ok. I like the talk, but am I going to like the walk?
shittyfagg 4 weeks ago
Michael, have you paid attention to anything the president has done? This is all election talk. Which he has proven to be meaningless.
Frottjeif 4 weeks ago
@Frottjeif
Yeah as soon as Obama gets reelected it'll be cave Obama all over again.
Not to say at all that I'd ever want the other republican monsters to get elected, but I'm being honest with myself here. I don't want this one reelected either.
I want a true progressive. and I don't want what the fraction of the 1% are placing before us to pick from. It's Crap being served up to us on both sides. And I've had enough of this bought campaign system where only buyers get what they want.
mrx00666 4 weeks ago
@Frottjeif Obama talked about stopping insider trading in the SOTU and that has already passed into law so he has already delivered one of those things
Maybe the republicans and Congress can help him out a bit
indaks007 4 weeks ago
@indaks007 Nearly all of congress is bought. Obama is bought. Stop maintaining this illusion that your Democratic heroes will save you. Obama entered office with a Democratic majority and still failed to pass a public option. He backed down on Volcker and vetoing the NDAA. He was against federal reserve transparency and against leaving Iraq. He banned reporters and a UN investigation of Gitmo, and a man who spent ten years there was denied a trial today by a court citing the NDAA.
PoweredByMagnets 4 weeks ago
someone needs to get there shit together your a number one online political show start acting like it.
TheTimberbox 4 weeks ago
good analysis.
But why is it a week late?
TOTCD 4 weeks ago
Old.
xRSECxILLUMINATIx 4 weeks ago