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“I’ll also institute an absolute gift ban, so that no registered lobbyist can curry favor with members of my administration based on how much they can spend on a fancy dinner. I’ll make our government open and transparent, so that anyone can ensure that our business is the people’s business. Justice Louis Brandeis once said, “Sunlight is the greatest disinfectant. And as President, I’m going to make it impossible for Congressman and lobbyists to slip pork-barrel projects or corporate welfare into laws when no one’s looking. Because when I’m President, meetings where laws are written will be more open to the public. No more secrecy - that’s a commitment I make to you as President.”
That didn't take long. An Obama thread on what he has done and the thread starter himself/herself shifts attention to Bush after the first response. That can sum up Barrys run as prez so far to some degree.
I guess this is why Hillary is polling higher than him right now.
He avoided starting any more wars, cut some taxes and passed the first meaningful health care bill in decades, flawed as it was.
He's not that good a president, but he's better than some.
Stupid Wing-nuts
The Obameter: Tracking Obama's Campaign Promises
The Promise:
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[B][/"Barack Obama will work with military commanders on the ground in Iraq and in consultaton with the Iraqi government to end the war safely and responsibly within 16 months."[b]
Update August 20th, 2010:
Last of the "combat" troops leave Iraq; peacekeepers stay behind
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Fully fund the Veterans Administration
Fully fund "the VA so it has all the resources it needs to serve the veterans who need it, when they need it."
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No. 134: Send two additional brigades to Afghanistan
"As Obama removes our combat brigades from Iraq, he will send at least two additional brigades to Afghanistan, where the Taliban is resurgent. He will also provide our armed forces with the reset capability that they need. He will replace essential equipment, and he will ensure that our men and women in uniform get the care and support they have earned.
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No. 300: Reform mandatory minimum sentences
"Will immediately review (mandatory minimum) sentences to see where we can be smarter on crime and reduce the ineffective warehousing of nonviolent drug offenders."
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Create new financial regulations
"I'll put in place the common-sense regulations and rules of the road I've been calling for since March -- rules that will keep our market free, fair, and honest; rules that will restore accountability and responsibility in our corporate boardrooms
polifact
Here are a few others
Aug 13, 2010 SW Border Security
Aug 11, 2010 Mortgage Insurance Flexibility Act
Aug 11, 2010 Manufacturing Enhancement Act
Aug 10, 2010 FAA Modernization/Safety Improvement Act
Aug 10, 2010 Cell Phone Contraband Act
Aug 3, 2010 Memorandum Freezing Awards & Bonuses
Aug 3, 2010 Fair Sentencing Act
Jul 29, 2010 Tribal Law & Order Act
Jul 27, 2010 Cruise Ship Security Act
Jul 27, 2010 CARD Act Date Amendments
Jul 26, 2010 Exec Order - Increase Fed Employment of Disabled
Jul 22, 2010 Unemployment Extension
Jul 21, 2010 Wall Street Reform
Jul 19, 2010 Exec Order - Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force
Jul 19, 2010 Fed Worker Safety/Reemployment Initiative
Jul 13, 2010 National HIV/AIDS Strategy
Jul 7, 2010 Formaldehyde Standards In Comp Wood
Jul 2, 2010 Homebuyer Assistance/Improvement Act
Jul 1, 2010 Iran Sanctions
Jun 18, 2010 No Lobbyists On Federal Boards/Commissions
Jun 18, 2010 Memorandum Federal Do Not Pay Databases
Jun 17, 2010 Small Business Act
Jun 15, 2010 Bill Authorizing Advances From BP Oil
Jun 10, 2010 Memorandum To Dispose of Unneeded Fed Property
Jun 9, 2010 Families of Fallen Heroes Act
Jun 3, 2010 Summer Jobs Act
Jun 2, 2010 Memorandum Benefits Same-Sex Partners
May 27, 2010 Judiciary Administrative Improvements Act
May 24, 2010 LRA Disarmamanet/No Uganda Recovery Act
May 21, 2010 Federal Fleet Fuel Efficiency Memorandum
May 17, 2010 Daniel Pearl Press Act
May 11, 2010 Memorandum Improve Federal Hiring
May 3, 2010 Memorandum Space Industry Task Force
Apr 26, 2010 Task Force Veteran's Small Business
Apr 22, 2010 National Defense Authorization
Apr 21, 2010 Council On Science & Technology
Apr 12, 2010 Honoring Victims of Mine Disaster
Apr 8, 2010 Nuclear Arms Reduction Treaty
Mar 31, 2010 Release Portions of US Outer Continental Shelf
Mar 30, 2010 Health Care and Education Reconciliation
Mar 23, 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care
Mar 18, 2010 Hiring Incentives To Restore Employment HIRE Act
Mar 11, 2010 National Export Initiative
Mar 10, 2010 MEM US-India Nuclear Cooperation & Nonproliferation Act
Mar 10, 2010 MEM Finding and Recapturing Improper Payments
Feb 23, 2010 Exec Order Historically Black Colleges & Universities
Feb 12, 2010 HJ Res 45, Implements Pay As You Go, Pay-Go
Feb 9, 2010 Task Force on Childhood Obesity
Feb 3, 2010 Strategy on Carbon Capture & Storage
Jan 29, 2010 Commission on America's Nuclear Future
Jan 22, 2010 Tax Breaks For Haiti Donations
Jan 11, 2010 Executive Order Establishing Council of Governors
Dec 29, 2009 Executive Order - Classified National Security Information, creating a uniform system for classifying, safeguarding, and declassifying national security information
Dec 15, 2009 Memorandum Naming Thomson Correctional Center incarceration unit for Guantanamo detainees.
Dec 9, 2009 Memorandum creating the Medicare Federally Qualified Health Center Advanced Primary Care Practice demonstration, to conduct experiments and demonstrations on changes in payments and services that may improve the quality and efficiency of services to beneficiaries
Dec 9, 2009 Labor - Management Forums between managers, employees, and union reps will discuss workplace challenges and develop solutions jointly.
Nov 23, 2009 Executive Order Reducing Improper Payments and Eliminating Waste in Federal Programs
Nov 17, 2009 Executive Order Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force to support investigation and prosecution of cases of bank, mortgage, loan, and lending fraud; securities and commodities fraud; retirement plan fraud; mail and wire fraud; tax crimes; money laundering; False Claims Act violations; unfair competition; discrimination; and other financial crimes and violations.
Nov 9, 2009 Executive Order Veteran's Employment Initiative creates Council on Veteran's Employment.
Nov 6, 2009 Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009 which additional emergency unemployment compensation; extends the $8,000 First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit through April 30, 2010, increases from two to five preceding years the period for which businesses can offset net operation losses in 2008 and 2009 against income;
Oct 31, 2009 Ryan White Act
Oct 30, 2009 Visitors Records Released
Oct 28, 2009 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010
Matthew Shepherd - James Byrd Jr Hate Crimes Act
Oct 22, 2009 Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act
Oct 5, 2009 Executive Order Setting Sustainability Goals For Federal Agencies
Sep 17, 2009 Medical Tort Reform Demonstration Grants
Aug 6, 2009 Creation of 3 new scenic trails, Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail, the New England National Scenic Trail and the Arizona National Scenic Trail
Aug 6, 2009 $2.4 Billion In Advanced Battery Development
Aug 3, 2009 Post 9/11 GI Bill
July 27, 2009 Cash For Clunkers cars.gov
July 6, 2009 Arms Reduction, Bilateral Presidential Commission Russia
Jun 12, 2009 Kids Tobacco Legislation
May 21, 2009 Weapons Systems Acquisition Reform
May 20, 2009 Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights
May 19, 2009 Helping Families Save Their Homes Act
May 18, 2009 Mortgage Fraud and Recovery Act and Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission
May 12, 2009 Chesapeake Bay Protection and Restoration Exec Order
Apr 21, 2009 Kennedy Serve America Act
Mar 30, 2009 Omnibus Public Lands Wilderness Act
Mar 11, 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Act
Mar 11, 2009 Executive Order Creating the White House Council on Women and Girls
Mar 9, 2009 Removing Barriers to Responsible Scientific Research Involving Human Stem Cells
Feb 17, 2009 Recovery & Reinvestment Act
Feb 6, 2009 Executive Order: Use of Project Labor Agreements for Federal Construction Projects
Feb 5, 2009 Amendments to Executive Order 13199 and Establishment of the President's Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
Feb 4, 2009 Presidential Memorandum -- State Children's Health Insurance Program
Jan 30, 2009 Executive Order -- Economy in Government Contracting
Jan 30, 2009 Executive Order -- Notificiation of Employee Rights Under Federal Labor Laws
Jan 29, 2009 Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
Jan 27, 2009 Unexpected Urgent Refugee and Migration Needs Related to Gaza
Jan 26, 2009 The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007
Jan 26, 2009 California Request for Waiver Under the Clean Air Act
Jan 23, 2009 Mexico City Policy and Assistance for Voluntary Population Planning
Jan 22, 2009 Review of Detention Policy Options
Jan 22, 2009 Review of the Detention of Ali Saleh Kahlah
Jan 22, 2009 Closure Of Guantanamo Detention Facilities
Jan 22, 2009 Ensuring Lawful Interrogations
Jan 21, 2009 Ethics Commitments By Executive Branch Personnel
Jan 21, 2009 Presidential Records
Jan 21, 2009 Freedom of Information Act
Jan 21, 2009 Pay Freeze
Jan 21, 2009 Transparency and Open Government
But most importantly, despite the doom and gloom from the corrupt M$M
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Obama sold his soul to the financial sector that rolled us in 2008, and continues to roll us to this day.
Fucker promised change. We got more of the same.
Obama's Exec also shut down a Massey coal mine, would NEVER happen under Repugs.
Many EPA, etc rulings, all to the benefit of citizens, employees, environment, under Obama would never happen Repugs and their activist judges, who will always favor corporate profits over patients, consumers, employees, environment.
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If you're going to compare Obama's record on jobs to Bush's, you might want to provide the entire picture.
In fact, During the Bush administration, there were 45 months of uninterrupted job growth that added nearly 8 million jobs. Obama is already back into negative numbers after, what, less than a year?
Glad you ended with that one. It is emblematic of this presidency...Quote:
Originally Posted by Nbadan
Joe Biden update: The VP meets on government transparency today. But that meeting is closed
It's not what they say they're doing, Dan. It's what they're doing.
Well let's see...you so cleverly "tried" to show how Obama said one thing...and did another...so all I did was show another example...no need to cry about it...Quote:
Originally Posted by jack sommerset
Damn Reptilians
You're LYING AGAIN, Pussyeater
Bush On Jobs: The Worst Track Record On Record
http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2009/...ord-on-record/
He lies all the time. It's a fact. We removed most of Barrys power last week and in two years we will remove him. I'm pointing out your weakass attempt at blaming Bush for the "wtf has Obama done so far" thread you started. It could be easily interpeted by many that you are the one crying. "WHAAAAAAAA, it's Bush's fault"Quote:
Originally Posted by fraga
Barry spent more money than any other president and we have nothing but more deficit to show for it and thousands of useless projects. There were no shovel ready jobs he promised and in fact he said later on that shovel ready jobs donot exist. He passed a stimulus bill that had over 8,000 earmarks when he said he was against earmarks. Our unemployment is close to 10 percent when he said it would not rise above 8 percent after he passed this stimulus. Now like a true piece of shit Barry has switched his promise about unemployment that he saved millions of jobs. He passed a health care law he didn't even read and that would ruin the best the world has ever seen. He wants bigger government when most of the citizens want less.
I can go on and on. His record speaks for itself which explains November 2nd huge loss for his party. I'm sure you will want to dispute all of this but at the end of the day your opinion doesn't hold water. Barry is done. He will spend the next two years crying about how the repugs are the enemies and blame Bush along the way. Just like you.
Obama's legacy will be as the President that destroyed the US Dollar.
Magic Negro doesn't set Fed policy, interest rates or money quantity, the private/secret bankers' club known as the Fed does.
Dumbass.Quote:
Originally Posted by boutons_deux
He can fire their ass. That would be a pretty clear policy statement. He WANTS to monetize the debt.
You do realize Bush took a massive Surplus...and because of fake wars and a nice Tax Break for the Super rich...which was unfunded...put the US into a huge deficit...which Obama inherited and has been tasked to get us out of...Quote:
Originally Posted by jack sommerset
dumbass,
If Presdients control the Fed, why didn't dubya fire Greenspan for creating financial/credit/housing bubble.
Same reason congressional democrats are polling higher than congressional republicans.Quote:
Originally Posted by DarrinS
Census.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yonivore
Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush.Quote:
Originally Posted by fraga
Barry supports the "fake"wars. Barry has spent more money than any other president and it has done nothing but cause more debt. You can blame Bush all you want for Barrys failures. Barry atleast has expanded his blame to all repugs and calls them the enemy of our country. How fucking crazy/lame is that!?!? That's bringing the folks together(another promise that couldn't be farther from the truth). That's presidential to call it's own citizens enemies. You can be like that cryass havoc and claim paraphrasing as the reason he called his own people the enemy but you would be wrong as he was. Barry is a fucking disgrace.
Barry is right when he said "this is what elections are for" We voted against Barrys excuses but more important, barry. Ask more from your president, ask him to be honest and upfront and stop blaming anyone that doesn't have a donkey on it's bumper.