Thursday, July 12, 2012

Why I Endorse President Obama!

If you think there is no difference between the two candidates or parties, and you are thinking of sitting out this election, please give me two minutes of your time! 

Exhibit A:


Exhibit B: One candidate/party mocks firemen and wants to cut back on them and the other calls them heroes AND helps make sure they get insurance!
On a a recent trip to Colorado Springs, the president was apparently moved by the men and women firefighters he met, senior administration officials said in an interview.

When he returned to Washington, he told his cabinet that he wanted to "find a solution" for the hundreds of workers toiling in dangerous conditions without the option to buy in to federal insurance

The 15,000 or so temporary seasonal workers who descend into fire zones are usually young people who work sundry outdoor jobs, depending on the time of year. Some pick up contract work removing trees in the fall or they work at ski areas in the winter.

Many are college students. But because they are not full-time U.S. Forest Service employees, before Tuesday's announcement they did not have the option of purchasing federal health insurance.

Under a directive that will be made in the "near future" from the Office of Personnel Management, this group will get that option by the end of this month, White House officials said.

3 comments:

  1. "the president was apparently moved by the men and women firefighters he met, senior administration officials said in an interview." Moved to figure out a way to tax them or at the very least get them to donate to his re-election. The guy is a phony the only people he cares about is ......well himself his ego does not allow him to care about anyone else. Can't wait for DUMB DUMB to be gone in Jan.

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  2. Yes part time seasonal firefighters, who in their spare time remove trees I am sure will be able to afford to give millions....who needs foster fries when you have a couple hundred college kids!

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  3. I wonder how people in Colorado feel about Romney's desire for fewer firefighters and police? In Willard's ideal world Colorado Springs would now be nothing but a vast pile of smoldering embers. Maybe he thinks that's creative destruction, you know, the Bain way.

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