[Vision2020] The more things change the more they stay the same

[Tom Hansen]

Paul Rumelhart stated:

 

"In my opinion, it's wrong to torture prisoners AND it's wrong to hold them indefinitely. If I'm understanding this correctly, Obama just failed us all here."

 

Yes, Paul.  That does tend to upset me.

 

Yet, when examined amongst the other accomplishments of President Obama since January 20th (30 days ago) . . .

 

Signed executive order establishing strict guidelines for lobbyist who want to work in the White House.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/ExecutiveOrder-EthicsCommitments/

 

Announced executive pay caps

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/04/obama.executive.pay/

 

Signed executive order to close GITMO and secret CIA camps overseas

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Obama_to_alter_CIA_interrogation_detention_0122.html

 

Signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, legislation to fight pay discrimination and ensure fundamental fairness to American workers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtKAKlurRAY

 

Signed the S-Chip legislation giving 4 million kids health insurance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl1gCF9U2Cc

 

Cancelled 77 leases around Arch's National Park (Utah) that had been auctioned off to oil and gas companies.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008709435_drill04.html

 

Signed the Stimulus Bill

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100785745

 

I can overlook a little oversight.

 

I am quite pleased . . . no make that impressed . . . with President Obama's first THIRTY days.  Aren't you?

 

Tom Hansen

Moscow, Idaho

 

"For a lapsed Lutheran born-again Buddhist pan-Humanist Universalist Unitarian Wiccan Agnostic like myself there's really no reason ever to go to work."
 
- Roy Zimmerman 
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