Obama's first year

To be honest I'm not impressed. Firstly, allow me to apologize for the lengthy lack of posting, last semester was just too much. So, moving on to other disappointments...

Now, unlike many Obamanatics, I had fairly reasonable expectations, I'd say. First, don't fuck up even more than Bush. That country is already is a world of pain, and they don't need any more, not to mention the rest of the world could use a rest from American conquests. I did not expect him to immediately pull out of Iraq, just not make things worse, and see if he can think of a plan of eventually making it better. Second, I expected him to deal with all the really easy stuff that really just takes his signature, like the Don't Ask Don't Tell nonsense they make their hard working soldiers go through. Not gay marriage or any sort of huge queer revolution, Americans aren't ready for that it seems, but at least leave your soldiers alone and let them serve. All it takes is a signature! ONE! YOURS! Finally, the economy. I didn't expect him to be able to fix the economy soon, and to be honest this is probably great for Canada in the long term, because businesses are learning the hard way you can't put all your eggs in one basket. I did however expect him to be a LITTLE tougher on the lunatics that caused this mess. They're still getting billion dollar bonuses when they should be in jail.

So in his first year, he shirked many of his campaign promises (so much for Change), refused to do things that would make huge impacts and would require virtually no effort or time on his part, and established himself as a puppet to Wall St (and you thought that was Republican exclusive!).

I feel confident now more than ever that America should have voted for Clinton. She'd have kicked ass and taken names. Obama's a peacetime leader, he's no warrior.