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Better Believe It Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-08-10 09:00 PM
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22. I don't know why you have that feeling.
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  -President Obama Can Create Millions of Infrastructure/Public Works Jobs by Executive Order! Better Believe It  Nov-08-10 01:36 PM   #0 
  - He can...  Toward Progress   Nov-08-10 01:41 PM   #1 
  - Welcome.  mzmolly   Nov-08-10 01:48 PM   #4 
  - Thank you!  Toward Progress   Nov-08-10 01:51 PM   #5 
  - "Wait until his secont term". I disagree strongly. IMO he should wait only until his SOTU  ProgressiveEconomist   Nov-08-10 06:07 PM   #16 
     - Kick!  ProgressiveEconomist   Nov-10-10 01:11 AM   #32 
  - Yea, but does he have the balls to do it...  WCGreen   Nov-08-10 01:41 PM   #2 
  - If they refuse the funds while other states put millions to work using the funds they would have to  Better Believe It   Nov-08-10 01:55 PM   #8 
  - Sadly, Oberstar is gone. A victim of the media "tea party" hype.  mzmolly   Nov-08-10 01:48 PM   #3 
  - I think he's powerless.  RUMMYisFROSTED   Nov-08-10 01:53 PM   #6 
  - He can't use a Presidential order, everything has to go through Congress!  Bluebear   Nov-08-10 01:54 PM   #7 
  - Right. FDR could issue job creating executive orders but President Obama can't.  Better Believe It   Nov-08-10 01:58 PM   #11 
  - Law professors and heads of legal associations disagree. See the top of the OP.  ProgressiveEconomist   Nov-08-10 06:21 PM   #18 
     - I don't think you read the body of my post.  Bluebear   Nov-09-10 02:19 AM   #25 
        - Many people don't get attempts at sarcasm, even when you use the red "SARCASM" emoticon  ProgressiveEconomist   Nov-09-10 01:29 PM   #27 
  - Unrec...nt  SidDithers   Nov-08-10 01:56 PM   #9 
  - Then do it and stop bullshiting around. nt  ladjf   Nov-08-10 01:57 PM   #10 
  - Recommend.  de novo   Nov-08-10 03:13 PM   #12 
  - That rotten Obama, just sitting on that money purposely to cause misery  treestar   Nov-08-10 04:16 PM   #13 
  - Just sign an Executive Order for jobs. You don't agree? Is his hand broken?  Better Believe It   Nov-08-10 04:57 PM   #14 
     - In his SOTU speech, he could say: "We have a choice between accelerating job growth  ProgressiveEconomist   Nov-08-10 08:21 PM   #20 
     - I have a feeling that your position is twisting and exaggerating something  treestar   Nov-08-10 08:32 PM   #21 
        - I don't know why you have that feeling.  Better Believe It   Nov-08-10 09:00 PM   #22 
  - But someone might call him a socialist...  RetroLounge   Nov-08-10 05:02 PM   #15 
  - They call him that now! They probably think Nixon was a communist!  Better Believe It   Nov-08-10 06:13 PM   #17 
  - He can - but he won't. nt  TBF   Nov-08-10 07:06 PM   #19 
  - If Dubya could trump Congress by fomenting 'war' in '03, in '11 Obama can turn himself into FDR,  ProgressiveEconomist   Nov-08-10 10:34 PM   #23 
  - Now if only he had the will  donheld   Nov-08-10 11:18 PM   #24 
     - Now if only he wanted to. It's not just a case of will.  Better Believe It   Nov-09-10 01:20 PM   #26 
        - According to CBO estimates, the President OUGHT to want to issue an Infrastucture EO  ProgressiveEconomist   Nov-09-10 01:36 PM   #28 
        - He just ought to do it, but probably won't unless Democratic leaders in Congress publicly demand it.  Better Believe It   Nov-09-10 02:05 PM   #29 
           - Very wise opinion. Who are the most populist Senators? Dorgan, who's retiring  ProgressiveEconomist   Nov-09-10 05:55 PM   #31 
        - I know that, it's just really hard to say.  donheld   Nov-09-10 04:21 PM   #30 
           - So what President Obama says and what he actually does are two different things.  Better Believe It   Nov-10-10 08:39 AM   #33 
              - transparent agenda, much?  dionysus   Nov-10-10 09:22 AM   #34 
 

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