Reactions to Obama's Jobs Speech 9/8/2011 or, "Two Girls One Job"

As President Barack Obama took to the pre-prime-time airwaves to announce his $450 billion jobs program, Reason.tv captured the candid reactions of viewers from all over the Internet.

About 2 minutes. Produced by Paul Detrick and edited by Sharif Matar.

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News & Politics

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• Two Girls One Cup
• JOBS
• SPEECH
• RESPONSE
• SEPT
• 2011

[phceidem]

@MortimerTheClueless It is mathematically impossible for the US to pay off its debt, as money is created by debt. If we pay off all our debt, there'll be no money in circulation. I thought Obama was going to do something about this, but apparantly he even works for Goldman Sachs and the Federal reserve. Thats why I refer to Obama supporters (my previous comrades) as scalar quantities. You seem knowledgable, take nothing personal

[phceidem]

@MortimerTheClueless Hi mortimertheclueless, I have no real problem with Obama supporters themselves. The thing is,when you look at the evidence, you'll tend to see that Obama's policies or governmental actions are no different from that of his predecessors. So basically, there's no change. Mathematically, The USA cannot pay off its debt, as an Obama supporter, I expeced Obama to abolish the current monetary system to a non-corrupt system. He failed to do so, so therefore..................

[MortimerTheClueless]

@phceidem - I am impressed! Most right-wingers do not think. They just use name-calling. But your reply demonstrates some thought process taking place. Of course, we Democrats are by nature thinking people. It is redundant to say "I am a Democrat who reads and understands."

Also, you probably meant to say "scalar" quantities.

[phceidem]

@MortimerTheClueless Obama's supporters are like scaler quantities. They have magnitude, but no direction. They are like gay right activists, they have a voice, but no sense.

[Laughingblades]

Who needs arguments when you have this.

[truthoverlooked]

@bishop51807: I know I'm hopping into the middle of this debate, but I have to ask . What in the hell do you mean by school and police insurance? Secondly, America was founded on life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. So I'm having a difficult time understanding your "not everything on this green earth needs to make a gross profit" argument. I'll agree that some people just want to making a decent living wage. However, everyone wants to be rich. At least that's the way I think of it.

[truthoverlooked]

@MortimerTheClueless: I assume you're an Obama supporter. Am I correct with this assumption? Either way, what is so insulting about this video? You have to provide specifics. I'm sick of generalizations that aren't backed up by reason.

[truthoverlooked]

@ReasonTV: This is flipping hilarious. For a minute there you had me believing that this was a reaction video to the Two Girls One Cup video. Well everything except for the guy drinking the Four Loko and the dude eating the cupcake. You two are sick individuals. But hey, who am I to judge? I was in the middle of a 72 ounce Ribeye challenge in Amarillo when I first saw the TGOC video and ate finished it. Best steak ever.

[MortimerTheClueless]

I just want you to know that Obama's supporters find this video to be VERY insulting.

[joe035]

@bishop51807 That wasn't my point as those people are public servants. I don't expect public service to be a profitable entity at all.

The problem with creating more public servants is they cost more then we can afford. We don't need more govt costs but fewer, if you look at the wages & retirements these public servants make it far exceeds most people of similiar trades in the private sector! Our problem is all levels of govt are too much burden for us to support allowing this debt growth!