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The action in Libya is fine and in that instance I think Obama assumes we're smart enough to know what is happening there and why.

There is oil there, but its commendable we're not trying anything more, we also have plenty of reasons to hate Gaddafi anyway. Funny how just a year or so back McCain is over there making kissy face and working deals and now its all different. All of them are guilty of that one even our own corporations, who gave into pressure from Gaddafi and paid him money he used to pay for the terrorism he caused. Even Sarkozy had him in France with his little tent on the lawn. However, I have real issue with the war in Afghanistan, where the is no real oil and we're simply not winning and not going to, and the lack of action in Bahrain. Frankly overall our military stance for decades has been a mishmash of seemingly double standards and complete nonsense that serves our own interests and little if nothing more most of the time.

I'm not going to kid myself though. Even playing a left/right game is playing into a lie to some degree, one we all seem to know about but we all equally act like we cant see or smell. At some level i see no difference between any of these presidents. These people are politicians, career politicians. There is left and right but come on. I dont care how it looks, on anything big it goes how it works out to get those big lobby dollars from all those banks, mineral, oil, gas, military, food, and on and on. Presidents balance the bad they do in that way with the few things they pass for thier party/constituents as good, even Obama. The minute they become a politician I seriously doubt any real tie back to the citizen, which is obvious by how little if anything changes for "main street" and how much has changed for corporations and big business of which I count the military in. Bush II is a perfect example, he got voted in again. We either play our party lines blindly hoping the next person will keep it real or we accept the little slices we get or god forbid some of us are actually that blind or stupid. At least it seems like that for most people. I voted Obama cause I did like the message even though I tempered my belief with alot of realism, and because there was no way I was letting another complete moron chosen by another moron dumb enough to pick her get elected.

Beyond that, the budget isnt any politicians long term problem its a tax payer problem. That is the bottom line. They could fix it. Lets say, cut away everything raise taxes even and get balanced, really make it work and more will come along once some other subject is the big deal and spend it away. It took all of eight years to put us in the hole for real, just like it does for any American family to get in the hole. Thats how the nation spends why are we surprised the government is any different? You dont buy outside your means, if you want more, you get a better job. pay for what you want or you really dont want it.