tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post477361805443985052..comments2023-11-22T01:14:54.298-08:00Comments on amor mundi: BooMan on Transformative PresidenciesDale Carricohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811055279887722298noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-9979664318056156052010-08-24T10:22:24.179-07:002010-08-24T10:22:24.179-07:00And if he can't exactly trim military spending...And if he can't exactly trim military spending just yet, because of the ralph "optics" /ralph of such a move, it wouldn't be a bad idea to re-purpose lots of it in the service of greening public installations and fleets and undertaking civil engineering projects like levies and wetlands renewal and reforestation and continuing to expand the welfare state through veterans programs, not to mention getting some space exploration out of it. Sometimes things are happening even when they are not, er, "happening," you know?Dale Carricohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02811055279887722298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-72087071166416202342010-08-24T10:13:48.851-07:002010-08-24T10:13:48.851-07:00The man has another 6 years to go (assuming he get...The man has another 6 years to go (assuming he gets reelected) and I still have high hopes for him. A lot of people on the left have turned on him, unfairly I think.<br /><br />The hard right seems to be better at holding their movement together while the left seems to turn on each other at the first whiff of comprimise.<br /><br />Personaly I'm hoping that he can use the EPA to do something substantial about climate and energy. If he can do that as well as trim military spending and stay out of any more wars then he'll have secured his legacy as one of the greatest presidents the USA has had in living memory.<br /><br />Here's hoping.jollyspaniardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10999141103840765243noreply@blogger.com