Chris:

I think it's great that yo shared your story because it is real and a snapshot of daily life in Sacramento people today: a little boring, a little misguided, wanting something, not knowing what, but always reaching out and attempting to communicate. Keep being real and keep posting.

Chris, your comment about "Obama can't pass anything." Are you aware that per politfifact.com (Pulitzer Prize-winning fact-checking service of the St. Petersburg Times) "that in his first year, Barack Obama has already fulfilled at least 79 campaign promises. This is one of the most accomplished records of any first year in office, and it has come with considerable difficulty in working with and around a Congress fraught with obstructionism and distracted by its own mythology regarding specific points of policy, and in the face of the most uniform and inflexible opposition any president in recent decades has faced."

The media continues to focus on what he has NOT been able to get done--leaving out the obstructions-- as opposed to what he has accomplished.

I've been listening to NPR a lot more these days, trying to fill the missing blanks. i still feel very uninformed, but I'm trying to change that.

That this young narcissist is struggling is, after reading his account, unsurprising. However, this reader guilelessly asks: Is this piece worthy enough to be included in this publication? One must marvel at the loose standards the editor employs here, and whether a more stringent standard may be the wisest course, lest this periodical lapse into banality and foolishness.

ROFL! Gee, 78 campaign promises? Let's see, did he close GBay Prison? No. Of course, he wants to move it to Illinois. Wait, isn't that just MOVING it? Well, promise broken.

Any others? Iran? Remember when he was gonna meet with the Holocaust Denier - The "President" of Iran? Why not just send his close friend of 20 years, his "spritual father" as Obama called him in one of his TWO autobiographies (snicker). Reverand Wright has plenty to say about "Tha Jewwws," along with the Rev's close friend, Louis Farrakhan - I think you know his thoughts on everyone. --- Promise broken. ----

Wait, Obama said he'd "negotiate" and engage in "dialogue" at the "highest levels" - meaning Obama and Achmawhackjob meeting face-to-face to talk them out of weapons grade plutonium...wait, that's only 5 months away so...promise ALMOST broken.

Obama said he'd wait to do anything about health care or raise taxes until "after the economy has stabilized.."--- Promise Broken--- . Perhaps if Obama had tried the private sector, he'd have kept that promise.

Bi-partisanship? Now, this is a really important promise. He kept it. Yes, you read it correctly. What he did, was "listen" and then sit back and watch both houses controlled by his own party, close - that means - CLOSE / Secret / Nefarious / Not Open / Hide...you get the point - close all negotiations and produce a secret bill. However, he did invite the other party in both houses to vote for it. You have to give Obama credit. He's the most polarizing President with the lowest first term approval ratings in history (Gallup, USA Today, CBS - all left or center polling)and yet he has still, according to him and that phony "79 campaign promises suckup group" reached across the aisle. He reached across the aisle the same way Tiger Woods and Bill Clinton did when they wanted a waitress who was bending over. That's not "Bi-partisanship" Mr. Obama, that's called GOOSING! ------ Promise Broken. -----

There are so many more, but here are just a few more I'd like to highlight. Some of which one will find particularly entertaining and enlightening.

1. Obama promised to end RENDITION - look it up if you don't know what it is, but we're not talking about cover albums and a different type of song style. We're talking...whoa TORTURE! You see, many democracies all throughout Europe, and not just the US of good old America, will sometimes not accept a terror suspect so that the country of his (or ITS - if he is a terrorist scum) origin - one that DOES DO SOME FORM OF ENHANCED INTERROGATION, is allowed to do that without violating U.S. or other laws of other democracies. In other words, THERE WAS NO TORTURE DURING THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION, however, let's get back to something less obvious and logical. Obama KEPT RENDITION so that he, like EVERY PRESIDENT BEFORE, has the option of not forcing another country to disgorge a terror suspect and allow them to decide with their laws how to investigate. Rendition? STILL Allowed. --- Promise Broken. ----

2. Bombing Enemy Terror Camps Abroad - Obama said during the primaries and the election season that he was against terror bombing unless there was an "Imminent threat" the the United States soil." You know how much he loves soil. It's what he tries to brush-off his reputation and life after hanging around with Reverand Wright, and others, including a federally convicted felon who helped Obama purchase adjoining lots for his home (but, wait, that's being negative, and it's not right to hold Obama to the standards everyone else needs to follow because he's special - he really is!). Well, Obama has been regularly authorizing the bombing of "terror camps" all over Afghanistan and nearby areas. This was something he often criticized "The Bush Administration" as he always termed it, because Obama felt that it would upset ACORN supporters for him to say "President Bush," so anyway, stop making me digress...Obama said there had to be soil threat, but now he's changed that to force threat or maybe armed forces threat abroad or possibly even threat to "The Rocks of Afghanistan" since soil is very personal to Obama.
--- Promise Broken ----

So, you see, it's not that every promise Obama has broken is all bad. People can decide for themselves as long as the media reports it. But since they don't really want to quibble with certain issues because they detract from the agenda of "79 campaign promises fulfilled," it's not nice of me to write any of this. Perhaps this will be forwarded and reported to him, as he suggested people do if anyone disagreed with the health care reform, wow!

One final point. Someone above said "obstructions" as if to say that anyone who has honest policy disagreements that they've held their entire lives - long before Obama came along - well, that's not nice. It's "obstructionist," as in - I don't eat meat because I'm a Vegan, yet you are saying I should eat meat for the good of the country, and I say, but, wait, I don't want to eat the blood of formerly living, dirty animals. You say, well, yes, but we're in charge now, so if you won't eat meat, it's because you hate us and aren't respectful of us because we won, and we get to force meat on everyone. Well, yes, that would be true if this were a Cuba, or Venezuala, or the former Soviet Union, but it's not. This is a place where people can elect leaders who reflect many views.

But, wait! Obama had a FILLIBUSTER PROOF MAJORITY! He could've gotten anything done, right? No, because, you see, these things - these evil gremlins called Re Re I can't even say the name...okay, Republic(yuck fooehy)ans, well, they were this little minority group who didn't like radical changes and neither did 65% of the public, so....I guess there wasn't "obstruction" but more like - DEMOCRACY? Yeah, now that's a great word to end on. DEMOCRACY!

thank you for your input. i should be hanging out with people like you.