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I keep hearing the most amazing, and not in a good way, thing. Barack Obama has been President for 37 days, right? Close enough. The largest spending package in the history of the country was passed, many of W's truly vile and cynical measures have been overturned, the process of closing Gitmo is underway, the most massive budget ever has been produced (including all the spending hidden in the past by BushCo) has been presented to the world, plans to bring as many troups home as possible are on the table, and everyone still wants more. people want the absolute final plans, the final decisions, the money in hand, problems solved and neatly filed away right now.

The last president had 8 years to screw us all over. That cannot be undone in 365 days, much less 37. I know many, if not most, of you have money to make and advertising to sell and bosses to please and ratings to worry about. But, seriously folks, take a breath and give the man and his team at least a few more days before moaning and groaning that it hasn't all been done. A few more weeks would actually be nicer.

President's Address to Congress

President Obama's address to congress was, well, amazing. It's amazing what can be said by someone who knows how to speak in complete sentences. It was amazing to listen to someone who actually talks to EVERYONE around him, Democrats, Republicans, the person on the street. It was amazing to listen to someone with ideas and vision and a genuine concern for the people of this country and the world. (Get over it, we are part of this world and have to consider our neighbors on the small planet!) It was amazing to listen to someone who has a plan!

OMG! I just had a real fangirly moment!

Then, the Republican rebuttal. I hate to say this, but the word "cringeworthy" is the kindest word I can come up with. Governor Jindal was spouting the same lies (He brought up the mythical high speed train from LA to Vegas. Good grief, when are they going to stop flogging that dead horse?) He chanted "we can do anything" in a tone that reminded me of the kind of used car salesman you should run from. As Sentor Boxer just said, it really did sound like Jindal's speech was written earlier today. My impression is that is was written yesterday, over coffee, and they pulled all the talking points from McCain's stump speeches from last year's campaign. Is that plagerism?

Watched some of Hardball tonight. I am a little concerned. How can anyone say President Obama is indecisive this early in the game. The man has been in office how may days? 30? He's gotten a humongous stimulus package through congress and signed. He's still getting his team together. He's battling a GOP that is ready, willing and happy to sink the country and the world rather than play nicely. He has to deal with two wars, daily news of further economic bad news, the nightmare that is Gitmo, and countless other things.

Now Chris Matthews is asking his guests to confirm his own impression that the President is indecisive about what to do about the housing meltdown. We gave BushCo eight years to grow the many and diverse crises we are experiencing today. Can we not give President Obama a little more than 30 days to make the decisions needed to begin the repairs and recovery?

McCain, the GOP and the Church

It appears the election was just too much for Senator McCain. His tactic of lying to score points must have done something to his brain. He ust doesn't seem to be able to stop lying. To say the President is not trying to have a dialogue with Republicans is a strange thing to say. For crying out loud, President Obama seems to be spending MORE time talking to Republicans than he is to Democrats. Does McCain and the rest of the GOP want him to just take whatever they want and demand the Democrats vote for it? Aren't the policies of tax cuts for the rich and nothing for the poor, the middle class or the country's infrastructure the very things that got us into the mess we are struggling with now?

More tax cuts, and nothing else? I need a job. Having a tax cut without a job means squat!

I can't wait to see if, with the stimulus bill passed, the GOP try to work as hard as possible to make it work or try to sink it, either actively or by inaction. This will prove their level of commitment to our country even more than their opposition to those parts of the bill that would directly help communities create and keep jobs. Are they serious about being patriotic Americans or would they rather see the country fall than be proved wrong? One doesn't have to be carrying a bomb or a gun to be a terrorist bent on the destruction of the United States of America.

On a different note, I see the Catholic Church is still covering up for and supporting priests that do decidedly non-Christian things. Pedophiles and bishops that deny the Holocost. What else is hiding under their cassocks?

McCain and Osama

Didn't John McCain try to win the election by stating on many occasions he knew how to capture bin Laden and would as soon as he entered office? Did he decide that because he lost the election he doesn't have to cough up the grand plan? Or, was it all a lie?

I think, like so many other patriotic Republics putting the country first, he decided to take his marbles and pout in the corner. Rather let the country and the world burn than do the right thing. Why am I so not surprised?