Bad Obama! Bad! You know better!

[Grape]

Obama, im just sayin that i could be a better presidet than him. dont get me rong, i do like the fact that he donated money to save the turtles, but he could have used the money wiser. and all those pointless speaches hes a big talker. and name one thing he did other than save turtles and perchace USA helth care products.

[Compbrake]

Obama, im just sayin that i could be a better presidet than him. dont get me rong, i do like the fact that he donated money to save the turtles, but he could have used the money wiser. and all those pointless speaches hes a big talker. and name one thing he did other than save turtles and perchace USA helth care products.

Political comment on a food blog ? From your post I can see Obama needs to do more in education, especially spelling. LOL

[Darkginger]

All I can say, from a European point of view, is that he's a lot better than the last guy! I can name one thing he's done - and that's to go some way to reducing the US-bashing that was so prevalent when you had that Bush person as your pres :) I can almost tell you the moment that Bush alienated the rest of the world - it was just after 9/11 - at that point the sympathy of the entire world was with the US - and then Bush went and said stuff about being either with us or against us, and more or less made those of us who had lived with terrorism at home for most of lives feel that our experiences were irrelevant compared to what the US had just gone through.

So, if nothing else, Obama is great for your international relations and diplomacy in general. He comes across as his own man - for good or for bad - as opposed to a puppet who's strings are pulled by shady characters in the background.

Food can be political too, yanno - look at the current campaign in the UK about fishing quotas. It's had a huge impact on people's buying habits, and awareness of the issues. We're also (well some of us are) campaigning against the setting-up of food-lots for cattle along the same lines as you have in the US - we want our beef to remain grass-fed, thank you very much!

In Ireland, where I live (though am actually British, hence my concern with their food policies), a lot of our income is from food exports - and with the recession here as deep as it is - food production IS a political issue. Additionally, it should concern all of us - intensive farming has an effect worldwide, as does the regulation of food quality - these are political issues, too. The so-called 'food miles' impact all of us when we fail to recognise their impact on energy consumption on a worldwide scale.

Erk. I could go on - but I feel strongly that we - as food lovers - should look beyond our plates, and educate ourselves regarding the origin and environmental impact of our food choices.

Sorry, went off on a bit of a woffle there - but it's a pet subject of mine!

[Big Daddy's House]

Since it is in the OT forum, I decided to let it stay.

Unlike DC & fnf (DiscussCooking.com & FoodNetworkFans.com), which won't allow ANYONE to talk about politics there at all!!

[Whoopie Pie]

All I can say, from a European point of view, is that he's a lot better than the last guy! I can name one thing he's done - and that's to go some way to reducing the US-bashing that was so prevalent when you had that Bush person as your pres :) I can almost tell you the moment that Bush alienated the rest of the world - it was just after 9/11 - at that point the sympathy of the entire world was with the US - and then Bush went and said stuff about being either with us or against us, and more or less made those of us who had lived with terrorism at home for most of lives feel that our experiences were irrelevant compared to what the US had just gone through.

So, if nothing else, Obama is great for your international relations and diplomacy in general. He comes across as his own man - for good or for bad - as opposed to a puppet who's strings are pulled by shady characters in the background.

Food can be political too, yanno - look at the current campaign in the UK about fishing quotas. It's had a huge impact on people's buying habits, and awareness of the issues. We're also (well some of us are) campaigning against the setting-up of food-lots for cattle along the same lines as you have in the US - we want our beef to remain grass-fed, thank you very much!

In Ireland, where I live (though am actually British, hence my concern with their food policies), a lot of our income is from food exports - and with the recession here as deep as it is - food production IS a political issue. Additionally, it should concern all of us - intensive farming has an effect worldwide, as does the regulation of food quality - these are political issues, too. The so-called 'food miles' impact all of us when we fail to recognise their impact on energy consumption on a worldwide scale.

Erk. I could go on - but I feel strongly that we - as food lovers - should look beyond our plates, and educate ourselves regarding the origin and environmental impact of our food choices.

Sorry, went off on a bit of a woffle there - but it's a pet subject of mine!

Here in the US, we have had decades of food manufacturers working hard to change our view of food. It seems as though we have become distracted from the reality of our food. A fast food hamburger could easily be from many cows from different places. Most of our produce has to look beautiful for it to sell, every apple of similar size, all shiny and pretty, people here are more concerned with the appearance and price than they are the origin of the fruit. This is slowly beginning to change, and hopefully fresh, local, in season food will become more standard here. I would like to see small local farmers able to do better, so many have been run out of business by big agribusiness, often if a farmer won't sell to them they will often bring up frivolous lawsuits just to bankrupt the farmers. This happens more than anyone knows.

[Big Daddy's House]

Here in the US, we have had decades of food manufacturers working hard to change our view of food. It seems as though we have become distracted from the reality of our food. A fast food hamburger could easily be from many cows from different places. Most of our produce has to look beautiful for it to sell, every apple of similar size, all shiny and pretty, people here are more concerned with the appearance and price than they are the origin of the fruit. This is slowly beginning to change, and hopefully fresh, local, in season food will become more standard here. I would like to see small local farmers able to do better, so many have been run out of business by big agribusiness, often if a farmer won't sell to them they will often bring up frivolous lawsuits just to bankrupt the farmers. This happens more than anyone knows.



Amen to that, Whoopie!!

[MrPolarZero]

well, we all have different views on a certain issue. For me, Obama is one of the best presidents that America has ever have :)

[Big Daddy's House]

On point!!

I like him, even though others seem dissatisfied with him because they expect too much from him too soon. It's going to take him THIS term plus the next one, if re-elected, to clean up the mess that Bush left behind!

[PappaLazarou]

On point!!

I like him, even though others seem dissatisfied with him because they expect too much from him too soon. It's going to take him THIS term plus the next one, if re-elected, to clean up the mess that Bush left behind!

Precisely Sherm :)

[Big Daddy's House]

Thank you.

[Big Daddy's House]

Now I'm beginning to have second thoughts on him.

Found out not too long ago that he wants to cut programs that benefit poor people, such as the APAC and Head Start Programs!!!

Is he turning the other way and starting to become a turncoat? You be the judge.

[natt12321]

There are always going to be people that disagree with political leaders in their country (I'm not particularly fond of our Con-Dem coalition, but I also didn't vote for either party) but at the end of the day you have to give them a chance and make sure you use your vote and not complain about the politians and then not vote come election day.

Also most political leaders will be remembered for the bad decisions they made as opposed to the good they did, and so the longer they are in power the worse they will be viewed by the time they step down as they've had more time to make mistakes. Blair was loved when he became PM but then was pretty hated by the time he stepped down.

[Big Daddy's House]

Score one for Obama! BinLaden has been killed!!

[PappaLazarou]

This is possibly Obama's finest moment....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCkTzqIW-qw

What a guy !!!