Have you noticed that there is a spate of GOOD NEWS from the Obama admin? Just a few headlines...

[Hekate]

DUers, there are some very hopeful headlines just now. I think a bunch of Bush-Cheney-Rove crap we've been hoping for/working for/praying for to be over is now starting to be rectified/legally dealt with/treated as crimes/exposed to the harsh light of day... Campaign promises are beginning to be kept....

Do you see what I see? I don't know about you, but I've been so accustomed to feeling frightened, angry, and depressed about my country that it took until after midnight before all these various headers FROM JUST TODAY's DU (plus I just went looking for some other recent ones) coalesced in my mind like a big neon sign: Our troubles are far from over, but Obama and his administration could actually pull this off.

Hekate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6257822#6257822
NYT: New Endowment Chairman Sees Arts as Economic Engine

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6257660#6257660
LA Times: Holder "poised" to appoint special prosecutor in waterboarding investigation

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4005945#4005945
NOPD Investigated In Post-Katrina Civil Rights Cases

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4006999
FBI seizes police files in (Katrina) bridge shootings

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=4006555&mesg_id=4006555
Deposition of Sibel Edmonds Underway, DoJ a 'No Show', All Questions Being Answered...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=6253382&mesg_id=6253382
*** Bradblog LIVE BLOGGING Sibel Edmonds deposition ***

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4006918
Criminal investigation into CIA treatment of detainees expected

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4006489
Sotomayor Takes Oath from Chief Justice Roberts

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=4004971&mesg_id=4004971
US no longer at war with 'terrorism', says top official

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4005054
Obama signs 'cash-for-clunkers' extension into law

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4003849
Medical Marijuana accepted to dismiss Federal Court Cases in New Mexico

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4002704
Hank Greenberg Said to Face SEC Lawsuit After Role as AIG Chief

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=3997094&mesg_id=3997094
Lou Dobbs A "Publicity Nightmare" For CNN: AP

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=4002353&mesg_id=4002353
Obama promises health overhaul with or without GOP

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4002661
Judge Won't Approve Bank Of America, SEC Settlement.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=4000221&mesg_id=4000221
Blackwater Founder Implicated in Murder

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4003199
Bill Clinton briefed W.House on N.Korea -spokesman

[Heidi]

1. It's nice to be able to bear to read the news again,

that's for sure. :)

Good morning, Hekate. :hi:

[Hekate]

2. Good morning back atcha! We just might make it!

:hi:

[madokie]

11. We'll make it

bruised, bloody and battered but we'll make it. I'm a glass half full kind of person so take this with that in mind.

[MADem]

3. I'll rec this--it's nice to know there are others who have a half (or more) full glass!

It's a great day most days with Democrats running the joint.

[Hekate]

4. Here's more without even trying...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...
Obama Has Cut Taxes for 98.6 Percent of Working* Households** (Nate Silver)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...
NYT: Obama Reverses Stand on Drug Industry Deal

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...
While the media isn't looking - Obama approval tracking upward for last week

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...
By negotiating with big pharma, the White House pits pharma against insurance companies.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...
POLL: The cost of Sotomayor opposition - GOP approval among Latinos craters (3% vs 14% in April).

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...
Organizing for America: The President has just launched an online Health Care Action Center

[BlancheSplanchnik]

15. these are very exciting!! K&R&B for the OP too also

I just LOVE "By negotiating with big pharma, the White House pits pharma against insurance companies."

smart!

[Kaleko]

5. Yes. I notice both, the good and the stuff that looks really ominous.

My jury is still out debating whether the Obama admin will just throw us enough bones to maintain an untenable status quo, or whether we'll see him lead an actual overhaul of a system that is rotted to the core.

Either way, major shifts are coming anyhow. Thass my take.

[murielm99]

6. You know how we have toons all the time,

and LOL cats.

Maybe this should be a regular feature. Have someone compile a list of links to the good news. We focus so much on the negative news, because there was so much of it for eight years under bush.

[Heidi]

8. Excellent idea. I would be happy to help with something like this,

though I wouldn't be surprised if there were differences of opinion at DU about what constitutes "good" news. :hi:

[murielm99]

9. Well, someone gets to pick.

Someone picks the toons, too.

[malaise]

7. Nice post

K & R

[tridim]

10. What I noticed is that during the last 8 years we had NO good news.

Think about it, nothing good happened during BushCo, NOTHING.

There was a time when I assumed we wouldn't see "good news" ever again.

[Uzybone]

12. KnR

[Hekate]

13. Shameless kick

:-) ;-) :D :P :9 :* :+ :7 B-) O8) :hippie: :party: :toast: :eyes: :smoke: :think: :beer: :hi: :hug: :pals: :fistbump: :headbang: :patriot: :spray: :-) ;-) :D :P :9 :* :+ :7 B-) O8) :hippie: :party: :toast: :eyes: :smoke: :think: :beer: :hi: :hug: :pals: :fistbump: :headbang: :patriot: :spray:

Couldn't help myself -- just trying to keep the mood.

Hekate

[Wednesdays]

14. K&R

:kick:

[Moosepoop]

16. K&R!

:kick:

[trusty elf]

17. But...WARES HIZ BURF SIRTIFAKET ! ? ! ? ! ?

edited for spelling

[berni_mccoy]

18. K&R. Thanks Hekate. Too many DUers are expert trouble-borrowers

or they see shadows where there are none.

[Hekate]

19. I know. It must be hard being Eeyore all the time, poor things.

[onestepforward]

20. Thank you for posting this. K&R

It really made me feel much better!

[KoKo]

21. Nice post...putting the headlines together like that..K&R!

[Th1onein]

22. Times have changed!

Thank God.

K&R

[NoSheep]

23. Yes. The good news. So easy for many to ignore. It doesn't sit well with their whining

addiction. Thanks for posting.