America hasn't had much in the way of an environmentalist president since Richard Nixon and before that Theodore Roosevelt, so we weren't exactly expecting Barack Obama to do anything bold or visionary when it came to such unimportant things as the air we breathe and the water we drink and the Earth we live upon. (At least Michelle Obama seems to care about the use of pesticides on food and such, so that's something, right?) And we're deep in a "recovery" that looks almost identical to "a terrible recession," so that's always an excuse for people who never cared anyway to say, "And we cannot worry ourselves with the Snail Darter or the survival of humanity on this planet because we got to get those smokestacks going again, in China probably, so we can ... uh,
I think there's pretty much two issues Barry's not going to make more than symbolic moves on: gun control and global warming.
In today's political climate, its probably hard enough getting the existing laws enforced, let alone getting new ones that might actually work.
Gasp!
I think there's pretty much two issues Barry's not going to make more than symbolic moves on: gun control and global warming.
In today's political climate, its probably hard enough getting the existing laws enforced, let alone getting new ones that might actually work.
and immigration i think.