Stuff that never happened

[kenfrequed]

104. It's called roughing the ump

It doesn't matter if you are winning a game or not, you still attempt to push more on your side to assure that you continue to get their way.

If WallStreet and the Insurance companies were suddenly jubilant and praised president Obama how would they be able to justify continuing to get more? The idea that they would suddenly applaud politicians for giving them exactly what they want is a hopelessly naieve expectation of the lobbying game.

DADT finally ending was good, it would have been better had it been done earlier, but its done and I won't begrudge the president its ending. I will give him some credit for that, even if his justice department drug its heels.

AS to the dealing with poverty and homelessness and the environment, I would like a bit more detail. Enacting the toughest environmental rules in a decade isn't difficult. You could pass a law stiffening fines on highway littering and you would outdo Bush.

I am witholding judgement and watching Social Security and Medicare carefully and would respond on a case by case or legislation by legislation basis.

I have never accused president Obama of not WANTING to end the war in Iraq. I am certain he doesn't like war and I am confident he would prefer to go that direction. However he really should probably stand up to the 'War on Terror' propaganda that has resulted in a continuation of the very ideas that make us spend money stupidly, station our troops abroad in a wasteful fashion, and continue to allow aspects of the Patriot act to continue to fester on the books.