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WonderGrunion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 08:19 AM
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Oh No! It's the Politifact List! He's not going to include the puppy is he?
Yes I am. :fistbump:

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/rulings/promise-kept/



No. 6: Create an Advanced Manufacturing Fund to invest in peer-reviewed manufacturing processes
No. 16: Increase minority access to capital
No. 17: Require economic justification for tax changes
No. 26: Implement "Women Owned Business" contracting program
No. 27: Change standards for determining broadband access
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. 48: Close the "doughnut hole" in Medicare prescription drug plan
No. 50: Expand the Senior Corps volunteer program
No. 51: Require insurance companies to cover pre-existing conditions
No. 53: Give tax credits to those who need help to pay health premiums
No. 55: Require large employers to contribute to a national health plan
No. 56: Require children to have health insurance coverage
No. 57: Expand eligibility for Medicaid
No. 58: Expand eligibility for State Children's Health Insurance Fund (SCHIP)
No. 63: Require health plans to disclose how much of the premium goes to patient care
No. 65: Establish an independent health institute to provide accurate and objective information
No. 69: In non-competitive markets, force insurers to pay out a reasonable share of their premiums for patient care
No. 70: Eliminate the higher subsidies to Medicare Advantage plans
No. 76: Expand funding to train primary care providers and public health practitioners
No. 77: Increase funding to expand community based prevention programs
No. 93: Reinstate executive order to hire an additional 100,000 federal employees with disabilities within five years.
No. 105: Increase the Veterans Administration budget to recruit and retain more mental health professionals
No. 109: Fully fund the Veterans Administration
No. 110: Assure that the Veterans Administration budget is prepared as 'must-pass' legislation
No. 113: Expand the Veterans Administration's number of "centers of excellence" in specialty care
No. 119: Appoint a special adviser to the president on violence against women
No. 121: Fully fund the Violence Against Women Act
No. 125: Direct military leaders to end war in Iraq
No. 126: Begin removing combat brigades from 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. 156: Make greater investment in advanced military air technology
No. 161: End the abuse of supplemental budgets for war
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. 188: Increase funding for local emergency planning
No. 197: Stand down nuclear forces to be reduced under the Moscow Treaty
No. 200: Appoint a White House Coordinator for Nuclear Security
No. 204: Initiate a grant and training program for law enforcement to deter cyber crime
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. 229: Expand the Nurse-Family Partnership to all low-income, first-time mothers
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. 244: Provide affordable, high-quality child care
No. 247: Recruit math and science degree graduates to the teaching profession
No. 259: Reduce subsidies to private student lenders and protect student borrowers
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. 275: Expand Pell grants for low-income students
No. 277: Pursue a wildfire management plan
No. 278: Remove more brush, small trees and vegetation that fuel wildfires
No. 279: More controlled burns to reduce 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. 297: Restore funding to the EEOC and the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
No. 300: Reform mandatory minimum sentences
No. 307: Create a White House Office on Urban Policy
No. 308: Fully fund the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
No. 310: Establish program to convert manufacturing centers into clean technology leaders
No. 315: Establish 'Promise Neighborhoods' for areas of concentrated poverty
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. 328: Promote cultural diplomacy
No. 332: Add another Space Shuttle flight
No. 334: Use the private sector to improve spaceflight
No. 335: Work with international allies on space station
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. 340: Conduct robust research and development on future space missions
No. 341: Increase spending to prepare for longer space missions
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. 349: Support commercial access to space
No. 351: Establish school programs to highlight space and science achievements
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. 377: Create a Social Investment Fund Network
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. 422: Create new financial regulations
No. 425: Increase funding for land-grant colleges
No. 427: Ban lobbyist gifts to executive employees
No. 433: Sign a "universal" health care bill
No. 435: Create new criminal penalties for mortgage fraud
No. 449: Raise fuel economy standards
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. 466: Create a 'Green Vet Initiative' to promote environmental jobs for veterans
No. 467: Create job training programs for clean technologies
No. 475: Require states to provide incentives for utilities to reduce energy consumption
No. 480: Support high-speed rail
No. 483: Invest in public transportation
No. 484: Equalize tax breaks for driving and public transit
No. 494: Share environmental technology with other countries
No. 495: Double federal spending for research on clean fuels
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

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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 08:27 AM
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1. Better list than the last one had
kick and rec
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WonderGrunion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 08:31 AM
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3. Yes a vast improvement over Shrub
Thanks for the K&R
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 08:42 AM
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5. Its the least I could do
because with your post and link you made my day. :toast:
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WonderGrunion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 09:52 AM
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11. Check out my executive orders post too
Lots of great accomplishments by the President coming to light in there.
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 11:54 AM
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23. Thanks
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WonderGrunion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 12:41 PM
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26. You're quite welcome
Glad to have helped to raise the discourse a bit.
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JTFrog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 08:30 AM
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2. K&R
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WonderGrunion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 09:02 AM
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7. Thanks JT
I appreciate the kick and rec
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jaxx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 08:33 AM
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4. This President has done more in less than 2 years than any in years.
Keep them coming!

K&R
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WonderGrunion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 08:55 AM
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6. That's my intent
I wonder if Prosense would mind me re-posting his/her link to the website with Obama's accomplishments.
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jaxx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 09:04 AM
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8. PM and ask.
I'm not sure about the linking here.
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WonderGrunion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 09:29 AM
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10. I may just do that
I have 3 of the 10 placings on the New & Hot list right now. A fourth would be nice.
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LWolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 09:14 AM
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9. Weak.
No. 48: Close the "doughnut hole" in Medicare prescription drug plan...The doughnut hole is not closed, and by the time this part of the health insurance bill is fully phased in, in 2020, out-of-pocket costs can still run $1,000 or more per year. Money that my senior citizen mother doesn't have.

No. 51: Require insurance companies to cover pre-existing conditions at a rate that many cannot afford to pay.

No. 126: Begin removing combat brigades from Iraq...or just re-label them "advisory and assistance support personnel."

No. 132: No permanent bases in Iraq I guess it's easy to assume that all those bases aren't "permanent;" as long as they can theoretically be disbanded at some mythical point in the future, we don't have to call them "permanent." They sure don't seem to be going anywhere anytime soon.

No. 134: Send two additional brigades to Afghanistan Expanding a war in Afghanistan is not a positive move.


No. 174: Give a speech at a major Islamic forum in the first 100 days of his administration. All presidents give speeches. Let's not falsely inflate the list.

No. 433: Sign a "universal" health care bill You mean the insurance bill that has insurance companies inflating premiums NOW, before controls kick in, making actually USING the insurance to get real health CARE out of bounds for many, including me?

No. 460: Ask people and businesses to conserve electricity. Boy, that's decisive. I ask my students to value reading over electronic entertainment. Asking them, whether or not they comply, is an achievement, right?

No. 502: Get his daughters a puppy Desperation. While the Obama family is charming, and so is the dog, this really isn't a presidential accomplishment, is it? More inflation.

No. 503: Appoint at least one Republican to the cabinet Along with a whole crew of neoliberals to drive the nation rapidly in the wrong direction. This is good...how?

I could go on, but I've got to get to work.

Seriously...some of the things on the list are good, even if the list is over-inflated, which reeks of desperation. The good don't erase the bad.

RTTT and the Blueprint: privatization and union-busting of public education...bringing a key foundational piece of a thriving democratic republic down like Saddam's statue. Are we supposed to be cheering?

War...continuing to bankrupt the nation further waging wars that can't be won.

Supporting insurance corporations over citizens when it comes to health care.

The Patriot Act.

And so much more...but I've got to get to work. You get the message, though. Lists don't paint over this administration's bad policies.

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katandmoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 09:58 AM
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12. +1
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bvar22 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 10:48 AM
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20. No. 134: Send two additional brigades to Afghanistan
This I count as a Promise Broken.

During the campaign, he "promised" to send an additional 2 to 3 brigades to Afghanistan to "provide greater security for our troops on the ground, and to pursue Bin Laden in the mountains.
A "Brigade" = 3000 - 5000 troops (10 - 15 thousand MAX)
THIS was accomplished during the first month of taking office to little complaint from The Left.

The Obama Surge was an additional 30,000+ troops... 8 to 10 times over and above what was "promised" in the campaign, in addition to expanding the WAR to neighboring countries and expanding the "mission" to include "pacification" of entire regions of Afghanistan.

While this IS technically a "Promise Kept" (10 Thousand IS part of 50 Thousand), his statements during the campaign were certainly "misleading" at best.

No. 502: Get his daughters a puppy
If you remember, during the campaign, he stated that he would get a "shelter dog"...a "mutt like me"... A Common Working Class Dog .
He made a BIG marketing deal about this.
Instead of a Mutt like him,
Obama wound up with an expensive, pedigreed, Rich Man's Dog.

I personally don't care WHAT kind of dog the Obama's have, but he DID make a big deal out of that "Shelter Dog" bullshit during the campaign, and then did a 180 AFTER the election.
As an individual item, this is petty,
but it IS representative of a distinct pattern...Ownership Class over Working Class.
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LWolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 09:20 PM
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55. "Ownership class over working class." Nailed it. nt
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Radical Activist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 12:48 PM
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27. Yes, I get the message. All progress is a waste of time.
It doesn't mean anything if it isn't everything I want. There's no point in making any achievement. You're right. We should all just give up and realize that Obama is a failure because of the things on your list.
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 12:57 PM
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ProudDad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 01:02 PM
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31. Obama is a HUGE success!
He's done nothing to ruffle the feathers of his Corporate Capitalist Masters...

He's done NOTHING to harm the "Permanent War Economy(tm)", in fact, he's INCREASED war spending...

He's prepared the way for the next pResident to be a republican, the two-right-wings of the Corporate War Party game of switch...

He's been able to raise up hopes and then dash them thereby defusing the public anger at 8 years of bush...

He's served as a spokesmodel for irrelevances in order to deflect any examination of our REAL problems and those who are causing them...

He's been INCREDIBLY successful for the Ubber-Class that hired him...

Way to Go, Barack! :toast:

----------------------------------

While the Earth warms up...
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WonderGrunion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 01:11 PM
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35. In order...
Elizabeth Warren

Draw down in Iraq

A republican isn't going to win in 2012, a leftist won't win in even longer than that because the left can't convince anyone to vote for them (See Grayson and Feingold)

My hopes haven't been dashed by Obama. You're either admitting you lacked conviction when you had hope in him, or you' were easily deceived.

Our real problem is Republicans and the fringe left parties that want the Democratic party to be as beholden to them as the Repukes are to the teabaggers.

98% of Americans had a tax cut under Obama, the Uber Class was left like Pip, asking for more porridge.
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ProudDad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 01:22 PM
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37. In order...
Edited on Mon Nov-29-10 01:25 PM by ProudDad
Elizabeth Warren --
A tiny step in a right direction but she's not seated yet. Even if she were, she's still captive of the same old paradigm.

Draw down in Iraq -- yeah, right :rofl: -- Still 150,000 in Iraq forEVER

A republican isn't going to win in 2012, a leftist won't win in even longer than that because the left can't convince anyone to vote for them (See Grayson and Feingold)
A 'leftist' will NEVER win in the rigged game you think is an election. Only someone from the two-right wings of the Corporate War Party are allowed to be pResident. Mark my words, it WILL be a republican in 2016. They've already got the best republican that money can buy for 2012

My hopes haven't been dashed by Obama. You're either admitting you lacked conviction when you had hope in him, or you' were easily deceived.
My 'hopes' weren't dashed -- I knew him for a corporate tool when he was running. Your hopes haven't been dashed because you refuse to see the truth of the situation. Most people who had their hopes raised by his campaign HAVE had their hopes dashed though.

Our real problem is Republicans and the fringe left parties that want the Democratic party to be as beholden to them as the Repukes are to the teabaggers.
The SUBSTANTIVE difference between Progressives and the sheep who follow their corporate masters as 'tea baggers' or the sheep who follow their corporate masters as 'Democrats' is that Progressives actually have a program, policies and values that would result in a humane, just and sustainable society on Earth. That's why a Progressive will NOT get selected by the rigged game.

98% of Americans had a tax cut under Obama, the Uber Class was left like Pip, asking for more porridge.
You should read Robert Reich's book: Aftershock. Seriously! Even though Reich is trying to shore up the dying capitalist system in this book it IS the best examination of what SHOULD be done within that context. And LOWERING TAXES is NOT IT! You could also search out Thom Hartmann's latest blog entry about this subject as well. And if you were living in the reality based Earth, you would realize that the Ubber Classes are still enjoying the 'bush tax cuts' that WILL be extended by Obama...

You are welcome to continue floating on the cloud of Hopium(tm), and there's a tiny, tiny chance that Obama will take some acid or something and actually GET IT! But I wouldn't bet my future on it... :shrug:
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 01:45 PM
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ProudDad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 02:16 PM
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43. Most Americans WOULD vote for the policies and values I adhere to
If they had a candidate who represented them...

But that candidate cannot make it through the sausage grinder filter applied by the two-right wings of the Corporate War Party...

So, ignore the truth if you wish, your loss :eyes:

And pretty soon you will be all alone in your Hopium(tm) haze...
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Number23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 06:17 PM
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49. I was just about to ask why in the world you were bothering to have a conversation with that poster
His post #37 should be enough for a site-wide ignore.
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ProudDad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 12:57 PM
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30. +1000
Thanks for saving me some time this morning! :hi:
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ProudDad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 01:33 PM
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38. You're on this OP "ignore list", I guess
So I posted your great response...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9647854#9649450

Now (s)he'll put ME on the ignore list...
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ProudDad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 03:27 PM
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45. Geez, I guess I'm on the OP's ignore list now too...
Edited on Mon Nov-29-10 03:29 PM by ProudDad
Too bad :shrug:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=9647854&mesg_id=9649590

But no great loss...

I'm not talking to the deluded...

I'm talking to the silent ones on DU who still have their minds open and can hear the call to face facts and do something locally about them...

Cheers :hi:
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LWolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 09:18 PM
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54. Hi, PD!
:hi:

"sucking on the leftist coolaid.."

That says it all, doesn't it?

No loss at all.
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ProudDad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-10 12:41 AM
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57. Ah, thanks.
I'd forgotten what the poster said that got deleted above...

"sucking on the leftist coolaid"... :rofl:

But we keep trying because we must... :hi:
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Sparkly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 06:23 PM
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52. No. 433: Sign a "universal" health care bill
Is a "universal" health care bill different from a universal health care bill?

The health "insurance" issue (I can use quotes, too) is the one that gets me. And now he's looking at ending tax credits to businesses that provide health insurance to their employees...
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LWolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 09:07 PM
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53. Yes.
I can't afford copays and premiums as it is. If I had to pay what I'm paying, PLUS what my employer is paying, I wouldn't have health insurance at all.
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Sparkly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-10 12:11 AM
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56. Hey-- we're self-employed.
My earnings are basically wiped out by what we pay for health insurance.

And we're scared to death they might drop us!!!
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LWolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-10 08:06 AM
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58. There is an answer for all of us.
Too bad it wasn't on the table. :(

Single payer. Not-for-profit.
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 10:11 AM
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treestar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 10:16 AM
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14. Somebody being positive on DU?
What has the world come to? :hi:
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WonderGrunion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 10:20 AM
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15. I've been laying low since the Elections
But I'm coming back and ready to highlight the successes of the Obama Administration.
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lamp_shade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 10:22 AM
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16. K&R
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WonderGrunion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 10:36 AM
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17. Thank you lamp_shade
I appreciate the kick and the rec.
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rox63 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 10:44 AM
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18. K&R!
But the recs are still at zero. Who are the a-holes unreccing this?
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WonderGrunion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 11:09 AM
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21. Thanks for the K&R rox63
I don't really bother too much with the un-reccers. They hate the President and the Democratic party. If they have the courage to reply, I thank them for the kick.
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RockaFowler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 10:47 AM
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19. K&R
The administration needs people like you to get their message out. My parents are frustrated that they get none of this information. I keep trying to tell them it's the "liberal" media and the fact that they live in the "reddest" part of Florida (the Redneck Riviera) that they aren't getting this information. Thanks for the additional ifo I can give them!! And maybe they will be proud again of the President!!
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WonderGrunion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 12:16 PM
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24. Between radio hatemongers on the right and leftwing purist bloggers
Nobody is proud of the President anymore. Didn't you get the message?
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azmouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 11:24 AM
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22. K&R
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WonderGrunion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 12:31 PM
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25. Thank you azmouse
I appreciate your kick and rec.
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ProudDad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 12:55 PM
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28. Here's a much more important list...
http://whatinthefuckhasobamadonesofar.com/

Just a scan shows that #433, one of the very few with any potential substance, that pretty much cost all of his immense "political capital" is utter bullshit!...

Most of the rest is Foma and hot air turned into "promises kept" by an obvious sycophant...

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WonderGrunion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 01:02 PM
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32. The Matthew Shepherd Hate Crimes Bill is foam and hot air?
The expansion of Veterans Services is?

How about allowing families to visit Cuba?

Reversing restrictions on stem-cell research?

The "Women Owned Business" contracting program?

How many Americans do you not give a shit about?
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ProudDad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 01:04 PM
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33. Crumbs from the groaning table
Edited on Mon Nov-29-10 01:05 PM by ProudDad
Band Aids pasted on to symptoms of the disease...

Here's his REAL success...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9647854#9649275

Preserve the Status-Quo...
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ProudDad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 01:05 PM
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34. And the word is "Foma"
Use the google machine "Kurt Vonnegut"
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Scurrilous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 01:12 PM
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36. K & R
:thumbsup:
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WonderGrunion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 01:51 PM
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41. Thank you Scurrilous
I appreciate your kick and rec.
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Scurrilous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 03:25 PM
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44. You're welcome. n/t
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TheWraith Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 01:40 PM
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39. Kicked and recommended.
But still at zero thanks to the very dedicated crowd of Obama haters.
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WonderGrunion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 01:57 PM
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42. Very dedicated indeed
Thank you for the kick and rec TheWraith.
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quiet.american Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 03:44 PM
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46. And re: the latest outrage du jour, adding, froze his own officials' salaries since taking office
Edited on Mon Nov-29-10 03:54 PM by quiet.american
Walking the walk....

He froze the salaries of his own top White House staff members when he took office 22 months ago and later extended that to senior political appointees throughout the government and canceled their bonuses.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/30/us/politics/30freeze.html?_r=1&hp


(Cheers, WonderGrunion! :fistbump:)
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Number23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 06:12 PM
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47. Hey! I got it to +1!!
:woohoo: :woohoo:

Wow!! A thread discussing the positive work that the Democratic president has done has gotten a WHOPPING +1 net recommends on a "Democratic" web site!! :woohoo:

Oh, wait...
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VMI Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 06:14 PM
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48. Unrec. Down. Down.
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earth mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 06:20 PM
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50. Hmm, I don't see ending the wars, kicking bankster a$$, health care for all, saving the environment
saving Social Security, raising taxes on the rich, prosecuting the BFEE criminals on that list of yours.

Obama had better get busy.
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Bobbie Jo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 06:21 PM
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51. Recommended.
:kick:
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