What has Obama done well?

I think the Obama deal is a true tax credit instead of just a write off. For example if I owe 3000 next year before my tax break when its applied I will only owe 1500. Under the Bush plan I really would only save at my current tax rate. So if I claimed 1000 for windows then that is not counted as income and I save 300 if I was at a tax rate of 30%. Under Obama's plan I can write off 30% of the total cost up $1500.

Gotcha...thanks for the explanation.

Agree with the cancellation of the F-22, but because it was a very costly program and the Joint Strike Fighter F-35 will be more cost-effective and provide more capabilities than the F-22 and be fully operational within a few years.

Advanced weapons systems are what keeps us free. We can argue politcal views all day long, but it's because of these systems that we keep the right to do that.

Yeah, but the F22 is sooo coool :)

My sister is stationed at Eglin AFB and sent me this photo of the F35 in testing:

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a324/adambennett/F35.jpg

When out fishing one day I had a Stelth bommer fly right over the boat at a low altitude. The cool part was we had our back to the plane as it approached and did not even hear it until it was passing.

Very true...although it's interesting to note that when anyone mentioned how actions taken (or not taken) during the Clinton administration may have impacted the Bush administration that was usually brushed aside. Every president affects future presidents. It didn't just start with Bush/Obama

I know. Having all that excess money in the National Treasury must've been a real bitch.

Bush positives: - concept of No Child Left Behind
- Tax cuts resulting in 52 consecutive months of job creation
- minimized federal funding of abortion
- Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act
- Global HIV/AIDS funding
- instrumental in expanding NATO alliance
- Roberts & Alito and other strict constructionalist judge appointments.
- consolidated and reformed intelligence sharing
- parts of Homeland Security (agencies under HS should've consolidated more to reduce costs not as much new spending)
- Bush Admin thwarted additional terrorist attempts to attack US citizens/interests.
- Afghanistan (should've had better long term strategy)
- Iraq (actual war well executed, long term strategy not-so-much.) Troop surge worked though.
- Response to early 2000s (Clinton) recession.
- Economic Stimulus Act (mostly tax rebates)
- Do Not Call Act

Can I have some of the acid you just dropped? :lol:

Way to contribute dblanch66

A few good reads here:

Obama Snares Palin, Media in Wide Blame-Game Net: Caroline Baum - Bloomberg.com (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&sid=aNjLN73fQVj8)

Obama Needs Confidence Boost - George's Bottom Line (http://blogs.abcnews.com/george/2009/08/obama-needs-confidence-boost.html)

Charlie Cook: Dem situation has 'slipped completely out of control' - The Scorecard - POLITICO.com (http://www.politico.com/blogs/scorecard/0809/Charlie_Cook_Dem_situation_has_slipped_completely_ out_of_control.html)

This health care stuff is just like deja vu back to the Hillary care.

Yeah, but the F22 is sooo coool :)

My sister is stationed at Eglin AFB and sent me this photo of the F35 in testing:

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a324/adambennett/F35.jpg
That's an awesome pic. It makes a great desktop wallpaper too. Thx.

Can I have some of the acid you just dropped? :lol:
Surprise, a lefty from LA disagrees. You're right though:
- the concept of helping all children succeed in school, especially in lower and mid-lower income areas, and holding schools accountable for performance is a crappy idea.
- so is stopping Partial Birth abortion
- the Bush Admin of course had nothing to do with stopping terrorist attacks from 2001-2008.
- who cares about the millions in Africa that Bush approved funding saved from AIDS & death.
- we should've never went after Bin Laden and the Taliban, we deserved 9/11.
- I enjoy telemarketing calls at dinnertime.

I'll just drop another hit, how silly of me to even post.