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In reply to the discussion: (Must get this off chest).... Unless Obama walks his talk on Net Neutrality, he is a Phony [View all]evilhime
(326 posts)113. I am disappointed on many fronts
Net Neutrality is for sure one of them, and nominations is another... like the judge in GA whose decisions demonstrate right wing extremism and that's a lifetime appointment! Or the new nominee who was approved as undersecretary of education who has a history of being a staunch support of privatization of education and charters, not public education and improving that. His financial appointees are all Wall Streeters and I don't think we have to wonder where their loyalty lies. I have often wondered where the progressive we thought we elected was, and while Congress certainly bears responsibility for a lot that is wrong, our President bears a LOT Of it!!!!
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(Must get this off chest).... Unless Obama walks his talk on Net Neutrality, he is a Phony [View all]
Armstead
May 2014
OP
You want him to be honest about net neutrality in the same way he was honest about
Vattel
May 2014
#42
The one that pretends to be your friend is way more dangerous. You haven't earned your
GoneFishin
May 2014
#136
Speechifying is not always pointless, i.e, Hillary's $400,000 from Goldman Sachs
Divernan
May 2014
#31
Too bad they don't just go ahead and create a Banker Party and leave the Democratic party alone.
djean111
May 2014
#32
Yes, you are right. Just have to step back and count the deeds, not the words.
djean111
May 2014
#48
It's things like this that make me NOT want Clinton to be President. I don't think she's represented
DesertDiamond
May 2014
#102
Yup...even though we were assured that he would go Full Liberal after he didn't have to worry about.
truebrit71
May 2014
#11
Be patient. He's still cleaning up Dubya's mess. Things will be much better soon...
RufusTFirefly
May 2014
#13
Also "all options on the table for ACA," Monsanto exec. to head FDA, TPP, etc., etc., etc,
emsimon33
May 2014
#7
And if even one outrageous betrayal is beaten back because of the uproar....
RufusTFirefly
May 2014
#10
The internet has given me a strong sense of power that I have not had in many years. If he is fool
jwirr
May 2014
#14
This is the oft-used "hands are tied" argument. I like to call it the impotent president argument.
grahamhgreen
May 2014
#26
Precisly - his brain is multi-dimensional, unlike us mortals, yet he's been stymied.
grahamhgreen
May 2014
#143
I've been calling it the "helpless president" argument for about four years now--
Raksha
May 2014
#147
He is approaching his last two years. It should be a time for him to nail some things down.
silvershadow
May 2014
#16
I apologize for being angry...I'm so happy that Obama is giving the Interne to the highest bidder
Armstead
May 2014
#52
So what are we supposed to do? Just allow the Wealthy and Powerful to keep buying our government?
Armstead
May 2014
#90
It's one of many straws -- It IS possible to walk and chew gum at the same time
Armstead
May 2014
#51
yes I get carried away...and to be honest, I come to DU to vent when things piss me off
Armstead
May 2014
#93
Armstead, you are 100% right on. Protect net neutrality or forever be known as a Phony.
Enthusiast
May 2014
#25
Seems he waits for which direction the wind is blowing and then goes with it ... too much of this
RKP5637
May 2014
#28
One thing the Oligarchs (seperate from the President) dont want to do is piss off the
randys1
May 2014
#30
They wont take access away. Just make it more expensive and discriminatory based on $$$$
Armstead
May 2014
#55
Lawyerly evasive language: "in hopes that the final rule stays true to the spirit of net neutrality"
KoKo
May 2014
#105
^^^ Unfortunately I must agree that it was evident from the beginning with the HC ...
slipslidingaway
May 2014
#58
Okay, I've read the entire thread and it's obvious, nobody on the thread has a fucking clue.
MohRokTah
May 2014
#57
No, we understand how it works. It's just that we want Barack Obama, the man most of us
totodeinhere
May 2014
#118
I remember those -- and all that modem telephone noise as they were setting up
Armstead
May 2014
#88
Yes a President bears a lot of the blame. 80% of what a Presdient can claim as their legacy comes
truedelphi
May 2014
#116
Thanks for the Post about this...And it's also true of "other positions" that Elected President
KoKo
May 2014
#144
Being from the UK, you obviously don't grasp the nuances of presidential appointments.
Divernan
May 2014
#149
You sound like you are anticipating the worst, first, and second, that you believe Obama
MADem
May 2014
#151
I dont disagree with you -- except to say this should have already been settled
Armstead
May 2014
#154
There will always be a tension between those who put the "public good"--as a pure and
MADem
May 2014
#155