so how is Obama doing after 100 days????? Here is something reviewing his 100 days

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090425/ap_ ... s_overview

and something to stir the pot>>>>>> Not everyone's impressed. For all that went right with the president's liftoff (after that small matter of the flubbed oath of office), Obama's opening moves have fallen short in the eyes of many, and have left others wondering where it all will lead.

>>> Yes, where will it lead?????????????????????

Obama has a 69% approval rating, with 77% saying he is a strong leader. Technically, even if his approval rating were 99%, you could still claim "not everyone's impressed."

You mean Newt Gingrich compared Obama to Jimmy Carter? Shocking.

Yes, we know that the increasingly marginalized wingnut crazy teabagggers and the GOP Torture Party don't like Obama. The vast majority of America doesn't agree with them.

Heard on the news about what all other countries are doing about the swine flu.

Obama, get on this before it gets out of control in the US.

Edit.... story continues at >>>>>

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090429/ap_ ... _swine_flu

WHO warns swine flu threatening to become pandemic

By MICHAEL WARREN and PAUL HAVEN, Associated Press Writers Associated Press Writers – 32 mins ago

MEXICO CITY – Global health authorities warned Wednesday that swine flu was threatening to bloom into a pandemic, and the virus spread farther in Europe even as the outbreak appeared to stabilize at its epicenter. A toddler who succumbed in Texas became the first death outside Mexico.

New cases and deaths finally seemed to be leveling off in Mexico, where 160 people have been killed, after an aggressive public health campaign. But the World Health Organization said the global threat is nevertheless serious enough to ramp up efforts to produce a vaccine against the virus.

"It really is all of humanity that is under threat during a pandemic," WHO Director General Margaret Chan said in Geneva. "We do not have all the answers right now, but we will get them."

It was the first time the WHO had declared a Phase 5 outbreak, the second-highest on its threat scale, indicating a pandemic could be imminent.

see Obama seeing on tv as he is at 100 day mark.

* stay home if you are sick > so if Obama got sick with the flu, would he stay home for weeks sick in bed??? Don't think this is practical....

anyway, here is a Yahoo report > FACT CHECK: Obama disowns deficit he helped shape

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090429/ap_ ... heck_obama

Here are the 10 questions asked - see article for this guys answers

http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/21852 > for full story...

1. Will Obama fire another CEO by Monday?
2. Will Obama go “nuclear” on health care?
3. “Torture memos” aside, what will Obama do about Gitmo and CIA interrogations?
4. What to say to Israel about Middle East peace?
5. What to say at Notre Dame?
6. Will Obama let Chrysler and GM go bankrupt?
7. What to do about Pakistan?
8. Will Obama show labor some love?
9. Can Obama get a win on energy – without driving away moderate Democrats?
10. Where to go on vacation?

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On one question > 10. Where to go on vacation? Well as you said today, there are so many problems, how about skipping all vacations. Think that will show the people something. Especially since I think there is always something that you can be working on.

I know that I have gone for over a year when I have worked projects that didn't allow a vacation due to too much work or the money was too good to pass up.

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10 decisions for Obama's next 100 days by Jonathan Martin

http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/21852

They might be less dizzying than the first 100, but President Barack Obama’s second 100 days in office could prove just as vital to his legacy.

By Day 200 – August 7 — the president will know if hopeful spring signs presaged an economic recovery, whether he’s on course to pass comprehensive health care and energy legislation, if his initial foray into Middle East peacemaking brings any results, and if he’s succeeded in getting banks and automakers off life-support.

The White House is carefully preparing for all these issues, but they got a reminder this week that the best laid plans are often upended by unpredictable events.

The decision by Sen. Arlen Specter to switch from Republican to Democrat could play a pivotal role in at least two big-ticket issues on Capitol Hill – and that’s only the first of what may be other X-factors in the weeks ahead. Here’s a look at 10 key decisions Obama faces in the next 100 days:

1. Will Obama fire another CEO by Monday?

When President Barack Obama fired General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner, the task fell to car czar Steven Rattner, who delivered the news to Wagoner in the Treasury building.

So Citigroup’s Vikram Pandit and Bank of America’s Ken Lewis might want to steer clear of Treasury over the next week.

Both men run banks that might need massive infusions of capital when Treasury announces the “stress test” results on Monday. But Obama’s price for government help might just be the head of another CEO.

That could open him up Republican charges that he’s meddling in free enterprise. But politically, a financial firing would go a long way toward helping the Obama push back against complaints he’s been hard on the auto sector and easy on Wall Street. Just don’t expect Obama to deliver the news in person.

2. Will Obama go “nuclear” on health care?

Tuesday morning, before Specter made his stunning announcement and became the 59th Senate Democrat, a senior White House official said Democrats were likely to ram health care through the Senate with only a simple majority – no matter how much Republicans didn’t like it.

By Tuesday evening, another White House official stated the obvious: “Obviously, the equation’s a little different should Franken be seated.”

That is to say, if and when Al Franken is certified as the winner of the Minnesota Senate race sometime in June or July, the Democrats have their 60th Senate vote. That would allow them to break a GOP filibuster on a major healthcare bill – meaning Obama wouldn’t have to resort to the legislative tactic that Republicans claim is the “nuclear” option.

But Obama’s keeping it as an “insurance policy,” one administration official said.

From the NYT about reviving Guantanamo Military Courts



http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/02/us/politics/02gitmo.html?_r=1

I voted 80% happy...

I like the new transparency, not so crazy about the stimulus.

3 Questions > Is this good for America overall and 2, the 10+ % that are out of work here in America and 3. Will this make more companies do this, which will increase the unemployment.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090504/pl_ ... nomy_taxes

Obama seeks tax changes for U.S. firms overseas
Caren Bohan And Kim Dixon – 10 mins ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Monday will propose changing provisions in the tax code that he says encourage U.S. companies to move jobs overseas, as part of a broader package aimed at saving $210 billion over 10 years.

The plan also would make it harder for individuals to stash money in overseas accounts to avoid taxation. Obama will roll out his ideas in an announcement at 11:05 a.m. EDT, where he will be joined by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.

Did you read the article properly? How will a revised tax code making it more difficult for companies to ship jobs overseas, make them send jobs overseas?

I'm for this. JP Morgan took taxpayer bailout money and used some of it to open up call centers overseas, shipping jobs to India. That is an outrage, at both the companies doing it and the federal govt for allowing it to happen.