Bush's Final Press Conference

How will history see our 43rd President? Will the people who throw shoes, or hold up signs calling for the arrest of George Bush being proven wrong tomorrow (not that what they are doing is right)?

Said Bush, “It's not the first time, however, in history that people have expressed themselves in sometimes undignified ways. I've been reading, you know, a lot about Abraham Lincoln during my presidency and there's some pretty harsh discord when it came to the 16th president, just like there's been harsh discord for the 43rd president.”

Things can look one way today, but different tomorrow. Opinions and views change, and so can the way we look at President Bush today. No doubt mistakes were made, but I don’t feel Bush was the worst president this country has ever had. I blame thoughts like that on a bias media.

Some believe that because the majority say Bush is the worst president it's true, but how many even know why they don't like Bush? Probably not many. Maybe this will make more sense, millions of tween girls think the Jonas Brothers are great...have you heard them sing?

When asked about America's  image overseas the president said, "I disagree with this assessment that, you know, that people view America in a dim light," he said. "It may be damaged amongst some of the elite. But people still understand America stands for freedom."

I could spend a lot more time blogging about the past eight years, I could tell you what I think, you’d tell me yours, but really it’s to soon to tell. I think history will paint a different picture then the one today of Mr. Bush. But whatever is said years from now I’ve posted below a video of Bush’s final press conference.

Applause to Speaker Pelosi

With the economy so bad off, the President-elect asks Congress to act fast. But get this; House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is promising to cancel Congress’s first vacation of the year if there isn’t an economic recovery package on Obama’s desk by Feb. 16.

BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP

Quick somebody grab a defibrillator!

Clear!

ZAP

My word, 2009 is a year of change. I mean…Pelosi will cancel a vacation, it only took the economy to get this bad off for her to get serious. Remember when gas prices were way high and Pelosi and a good number of her fellow Democrats went out on holiday? Nice to know she finally understands how important this matter is. Nothing can go wrong, unless there’s a Jewish holiday coming up in which case there went that.

Let’s give a round of applause to Speaker Pelosi. 

Change in 2008

Change, the most popular word of 2008, made famous by President-elect Barack Obama.

Change is the symbolization for the transition in power - from current President Bush to the next. Change is what this country is apparently looking for. And change is what this country will indeed have. The only question this blogger continues to ask is what kind of change it will be?

Because I may or may not disagree with the actions of the current administration does that mean I just accept the ones of the next? Do we give the 44^th president a free pass because he represents change, because he isn’t Bush? No.

Change isn’t a word created in 2007 or 2008. It’s always come from every political party, with each candidate being an agent of change. But again, what kind of change is it? Will it be for better, or for worse? A new chapter is starting in America’s history and it started with change in 2008.

Chambliss is Still the Man for the Job

To the Democratic Party, a good number of Georgia voters had one thing to say, “Whoa there not so fast!” On Dec. 2 Georgia voters helped keep Sen. Saxby Chambliss hold his seat in U.S. senate, thwarting Democrats' hopes of winning a 60-seat filibuster-proof majority.

The run-off election comes after neither Chambliss nor his Democratic opponent Jim Martin was able to take the seat in the General Election. While Barack Obama went on to win the presidency, Martin wasn’t able to get Obama voters in large enough numbers to overcome the Republican advantage. As Fox News put it Conservatives, who had been upset with Chambliss, were “fearful of unchecked Democratic dominance”.

But with every politician who gets a second term, we can only pray that Chambliss is still the man for the job.

Change with Paul Volcker

Today President-elect Obama announced Former Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker as head of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board, while the board's top staff official will be Austan Goolsbee, a University of Chicago economist. And guess what! Goolsbee has never been in Washington! However, Volcker has.

In this morning’s news conference, Obama tried to reassure Americans that "help is on the way" for the economy. Apparently this help comes in the form of Paul Volcker, who was appointed Chairman of the Federal Reserve in August 1979 by President Jimmy Carter and reappointed in 1983 by President Ronald Reagan. Volcker helped tame inflation by raising interest rates, despite intense opposition by some in Congress. However, Volcker’s Fed contributed to the significant recession the U.S. economy experienced in the early 1980s, which included the highest unemployment levels since the Great Depression. Volcker's Fed also elicited the strongest political attacks and most wide-spread protests in the history of the Federal Reserve.

The President-elect also stated, again, how the “old ways of thinking just won’t do”. I guess by old ways he means anything from the last “horrific” eight years, anyone from the CARTER or Clinton administration is fine. I’m sorry but if help is on the way, why would you (Reagan and Obama) appoint a guy who’s Fed contributed to a recession and included the highest unemployment levels of its time? Plus I thought recession was a bad thing. And we all have heard the rising numbers in job employment, and Obama’s answer is to bring Volcker? It’s like you’re in a building on fire and Volcker’s the fireman who makes the fire spread. Am I missing something here?

But don’t worry America you’ll get your change, or least pray that your wallets will still have change with Paul Volcker.

Experience for the Country

Though having been defeated on Nov. 4, the media has seemed to still hold an interest in Gov. Sarah Palin, such as her place in the future of the Republican Party. What, suddenly they want her in the picture? Whatever the future holds for Gov. Palin, CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric offered the Alaskan governor some advice. In an interview with New York Post Couric said, “I think she should keep her head down, work really hard and learn about governing. But I'm not anyone to give advice to anyone about anything.” Learn…

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This just in, today (Sunday) marks the day when President-elect Barack Obama resigns from his four year term in the senate. I know what you’re thinking, he was in the senate?

WE NOW RETURN YOU TO OUT POST ALREADY IN PROGRESS.

…about governing? Katie, “GOVENOR” Palin will have been Alaska’s governor for two years on Dec. 4^th of this year. Now true, that hasn’t been a long time, but she was mayor for six years (1996-2002) of Wasilla. She was also was elected twice to the city council in 1992 and 1995, though she did not complete her second term due to her campaign for mayor. So either the people of Alaska are really dumb or a good portion of the people see a real leader in Sarah Palin – I’m going to go with them seeing a real leader.

Apparently having such executive experience still isn’t enough, because she was only mayor of Wasilla, and governor of Alaska, we all know that hardly qualifies, right? Wrong. People with the mindset of Matt Damon and Diddy (-dumb), seem to think of Palin and Alaska as some sort of breeding ground for low intelligence. It also seems that some Americans tend to not see Alaska as one of the United States, if I were a citizen of Alaska the Alaskan Independence Party would certainly be looking good right about now.

Palin may be a Washington outsider, but she isn’t an idiot. She may have gone to a few different colleges, but that doesn’t mean she some sort of party-girl bimbo. She hunts, who cares, lots of presidential and vice-presidental candidates have hunted, that doesn’t make her some sort of whacked out hillbilly. Oh and by the way Katie, Gov. Palin has Bachelor of Science degree in communications-journalism, she could do your job. It can’t be that hard to pull bias garbage out of your…anyway, enough with the trash on the eight-year executive experienced and qualified governor of Alaska. Let’s instead focus on what Illinois’ former “four-year” state senator will do his experience for the country.

America's 44th President

Come January 20, 2009 Americans will watch as Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th President of the United States of America.

And now the tasks of fixing the country, with apparently so many problems that we forget we’re so much better off, now lies with President-elect Obama. Mr. Obama will have to keep true to his voice of change, and how this election year change is indeed more than just a slogan, even if other presidents have said the say thing before. He has to prove he can deliver change for the better and not change that means we don’t have a Republican in the Oval Office. The Voice of Hope was heard all across this country and we as a country have to pray that it’s not just hype or encouraging words.

President-elect Obama now has a huge burden to carry, as well as his fellow party members who are gaining seats. They are now responsible for a good portion of America’s choices and future, and they won’t be able to utter the words “failed Republican policies”. This is the time in our country where once again we know what politicians are made of. Do they really care? Do they really get it? Did I vote for the candidate who will speak for me, or did I just elect the next American Idol?

But also think of this, the candidate of change, Democrat or Republican, can promise you a brighter tomorrow, but something can come along that throws a curveball in their agenda. The American president is one person, one person being advised, one person who has to make hard decisions. So perhaps you should try pretending you were in their shoes. Jimmy Carter said many things that sound like what Mr. Obama said, but you don’t hear anyone talking about the glory days of the Carter administration. Many have labeled President Bush a failure, why don’t we wait a few years before we call that one. Also, and this is a little of topic, but while Mr. Bush’s approval ratings are low, Congress’ are even lower. So look up who makes the majority of congress for these past two years and explain that one to me, it seems a little weird about the American mindset.
But anyway, this is certainly an exciting time in American history, and there’s nothing wrong with supporting Mr. Obama even if you didn’t vote for him. Because if this country is devided, it’s time we get back together, something I hope we all could’ve done even if Sen. McCain had been elected America’s 44th President.

“I wish Godspeed to the man who was my former opponent and will be my president. And I call on all Americans, as I have often in this campaign, to not despair of our present difficulties, but to believe, always, in the promise and greatness of America, because nothing is inevitable here.
Americans never quit. We never surrender. We never hide from history. We make history.” - Sen. John McCain

“This is our moment. This is our time - to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American Dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth - that out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope, and where we are met with cynicism, and doubt, and those who tell us that we cant, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people:
Yes We Can. Thank you, God bless you, and may God Bless the United States of America.” – President-elect Barack Obama