Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Why Dick Cheney Is More American Than Barack Obama

This is a Fox News article written by Kevin McCullough on the populatrity of President Barack Obama, compared to former Vice President Dick (Lord Vader) Cheney. The article takes notice of the current drop in the polls that President Obama has taken. According to the article President Obama has slipped in the polls by 11 – 14%. Vice President Cheney, on the other hand has seen an increase of 8 -10%. The article also puts the unemployment rate at around 14%. The article also claims that throughout President Bush’s presidency that national unemployment rate was around 4 – 5%. According to the article former Vice President Cheney is a modern day Robin Hood. Cheney works hard for the small business owner and truly sees how the economy can grow. This article also paints the picture of President Obama calling the small business owner rich and evil. This article throws out a few percentages on popularity polls and unemployment. I have no idea where the polls are coming from. Did the author of this article just make this entire story up or is there truth here. I believe that as far as the polls go the author of this article is talking about two different polls. There is no validity to what the author is saying. The 4 – 5% unemployment rate was probably true during the first year of President Bush’s presidency. Remember before him was President Clinton who left this country in good shape. It takes a little longer than a year to destroy a country. The author also contridicts himself in the article saying that the unemployment rate is 14%. He later says it is around 9%. This article is full of conservative propaganda. Mr. McCullough claims that when going to other countries President Obama calls The United States a Muslim country. The author seems to forget our great nation was founded on the fact that we are a country of many religions and many different people. That is what makes our country great. Mr. McCullogh says that President Obama does not appreciate our troops. The author also goes on to say that former Vice President Cheney appreciates what the troops are doing over there. He is one of the reasons our brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, moms and dads are over there fighting an unjust war. I’m not saying I completely disagree with the war, but it was handled very badly by the last administration. I dislike this article and its propaganda. Mr. McCullough is a right wing conservative that will do anything to put Republicans back in power. Is Cheney more American than President Obama? I don't think so. The article does a horrible job of trying to prove this.

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Obama Speech

The significance of President Obama’s speech, and what it means to you. This article highlights parts of the speech that all Americans should be interested in. Health care reform affects everyone in this country whether you like it or not. President Obama informs the nation not to listen to all of the rhetoric that right wing conservatives are telling the American people. The President wants Americans to understand that they can keep their health care. The government is just giving the American people an option. This is supposed to help keep health care costs down. In the president’s speech he also promised to give senior citizens the health care they deserved. I think the resident is really trying to help the people that cannot afford health care. I believe that he sincerely wants to do well for the American people. In his first campaign speech when he announced that he was running for president. Obama spoke of his mom that passed away a few short years ago. When she changed jobs they would not account for preexisting conditions. This is very important whether you’re on the right or left. http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/09/obama.speech/index.html