Has Obama Failed Black Americans on Jobs?
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But in disturbing news, the unemployment rate for African Americans remains at 13.2 percent. Reports from March indicate that more than half of African-American men without a high school diploma are unemployed. Yet the nationwide rate for those without high school diplomas is just 11.6 percent.
Last year, in an interview with The Root, as black unemployment hovered near the 14 percent mark, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.), then chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, said that black Americans were giving President Obama a "pass" on poor handling of unemployment within the community. "Well, I'm supposed to say he doesn't get a pass, but I'm not going to say that," he said. "Look, as the chair of the Black Caucus, I've got to tell you, we are always hesitant to criticize the president. With 14 percent [black] unemployment (pdf), if we had a white president, we'd be marching around the White House."
http://www.theroot.com/blogs/blogging-beltway/has-obama-failed-black-americans-jobs?wpisrc=root_more_news
Last year, in an interview with The Root, as black unemployment hovered near the 14 percent mark, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.), then chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, said that black Americans were giving President Obama a "pass" on poor handling of unemployment within the community. "Well, I'm supposed to say he doesn't get a pass, but I'm not going to say that," he said. "Look, as the chair of the Black Caucus, I've got to tell you, we are always hesitant to criticize the president. With 14 percent [black] unemployment (pdf), if we had a white president, we'd be marching around the White House."
http://www.theroot.com/blogs/blogging-beltway/has-obama-failed-black-americans-jobs?wpisrc=root_more_news
Has Obama Failed Black Americans on Jobs? 15 votes
Yes...... He could do better
46%
7 votes
No....... He does not have support
53%
8 votes
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Obama didn't tell them to drop out of school.
Sometimes people put them selves in ? siuations -
Obama didn't tell them to drop out of school.
Sometimes people put them selves in ? siuations
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you can't have threads of this nature
without the people having knowledge of certain "details" (unless you are intentionally being disingenuous):
07/19/2012
GOP senators block top Obama jobs initiative
http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/19/politics/senate-bring-jobs-home-bill-blocked
Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked the No.1 item on the president's congressional "to-do-list," refusing to allow a vote on a bill that would give tax breaks for companies that "insource" jobs to the U.S. from overseas while eliminating tax deductions for companies that move jobs abroad.
In voting against the bill, Republicans raised both substantive and procedural problems with the measure.
The bill fell four votes short of the 60 needed to bring it to debate, with 42 voting against it. Four GOP senators -- Scott Brown of Massachusetts, Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe of Maine and Dean Heller of Nevada -- voted in favor of the bill.
With job creation the top issue this campaign season, and outsourcing being blamed as a big contributor to the high unemployment rate, Democrats saw the bill as an election-year winner. Sponsored by Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Michigan, who is running for reelection, the bill made it to the top of the "to-do list" for Congress President Barack Obama unveiled earlier this year.
The Bring Jobs Home Act would provide a 20% tax break for the costs of moving jobs back to the United States and would rescind business expense deductions available to companies that are associated with the cost of moving operations overseas. -
11/03/2011
Senate GOP blocks $60B Obama infrastructure plan
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/washington/story/2011-11-03/obama-infrastructure-bill/51063852/1
Republicans in the Senate have killed legislation sponsored by President Obama to spend $60 billion on building and repairing roads, rail lines and other infrastructure to help kick-start the sluggish economy
The 51-49 vote fell well short of the 60 votes required under Senate procedures to start work on the bill. The infrastructure measure is the third in a string of Senate defeats for Obama's stimulus-style jobs agenda, which would be financed by a tax surcharge on the very wealthy. -
you can't have threads of this nature
without the people having knowledge of certain "details" (unless you are intentionally being disingenuous):
Agreed, it's like some people on this board don't understand how Congress works and they operate under this impression that no other people in Washington can be held accountable towards putting people back to work except the President. Cause if Obama just executive ordered his way pass the Congress the same Republicans ? in Congress and Fox News would be yelling impeachment because Obama is acting like a King.
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Yes...... He could do betteryou can't have threads of this nature
without the people having knowledge of certain "details" (unless you are intentionally being disingenuous):
Not being disingenuous, this was re-posted from the root.com.........
People should have a general knowledge of political activity..........
Regardless of his opposition.......
The buck stops at his office...........
He has yet to address unemployment in African American communities..........
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you can't have threads of this nature
without the people having knowledge of certain "details" (unless you are intentionally being disingenuous):
Not being disingenuous, this was re-posted from the root.com.........
People should have a general knowledge of political activity..........
Regardless of his opposition.......
The buck stops at his office...........
He has yet to address unemployment in African American communities..........
You are...
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Yes...... He could do betterZydecoShawty wrote: »you can't have threads of this nature
without the people having knowledge of certain "details" (unless you are intentionally being disingenuous):
Not being disingenuous, this was re-posted from the root.com.........
People should have a general knowledge of political activity..........
Regardless of his opposition.......
The buck stops at his office...........
He has yet to address unemployment in African American communities..........
You are...
How so?????
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DOG.. ITS TOOOO LATE ON A FRIDAY NIGHT FOR A THREAD LIKE THIS
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you can't have threads of this nature
without the people having knowledge of certain "details" (unless you are intentionally being disingenuous):
Not being disingenuous, this was re-posted from the root.com.........
People should have a general knowledge of political activity..........
Regardless of his opposition.......
The buck stops at his office...........
He has yet to address unemployment in African American communities..........
then willfully ignorant
here in the US we have this group of folks called "Congress"
that $60 billion bill Obama sent to them to approve on building and repairing roads, rail lines and other infrastructure
in this country would have put many qualified people in African American communities to work in good paying jobs. (unless you feel the UNQUALIFIED should be rewarded also??? )
regardless of how the last president acted without Congressional approval and what the Rush Limbaughs, Glenn Becks, and Micheal Savages say, Obama has more then been disproved he is not a "tyrannical dictator" by the number of times he's been blocked/ obstructed by Republicans in Congress.
Let's be clear......
this is not my opinion.
you can Google this yourself
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ZydecoShawty wrote: »you can't have threads of this nature
without the people having knowledge of certain "details" (unless you are intentionally being disingenuous):
Not being disingenuous, this was re-posted from the root.com.........
People should have a general knowledge of political activity..........
Regardless of his opposition.......
The buck stops at his office...........
He has yet to address unemployment in African American communities..........
You are...
How so?????
You said the buck stops at his office but the President can't executive order his way pass a Republican Congress determined not to let anything on his agenda get done.
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you can't have threads of this nature
without the people having knowledge of certain "details" (unless you are intentionally being disingenuous):
Not being disingenuous, this was re-posted from the root.com.........
People should have a general knowledge of political activity..........
Regardless of his opposition.......
The buck stops at his office...........
He has yet to address unemployment in African American communities..........
then willfully ignorant
here in the US we have this group of folks called "Congress"
that $60 billion bill Obama sent to them to approve on building and repairing roads, rail lines and other infrastructure
in this country would have put many qualified people in African American communities to work in good paying jobs. (unless you feel the UNQUALIFIED should be rewarded also??? )
the bolded says it all...
T/S and people like him regurgitate the same ? over and over...Obama is not King...he isnt a one man govt...
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Yes...... He could do betteryou can't have threads of this nature
without the people having knowledge of certain "details" (unless you are intentionally being disingenuous):
Not being disingenuous, this was re-posted from the root.com.........
People should have a general knowledge of political activity..........
Regardless of his opposition.......
The buck stops at his office...........
He has yet to address unemployment in African American communities..........
then willfully ignorant
here in the US we have this group of folks called "Congress"
that $60 billion bill Obama sent to them to approve on building and repairing roads, rail lines and other infrastructure
in this country would have put many qualified people in African American communities to work in good paying jobs. (unless you feel the UNQUALIFIED should be rewarded also??? )
I am familiar with the way this government is structured........Last year, in an interview with The Root, as black unemployment hovered near the 14 percent mark, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.), then chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, said that black Americans were giving President Obama a "pass" on poor handling of unemployment within the community. "Well, I'm supposed to say he doesn't get a pass, but I'm not going to say that," he said. "Look, as the chair of the Black Caucus, I've got to tell you, we are always hesitant to criticize the president. With 14 percent [black] unemployment (pdf), if we had a white president, we'd be marching around the White House."
http://www.theroot.com/blogs/blogging-beltway/has-obama-failed-black-americans-jobs?wpisrc=root_more_newsZydecoShawty wrote: »ZydecoShawty wrote: »you can't have threads of this nature
without the people having knowledge of certain "details" (unless you are intentionally being disingenuous):
Not being disingenuous, this was re-posted from the root.com.........
People should have a general knowledge of political activity..........
Regardless of his opposition.......
The buck stops at his office...........
He has yet to address unemployment in African American communities..........
You are...
How so?????
You said the buck stops at his office but the President can't executive order his way pass a Republican Congress determined not to let anything on his agenda get done.
The "buck" does stop with the commander in chief.............
It is his job to do what is necessary to assure that his agenda is successful.........
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Yes...... He could do betternumbaz...80's baby wrote: »Could he do better?
I dont ? know. I do know one thing though. If you cant find a company to work for then start your own. Quit relying on the president(white or black).
Depend on yourself.
lol easier said then done. It's not easy being a small business owner nowadays -
Yes...... He could do better
http://youtu.be/s4M4uBdrI_s -
you can't have threads of this nature
without the people having knowledge of certain "details" (unless you are intentionally being disingenuous):
Not being disingenuous, this was re-posted from the root.com.........
People should have a general knowledge of political activity..........
Regardless of his opposition.......
The buck stops at his office...........
He has yet to address unemployment in African American communities..........
then willfully ignorant
here in the US we have this group of folks called "Congress"
that $60 billion bill Obama sent to them to approve on building and repairing roads, rail lines and other infrastructure
in this country would have put many qualified people in African American communities to work in good paying jobs. (unless you feel the UNQUALIFIED should be rewarded also??? )
I am familiar with the way this government is structured........Last year, in an interview with The Root, as black unemployment hovered near the 14 percent mark, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.), then chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, said that black Americans were giving President Obama a "pass" on poor handling of unemployment within the community. "Well, I'm supposed to say he doesn't get a pass, but I'm not going to say that," he said. "Look, as the chair of the Black Caucus, I've got to tell you, we are always hesitant to criticize the president. With 14 percent [black] unemployment (pdf), if we had a white president, we'd be marching around the White House."
http://www.theroot.com/blogs/blogging-beltway/has-obama-failed-black-americans-jobs?wpisrc=root_more_newsZydecoShawty wrote: »ZydecoShawty wrote: »you can't have threads of this nature
without the people having knowledge of certain "details" (unless you are intentionally being disingenuous):
Not being disingenuous, this was re-posted from the root.com.........
People should have a general knowledge of political activity..........
Regardless of his opposition.......
The buck stops at his office...........
He has yet to address unemployment in African American communities..........
You are...
How so?????
You said the buck stops at his office but the President can't executive order his way pass a Republican Congress determined not to let anything on his agenda get done.
The "buck" does stop with the commander in chief.............
It is his job to do what is necessary to assure that his agenda is successful.........
explain how a black president...is gonna push his agenda to put black americans to work (since you seem to think he is president of only black america) thru a republican congress?
they stripped down his health care bill to almost nothing...and are still trying to repeal what did pass....but they are gonna be all for putting our black ? to work? this what you think?
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Louis Cipher wrote: »you can't have threads of this nature
without the people having knowledge of certain "details" (unless you are intentionally being disingenuous):
Not being disingenuous, this was re-posted from the root.com.........
People should have a general knowledge of political activity..........
Regardless of his opposition.......
The buck stops at his office...........
He has yet to address unemployment in African American communities..........
then willfully ignorant
here in the US we have this group of folks called "Congress"
that $60 billion bill Obama sent to them to approve on building and repairing roads, rail lines and other infrastructure
in this country would have put many qualified people in African American communities to work in good paying jobs. (unless you feel the UNQUALIFIED should be rewarded also??? )
I am familiar with the way this government is structured........Last year, in an interview with The Root, as black unemployment hovered near the 14 percent mark, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.), then chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, said that black Americans were giving President Obama a "pass" on poor handling of unemployment within the community. "Well, I'm supposed to say he doesn't get a pass, but I'm not going to say that," he said. "Look, as the chair of the Black Caucus, I've got to tell you, we are always hesitant to criticize the president. With 14 percent [black] unemployment (pdf), if we had a white president, we'd be marching around the White House."
http://www.theroot.com/blogs/blogging-beltway/has-obama-failed-black-americans-jobs?wpisrc=root_more_newsZydecoShawty wrote: »ZydecoShawty wrote: »you can't have threads of this nature
without the people having knowledge of certain "details" (unless you are intentionally being disingenuous):
Not being disingenuous, this was re-posted from the root.com.........
People should have a general knowledge of political activity..........
Regardless of his opposition.......
The buck stops at his office...........
He has yet to address unemployment in African American communities..........
You are...
How so?????
You said the buck stops at his office but the President can't executive order his way pass a Republican Congress determined not to let anything on his agenda get done.
The "buck" does stop with the commander in chief.............
It is his job to do what is necessary to assure that his agenda is successful.........
explain how a black president...is gonna push his agenda to put black americans to work (since you seem to think he is president of only black america) thru a republican congress?
they stripped down his health care bill to almost nothing...and are still trying to repeal what did pass....but they are gonna be all for putting our black ? to work? this what you think?
and its too ? late for this...and its friday nite...why arent you out somewhere? im at work...whats your excuse?
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you can't have threads of this nature
without the people having knowledge of certain "details" (unless you are intentionally being disingenuous):
Not being disingenuous, this was re-posted from the root.com.........
People should have a general knowledge of political activity..........
Regardless of his opposition.......
The buck stops at his office...........
He has yet to address unemployment in African American communities..........
then willfully ignorant
here in the US we have this group of folks called "Congress"
that $60 billion bill Obama sent to them to approve on building and repairing roads, rail lines and other infrastructure
in this country would have put many qualified people in African American communities to work in good paying jobs. (unless you feel the UNQUALIFIED should be rewarded also??? )
I am familiar with the way this government is structured........Last year, in an interview with The Root, as black unemployment hovered near the 14 percent mark, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.), then chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, said that black Americans were giving President Obama a "pass" on poor handling of unemployment within the community. "Well, I'm supposed to say he doesn't get a pass, but I'm not going to say that," he said. "Look, as the chair of the Black Caucus, I've got to tell you, we are always hesitant to criticize the president. With 14 percent [black] unemployment (pdf), if we had a white president, we'd be marching around the White House."
http://www.theroot.com/blogs/blogging-beltway/has-obama-failed-black-americans-jobs?wpisrc=root_more_newsZydecoShawty wrote: »ZydecoShawty wrote: »you can't have threads of this nature
without the people having knowledge of certain "details" (unless you are intentionally being disingenuous):
Not being disingenuous, this was re-posted from the root.com.........
People should have a general knowledge of political activity..........
Regardless of his opposition.......
The buck stops at his office...........
He has yet to address unemployment in African American communities..........
You are...
How so?????
You said the buck stops at his office but the President can't executive order his way pass a Republican Congress determined not to let anything on his agenda get done.
The "buck" does stop with the commander in chief.............
It is his job to do what is necessary to assure that his agenda is successful.........
You can believe whatever ? ? you wanna believe but it's blatantly obvious to anyone who's not a standard bearer for the Republican party that the only way that Obama is going to get anything on his agenda passed is if Nancy Pelosi becomes House speaker again.
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Yes...... He could do betterLouis Cipher wrote: »you can't have threads of this nature
without the people having knowledge of certain "details" (unless you are intentionally being disingenuous):
Not being disingenuous, this was re-posted from the root.com.........
People should have a general knowledge of political activity..........
Regardless of his opposition.......
The buck stops at his office...........
He has yet to address unemployment in African American communities..........
then willfully ignorant
here in the US we have this group of folks called "Congress"
that $60 billion bill Obama sent to them to approve on building and repairing roads, rail lines and other infrastructure
in this country would have put many qualified people in African American communities to work in good paying jobs. (unless you feel the UNQUALIFIED should be rewarded also??? )
I am familiar with the way this government is structured........Last year, in an interview with The Root, as black unemployment hovered near the 14 percent mark, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.), then chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, said that black Americans were giving President Obama a "pass" on poor handling of unemployment within the community. "Well, I'm supposed to say he doesn't get a pass, but I'm not going to say that," he said. "Look, as the chair of the Black Caucus, I've got to tell you, we are always hesitant to criticize the president. With 14 percent [black] unemployment (pdf), if we had a white president, we'd be marching around the White House."
http://www.theroot.com/blogs/blogging-beltway/has-obama-failed-black-americans-jobs?wpisrc=root_more_newsZydecoShawty wrote: »ZydecoShawty wrote: »you can't have threads of this nature
without the people having knowledge of certain "details" (unless you are intentionally being disingenuous):
Not being disingenuous, this was re-posted from the root.com.........
People should have a general knowledge of political activity..........
Regardless of his opposition.......
The buck stops at his office...........
He has yet to address unemployment in African American communities..........
You are...
How so?????
You said the buck stops at his office but the President can't executive order his way pass a Republican Congress determined not to let anything on his agenda get done.
The "buck" does stop with the commander in chief.............
It is his job to do what is necessary to assure that his agenda is successful.........
explain how a black president...is gonna push his agenda to put black americans to work (since you seem to think he is president of only black america) thru a republican congress?
they stripped down his health care bill to almost nothing...and are still trying to repeal what did pass....but they are gonna be all for putting our black ? to work? this what you think?
Hey......
Yall ? can think what you like......
Many presidents have been successful with a congress that does not agree with them.......
"google it".......
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I get e-mails from bet all the time and they say unemployment has gone down the last 2 months..
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Yes...... He could do betterLouis Cipher wrote: »Louis Cipher wrote: »you can't have threads of this nature
without the people having knowledge of certain "details" (unless you are intentionally being disingenuous):
Not being disingenuous, this was re-posted from the root.com.........
People should have a general knowledge of political activity..........
Regardless of his opposition.......
The buck stops at his office...........
He has yet to address unemployment in African American communities..........
then willfully ignorant
here in the US we have this group of folks called "Congress"
that $60 billion bill Obama sent to them to approve on building and repairing roads, rail lines and other infrastructure
in this country would have put many qualified people in African American communities to work in good paying jobs. (unless you feel the UNQUALIFIED should be rewarded also??? )
I am familiar with the way this government is structured........Last year, in an interview with The Root, as black unemployment hovered near the 14 percent mark, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.), then chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, said that black Americans were giving President Obama a "pass" on poor handling of unemployment within the community. "Well, I'm supposed to say he doesn't get a pass, but I'm not going to say that," he said. "Look, as the chair of the Black Caucus, I've got to tell you, we are always hesitant to criticize the president. With 14 percent [black] unemployment (pdf), if we had a white president, we'd be marching around the White House."
http://www.theroot.com/blogs/blogging-beltway/has-obama-failed-black-americans-jobs?wpisrc=root_more_newsZydecoShawty wrote: »ZydecoShawty wrote: »you can't have threads of this nature
without the people having knowledge of certain "details" (unless you are intentionally being disingenuous):
Not being disingenuous, this was re-posted from the root.com.........
People should have a general knowledge of political activity..........
Regardless of his opposition.......
The buck stops at his office...........
He has yet to address unemployment in African American communities..........
You are...
How so?????
You said the buck stops at his office but the President can't executive order his way pass a Republican Congress determined not to let anything on his agenda get done.
The "buck" does stop with the commander in chief.............
It is his job to do what is necessary to assure that his agenda is successful.........
explain how a black president...is gonna push his agenda to put black americans to work (since you seem to think he is president of only black america) thru a republican congress?
they stripped down his health care bill to almost nothing...and are still trying to repeal what did pass....but they are gonna be all for putting our black ? to work? this what you think?
and its too ? late for this...and its friday nite...why arent you out somewhere? im at work...whats your excuse?
WTF you worried about what I'm doing for?????
Get back to making fries, b.........
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? blame Obama and the government for their shortcomings way to much.
President Obama isnt some magic ? thats going to make you educate yourself nor is he going to make you have work ethic and skills to aquire certain skills that will yield a higher paying career.
A lot of Black Americans have failed themselves with this old woe is me attitude.
The government already provides federal funding for loans and grants for one to educate themselves and also housing, food services, and money for those little to no income individuals.
It comes a time a ? has to look in the mirror and say what can I do to better myself and improve my situation.
Nobody owes you ? in this world and no one is going to do more for you than you do for yourself.
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Yes...... He could do better
LOL.......
You ? act like I am asking you for a ? handout..................
I dont need "government" to help me out.......
However, my people (working-class) are suffering.........
I am gonna hold all of those responsible to task............
*speak truth to power*
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Yes...... He could do betterIuno fam..... to turn around a $15 trillion dollar economy ? You aint turning that around overnight, it is not an easy task but over a period of years ? No problem. Unemployment is down significantly & on the feds news today, the stock market surged past 15000 points for the first time ever. America is a country with a format that works, since 1776, the saying has held strong that America's best years are ahead of it. If he could do better man I'm sure he would. The economy is Obama's biggest problem right now.
I feel you......
However......
But in disturbing news, the unemployment rate for African Americans remains at 13.2 percent. Reports from March indicate that more than half of African-American men without a high school diploma are unemployed. Yet the nationwide rate for those without high school diplomas is just 11.6 percent.
"Look, as the chair of the Black Caucus, I've got to tell you, we are always hesitant to criticize the president. With 14 percent [black] unemployment (pdf), if we had a white president, we'd be marching around the White House."
I've been at the mercy of men just following orders. Never again..........
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Bruh if a ? is struggling about 90 percent of the time that ? has no further to look than the mirror to see the source of his problems.
I don't knock any ? or broads method to making money or getting ahead as long as they not killing anyone there is to much opportunity in this world for ? not to make money and create a better life for themselves.
I hear to many ? complain about help the argument is tired as ? .
Does the government do as much as they could to help Blacks?
The answer is no, but should that stop the majority of us from making a decent living for ourselves no.
Suck that ? up take your ass to school and learn a trade or something.
School not for you fine get a hustle that is for you and perfect that ? and make it work for you.
I don't care if you Black, White, or of another race if you not at the station you seek to be in life it's probably your fault.
