PCTC's List of Obama Accomplishments

Addressed the Environment While Dealing with Energy Needs
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Obama EPA reversed a Bush-era decision to allow the largest mountaintop removal project in US history. http://bit.ly/lP3yEL

Ordered the Department of Energy to implement more aggressive efficiency standards for common household appliances. http://1.usa.gov/g3MTbu

Obama EPA ruled that excess CO2 is a pollutant. http://bit.ly/iQTSNN

Closed a deal with China to limit carbon emissions to slow down climate change. http://nyti.ms/1xzyS8K

Blocked all oil and gas drilling in Bristol Bay, Alaska, one of the most pristine environments in North America http://lat.ms/13xUVFD

Signed an Executive Order to improve environmental efforts in the Arctic region and to combat climate change by better coordinating the efforts of the 23 federal agencies operating in the area. http://usat.ly/ZEzLzE

Vetoed a bill to fast track construction of the parallel Keystone XL pipeline. http://nbcnews.to/1DVDFo7

Expanded clean water regulations to more stringently protect all of the nation’s waterways, even when states fail in their duty. http://bit.ly/1RdQpTc

Signed an Executive Order committing the federal government to lead the way in building a sustainable economy. It’s his fifth doing just that. http://1.usa.gov/1EzO2ne

Banned the use of antibiotics in food served in US Government-run cafeterias and ordered agencies to only use antibiotic-free meat. http://bit.ly/1G1vUxi http://bit.ly/1KHkl4N

Developed new rules to address climate change and to create a significant boost to clean energy. http://bit.ly/1UnQcuR

Negotiated and signed a virtually Republican-Proof global agreement on climate change, with 190 countries signing on. http://bit.ly/1RkjVG8

Became one of 196 countries that signed onto a UN Framework on Climate Change. http://unfccc.int/2860.php

Ordered a moratorium on new coal leasing on federal land, and they will examine the whole leasing process. http://wapo.st/23Q6en8

Signed a bill to better protect pipelines and to authorize greater oversight. http://bit.ly/291woja

Signed an order turning more than 87,000 acres of Maine Woods into the North Woods National Monument. http://bit.ly/2ciWDCc

Signed into law a measure directing the Department of Transportation to issue guidelines for minimum standards for underground storage of natural gas. http://bit.ly/291AdjL

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There’s a Lot More!

Nominated Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court. Sotomayor is the first Hispanic Justice in the court’s history, and the women represent only the third and fourth women to serve on the court, out of a total of 112 justices. http://huff.to/eOChg6http://bit.ly/i02wgP

Appointed the most diverse Cabinet in history, including more women than any other incoming president. http://bit.ly/dX6vNB

Loosened the rules and allowed the 14 states that legalized medical marijuana to regulate themselves without federal interference. http://huff.to/eQfa7j

Signed national service legislation, increasing funding for national service groups, including triple the size of the Americorps program. http://bit.ly/idgQH5

Signed a bill that provided $4.3 billion in additional assistance to 9/11 first responders. http://bit.ly/o7cWYS

Placed major restrictions on the ivory trade in a bid to prevent the wholesale slaughter of elephants in Africa. http://ti.me/292Z4Gg

Signed a bill that will seriously curb the use of animal testing and establish alternative testing methods. http://bit.ly/28Z5AuS

Signed the Claims Resolution Act, which provided $4.6 billion in funding for a legal settlement with black and Native American farmers who had been cheated out of government loans and natural resource royalties in the past. http://1.usa.gov/dGppUa

To help those communities devastated by Hurricane Sandy, issued an executive order setting up the Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force, and asked Congress to approve $60 billion in supplemental assistance to aid in storm recovery. http://1.usa.gov/134L7hl

Produced 23 Executive actions designed to make it easier for law enforcement to identify those who shouldn’t have guns, thus helping them enforce the law. http://on.wsj.com/SX9xaZ

Expanded trade agreements to include stricter labor and environmental agreements in trade pacts like NAFTA. http://bit.ly/etznpY

Oversaw funding of the design of a new Smithsonian National Museum of African American History, which is scheduled to open on the National Mall in 2015. He protected the funding during budget negotiations. http://on.fb.me/fD0EVO http://bit.ly/ff5Luv

Oversaw and passed increased funding for the National Endowment for the Arts.http://bit.ly/dFb8qF

Expanded the authority of Customs to improve enforcement of trade and customs laws and to better coordinate said enforcement among various agencies. http://bit.ly/1S5pun7

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And Did You Know?

Despite the characterizations of some, Obama’s success rate in winning congressional votes on issues was an unprecedented 96.7% for his first year in office. Though he is often cited as superior to Obama, President Lyndon Johnson’s success rate in 1965 was only 93%. http://n.pr/i3d7cY

And of course…

Despite the odds, became the first black president and then, was reelected by a wide margin.

 

Oh... and don't forget the nearly 20 trillion dollars in debt and the racial strife running rampant in our cities at a level unseen since the 1960s. And don't forget that we are now FORCED by our government to buy a product from a private corporation.

 

Duh, no kidding . . . and he put those policies in place just in the nick of time.

Republicans were quickly put back in the driver's seat in Congress when the people saw Barack Obama without sheep's clothing.

Almost all of the above policies are just that . . . retractable policies . . . not legislation. It's nearly all ill-conceived, rotten-to-the-core, stinking, maggot-infested mush that undercuts the authority of the representatives of the people.

So little was accomplished by working traditionally with Congress in above-board fashion because what he advocated made no sense, and therefore could not garner cooperation across party lines . . . how presidential!

The guy is a loser who was supported only by ignorant, ideologues with no grasp of reality . . . the same ones who are about to make the same monumental mistake.

 

Ahhhh, as a retarded right-winger here once said, and to paraphrase, "You haven't addressed any of the other points, meaning you accept that they are all facts".

 

I'll go slow enough for you to keep up. Here's the first point, from the article:

"Within his first week, he signed an Executive Order ordering an audit of government contracts, and combating waste and abuse. http://1.usa.gov/dUvbu5"

True, or false, and why?

Additionally, would you consider combating waste and abuse in government contracts to be a good thing, or a bad thing, and why?

Or is that too fast for ya?

 

Too fast for me? . . . nice try again.

No, just as the federal government may neither force nor stipulate the employment of organized labor on contracted projects, it also should not prevent the contracted employer from protecting itself against the organization of its employees by external influence, and recovering the cost of that protection, as may become necessary.

No, this was not a productive Obama accomplishment. It inherently increases the costs to government contractors who are targeted by organized labor, while preventing those costs from being passed on to the customer, creating an unlevel playing field in favor of the labor unions.

Disguised as a waste preventing measure, this is a patently unfair executive order - a counterproductive one - released to placate the labor unions who supported Obama, knowing he'd owe them this favor.

Next . . .

 

I see, so you are in favor of corruption.

 

Of course I'm not in favor of corruption . . . but if that's the most intelligent response you can come up with, so be it.

Every employer, in pursuit of a profit has the right to structure its charges as it sees fit. Costs of reproduction, communications, legal work, etc are a cost of doing business, and may be recovered, much the same as heat, electricity, insurance and taxes . . . as long as it is not violating law . . . LAW, GET IT?

Obama's measly edict is little more than the paper-tiger's attempt at getting employers to buy into the notion that his bluff really has teeth. If they believe it, then it does . . . if they don't, and challenge it, they'll find out it doesn't.

 

Got it, you hate anything and everything Obama.

 

No, like Obama protests to, I despise racism. However, I at the same time do not advocate that which he espouses, overcompensation of the under-performing. He knows how to make them feel better, but at the expense of everyone else . . . he lacks a truly global vision, but earnestly believes he's got it right.

That is what I object to.