After 100 days, tables have turned
Dillon Kronert
Issue date: 5/6/09 Section: Campus Talk
Wednesday April 29, marked 100 days of Barack Obama's presidency. Obama came to the position with a full plate and did not waste time tackling our country's problems from day one. Our economy has continued to fail, tensions with Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have not become better, Korea is testing Weapons of Mass Destruction and pirates have made a comeback.
Those are some things Obama and the country has had to deal with the past 100 days. The good news is that we're all going to die of swine flu soon anyway, so who cares? How's that universal healthcare plan sound now, huh?
On a serious note, Obama has accomplished an incredible number of tasks in his first 100 days as president. He passed legislation for equal work pay for women, the SCHIPS plan to give healthcare to four million children and a staggering economic stimulus package. He also closed down the prisons at Guantanamo Bay.
The truth is that 100 days is not that much time in the long run. The results of his actions, especially the passing of the stimulus plan, will not be known for some time. Regardless, the major news networks have made it into a big deal. Last Wednesday, Obama addressed the nation to take questions on all of the above, and more from members of the media. Analyzing a president's first 100 days is not a new practice, but never has it been so meticulously done until Obama.
Throughout it all, Obama has remained refreshingly poised and level- headed. This is admirable because many of these problems were left over from the last administration, not part of his original agenda. He's moved quickly pulling troops out of Iraq and pouring them into Afghanistan.
Obama has been working hard to become everything President Bush was not. He is Bizarro Bush. He put money into research of alternate fuels and stem cells, which were both ignored by the Bush administration. He recently signed for the release of the Bush Torture Memos. He also raised taxes 3 percent in attempts to help the economy and undo damage caused by Bush's tax cuts, which many Republicans still stand behind.
Those are some things Obama and the country has had to deal with the past 100 days. The good news is that we're all going to die of swine flu soon anyway, so who cares? How's that universal healthcare plan sound now, huh?
On a serious note, Obama has accomplished an incredible number of tasks in his first 100 days as president. He passed legislation for equal work pay for women, the SCHIPS plan to give healthcare to four million children and a staggering economic stimulus package. He also closed down the prisons at Guantanamo Bay.
The truth is that 100 days is not that much time in the long run. The results of his actions, especially the passing of the stimulus plan, will not be known for some time. Regardless, the major news networks have made it into a big deal. Last Wednesday, Obama addressed the nation to take questions on all of the above, and more from members of the media. Analyzing a president's first 100 days is not a new practice, but never has it been so meticulously done until Obama.
Throughout it all, Obama has remained refreshingly poised and level- headed. This is admirable because many of these problems were left over from the last administration, not part of his original agenda. He's moved quickly pulling troops out of Iraq and pouring them into Afghanistan.
Obama has been working hard to become everything President Bush was not. He is Bizarro Bush. He put money into research of alternate fuels and stem cells, which were both ignored by the Bush administration. He recently signed for the release of the Bush Torture Memos. He also raised taxes 3 percent in attempts to help the economy and undo damage caused by Bush's tax cuts, which many Republicans still stand behind.
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