Of all the President Bush policies overturned by President Obama, which is your favorite?

[ZombieHorde]

I think mine is the ban on federal funds being used for stem cell research.

Which is your favorite?

[Captain Hilts]

1. Releasing birth control funding for overseas. nt

[ZombieHorde]

2. Good one. nt

[MadMaddie]

23. This one is at the top of my list too!

[Captain Hilts]

26. Restoring our international reputation is Job #1 and he hit the ground running on this one. nt

[Bobbieo]

25. Negating Global Gag Order - top of my list, too

[applegrove]

29. Yes that is huge.

[Captain Hilts]

31. It's why it's so important to vote Democratic. It's about more than us. nt

[Atticus]

3. Getting rid of rendition and "enhanced interrogations" and warrantless wiretaps-----

no, wait--------------nevermind.

[Radical Activist]

10. Looks like the next poster agrees with you.

Its amazing how Obama not doing as much as some people would like gets twisted into him doing nothing at all.

[salguine]

27. Those are my favorites, too.

[ClarkUSA]

4. Ending torture and restoring our nation's adherence to the Geneva Convention.

Obama's Order Ends Bush-Era Interrogation Tactics

In the first sign of friction within his new administration, President Obama overruled the pleas of senior U.S. intelligence officials and signed a new executive order that bars the CIA from using harsh interrogation methods beyond those permitted by the U.S. military... The executive orders, while expected, represented a clean break with Bush administration policies and won quick praise from human-rights groups.

In perhaps his most far-reaching and potentially controversial move, Obama ordered that the CIA immediately cease using any interrogation techniques that are not already authorized in the U.S. Army Field Manual. He also ordered the CIA to close, "as expeditiously as possible," any secret detention facilities overseas and begin immediate compliance with Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions, which prohibits "humiliating and degrading" treatment of prisoners.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/181007

Obama: U.S. will not torture

WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama said Friday his administration would not compromise its ideals to fight terrorism, adding at a press conference to announce his CIA and national intelligence nominees that he has told them to honor the Geneva Conventions.

"I was clear throughout this campaign and was clear throughout this transition that under my administration the United States does not torture," Obama said, when asked at the news conference whether he would continue the Bush administration's policy of harsh interrogation. "We will abide by the Geneva Conventions. We will uphold our highest ideals."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28574408

[JuniperLea]

6. That was my fav too...

And it happened within his first 100 days.

[ZombieHorde]

8. Excellent choice. nt

[applegrove]

30. The days those were overturned were great days for America.

[Xipe Totec]

5. Revoking the expansion of offshore drilling.

Yes, I'm still waiting.

But a man can dream...

[Radical Activist]

7. Obama ended mountaintop removal coal mining.

http://www.grist.org/article/2010-04-01-epa-cracks-down-on-mountaintop-removal-coal-mining/

[ZombieHorde]

11. That is good, but was mountaintop removal a President Bush policy?

I thought that was in place before President Bush.

[Radical Activist]

13. Yes. It expanded dramatically during the Bush administration.

Several rule changes to weaken previous regulations, and the lack of EPA enforcement, made the widespread destruction of Appalachian mountains possible. It was definitely something Bush pursued aggressively, more so than previous Presidents.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/23/us/23coal.html

[ZombieHorde]

16. Yet another reason Bush is a horrible horrible man. nt

[harkadog]

17. Didn't really end it.

1) He imposed new regulations but did not end it. 2) The rules only apply to Appalachia. No other areas.

[Radical Activist]

24. It can't be done with the new rules in place. So he ended it.

I now people would like him to jump up and down and shout about how he ended mountaintop removal but that's not really his style. You're right that it won't stop mountaintop removal in non-mountainous areas.

[underpants]

9. Ending the war

or at least starting the process

[ZombieHorde]

12. That one might become my favorite once it happens. nt

[backscatter712]

45. I don't want to prematurely count chickens, but...

We're on track to getting all combat troops out of Iraq by August.

[Oregone]

14. Stopping predator drone strikes in Pakistan on civilians was courageous

[Catshrink]

NCLB

Oh, right, my bad. RttT just made it worse.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

36. -1

[Blue-Jay]

15. Didn't take long for people to shit up the thread.

Damn you Fartbama!

[mkultra]

21. he man, its their job.

literally.

[dionysus]

38. i bought stock in pampers. i am making a killing.

;)

[KT2000]

18. Chemical safety

having EPA increase testing; reveal chemcal exposure data; more transparency in the whole process of approving, or not, chemicals.

[Phx_Dem]

19. Stem cells. n/t

[Old Troop]

20. Huh?

[Ter]

22. Shutting down Guantanamo Bay, ending both wars, and repealing DODT

Oh wait...

[liquid diamond]

46. Yeah, wait. He'll get to those issues.

[Ter]

47. Oh yeah, no rush

Put them on the backburner, they aren't important.

:sarcasm:

[phleshdef]

28. The policy of being an overbearing asshole who thinks they answer to no one.

[freddie mertz]

32. He's done a much better job holding tough on Israeli settlements.

I praise him for that.

Also the stem cell reversal was more than welcome.

[ZombieHorde]

34. Good one. Israel is a difficult situation. nt

[amborin]

33. fighting for the robust public option he campaigned on & ensuring its central place in the HCR bill

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

37. -1

[dionysus]

39. .

:cry:

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[old mark]

35. More Obama bashers - Christ, you guys would bitch if you was hung with a new rope.....nt

[dionysus]

40. i think about it this way. they have 7 more years of abject misery. it warms my heart.

:hi:

[ZombieHorde]

44. "you guys would bitch if you was hung with a new rope"

What a bizarre saying.

[Control-Z]

42. Global Gag Rule n/t

[ZombieHorde]

43. Good one. nt