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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-21-10 11:56 PM
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Posting this in the BOG...to let everyone know how
proud I am of our President and his intrepid Team~ It means a lot to our country to have a President who is willing to work so very hard and be so brilliant about actually getting us out of the spirialing downward slide of the hellish bushcheney years.

"Many of his detractors, and even some of his wavering supporters, will be surprised to learn that in his first year, Barack Obama has already fulfilled at least 79 campaign promises. This is one of the most accomplished records of any first year in office, and it has come with considerable difficulty in working with and around a Congress fraught with obstructionism and distracted by its own mythology regarding specific points of policy, and in the face of the most uniform and inflexible opposition any president in recent decades has faced."

"The 79 promises kept, as fact-checked and reported by PolitiFact.com, the Pulitzer Prize-winning fact-checking service of the St. Petersburg Times, are as follows:

■No. 6: Create an Advanced Manufacturing Fund to invest in peer-reviewed manufacturing processes
■No. 15: Create a foreclosure prevention fund for homeowners
■No. 16: Increase minority access to capital
■No. 33: Establish a credit card bill of rights
■No. 36: Expand loan programs for small businesses
■No. 40: Extend and index the 2007 Alternative Minimum Tax patch
■No. 50: Expand the Senior Corps volunteer program
■No. 58: Expand eligibility for State Children’s Health Insurance Fund (SCHIP)
■No. 76: Expand funding to train primary care providers and public health practitioners
■No. 77: Increase funding to expand community based prevention programs
■No. 88: Sign the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
■No. 110: Assure that the Veterans Administration budget is prepared as ‘must-pass’ legislation
■No. 119: Appoint a special adviser to the president on violence against women
■No. 125: Direct military leaders to end war in Iraq
■No. 132: No permanent bases in Iraq
■No. 134: Send two additional brigades to Afghanistan
■No. 154: Strengthen and expand military exchange programs with other countries
■No. 167: Make U.S. military aid to Pakistan conditional on anti-terror efforts
■No. 174: Give a speech at a major Islamic forum in the first 100 days of his administration
■No. 182: Allocate Homeland Security funding according to risk
■No. 184: Create a real National Infrastructure Protection Plan
■No. 200: Appoint a White House Coordinator for Nuclear Security
■No. 208: Improve relations with Turkey, and its relations with Iraqi Kurds
■No. 212: Launch an international Add Value to Agriculture Initiative (AVTA)
■No. 215: Create a rapid response fund for emerging democracies
■No. 222: Grant Americans unrestricted rights to visit family and send money to Cuba
■No. 224: Restore funding for the Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) program
■No. 225: Establish an Energy Partnership for the Americas
■No. 239: Release presidential records
■No. 241: Require new hires to sign a form affirming their hiring was not due to political affiliation or contributions.
■No. 247: Recruit math and science degree graduates to the teaching profession
■No. 266: Encourage water-conservation efforts in the West
■No. 269: Increase funding for national parks and forests
■No. 270: Increase funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund
■No. 272: Encourage farmers to use more renewable energy and be more energy efficient
■No. 277: Pursue a wildfire prevention and management plan
■No. 278: Remove more brush, small trees and vegetation that fuel wildfires
■No. 284: Expand access to places to hunt and fish
■No. 290: Push for enactment of Matthew Shepard Act, which expands hate crime law to include sexual orientation and other factors
■No. 300: Reform mandatory minimum sentences
■No. 307: Create a White House Office on Urban Policy
■No. 325: Create an artist corps for schools
■No. 326: Champion the importance of arts education
■No. 327: Support increased funding for the NEA
■No. 332: Add another Space Shuttle flight
■No. 334: Use the private sector to improve spaceflight
■No. 336: Partner to enhance the potential of the International Space Station
■No. 337: Use the International Space Station for fundamental biological and physical research
■No. 338: Explore whether International Space Station can operate after 2016
■No. 342: Work toward deploying a global climate change research and monitoring system
■No. 345: Enhance earth mapping
■No. 346: Appoint an assistant to the president for science and technology policy
■No. 356: Establish special crime programs for the New Orleans area
■No. 359: Rebuild schools in New Orleans
■No. 371: Fund a major expansion of AmeriCorps
■No. 380: Bolster the military’s ability to speak different languages
■No. 391: Appoint the nation’s first Chief Technology Officer
■No. 394: Provide grants to early-career researchers
■No. 411: Work to overturn Ledbetter vs. Goodyear
■No. 420: Create a national declassification center
■No. 421: Appoint an American Indian policy adviser
■No. 427: Ban lobbyist gifts to executive employees
■No. 435: Create new criminal penalties for mortgage fraud
■No. 452: Weatherize 1 million homes per year
■No. 458: Invest in all types of alternative energy
■No. 459: Enact tax credit for consumers for plug-in hybrid cars
■No. 460: Ask people and businesses to conserve electricity
■No. 475: Require states to provide incentives for utilities to reduce energy consumption
■No. 480: Unprecedented expansion of funding for regional high-speed rail
■No. 483: Invest in public transportation
■No. 484: Equalize tax breaks for driving and public transit
■No. 494: Share enviromental technology with other countries
■No. 498: Provide grants to encourage energy-efficient building codes
■No. 500: Increase funding for the Environmental Protection Agency
■No. 502: Get his daughters a puppy
■No. 503: Appoint at least one Republican to the cabinet
■No. 506: Raise the small business investment expensing limit to $250,000 through the end of 2009
■No. 507: Extend unemployment insurance benefits and temporarily suspend taxes on these benefits
■No. 513: Reverse restrictions on stem cell research
Most of these items are complex campaign pledges that Pres. Obama has been able to follow through on. Some just show he’s a man who follows through on his word, something the media should take more note of. But PolitiFact’s research shows a long list of serious political accomplishments, many of historic import, yet the mainstream media continues to report on the delays seen in enacting the most complex and comprehensive reforms undertaken in a generation, many of which —like healthcare reform, energy policy reform, terror prosecutions and financial regulatory reform— are actually moving forward at a historically meaningful pace, and will likely be achieved in the first half of 2010.

<more>
http://www.casavaria.com/cafesentido/2010/01/05/5658/2009-examined-obamas-first-year-in-review/

Thanks to Raine1967~for the original thread on this in GDP~
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FrenchieCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-22-10 01:04 AM
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1. Kick and proud!
and getting prouder by the day! :patriot:
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DeepModem Mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-22-10 01:22 AM
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2. Thanks for posting, Cha! nt
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cliffordu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-22-10 01:48 AM
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3. KIcketty kick. Excellent.
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Peacetrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-22-10 09:57 AM
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4. Off to work.. and thanks for posting Cha!!!
I am up to my ears at work and cannot post as much.. and or research as much for myself.. so thank you, thank you, thank you
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-22-10 10:34 AM
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5. And, I just back from reporting
for Jury Duty which I was honored to do..but, after the orientation we found out that the Civil Case had been resolved without us. Good, but darn.. I was looking forward to the whole process. We saw a 20 minute video with Ed Bradley and Diane Sawyer telling us how important we were.:)

I guess I oculd mosey into work now or not.
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goclark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-22-10 11:07 AM
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6. K and so proud
It's too bad thee are some ( not here in BOG of course) that live in an alternate universe.

Just reading the list posted here makes me want to dance and sing!
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quiet.american Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-22-10 12:48 PM
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7. WOW. Bookmarked. nt
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treestar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-23-10 10:17 AM
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8. wow, thanks
I did not even realize all that. No thanks to the M$M.
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nevergiveup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-24-10 12:21 AM
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9. Obama is a plodder.
In the end there will be huge dividends for all Americans.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-24-10 12:46 AM
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10. Prescisely..a solid foundation kinda guy..
I'm extremely happy we got him and his Team..

I look at the big picture..not at trying to kill by a thousand cuts or more.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-03-10 12:47 PM
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11. This needs to be kicked again
because..so many are concentrating on what hasn't been done and not appreciating what has been accomplished by our Intrepid Team Obama.

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Kind of Blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-03-10 02:23 PM
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12. Thanks, Cha!
I missed the artist corps for schools. I have to check that out!
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-03-10 02:33 PM
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13. Oh, you are so welcome, Kind of Blue~
I had to post this in another forum today because it was all about what wasn't done yet.

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Kind of Blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-03-10 02:46 PM
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14. Thank you for shining a light in the darkness :) n/t
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-03-10 03:10 PM
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15. Good analogy..
that's exactly what I felt I was doing. :)
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-05-10 02:11 PM
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16. Kick for relevance.
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NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-05-10 02:38 PM
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17. It's a shame that this factual information has been relegated to this small group
because it would be so unpopular on the main boards and would be flamed out of existence.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-05-10 06:35 PM
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18. Actually, at one point in time..
Raine1967 posted this in GDP and it was well recieved by more than a few and poo-pooed by the usual regressives.

I brought it here as a quick reference that will be built upon with even more genuine accomplishments. :)
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quiet.american Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-05-10 06:40 PM
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19. I feel exhausted just reading it. GObama! nt
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-11-10 01:20 PM
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20. Kicking this to the top just to remind
what the Prez has been doing. If you read some of the posts elsewhere you'd think absolutely nothing has been accomplished.
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DeepModem Mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-11-10 02:27 PM
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21. Another kick, and another thank-you!
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-11-10 02:49 PM
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22. Thanks, DM M.. Here's a Polifact link added..
Edited on Thu Mar-11-10 02:52 PM by Cha
The Obamameter

Promise Kept 96
Compromise 33
Promise Broken 16
Stalled 84
In the Works 272
Not yet rated 2

PolitiFact has compiled more than 500 promises that Barack Obama made during the campaign and is tracking their progress on our Obameter.

We rate their status as Not Yet Rated, In the Works or Stalled. Once we find action is completed, we rate them Promise Kept, Compromise or Promise Broken.

The report card at right provides an up-to-the-minute tally of all the promises.

Other ways to browse the Obameter

All promises
PolitiFact's Top 25 Promises
By Subject
Economy
Energy
Military
Taxes

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-10 04:56 PM
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28. Kick for current updates on Polifact..
Thanks to them for doing all they do.:patriot::patriot:
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-10 07:46 PM
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29. Kick
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goclark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-11-10 03:33 PM
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23. Bookmarked
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Lindsey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-10 01:15 AM
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24. Why can't we get ths in the main forums in DU? n/t
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goclark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-10 10:51 AM
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25. Because the message
makes too much sense and it would be highjacked.
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tabatha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-10 02:15 PM
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26. Thank you for some reason and sanity.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-10 02:37 PM
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27. We're trying to maintain
our sanity:P
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TicketyBoo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-18-10 12:05 AM
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30. You might add
the Nobel Peace Prize to his list of accomplishments.

I know (and he knows) that it was awarded more as a symbol of "Hope and Change" than for real accomplishment, but it's definitely something for him to aspire to live up to.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-10 08:46 PM
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31. Now we can add that HCR thing~
I agree about the NPP..for the trajectory already taken and future peace aspirations.
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Diamonique Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-10 09:16 PM
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32. And he doesn't wipe his hands on other people's clothes!
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