Comments on: The First 100 Days

The First 100 Days

Cochise — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:39:39 -0800

Oh those vaunted "first 100 days," they are finally upon us. Roosevelt's legendary time period has long been applied to new administrations, but never so emphatically or with such hope as to the Obama administration. And now you can follow them! For commentary, there's The First 100 Days, for mainstream media there's Obama's First 100 Days, for a comparison between old and new there 100 Days: Starting the Job, From FDR to Obama, for new media there's Obama's First 100 Days, and finally, for a government perspective there's First 100 Days. I smell an idea for an ironic t-shirt...

By: roll truck roll

roll truck roll — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:47:52 -0800

The whole "100 days" mythology could kind of hurt Obama. Thing is, we're in serious shit.

By: ericb

ericb — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:52:09 -0800

I smell an idea for an iconic t-shirt.

By: Cochise

Cochise — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:53:30 -0800

Touche, ericb, touche.

By: chunking express

chunking express — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:55:14 -0800

My friend made an Obama 100 Days web site, and it is awesome.

By: Chocolate Pickle

Chocolate Pickle — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:17:57 -0800

Whenever I see the phrase "100 days" I think of Napoleon. Of course, that was his last hundred days in power, not his first.

By: smackfu

smackfu — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:47:08 -0800

BTW, how did the Democratic Congress do on their 100 day agenda?

By: dozo

dozo — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:50:03 -0800

My friend made an Obama 100 Days web site, and it is awesome. No. No, it's not.

By: filthy light thief

filthy light thief — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:52:39 -0800

I like to make up historic facts, and I place much value on repealing prohibition. Prohibition was a social/morals issue, and I see Obama's options as being to approve gay marriage (morals) and/or legalizing marajuana (social). The tax on marajuana and gay marriages are economic boosts, and both have positive tangents: all the activities around weddings (travel, eating, gifts) and smoking (eating) generate further revenue. Embrace change!

By: filthy light thief

filthy light thief — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 12:11:43 -0800

Note: my opinions are unbiased - I am straight, and do not smoke, so I would not directly benefit from either of these. I just find the fact neither are legal / supported is silly.

By: Fiasco da Gama

Fiasco da Gama — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:23:05 -0800

Chocolate Pickle is correct about the Hundred Days. It's a Napoleonic reference, not one to FDR. It's a bit related to one of my enduring political fantasies: ever since the bad days in 2003 I've had a burning desire to watch Dick Cheney stand in front of an army sent to capture him and say "here I am, if there is any one of you who would shoot your Emperor, do it now".

By: Evilspork

Evilspork — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:02:45 -0800

And for after the first hundred days, there's the Obameter.

By: flibbertigibbet

flibbertigibbet — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:26:29 -0800

And when I hear it, I think of "Canada's Hundred Days," which is called the "Hundred Days Offensive," oh, say, everywhere that isn't Canada.

By: Ms. Saint

Ms. Saint — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:26:50 -0800

My friend made an Obama 100 Days web site, and it is awesome. No. No, it's not. Well, I liked it.