Silversoul said:

1.  There are a lot of libertarians on this site who have a very narrow view of the proper role of government.

2.  There are some people who hate any politician no matter what.

3.  There are some conspiracy nuts who think Alex Jones is a prophet.

4.  Obama isn't a gung-ho supporter of legalization and therefore must be the devil incarnate.

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# Signed executive orders to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, within a year, ban torture and end the CIA’s secret overseas prisons and define treatment of Detainees.
# Reversed restrictions on stem cell research.
# Signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. Reducing discrimination based on gender, age, religion, or race.
# Signed an executive order reversing the ban that prohibits funding to international family planning groups that provide abortions. Gag rule revoked (Mexico City policy).
# Creates the White House Council on Women and Girls "to provide a coordinated federal response to the challenges confronted by women and girls and to ensure that all Cabinet and Cabinet-level agencies consider how their policies and programs impact women and families."
# Signed a Presidental Memorandum extending federal benefits to same-sex partners of federal workers and announced support for the Domestic Partners Benefits and Obligations Act of 2009.
# Reverses U.S. position on LGBT Issues at the UN: At the "Durban Review Conference," U.S. supports language condemning “all forms of discrimination and all other human rights violations based on sexual orientation.”
# Signed executive order requiring federal contractors to offer jobs to current workers when contracts change.
# Reversed a Bush order requiring federal contractors to post notice that workers can limit financial support of unions serving as their exclusive bargaining representatives.
# Signed executive order preventing federal contractors from being reimbursed for expenses meant to influence workers deciding whether to form a union and engage in collective bargaining.
# Created a foreclosure prevention fund for homeowners.
# Expanded eligibility for the refinancing portion of the Making Home Affordable plan to help Americans struggling with distressed mortgages refinance at lower interest rates, even if they owe up to 25 percent more than their homes are now worth.
# Established a credit card "bill of rights".
# Expanded loan programs for small businesses.
# Extended and index the 2007 Alternative Minimum Tax patch.
# Expanded eligibility for State Children's Health Insurance Fund (SCHIP).
# Expanded funding to train primary care providers and public health practitioners.
# Created a new White House task force on the problems of middle-class Americans, and installed Vice President Joe Biden as its chairman.
# Appoints Vice President Joe Biden to Oversee Stimulus Plan Payouts.
# Granted a reprieve to Liberian immigrants facing imminent expulsion.
# Directed military leaders to end war in Iraq.
# Allowing Caskets to be photographed when the return from Iraq with family approval.
# Released nine previously secret internal Justice Department memos and opinions defining the legal limits of government power in combating terrorism.
# On Arab TV Network, Obama Urges Dialogue.
# Gave a speech in Cairo engaging the Muslim and Arab world.
# Bars independent contractors from conducting interrogations of terror suspects.
# Granted Americans unrestricted rights to visit family and send money to Cuba.
# Ordered the release of nearly a quarter of a million pages of records from the Reagan White House that were kept from the public during a lengthy review by President George W. Bush.
# Restored funding for the Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) program.
# Released presidential records.
# Required new hires to sign a form affirming their hiring was not due to political affiliation or contributions.
# Pushed for enactment of Matthew Shepard Act, which expands hate crime law to include sexual orientation and other factors.
# Invites gay families to the Easter Egg Roll as part of the Obama administration's outreach to diverse communities.
# Created a White House Office on Urban Policy.
# Increased funding for the NEA.
# Appointed an assistant to the president for science and technology policy.
# Funded a major expansion of AmeriCorps.
# Banned lobbyist gifts to executive employees.
# Investment in all types of alternative energy.
# Enacted tax credit for consumers for plug-in hybrid cars.
# Support for high-speed rail.
# Provided grants to encourage energy-efficient building codes.
# Extended unemployment insurance benefits and temporarily suspend taxes on these benefits.
# Created the White House Council on Automotive Communities and Workers to help auto industry workers transition to new manufacturing opportunities, including jobs in alternative energy.
# Stopped raids on medical marijuana dispensers.
# Nominated Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court of the United States. If confirmed, Sotomayor would be the first Hispanic to ever serve on the Supreme Court.
# Appointed more than 60 openly LGBT persons to positions in the executive branch.
# Issues Presidential Proclamation for Pride, proclaiming June 2009 as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month.
# Signed a mercury reduction pact with 140 other nations.
# Signed the Weapons System Acquisition Reform Act to curb wasteful spending by the Pentagon. Intended to price contracts and budgets lower; may potentially save billions of dollars in defense.
# Signed the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act of 2009, which serves to protect two million acres of land and creates a new system of land conservation for the Bureau of Land Management.
# Phase out government payments to crop producers making more than $500,000 a year and eliminates subsidies for cotton storage to help trim the U.S. budget deficit.
# Cut funding for a proposed U.S. nuclear storage facility at Yucca Mountain.
# Restored Endangered Species Act Provision requiring U.S. agencies consult with independent federal experts to determine if their actions might harm threatened and endangered species.
# Orders The Chesapeake Bay Protection and Restoration "to protect and restore the health, heritage, natural resources, and social and economic value of the Nation's largest estuarine ecosystem and the natural sustainability of its watershed."
# Signed the 2009 Omnibus Public Land Management Act designating two million additional acres of public wilderness areas the highest level of government protection from logging and other forms of commercial use and development.
# Signed the Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act which will expedite the search for cures and treatments for millions of Americans living with paralysis caused by spinal cord injury, stroke, MS, Parkinson's and many other diseases and disorders.
# Established The Joint Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record, a new system for updating medical records of servicemen and women both during and after their military careers.
# Established the White House Office of Health Reform
# Created new and stronger safety standards to safeguard the country's food supply.

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# Got his daughters a new puppy!

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and whoever compared obama to bush is a

Silversoul said:

1.  There are a lot of libertarians on this site who have a very narrow view of the proper role of government.

2.  There are some people who hate any politician no matter what.

3.  There are some conspiracy nuts who think Alex Jones is a prophet.

4.  Obama isn't a gung-ho supporter of legalization and therefore must be the devil incarnate.

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Cannabischarlie said:

I have to be honest, I think he is doing a great job with all the shit on his plate, a great job in bringing respect back to the Democratic party after slick willie clinton whom i dont support and i think at least he is taking a step in the right direction of killing the War on Drugs.

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I think he is quite intelligent and progressive, and he has been known to do speeches having the guts to say and do things no president normally would do, and thats a good thing.

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I dont think that can happen overnight, but these right wing propaganda of him being a puppet and what not

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lets be honest, if we are unwilling to except any change in the right direction and proceed to just be the kind of people that simply want anarchy and no federal system

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, we shouldnt be surprised when progress has not been made in the past because we cant be bothered to not bitch and complain about every little thing.

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I dont think he really could end the War on Drugs single handedly, I always tell people we are progressing towards that and if there is anything good about the Bush Administration, he has shown what Republicans really are, a drain on the economy and destroyers of our country.

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The typical Republican has a silver spoon in their mouth, is lazy but jumps up and down espousing conservative values that make a lot of sense but are never actually implemented, and propping up the rich

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Oh boy though the Republicans sure want their bailouts despite always espousing lack of welfare and making people "try harder" in layments terms, but when the bottom falls out for them they are first to bitch that the corporations need bailouts, aka welfare.

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I will be blunt, as a minority, I admire his actual rise from poverty and hardship to where he is at, the American dream. Actually I would admire that of anyone.

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Boom said:

I dunno why he's focusing on an unpopular healthcare program so much

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Hilary Clinton tried for this but did a really half assed job and an article I read talked about how Obama is avoiding those mistakes.

This has been needed for some time. I do believe that if he does this properly, his argument that it is needed to boost our economy.

I know damn well that the public option, being government run, is going to be crap, hey, its the fucking govt

but its better than the NO option that i have now. I did have decent insurance when I worked at Keller Williams but it was still 100 bucks a month, and an article I read that i agreed with is that people like me, and the writer of the article, rarely need to see the doctor. Therefore we shouldnt pay out the ass for something we barely use. thats what it was in a nutshell. At least having that option available would make sense.

When people avoid going to the doctor because of the bill, preventative medicine doesnt work its course and makes problems worse.

Obviously what is popular is not always right, and what is right is not always popular. Seems the only people opposed to this dont have an answer and simply parrot the same mantra of so called socialized medicine, etc.

all the bad things that they claim about socialized medicine only exist in countries that dont do it right, and the bad things they claim are actually being caused by our broken health care system that only gets worse.

its time to make a change. i should be able to go to a doctor or other health care things without getting raped on the bill. Bringing down costs simply means a few doctors wont get as many golf games while they lazily "practice medicine" and those only in it for the money will allow better doctors to surface.

its bullshit that we have the best doctors. most doctors in america suck, and even though we might have the cream of the crop somewhere that allows rich fuckers from other countries to come here, its like saying everyone should drive a 70,000 dollar mercedes or drive nothing at all.

Cannabischarlie said:

I know damn well that the public option, being government run, is going to be crap, hey, its the fucking govt

but its better than the NO option that i have now.

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