Oh my god, save me from nice nice people who "hate" Obama because he is ruining the nation. I don't understand what they think he is doing/causing.
Unemployment is high and not getting better. The stock market is flat. Afghanistan is a mess. He's not doing enough to protect the border (look Arizona had to act since he hasn't done anything about it). He's running huge deficits. The Federal response to the oil spill has been ineffective. He gave away billions to the banks and GM and it hasn't had any effect. Health care reform is going to put into effect a bunch of new taxes. It's pretty easy to say he's been an almost total fail. Not saying it's fair, but he's the pres.
I think all of those are fairly debatable, but on the surface it looks bad.
Gud- that actually make "sense"-- I mean not those actual things, but from my perspective Obama has:1) Not moved fast enough or enough enough to repeal DADT as promised 2) appointed a Supreme Court nominee that has questionably conservative positions on abortion and race 3) Not shut down Guantanemo as promised and 4) not given us single payer healthcare.
So to me, a liberal, much of what he has done is far too conservative, so it is weird to me to see conservatives get upset. I am sympathetic with why he hasn't/couldn't do those things, but I really wanted someone to go in there and just change everything.
Deficit hawks in congress are more responsible for quite a few of those problems as well.
You know, we really need to raise taxes and cut defense spending.
But I'm not holding my breath on either....
I have the wrong shoes on today. I got caught up reading stoopid (okay, good) fanfic this morning and couldn't find the ballet flats so I put on what was lying around. Heels two days in a row. Who am I? But the shoes are patent and the skirt has a satin sheen and it's a bit too much. And the shoes are more mod and the skirt's a bit femme.
It's a fashion catastrophe!
I forgot to bring in lunch so I will be super hungry when I get home to get mac. Also? call from school...again.
Mac got angry at a girl and verbally threatened her on the playground. The threat? To follow her home and stab her with a knife. good lord.
Good lord is right. How much longer is the school year?
I am continuing to lay low and eavesdrop on all of the drama around this fancy meeting. It's bonkers, but awesome not being a part of it!
19 total days, 11.5 actual days of school, not that I'm counting. At least he wasn't physical? right?
