To The Obama Family & to YOU :)
"Your idol is shattered in the dust
to prove that God's dust
is greater than your idol."
Rabindranath Tagore
"Strange violin, are you following me?
In how many far cities
has your solitary night
spoken already to mine?"
Rilke
"Turn your face to the sun
and the shadows fall behind you. "
Maori Proverb
Did you know that here in the US: middle class taxes are down, the economy is improving, and the bailouts of Wall Street, AIG, and General Motors, are on track to turn a profit potentially in the billions for us taxpayers?
President Obama and the Democrats have accomplished much of value in the face unrelenting partisanship.
According to BLOOMBERG:
No Congress Since 1960s Has Impact on Public as 111th
- For the first time since President Theodore Roosevelt began the quest for a national health-care system more than 100 years ago, the Democrat-led House and Senate took the biggest step toward achieving that goal by giving 32 million Americans access to insurance.
- Congress rewrote the rules for Wall Street in the most comprehensive way since the Great Depression.
- It spent more than $1.67 trillion to revive an economy on the verge of a depression, including tax cuts for most Americans, jobs for more than 3 million, construction of roads and bridges and investment in alternative energy;
- ended an almost two-decade ban against openly gay men and women serving in the military,
- ratified a nuclear arms reduction treaty with Russia.
- approved legislation to help rescuers and clean-up crews suffering from illnesses linked to the wreckage caused by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New York City.
- The S&P 500 Index has gained 38.9 percent since Congress convened in January 2009, thebiggest increase for a two-year congressional session since 1997-1998, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
- in Ohio, for instance, the legislation created 122,000 jobs for teachers, police officers and construction workers.
“This is probably the most productive session of Congress since at least the ‘60s,” “It’s all the more impressive given how polarized the Congress has been.”
Alan Brinkley,
Historian, Columbia University.
Welcome home to Honolulu, Mr. President.
Here you are loved.
And thank YOU for visiting :) cloudia
Welcome home to Honolulu, Mr. President.
Here you are loved.
And thank YOU for visiting :) cloudia
Bravo to your President who has not given up in spite of the unrelenting pessimism around him.
ReplyDeleteBravo to you Cloudia for your wisdom and inspiration ... so happy to have found you in 2010 and looking forward to all you share in 2011!
This is a good point. You feel history will be kinder to Obama than the current commentators.
ReplyDeleteYes! Well done, Cloudia, reminding us of all the positive accomplishments Obama has collected in just two years, amidst great problems and pending doom and gloom.
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures Cloudia...i like them
ReplyDeleteHave a nice Christmas time .
greetings, Joop
Great pictures Cloudia...i like them
ReplyDeleteHave a nice Christmas time .
greetings, Joop
It has been unexpectedly good lately.
ReplyDeleteHappy holidays to you and yours, Cloudia. I hope we can meet some day.
Super post, darling!
ReplyDeleteHappy Holidays!
xoxox,
CC
Just think if he wasn't a socialist Muslim foreigner!
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Great stuff, Cloudia! Yes, I intend to vote for Obama again!
ReplyDeleteHappy Holidays to you Cloudia!!! Enjoy that gorgeous weather!!
ReplyDeleteWell done Mr. President and well done Cloudia for bringing this to our attention. Wonderful post, photos, quotes and commentary. Merry Christmas and a Very Happy Holiday Season and to everyone, A Very Happy, Healthy and Peaceful New year.
ReplyDeleteWell done to Mr Obama for not giving up on the American people. We in Australia are still waiting for a visit from Mr Obama, soon we hope.
ReplyDelete♥♫ Querida amiga,
ReplyDelete"Que o Natal não seja apenas uma data... mas um estado de espírito a orientar nossa vida... e que o amor se renove a cada ano da nossa convivência."
♫♫♫ Feliz Natal!!!
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I can't believe he didn't send a card or stop by.I got one from Carter one year.LOL
ReplyDeleteGood stuff!
ReplyDeleteThat one pic looks like the Hotel California Album Cover!
Merry Christmas my Friend,
TTYS,
John
It is indeed a joy to learn what goes on around the world from you. May time and life continue to treat you all kind.
ReplyDeleteMele Kalikimaka!
daily athens
Merry Xmas!
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas to you !
ReplyDeleteI wish the Democrats would do a better job of selling their own accomplishments!
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas !
ReplyDeleteI wish you a Happy, Peaceful Christmas!
ReplyDeleteDaliana from Romania!
Amazing sky pics! I especially like the Purple sky over the beach! The color s amazing!
ReplyDeleteWhen you put all that article info together this way, it sure seems possitive!
Now we just need less foreclosure n alot more jobs (In the NorthEast USA)!
I'd like to not have to work holidays anymore n get to visit the grandkids.
A very Happy Holiday Season on that warm Island!
Aloha Cloudia n the Obamas too!
Mele Kali' Ki Maka!
ReplyDeletehugs!
B xx
Sista you have well presented the "feel good" side of the coin. No need to flip it over. Enjoy your holidays.
ReplyDeleteHere is to hoping President Obama continues to PO the old farts next year.
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas, Claudia! (^_^)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the interesting list of things accomplished. Christmas Greetings - have a lovely time.
ReplyDeleteNice pictures! Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! : )
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the visits to my blog along the year...
blessings.
Our President is a beautiful person who has done well by these united states. May we see this and be grateful. And may we be humble enough to respect what he has done.
ReplyDeleteAnd may all the dirty little jerks who have sought to throw him off his game for no good purpose say a hearty amen for the goodness his leadership has visited on all of us.
Hi Cloudia! Hope you had a great Christmas weekend! If Europeans would vote in American elections, Obama would surely win...
ReplyDeleteBlogtrotter Two waits for you at the Temple of Horus in Edfu. Enjoy and have a great week ahead!
Vous passez un bon fétes de fin d'année.
ReplyDeleteYay! I'm so happy for the president. Just wish all would appreciate his success and his efforts.
ReplyDeleteHope you're enjoying the holidays.
Great post!!!
ReplyDeleteDoris
I love him too. I should like he is my president. He is mine in my heart a little bit.
ReplyDeleteUps ! ALOHA , Cloudia !
ReplyDeleteSaw him over our local TV spending his off days in Hawaii..Aloha
ReplyDeleteI love you guys! Thanks SO much for these gifts here today!
ReplyDeleteHello, Cloudia ...
ReplyDeleteAloha..
Really thanks for a wonderful year of stories which you take time to plan on each post, always enjoy them.
(I know I have posted to this posting earlier)..
Thankyou.
Happy New Year,
Wong
'"Strange violin, are you following me?
ReplyDeleteIn how many far cities
has your solitary night
spoken already to mine?"
Rilke'
The photo: Water like glass. I like it.:)
Thank YOU :)
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