“Obama promised he would not hire lobbyists, but even before taking office, he appointed William Lynn to be his deputy secretary of defense. Lynn is a senior vice president and a lobbyist for Raytheon, a company with billions of dollars in Defense Department contracts. ”

In regards to this statements, strategically, the best is always wanted. Therefore lobbyist may be redifined. Look for that.

Think about an artist, one day lobbyist at 30, the next philanthropist at 40, but at 20 truth and nothing less. Later comes strategy.

You’re good looking, maybe I’ll see you reporting on the news sometime.

“Obama promised he would not hire lobbyists, but even before taking office, he appointed William Lynn to be his deputy secretary of defense. Lynn is a senior vice president and a lobbyist for Raytheon, a company with billions of dollars in Defense Department contracts. ”

In regards to this statements, strategically, the best is always wanted. Therefore lobbyist may be redifined. Look for that.

Think about an artist, one day lobbyist at 30, the next philanthropist at 40, but at 20 truth and nothing less. Later comes strategy.

You’re good looking, maybe I’ll see you reporting on the news sometime.

Hey, and how about your “the government positions have been left open because they are trying to keep out lobbyists’ clarification? Man, and I thought it was because all of the people who had skeletons coming out of their closet like anti-Israel rants, tax cheats, conflicts of interest. The best part of your point is that the numerous exceptions made by the administration are not really evidence of a broken promise, but a virtue since lobbyists really are wonderful! All those wall street, Fannie and Freddie Mac etc…, lobbyists who have been wining and dining the past few administrations and members of congress from both parties, did great work. Hey, why don’t we give them a bailout and bonuses for their hard work?

Thank God somebody has the answer to our financial calamity. Tell the president and his team they just need to take ECON 50 at Fresno State! Apparently in that class one learns the secret to having the annual deficit reach 9% of GDP this year and the total dept burden reach nearly 80% in just 2 years, and have it not severely hamper the economy for a generation. We can even drive these numbers higher by adding health care reform, and dealing with social security and medicare deficits. Man that must be some class. Oh, and those crazies protesting all these brilliant ideas. Just because we could tax everyone making over $250,000 at 100%, taking every dime they make, and it wouldn’t begin to be enough money, don’t they realize that there is no chance taxes will go up on anyone else? (hikes in California and on things like student fees don’t really count) Hey, and even if taxes did go up, everyone cheats on their taxes anyway, right?

Thanks WEE! I feel so much better knowing that there is someone out there making powerful arguments on important issues.

Hey, and how about your “the government positions have been left open because they are trying to keep out lobbyists’ clarification? Man, and I thought it was because all of the people who had skeletons coming out of their closet like anti-Israel rants, tax cheats, conflicts of interest. The best part of your point is that the numerous exceptions made by the administration are not really evidence of a broken promise, but a virtue since lobbyists really are wonderful! All those wall street, Fannie and Freddie Mac etc…, lobbyists who have been wining and dining the past few administrations and members of congress from both parties, did great work. Hey, why don’t we give them a bailout and bonuses for their hard work?

Thank God somebody has the answer to our financial calamity. Tell the president and his team they just need to take ECON 50 at Fresno State! Apparently in that class one learns the secret to having the annual deficit reach 9% of GDP this year and the total dept burden reach nearly 80% in just 2 years, and have it not severely hamper the economy for a generation. We can even drive these numbers higher by adding health care reform, and dealing with social security and medicare deficits. Man that must be some class. Oh, and those crazies protesting all these brilliant ideas. Just because we could tax everyone making over $250,000 at 100%, taking every dime they make, and it wouldn’t begin to be enough money, don’t they realize that there is no chance taxes will go up on anyone else? (hikes in California and on things like student fees don’t really count) Hey, and even if taxes did go up, everyone cheats on their taxes anyway, right?

Thanks WEE! I feel so much better knowing that there is someone out there making powerful arguments on important issues.

Most of the Gov. positions have been left EMPTY because of the administrations desire to keep lobyists out, BUT IT CANT BE DONE. The sad truth is that lobbyists are so well connected and frankly so experienced that you can’t afford NOT to have them in government.

And stop using LOBBYIST as a bad word. You owe them more than you know.

Also, before you keep ranting about deficit spending, why don’t you go take an ECON50 class and then rethink what you’re talking about.

“He did recently order his cabinet to cut $100 billion from the budget. This shows he obviously heard the “TEA party” protests against government spending and is at least doing something, but it is not enough. ”

You mean the protests about higher taxes and spending.. when the majority of taxes are staying the same? Or was it the whole 250,000+ salary croud out there up in arms?

I guess government spending is a problem when the money goes to projects you don’t approve of. Seriously.

I think this adminstration has made A LOT of mistakes, but you focus only on the ones that go against your ideology, and you attack them with weak arguments.

Most of the Gov. positions have been left EMPTY because of the administrations desire to keep lobyists out, BUT IT CANT BE DONE. The sad truth is that lobbyists are so well connected and frankly so experienced that you can’t afford NOT to have them in government.

And stop using LOBBYIST as a bad word. You owe them more than you know.

Also, before you keep ranting about deficit spending, why don’t you go take an ECON50 class and then rethink what you’re talking about.

“He did recently order his cabinet to cut $100 billion from the budget. This shows he obviously heard the “TEA party” protests against government spending and is at least doing something, but it is not enough. ”

You mean the protests about higher taxes and spending.. when the majority of taxes are staying the same? Or was it the whole 250,000+ salary croud out there up in arms?

I guess government spending is a problem when the money goes to projects you don’t approve of. Seriously.

I think this adminstration has made A LOT of mistakes, but you focus only on the ones that go against your ideology, and you attack them with weak arguments.