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Name:   Talullahhound The author of this post is registered as a member - Email Member
Subject:   Hound
Date:   12/30/2009 4:41:48 PM

The truth is that I never really expected him to deliver. I'm way to cynical to think that any one president is going to fix anything. I spent too many years in DC watching politicals come and go -- they come in with an agenda and it is often not the one that the Administration ran on. Politicans say what they believe they need to say to get elected. They have no real clue what would be required to actually accomplish anything.

My biggest hope for Obama was that he would restore a sense of optimism and hope for our country, much like Reagan did after the Carter fiasco. I also hoped that he would get us out of Iraq and on track to fight the real war. I never thought he would fix the economy. I honestly don't think anyone can do that. We will have to endure this trough we are in -- and it will either get better or it won't. Things were artificially high for too long.
It didn't surprise me when the real estate market fell apart. It doesn't surprise me that people are hurting financially. Too many people were over extended and had taken on too much debt, because they had no self control or discipline.

This country is undergoing a major shift, and it's much more complex than just the economy. I hope we survive it and go on to be the great country we've always been. But I don't think it is assured.
Other messages in this thread:View Entire Thread
Poll numbers on economy - MartiniMan - 12/29/2009 9:53:09 AM
     Poll numbers on economy - Talullahhound - 12/29/2009 5:21:35 PM
          Hound - wix - 12/29/2009 5:33:46 PM
          Hound - Not true - water_watcher - 12/29/2009 6:52:11 PM
               Flawed Policies - MAJ USA RET - 12/29/2009 7:28:20 PM
                    Major, - alahusker - 12/29/2009 9:46:16 PM
                    Flawed Policies - Talullahhound - 12/29/2009 11:41:00 PM
                         Flawed Policies - water_watcher - 12/30/2009 7:27:21 AM
                              Flawed Policies - Talullahhound - 12/30/2009 4:26:13 PM
                                   Where is the Clamor? - MAJ USA RET - 12/30/2009 4:40:44 PM
                                        Where is the Clamor? - Talullahhound - 12/30/2009 4:48:35 PM
                                        Where is the Clamor? - Talullahhound - 12/30/2009 4:48:35 PM
                                        Where is the Clamor? - Talullahhound - 12/30/2009 4:48:36 PM
                                        Where is the Clamor? - Talullahhound - 12/30/2009 4:48:36 PM
                                        Where is the Clamor? - Talullahhound - 12/30/2009 4:48:37 PM
                                             Sorry! - Talullahhound - 12/30/2009 4:50:40 PM
                                                  Sorry! - alahusker - 12/30/2009 9:48:28 PM
                                                       Passed Under the Yard Arm - MAJ USA RET - 12/30/2009 10:09:26 PM
                                                  Cat or CAT? NT - Summer Lover - 12/31/2009 10:01:11 AM
                                                       I don't think - Talullahhound - 12/31/2009 9:43:43 PM
                                                            The IRS really visits here?? - alahusker - 1/1/2010 12:26:58 PM
                                                                 The IRS really visits here?? - Talullahhound - 1/1/2010 3:30:05 PM
               IRS - Talullahhound - 12/29/2009 11:36:20 PM
                    Hound - water_watcher - 12/30/2009 7:21:13 AM
                         Hound - Talullahhound - 12/30/2009 4:41:48 PM
                              Hound - MAJ USA RET - 12/30/2009 5:04:57 PM
                                   Never happen - Summer Lover - 12/31/2009 10:09:00 AM
          Geitner, as in Tim?? - alahusker - 12/29/2009 7:18:24 PM
               Be careful there Alahusker - Talullahhound - 12/29/2009 11:46:47 PM
                    Be careful there Alahusker - water_watcher - 12/30/2009 7:37:28 AM
                         Be careful there Alahusker - Talullahhound - 12/30/2009 4:55:06 PM


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