Comments on: Senator Edward Kennedy and Michelle Obama at the DNC

By: Howard

Howard — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 05:22:15 +0000

Some employees are simply irreplaceable. Take Michelle Obama: The University of Chicago Medical center hired her in 2002 to run “programs for community relations, neighborhood outreach, volunteer recruitment, staff diversity and minority contracting”.

In 2005, the hospital raised her salary from $120,000 to $317, 000 nearly twice what her husband made as a Senator.

Oh, did we mention that her husband had just become a U.S. Senator? He sure had. And that he immediately requested a $1 million earmark for the UC Medical Center, in fact?… You betcha by golly… He surely did. Way to network Michelle!

But now that Mrs. Obama has resigned, the hospital says her position will remain unfilled. How can that possibly be??? Especially if the work she did was vital enough to be worth $317,000?

Oh, by the way, let me add that Michelle’s position was a part time, 20 hour week job at $317,000.00 per year !!

“IN GOD WE TRUST!!”–we better because you sure can’t trust your elected officials.

The Democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.

Thomas Jefferson

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:31:16 +0000

Well, Americans take many issues into consideration when choosing their leaders and the very bottom of that issue-list is how the outside world will view our choices. With respect to Bush, many areas of our country are viciously overtaxed and in 2004 many people made a decision between a guy who would not raise taxes and a guy who would. I feel that many people will make their decision based on the same criteria this year (though the introduction of a black man and white woman on different tickets adds a new element).

And I agree about booing anthems. I thought it was a classless (and mean) move in 2002 when the Canadian fans booed the American national anthem at a hockey game and an equally classless move when the fans in Atlanta returned the favor.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:36:17 +0000

I’ve got nothing but kind things to say about many Americans. It’s just a shame that your choices for leaders are such a poor advertisement for what your country is truly supposed to represent.

It’s a free country and I’m all for people speaking their minds, but I’m not so down with booing people’s anthems either. It’s just an old song that did nothing to you. Boo the idiots making the decisions now when they come to your area. It means more.

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 02:51:50 +0000

That’s the perspective of some people out there and as an American I can appreciate it. But when I see the American anthem booed in other countries I really don’t rank those countries to high on my list anyway.

America was founded on people speaking their minds and doing what is right for their families and their neighbors. I sincerely hope that if the folks you talk to would prefer to live in Canada that they pack their bags and move as it must be – in their mind – their best option.

But for what it’s worth, while the world may judge America’s people by its government, the vast majority of American people (myself included) have nothing but kind words and open arms for our brothers and sisters around the world – American or not.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:16:47 +0000

America in 2008, and long before that for that matter does seem like a downright mean country. At the very least it doesn’t seem like a place I’d ever want to live in. I’m sorry to insult your homeland, but that’s the way that pretty much every other country sees you. I have more Americans tell me they’d love to move to Canada than I’ve ever heard Canadians say you know, that America looks like a great alternative. The only reason any Canadian ever goes to the States is to work or to retire to a better climate, and I don’t mean that in a political sense. Canada is far from perfect, but it has it’s advantages. We’ve still got a few civil liberties left for one thing. We’re also not throwing people who accidentally wash up on shore on the wrong side of a river after an accident in jail either.
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/485451

The part about this being the first time she can be proud of her country is garbage though don’t get me wrong.