by Mike Fauls
A lot of people are going on about our President’s first 100 days in office and whether or not, based on these days, he will be a good president. Quite a few people think that he’s doing a wonderful job in office. I do not.
Personally I think that he’s running this country into the ground and some time in the near future we’ll be extremely close to a communist country. I swear though, people think that because of this reason I’m racist or something like that. I’m not, for the record; I have friends that are black.
Some people label my stance as rather extreme, while others completely agree with me, but really let’s take a microscope and maybe a crystal ball into what his first 100 days are and how some students around here are responding.
Senior Henry Fether is not a fan of the President’s first 100 days. “He’s done nothing useful, and he’s released all of the people from Guantanamo, so they’re out doing what they were before,” explained Henry. This makes me wonder. Let’s say that most of the people in Guantanamo were innocent civilians caught at the wrong place at the wrong time. To them, this is a miracle. But at the same time, let’s say that about 15-20% were actual terrorists ready to kill America’s, or any other free and democratic country’s, citizens. What then would we do? Would we strip away more freedoms for the sake of “safety” and hope for the best?
Some people think that he is doing the best that he can though with all of the stuff that’s he’s been given. “He’s done within expected parameters,” said senior Steven Kuster. I’ll give our President credit where his credit is due he has had to deal with a bad economy and I’m sure that racist people have given him a hard time. He also has two daughters to raise and worry about.
But we’ve gotten rid of so many things that we were used to. Everything that we’ve come to know is basically upside-down. My dad and I were talking about this and he brought up a really good point, saying, “Ya know, people talk about how this isn’t the America that it used to be 20 years ago. Look around, though, this isn’t the same America it was just a year ago!” Truth be told I think Obama should just stick to comedy; he’s more successful at being a stand-up comedian than being a president.
