Thu Jun 21, 2012, 12:47 AM

ProSense (98,173 posts)

The List!!! Obama 2012

The List!!! With A Twist: Republicans are pissed!

Throughout the Obama presidency, one of the most vocal and demanding factions in the Democratic Party base has been activists for gay and lesbian equality. They repeatedly protested at Obama events and even at the White House, complained loudly about Obama’s broken promises, and even threatened to boycott Obama’s re-election campaign by withholding donations. In light of that ongoing confrontationalism, as well as the importance of gay voters (and especially gay donors) to the Democratic Party, it’s no surprise that their agenda has been repeatedly attended to by Obama, as he engineered the successful repeal of Don’t Ask/Don’t Tell, ordered his DOJ to stop defending the constitutionality of DOMA, and then finally “evolved” to an Election-Year endorsement of same-sex marriage.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=821242

16 million: number of Americans who become eligible for Medicaid under the health care law
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002531684

NCPSSM: Healthcare Reform, Seniors and the Supreme Court
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002485990

Consumer Federation of America Applauds Obama Administration’s Defense of Country-of-Origin Labeling
http://www.consumerfed.org/news/476

Obama launches trade case against China over raw materials
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002419556

On Tuesday, March 13, 2012, the President signed into law:

H.R. 4105, which clarifies that the countervailing duty law can be applied to subsidized goods from nonmarket economy countries; and the Department of Commerce can adjust antidumping duties applied to goods from nonmarket economy countries when countervailing duties are applied to the same goods.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/03/13/statement-press-secretary-hr-4105

WTO Upholds Obama’s Tire Industry Relief Decision
http://blog.aflcio.org/2011/09/06/wto-upholds-obamas-tire-industry-relief-decision/

President Obama's rescue of the auto industry is a big problem for Republicans
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002622822

Republicans outraged Obama usurped their 'Daddy party' throne
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002627474

The mercury rules announced today are a bona fide Big Deal..."history is being made"
http://www.grist.org/fossil-fuels/2011-12-21-the-mercury-rules-announced-today-are-a-bona-fide-big-deal

(Re: Broad Scientific Consensus in support for Mercury and Air Toxics Standards: http://www.edf.org/sites/default/files/Mercury%20scientists%20in%20support%20of%20the%20MATS.pdf)

Making consumer complaints available to the public
http://www.consumerfinance.gov/blog/making-consumer-complaints-available-to-the-public/

Former Corporate Chairman of Consulting Firm and Board Director Rajat Gupta Found Guilty of Insider Trading in Manhattan Federal Court
http://www.stopfraud.gov/iso/opa/stopfraud/NYS-120615.html
http://www.stopfraud.gov/news-index.html

Obama 2012!

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12 replies	Author	Time	Post
The List!!! Obama 2012 (Original post)	ProSense	Jun 2012	OP
K & R	Scurrilous	Jun 2012	#1
K&R! This post should be K&R'd to high heaven. So . . . why the silence? eom	BlueCaliDem	Jun 2012	#2
Absolutely.	freshwest	Jun 2012	#3
Maybe because most of us already agree.	randome	Jun 2012	#10
K&R	Iwillnevergiveup	Jun 2012	#4
k & r	Mokito	Jun 2012	#5
k&r nt	steve2470	Jun 2012	#6
DU rec...nt	SidDithers	Jun 2012	#7
Obama's record on human rights other than GLBT rights and his drones	JDPriestly	Jun 2012	#8
Kick! n/t	ProSense	Jun 2012	#9
Kick	Scurrilous	Jun 2012	#11
Kick.	MineralMan	Jun 2012	#12

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Thu Jun 21, 2012, 01:01 AM

Scurrilous (24,650 posts)

1. K & R

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Thu Jun 21, 2012, 01:12 AM

BlueCaliDem (5,243 posts)

2. K&R! This post should be K&R'd to high heaven. So . . . why the silence? eom

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Thu Jun 21, 2012, 01:49 AM

freshwest (31,418 posts)

3. Absolutely.

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Thu Jun 21, 2012, 09:11 AM

randome (12,660 posts)

10. Maybe because most of us already agree.

I appreciate the information. I really do. But I think a lot of DUers, like me, don't join in a conversation when it's full of agreeable people!

But thanks, ProSense!

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Thu Jun 21, 2012, 02:18 AM

Iwillnevergiveup (5,813 posts)

4. K&R

Great list that benefits many.

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Thu Jun 21, 2012, 02:20 AM

Mokito (715 posts)

5. k & r

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Thu Jun 21, 2012, 02:21 AM

steve2470 (14,738 posts)

6. k&r nt

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Thu Jun 21, 2012, 02:22 AM

SidDithers (27,050 posts)

7. DU rec...nt

Sid

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Thu Jun 21, 2012, 03:03 AM

JDPriestly (37,753 posts)

8. Obama's record on human rights other than GLBT rights and his drones

and failure to prosecute the big criminals on Wall Street notwithstanding, this is really important:

The mercury rules announced today are a bona fide Big Deal..."history is being made"
http://www.grist.org/fossil-fuels/2011-12-21-the-mercury-rules-announced-today-are-a-bona-fide-big-deal

(Re: Broad Scientific Consensus in support for Mercury and Air Toxics Standards: http://www.edf.org/sites/default/files/Mercury%20scientists%20in%20support%20of%20the%20MATS.pdf)

The Republicans argue against "regulations." They want to do away with all of them, and if you talk to serious Republican, they really think they mean it.

They have no idea what doing away with environmental regulations would mean for their children and grandchildren and many future generations of not just children but life of all kinds.

For me Obama's biggest appeal is that, in spite of the free reign given to Monsanto and his failure to definitively say absolutely not to the Keystone pipeline, he has maintained some regulation of the environment -- at least some. The Republicans would not do that.

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Thu Jun 21, 2012, 09:04 AM

ProSense (98,173 posts)