Be sure to follow her blog, as she always writes such good stuff. Oh, and she runs another funny blog called Stuff My Computer Says. Definitely worth checking out both.
As a companion piece to the post below, read Maureen Dowd's OpEd piece from the New York Times. I think Obama should read it, too.
11/2 Update: Check out this cool site too: What the Fuck has Obama Done So Far?
With the midterm election just a couple days away, I thought it would be a good idea to list some of President Obama’s accomplishments. A lot of people are focused on the failures of the Democrats and the President. But to those people, I recommend scanning the items, below.
- Passed Universal Healthcare
- Brought diversity to the US Supreme Court by appointing two, female Supreme Court Justices, one of whom is the Nation’s first Hispanic Justice
- Created a Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to help protect citizens from unscrupulous financial practices
- Provided travel expenses to the families of fallen soldiers so they can be on hand at Dover Air Force Base when their family member’s remains return to the USA
- Ended the media blackout on war casualties and the return of fallen soldiers to Dover Air Force Base
- Appointed the most diverse Cabinet in history, including more women appointees than any other incoming President
- Visited more countries and met with more world leaders in his first year in office than any president
- Empowered the 14 States that allow some use of medical marijuana to regulate themselves
- Increased funding for national parks and forests in 2010, and plans to do it again for FY 2011
- Cracked down on companies that deny sick pay, vacation benefits, and health insurance to workers by abusing the employee classification of independent contractor
- Increased infrastructure spending (roads, bridges, power plants) after decades of neglect
- Signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
- Launched Recovery.gov to track spending from the Recovery Act, an unprecedented step to provide transparency and accountability through technology
- Signed the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure (CARD) Act to protect Americans from unfair and deceptive credit card practices
- Signed an Executive Order establishing a 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
- Passed legislation to curb greenhouse gases and improve the environment
- Implemented new regulations on power plants, factories, and oil refineries to limit greenhouse gas emissions and curb global warming, required energy producing plants to produce 15% of their energy from renewable sources
- Is in the process of repairing our image Abroad. After 8 years of damage to the USA’s image, Obama has helped repair badly damaged relationships with foreign powers across the world
- Saved the collapse of the American automotive industry. By making GM restructure before bailing them out, and putting incentive money to help the industry, he saved the industry
- Reversed George W. Bush’s ban on federal funding to foreign organizations that allow abortions
- Signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, restoring basic protections against pay discrimination for women and other workers
- Lifted President Bush’s restrictions on embryonic stem cell research; Obama provided federal support for stem-cell and new biomedical research, helping make it easier for scientists to find cures for our most dangerous diseases
- Had the balls to be the first sitting President to appear on the Jon Stewart Daily Show
(Watch the full episode...)
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