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3 hours ago, Lord Fedorable said:

I consider it a charming lack of cynicism personally. 

Incidentally, I thought your comment was directed at me.

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On 10/20/2016 at 9:08 PM, Thorvir Hrothgaard said:

Just like Shrillary?  Seriously, you're all kinds of naive, you know that?

LOL. It's clear your naivety know no bounds. 

On 10/21/2016 at 0:20 AM, DieChecker said:

That's the beautiful part of running for office in the US.... NO ONE expects anyone to hold to any promises at all. :blink:

Actually, that changed over ten years ago. EVERYONE expected promises to be held. That's why the Obamameter was created. I admit I haven't checked it in years. But during his first term, it was remarkable how many promises Obama upheld.

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6 hours ago, ninjadude said:

LOL. It's clear your naivety know no bounds. 

Actually, that changed over ten years ago. EVERYONE expected promises to be held. That's why the Obamameter was created. I admit I haven't checked it in years. But during his first term, it was remarkable how many promises Obama upheld.

yep...he promised to 'transform' America....that he did...not in a good way!

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12 hours ago, ninjadude said:

LOL. It's clear your naivety know no bounds. 

Actually, that changed over ten years ago. EVERYONE expected promises to be held. That's why the Obamameter was created. I admit I haven't checked it in years. But during his first term, it was remarkable how many promises Obama upheld.

I remember him promising within the first 100 days to close Gitmo....

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"I remember him promising within the first 100 days to close Gitmo...."

And he's made us all less safe by trying to.

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20 hours ago, ninjadude said:

LOL. It's clear your naivety know no bounds. 

Clearly, the only thing I've been naive about is your intelligence.

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Actually, that changed over ten years ago. EVERYONE expected promises to be held. That's why the Obamameter was created. I admit I haven't checked it in years. But during his first term, it was remarkable how many promises Obama upheld.

What's remarkable is that you think this is true, still, even after all of this time.

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17 hours ago, joc said:

yep...he promised to 'transform' America....that he did...not in a good way!

really?

President Obama is Officially America’s Greatest Job Creator President

By Sarah Jones on Fri, Sep 2nd, 2016 at 11:17 am

Guess who gets no credit for record setting job growth that is hardly a one-off since it's going on for 78 months? Yeah, that's right. President Barack Obama.

http://www.politicususa.com/2016/09/02/pres-obamas-record-setting-total-job-grown-streak-continues.html

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2 minutes ago, ninjadude said:

really?

President Obama is Officially America’s Greatest Job Creator President

By Sarah Jones on Fri, Sep 2nd, 2016 at 11:17 am

Guess who gets no credit for record setting job growth that is hardly a one-off since it's going on for 78 months? Yeah, that's right. President Barack Obama.

http://www.politicususa.com/2016/09/02/pres-obamas-record-setting-total-job-grown-streak-continues.html

I love the part where be vowed to be more lenient towards whistleblowers then swiftly removed that promise from his campaign website shortly after being elected. I'm not even going to touch Guantanamo Bay or the record number of drone strikes he ordered.

You say he did he a great job but the gray hair and weary eyes tell a very different story. He looks like a man with a very heavy conscious.

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6 minutes ago, ninjadude said:

really?

President Obama is Officially America’s Greatest Job Creator President

By Sarah Jones on Fri, Sep 2nd, 2016 at 11:17 am

Guess who gets no credit for record setting job growth that is hardly a one-off since it's going on for 78 months? Yeah, that's right. President Barack Obama.

http://www.politicususa.com/2016/09/02/pres-obamas-record-setting-total-job-grown-streak-continues.html

Let's also not gloss over the fact that America's first black President is leaving the country more racially divided than it has been in decades. Besides more handouts, what has Obama done to help the black community? Shameful.

"Obama is the worst President in history" was a popular meme for a while. Clearly, there is some credence behind that.

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37 minutes ago, Dark_Grey said:

Let's also not gloss over the fact that America's first black President is leaving the country more racially divided than it has been in decades. Besides more handouts, what has Obama done to help the black community? Shameful.

"Obama is the worst President in history" was a popular meme for a while. Clearly, there is some credence behind that.

There is Zero credence to that. In fact, he may well be one of the best presidents in history. As to your concerns that would affect the black community (assuming you mean all blacks are impoverished) I picked out just a few:

Extend child tax credits and marriage-penalty fixes

Will extend aspects of the Bush tax cuts such as child credit expansions and changes to marriage bonuses and penalties.

Expand the earned income tax credit

Expand the earned income tax credit for workers without children and taxpayers with more than three children. Equalize threshholds for married filers and head of household filers.

Increase minority access to capital

"Strengthen Small Business Administration programs that provide capital to minority-owned businesses, support outreach programs that help minority business owners apply for loans, and work to encourage the growth and capacity of minority firms."

Create a consumer-friendly credit card rating system

"The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will assess the degree to which credit cards meet consumer-friendly standards … (such as) the underwriting standards used to issue the card, the card's interest rate spread between the introductory rate and the maximum rate allowed, and transaction fees. ... Credit card companies will be required to display the rating on all application and contract materials, enabling consumers to quickly understand all of the major provisions of a credit card without having to rely exclusively on fine print in lengthy documents."

Establish a credit card bill of rights

The credit card bill of rights would "ban unilateral changes ... apply interest rate increases only to future debt ... prohibit interest on fees ... prohibit 'universal defaults' (whereby a credit card raises its rates because the consumer was late paying a different creditor ... require prompt and fair crediting of cardholder payments."

Create more public-private business incubators for poor communities

"Obama and Biden will invest $250 million per year to increase the number and size of incubators in disadvantaged communities throughout the country."

Expand loan programs for small businesses

Expand "the Small Business Administration's loan and micro-loan programs which provide start-up and long-term financing that small firms cannot receive through normal channels."

Extend the Bush tax cuts for lower incomes

Extend the Bush tax cuts for those making less than $250,000 (couples) or $200,000 (single)

Require insurance companies to cover pre-existing conditions

Require insurance companies "to cover pre-existing conditions so all Americans, regardless of their health status or history, can get comprehensive benefits at fair and stable premiums."

Give tax credits to those who need help to pay health premiums

"Income-based sliding scale tax credits will be provided for people and families who need it."

Require children to have health insurance coverage

"Require that all children have health care coverage. Barack Obama and Joe Biden will expand the number of options for young adults to get coverage by allowing young people up to age 25 to continue coverage through their parents' plans."

Expand eligibility for Medicaid

"Expand eligibility for the Medicaid and SCHIP programs and ensure that these programs continue to serve their critical safety net function."

Expand eligibility for State Children's Health Insurance Fund (SCHIP)

"Expand eligibility for the Medicaid and SCHIP programs and ensure that these programs continue to serve their critical safety net function."

Work with schools to create more healthful environments for children

"Work with schools to create more healthful environments for children, including assistance with contract policy development for local vendors, grant support for school-based health screening programs and clinical services, increased financial support for physical education, and educational programs for students."

Expand funding to train primary care providers and public health practitioners

"Expand funding—including loan repayment, adequate reimbursement, grants for training curricula, and infrastructure support to improve working conditions— to ensure a strong workforce that will champion prevention and public health activities."

Increase funding to expand community based prevention programs

"Increase funding to expand community based preventive interventions to help Americans make better choices to improve their health."

Expand the Nurse-Family Partnership to all low-income, first-time mothers

"Barack Obama and Joe Biden will expand the highly-successful Nurse-Family Partnership to all low-income, first-time mothers. The Nurse-Family Partnership provides home visits by trained registered nurses to low-income expectant mothers and their families. The trained nurses use proven methods to help improve the mental and physical health of the family by providing counseling on substance abuse, creating and achieving personal goals, and effective methods of nurturing children."

Promote more pre-school education

"Will provide critical support to young children and their parents. Unlike other early childhood education plans...places key emphasis at early care and education for infants, which is essential for children to be ready to enter kindergarten. Obama and Biden will create Early Learning Challenge Grants to promote state "zero to five" efforts and help states move toward voluntary, universal pre-school."

Provide affordable, high-quality child care

"Will provide affordable and high-quality child care to ease the burden on working families."

Promote innovative ways to reward good teachers

"Will promote new and innovative ways to increase teacher pay that are developed with teachers, not imposed on them. Districts will be able to design programs that reward accomplished educators who serve as a mentor to new teachers with a salary increase. Districts can reward teachers who work in underserved places like rural areas and inner cities. And if teachers consistently excel in the classroom, that work can be valued and rewarded as well."

Expand Pell grants for low-income students

"Will continue to work to ensure that the maximum Pell Grant award is increased for low-income students. Specifically, he will ensure that the award keeps pace with the rising cost of college inflation."

Create a community college partnership program

"Will create a Community College Partnership Program to strengthen community colleges by providing grants to a) conduct more thorough analysis of the types of skills and technical education that are in high demand from students and local industry; B) implement new associate of arts degree programs that cater to emerging industry and technical career demands; and c) reward those institutions that graduate more students and also increase their numbers of transfer students to four-year institutions."

Vigorously pursue hate crimes and civil rights abuses

Will ensure that the Criminal Section of the Civil Rights Division vigorously pursues cases involving hate crimes and civil rights abuses by local officials. "And he will also require the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights to provide him with a report for its plan to diversify the Division's workforce in his first 100 days, particularly in the Criminal Section."

Restore funding to the EEOC and the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs

"Will restore funding to these vital agencies (the EEOC and the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs), reduce their charge backlog and strengthen laws already on the books that help workers fight pay discrimination."

Reform mandatory minimum sentences

"Will immediately review (mandatory minimum) sentences to see where we can be smarter on crime and reduce the ineffective warehousing of nonviolent drug offenders."

Create a White House Office on Urban Policy

"Will create a White House Office of Urban Policy to develop a strategy for metropolitan America and to ensure that all federal dollars targeted to urban areas are effectively spent on the highest-impact programs. The Director of Urban Policy will report directly to the president and coordinate all federal urban programs."

Fully fund the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)

"Will restore funding for the CDBG program: The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program is an important program that helps strengthen cities and towns throughout the nation by providing housing and creating jobs primarily for low- and moderate-income people and places. The Bush administration has consistently attempted to cut funding for CDBG, including by $1.2 billion next year and $6.9 billion over the next five years. Barack Obama has fought against these cuts and, as president, he will restore funding for the CDBG program."

Help low-income areas get phone and Internet service

"Will reform the Telephone Universal Service Program, direct the FCC to better manage the nation's airwaves, and encourage public-private partnership to get more low-income communities connected."

Establish 'Promise Neighborhoods' for areas of concentrated poverty

"Will create 20 Promise Neighborhoods in cities that have high levels of poverty and crime and low levels of student academic achievement. The Promise Neighborhoods will model the Harlem Children's Zone and seek to engage all resident children and their parents in an achievement program based on tangible goals, including college for every participating student, strong physical and mental health outcomes for children as well as retention of meaningful employment and parenting schools for parents. Cities and private entities will be required to pay 50 percent of the program costs."

Invest in transitional jobs and career pathway programs

"Will invest $1 billion over five years in transitional jobs and career pathways programs that implement proven methods of helping low-income Americans succeed in the workforce. This investment will be coupled with other measures to encourage the private sector and state and local governments to increase their support of these effective employment programs."

Cap interest rates on payday loans and improve disclosure

Will limit interest rates on payday loans to 36 percent "because predatory lending continues to be a major problem for low and middle income families alike. Obama also believes that we need to ensure that all Americans have access to clear and simplified information about loan fees, payments and penalties, which is why he'll require lenders to provide this information during the loan application process"...And he "will work to empower more Americans in the fight against predatory lending by supporting initiatives to improve financial literacy and financial planning."

Increase efforts to reduce unintended pregnancy

"Obama will work to reduce unintended pregnancy by guaranteeing equity in contraceptive coverage, providing sex education and offering rape victims accurate information about emergency contraception."

Work to overturn Ledbetter vs. Goodyear

"Obama will work to overturn the Supreme Court's recent ruling that curtails racial minorities' and women's ability to challenge pay discrimination."

Send first-time nonviolent drug offenders to rehab if appropriate

"We will give first-time, nonviolent drug offenders a chance to serve their sentence, where appropriate, in the type of drug-rehabilitation programs that have proven to work better than a prison term in changing bad behavior."

Create a Presidential Early Learning Council

"I will create a Presidential Early Learning Council to coordinate this effort (early childhood education) across all levels of government and ensure that we're providing these children and families with the highest-quality programs."

Create job training programs for clean technologies

"Will increase funding for federal workforce training programs and direct these programs to incorporate green technologies training, such as advanced manufacturing and weatherization training, into their efforts to help Americans find and retain stable, high-paying jobs . . . will also create an energy-focused youth jobs program to invest in disconnected and disadvantaged youth. This program will provide youth participants with energy efficiency and environmental service opportunities to improve the energy efficiency of homes and buildings in their communities, while also providing them with practical skills and experience in important career fields of expected high-growth employment. Participants will not only be able to use their training to find new jobs, but also build skills that will help them move up the career ladder over time."

Invest in public transportation

"Will re-commit federal resources to public mass transportation projects across the country. Obama and Biden will work with state and local governments across the country on efforts to create new, effective public transportation systems and modernize our aging urban public transit infrastructure."

Extend unemployment insurance benefits and temporarily suspend taxes on these benefits

"Obama and Biden believe Congress should immediately extend unemployment insurance for an additional 13 weeks to help families that are being hit hardest by this downturn. In addition, they believe we should temporarily suspend taxes on unemployment insurance benefits as a way of giving more relief to families."

Extend the American Opportunity Tax Credit

I’ve said I want to extend the college tax credit that my administration created so more families can save up to $10,000 on their tuition over four years.

http://www.politifact.com/personalities/barack-obama/
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27 minutes ago, skliss said:

"President Obama is Officially America’s Greatest Job Creator President"

This is the Onion...right?

 

I think he meant "mob" instead of job.

If not wow.

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3 hours ago, ninjadude said:

President Obama is Officially America’s Greatest Job Creator President

You are a hoot.

I'd post a laughing gif, but you all know what laughter looks like.

I'd quote your next post, but it was just incredibly sad and naive and uninformed and stupid, and I felt bad reposting it.

You should go back to just posting your one-sentence hit-and-runs.

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6 hours ago, ninjadude said:

There is Zero credence to that. In fact, he may well be one of the best presidents in history. As to your concerns that would affect the black community (assuming you mean all blacks are impoverished) I picked out just a few:

http://www.politifact.com/personalities/barack-obama/

Yeah, but other than those hundreds of things, what has he really done?:rolleyes:

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20 hours ago, ninjadude said:

There is Zero credence to that. In fact, he may well be one of the best presidents in history. As to your concerns that would affect the black community (assuming you mean all blacks are impoverished) I picked out just a few:

[...]

Since we're in the business of copying and pasting links, Obama:

  • Sentenced whistleblowers to 31 times the jail time of all prior u.s. presidents combined
  • Has granted less pardons than any president since Garfield, who served only 200 days as president before being assassinated in 1881
  • May be the only U.S. president in history who failed to deliver a single year of at least 3% economic growth (when adjusted for inflation)

In addition, Obama has presided over:

And as the New York Times notes this week, Obama has been at war longer than any president in history.

 

I mean, there is that "civil sector" (Government mail-room,) job creation and he did invest in infrastructure which is good. But as far as the net benefit to loss on America, I would absolutely say he is leaving it much worse than it was. The precedents he's set in regards to whistle-blowers alone is going to bite us in the rear - hard. Especially if Shillary takes office. Rest assured she will take full advantage of Obama's legacy. Kind of flies in the face of his promised transparency in Government.

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On 10/23/2016 at 0:12 PM, ninjadude said:

really?

President Obama is Officially America’s Greatest Job Creator President

By Sarah Jones on Fri, Sep 2nd, 2016 at 11:17 am

Guess who gets no credit for record setting job growth that is hardly a one-off since it's going on for 78 months? Yeah, that's right. President Barack Obama.

http://www.politicususa.com/2016/09/02/pres-obamas-record-setting-total-job-grown-streak-continues.html

You live in an alternate surreal reality.

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2 minutes ago, joc said:

You live in an alternate surreal reality.

Meh, just let it go, he's not worth the intellectual energy anymore.  The real world will smack him hard in the face someday, and he'll realize that merely parroting party lines isn't a way to live a life--the soul-crushing dawning comprehension he's going to experience will be punishment enough.

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On 10/23/2016 at 10:12 AM, ninjadude said:

really?

President Obama is Officially America’s Greatest Job Creator President

By Sarah Jones on Fri, Sep 2nd, 2016 at 11:17 am

Guess who gets no credit for record setting job growth that is hardly a one-off since it's going on for 78 months? Yeah, that's right. President Barack Obama.

http://www.politicususa.com/2016/09/02/pres-obamas-record-setting-total-job-grown-streak-continues.html

Humm....

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Yeah, not too bad... However.....

PRESECON%20-%20LT%2027wks%20jobless.PNG

Not all that can be blamed on Bush, I fear, though I understand that many will try.

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On 10/23/2016 at 10:12 AM, ninjadude said:

really?

President Obama is Officially America’s Greatest Job Creator President

By Sarah Jones on Fri, Sep 2nd, 2016 at 11:17 am

Guess who gets no credit for record setting job growth that is hardly a one-off since it's going on for 78 months? Yeah, that's right. President Barack Obama.

http://www.politicususa.com/2016/09/02/pres-obamas-record-setting-total-job-grown-streak-continues.html

Also....

http://money.cnn.com/2016/01/13/news/economy/obama-jobs-state-of-the-union/ .... From CNN, not Fox....

160112121526-jobs-added-under-recent-us-

But if you fudge the numbers so that they start during the 2nd year....

160113105703-jobs-added-under-presidents

Even then Hill/Billy was much greater at creating jobs then Pres Obama. And Reagan was very close behind. 

 

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On 10/23/2016 at 10:12 AM, ninjadude said:

really?

President Obama is Officially America’s Greatest Job Creator President

By Sarah Jones on Fri, Sep 2nd, 2016 at 11:17 am

Guess who gets no credit for record setting job growth that is hardly a one-off since it's going on for 78 months? Yeah, that's right. President Barack Obama.

http://www.politicususa.com/2016/09/02/pres-obamas-record-setting-total-job-grown-streak-continues.html

Oh and this...

http://www.investors.com/politics/commentary/how-good-is-job-growth-the-chart-obama-doesnt-want-you-to-see/

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On 10/23/2016 at 10:12 AM, ninjadude said:

really?

President Obama is Officially America’s Greatest Job Creator President

By Sarah Jones on Fri, Sep 2nd, 2016 at 11:17 am

Guess who gets no credit for record setting job growth that is hardly a one-off since it's going on for 78 months? Yeah, that's right. President Barack Obama.

http://www.politicususa.com/2016/09/02/pres-obamas-record-setting-total-job-grown-streak-continues.html

And this....

http://www.npr.org/2016/04/03/472745523/fact-check-the-white-houses-private-sector-job-streak .... NOTE: NPR Fact check... Not FOX...

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The Question: Is that true?

The Short Answer: Yes. But Obama can't take credit for a lot of that job growth.

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Another point: this is private-sector job creation. The government has had a shakier job creation record during the recovery. At this point, it has created jobs for five consecutive months.

In addition, while most of those economists surveyed thought the stimulus' effects would be good in the long term, early one quarter of economists said they were "uncertain" whether the long-term potential costs of the stimulus would outweigh the benefits.

Whatever potential knock-on effects an economic policy might cause, Holtz-Eakin adds, a president has to claim responsibility for the good and the bad.

"They should get some credit, some blame," said Holtz-Eakin.

Correction
April 3, 2016
An earlier version of this story stated that the Federal Reserve maintained near-zero interest rates for six years. In fact, it was seven.

It certainly doesn't hurt that interest rates are still around zero.

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16 hours ago, DieChecker said:

Not all that can be blamed on Bush, I fear, though I understand that many will try.

Of course it can. Apparently you forgot the great 2008 recession.

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10 minutes ago, ninjadude said:

Of course it can. Apparently you forgot the great 2008 recession.

Your hypocrisy knows no bounds, you know that?

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4 hours ago, ninjadude said:

Of course it can. Apparently you forgot the great 2008 recession.

I didn't forget. And you are right. Bush should have fixed the total BullShot legislation Clinton got pushed through regarding providing mortgages to those not worthy of them. So, in that light, you are right. But in a very real sense, 2008 happened due to Billy (BJ) Clinton.

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On 10/27/2016 at 2:58 AM, DieChecker said:

Also....

http://money.cnn.com/2016/01/13/news/economy/obama-jobs-state-of-the-union/ .... From CNN, not Fox....

160112121526-jobs-added-under-recent-us-

But if you fudge the numbers so that they start during the 2nd year....

160113105703-jobs-added-under-presidents

Even then Hill/Billy was much greater at creating jobs then Pres Obama. And Reagan was very close behind. 

 

The Truth is a funny thing though.  The Truth is that millions of people came off of the 'welfare' rolls because of the laws passed by Newt and the Boys under the Contract With America.  Also...they balanced the budget! Clinton was just along for the ride.  And the unemployment numbers are pretty much BS anyway.  One simply cannot tell how many people are out of work based on those numbers. Also, Reagan actually did something to create jobs...he got Guberment out of our lives as much as possible...and that bled way over into the Clinton years...then The Elites i.e. Repubs and Demos in Congress killed it all...golden goose syndrome.

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