[Vision2020] For those who are wonderin' . . .
Paul Rumelhart
godshatter at yahoo.com
Sun Nov 4 09:28:27 PST 2012
I see that signing the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which
allows for indefinite detention without charges being brought or the
need for a pesky trial, wasn't trumpeted on your list.
I can't think of a tool more useful for a police state. Why wasn't this
brought up in the debates? I remember us all giving Bush hell when he
started this whole thing after 9/11. Why didn't our President, a
Constitution scholar no less, veto this outrageous bill?
Here are a few links where folks on the list can read about this:
ACLU: http://www.aclu.org/blog/tag/ndaa
Infowars:
http://www.infowars.com/how-the-ndaa-directly-threatens-average-americans-and-how-you-can-take-action-now/
Huffington Post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/14/ndaa-case-indefinite-dentention_n_1885204.html
policymic:
http://www.policymic.com/articles/17825/ndaa-actually-gives-obama-the-legal-authority-to-kill-or-detain-romney-without-trial
Oh, yeah, and don't go thinking that Romney will be any better:
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1yY3NCiMVQ
Huffington Post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/16/republican-debate-ndaa-indefinite-detention_n_1209581.html
There are plenty more.
I think it's useful to keep this in mind during this election, though no
vote anyone can make in this election has the power to do anything about
this, realistically speaking. I suggest we try, though. As it stands,
all of the major third party candidates are in agreement that the NDAA
should not have been signed into law.
Paul
On 11/04/2012 06:36 AM, Tom Hansen wrote:
>
> Every now and again, some people like to claim President Obama doesn't
> have a record to run on. They're wrong. Here's a taste of why:
>
> *(Just a couple of) the Obama administration's accomplishments:*
>
> 1.
>
> The first bill President Obama signed was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair
> Pay Act, to help women fight back when they don't get equal pay
> for equal work <http://www.barackobama.com/equal-rights>.
>
>
> 2.
>
> His Recovery Act supported millions of jobs
> <http://www.barackobama.com/economy> and helped to stave off a
> second Great Depression.
>
>
> 3.
>
> He pushed for and won middle class tax cuts
> <http://www.barackobama.com/taxes> that benefited every American
> worker, and saved the typical family $3,600 in taxes over the last
> four years.
>
>
> 4.
>
> President Obama rescued the auto industry
> <http://www.barackobama.com/economy>, and now GM and Chrysler are
> healthier than they've ever been. The American auto industry has
> added nearly a quarter of a million jobs since June 2009---and
> they most likely wouldn't exist right now without President
> Obama's leadership.
>
>
> 5.
>
> He doubled funding for Pell Grants, helping to make college more
> affordable <http://www.barackobama.com/education>for nearly 10
> million families.
>
>
> 6.
>
> His student loan reform ended billions in subsidies to banks
> serving as middlemen and reinvested those savings directly in
> students <http://www.barackobama.com/education>.
>
>
> 7.
>
> The President established the American Opportunity Tax Credit,
> worth up to $10,000 over four years of college
> <http://www.barackobama.com/education>.
>
>
> 8.
>
> His Race to the Top Initiative helped spur nearly every state to
> raiseacademic standards <http://www.barackobama.com/education>.
>
>
> 9.
>
> His tax cuts, social-welfare programs, and economic policies
> <http://www.barackobama.com/economy> lifted nearly 7 million
> Americans above the federal poverty line in 2010.
>
>
>10.
>
> President Obama has signed 18 tax cuts for small businesses
> <http://www.barackobama.com/small-business> since taking office.
>
>
>11.
>
> We've seen 5.2 million new private sector jobs
> <http://www.barackobama.com/economy> over the last 31 months.
>
>
>12.
>
> The unemployment rate is at the lowest level
> <http://www.barackobama.com/economy> since President Obama took
> office.
>
>
>13.
>
> Health care reform
> <http://www.barackobama.com/health-care>---passed after decades of
> failed attempts by every previous president---provides affordable
> health coverage to every American and will lower premiums by an
> average of $2,000 per family by 2019.
>
>
>14.
>
> Obamacare <http://www.barackobama.com/health-care> expanded access
> to lifesaving preventive care such as cancer screenings and
> immunizations with no out-of-pocket costs for 54 million Americans.
>
>15.
>
> Obamacare ends insurance discrimination
> <http://www.barackobama.com/health-care> against the 129 million
> Americans with pre-existing conditions.
>
>
>16.
>
> Because of Obamacare, over 3 million more young adults have health
> insurance <http://www.barackobama.com/health-care> today than
> would if the new law hadn't passed.
>
>
>17.
>
> The parents of over 17 million children with pre-existing
> conditions <http://www.barackobama.com/health-care> no longer have
> to worry that their children will be denied coverage.
>
>
>18.
>
> President Obama has ordered the overhaul of federal government
> regulations
> <http://www.barackobama.com/truth-team/entry/romneys-record-proves-he-finds-it-difficult-to-tell-the-truth/> to
> make them smarter, practical, and more efficient. Just a fraction
> of these common-sense initiatives will help save businesses $10
> billion in the next five years alone.
>
>
>19.
>
> His historic investments in clean energy
> <http://www.barackobama.com/energy> have helped more than double
> the amount of electricity we obtain from wind and solar sources
> and helped increase biofuel production to its highest level in
> history.
>
>
>20.
>
> President Obama is doubling fuel efficiency standards
> <http://www.barackobama.com/energy>, which will save drivers more
> than $8,000 at the gas pump, not to mention lessen the impact of
> automobiles on our environment.
>
>
>21.
>
> President Obama has taken unprecedented action to address climate
> change <http://www.barackobama.com/environment>, reaching historic
> international agreements to curb carbon emissions, and taking
> action here at home to reduce carbon pollution from our vehicles
> and promote clean energy production.
>
>
>22.
>
> He has taken historic action to protect our environment
> <http://www.barackobama.com/environment>---signing one of the
> largest expansions of protected wilderness in a generation and
> putting in place standards to reduce toxic air pollution that will
> save thousands of lives.
>
>
>23.
>
> President Obama fought for and won landmark Wall Street reform
> <http://www.barackobama.com/economy> that reins in the abuses that
> led to the financial crisis and ends the era of taxpayer bailouts
> and "too big to fail."
>
>
>24.
>
> Wall Street reform created the Consumer Financial Protection
> Bureau, the nation's first federal agency focused solely on
> consumer financial protection
> <http://www.barackobama.com/economy>---and the Bureau is already
> protecting families from unfair and abusive financial practices
> from Wall Street banks and shadowy corners of the financial industry.
>
>
>25.
>
> As part of President Obama's commitment to transparency, the White
> House has posted its visitor records
> <http://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/disclosures/visitor-records> online
> for the first time ever.
>
>
>26.
>
> President Obama's all-of-the-above approach to energy
> <http://www.barackobama.com/energy> has helped cut the United
> States' dependence on foreign oil to its lowest level in 20 years.
>
>
>27.
>
> President Obama responsibly ended the war in Iraq
> <http://www.barackobama.com/national-security>.
>
>
>28.
>
> He announced a plan to end the war in Afghanistan
> <http://www.barackobama.com/national-security> and transition
> security responsibility to the Afghan people.
>
>
>29.
>
> President Obama sent the largest security assistance package
> <http://www.barackobama.com/national-security> to Israel in
> history and funded the Iron Dome system, which is protecting
> Israeli homes and schools from rocket attacks.
>
>
>30.
>
> President Obama rallied the international community
> <http://www.barackobama.com/national-security> to implement the
> toughest sanctions on Iran in history.
>
>
>31.
>
> Through the President's historic increases in Veterans Affairs
> funding, he has expanded and improved healthcare and job training
> access for our returningveterans
> <http://www.barackobama.com/veterans>.
>
>
>32.
>
> President Obama negotiated the New START Treaty
> <http://www.barackobama.com/national-security> with Russia to
> reduce the number of nuclear weapons in both countries. At the
> same time, he also secured commitments from dozens of other
> countries to lock down nuclear materials.
>
>
>33.
>
> His administration naturalized 11,146 military servicemembers as
> U.S. citizens <http://www.barackobama.com/immigration>in 2010;
> more than in any year since 1955.
>
>
>34.
>
> President Obama set a bold new plan for the future of NASA space
> exploration
> <http://www.barackobama.com/truth-team/entry/nasa-and-americas-leading-role-in-space-exploration-the-choice/>,
> using the skill and ability of the private sector for short trips
> to the International Space Station, while building a new vehicle
> for exploration of distant space, and doing everything in his
> power to support the economy on Florida's Space Coast.
>
>
>35.
>
> President Obama recognizes that tourism is one of America's
> largesteconomic engines <http://www.barackobama.com/economy>; he's
> worked to encourage international visitors to come here,
> maintaining our security while keeping millions of Americans in
> good, paying jobs.
>
>
>36.
>
> He has affirmed his personal support of marriage equality
> <http://www.barackobama.com/equal-rights>, directed the Justice
> Department to stop defending DOMA in federal courts, and took the
> practical and compassionate step of extending hospital visitation
> rights to same-sex partners.
>
>
>37.
>
> He fought for and won the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"
> <http://www.barackobama.com/equal-rights>, allowing gay and
> lesbian members of the military to serve openly for the first time
> in history.
>
>
>38.
>
> When Congress failed to fix our broken immigration system
> <http://www.barackobama.com/immigration>, his administration did
> everything in its power to improve it, streamlining the legal
> immigration process and announcing a policy that lifts the shadow
> of deportation from hard working young immigrants brought to the
> U.S. as children.
>
>
>39.
>
> Oh, and he gave the order to send troops in after Osama Bin Laden
> <http://www.barackobama.com/national-security>---and has decimated
> al Qaeda's senior leadership.
>
>
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>
> Seeya at the polls, Moscow, because . . .
>
> "Moscow Cares"
> http://www.MoscowCares.com
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
> "We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The
> college students are not very active in local elections (thank
> goodness!)."
>
> - Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)
>
>
>
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