On May 2, 2011, at 8:18 AM, Sal Sunshine wrote:
On May 2, 2011, at 7:06 AM, Vaj wrote:
On May 2, 2011, at 2:23 AM, ultrarishi wrote:
Let's see...
Birth Certificate: check
Pass Health Care: check
Help tornado victim crackers in South who didn't vote for me:
check
Kill Osama bin Laden: check
What is Fox News going to talk about tomorrow? "He should have
killed him sooner"?
According to Michael Moore (whom we all know
is a terrorist/communist/whateverist who probably
has bad breath) they reported:
_MMFlint Michael Moore
FOX News: Elderly Man on Dialysis Killed by Young African-American
Male
You forgot:
Help save us from the Great Bush Depression: check
Increase jobs over 10 times that of Bush's campaign creating more
private sector jobs in 2010 than during entire Bush years : check
Signed the Children's Health Insurance Reauthorization Act, which
provides health care to 11 million kids -- 4 million of whom were
previously uninsured: check
Voluntary disclosure of White House visitors for the first time in
US history: check
Reversed 'global gag rule', allowing US aid to go to organizations
regardless of whether they provide abortions: check
Signed New START Treaty - nuclear arms reduction pact with Russia:
check
Signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, restoring basic
protections against pay discrimination for women and other
workers: check
Provided travel expenses to families of fallen soldiers to be on
hand when the body arrives at Dover AFB: check
Reversed the policy of barring media coverage during the return of
fallen soldiers to Dover Air Force Base: check
Launched recovery.gov to track spending from the Recovery Act,
providing transparency and allowing the public to report fraud,
waste, or abuse: check
Issued executive order to repeal Bush era restrictions on federal
funding for embryonic stem cell research: check
Developed stimulus package, which includes approx. $18 billion for
nondefense scientific research and development: check
Ended Bush administration's CIA program of 'enhanced interrogation
methods' by requiring that the Army field manual be used as the
guide for terrorism interrogations: check
Established Credit Card Bill of Rights, preventing credit card
companies from imposing arbitrary rate increases on customers: check
Health Care Reform Bill, preventing insurance companies from
denying insurance because of a pre-existing condition: check
Health Care Reform Bill, allowing children to remain covered by
their parents' insurance until the age of 26: check
Significantly increased funding for the Violence Against Women
Act: check
Eliminated subsidies to private lender middlemen of student loans
and protect student borrowers: check
Significantly expanded Pell grants, which help low-income students
pay for college: check
Expanded hate crime law in the US to include sexual orientation
through the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes
Prevention Act: check
Appointed nation's first Chief Technology Officer: check
Signed financial reform law establishing a Consumer Financial
Protection Bureau to look out for the interests of everyday
Americans: check
Is that all? :)
No.
Tax cuts for up to 3.5 million small businesses to help pay for
employee health care coverage: check
Tax credits for up to 29 million individuals to help pay for health
insurance: check
Expansion of Medicaid to all individuals under age 65 with incomes up
to 133 percent of the federal poverty level: check
Require health insurance plans to disclose how much of the premium
actually goes to patient care: check
Added 4.6 billion USD to the Veterans Administration budget to
recruit and retain more mental health professionals: check
Lifted restrictions granting Cuban Americans unrestricted rights to
visit family and send remittances to the island: check
Increased funding for national parks and forests by 10%: check
Expanded hate crime law in the US to include sexual orientation
through the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention
Act: check
Provided stimulus funding to boost private sector spaceflight
programs: check
Signed financial reform law requiring lenders to verify applicants'
credit history, income, and employment status: check
Signed financial reform law prohibiting banks from engaging in
proprietary trading (trading the bank's own money to turn a profit,
often in conflict with their customers' interests): check
Signed financial reform law allowing shareholders of publicly traded
companies to vote on executive pay: check
Cut prescription drug cost for medicare recipients by 50% : check
Provided $12.2 Billion in new funding for Individuals With
Disabilities Education Act: check
Extended Benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees: check
Appointed more openly gay officials than any other president in US
history: check
The American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009: a $789 billion
economic stimulus plan: check
Appointed first Latina to the US Supreme Court: check
Promoted social responsibility through creation of serve.gov, a
national database of volunteer opportunities: check
