by druidabruxux

Question by Yahoo! Team: When will Obama FINALLY bring change?
Besides the fact that he:

1.Saved the collapse of the American automotive industry by making GM restructure before bailing them out, and putting incentive money to help the industry

2.Shifted the focus of the war from Iraq to Afghanistan, and putting the emphasis on reducing terrorism where it should have been all along

3.Relaxed Anti-American tensions throughout the world

4.Signed order to close the prisoner “torture camp” at Guantanamo Bay

5.Has made the environment a national priority, and a primary source for job creation

6.Has made education a national priority by putting emphasis and money behind new ideas like charter schools, but speaking directly to school children in telling them they have to do their part.

7.Won the Nobel Peace Prize

8.9 billion economic stimulus plan

9.Appointment of first Latina to the Supreme Court

10.Attractive tax write-offs for those who buy hybrid automobiles

11.Authorized construction/opening of additional health centers to care for veterans

12.Renewed dialogue with NATO and other allies and partners on strategic issues.

13.Beginning the process of reforming and restructuring the military 20 years after the Cold War to a more modern fighting force… this includes new procurement policies, increasing size of military, new technology and cyber units and operations, etc.

14.Better body armor is now being provided to our troops

15.“Cash for clunkers” program offers vouchers to trade in fuel inefficient, polluting old cars for new cars; stimulates auto sales

16.Changed the failing/status quo military command in Afghanistan

17.Closed offshore tax safe havens

18.Deployed additional troops to Afghanistan

19.Ended media “blackout” on war casualties; reporting full information

20.Ended previous policy of awarding no-bid defense contracts

21.. Ended media blackout on war casualties and the return of fallen soldiers to Dover AFB.

22.Ended previous policy of cutting the FDA and circumventing FDA rules

23.Ended previous practice of forbidding Medicare from negotiating with drug manufacturers for cheaper drugs; the federal government is now realizing hundreds of millions in savings

24.Ended previous practice of having White House aides rewrite scientific and environmental rules, regulations, and reports

25.American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has created 2.1 million jobs (as of 12/31/09).

26.Ended previous policy of not regulating and labeling carbon dioxide emissions

27.Ended previous policy of offering tax benefits to corporations who outsource American jobs; the new policy is to promote in-sourcing to bring jobs back

28.Ended previous policy on torture; the US now has a no torture policy and is in compliance with the Geneva Convention standards

29.. Launched Recovery.gov to track spending from the Recovery Act, an unprecedented step to provide transparency and accountability through technology.

30.Ended previous practice of protecting credit card companies; in place of it are new consumer protections from credit card industry’s predatory practices

31.Ended previous “stop-loss” policy that kept soldiers in Iraq/Afghanistan longer than their enlistment date

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Answer by Jesus Saves Using Double Coupons
it is pretty funny how the right wing whines about him not getting the troops out quick enough..but never gave a f*** about Bush jr not takin ‘em out

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