When Obama first decided to run for
office way back in 2006 and to try to get bids to be the next United States
president his slogan, "change". For me in his almost four years of
office I have seen very little change the only thing that I have seen was obamancare
and that is still in the process of getting revoked. In recent news President
Obama has recently shot down the Keystone XL pipeline and has called the ending
of the Iraq war one of his ideas. Not only he’s Obama spent more money in his
tenure than all the past 43 presidents combined.
If you look at the denial of the keystone XL pipeline it wasn't that the states couldn't figure out a compromise but it was President Obama who shut it down because of his green energy philosophy.Lets discuss the Trans Canada pipeline or otherwise know as the Keystone XL pipeline that was proposed to run directly through the state of Nebraska over the Ogallala aquifer. With the Obama admistration totally out of the blue denying the pipeline that would not only bring the price of oil down to a more reasonable price. With the pipeline being denied not only does it make the US look like they cant figure out there own oil problem so they would just rather use foreign oil from the middle east where I’m pretty sure there not to fond of us there right now.
If you look at the denial of the keystone XL pipeline it wasn't that the states couldn't figure out a compromise but it was President Obama who shut it down because of his green energy philosophy.Lets discuss the Trans Canada pipeline or otherwise know as the Keystone XL pipeline that was proposed to run directly through the state of Nebraska over the Ogallala aquifer. With the Obama admistration totally out of the blue denying the pipeline that would not only bring the price of oil down to a more reasonable price. With the pipeline being denied not only does it make the US look like they cant figure out there own oil problem so they would just rather use foreign oil from the middle east where I’m pretty sure there not to fond of us there right now.
Along with being in the middle east President
Obama was the one who said that “HE” was bringing the troops home when not he
but the Bush administration had the plans in progress back when George W Bush
was in power he had in those plans that he was to bring the troops back in 2012
and Afghanistan in 2014 but it was President Obama who said that “HE” brought
the troops back.
We can also see a lack of presidential
power when the super awesome Obamacare. The problem with obamacare is that it
will be entirely run of bureaucrat that think they can spend the money that
should be used for healthcare but if lets say hypothetically that if an old veteran
or just an elderly person needed a heart transplant or a major surgery the
government could decide that if the likelihood that they would live for more
than a couple years. Then the government would say that there really wasn’t
much that they could do and make you live without the surgery. Thus is why I
think that obamacare is a terrible idea and it is still trying to be revoked
from a bill.
Its all coming up in the election, which
hopefully his challenger either Mitt Romney Newt Gingrich or Rick Santorum to
bring the Obama Administration down so well see how, it all pans out!
Tyler Shields
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with the things you have said, but is Obama really not making changes? I believe that he has been making changes, but they have just been contrary to the way I think this country should be run. He decided to start by creating green jobs to try and help with the problem with jobs. Sadly, this initiative seemed to just be a waste of money. Also, Obama has made it so the government is now able to fund places that allow abortions. Originally, under Bush, there was a ban on this. I am very pro-life. Obviously one of his more prominent changes has been health care. This has completely changed the idea of a free market system and has pushed our country closer to a socialist state. Certainly regulations need to be made, and Obama’s reforms are very common in democrats, but the many of the changes Obama made have not helped the country at all.
Minyoung Lee
ReplyDeleteBeing interested, I monitored the 2008 American presidential election in Korea. I remembered Obama said he will make changes and presented a slogan, “Yes, We Can” , but now it even look as if he did not start to reform. As you said, I can not find special changes during his term. I think this is because there are too many economic problems during his first term. (but I do not agree with Obama’s economic policy that a bailout using a huge sum of tax from nation.) For the present, there is not successful candidates to win the election in the Republicans, so I think Obama will be able to be reelected in 2012 presidential election.
Ryne McDaniel
ReplyDeleteI agree with Tyler, Obama has been making changes but nothing huge. One big accomplishment that Obama has made is giving the orders to kill the most wanted man in the world and ending the war in Afghanistan and all troops will be out of Afghanistan by the end of 2012 not 2014. I have mixed feelings on the Obamacare. I don't anyone should be turned down because they have a disease, life-threatening or not, and we would have to worry about it affecting veterans because they are already covered through the military. I don't agree with Obama's denial of the XL pipeline and I agree with you that it would help our economy more than hurt it. Also, yes Obama has spent an outrageous and ridiculous amount of money but we have to remember that prices of everything. In all Obama hasn't proven to me that he can make enough change to help the American people.
Will Keller
ReplyDeletePresident Obama has made change and maybe not internally, but his actions have affected the United States externally. In consideration to world politics Obama has improved international relations simply something George W. Bush just did not accomplish or even pursue. Before and during George W. Bush’s term the global community viewed the U.S. negatively or as a greedy, controlling warmongering beast, but after Obama’s international “reconnection” travels the world now looks upon America with more optimism and respect. Furthermore, President Obama was responsible for the military operation that located and killed the terrorist leader Osama Bin Ladin which could also be viewed as a case of international justice. Overall President Obama was a very successful leader in an international sense, but has failed as an internal leader of the United States.