Ted Rall for August 17, 2009

Ted, I don’t get this one…

And I do agree with him about the unhealthy “food” most Americans eat!

We’re waiting for American troops to leave Iraq.

We’re waiting for health care reform that is worthy of the name.

Basically we’re waiting for some sign - any sign - that Barack Obama will fulfill the hopes we invested in him.

Ted thinks we’ll be waiting a long, long time.

I’ve thought Ted has been too hard on Obama but frankly I’m starting to come around to his point of view.

Undo 8 years in 7 months? Some people really must have thought he was the messiah!

Considering the myriad of vested interests that stand in the way of anybody – including Obama – getting anything done, and the general obstinate stupidity of the American public, what we really need is to make Bernie Sanders dictator plenipotentiary. Or as Ted might say, Generalissimo El Bernardo.

We could also use a cessation of the party of No, and an elimination of the talking heads such as limbaugh, beck, coulter, etc.

There are some things that Barrack could do without legislation from congress.

Dale, This is a parody of Obama’s health plan, but with food instead of health care.

There are a thousand things Obama could do, at least temporarily, with the stroke of a pen.

For instance:

He could close Guantanamo permanently and give the land back to Cuba. Right now it’s all, ‘OMG- we have to wait…for something…’

He didn’t have to defent DOMA. He could stop DADT and make sure Congress had a bill to rescind both of these. (Obama has flat-out broken his promises on Civil Rights and Equality)

He could stop torture once and for all by he US, and he could stop send prisoners to other countries to be tortured.

He could order complete withdrawls from Iraq and Afghanistan.

Need I go on???

cjr53 - Of course a single party view with no opposition or any opposition being removed forcefully is a swift method for making change. It has historically worked.. While we’re at it we should set up concentration camps and fire up the ovens..

No to all of you. What Rall is doing here is trying to make money. No matter what happens, no matter who is in charge Rall’s comics are never going to change because that is the personality that people have come to expect for him. He’s exactly the same as Rush, Beck, Hannity, Rhodes or any of the others. He’ll always just bow down to what the far left demands.

Maybe because he is on the left?

I am probably not as left as Mr. Rall but I too am let down by President Obabma’s administration to this point. Yes, it is very early in his term but the variance from what he campaigned on and what has been accomplished is growing more each day. I am not sure if the President does not want to push his campaign agenda or if he has left the day to day details to the psycho in the House (Chairman Pelosi). You would think with control of Congress and the White House that even a slightly liberal agenda would be possible. This latest fiasco with a healthcare initiative really broke my heart.

Rall is against it because he finds it too much to the right. The right is against it because it is too much to the left. You can’t please them all.

You may be right, tigger, and it may be the plan eventually lacks the broad support to pass. However, it will not be because the plan is inherently flawed, but because of the weak organization of those who should have supported it.

10/10

I wasn’t let down because I was pretty dang sure Obama wasn’t the Messiah. Look, the dude had no track record – he basically hadn’t done much of anything as a senator (except accumulate an extraordinarily socialist voting record). He wants to be Lincoln SO bad, but he’s nothing but another LBJ. It’s no different than Eisenhower getting elected saying he was going to get us out of Korea – did he? No! There wasn’t really much of a choice (at least at that point) even if he wanted. Obama said what was popular and what people wanted to hear. You didn’t actually believe him did you? How can you tell a politician is lying? He’s every bit as big a dip wad as Bush – just in a different direction. Have no expectations of government – you won’t be disappointed.

Difference is Christianity is voluntary… sure – seems like a small thing… Problem here is socialists think they can determine my level of ‘benevolence’.

Hey I hear Venezuela is looking for a few good men… I’m sure Hugo would welcome you with open arms!

Lego, It turned put they were all opposition stations and his thugs went through with a fine-tooth comb to get them on a bunch of technicalities. You couldn’t ‘get’ to buy the license unless you were willing to back him.

Only a true commie could get excited about the government confiscating all of the golf courses. All of that worked so well in the ‘revolution’ in Cuba!

there are none so blind as those who will not see

Ted, We might could come to an understanding about golf courses lol – sucking a ½ million gallons of scarce western water resources a day to water in Palm Springs, for example, IS pretty stupid. Somehow though, if the government took it over, they’d be sucking 700-800K gallons a day. I’d believe in Government more if their track record were a little better (righties AND lefties).

US of A: The best of both worlds! As capitalists, they make everybody pay the few. As socialists, they make everybody pay for the few (like in golf).

I come from the future! Where mayonnaise has been outlawed, but Miracle Whip thrives!

Instead of saying “and a party of bankers ate all the food”, it should say “and we gave all the food, including yours, to a party of bankers”. GET IT RIGHT!