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Sep 1, 2013 16:41:47   #
OldSchool Loc: Moving to the Red State of Utah soon!
 
Anncaste wrote:
Obama doesn't run this country Jarret and his hencemen do. Because he is so stupid to run anything except a bunch of kids who were as worthless as he is. He can't run anything. He was in the senate for 2 years before he was elected and he didn't show up for that either! He is a looser and I believe the people are starting to realize that. Even democrats. Read the current issue of Time and see what they are starting to say about him. He is a big fraud and has fooled the people. You recall the quote from Lincoln that you can fool some of the people all the time but you can't fool all the people all the time. Name one thing he has done for the American people except allow them to live on welfare on the backs of Americans who work and do the right thing. He should be impeached. The democrats would holler impeachment if Bush did just 1/4 of what this fool has done!!
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Sep 1, 2013 16:43:53   #
OldSchool Loc: Moving to the Red State of Utah soon!
 
sunspotbaby wrote:
What fraud?Fraud is a crime that you get arrested and charged for,so what crime is he being charged for?What blunder did he blame the t-pubs for?Nothing beats raygun asking nancy to ask her astrologer what he should do...lol.The country had allready been driven into the ditch by dubya when he handed the keys over for Obama to clean up the mess.Well I am not ok with any innocent being k**led.However we can only take on one crisis at a time.Why didn't dubya do anything about christians being k**led?I guess your ok with the bush family being members of the house of saud,and when 9-11 happened,the first thing dubya did was give the Bin Ladden family safe passage back to saudia arabia.Dubya was v**ed the worst president in history.he even out did nixon.At least tricky dick new when to resign.
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Sep 1, 2013 16:59:54   #
bmac32 Loc: West Florida
 
Sunspot has been out in the sun to long to think clearly. I still have photo's of that convoy but have no way to prove what was in those trucks, pampers I suppose is what the left will tell me. A liberal at work told me he thought is was rocks, now that's real clear thinking. I simply walked away, rocks in his head maybe.

OldSchool wrote:
Bush didn't lie! The WMDs Hussein had went over into Syria. Just before we attacked Iraq, there were convoys of Russian and Iraqi trucks moving weapons, etc. from Iraq into Syria. We had satellite photos of it. We also found traces of sarin gas in may old Iraqi weapon warheads later on. And, there was the 550 tons of yellow cake uranium we found in Iraq - eventually went to Canada later on. No, the real problem was the LSM press wouldn't publish any of this because they h**ed Bush.

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Sep 1, 2013 17:57:41   #
Artemis
 
sunspotbaby wrote:
Well if you want to call the t***h as lame,and the death of over 5000 american soldiers as lame,and the desth of over 10's of thousands of innocents as lame.Well then be my guest.You are right tho the dems did control both houses and they did give dubya the aproval to attack.However you must allso remember that they gave him the ok based on the lies and false evidence that he gave them.


wow what can I say to that

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Sep 1, 2013 18:01:52   #
bmac32 Loc: West Florida
 
The left is getting mean maybe because hings are falling apart?


maelstrom wrote:
wow what can I say to that

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Sep 1, 2013 18:49:24   #
sunspotbaby
 
the WMD's went to syria?Where did you come up with that at?What ever.The fact remains he had no WMD"s when the inspectors were there,and they were there a long time.During that time is when the dubya regime came up with all the phony evidence and lies.We all know sadam had WMD"s ,because we were the ones who gave them to him.However when he was toldd to get rid of them he did.Pissed off dubya because he wanted to attack Sadam so bad he could taste it,because Sadam had tryed to k**l his daddy.they had photos of vehicles,and that was all.They didn't ever have any proof of weapons.Of cource there was traces of chemicals,because he had them at one time.Like I said,we were the ones that gave him the WMD's in the first place,and yellow cake is not a weapon.
you can cover for the man.He lied and the whole world knows it.The t***h is,that he and his regime,should be tryed at the Hague for war crimes,crimes against,and genocide.Then when found guilty,should be hung by the neck untill dead,and buried beside Sadam.True justice for the world.However it all ended well with Obama haveing the real master mind of 9-11 (Bin Laden) k**led.Which I might add didn't cost over a trillion dollars,and nor did it cost one soldiers life.
there ya go...balls in your court

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Sep 1, 2013 20:02:47   #
Nuclearian Loc: I live in a Fascist, Liberal State
 
sunspotbaby wrote:
No he won't be impeached,because he hasn't broken any laws.Look at dubya and his regime.They lied not onlt to all of us,but to the whole world,and even presented false evidence to support his their lies,and then attacked an innocent sovergn nation based on those lies and deceptions.


Nah. The REASON he wont be impeached is because he is black. The moment anybody tries to make his black ass follow the law, he will pull the race card.
And it has recently come out that Bush DID NOT lie. Prior to that war, Bush had said that black trucks were moving across the border from Iraq into Syria, with saddams WMD. You NEVER heard about it when Bush was in, because the media was anti war when BUSH was President.
Discussion was recently done on the same news outlet that denied those black trucks back then, that they were used to move Iraq's WMD into Syria. Hmm. Now they remember the black trucks? SO...Bushs war was LEGAL.
Now this war will not be. It will be an impeachable offense, because this power mad NEGRO cant resist telling whitie and his butt licking liberal politicians that he is the HNIC (Head N----r In Charge), and they better toe the line or all his homies will v**e them out of office.

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Sep 1, 2013 20:09:45   #
Nuclearian Loc: I live in a Fascist, Liberal State
 
maelstrom wrote:
What kind of government do you think we have? Do you think it is some kind of Imperialist Gov't. I say this by the way you blame everything on Obama. Obama's biggest problem is he has been unable to do anything because the mission of the GOP is to make Obama completely ineffective, even at the perils of our country. That is what something like 138 filibusters will do. So you can thank your good ol republican majority house rule. They even somehow passed the 60% rule which I'm not even sure how they accomplished that. If you want to be mad,be mad at them.
He is not "trying" to get us in another war.
What kind of government do you think we have? Do y... (show quote)


We have a dictatorship right now. The dictator does everything he wants, and the Congress wont stand up to him. All out of fear of being called "r****t". B******i, Libya, NSA, IRS, and his illegality to be President, due to being born in Africa.
He is not ineffective. He has wrecked this economy, which will show up here shortly. Remember finance class. Effects of bad economics policies doesnt always start immediately. But it will show here shortly. Unemployment rate is actually 16%, if you count those whose unemployment checks have run out. Out of fairness, you should count them. Lord know the Liberals and their liberal media hacks mention that everytime a Republican is in office.
And if the Republicans have filibustered him out of passing many things, then you should praise them for stopping this train wreck soon coming.

Peril of the US? What bastards have whittled down our military so bad they cant fight more than two campaigns at one time? Klintoon and Obastard. Both Comrades in Arms.

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Sep 1, 2013 20:12:10   #
Nuclearian Loc: I live in a Fascist, Liberal State
 
sunspotbaby wrote:
However it all ended well with Obama haveing the real master mind of 9-11 (Bin Laden) k**led.Which I might add didn't cost over a trillion dollars,and nor did it cost one soldiers life.
there ya go...balls in your court


Well, the SEAL members were going to talk about that assault, and had some things to say about Obustard. But we will never know since "interestingly", they all happened to get k**led off, before they could speak. Do I hear....coverup?

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Sep 1, 2013 20:15:32   #
bmac32 Loc: West Florida
 
I believe that's one of the hold ups, we don't want to turn up anything that would make the other side look good. I have said from day one, what was in those trucks. CNN lost them because of a sand storm but FOX didn't seem to have that problem. Have no idea what was in those trucks but a little common sense told me it was something Sadam didn't want found.

Nuclearian wrote:
Nah. The REASON he wont be impeached is because he is black. The moment anybody tries to make his black ass follow the law, he will pull the race card.
And it has recently come out that Bush DID NOT lie. Prior to that war, Bush had said that black trucks were moving across the border from Iraq into Syria, with saddams WMD. You NEVER heard about it when Bush was in, because the media was anti war when BUSH was President.
Discussion was recently done on the same news outlet that denied those black trucks back then, that they were used to move Iraq's WMD into Syria. Hmm. Now they remember the black trucks? SO...Bushs war was LEGAL.
Now this war will not be. It will be an impeachable offense, because this power mad NEGRO cant resist telling whitie and his butt licking liberal politicians that he is the HNIC (Head N----r In Charge), and they better toe the line or all his homies will v**e them out of office.
Nah. The REASON he wont be impeached is because h... (show quote)

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Sep 1, 2013 20:20:22   #
bmac32 Loc: West Florida
 
Can you imagine just for a second if a republican was in the WH? I believe you'd hear nothing but impeach him by now.



Nuclearian wrote:
We have a dictatorship right now. The dictator does everything he wants, and the Congress wont stand up to him. All out of fear of being called "r****t". B******i, Libya, NSA, IRS, and his illegality to be President, due to being born in Africa.
He is not ineffective. He has wrecked this economy, which will show up here shortly. Remember finance class. Effects of bad economics policies doesnt always start immediately. But it will show here shortly. Unemployment rate is actually 16%, if you count those whose unemployment checks have run out. Out of fairness, you should count them. Lord know the Liberals and their liberal media hacks mention that everytime a Republican is in office.
And if the Republicans have filibustered him out of passing many things, then you should praise them for stopping this train wreck soon coming.

Peril of the US? What bastards have whittled down our military so bad they cant fight more than two campaigns at one time? Klintoon and Obastard. Both Comrades in Arms.
We have a dictatorship right now. The dictator do... (show quote)

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Sep 1, 2013 21:01:46   #
bmac32 Loc: West Florida
 
Nope he doesn't care but he sure destroys.




March 2009: Obama declares the “war on terror” is over, despite a dramatic increase in jihad war ops.
March 2009: floats idea he will talk to violent genocidal Hamas.
March 2009: he demands that more Muslim Americans work in the Obama administration and insists that they be recruited.
April 2009: Obama tells Europe to admit Islamic Turkey into the European Union, much to the consternation of the Europeans.
April 2009: Obama demands that non-Muslims respect Islam (despite our differences) in a speech in Turkey.
April 2009: Obama says in Turkey, “We are not a Christian nation.”
April 2009: Dalia Mogahed, the first hijab-clad senior adviser to Obama on Muslim affairs, says in an interview with terrorist-and on jihad-supporting Sheik Yusuf Qaradawi’s website, “Many have claimed terrorists have ‘hijacked Islam.’ I disagree. I think Islam is safe and thriving in the lives of Muslims around the world. What terrorists have been allowed to take over are Muslim grievances.”
April 2009: Obama lays groundwork for a partnership with Hamas.
May 2009: Obama promises “personal commitment” to Muslims.
May 2009: Obama calls America “one of the largest Muslim countries on the planet.”
June 2009: Obama invites the Muslim Brotherhood, a violent global jihadist group whose sole objective is a universal caliph**e, to his speech to the ummah (Muslim community) in Cairo.
June 2009: Obama makes a stunning speech to the Muslim world from Al Azhar University in Cairo. It defies explanation.
July 2009: Obama reaches out to the violent jihadists of Hezbollah.
July 2009: Obama’s new office at the State Department, Outreach to the Worldwide Muslim community, reporting to Hillary Clinton.
July 2009: The State Department Welcomes Hamas mouthpiece Al-Quds TV to D.C. to film Propaganda.
Obama promises to close GITMO.
Obama is rebuked when plans are revealed for CIA prosecutions for 911 interrogations: Seven Ex-chiefs of CIA Oppose Case Review: ALL Sign letter to Stop CIA Persecutions.
July 2009: Obama sanctions the brutal crackdown on those marching for freedom in Iran and sides with the mullahcracy. He is silent about the regime’s mass executions, mass rape, and murder.
July 2009: Obama plans to slash the U.S. nuclear arsenal.
September 2009: Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. John Bolton on Obama at the U.N.: “This is the most radical anti-Israel speech I can recall any president making…I have to say I was very shaken by this speech.”
October 2009: Obama offers millions in Muslim technology fund.
November 2009: Fort Hood Jihad Coverup: Obama Urges Congress To Put Off Fort Hood Probe, Warns Against Turning Tragedy Into “Political Theater”
November 2009: Obama offers the Taliban control of the Kandahar, Helmand, Oruzgan, Kunar, and Nuristan provinces, in return for a halt to the Taliban missile attacks on U.S. bases.
November 2009: Obama reaches out to jihadis in the Philippines.
On Thanksgiving eve: Obama issues a special Hajj message to the world’s Muslims.
December 2009: Obama’s “Non-Religious” White House Christmas and No Christmas Gifts for his Kids.
February 2010: Obama names a Hafiz to the Organization of the Islamic Conference. “And as a hafiz of the Koran, [Hussain] is a respected member of the American Muslim community,” Obama said in his message to the Doha meeting, using the Arabic world for someone who has memorized the Islamic holy book.
February 2010: Obama cuts U.S. space program, orders NASA to work with Muslim countries
February 2010: Covering up for jihadists in the White House.
Obama’s counterterrorism adviser, John Brennan, Involved in Obama Passport Breach
March 2010: Obama Obsession with Islam: Calls “entrepreneurship summit” with Muslims.
April 2010: Libyan President Gaddafi Praises Obama: “Barakeh Obama is friend”; “He is of Muslim descent, his policy should be supported…”
May 2010: Obama’s Counterterrorism Adviser Calls Jihad “Legitimate Tenet of Islam.”
May 2010: White House Pro-Terrorism John Brennan Speechifies in Arabic, Equates Terrorists with Shoplifters, Lawmakers Call for his Firing.
June 2010: Obama equivocates on the jihad warship convoy (affectionately named a “flotilla” by the media): Obama “Expressed a Deep Regret Over Loss of [Jihadist] Life”
June 2010: Obama to Support Anti-Israel Resolution at U.N.
vaderx52 wrote:
many people have stated so, it seems like he doesn't care.

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Sep 1, 2013 21:41:51   #
sunspotbaby
 
WOW,...You did exactly what a neo-con would do.You went for the race card.See thats what k**ls the gop.They are r****ts.they try and deny it in one breath,and blow you down with it in the next breath.
And your black truck conspiracy thing must be something you dreamed,because i never heard anything that even closely resembles that.So if you think that is true,show me some proof.WOW I use to think that r****m was dead along time ago.However since Obama became president,the r****ts here in America have reared their ugly head.I sure hope you don't have any children that will hear the h**e spew from your mouth.Anyway just hearing you lets me know that you won't have to worry about being k**led for being a christian.Because no christian could think and talk like you.

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Sep 1, 2013 21:55:04   #
sunspotbaby
 
1. Passed Health Care Reform: After five presidents over a century failed to create universal health insurance, signed the Affordable Care Act (2010). It will cover 32 million uninsured Americans beginning in 2014 and mandates a suite of experimental measures to cut health care cost growth, the number one cause of America’s long-term fiscal problems.

2. Passed the Stimulus: Signed $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in 2009 to spur economic growth amid greatest recession since the Great Depression. Weeks after stimulus went into effect, unemployment claims began to subside. Twelve months later, the private sector began producing more jobs than it was losing, and it has continued to do so for twenty-three straight months, creating a total of nearly 3.7 million new private-sector jobs.

3. Passed Wall Street Reform: Signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (2010) to re-regulate the financial sector after its practices caused the Great Recession. The new law tightens capital requirements on large banks and other financial institutions, requires derivatives to be sold on clearinghouses and exchanges, mandates that large banks provide “living wills” to avoid chaotic bankruptcies, limits their ability to trade with customers’ money for their own profit, and creates the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (now headed by Richard Cordray) to crack down on abusive lending products and companies.

4. Ended the War in Iraq: Ordered all U.S. military forces out of the country. Last troops left on December 18, 2011.

5. Began Drawdown of War in Afghanistan: From a peak of 101,000 troops in June 2011, U.S. forces are now down to 91,000, with 23,000 slated to leave by the end of summer 2012. According to Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, the combat mission there will be over by next year.

6. Eliminated Osama bin laden: In 2011, ordered special forces raid of secret compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, in which the terrorist leader was k**led and a trove of al-Qaeda documents was discovered.

7. Turned Around U.S. Auto Industry: In 2009, injected $62 billion in federal money (on top of $13.4 billion in loans from the Bush administration) into ailing GM and Chrysler in return for equity stakes and agreements for massive restructuring. Since bottoming out in 2009, the auto industry has added more than 100,000 jobs. In 2011, the Big Three automakers all gained market share for the first time in two decades. The government expects to lose $16 billion of its investment, less if the price of the GM stock it still owns increases.

8. Recapitalized Banks: In the midst of financial crisis, approved controversial Treasury Department plan to lure private capital into the country’s largest banks via “stress tests” of their balance sheets and a public-private fund to buy their “toxic” assets. Got banks back on their feet at essentially zero cost to the government.

9. Repealed “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”: Ended 1990s-era restriction and formalized new policy allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military for the first time.

10. Toppled Moammar Gaddafi: In March 2011, joined a coalition of European and Arab governments in military action, including air power and naval blockade, against Gaddafi regime to defend Libyan civilians and support rebel troops. Gaddafi’s forty-two-year rule ended when the dictator was o*******wn and k**led by rebels on October 20, 2011. No American lives were lost.

11. Told Mubarak to Go: On February 1, 2011, publicly called on Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to accept reform or step down, thus weakening the dictator’s position and putting America on the right side of the Arab Spring. Mubarak ended thirty-year rule when o*******wn on February 11.

12. Reversed Bush Torture Policies: Two days after taking office, nullified Bush-era rulings that had allowed detainees in U.S. custody to undergo certain “enhanced” interrogation techniques considered inhumane under the Geneva Conventions. Also released the secret Bush legal rulings supporting the use of these techniques.

13. Improved America’s Image Abroad: With new policies, diplomacy, and rhetoric, reversed a sharp decline in world opinion toward the U.S. (and the corresponding loss of “soft power”) during the Bush years. From 2008 to 2011, favorable opinion toward the United States rose in ten of fifteen countries surveyed by the Pew Global Attitudes Project, with an average increase of 26 percent.

14. Kicked Banks Out of Federal Student Loan Program, Expanded Pell Grant Spending: As part of the 2010 health care reform bill, signed measure ending the wasteful decades-old practice of subsidizing banks to provide college loans. Starting July 2010 all students began getting their federal student loans directly from the federal government. Treasury will save $67 billion over ten years, $36 billion of which will go to expanding Pell Grants to lower-income students.

15. Created Race to the Top: With funds from stimulus, started $4.35 billion program of competitive grants to encourage and reward states for education reform.

16. Boosted Fuel Efficiency Standards: Released new fuel efficiency standards in 2011 that will nearly double the fuel economy for cars and trucks by 2025.

17. Coordinated International Response to Financial Crisis: To keep world economy out of recession in 2009 and 2010, helped secure from G-20 nations more than $500 billion for the IMF to provide lines of credit and other support to emerging market countries, which kept them liquid and avoided crises with their currencies.

18. Passed Mini Stimuli: To help families hurt by the recession and spur the economy as stimulus spending declined, signed series of measures (July 22, 2010; December 17, 2010; December 23, 2011) to extend unemployment insurance and cut payroll taxes.

19. Began Asia “Pivot”: In 2011, reoriented American military and diplomatic priorities and focus from the Middle East and Europe to the Asian-Pacific region. Executed multipronged strategy of positively engaging China while reasserting U.S. leadership in the region by increasing American military presence and crafting new commercial, diplomatic, and military alliances with neighboring countries made uncomfortable by recent Chinese behavior.

20. Increased Support for Veterans: With so many soldiers coming home from Iraq and Iran with serious physical and mental health problems, yet facing long waits for services, increased 2010 Department of Veterans Affairs budget by 16 percent and 2011 budget by 10 percent. Also signed new GI bill offering $78 billion in tuition assistance over a decade, and provided multiple tax credits to encourage businesses to hire veterans.

21. Tightened Sanctions on Iran: In effort to deter Iran’s nuclear program, signed Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act (2010) to punish firms and individuals who aid Iran’s petroleum sector. In late 2011 and early 2012, coordinated with other major Western powers to impose sanctions aimed at Iran’s banks and with Japan, South Korea, and China to shift their oil purchases away from Iran.

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Sep 1, 2013 21:56:20   #
sunspotbaby
 
22. Created Conditions to Begin Closing Dirtiest Power Plants: New EPA restrictions on mercury and toxic pollution, issued in December 2011, likely to lead to the closing of between sixty-eight and 231 of the nation’s oldest and dirtiest coal-fired power plants. Estimated cost to utilities: at least $11 billion by 2016. Estimated health benefits: $59 billion to $140 billion. Will also significantly reduce carbon emissions and, with other regulations, comprises what’s been called Obama’s “stealth climate policy.”

23. Passed Credit Card Reforms: Signed the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure Act (2009), which prohibits credit card companies from raising rates without advance notification, mandates a grace period on interest rate increases, and strictly limits overdraft and other fees.

24. Eliminated Catch-22 in Pay E******y Laws: Signed Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act in 2009, giving women who are paid less than men for the same work the right to sue their employers after they find out about the discrimination, even if that discrimination happened years ago. Under previous law, as interpreted by the Supreme Court in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., the statute of limitations on such suits ran out 180 days after the alleged discrimination occurred, even if the victims never knew about it.

25. Protected Two Liberal Seats on the U.S. Supreme Court: Nominated and obtained confirmation for Sonia Sotomayor, the first Hispanic and third woman to serve, in 2009; and Elena Kagan, the fourth woman to serve, in 2010. They replaced David Souter and John Paul Stevens, respectively.

26. Improved Food Safety System: In 2011, signed FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, which boosts the Food and Drug Administration’s budget by $1.4 billion and expands its regulatory responsibilities to include increasing number of food inspections, issuing direct food recalls, and reviewing the current food safety practices of countries importing products into America.

27. Achieved New START Treaty: Signed with Russia (2010) and won ratification in Congress (2011) of treaty that limits each country to 1,550 strategic warheads (down from 2,200) and 700 launchers (down from more than 1,400), and reestablished and strengthened a monitoring and t***sparency program that had lapsed in 2009, through which each country can monitor the other.

28. Expanded National Service: Signed Serve America Act in 2009, which authorized a tripling of the size of AmeriCorps. Program grew 13 percent to 85,000 members across the country by 2012, when new House GOP majority refused to appropriate more funds for further expansion.

29. Expanded Wilderness and Watershed Protection: Signed Omnibus Public Lands Management Act (2009), which designated more than 2 million acres as wilderness, created thousands of miles of recreational and historic trails, and protected more than 1,000 miles of rivers.

30. Gave the FDA Power to Regulate Tobacco: Signed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (2009). Nine years in the making and long resisted by the tobacco industry, the law mandates that tobacco manufacturers disclose all ingredients, obtain FDA approval for new tobacco products, and expand the size and prominence of cigarette warning labels, and bans the sale of misleadingly labeled “light” cigarette brands and tobacco sponsorship of entertainment events.

31. Pushed Federal Agencies to Be Green Leaders: Issued executive order in 2009 requiring all federal agencies to make plans to soften their environmental impacts by 2020. Goals include 30 percent reduction in fleet gasoline use, 26 percent boost in water efficiency, and sustainability requirements for 95 percent of all federal contracts. Because federal government is the country’s single biggest purchaser of goods and services, likely to have ripple effects throughout the economy for years to come.

32. Passed Fair Sentencing Act: Signed 2010 legislation that reduces sentencing disparity between crack versus powder cocaine possessionfrom100 to1 to 18 to1.

33. Trimmed and Reoriented Missile Defense: Cut the Reagan-era “Star Wars” missile defense budget, saving $1.4 billion in 2010, and canceled plans to station antiballistic missile systems in Poland and the Czech Republic in favor of sea-based defense plan focused on Iran and North Korea.

34. Began Post-Post-9/11 Military Builddown: After winning agreement from congressional Republicans and Democrats in summer 2011 budget deal to reduce projected defense spending by $450 billion, proposed new DoD budget this year with cuts of that size and a new national defense strategy that would shrink ground forces from 570,000 to 490,000 over the next ten years while increasing programs in intelligence gathering and cyberwarfare.

35. Let Space Shuttle Die and K**led Planned Moon Mission: Allowed the expensive ($1 billion per launch), badly designed, dangerous shuttle program to make its final launch on July 8, 2011. Cut off funding for even more bloated and problem-plagued Bush-era Constellation program to build moon base in favor of support for private-sector low-earth orbit ventures, research on new rocket technologies for long-distance manned flight missions, and unmanned space exploration, including the largest interplanetary rover ever launched, which will investigate Mars’s potential to support life.

36. Invested Heavily in Renewable Technology: As part of the 2009 stimulus, invested $90 billion, more than any previous administration, in research on smart grids, energy efficiency, electric cars, renewable electricity generation, cleaner coal, and biofuels.

37. Crafting Next-Generation School Tests: Dev**ed $330 million in stimulus money to pay two consortia of states and universities to create competing versions of new K-12 student performance tests based on latest psychometric research. New tests could t***sform the learning environment in vast majority of public school classrooms beginning in 2014.

38. Cracked Down on Bad For-Profit Colleges: In effort to fight predatory practices of some for-profit colleges, Department of Education issued “gainful employment” regulations in 2011 cutting off commercially focused schools from federal student aid funding if more than 35 percent of former students aren’t paying off their loans and/or if the average former student spends more than 12 percent of his or her total earnings servicing student loans.

39. Improved School Nutrition: In coordination with Michelle Obama, signed Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act in 2010 mandating $4.5 billion spending boost and higher nutritional and health standards for school lunches. New rules based on the law, released in January, double the amount of fruits and vegetables and require only whole grains in food served to students.

40. Expanded H**e Crimes Protections: Signed H**e Crimes Prevention Act (2009), which expands existing h**e crime protections to include crimes based on a victim’s sexual orientation, g****r, or disability, in addition to race, color, religion, or national origin.

41. Avoided Scandal: As of November 2011, served longer than any president in decades without a scandal, as measured by the appearance of the word “scandal” (or lack thereof) on the front page of the Washington Post.

42. Brokered Agreement for Speedy Compensation to Victims of Gulf Oil Spill: Though lacking statutory power to compel British Petroleum to act, used moral authority of his office to convince oil company to agree in 2010 to a $20 billion fund to compensate victims of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico; $6.5 billion already paid out without lawsuits. By comparison, it took nearly two decades for plaintiffs in the Exxon Valdez Alaska oil spill case to receive $1.3 billion.

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