<div>Tom Hansen stated </div>
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<div>&quot;Yet, when examined amongst the other accomplishments of President Obama since January 20th (30 days ago) . . .&quot;</div>
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<div>This is exactly the kind of excuse one continues to hear from kids, slackers, misfits and everyone else who simply will not accept responsibility:&nbsp; &quot;Yeah so I screwed up on this that and the other.&nbsp; What about all the good stuff I did?&quot;&nbsp; I don&#39;t care about the good stuff - that&#39;s what you agreed to do.&nbsp; Thanks for sticking to your agreement.&nbsp; Enough said.&nbsp; Now lets look a what I really do care about, and what really matters, and that&nbsp;is the stuff you said you would do and didn&#39;t.</div>

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<div>I&#39;m not saying Obama is making excuses.&nbsp; I doubt he will even acknowledge there is a problem.&nbsp; What I am saying is Mr Hanses seems to think it&#39;s perfectly OK to excuse bad behavior by lauding good behavior in its wake.</div>

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<div>Totally irresponsible.&nbsp; <br></div>
<div>GS<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Tom Hansen <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:idahotom@hotmail.com">idahotom@hotmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
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<div>Paul Rumelhart stated: 
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>&nbsp;<br>&quot;In my opinion, it&#39;s wrong to torture prisoners AND it&#39;s wrong to hold&nbsp;them indefinitely. If I&#39;m understanding this correctly, Obama just&nbsp;failed us all here.&quot;<br>&nbsp;<br></div>
Yes, Paul.&nbsp; That does tend to upset me.<br>&nbsp;<br>Yet, when examined amongst the other accomplishments of President Obama since January 20th (30 days ago) . . .<br>&nbsp;<br>Signed executive order establishing strict guidelines&nbsp;for lobbyist who want to work in the White House.<br>
<a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/ExecutiveOrder-EthicsCommitments/" target="_blank">http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/ExecutiveOrder-EthicsCommitments/</a><br>&nbsp;<br>Announced executive pay caps<br>
<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/04/obama.executive.pay/" target="_blank">http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/04/obama.executive.pay/</a><br>&nbsp;<br>Signed executive order to close GITMO and secret CIA camps overseas<br>
<a href="http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Obama_to_alter_CIA_interrogation_detention_0122.html" target="_blank">http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Obama_to_alter_CIA_interrogation_detention_0122.html</a><br>&nbsp;<br>Signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, legislation to fight pay discrimination and ensure fundamental fairness to American workers.<br>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtKAKlurRAY" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtKAKlurRAY</a><br>&nbsp;<br>Signed the S-Chip legislation giving 4 million kids health insurance.<br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl1gCF9U2Cc" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl1gCF9U2Cc</a><br>
&nbsp;<br>Cancelled 77 leases around Arch&#39;s National Park (Utah) that had been auctioned off to oil and gas companies.<br><a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008709435_drill04.html" target="_blank">http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008709435_drill04.html</a><br>
&nbsp;<br>Signed the Stimulus Bill<br><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100785745" target="_blank">http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100785745</a><br>&nbsp;<br>I can overlook a little oversight.<br>
&nbsp;<br>I am quite pleased . . . no make that impressed . . . with President Obama&#39;s first THIRTY days.&nbsp; Aren&#39;t you?<br>&nbsp;<br>Tom Hansen<br>Moscow, Idaho<br>&nbsp;<br>
<p><font face="Courier New" color="#000000">&quot;For a lapsed Lutheran born-again Buddhist pan-Humanist Universalist Unitarian Wiccan Agnostic like myself there&#39;s really no reason ever to go to work.&quot;</font></p>

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<p><font face="Courier New" color="#000000">- Roy Zimmerman</font>&nbsp;<br></p></div></blockquote></div><br>