Obama News Conference 3/24/09 - Part 5

[jonojms]

Change your phone!

[klg1956]

America is going to hell in a handbasket woven by the UNION...that is going to cost Americans 18 Trillion dollars with tax and license and all the reporters want to know is do you wear boxers or briefs Mr. President?....LOL...who are these guys and how did they get these jobs if they can't think? Critical Thinking and Reporting has been replaced by Creative Writing and Feeling....Where are the hard questions my six year old was asking me?

[smilingseal]

Bank of America is not allowing line of equity or new loans on income property.

Even the collateral equity and borrower credit score is excellent.

Why, is this? Interest rates are low, why arent they doing business with people??

i thought our governement is pouring money in the financial institutions for that exclusive purpose?

Something is really wrong here

lets fix this now....interest rates will not stay low, people need to refincance, and borrow to invest.

[HemiHead66]

Ha Ha the US dollar isn't worth shit anymore. Trade Trade Trade. Now we're the stackers of Chinese goods. What a bunch of dip-shits.

[breton1913]

Peter Schiff said something brilliant and so obvious: He quoted Alan Greenspan, who, when talking about the real estate bubble, said, "Everyone was drunk!" Then Peter said, "What he did not say was, 'Who supplied the alcohol?' The Federal Reserve is who supplied the 'alcohol' of easy money."

Contact your representative to urge him/her to support HR 1207, The Federal Reserve Transparency Act. It is gaining momentum and is the first step to abolishing the Fed.

[thoughtcrime5]

George Orwell called it newspeak.

[Geographer76]

He is consistent that he wants to stick it to the rich, that being the case, there is now, no motivation to improve your income, if the gov't is going to take the high earners to the cleaners, why would you want to work harder to make more money, just to stay where you are from a financial standpoint?

[nox1019]

So you think a CEO of a big corperation getting a six figure salary is working harder than a factory worker getting minimum wage?

[Geographer76]

Where did I say that?  The reason a CEO gets paid more is that the CEO is responsible for the entire company's success or failure, the factory worker is not. I served in the military and that career showed me why a Forst Sergeant gets paid more than a ne Private. The private is responsible for himself and little else, as a First Sergeant I was responsible for myself as well as the actions of the 250 soldiers in my unit.

[nThErEsYeRsIgN]

Nox, no probably not, but I GUARANTEE that CEO worked a lot harder from the time he was a factory worker until he made CEO! Why is it that so many people want to punish someone for working their ass off all of their lives to be successful? WTF? You can do the same thing if you just get off your lazy ass and work hard!

Why does everyone think that the world or government owes them something?

Get off your ass and do something for yourself!

[DonPhilip84]

i see how many people/nations who jump on the U.S. the most, tend to hide behind the U.S. silently when it comes to having very inconvenient problems tackled. none of these folks who unleash the most and harshest criticism come up with alternative suggestions, so there isn't even a base for a productive conversation.

[dmtsmokingman]

Everything is always staged. And the guy who asked about the world currency was eliminated shorty after the question by one of the guards in the back.

[chumashfalcon]

I noticed how idiots like CNN ask about stupid AIG bullshit, while Kevin Chappelle from Ebony magazine asks a real question. The first black guy to ask a question, and he asks about the increasing amount of homeless children in America. Probably the most overlooked and the most important problem happening today because of the Bush Recession.

While everyone else is worrying about themselves and their stock portfolio, Ebony magazine is worried about the kids going hungry. Screw CNN

[Geographer76]

Offspring isn't the only effect of Agent Orange, my brother served in Vietnam in 1968-69, he died last year from lung disease traced to chemical poisoning, from Agent Orange.

[boots920]

I'm so sorry for your loss its seems very unfair.

[Geographer76]

The illnesses aren't as bad as the Government ignoring veterans. I served 22 years, from 1976 to 1998. When I retired I appeared healthy, but in 2002 I came down with Acute Myeloid Leukemia, I reported it to the VA, and they blew it off, saying that since I didn't have it when I retired, the government was not responsible. I'm still fighting that battle. But it's "fighting city hall" as they say...

[boots920]

Its an outrage, you ask people to serve but once they're used up its "can't see you".

I guess they don't point out these flaws when you sign up.

I wonder how they can get any new recruits ?

[Geographer76]

Because, there are a lot of kids who think today as I did then, that the country needs defending and they are willing to put the country first. Unlike the many who sit at home and whine about the war, these guys put everything on the line, because someone has to. During my career I was deployed on missions I disagreed with, but soldiers don't have the luxury of picking their wars, they fight the enemy where the enemy is located at the time.

[Geographer76]

The shittiest part is that guys like Bush, Obama and many in Congress give a lot of talk to the idea of taking care of veterans, but beyond lip service, they are more concerned with their power and paychecks than taking care of anyone. The last Pres to actually show that he cared was JFK since he lived off the family fortune and gave 100% of his Presidential pay to charity. Still didn't help the vets but at least he wasn't sucking the Gov't teet.

[boots920]

I'm just not impressed with a government that makes the wars, asks for the sacrifice they doesn't care about the men latter.

What's up with that ? Its like a one way street.

Please take care PATRIOT !!!

[Geographer76]

I agree that wars are wasteful, but they are sometimes necessary.

What I see as ridiculous, is a government that gripes about having to fund a military (including Veterans Care) but at the same time seems totally fine with paying Tax Rebates, Welfare, and Social Security to people from other countries who's first act while entering the country is to violate our immigration laws, all in the name of getting a few extra votes.

[boots920]

I agree sometimes you have to defend your country, I just haven't witnessed that since WW2.

There wouldn't be any problems if the states just focused on its own defense. This "war on terror" bull crap is a false flag.

I don't like it when the government uses the patriots for some bizarre purpose.

[Geographer76]

I agree that the US has ventured where it had no business (I've been there), but I laugh at those who say that we have no business in Iraq, but at the same time want US military forces to go to Sudan and carry out a "benign" defense there. I wonder how much support Obama's "Civil" Force, if it were to be sent on humanitarian aid missions, currently handled by our military. I can't see many people volunteering for duty in Mogadishu to hand out food, without military forces for protection.

[Geographer76]

The funniest part about my personal story is that I joined the Army out of Patriotism, signed up to be a Cavalry Scout, (a combat arms job) and served in that same job my whole career, and it was FUN. I mean, how could you NOT like a job where you get to get to jump out of airplanes, ride in helicopters and/or tanks, shoot guns, blow things up, AND.... get paid to do it?

[nThErEsYeRsIgN]

We're not here to impress you boots. Man up and get with the real world. I'd be willing to bet you were in favor of these wars at the time, and now since it's not so popular, you turn in to a retard.

And I agree Geogr, there's been a lot of mistakes made no doubt, but reducing the defense is certainly not an answer, and cutting resources will do nothing for the folks that keep this country safe. It's campaign rhetoric for the tree huggers out there! And nothing more. This is the world we live in

[boots920]

In the real world gold and silver is money, you're about to see the biggest fiat money bubble go poof.

The Fed has started buying their own debt, that's what banana republic's do. The dollar is still going to be around , it just won't buy much ($20 for a loaf of bread), maybe a $100.

[boots920]

Manchurian Candidate...if you good people don't get rid of the fckin traitor you're toast, its as simple as that.

[billmuneio]

Wow get off the crack!

[boots920]

Get off the printing press to solve your financial problems.

Crack and paper money its the same shit.

[darkchocosinger]

YOU SMOKE TOO MUCH RUSH.

[boots920]

Where does it say in the US CONSTITUTION that a President under his authority can declare war on a sovereign nation (Iraq ?)

Just askin here, should taxpayers paying for the debacle in Iraq be living in the streets in the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, We the sheople need to know ????

[chumashfalcon]

you are a wingnut. the sooner you realize this, the easier it will be to get your mind off the right wing bullshit youre hooked on.

[boots920]

Ok

Where does it say in the US CONSTITUTION that paper money is to be used to pay for debts ?

Just askin here, did I miss something ?

[BendoverBernanke]

boots, your speaking to people that are fast asleep, they still believe in the myth of republican/democrat--liberal/c­onservative. Let them continue to draw circles around themselves. They are to busy calling eachother names, to notice that both parties are raping this nation with the help of central banks.

[boots920]

Strangest thing I've ever witnessed, I got concerned when I noticed our main stream media in Canada is being censored.

Its very, very bad...looks like all world leaders are in on the scam. 1971 US closes gold window, how come another currency wasn't created, backed by gold ?

[VANWES]

Obama showed tremendous resolve tonight.The press is determined to destroy public confidence.

[Tonya2645]

Why would the PRESS try and destroy him now.. It was the Press(media) that got him elected.. Maybe he is doing it all by himself..

[nox1019]

I don't think it's him, the press have to question everything so the people can know what is going on in the government

[VANWES]

Not try to destroy him personally, But the Press is trying to undermine the public confidence in the economic recovery and trying to scare the public into watching their every broadcast, every stock report every news story. They are trying to make this crisis last as long as possible.