Where’s the Beef?

As of Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Why is it that President Obama always points the finger at former President Bush and the sitting GOP House and not himself or his sitting Democratic Senate for creating jobs, for passing budgets on time or for not cutting the huge deficit? Am I missing something here?

Blah! Blah! Blah! is all I hear from this man. He has no plan, and the plan he does have is just for the “GOP to get on board with creating jobs.” OK, what jobs? What plan?

Mr. Obama has rejected every GOP plan that has been put forth for the past three years. So please inform us of a plan that you or your Democratic congress has put forth for the GOP or anyone else in America to “get on board with.”

It ceases to amaze me that after six years of Democratic-controlled House and Senate, and three years of ill-fated presidency, that it is now the GOP’s responsibility to get on board and make jobs happen.

What happened to “I will create jobs and will never let joblessness grown about 8 percent”? Great words, but where are the jobs?

I guess Mr. Obama has run his course on job creation and is now relenting to the GOP. All I can say at this point is I hope and pray that the GOP will get the job done, so we can move on in America and stop this Democratic ineptitude.

Roland Paulk

Pinehurst

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RadioNC 1 year, 8 months ago

The only thing your missing is the Kool-Aid flavor Obama drinks called “incompetence.”

jamjam 1 year, 8 months ago

the GOP is not capable of doing the job. Mr paulk, you live in a era that has passed.

Hembloche 1 year, 8 months ago

Pretty sure big O went before congress last week with a jobs plan. Not a great plan, but it was a plan. Now we all get to watch to see if congress can actually agree on anything, whether it be this plan or a compromise of rep & dem plans. Otherwise we'll be waiting till one party controls the house, senate and presidency before anything gets done. Sadly, i think we'll be waiting on that last option.

Courseaire 1 year, 8 months ago

A plan is no plan unless you have a means to pay for it.

Hembloche 1 year, 8 months ago

A plan is a plan, just not viable if it's not paid for. If all the stars align and congress miraculously starts agreeing on things his plan could be paid for, emphasis on could. I'm not advocating Obama's plan, just stating that he had one.

DaveyNC 1 year, 8 months ago

No, Mr. Obama went before Congress last week with a campaign speech. To my knowledge, nothing has been submitted to Congress yet for consideration but O is running around the country demanding that Congress "Pass this bill now!" To top that off, despite him saying it was paid for, he tossed it into the pile for the super committee to figure out how to pay for.

This is such a typical pattern for him and has been since before he took office. He shows up, puts on a suit, turns his head left and right to read the words that someone wrote for him then leaves the details and the heavy lifting to someone else. Then he goes and hits a few balls, returning only to sign whatever piece of paper makes it to his desk.

14 months. 14 more months.

Hembloche 1 year, 8 months ago

I thought he had put an actual bill before congress at the beginning of this week. I could very well be wrong and apologies if I am.

lhines48 1 year, 8 months ago

We know that the president regardless of which party will never be able to satisfy everyone. There will always be some American who thinks that he is doing a great and some who thinks the he is doing a lousy job. Our current president Mr. Obama came into office with some good ideas and plans, like most presidents. However, what he and others presidents failed to realize is that the opposing party is going to fight them both tooth and nail to make sure that none of their ideas or plans became law. That is the how our political system works. It is all about power, control and self interest.

During campaigns, we listen to a lot of speeches, ideas and plans about how they are to change things, if elected. However, very few of these campaign promises ever come to life. The reason is that our current political system is about power and control. The president is doing nothing different than any other president, he is pushing and they are pushing back. Then you have people like Rush Limbaugh who is feeding the public not but negativity about the Obama administration. Then we have the little minded American people who believes what he is feeding them to be true, just because Rush said it. These dido heads as they are called believes everything that is says even if there facts to back it up. Our current political system is not perfect but I think that it is the best system around in this day and age. I have not seen or heard of a plan from the Republican Party on creating job, or boosting the economy. The only thing that I have heard from Republican and Tea Party is that their main purpose in 2012 to make sure that Obama is a one term president. With all the people out of work and the bad economy, that is there main purpose. What a shame.

Courseaire 1 year, 8 months ago

Ihines48 & a few others have stated: "The only thing that I have heard from Republican and Tea Party is that their main purpose in 2012 to make sure that Obama is a one term president..." What they don't tell you is they have never heard this from a Republican or the Tea Party, other than their objective is to elect a Republican/Tea party candidate, just as it's always the of Democrats to elect a Democrat.

OldPilot 1 year, 8 months ago

Paulk and RadioNC are the ones who come across as having drunk the Kool-Aid. Same blah, blah, blah, different day.

dlb 1 year, 8 months ago

The President can not introduce a Bill in the House of Represenatives. It must be put forward bu a member of the House. As of 11/14/2011 the American Jobs Act has not been introduced. That makes it difficult to Pass this Bill Pass it Now!!!!

Hembloche 1 year, 8 months ago

quit posting from the future, you'll ruin it for the rest of us :)

dlb 1 year, 8 months ago

As of 09/14/2011

Courseaire 1 year, 8 months ago

Not to worry, he's already put it on your credit card that just had its limit raised.

honesty2 1 year, 8 months ago

Wonder if The Pilot will now be followed by AttackWatch.com?

djcalaska 1 year, 8 months ago

If this guy was serious about jobs, SC would have a Boeing plant. Drillers would working in the Gulf and new refineries would be starting.

dlb 1 year, 8 months ago

Senator H Reid introduced Senate Bill 1549 The American Jobs Act of 2011 without a single co sponsor on September 13. The Bill was reported to committee Sept 14.

Satch2929 1 year, 8 months ago

The bill doesn't have a chance to pass. Obama will blame the Republicans. But this may backfire on him because there will be several Democrats that will vote against it!

Courseaire 1 year, 8 months ago

And several commenter’s here will only blame the WingNut Tea Nut Teahadists.

Bflat 1 year, 8 months ago

Where's Dusty and Moonchild? Their input is needed.

aquin06 1 year, 8 months ago

In order to "pass the bill", someone (maybe a democrat congressmen) needs to submit it? The house will debate any bill proposed. Maybe thy can't find anyone who will put their name on it.

CC85 1 year, 8 months ago

Obama wrecked the economy? Seriously, you can't remember all the way back to 2008? We were headed toward a major depression. What would you all have done if you were Obama, disregard the advise of most of the prominent economists in the country and let the market take its course? Do any of you Obama haters remember how many jobs were being lost every month in the last days of the Bush administration? Take your blinders off and at least make an attempt to be objective. And no. I am not going to stop pointing the finger at Bush. He was warned against cutting taxes by his own Treasury Secretary who was fired for even suggesting they not do it. I know it is painful for you but you can't simply rewrite history to suit your beliefs.

CC85 1 year, 8 months ago

GOP is a joke......the candidates they've put forth are so extreme they have a snowball's chance in hades of winning a general election.

JER 1 year, 8 months ago

Hope you all are preparing for the worst. Beating your chest and ridiculing everyone who disagrees with you serves no useful purpose. Each of you are only preaching to your choir, no minds will be changed, no agreements will be reached. I wish I had better communication skills to get all of you to see that fundamental point. We are beyond the point of no return on our ability to reasonably govern ourselves. You're not being able to comprehend does not alter that fact. Even if the Republican/Tea Party/Conservative faction wins every seat in congress and all the state governments, the policies they install will not bring America back. There will be an undercurrent bent on destroying everything they try to accomplish, just as we have today. Our special intrests and religious beliefs make compromise impossible and make doing what is best for the country unattainable. We have been building up to this point in our history at an ever increasing rate, starting back in the 1960's, when we thought we had found Camelot but the crack of rifle fire ended that illusion. Pick up a history book and read about the Roman Empire so you'll have a feel as to how much time we have left as the "greatest country in the world".

Courseaire 1 year, 8 months ago

I am always inspired after I hear an uplifting sermon. Halleluiah, JER.

nothingspecial 1 year, 8 months ago

Sounds like your communication skills are quite good to me, JER. At the heart of your points (and I am probably totally off base) is the premise that we are not so hidious or far apart from compromise if we can only listen a little closer, respect each other and trade some of the old fashioned art of getting along for this sense that someone is being a bully for only expressing their opinion. For instance you might find that the religious beliefs that folks like me won't compromise on are not either insurmountable, very numerous, or would even come close to causing a theocracy to occur.

lhines48 1 year, 8 months ago

Lets take a survey here, just how satisfied are you with our current political system. Please do not base it on party lines, am asking for your satisfaction on our over all political system and there job in representing the American people. Please give you answer based in a percent. Then you can comment if you wish.

Thank You

MikeNC 1 year, 8 months ago

Obama, was the wake up call for many Americans, who had become to complacent. People were blind to what was happening in Washington. Not any more. We are watching. And hopefully it isn't too late to turn this nation around in 2012. Diane

Courseaire 1 year, 8 months ago

0% - I would like to see it put back to its original state. 1 term (2-3 yrs) of unpaid (except some expenses) public service by the people. No salary, no pension, no fringe benefits.

Roorke 1 year, 8 months ago

Sure the Roman Empire fell, but just look at all that wealth distrubution among all those barbarians.

MikeNC 1 year, 8 months ago

JER, no point in fixing the bridges then, since we'll be jumping off of them. Diane

JER 1 year, 8 months ago

Are you in favor of fixing the bridges? How about the rest of our infrastructure? After all, you could always jump off a cliff if the bridge fell down.

JER 1 year, 8 months ago

Still waiting for your answers to my questions, Diane.

JER 1 year, 8 months ago

Ihines48: I would give a rating of "40%" to our current political "system". There are certainly some things about it that work as they should but there is much more wrong with it than are right with it. I give the American public a rating of 10%. While there are a few who take the time to educate themselves on the problems (sorry...issues, we evidently don't like to have problems anymore), most either know nothing about the world around them or know only the viewpoints of the side they lean towards and are simply parrots of that viewpoint. The way the system operates is a reflection of the people running the system, the people we have elected. My view is that government is necessary. It is needed to protect its citizens from both external and internal threats, provide a code of conduct by which we must all abide and provide for the penalties for those who do not. I do not believe that there should be a different set of standards based on what state you live in. The simplest, most cost effective way to reduce the size of government would be to eliminate 90% of what each state legislature does on a regular basis and have uniform laws across the land.

honesty2 1 year, 8 months ago

Kinda negates The United "States"....What would you call the country? So, I'll disagree with you on eliminating the states (so to speak). I do agree with you that so many people in our country do not do their due diligence and therefore, know little about what's going on. Sad but true.

JER 1 year, 8 months ago

I am not suggesting that the states be eliminated (so to speak). Quite the contrary. My position is that we are not currently the "united" states because the laws differ from state to state. I'm suggesting that all states have the same laws, which would greatly reduce the need to have state legislators from all 50 states meeting to draft and pass laws, thus saving the taxpayer bunches of money. If and when new legislation is needed, all 50 states are involved in preparing it, voters from all 50 states vote on it and, if passed, all 50 states are governed by it. Then we could be called the "united "states.