Cabinet choices: Loaded with old Clinton and Bush operatives. No significant new faces, no new ideas.
Foreign policy: Same old same old, just switching the focus from Iraq to Afghanistan. When do we concede that the Empire is unsustainable and start tearing it down before it falls down? At least we got a promise to close Gitmo.
LGBT issues: A proclamation making June Pride Month. A defense of DOMA. A promise to eliminate Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell, but it's still in place, and competent people are still being discharged because of their sexuality. When do words translate into action?
Budget: Total insanity. Not only same old same old, but now digging the hole faster and deeper. The worst budget ever?
War Department: Still spending more on weapons the rest of the world combined. What kind of karma are we making for ourselves?
Economy: Does anyone in Washington have a clue????
Health Care: Nothing yet.
When I voted for change, I voted for more than a change of tone and a figurehead who can say complex sentences competently.
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I read yahoo news headlines and that is about it. So I asked my brother yesterday if people still approved of Obama and he said where he is at (Dover, New Hampshire), everyone was still excited about him.
I did read an article today that was about to make me mad until I saw one part. It was about health care and it mentioned that part of his plan is to seek to work towards malpractice lawsuits. I think that my dad told me that 1/4 to 1/3 of his salary went to malpractice insurance. So the article at least told me that he was aware of that problem.
Please keep up with these political update posts; I know that I can trust you for an honest analysis.
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