Predictions for Obama admin

[RIP - VTEnviro]

Have we gone from big hair to bikini avs now, Cap'n?

 

[MA_PE]

Have we gone from big hair to bikini avs now, Cap'n?

that's a trend I could live with.

 

[benbo]

I predict Israel hits Iran before the end of the year.

:signs051:

Your avatar, not Iran.

 

[Capt Worley PE]

Have we gone from big hair to bikini avs now, Cap'n?

No, I went fom Joe the Plumber to bikinis. I think it was a change for the better.

 

[Guest]

Well, I have no idea how Obama will actually do, but I do believe he has an historic opportunity to do good and capitalize on the good will of the world at large and within the U.S. Kind of like the post-9/11 sentiments, but much bigger. His election is an important symbol, if nothing else, that America is indeed the land of opportunity. I just can't see that being lost on the world at large, as well as the more troubled communities in the US. Let's just hope he doesn't screw up like Bush did and squander this opportunity. I'm hopeful.

I completely agree. Whether we want to admit it or not, if the U.S. is going to succeed on the fronts we purport (terrorism, poverty, beacon of democracy, etc.) then we are going to need GLOBAL assistance. Our country does not have the resources to ride it out alone.

I think our country has a chance to re-establish itself on the world stage. Like any other troubled relationship, it is going to be different. If this is really going to work .. we (metaphorically speaking) will need to become the change we envision in the world.

Good luck to us ... we are going to need it!

I wonder how much the president gets to chose his battles. You know that there is a certain member of his party that will come to him and say, Obama, I raised $85M for your warchest, your first priority will be ........

I fear the same thing ... especially with some of those who are entrenched in power ... not dropping any name (Nancy Pelosi) ...

well said Dleg.
I really want to see him suceed. I'm an American first and he's going to be my President, so I hope that I was wrong and 53% was right.

I'll give him a chance.

How bad can it really get? right?

Same here .. I am an american first and I love my country ... the good and the bad! :unitedstates:

I do really hope he does a good job. Not because he is democrat, not because he is the first Black President( I remember the first season of 24...for some reason came to my mind), not because I agree, or disagree, with his policies, but because our nation needs and deserves a good President NOW.
Things can get much worst(or it is worse???...help me out here)than they are right now. Let us pray and hope the elected President Barack Obama can give back this country something to be proud about.

We did see an historic event but it will be meaningless if the country keeps going down the drain. My point is, and I apologize if I took a long turn around it, that it does not matter if you voted for him or not, we have to wish the new President takes the country to the right path again. It is the right thing to do as Americans.

Ooops...Sorry DV...I think I repeated what you just posted....sorry....100% with you bro.

You are spot on BIO!

Things can get VERY MUCH worse. I am hoping against hope that Obama can bring a sense of collective unity and help EVERY american feel that they have a place in this country. That's what I gather from this election .. a sense of disconnect from the average voter whether it is race, faith, economic status, etc. ... they didn't feel like they were a part of america. Obama promises open, transparent government ... I am waiting and hoping.

No, I went fom Joe the Plumber to bikinis. I think it was a change for the better.

Change you can believe in??? :Locolaugh: :Locolaugh:

:bio:

JR

 

[DVINNY]

Change you can believe in??? :Locolaugh: :Locolaugh:

Now we're talking. LMAO

 

[Freon]

My predictions:

1) He will have a whole lot of people wanting him to "repay" them for their support.

2) He will be forced by the DNC and his "Chicago Connections" to appoint some incompentant clowns to key positions in the administration.

3) Nancy and Harry will try to jam their priorities down his throat at the expense of his agenda.

4) In 18 months he will clean house in his administration, replace the clowns with compentant people and start standing up to Nancy and Harry.

5) The democrats will take big hits in the off-cycle elections, Barry will back off on his agenda and we will kick off the 2012 election cycle.

Carter never recovered from items 1 - 4; Clinton did. Will Barry?

 

[Road Guy]

I am curious to see the take on forced "green energy" while I think alternative energy is a great idea (more like a neccessity), I tend to believe if there was a way to do it, americans would have already come up with a way to do it (if its profitable), If windmills are going to lose money, compared to coal, I dont see the point in forcing a government run utility company on the nation.

I think the last few years gas prices will force the market, auto industry to rethink their business plan to what americans want, their will be a shift in the types of cars people will buy (from SUV's to smaller cars for people that dont need them) & I think we are seeing that happen without government involvement.

I dont think you can get there without some type of "pain" if you get my drift.

 

[DVINNY]

& I think we are seeing that happen without government involvement.

Government creates problems, and the Free Market fixes them.

 

[Chucktown PE]

I just hope we don't end up with the universal health care system.

 

[Capt Worley PE]

I am curious to see the take on forced "green energy"

I have no problem if is handled properly. By that, I mean I don't have a problem with the government giving grants, etc to make alternative energies more economically attractive. I have a huge problem with the government mandating X% of energy produced by Y by year Z.

I also have a huge problem with the greenie-weenies taking fossil fuels and nukes off the table.

 

[roadwreck]

Government creates problems, and the Free Market fixes them.

I would argue that point. The Free Market does not fix all ills (neither does government). In a free market everyone does what will benefit themselves as an individual the most, sometimes at the cost of the whole.

 

[CbusPaul]

He will end affirmative action because it has achieved its stated goal.

 

[FLBuff PE]

I have no problem if is handled properly. By that, I mean I don't have a problem with the government giving grants, etc to make alternative energies more economically attractive. I have a huge problem with the government mandating X% of energy produced by Y by year Z.
I also have a huge problem with the greenie-weenies taking fossil fuels and nukes off the table.

Why you frontin' on company Y? What'd they do to you?

 

[Road Guy]

it just reminds me of a story I saw on the Atlanta news last year, a guy living in the "urban redevelopment" part of atlanta had put in a windmill in his backyard, the cost was such that he would have to live in his house about 25 years before he ever broke even with what it cost to put in the windmill (& of course his neighbors hated the thing) If the cost are going to outweigh the benefit I dont see the point, and I assume that if there was an opportunity to do this on a grander scale then we would already be doing it if it was something that someone could make money from (thats how we roll in the USA )

I dont want it to be like mass transit, which is something the government provides as a service, but is what we call a "cost center" and doesnt come anywhere close to breaking even.

 

[Wolverine]

In the Southeast, renewables are a definite piece of the pie in future generation calculations. They should provide a healthy 5-6% of our projected need. Add in the valuable benefit of energy conservation and you gain another strong 5-6%. That only leaves you about 90% more to go.

As a west coaster once said to me, "Well, we'll just have to find another way to generate electricity." Brilliant! I have my scientists working on that right now.

I just hope we don't end up with the universal health care system.

I just hope we don't end up with ... i can't even say it. It's too hideous. The most frightening five words in the American lexicon.

Spoiler

Supreme Court Justice Hillary Clinton

 

[Katiebug]

I just hope we don't end up with the universal health care system.

There's a difference between universal health care, where individuals have the ability to buy reasonable private insurance for a reasonable price, and single-payer/socialized medicine where the government IS health care.

I'm pretty cool with the former, and very much against the latter. There are industrialized nations with universal health insurance coverage that have a very active free market in the health care sector (Japan, Germany, etc.).

 

[MGX]

I am curious to see the take on forced "green energy" while I think alternative energy is a great idea (more like a neccessity), I tend to believe if there was a way to do it, americans would have already come up with a way to do it (if its profitable), If windmills are going to lose money, compared to coal, I dont see the point in forcing a government run utility company on the nation.
I think the last few years gas prices will force the market, auto industry to rethink their business plan to what americans want, their will be a shift in the types of cars people will buy (from SUV's to smaller cars for people that dont need them) & I think we are seeing that happen without government involvement.

I dont think you can get there without some type of "pain" if you get my drift.

Its creeping in and I've noticed quite some opposition to the concept of green buildings, usually from battle-hardened contractors who've not changed their methods in 20 years.

I dig it personally from a nerdy efficiency standpoint (and being a cheapass).

I think if Obama does what he says he will do (ie hike the costs of energy via taxation) then the green ethos will take root. I don't like high energy costs since our modern American infrastructure was designed around cheap energy but I do like the idea of efficient buildings.

Then again, he is a politician and I don't believe much. I remember only a few presidential campaign promises ever reaching fruition in my near 30 years.

 

[Dleg]

I am curious to see the take on forced "green energy" while I think alternative energy is a great idea (more like a neccessity), I tend to believe if there was a way to do it, americans would have already come up with a way to do it (if its profitable), If windmills are going to lose money, compared to coal, I dont see the point in forcing a government run utility company on the nation.
I think the last few years gas prices will force the market, auto industry to rethink their business plan to what americans want, their will be a shift in the types of cars people will buy (from SUV's to smaller cars for people that dont need them) & I think we are seeing that happen without government involvement.

I dont think you can get there without some type of "pain" if you get my drift.

Government creates problems, and the Free Market fixes them.

********. Nuclear power only happened as a result of MASSIVE government spending, during a time when taxes were off the charts.

Steam power and internal combustion were "easy" inventions. I could create both in my basement (if I only had one!). Nuclear power and whatever else the future may hold for us (fusion?) require far, far too much money, expertise, and time to ever be taken seriously by the market.

Sorry folks, but there are some instances where "society" must step in and set direction. Although I do not see that happening under Obama, McCain, or any other president, so long as any increase in such funding is immediately shouted down as "socialist" or "un-American". (BTW, was going to the moon a socialist enterprise?)

 

[benbo]

********. Nuclear power only happened as a result of MASSIVE government spending, during a time when taxes were off the charts.
Steam power and internal combustion were "easy" inventions. I could create both in my basement (if I only had one!). Nuclear power and whatever else the future may hold for us (fusion?) require far, far too much money, expertise, and time to ever be taken seriously by the market.

Sorry folks, but there are some instances where "society" must step in and set direction. Although I do not see that happening under Obama, McCain, or any other president, so long as any increase in such funding is immediately shouted down as "socialist" or "un-American". (BTW, was going to the moon a socialist enterprise?)

I agree with this to a limited extent, maybe not with the same ferocity as Dleg. THere are some things, like going to the moon or the "Manhattan Project" that the government has to either take on or incentivize heavily because the payback period for the business, if any, is just too long.

Now in the case of the first few nukes, probably they needed some gvt involvement. Now, however, the gvt is an impediment because it is next to impossible to get a permit for a new one. And it doesn't always have to do with complexity. I could build a windmill generator in my garage (in fact I think I did as a kid), but only really forward looking companies will build them now without some incentive. So the gvt puts it's thumb on the scale to speed up the process.

I know pure libertarians don't agree. But I think the problem is modulating between a free market and incentivizing some things that just aren't easily profitable.