PRESIDENT OBAMA IS KICKING ASS! .... CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN

[President Decider]

Folks, President O is kicking ass lately ....

I really need someone to provide a running list of all the "goodness" that's been going on the past few weeks that has undoubtedly been influenced in some way by our Commander in Chief.

- Calls out all major cable media for being the fradulent "entertainment provider" partisen hacks that they are.
- Passes 1st national security threat in flying colors. Authorized Seals to take care of the business.
- Very productive trip overseas at the G20 summit. Scored huge on the world stage by displaying the diplomacy and statesmanship of a veteran world leader. Making strides to bring dignity and integrity back to our country.
- Bulls have been running for the past 4 weeks now. Market showing positive gains.
- Banks now saying they're going to report a much better than expected 1st quarter earnings.
- Breaking diversity ground by being the 1st administration to conduct the White House Briefings in Spanish as well.
- Breaking a half centuryof U.S. policy by lifting restrictions on Cuban-Americans who want to travel and send money to their island homeland.


Look at this short list? I mean, these are things we as Americans should be damn proud of. I know I sure am. This is what America is all about. These are things that validate to me that our President is working hard to put us back on the right path.

Do you agree?

I need more. I need a comprehensive list of what this administration has done in the first 100 days to bring pride back to America. This has been no walk in the park for Obama. I can't remember a President that walked into such a shit-storm in all of my lifetime. I want to show every Republican that asks, "What is this change" bullshit hokey-pokey?" I want to throw this list up in their face and say, "This ... is change we can believe in"

[SunsetDreams]

1. K&R, well said :)

What about the White House official "group" for Women and Girls?
I liked that, but please forgive me, I can't remember the Official name of it.
Hillary and Michelle Obama joined forces on that one I believe.

[Cha]

31. White House Council for Women and Girls..

International Women of Courage Awards..

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/11/michelle-obama-and-hillar_n_174102.html

[mzmolly]

2. K and

R. :kick:

[Arugula Latte]

3. Rolls back ridiculous restrictions on stem cell research, thus giving hope to millions

:bounce:

[liberalmuse]

4. Thank you.

I needed to see this after the same person is posting yet another slam President Obama thread. It gets tiresome. It really does. That is why it's nice to see a positive thread. They're too few and far between these days.

[uponit7771]

5. He alright, ..he didn't light himself on fire and survive it or anything like that /sarcasm..

....

[BeFree]

6. Hellyeah

We are getting away from some of what we voted against and the prospects of getting what we voted for are looking good. Well some of each.

Anyway, it's good to have DU to keep informed on what's going down, eh? I'd hate this place if all we saw was your type of OPs and would hate it even worse if we never did.

[Hellataz]

7. That's MY President! Love these positive posts! K&R!

[Kahuna]

8. I'm convinced. Prez Obama is just one bad mutha suck yo' mouth. nt

[texpatriot2004]

9. k & r for President Obama nm

[lamp_shade]

10. DUer GinaMaria's journal here.....

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/GinaMaria

[snake in the grass]

11. He also signed...

...the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.

[RichGirl]

12. Absolutely agree!!

[snowbear]

13. Our president ROCKS ... yes!

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Thank you for an uplifting thread! ~~

[Egnever]

14. Yes he does!

K&R Such a welcome change from the last 8 years.

[cilla4progress]

15. But wait, there's more!

Organic garden on WH lawn
Inestimably raised US reputation abroad
Brought home Cap'n Phillips alive (though I'm not normally a fan of gun violence/snipers...)
oh ---

and very cute puppy! :)

[SkyDaddy7]

16. Signed $800 Billion Stimulus Bill

Which covered many areas to kick start help for regular Americans. Start to lay the ground work for a new green energy plan for America...And much more.

[Spazito]

17. Yep, he sure is....

I would love it if we had someone of his caliber up here in Canuckistan instead of ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww aka harper.

[iandhr]

18. Yes

He is doing great

[wakeoftheflood]

19. Health care down payment.

Down payment of $630 billion over the next decade to finance health care reform.

The New England Journal of Medicine
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/360/14/1381

Yes We Can!!

[Stuckinthebush]

20. I'm proud of the guy

and happy with him too.

Sure, I'd love to see the troops home, universal health care, and the Bush gang in prison but I need to be realistic.

I'm cool with Obama.

[Tommy_J]

21. Right on!

He's doing what needs to be done.

[grahamhgreen]

22. "- Banks now saying they're going to report a much better than expected 1st quarter earnings. "

So Wells Fargo gets 25 billion from me and my friends and reports 3 billion in earnings...

it's kind of sad, i think...

[jeanpalmer]

25. Don't believe it

A bunch of flim flammers who can value their bad assets at just about any price. These big banks are all insolvent, 10 times over. Only in the land of make believe are they profitable. They're putting lipstick on the pig.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

23. It seems like very few DU men ever remember the huge milestones for Women

Hello? Women's human rights? Why are we so forgettable?

Ending the Global Gag Rule, which had been killing and maiming millions of women and children worldwide.

Signing the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay act, so that women can have a shot at being paid fairly. When compared to men in equivalent positions, women lose millions of dollars over the course of their lives, including Social Security and any other benefits calculated as a percent of pay.

The Council on Women and Girls... read below what he had to say at the signing--Awesome. I don't think I've ever heard of any high officials, certainly not men speaking in a general public setting, address inequities affecting women.

Pres. Obama said, "when women still earn just 78 cents for every dollar men make, when one in four women still experiences domestic violence in their lifetimes, when women are more than half of our population but just 17% of our Congress," he said before signing the order. "When women are 49% of the workforce but only 3% of our fortune 500 CEOs, when these inequalities stubbornly persist in this country in this century then I think we need to ask ourselves some hard question and we need to take a hard look at where were falling short and who were leaving out and what that means for the prosperity and the vitality of our nation."
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/11/1832208.aspx

[grahamhgreen]

29. YES! This is awesome!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

30. Thank you!

I see it all the time here. Well, everywhere, actually.

If you're interested in news affecting women, which is habitually left out of general media, you can check www.womensenews.org

[NoSheep]

24. YOUTH JOB FAIR -my HR dept. emailed a flyer we were asked to post

It is about a job fair being held in Orange County, NC that will invite young people, aged 16 to 24, to come apply for summer jobs. Clerical, recreational aide, maintenance. Brought to you by the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act 2009. This is a VERY good thing. Orange county has a diverse population, much of it rural and under exposed to opportunity. I was thrilled to see this!

[Number23]

26. "Calls out all major cable media for being the fradulent "entertainment provider" partisen hacks

..they are."

Oh, I'd LOVE to read about that! Gotta link???

[NoSheep]

27. I guess most here would rather post the negative...negative they can't even prove

is negative. Oh well. This is an internet message board. What should we expect...

[Sheepshank]

28. We do not torture! n/t

[pat_k]

32. And all that "ass kicking" is undermined by his duplicity on torture

Obama's refusal to demand the prosecution and punishment of government officials who proudly ordered Americans to torture is a violation of core and inviolable American principles. As long as he continues to protect the torturers from prosecution he makes himself an accomplice, and ensures that the USA remains a War Criminal Nation.

And pointing out this stark truth does not make one an "Obama-hater." Is it "tough love."

Those who commit crimes can't destroy us -- we designed our government to deal with criminals, however high their office. Only the corruption and dereliction of those we charge with enforcement can take us down. Bush and Cheney committed war crimes, but they didn't turn the USA into a War Criminal Nation. Pelosi and those who tolerated and tacitly endorsed torture by refusing to demand impeachment did that.

Right now, the battle for the soul of the nation is not between people who label themselves "liberal" or "conservative." It's between those who tolerate the harboring of torturers and those who refuse to; those who are willing to continue as a War Criminal Nation and those who are not; and those government officials who are acting in accord with their oath of office and those who aren't.

With our foundation in ruins, anything our so-called "progressive leaders" manage to build will be as lasting as a castle built on quicksand. There can be no real progress toward "a more perfect union" until we confront the truth, admit that the failure to impeach was monumental failure that can never be erased, and must never be repeated, and Finally Do what duty demands and prosecute Bush, Cheney, and their co-conspirators.