A President and a State Department that wanted success for America and Americans would make this "evaluation" their priority and get it decided immediately. They've had over 3 years and have approved every hurdle except the one the administration flasly created in December. A "reasonable" study/approval of this final piece should take a week max. Result: immediate jobs, long-term jobs, indirect jobs, lots of future oil, and some immediate lowering of oil/gas price because the "speculators" and others would know we'll be increasing availability. ALL WITH ZERO cost to taxpayers. But instead, Obama want to keep all of this from Americans because he wants 4 more years to impose his statism on us.

Black unemployment surged to 16.7% in August, its highest level since 1984, the Labor Department reported. Black unemployment has now remained above 10% for four straight years. And the rate sits at an astounding 42% for the black teen population. If a Republican President did the sort of damage to black Americans that Barack Obama has, it would be called a hate crime.

The heavy duty anti-bacterial stuff I'm sure.

I hope they show us all who they are. I hope there are riots, rapes, looting, burning. May as well get the violence and chaos going soon rather than have them all keep it pent up for November. Regardless who wins the election, chaos will ensue. They will all be either celebrating the destruction of America (Obama wins election) or protesting America's possible recovery (Obama loses election). Either way, expect years and years of pain for our nation. I myself will put away my 10-round 9mm beginning tomorrow. It is small and light and can be carried in the pocket of my shorts. Instead, I will start wearing a light jacket or extra shirt to appropriately hide the 30-round FH FiveSeven. Just in case.

Bravo. Are you better off now than you were $11 trillion ago ... 5 trillion of it borrowed from your children and your children's children.

Interesting perspective. "A vote for Obama is a vote for increasing my debt".

I'm not sure I agree. With an MBA and an engineering degree I've been out of work for 2.5 years after working successfully for 40 years. If I had children, I'd encourage them to be a welder or go to college for Political Science. I know, we always laughed at those in PilySci because they had nothing real to learn/contribute. Now I'm wishing I had been taught how to complete forms for "grants", start useless "non-profits" and otherwise scam the country.

Put another way, our GDP is growing 1/4 the rate our debt is growing. Debt is growing by $1.5 trillion per year which means the debt is growing at 10%/year whereas our economy is growing at 2.2%. I can see this is going to work out well. I wonder if Obama, Reid, Pelosi, Geitner ... I wonder if they have any idea what this means?

Put another way, our GDP is growing 1/4 the rate our debt is growing. Debt is growing by $1.5 trillion per year which means the debt is growing at 10%/year whereas our economy is growing at 2.2%. I can see this is going to work out well. I wonder if Obama, Reid, Pelosi, Geitner ... I wonder if they have any idea what this means?

Spare me the BS. What did Obama "inherit"? The greatest economy in history The greatest military in history The highest skilled workforce in history The most inovative/creative business creators in history The most educated population in history The best living standards in history (our "poo" have more and greater opportunity then the middle class in most countries) The most diverse population in history The greatest opportunity for upward mobility in any society in history What has he done with it?