Is it because he is a myth destroyer? The false notion that anyone considered black does not have the capacity to

understand and handle the magnitude of running a goverment. He cannot be American since he has risen to the status of President of the greatest nation on earth?

Official photographic portrait of US President Barack Obama (born 4 August 1961; assumed office 20 January 2009) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

He must have been born in another country. No black American can ever be President of these United States.

Are you saying that more than half of the voting public is dumb? What is it? Criticisms are a part of free speech. I feel that it’s time to drop this birthing nonsense and judge the president on his record.

According “Jimmy Jackson” Obama has lost over 6% of his followers in the past two weeks. This lost makes a total of 19% in the past two months. Is Obama losing? can this be? Well, today we be showing Obama and how he is doing.

AS you all may know, elections are just around corner, being so close, it’s now or never for our candidates. Barrack Obama, one of the candidates, however, has recently droped in supporters. Bill Jones, Ph.D professor at Harvordo University, has stated that Obama’s suppers has been rapidly declining over the months. Charts show that between April and June, Obama has lost nearly a quarter of his supports and is losing more everyday.

Has Obama’s broken promise to increase the deficit been the reason? or is it that he is not decreasing it? We sat down with Thomas Krome, who has the answer.

Thomas Krome: Obama supporters want someone to look up to, they want a strong leader, they want someone to make there lives easier and someone who has policies that sound to good to be true. This has been true for Obama for a while, it is the very reason he the President now. However, recently, Obama has made a mistake. A big mistake! He has raised the deficite by $1.4 Million dollars and now costing americans there homes, more in taxes as well as an increase of 35% in cost of gasoline.

It’s time a stong president leads this country out of poverty! If Obama is gonna win this election he is gonna need to get his head in the game, apoligise to his supports and start Working hard. These are tough times, with Obama not doing to well, they’re even more tougher.

Remember when George W. Bush was President?  Bush went through the ringer every day of that Presidency and the first lady as well as the children were all fair game.  Now we have rules.  These rules place the children off limits as well as the wife. 

President Obama can do no wrong according to the well edited and selective news media.  They weed out all the bad and hype up whatever the good is.  What happened to reporting news honestly? What happened to journalistic integrity?  The balance is well off towards one side.  The fairness is no longer applied, or implied. The blatant hard facts are now well hidden or never mentioned. They set up their golden boy so when he gives a speech, he can follow up with that same selectivity.  It is the same, when the police interview a killer, and that killer insists he is innocent. 

Obama has been overspending way too much.  He out spent all the previous Presidents combines, in just three years and yet, he can look us in  eye and insist he does not.  When was the last time you heard Obama even confronting Congress?  He bypasses Congress all the time, using his executive order which is way out of control.  If you add up all the trips, all the travel, and all the vacation, golf, and parties, we can easily see that it is close to a trillion dollars. How can anyone look someone in the eye and just deny all of it?  That seems comes easily for Obama.

The Bull artists never realised they are not artists at all.  People can see it coming a mile away but never say anything to these types because they do not wish hurt feelings.  These Bull artists can tell their unbelievable tall tales, and expect all of us to believe it all.  No one buys what they are selling.  We can see people like Obama using their art of the BS all the time.  The fact is, we always find what they say unbelievable, but we can only react by watching their true actions.  So who is the foolish?  Those who expect us to believe the BS, are.  The media is for trying to cover up the facts and talking up whatever BS Obama is shoveling that day.   The trouble with that is, when we have to listen to that all day, we start to get turned off, and tune out.  People who are bull artists, live a very lonely life.  We just get tired of hearing it.

When Reagan and Bush were Presidents, the leftists, were complaining how high the spending was, and yet, they are pleased with their guy who out spent every President total.  Where are the opposing voices?  Just as we suspected, they only oppose, those not of their agenda.

- When he leaves office in 2016, he’ll probably start the lecture tour and become a statesman, like Carter and Clinton.

- Write another book, start a presidential library, probably inChicago, go on speaking tours, cut an album, golf…

- What all past Presidents do I guess. Make speeches and get paid for it. Bill Clinton has made a fortune.

- Since GW Bush has been out of office you rarely even hear of him making a speech. Bill Clinton has made 75 million so if Bush even made 15 million it is a drop in the bucket.

- A thousand dollars a handshake can add up as well.

- Well, if he wanted to make big money, he should follow in George W. Bushes footsteps, and go on the speaking circuit. Bush has made over $15 million giving speeches since he left office.

- It breaks down to $110,000 a speech. Not too shabby.

- Anyone, anywhere, can be a religious figure. I don’t think that Obama is interested in that, however. He will do what all ex Presidents do – open a library, make public appearances, give speeches.

- When he leaves office in 2016, he may go back to teaching. He taught Constitutional Law prior to politics.

or maybe like Bush, Almost immediately after leaving office he withdrew from the broader bully pulpit thatother former presidents, such as Jimmy Carter, have used to weigh in on matters of public import. But he also joined the storied ranks of former politicians who are now making money on the speaking circuit– and it’s paying off.

What about Your opinion?

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (often simply called “the Dow” although there are other averages done by Dow Jones) is a stock market index. It was created by Charles Dow in 1896 and has been rising and falling ever since. Although it is no longer strictly an index of industrial stocks, and no longer an exact average, the name as stuck. The Dow concentrates on some of the largest companies in the world. Some people prefer to use broader indexes, such as the Standard and Poor’s 500, the Russell 2000, or the NASDAQ, but the Dow has the considerable advantage (for my purposes) of having been around longer than the others. The S&P 500 was created in 1957; the NASDAQ in 1971 and the Russell 2000 in 1984.

What I did in this article

I found data on the Dow closing prices from 1901 to the present. Recent data is widely available; earlier data was here. I also found the starting and ending dates of each president’s term from 1901 to now. I entered the starting and ending price and then calculated the annual percentage gain or loss for each president; because I annualized the rate, we can directly compare presidents who served different amounts of time in office.  Then I sorted them from best to worst.

A Caveat

This article just lists the gain or loss in each presidential term. Rises and falls of the Dow have many causes (or maybe none!). Whether the person in the Oval Office affects the Dow is something for you to decide. I don’t know whether he does or not.

The Dow by Presidential term, from best to worst

1. Coolidge. 8/2/1923 to 3/4/1929. Start 88.2 End: 313.85. Gain per year: 25.48
2. Clinton. 1/20/1993 to 1/20/2001. Start: 3241. End: 10578. Gain per year: 15.91%
3. Obama. 1/20/2009 to now. Start: 7949. 5/24/2012: 12444. Gain per year:14.35%
4. Reagan. 1/20/1981 to 1/20/1989. Start 950. End 2235. Gain per year: 11.27%
5. Eisenhower. 1/20/1953 to 1/20/1961. Start 288. End 634. Gain per year: 10.37%
6. GHWBush. 1/20/1989 to 1/20/1993. Start 2235. End 3241. Gain per year 9.73$
7. FDRoosevelt. 3/3/1933 to 4/12/1945. Start 53.8 End 158. Gain per year: 9.32%
8. Ford. 8/9/1974 to 1/20/1977. Start 777. End 959. Gain per year: 8.95%
9. Truman. 4/12/1945 to 1/20/1953. Start 158. end 288. Gain per year: 7.98%
10. Harding. 3/4/1921 to 8/2/1923. Start 75.1. End 88.2. Gain per year: 6.88%
11. Johnson. 11/22/1963 to 1/20/1969. Start 711. End 931. Gain per year: 5.35%
12. Kennedy. 1/20/1961 to 11/22/1963. Start 634. End 711. Gain per year: 4.12%
13. T.Roosevelt. 7/14/1901 to 3/4/1909. Start 71.0. End 81.8. Gain per year: 1.86%
14. Carter. 1/20/1977 to 1/20/1981. Start 959. End 951. Gain per year -0.22%
15. Taft. 3/4/1909 to 3/4/1913. Start 81.8. End 80.7. Gain per year: -0.33%
16. Wilson. 3/4/1913 to 3/4/1921. Start 80.7. End 75.11. Gain per year: -0.89%
17. Nixon. 1/20/1969 to 8/9/1974. Start 931. End 777. Gain per year: -3.20%
18. GWBush. 1/22/2001 to 1/20/2009. Start 10578. End 7949. Gain per year:-3.51%
19. Hoover. 3/4/1929 to 3/3/1933. Start 313. End 53.8. Gain per year: -35.64%

Summary:

The best and the worst are both Republicans. Overall, the average gain per year under Democrats has been 6.99% and under Republicans 2.89%. If we just look at presidents after FDR, the average under Democrats is 7.9% per year, under Republicans, 5.6%.

Update to Jan 09 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

On 23-May-2012, petrol prices were increased by Rs.7.5 per liter in India. The President’s convoy will consist of at least 20 cars. So a little arithmetical calculation will reveal that at the new rate Rs.74 per liter, about Rs.1500 will be required for one liter of all the vehicles in the motorcades.

Considering that the President’s car is Mercedes Benz S600, custom built and heavily armoured, you can be sure that its mileage is going to be much lower than that of the city cats used by average citizen. Say the mileage is around 10 kilometers per liter, to move the motorcade by one kilometer the petrol bill to be paid is Rs.150.  India’s length and breadth being about 3200 kilometers and 3000 kilometers respectively and assuming that being given the post, the president will at least traverse the length and breadth of the country at least once, the total one-way distance to be covered by the president in a year comes to around 6200 kilometers on a minimum estimate. So the round-trip is 12400 kilometers. Of course, the President cannot drown in the Arabian sea or Bay of Bengal. He or she has to return back to Delhi. So the petrol bills of the President will be about Rs.150 x 12400 kilometers which is Rs.18,60,000/=.

Considering that the President’s salary is only Rs.1,50,000/= per month which totals to Rs.18 Lacs per year, the president will be required to pay his or her entire salary for the petrol bills of his motorcade. In addition, he or she has to bring in his or her personal money of Rs.60,000 to pay for the balance of the petrol bills.

Moreover as per the Indian Income Tax Act, no expenses can be deducted against salary income. So considering that the first citizen of India will also be due to shell out at least 15% of his salary to the income tax kitty for the common good of all. So any person with an average IQ can easily find out that becoming the president is not a worth wile job, unless he is an excellent walker. So this rider pitches out the oldies like Pranab, Kalam, Hansari, Sangma or Meira Kumari out of the presidential polls.

Speaking of walker who has better opportunity here to capitalize the situation than the great walker’s grandson. It is with great reverence that I recollect reading in text books as to how many times Mahatma Gandhi had criss-crossed the nation on foot without any petrol. So assuming that his grandson also would have inherited this ability, he seems to be best candidate for Indian President.

Caution: The above theory like any other theory is based on certain assumptions. Those assumptions are as follows :

• The Indian President pays the petrol bills for his motorcade.
• The Mercedes Benz S600 runs on petrol.
• The TMC and Mamtha say “The petrol hike is a necessary one” after getting a special package for Bengal from Pranab.
• Karunanidhi gets resignation letters from his MPs but they are lost in transmission by the Indian Postal Department.
• All other costs and inflation remain the same (ceteris paribus)

The brand new French President Francois Hollande had a close brush with death on  his maiden foreign trip as French President yesterday Tuesday when his presidential Jet got struck by lightening mid-air as he took to the skies for this ill-fated trip to Germany.

This was to be his very first foreign policy engagement after a hotly contested election back home, in which he appeared to promise quite a lot to changes in the current debt woes of EU countries. This meeting however,  had to be delayed due to the fateful hands of nature that almost brought his plane down.

If Francois Hollande were a regular  African leader as we know many here in Africa, this trip would probably have been cancelled  because, few African countries have the luxury of owning more than one presidential jet. Infact a lightening strike on an African presidential jet would have most likely grounded the President’s foreign engagements  for a better part of 6 months!

For the  case of Hollande, his plane returned to base and he was dispatched off on another Presidential Jet. He still met Angela Merkel, although just behind schedule. He was received by Merkel herself and treated to his maiden foreign guard of honor which death was trying to cheat him of before being whisked away for talks with the German leader.

Meet President Antknee Alfredo.  It has been a long time coming, and with the help of a few friends, and a lot of voter intimidation, he finally made it to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.  He is due to give his acceptance speech, addressing the nation for the very first time as President.  He walks out as the orchestra plays “Hail to the chief.”  He looks at the band, shrugs then signals for them to stop playing.  He speaks. “Ooo Faa, what about what we rehearsed huh?  Come on boys, with gusto.”  The band then starts playing “The Tarantella” and everyone on stage starts to dance.  “Oh, oh, everybody shut up because I have a few things to get straight.  First let be announce to you, my cabinet.  First and foremost, my cabinet maker, Guido Maniac Menotti, for without him, I would just be another wise guy walking the streets of Newark. Guido, put together some of the best in the business, monkey business that is. Next is my secretary of state Sammy The Weasel Brakalegalini, if this guy can’t get the job dome, he will hire someone that could.  The rest of these boys are, well, the boys.  They will insure, that the safety of all citizens living in America will stay safe, as long as they are on time with the payments.  And now, let be introduce, to you, my vice President, Louie the loop, Pepperoni.  Yes he has a funny name, so what, he is the best there is, and if I get whacked for some reason, he will be the man to get the job done. Now, let me clear a few things up or should I say, this is how its gonna be from now on. The feds are a stickler for taxes, so pay em.  Every American will send me personally, one of those envelopes we mailed to you, every month, with a forty two dollars and twenty seven cents in it.  This is for the debt.  The way I figure it, if every person pays up that amount, there will be no debt by the time I am through here, which wil be eight years, got it, get it, good.  In fact, we suspect there will be a surplus every year after which will be divided up as we deem fit.  Next, here is my plan for helping those poor who are in need of housing.  First of all, lets get one thing straight. As long as we have people struggling, we need to empty out the jails, get our freakin troops home, and send those prisoners to fight, maybe they will learn something, freaking mallukes.  Now, with those empty jails, we turn them into a rooming house for those who are in need for three squares and a good sleep.  That would include the cable, and all the benefits those freakin animals were getting for being stupid.  Another thing about that, anyone caught from here on , committing a crime, will e sent to fight against those sand jockeys.  Last but least, I will not be traveling to any other nation, everything I need I have here. but if I have to go, and a shoe comes flying at me, madonne, I have two shoes ready just in case.  My mom who taught me was the best, so give it your best shot.  She could throw a shoe without tryin  and hit you right between the eyeballs. and don’t try and hide, the shoe will open any door, turn any corner, and wait until you least expect it and bam, right in the face.  Oh yeah, from now on, don’t worry about the feds, we will get them in control.  There is only one boss and it aint them.  I am the head hauncho, numeral uno, the big cheese, so listen up, when all is said and done, I must have said and done itOk, now everyone back to the House for a house warming, bring a gift because as far as I can see, your arms aint broken.  Pizza Pie and conoli on me.

In fact, just to run in the primaries, he or she should be a graduate of this school.

Do you know what our problem is? We keep electing fools who have no idea what the job requires. Or what it takes to get, and keep our economy on sound footing, or how to deal with dangerous international situations (like Iran and North Korea). Now, does it make sense to require doctors, lawyers, structural engineers, airline pilots, among others, to get an education, … but not the President?

We need a system whereby the Republican party, the Democratic party, and the Independent party are all required to choose promising party members, and school them on the different scenarios and what they should do when they arise. Now this is not guaranteed to produce a qualified candidate, but is what we have now any better? Where a young congressman, senator, governor with a head full of ideas, a lot of charisma, and such questionable skills at teleprompter reading can run and become president?  And with a voting public that for the most part, doesn’t know who we fought during the revolutionary war, the vice President’s name, or that the Constitution is the supreme law of the land. It’s a recipe for disaster.

So I think that this is something that should get serious attention. That a president ought to know what to do about a failing economy because brother, what’s being tried now (by someone who has no clue of how the economy works, but thinks he does) just isn’t working. I’m sure that Obama is a really cool guy, a real charmer, and good with people, but on the economy? He’s sorely lacking.

You see, if he had gone to this school, he would already know what’s been tried before, and what has worked before, and of course, what has failed time and time again. And he would then be more prepared to avoid policies that don’t work. But you know what I would like to also see happen? I would like to see a grading system whereby the President would get a grade three years into his or her first term. Then a report would go out to the voting public so that if they re-elect the fool, then they deserve what they got. Hopefully, the voters would heed the report and kick the fool out. Of course, the President’s own party should be able to hold another primary. Just because someone is in their first term doesn’t mean that they get to run again. They have to earn that right.

I’m just tired of the bickering that goes on between the parties about who is more qualified to be President, the back and forth accusations, and the character assassinations. The guy in office now is certainly no bargain, but that’s not to say that Republicans are any better. Because I really believe that any party can put forth, for our consideration, a person that truly deserves their shot at the office, that they can do a good job, and it really shouldn’t matter what party they’re from.

All I want is someone that’ll do a good job.

The statement by U.S. President Barack Obama, in favor of gay marriage on Twitter last night was applauded by leading figures of the song, film and fashion. “Thanks for saying that ALL Americans deserve equal rights X. History! Q proud to be your host on Monday, “he wrote on the social network the Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin, who will participate next Monday at a fundraiser in the Obama campaign.

“Thank you President @ Barack Obama for your beautiful and brave words. I’m excited, “said the actress and comedian Ellen DeGeneres, who is married to Portia de Rossi model.

“Today I am very feliz.Gracias Mr. President, for supporting the dignity of my family and so many others,” wrote Jane Lynch, one of the stars of the hit show “Glee.” Also two famous models, Tyra Banks and Kim Kardashian wrote on Twitter for Obama.

Obama yesterday became the first president to support marriage between same sex. “I concluded that for me, personally, it is important to step forward and say that I think same-sex couples should get married,” Obama told Robin Roberts