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奧巴馬夫婦和民主黨一直自我吹噓，標榜他們代表窮人階層的利益。事實上，他們花人民的錢大手大腳，鋪張浪費超過以前的所有總統。
首先，專門為奧巴馬夫人服務，從政府拿工資和福利的雇員多達22人之多，每年的工資高達160萬以上，再加至少40%的福利保險退休計劃支出。她沒有任何職務，沒有任何官方活動，居然要用人民的錢，雇傭22個全職人員來為她服務（為總統服務的人員，為總統兩個女兒工作的人員，還有安全保衛人員，都沒有計算在內）。
舉一個例子，總統夫人專門雇傭了五位社交秘書，還有兩位專門負責她的旅行計劃，另外幾位負責安排每日的日程。白宮有專門的旅行辦公室，而且總統夫人除了度假，也沒有專門的公務旅行責任，卻花納稅人的錢，雇傭了兩人專門為她安排旅行？
克林頓當政時，希拉裏雇傭了三位社交秘書；小布什當政時，勞拉隻雇傭了一位社交秘書；肯尼迪當政時，以優雅社交著稱的傑奎琳，也隻有一位社交秘書；而在艾森豪威爾當政時，總統夫人的社交都是自己掏腰包的。
難怪奧巴馬在2008年競選時許諾，要把政府借債減少50%，實際做起來兩年半就把國債增加了60%。總統夫婦就是這樣花錢大手大腳，花國家的錢眼睛都不眨。上行下效，各級機關自然也是大手大腳。三年半就把國債增加了將近一倍，政府的福利救助開支占政府總支出的41%，全美國靠吃政府救濟的人數增加了50%。
奧巴馬嘴上說要節約能源，但是卻把白宮早冬季的室內溫度調整到曆史最高，是曆史上在白宮使用能源最多的總統。
奧巴馬用納稅人的錢，為她太太雇傭了22個仆人（算上全職化妝師與發型師就是24人），每年的工資總額超過160萬美元，再加上至少40%的福利保險退休計劃開支。仆人的總數和總工資額都遠遠超過小布什的太太勞拉。
奧巴馬夫婦，在美國經濟危機重重，10%以上的人失業，45%左右的人民需要政府救濟的情況下，帶了一大群朋友親屬等人，到全球各地度假17次，隨行人員和安全人員多達數百人，浪費了多少納稅人的錢？這裏強調的不是休假時間，而是花費巨大的遊山玩水，去世界各地旅行，而且帶著家人，朋友，親屬等等。比如前年奧巴馬全家到西班牙度假鬧出來的風波。
人們還有一個錯覺，民主黨代表窮人利益，而共和黨代表富人利益。實際上，在國會兩黨議員當中，民主黨議員的平均財產遠高於共和黨議員。在最富有的十名議員當中，有七位是民主黨議員。多數民主黨議員喜歡與好萊塢明星，歌手，媒體，體育娛樂明星等交往，衣食住行生活奢侈高調。而共和黨議員相對比較低調，比較接近普通人的生活。人們的錯覺一個是來自媒體的宣傳誤導，一個是民主黨議員比較喜歡高調做戲，比較喜歡利用宣傳演說，但是說的與做的是兩回事兒。
美國主流媒體都是被自由派（左派）民主黨人控製，很多信息都是錯誤的，誤導民眾。比如 一貫戴有色眼鏡的 CNN，紐約時報，洛杉磯時報，NBC，MSNBC等。
下麵有美國2008年到2012年的軍費預算，都是公開的數據，大家可以 Google 或去維基上查找。
2008年，小布什當政的最後一年，美國軍費開支：$481.4 billion（http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_United_States_federal_budget）。
2009年，奧巴馬上台的第一年，美國軍費開支是 $515 billion（http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_United_States_federal_budget）。這一年他“榮獲”諾貝爾和平獎。
2010年，奧巴馬上台的第二年擴大阿富汗戰爭，美國軍費大幅增長為 $663 billion（http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_United_States_federal_budget），在他得到諾貝爾和平獎以後，一年之間把軍費增長了30%
2011年，奧巴馬的軍費開支是738 billion（http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/02/01/us/budget.html），達到美國曆史最高點，比小布什最後一年的軍費開支多 50%！
奧巴馬2012年度的預算資料：他提出的軍費預算是$737.537 billion，共和黨占多數的眾議院要求消減到 $712 billion，最後通過的數字是 $716.300 billion。事實是，奧巴馬提出了龐大的軍費，共和黨要求減少軍費預算。您自己也可以查證這些數字，google 或維基上都有（http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_United_States_federal_budget）。
看清楚了吧，奧巴馬當總統，三年就把軍費從小布什的 481.4 billion 提高到 2011年的 738 billion。提高了50%！
奧巴馬的2011年度預算總額是 3.834 trillion，預算赤字是 1.267 trillion，也就是政府預算有三分之一是借錢花。不僅僅是軍費大幅增長，社會福利救濟費用也在奧巴馬任內大幅增長，而且用於社會福利的費用占政府預算的40%多，是預算當中最大的一塊。
這樣的總統，空喊口號忽悠民眾，又大手大腳浪費納稅人的錢，怎麽能再讓他繼續當政四年？
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奧巴馬當政的十個短處，支持者主要來自“無知少女”: http://blog.wenxuecity.com/myblog/27715/201210/17222.html
| 長在紅旗下 評論： There has NEVER been anyone in the White House at any time who has created such an army of staffers whose sole duties are the facilitation of the First Lady's social life. One wonders why she needs so much help, at taxpayer expense, when even Hillary only had three; Jackie Kennedy one; Laura Bush one; and prior to Mamie Eisenhower social help came from the President's own pocket. Note: This does not include makeup artist Ingrid Grimes-Miles, 49, and "First Hairstylist" Johnny Wright, 31, both of whom traveled aboard Air Force One to Europe. |
First Lady Michelle Obama's Servant List and Pay Scale
The First Lady Requires More Than Twenty Attendants (Thats 22 Attendants to be exact)
1. $172,200 - Sher, Susan (Chief Of Staff)
2. $140,000 - Frye, Jocelyn C. (Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Policy And Projects For The First Lady)
3. $113,000 - Rogers, Desiree G. (Special Assistant to the President and White House Social Secretary)
4. $102,000 - Johnston, Camille Y. (Special Assistant to the President and Director of Communications for the First Lady)
5. $100,000 - Winter, Melissa E. (Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
6. $90,000 - Medina, David S. (Deputy Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
7. $84,000 - Lelyveld, Catherine M. (Director and Press Secretary to the First Lady)
8. $75,000 - Starkey, Frances M. (Director of Scheduling and Advance for the First Lady)
9. $70,000 - Sanders, Trooper (Deputy Director of Policy and Projects for the First Lady)
10. $65,000 - Burnough, Erinn J. (Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)
11. $64,000 - Reinstein, Joseph B. (Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)
12. $62,000 - Goodman, Jennifer R. (Deputy Director of Scheduling and Events Coordinator For The First Lady)
13. $60,000 - Fitts, Alan O. (Deputy Director of Advance and Trip Director for the First Lady)
14. $57,500 - Lewis, Dana M. (Special Assistant and Personal Aide to the First Lady)
15. $52,500 - Mustaphi, Semonti M. (Associate Director and Deputy Press Secretary to The First Lady)
16. $50,000 - Jarvis, Kristen E. (Special-2Assistant for Scheduling and Traveling Aide to The First Lady)
17. $45,000 - Lechtenberg, Tyler A. (Associate Director of Correspondence For The First Lady)
18. $43,000 - Tubman, Samantha (Deputy Associate Director, Social Office)
19. $40,000 - Boswell, Joseph J. (Executive Assistant to the Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
20. $36,000 - Armbruster, Sally M. (Staff Assistant to the Social Secretary)
21. $35,000 - Bookey, Natalie (Staff Assistant)
22. $35,000 - Jackson, Deilia A. (Deputy Associate Director of Correspondence for the First Lady)
(This is community organizing at it's finest.)
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本文引用資料來源，包括五速和九月 5speed，以及長在紅旗下。謹此致謝。
All the data are public from Wiki, NY Times, etc. It not left or right, it is about the real data, not what the media says. You need to find out by yourself.
NY Times is the most left media, not right or conservative media. You must know it, right?
另外，美元貶值的因素也要考慮在。
以我的觀點來講，美國政府將手裏的錢全投入到軍事上更好（不管是印刷出來的或者是借來的），早敗光，早省心。
1. 我一工薪階層的沒時間打GOLF, 美國總統怎麽會有那麽多時間打GOLF. 如果總統沒啥事做, 索性把白宮OUTSOURCE給好來塢好了.
2. 政府開支是要百姓買單的. 不是你就是我, 或是我們的子孫. 所以關鍵要減少政府開支.
3. 那在白宮裏開荒種菜的總統夫人, 怎麽會那麽舍得花錢去度假?
4. 你我都是小人物, 為什麽要支持大政府?
10/30 no meetings, air force one grounded
10/29 florida campaigning, 1 event orlando
10/28 no meetings
10/27 no meeting scheduled
10/26 no meetings, tapings smerconish,mtv,april ryan
10/25 no meetings, campaigning las vegas,florida,virginia,illinois vote,cleveland
10/24 campaigning iowa, denver,taped interview jay leno, no meetings
10/23 no meetings, campaigning, ohio, 2 stops
10/22 no meetings debates
10/21 no meetings, debates prep
10/20 no meetings, debates prep
10/19 fairfax virginia campaing, camp david, no meetings
10/18 no meetings, campaigning new york, 3 events
10/17 no meetings, ohio campaigning, two stops
10/16 no meetings planned, debate
10/15 no meetings planned, debate prep
10/14 no meetings planned,
10/13 no meetings planned
10/12 no meetings, dinner with contest winners
10/11 campaigning florida 2 events, no meetings
10/10 meeting with hillary
10/09 campaing 2 events columbus ohio, no meetings
10/08 campaigning california, 4 events, no meetings
10/07 la cal, 2 campaign events, no meetings
10/06 no meetings,
10/05 virginia, campaigning, cleveland campaigning, no meetings
10/04 campaigning colorado, madison wisconsin, no meetings
10/03 denver, debates, no meetings planned,
10/02 las vegas, debate prep, visit to hoover dam, agent killed, no meetings
10/01 las vegas, debate prep, no meetings
09/30 no meetings planned, campaigning, desert pines las vegas, 1 event
09/29 no meetings,
09/28 florida campaigning tamarac, washing hotel, 3 events, meets with senior advisors
09/27 virginia beach, campaigning, farm bureau, no meetings
09/26 ohio campaigning bowling green, kent, fundraiser, 3 events, no meetings
09/25 address to un, clinton global speech, no meetings
09/24 new york, the view taped, reception, heads of states, no meetings
09/23 no campaign events, no meetings
09/22 milwaulkee, campaigning, 3 events, no meetings
09/21 campaigning, 2 stops, woodbridge va, no meetings.
09/20 florida campaigning miami, univision, tampa, 2 events, no meetings
09/19 lunch with joe, attends a c c, meeting Burmese Opposition Leader
09/18 ny david letterman, no meetings
09/17 ohio campaigning 2 stops cinninatti, columbus, no meetings
09/16 4 american murdered afghanistan, no meetings
09/15 middle east turmolt, no meetings
09/14 lunch with joe, ambassador remains received, campaign event, vegas, no meetings
09/13 golden colorado campaigning, no meetings
09/12 ambassador murdered, statement, visit state dept, vegas
09/11 911 photo ops, meeting with panetta
09/10 no meetings
09/09 melborne fla, west palm beach, campaigning, no meetings
09/08 frorida 4 stops campaigning, no meetings
09/07 portmouth, nh, cedar rapids iowa, campaigning, no meetings
09/06 charlotte, no meetings
09/05 charlotte, no meetings
09/04 nsu virginia campaigning, no meetings
09/03 detroit, toledo,campaigning, new orleans, hurricane, no meetings
09/02 no meetings
09/01 no meetings
08/31 el paso, iraq war ending speech, no meetings
08/30 no meetings
08/29 charlottsville va campaigning, no meetings
08/28 iowa campaigning i.s.u., fort collins, no meetings
08/27 meetings at the whitehouse, no details
08/26 no meetings
08/25 no meetingscamp david
08/24 no meetings
08/23 no meetings
08/22 nevada, 3 stops, campaigning.n.y, 2 events Lincoln Center, no meetings.
08/21 columbus Capital University campaiging, no meetings,
08/20 no meetings, dinner with campaign contest winner
08/19 no meetings
08/18 Windham High School, n.h. Rochester Commons, campaigning, no meetings
08/17 massachusetts fundraising, meeting with senior advisors
08/16 meeting with hillary, geithner, lunch with joe
08/15 iowa-campaigning, no meetings
08/14 iowa-campaigning, no meetings
08/13 iowa-campaigning, no meetings
08/12 chicago-campaigning, no meetings
08/11 nothing scheduled, no meetings
Cynthia Lee Myers here is the truth about Obama the family wants the truth told...Heres my story. A week out the Embassy in Tripoli began recieving multiple tips about an Al Queda cell in the area planning an attack on 9/11 in response to the killing of Bin Laden. For the next several days,the state dept and WH were asked for a security force and were denied at least six times.Amb.Stevens and his team were given the all clear that The Consulate in Benghazi was safe and there was no need for a security force other than his 3 personal guards(One being my cousin) and a few Lybians who were not armed.Then the attack and murders occurred.Immediately the WH claimed it was a protest gone bad over a you tube video.Obama made a quick speech in the Rose Garden on Sept.12 b4 catching a plane to vegas to campaign. He made a generic statement at the end of his speech after placing the blame on an overheated protest over the video.He said "No act of terror will shake the resolve of America.Later that day and over the next 2days,the liberal media began saying Amb.Stevens and the other 3 men died of smoke inhalation. This was not the case. Out of respect for my cousin,Im not going to be specific about his murder.However Amb.Stevens was brutally murdered. His genitals were cut off,he was sodomized and beaten and cut and stabbed and burned.He was drug thru the streets and left for dead.This is eyewitness testimony of a local Dr. who found the Amb.in a ditch and tried to save his life. He had no idea who he was.The other 3 men,including my cousin,met similar fates.And deaths due to smoke inhalation is a 100% fabricated LIE.The next week I drove my aunt and Uncle and 2others to DC to recieve his body. We met with Hillary,Panetta,andSusan Rice.ALL of whom apologized and said it was a protest gone bad over a video and exited the area. Next Obama entered with the same story and didnt apologize and wasnt sympathetic.My aunt cried to this man and all he did was hand her flowers and walk away.I tried to get his attention,but didnt. I got upset and yelled liar to him,he kept walking.Then a secret svc agent grabbed my arm and led my to a room where I was held til the preceedings were over. America,I saw first hand how cold this man is. What kind of liar he is. Most of you havent a clue about this tyrant and yet you support him.And act like every word he says is Gospel. These murders and the fast and furious cover ups make water gate look like,a kid who told his bff's secret to the class. We must stop this man,and please pass this story along if u want to save America.
Benghazi: Obama lied, help denied.
- SEALS, ambassador, Tyrone Woods, Glen Doherty, Christopher Stevens, Sean Smith died.
I hope that I don't sound offensive. At least, not intentionally being offensive.
Despite you claimed that there were so many typos in your writing in advance, I regret to say that your typos do confuse me quite a bit, as I'm not sure what point you were trying to make.
Perhaps, my English reading comprehension needs to be improved. I'm humbly all for suggestions. Yet I do have a suggestion - no need to be always in a hurry. Nobody here rushes you, nor there is a deadline, as we are just discussing, so take your time and make your point clear.
Unfortunately, running a country is like a macro running a business. In addition, it demands extraordinary insights and superior leadership.
When a business isn't for profits, it is charity, indeed. This world has never been built for absolute fairness, rather balance. I sincerely wish that you do not only put your eyes on the profits those CEOs receive, but the pressure and the responsibilities they carry on.
I do agree that Wars kill innocent people - a true tragedy creator. If you call Bush a killer and a lier, I'm sorry that I disagree. Again no offense, I'm afraid you look at that issue superficially. Bush initiated the war not for the intention to kill innocent children and people. That's a price for any war, unfortunately. I'm also a firm believer in possessing the strongest military force to defend the country.
Because of the war, you think that it is OK for the president's wife spending tax payers' money as she did, I then have a problem with you. And I guess I am not alone about that. It again just confirms my decision on whom I voted for.
Hope you don't mind I'm being fairly straightforward. It's all for discussion.
To readers, I am always in a hurry, many typos in my comments, sorry.
I know how companies are running in these days. The financial funds are just chasing on profits. Through outsourcing, profit is getting higher, but the hiring is getting lower, which is happening in the USA.
It is not O8’s fault; it is businessmen like Romney’s fault. Same size company (same profit), one CEO from the USA’s income is 5 times higher than those from Germany, and 7 times higher then those from Japan. To make sure they earn the most, the CEO's top priority is the profit, profit, and profit, and they do not care if the job opportunities are for American or for Chinese.
From international view, we can not compete with those companies in China with their government backed up. Even small business operated by eBay sellers in these days feel the pressure, same package destination is to the USA, and if the package is shipped from USA will be much more expensive than it is shipped from China (e-packet treaties). How could these reticules happen? the answer is: profit. You should ask General Master of USPS, he might tell you US government did not pay us; we have to look at profit first. I think government should involve in these issues too. I think China Post Office may lost money, but the sellers from China will make profit then turn out the manufacturers make profit, finally the country will use those profit to compensate the China Post Office.
If every one is just take care of their owe business, there will be one day, all companies will lost their business under MR’s lead.
I will stop here, and will not bother you (看風景) again, I will be a good reader.
This is unsustainable.
We must reject the notion of running a country on increasing debt. We are putting future generations into debt for our current needs, without any remorse on Washington's part.
Eventually the people lending us money will become concerned about our long-term viability, and at that point they will not lend us any more money.
When that happens, if the government is still unwilling to live within their means, the Treasury WILL start PRINTING MONEY to cover our spending habit.
The unfettered printing of money leads to the devaluation of that currency, which will lead to a worthless dollar and enormous inflation.
When this happens, and it will unless we become fiscally conservative, the United States is DOOMED.
"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years."
Unfortunately, running a company is different from running a country.
I am running a company; I need to think about my investment and profit every day. When the time comes like in 2008, the first thing I did was cutting labors to make sure the profitable running of my company.
But as a president, you can not cut the population (especially kill those who lost their jobs) when the financial storm blew in 2008. That is why a businessman can not be a good president to run a country well. They just do not have the whole picture. So MR may not be a good candidate as you thought he would be.
There are 12 million new jobs from private section to be launched in the next four years according to an article published on TIME last month. It is just the rhythm of the economic and doesn’t matter who is the president. This is the good news for all of us.
I do not think O8 did very good job on American economy on his current term, but at least, he did not make mistakes as Bush did. His major contribution to the country and the world has been approved (or cashed out) by Nobel Prize Committee already.
Bottom of line, I am afraid that Mitt Romney is another war-lover like Bush. Bush is a Christian and tell a lie to him is just as murder (do not know what Bush will say when he met Jesus that day). MR is a Mormon and tell lies is their daily job.
I feel that MR will make mistakes as Bush did and lead this great country down to the hell. I wish I was wrong.
千萬要去投票，每一票都重要。
我和LG都己投了。
romony這個商人上台還會是小布什那套，7 trillion的減稅，主要針對富人，醫療福利社會基礎設施全坎掉，經濟危機，富人大撈。這就是共和黨的“公平競爭”
Here is my response:
Bush started two wars, especially the war in Iraq which is totally wrong. O8 stopped at least one war (Iraq war) which is a big mistake made by Bush. Romney will start anther war against Iran anyways you can foresee. O8 is the Nobel Prize laureate with nothing did by him. The price is more likely a nay to Bush and Republic who are war sellers then a yea to O8.
I heard that pretty much of O8’s軍費開支 went to those veterans wounded in those two wars. What a big mess Bush made. With the growth of the 軍費開支, I am pleased that O8 did not wage a new war.
Romney request 2 T budget for the Army which they even did not required. What the 2T USD for? For horses and bayonets or for more warships and bombs? For one or two new wars to kill more babies over the world?
首先多謝您的來訪和參與討論。其次，感覺您可能被媒體的不實之詞誤導了。
美國主流媒體都是被自由派（左派）民主黨人控製，很多信息都是錯誤的，誤導民眾。比如 一貫戴有色眼鏡的 CNN，紐約時報，洛杉磯時報，NBC，MSNBC等。
下麵有美國2008年到2012年的軍費預算，都是公開的數據，大家可以 Google 或去維基上查找。
2008年，小布什當政的最後一年，美國軍費開支：$481.4 billion（http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_United_States_federal_budget）。
2009年，奧巴馬上台的第一年，美國軍費開支是 $515 billion（http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_United_States_federal_budget）。這一年他“榮獲”諾貝爾和平獎。
2010年，奧巴馬上台的第二年擴大阿富汗戰爭，美國軍費大幅增長為 $663 billion（http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_United_States_federal_budget），在他得到諾貝爾和平獎以後，一年之間把軍費增長了30%
2011年，奧巴馬的軍費開支是738 billion（http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/02/01/us/budget.html），達到美國曆史最高點，比小布什最後一年的2008年軍費開支多50%！
奧巴馬2012年度的預算資料：他提出的軍費預算是$737.537 billion，共和黨占多數的眾議院要求消減到 $712 billion，最後通過的數字是 $716.300 billion。事實是，奧巴馬提出了龐大的軍費，共和黨要求減少軍費預算。您自己也可以查證這些數字，google 或維基上都有（http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_United_States_federal_budget）。
看清楚了吧，奧巴馬當總統，三年就把軍費從小布什的 481.4 billion 提高到 2011年的 738 billion。提高了50%！
奧巴馬的2011年度預算總額是 3.834 trillion，預算赤字是 1.267 trillion，也就是政府預算有三分之一是借錢花。
謝謝提供的link。
will vote for Obama. I do not care how much O8 spent for his family's security and vacations, i care my tax money become bombs to kill infants and innocents in Middle-East.
我之所以要投Obama一票因為 he is for people, for the country, for the peace, and for environment!
不相信有人富則兼濟天下，寧願投那些為富不仁的票，不是nc是什麽
一直關注你的有關旅遊的文章。
不過他確實有打高爾夫的權利。如果您願意也可以的。
多謝您的來訪和評論。
關於奧巴馬打高爾夫的事情，網上有很多信息。這裏是Google來的：http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57454890-503544/president-obama-plays-100th-round-of-golf-draws-fire-from-critics/
在2012年6月，奧巴馬完成了他當政期間的第100場高爾夫球。
The worst thing about Obama is that he sets the example for young people that it is O.K. to blame other people , Thinks it is totally acceptable instead of taking responsbility !
用中國文化分析美國總統太不可取。真正的公平手法是比較，把每一個總統的假期，消費和通貨膨脹都列出進行比較更合理。
博主在銀行工作應該知道如何進行比較。另外，提供數字統計的出處很必要。如果想當然，例如說“奧巴馬隻休息了78天？那絕對是謊言。他打高爾夫100多次，那都是因為工作嗎？所以有些網站是騙人的。”這樣說法反映了這個人作結論的手段是否科學。
President Ronald Reagan was called ‘The Great Communicator’.
On October 29, 1980, at Cleveland’s Public Hall, a week before the election, President Jimmy Carter and Governor Ronald Reagan had their only debate.
In his closing statement, Governor Ronald Reagan asked these simple questions,
“It might be well if you ask yourself are you better off than you were four years ago? Is it easier for you to go and buy things in the stores than it was four years ago?
Is there more or less unemployment in the country than there was four years ago? Is America as respected throughout the world as it was? Do you feel that our security is as safe? That we're as strong as we were four years ago?
And if you answer all of those questions yes, why then I think your choice is very obvious as to who you'll vote for.
If you don't agree, if you don't think that this course that we've been on for the last four years is what you would like to see us follow for the next four, then I could suggest another choice that you have.”
Governor Reagan won the debate that night. Nobody remembers what Jimmy Carter said. And a week later Ronald Reagan was elected President. And THAT is why Jimmy Carter was a one term President!
So are you better off today than you were four years ago?
Is America better off today than four years ago?
Then are the next four years going to be any different?...and with $6 TRILLION dollars MORE of National Debt dumped 'onto the backs of our children and grandchildren'?
What is the greatest threat to your children and grandchildren... 'that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness'?
Then are:
POTUS Obama
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
And last, but not least Vice President Joe Biden,
Are they leading us in the right direction?
These are NOT stupid or ignorant people. But they are dangerous, deceitful, disrespectful, arrogant, conniving and lying to the American people and they are going to make the ‘Great Depression’ look like the good ol' days when they get through destroying our 'free market economic system'.
Author Robert Gray says the Obama's have the biggest staff in Presidential history and Airforce One is frequently used. To put it into perspective, Great Britain only spent $57 million on the entire royal family.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/utah-newspaper-endorsement-slams-romney/story?id=17519264#.UI65g4U0PM8
所以endorsement都各有各的理由，應該多看，多比較，而不是隻拿一家之言，在博客裏很一邊倒地去指責一個人，這樣有失客觀
"In a blow to Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, Utah's largest newspaper today slammed his candidacy and endorsed President Obama instead.
Despite being credited for saving the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics and making Utah his home at one time, the Salt Lake City Tribune said that the state's "favorite adopted son," Romney, has become "the party's shape-shifting nominee."
"In considering which candidate to endorse, the Salt Lake Tribune editorial board had hoped that Romney would exhibit the same talents for organization, pragmatic problem-solving and inspired leadership that he displayed here more than a decade ago," the editorial board wrote. "Instead, we have watched him morph into a friend of the far right, then tack toward the center with breathtaking aplomb."
Though the Tribune chose to stiff Romney with its endorsement, Utah remains a solidly red state, as seen on the ABC News political map, and Romney is expected to win all six of its electoral votes. "
回複長在紅旗下的評論:
"Voters should give Mitt Romney a chance to correct the nation’s fiscal course and to implode the partisan gridlock that has shackled Washington and the rest of America,” wrote the Register’s editorial board.
Of President Obama, who the Register endorsed four years ago, the editorial board wrote: “Barack Obama rocketed to the presidency from relative obscurity with a theme of hope and change. A different reality has marked his presidency. His record on the economy the past four years does not suggest he would lead in the direction the nation must go in the next four years.”
共勉
TheWashingtonPost Oct 25, 2012 11:32 AM EDT
Obama couldn't lead Washington to a grand bargain if he wanted to — By Ed Rogers
Americans like a bargain. Therefore, what could be better than a "grand" bargain? So in the 11th hour of the presidential campaign, the president says it is time for a grand bargain to tame the national debt.
If President Obama gets reelected he won't be able to get a grand anything in Washington. Members of Congress — in both parties — don't like, don't trust or don't know President Obama. His congressional outreach has been bad to nonexistent.
And if he is reelected, he will be the weakest president ever. But perhaps the president's ego and his complete lack of understanding of how to lead Washington and make it work prevent him from seeing what is obvious.
After the elections the House will be under strong GOP control, the Senate will be more closely divided and will include more committed conservatives than ever, and the president has only about 18 months in which to do anything before he becomes a very lame duck, as aspirants from both parties begin running for president in 2016.
The race for the White House in 2016 will begin around November 2013 and be in full swing the following spring as the candidates use the 2014 midterms to build their organizations. The president will be mostly ignored after the 2014 midterm elections. All this makes for a reality in Washington that will be very different from what the president is suggesting.
Part of the reason the president wanted his suck-up phone call with the Des Moines Register (expect its endorsement of Obama soon) to be kept secret is because he knows any claims he might make about the big things he will do if reelected will be greeted with howls of laughter from experienced Washington hands. This president hasn't even been able to pass a U.S. budget in three years! He was very powerful after
his election in 2008, but he has squandered that power since then. He peaked on Inauguration Day in 2009.
Note to the president: The only group that will be able to pass anything in Washington next year will be House Republicans. What is your plan — to beg a few Senate Democrats to vote in favor of what the House of Representatives passes? This will be your only role if you
want anything to become law. No one believes you control any Senate Democratic votes. Not one of them voted for your last federal budget.
If you don't work with and listen to House Republicans, nothing will reach your desk for signature. Period. What will you bring to the table? No one will come to your summits, a la health care in 2009.And no one will believe you can hurt them politically if they ignore you.
So the last-minute campaign revelation that the president will finally solve our big problems soon after he is reelected is desperate,borders on silly and underscores the president's belief that he can fool most of the people one more time.
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或許將布什時期的總統收入40萬該回18萬，將白宮關掉可以省幾個錢。或將白宮改為旅館還可以得幾個收入，豈不更好。真正的浪費不在這裏。你想知道美國的真正浪費出於何處嗎？
舉個例子，Penn State 大學校長學校配給6架小飛機（該校有36個校園在賓州），光是主校園他工作的辦公室就有工作人員9人。再說那位既給總統做特助還要負責夫人的對外交流不知是怎樣handle 的。
你所說第一夫人沒有職務，不是事實。他的職務就是第一夫人。不然她可以繼續做他的律師。在境內她的有關教育，綠色食品，和婦女平等等項目在國內發展很快，得到民眾很大支持。她還有很多國際項目。
人們容易用自己的經曆去判斷不了解的事物，美國第一夫人和中國領導人家屬不是一個意義。中國文化比較重視領導人的個人生活儉樸，工作時間的貢獻。很多是我們看到有些人用的時間少，卻收益很大。另一些人時間用的不少，卻收獲不大。所以時間不是衡量貢獻的唯一尺度。當年新聞裏報道布什每天下午一點以後開始工作，上午是他的gym 時間。結果他的communication director 抱怨安排會議的困難。不像其他總統，布什又是一個晚上9點一定要進臥室的人。而安排那些晚間活動在白宮招待社會團體也是個困難。
用個例得出對一個人的評價有失偏頗，不管是對誰。
我看不出“火氣”，就是覺得浪費太大了，可能這樣可以提高就業數據？
事實是美國有法律規定white house 的budget, 錢的用途範疇， 總統和夫人並不直接管理這筆錢。管理錢的委員會控製消費，auditor 委員會進行常規的audit。
美國的文化同中國不同，夫人代表國家,他們的職務是夫人，進行一些特殊的projects/programs。因為這是一個全職工作，他們都辭職而做全職夫人。美國法律對第一夫人很具體的規定，什麽是職內工作，什麽可以拿收取報酬，什麽不可以。
適於度假也是西方文化。夏季congress 關門休假也是法律規定，沒有人應為他們度假而鞭笞他們奢侈腐化。這是他們的權利，以法律賦予的權力。
美國人不大關心官僚們貪汙腐化，因為有嚴格的管理機構，要想違法花錢也不那麽容易。中國人對這樣的事比較敏感，一個是沒有透明的監管機構，官僚機構同百姓生活差距太大，又有貪汙腐化的文化存在。而美國並非如此。
奧巴馬隻休息了78天？那絕對是謊言。他打高爾夫100多次，那都是因為工作嗎？
所以有些網站是騙人的。
小布什確實令人詬病，但是32%的時間度假？認真想想都是不可能的。他周末經常回德州的牧場家園，那是他的家。而且小布什當政時，是以在牧場接待最親近和最重要的外國來賓而著名的。當年江澤民訪問美國，挖空心思，讓外交人員費盡周折，好不容易到小布什的德州牧場做客，如同當年的普京一樣的待遇。如果把他周末回牧場都算作休假（實際上還是要工作），也許可以湊足1020天。
再有，總統是7天24小時隨時待命的，哪怕是休假時間。
文內強調的不是休假時間，而是花費巨大的遊山玩水，去世界各地旅行，而且帶著家人，朋友，親屬等等。比如前年奧巴馬全家到西班牙度假鬧出來的風波。
這方麵的攻擊點，好像在這兒不太適用。。
President Bush spent 32% of his presidency on vacation (1020 days).
President Obama has been on vacation 78 days from 2009 to 2011.
From http://www.factcheck.org/2009/08/michelle-obamas-staff/
The combined annual salaries for the 22 staffers we can specifically identify as working for Michelle Obama come to $1.6 million. For the 18 we could identify as working for Laura Bush in 2008, the total is $1.4 million.
看起來像陳水扁夫婦, 美國的第一“奸夫銀婦”.