How do you remember the 44th US President Barack Obama?

The era of Barack Obama’s rule is coming to an end. Just a week ago, on January 11, the head of the White House made a farewell speech. In a message on Twitter, the head of state thanked the Americans for everything and asked them: “Believe not only in my ability to create change, but also in your own.” And today, January 20, the inauguration of the new President of the United States, which is Republican Donald Trump, will take place. In the meantime, we recall all the main events that Barack Obama, the first black president of the United States, remembered in his post.

Same sex marriage

Barack Obama supported the idea of ​​legalizing same-sex marriage. At the beginning of his reign, the head of the White House said that he still doubted his position on the issue of same-sex marriage. Obama believed that a civil union was enough. Later, the US president said that all couples, even same-sex couples, should be able to legitimize their relationship. Equality for the LGBT community was later strengthened when Barak allowed gay soldiers to serve in the military. It should be noted that not everyone shared this position of the president.

Health care reform

This is one of Obama’s most high-profile reforms. In 2010, the US President signed a package of reforms to the national health care system. He specifically noted that he did it on behalf of his mother. “As a cancer patient, she fought insurance companies for the rest of her life,” Barak said.

According to the document that regulated the US health care system, insurance companies did not have the right to deny insurance to sick people, could not deny a policy to sick children, parents could enter children under 26 years of age into insurance.

For the first time in many years, the rules of the game have changed in the American medical insurance market. The requirements for companies were tightened, the list of services that became available to citizens was expanded. Reform spending was estimated at $ 940 billion over ten years.

House’s patient

During the years of Obama’s rule, manufacturers of toys and souvenirs have produced many dolls, the prototype of which was the US President. Including there was a doll that could be cut with scissors, and various clothes were even attached to it.

In addition, Barack became a character in two episodes of the phantasmagoric adult animated series South Park on Comedy Central.

And some even saw Obama as Dr. House’s patient in the cult series. In the story, a black senator is nominated for the presidency and ends up in the hospital.

Nobel Prize

In 2009, Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize “for his enormous efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation among nations.” In monetary terms, in 2009 the premium was 10 million Swedish kronor (approximately 970 thousand euros).

The Norwegian Nobel Committee said in a statement that Obama’s diplomacy is based on the concept that the people who are supposed to rule the world should do so based on the values ​​and attitudes shared by the majority of the world’s population.

Dmitry Medvedev, who served as President of Russia in 2009, congratulated his colleague on receiving the Nobel Prize.

Caring grandson

The President of the United States has shown himself to be a loving grandson who is very kind to his grandmother. When she fell ill, Obama canceled two campaign rallies and flew to her on the next flight. However, the Republicans did not believe in the sincerity of Barack’s act. They said that the flight to their grandmother in Hawaii was nothing more than a deliberate PR move.

Obama, by the way, has repeatedly stated that he is very attached to his grandmother. “She raised him from birth until the very moment he went to college,” said then assistant Democratic leader Robert Gibbs.

Visit to Hiroshima

At the end of May 2016, Obama made a gesture that will surely go down (has already gone down) in history. This was reported by the media around the world. The President of America visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. Barak became the first US president to visit Hiroshima after the 1945 atomic bombings.

Obama hugged a Hiroshima resident who survived the bombing. There, during the ceremony, he called on everyone to live in harmony and renounce nuclear weapons.

Limiting nuclear weapons is one of the most important directions of the US President’s foreign policy.

The assassination of Osama bin Laden

Experts call the assassination of the organizer of the September 11 attacks one of the most significant achievements of Obama in foreign policy. Osama bin Laden was shot dead by US Navy commandos in Pakistan on May 2, 2011. The country’s government then remained dissatisfied with the actions of the United States on its territory, in addition, many details of the elimination of the terrorist remained unknown.

War in Iraq and Afghanistan

When Obama came to power, he promised to end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. But he could not fully fulfill the promise. The campaign in Afghanistan officially ended in 2014, but at that time there were about ten thousand US army soldiers in the country.

The end of the war in Iraq was announced in 2011. Then America withdrew its troops. But they left their military in the country to guard the embassy in Baghdad. Only in 2014, 3,500 American troops were sent to Iraq to fight ISIS as military advisers.

Politicians Don’t Know What A Budget Is

Isn’t it amazing to think that we send over 500 politicians to Washington to make the right decisions for the county and it’s citizens and they can’t seem to get it right. In regards to the budget, they haven’t even bothered to write one in over 850 days. Basically since President Obama took office.

Why is it that we allow our representative and Senators to disregard what is expected of them to do while serving as a public servant? Why is it that these same politicians will come looking for us to vote them back into office when they know they did a lousy job the last term? It’s because they think they’re doing the right thing for the American people. I say it’s time for them to wake up and realize that they’ve screwed this county for years to come.

As a responsible family man, I’m required to look over my finances and make decisions on what are the priorities in our lives to make it work for us. I take the time to re-evaluate our income and expenses every six months. I do that since I work for myself and things change on both sides of the equation. Some months I make more and other times not. The same goes for the bills. I’m always crunching numbers to see where I can maximize the capitol I have to work with. Too bad Congress and the president can’t do the same.

I recently read an article about how balancing the budget for Washington is much different than for the individual. I say BULL! Washington needs to do the same as all who have to balance their books. Need it be a corporation, an individual or the federal government. In the article, the author states that during a poor economy, Washington will spend more because of programs like unemployment. While that may be true, it still doesn’t explain why in the state of Florida, Workforce Agency of Florida spent $14,000 of tax payers money to buy capes. That’s right superhero capes with a cartoon figure of Dr. Evil Unemployment for the unemployed. You can’t make this crap up. The agency felt that doing this would help them connect with the community better. The unemployment office is not there to better connect with the community, it’s there to help the community get a job.

We now have Obama coming out next week with his new plan to help create jobs. Of course we saw how the last one went…$878 Billion and we now have a higher unemployment rate and a trillion dollars in added debt. The article does say that when the economy is doing good, the federal government should not be running a deficit. Since when has there been a group of politicians that didn’t spend the tax payer’s money like a drunken sailor? It’s unlikely that this bunch of career politicians will do anything positive for the economy and the country as long as they’re in office.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Vote all of the current politicians out of office the next time they’re up for re-election.

Drug Testing Welfare Recipients

For some time now, the idea of having welfare recipients drug tested for them to receive benefits has been appealing to many, but for those on the left as well as those who are on welfare, it’s a different story. No matter which side of the issue you are on, this topic brings a lot of discussion and emotion to the conversation.

The state of Florida has recently passed a law that states that any new welfare claim that is submitted, the person must have a drug test done before receiving any benefits. the claimant is responsible for paying for the test, but if the test is negative, the person will be reimbursed for the cost of the test. If they fail, they will not be paid back for the test as well as they will not be eligible for welfare for one year. This issue has become an ever growing concern for people on both sides of it.

The left (Democrats) feel that it’s an unconstitutional decision to invade someone’s privacy. They use the 4th Amendment as they reason to not allowing these test to be legal. The right (Republicans) think that if you’re going to get assistance from the government, you should be expected to abide by the same standards as those who have to take a test to get a job. They say that since employees who work to pay taxes to help fund entitlement program have to take the same test to work, the people on welfare should do the same. The reason behind their thinking is that there is so much corruption within the welfare system (along with multi-generation families) that this is one way to weed out the wrong-doers.

Those people who say that the drug testing is wrong is because if infringes on their Constitutional right as laid out in the 4th amendment The fourth amendment protects the American citizen from unwarranted and illegal search and seizures. In 2003, the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down Michigan’s drug testing of welfare applicants as a Fourth Amendment violation.
As for the other side of the issue, the 4th amendment pertains to privacy and they feel that if these people are looking for public assistance, then the issue of privacy doesn’t play a role in the debate.

While I agree to the drug testing, some say that I’m wrong. All I can say to that is that I must trust the judicial system to make the right decision on the matter. Unfortunately I don’t trust those who are serving on the circuit courts as well as the Supreme Court. Again this issue is for each state to make their own decisions as to if they want to legalize medical marijuana.

Obama And Congress Scramble To Find Money For Tax Cuts

This week Congress returns to work after their three week undeserved vacation. So now it’s time for them to dig their heels down and find money to support the tax cuts that Obama and friends want to continue keep in place to help get the vote they need to win this year’s election.

There are many ideas that are being floated around Washington, but the one idea that is being avoided is the one that many Libertarians and Conservatives are calling for for years. It’s the idea of cutting many programs that are not the responsibility of the federal government. It’s gotten to the point that the federal government has funded so many programs that can no longer be funded. The real issue is how many of those programs should not have ever been put in place to begin with (but that’s for another post).

There are many programs that can be dismantled and/or eliminated to lower the cost of running this country. The biggest problem America is facing when talking about the deficit or the debt ceiling is the fact that Washington is spending way too much. Instead they want to play the number game and say they’re going to cut spending over a ten year period. I laymen terms that means they will cut back on future projected spending.

Let’s look at it this way, the federal government spent $3.5 trillion in 2010 and according to the most recent available tax revenue information (2007), only collected $2.4 trillion in taxes (after refunds). Washington is already spending more than it collects. Add on to the fact that there are other programs that politicians want to have funded in the future. Let’s say they “plan” to spend an extra $300 billion each year for the next ten years, in that case they would be spending another three trillion dollars on top of the already $3.5 trillion. So now they say they just “cut” $500 billion dollars. What that really means is that now they expect to spend only an extra $250 billion dollars each year on top of what they are doing already.

The federal government has been doing nothing but growing for the past few decades and on the path they (politicians) are going, it will continue to grow. Don’t be one of the many that fall for the creative accounting practices of our politicians. Wake up and see for yourself that this country is already bankrupt. the only reason we are still operating is because China and other countries are still willing to buy our debt. Once they stop buying our treasury bonds, it will be over for America.

The ONLY way to get the deficit and the debt under control is to reduce current spending. Yes it’s not going to be easy for the American citizen to do it, but the alternative is not a pretty site what-so-ever.

Our Sovereignty Is Being Lost

What makes a country an independent entity? The definition is easy to find, but can confuse the simple of politicians. The problem these day for the United States of America is that we are slowly losing our sovereignty to the rest of the world thanks to our political leaders in Washington DC. Both houses of Congress as well as the current administration don’t care about the condition of this country since they write laws they themselves will never have to follow even if they lose their next election.

Like most of the people here in America, they have their history which comes from another country. My family came here in the early 1900’s from Germany (Deutschland) and Ireland. From the time they arrived, they wanted to be citizens and learn English so to “fit” in. Something my grandparents wanted to do along with becoming American citizens.

According to the Constitution, the federal level of the government is responsible for monitoring the immigrants wanting to come here legally and to stop the illegal ones from getting in. It’s a matter of national security that we have secured borders from invasion or any plots that will harm the nation in any way. It’s gotten to the point to where the politicians don’t even care. We are currently having thousands of illegal immigrants children rushing the southern border and the border patrol agents are informed to assist and help instead of arresting and detaining them. Reports have come out stating the agents aren’t even able to do their jobs since they are too busy running after kids. and finding temporary homes (in America) for them to stay in.

With the federal government doing this without any regard to the citizens is ridiculous. Congress is trying to pass a bill to help fund all the placements of these children instead of sending them back from where they came from. The Obama Administration is asking for even more money than Congress is trying to pass. Meanwhile this country is $17 trillion+ in debt and now we’re going to spend more money on people who aren’t even citizens. How are we as a nation to survive? As it is, Congress and the White House can’t even pass a bill to fund securing the borders.

Radio show host Michael Savage coined the phase of language, border and culture is what defines a country and keeps it going. America doesn’t even have an official language, our borders have been blurred and as for our culture, we’re slowly losing any sign of that too. At the current pace, we will no longer be the United States of America in the near future. Please write your Congressman and House Representative to stop the madness. We as citizens have a duty to protect this country from enemies foreign and domestic and that includes our politicians.