Is Biden giving us the bird?

[exitseven]

Joe Biden is signing into law a bill designating the Bald Eagle as the U. S. National bird.

[Dargil]

For him, it should have been a Dodo.

https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT3fG-R3Ti0ClD3SkjF2QOYjcvpMJkljCXt5VZpP0ddomD7kXcsAOBJ9Te2cLfgteHTBlGTiqQRmTjhwicV3S146YpnY4-CWBLsf7EFSA

[AviatorTom]

I thought the bald eagle was already America's bird.

But I guess I was wrong...

Why it took 248 years for the bald eagle to become America's bird

[exitseven]

At least Biden has one accomplishment he can point to that did not end up badly.

[sage2021]

@AviatorTom
I thought so too 🤷🏼‍♀️

[AviatorTom]

1 for 1460 is a horrible batting average. 🙄

[DryGermanGuy]

Again you are forgetting the CHIPS and Science Act, the Safer Communities Act, the Infrastructure Act and everything else but that's to be expected.

[Beckybooboo]

@AviatorTom I was going to leave an "opinion" saying that Benjamin Franklin wanted to name the turkey out national bird but I saw it was mentioned in your link. I remember learning that in middle school and always thought it was funny.

[exitseven]

@DryGermanGuy so far the CHIPS act has not created a single job

[AviatorTom]

@exitseven @DryGermanGuy The CEO of Intel recently pointed out that Intel has received none of the billions promised to it in the CHIPS act.

[DryGermanGuy]

But you would agree that the Biden administration is going out with a pretty impressive job plus of 15, xx million, so everything potentially coming on top only makes their record better, right?

[AviatorTom]

@DryGermanGuy No, I don't agree at all. The majority of jobs "created" during the Biden administration tried to replace the jobs lost during the pandemic, and most of these jobs are lower-paying jobs. Plus, cost of goods and services is about about 20% higher (more for some items) since Biden took office in 2021. Historians will look on Biden's presidency as average at best.

[DryGermanGuy]

According to the FED labor statistics, around 5-6 million jobs were lost during the pandemic. So during the Biden administration all that was reversed and another 10 million added. The inflation also came down from 9. x% to 2. x% during the same time, when other Western countries were struggling more. From what I have read, due to Biden's extensive bipartisan legislation, historians already rank him in the upper third.

[AviatorTom]

@DryGermanGuy Just curious. What do you plan on doing in February's snap election?

[DryGermanGuy]

Probably nothing, because the outcome was already clear even before the election announcement: The Christian Democrats will win the election and will either form a grand coalition with the current Social Democrats or - less likely - the Green Party. The only question is, how strong the voters want the CDU's coalition partner to become?

[exitseven]

@DryGermanGuy The majority of the jobs were just the jobs lost during covid coming back. A good amount were government jobs and a lot are part time jobs with no benefits. Taken in total it was a net loss.

[DryGermanGuy]

Again you have these weird troubles with algebra or is it selective perception? 5-6 million jobs re-gained out of a total 15, xx million jobs gained is not a majority.
www.politifact.com/.../

[purplepoppy]

I wonder how many Americans have actually seen a wild bald eagle

[exitseven]

I see them in Maine.

[Daniela1982]

I thought it already was?

[dreamstar72]

So did almost the same year as we become a nation so looked it up came up with this site

www.history.com/.../how-did-the-bald-eagle-become-americas-national-bird

[jshm2]

Says a lot about American intelligence. tbh.

Next he can make America a proper democracy, make Spanish it's official language, and make not paying a proper wage, a criminal offence.

[Wiredone]

At least he did something right before he left office

[msc545]

0 That's really weird. I thought the bald eagle was already the US national bird

[Dongie]

Somebody's been lying my whole life then.

[DrPepper12]

Better than franklins turkey...

[Awantika03]

Really