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First 100 Days: Day 9 - Of Cocktails and Cocksuckers
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And so it begins. What will be the first items accomplished? How good will they be or how much will they suck? Will bipartisanship actually occur or will logjams get broken by sheer force of will? When will Harry Reid buckle under and capitulate? And who will he capitulate to? What's going to happen in the Middle East? How many times will the talking heads talk about the historic nature of the first black President signing a bill into law, and the first black President vetoing a bill, and the first black President using a pocket veto, and the first black President having a ceremony on the south lawn, and the first black President to host a state dinner, and the first black President to raid the white house ice cream stash....
Let's do this thing.
Politifact: List of campaign promises and their status.
Wikipedia Article on the time line of the administration.
Accomplishments thus far:
Executive Orders-
Legislation Signed into Law-
Legislation Vetoed-
Let's do this thing.
Politifact: List of campaign promises and their status.
Wikipedia Article on the time line of the administration.
Accomplishments thus far:
Executive Orders-
- Requiring the closure of Guantanamo Detention Center within 1 year. [citation]
- Establishing the Army Field Manual as the standard for interrogation techniques for everyone. [citation]
- Closing the 'black sites' and putting a halt to extraordinary rendition, and ordinary rendition, of prisoners or detainees. [citation]
- Freezing the pay for all White House Staff earning a salary of over $100k. [citation]
- Banning gifts from lobbyists and preventing administration officials from working as lobbyists for two years after leaving the White House or until the Administration is ended. [citation]
- Ending the 'global gag rule' and permitting government funding to clinics that provide abortions. [citation]
Legislation Signed into Law-
- Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act [citation]
Legislation Vetoed-
- None.
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FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT WITH A SIGNATURE!
It'd certainly be a lot easier than fixing the economy or Iraq.
Other than the getting political support part.
In other news, we've got 4 years to prove we can save the world and another 4 after that to finish doing so. Let's do this.
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Yeah, while legalizing pot is an issue I agree should be adressed by our government, when the dude says "no, no I will not", and all signs point to him not doing that, and it would be political suicide to do that, and there are dozens of other potentially disasterous things going on already that should be dealt with, it really shouldn't be issue number one in any discussion.
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No no no - it's not that he has a signature. It's that it's so articulate.
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Which would be a complete waste of time/resources given the other two stated issues.
Unless you were being facetious to my facetious remark, in which case touche.
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The bill will be filed as H.B. 420.
1) Immediately
2) First person he sees
That is all.
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I just wish everyone in congress would magically realize I'm right on this issue and end the war on drugs so we can move on. We could do it in a day!
But if wishes were horses and beggers can't be choosers, then hobos would ride.
A black man has taken the oath of office
the loss is valued at US$1million
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But seriously. I missed it. Are there any good newsfeeds up?
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This. All the Change.gov thing says is that it's a popular issue among democrats on the internet. Which is like a more liberal part of the internet, an already young and liberal "place", demographically speaking.
He isn't going to touch it with a ten foot pole in his first term, and probably not in his second, either. If he does, there's a very good chance Congress won't play ball.
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for decriminalization. But let's be realistic here.
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Revitalizing the Economy
Ending the War in Iraq
Providing Health Care for All
Dear lord, I can only imagine what kind of capitulating the guy does in the bedroom.
Point B, at least. The economy will have to revitalize itself, and universal health care isn't going to happen during his first term, not with the aforementioned economic crisis going on.
a fading melody - my indie platformer for the xbox 360
If he's smart he'll take a stepwise approach to healthcare, starting with expanded funding and eligibility for Medicaid and VA.
a fading melody - my indie platformer for the xbox 360
Universal health care is a big step towards revitalizing the economy though. Like, if Ford/GM/Chrysler didn't have to pay so much for their employee's (and former employee's) health care, they wouldn't be broke.
I heard he's going clubbing or barhopping or something until the wee hours of tomorrow morning.
Congress is pushing him left, which is weird to say, but true.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kBeD1L_nd4
Universal Health Insurance will help alleviate the economic crisis for businesses. It's going to happen. Not necessarily in the first 100 days, but in the first year or two.
I just don't think it's going to fly politically, with all of the other spending he's going to have to be doing.
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Say I'm the President! Say it!
Oooooh, you're the President!
That addresses the one huge problem of people not getting preventive care and putting it on emergency rooms instead.
Obama's also going to need to address doctor pay incentives, which means fighting one hell of a lobby. We'll save money if doctors can actually be bothered to first prescribe statin drugs to patients with heart disease before going straight to surgery.
Obama has a ton of power right now. He's overwhelmingly popular, the public feels like he has a mandate for dramatic change. For a little while he can ram damn near anything he wants through Congress. And of course, if you reform health care to make it cheaper, you're saving so much money down the line it's ridiculous and he knows that and more importantly has the ability (and goodwill) to make that argument to the American people.
Also, most of the important reforms can be paid for by withdrawing from Iraq.
Buh? Is that really a widespread problem?
That's not what the first 100 days represents. It's the amount of action taken by him and the Congress ala FDR. Nobody thinks everything is going to be great come April 30th, but they do expect a lot of shit to have begun or get created between now and then.
Presidents - especially ones armed with a sympathetic legislature - can do quite a bit with the economy, actually. And Obama has the second half of the bailout package to disburse, and how that is done will help set the climate for years to come.
And no, despite what the droolers on network news say, health care reform cannot wait until things are humming along again. It's needed right now more than ever. Have you ever heard of human capital?
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FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT TO KISS HANDS AND SHAKE BABIES