If you're unemployed, Obama thinks that's pretty funny!
Posted by: Barthélemy Barbancourt
on Jun 13, 2011
President Obama's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness met today in Durham, NC at Cree Inc., a company that manufactures energy-efficient LED lighting. One of the Council's recommendations to President Obama was to streamline the federal permit process for construction and infrastructure projects. It was explained to Obama that the permitting process can delay projects for "months to years ... and in many cases even cause projects to be abandoned ... I'm sure that when you implemented the Recovery Act your staff briefed you on many of these challenges." At this point, Obama smiled and interjected, "Shovel-ready was not as ... uh .. shovel-ready as we expected." The Council, led by GE's Jeffrey Immelt, erupted in laughter.
The Obama administration promised the Recovery Act ("the stimulus") would prevent the jobless rate from going over 8%. It now stands at 9.1%.
I'm glad Obama and Jeff Immelt can laugh about millions of Americans being out of work, missing car and mortgage payments and losing any savings they might have had just trying to make ends meet. I can sure see how that is fucking hilarious, especially when his boondoggles cost American taxpayers $787 Billion and we have nothing to show for it.
Tell me again why you are surprised that some people think Obama hates America?


written by Woody , June 13, 2011
.....the President was laughing about the unemployed directly is this correct Bart? Were the license plates on the Presidential limo expired??
Obama hates America? Thats a heck of a platform for reelection I may have to reconsider if he hates the country. Thanks for bringing this to my attention LOL!!

written by sanders , June 16, 2011
Reading comprehension was not one of Woody's strong suits in his public school education...

written by sanders , June 17, 2011
I apologize to everyone, especially Woody. I haven't been around much lately, and must have missed the tightening of the rules...
Woody: Bart didn't say that Obama hates America, only that no one should be surprised that some people do think that. I just think that his view of America is quite different than most people here, and now that we have seen his vision he will be a one-termer.

written by Nobody , June 17, 2011
Sanders "tightening of the rules"? Hell there's been an outright purge by the Bartster.

written by Woody , June 18, 2011
My apologies as well everybody and sanders who my comment was directed to. Everybody have a great fathers day!

written by Jonny Texas , June 18, 2011
Wow, I disappear for a while and this place goes all nice.
I am flabbergasted, happy as a democrat with a tax increase or a repub with a gun, but flabbergasted none the less.
Happy fathers day all around

written by sanders , June 19, 2011
Well, back to the OP. Pres. Obama may have been giving a little self-deprecating chuckle, now that he realized just what the normal businessman knows. The Gov'ts over-regulation can screw up the best laid plans, even the President's. Too bad he didn't have any experience with that before he was elected.
But, we can agree on one thing:
Happy Father's Day to everyone!