I have two things in this email:
1st is a somewhat curious move by the Obama administration entitled Story #3; again taken from Rush.
2nd I decided to take the time to tell you what Obama removed from his website so you could see what he is going to do for us. It is really long and really lofty. I particularly like section on requiring kids to perform 50 hours of community service every year… and the section he left our on Gays… I added it as section #26. If you want, consider the Tax section… how is he going to pay for all if it? And what exactly is a progressive… this thing Obama is calling himself under the Faith section? Oh, and gun rights under Section 25.. he’s doing his best to make it a hunting issue. Men should have the right to own a gun for hunting. Isn’t that what the constitution says? If you don’t agree… how many times does he mention the right to bare arms, versus hunt… and what did he title the document in order to address the issue?
Personally, I think there are some contradictions.
Enjoy!
Story #3: Obama Scrubs His Change.gov Website
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/nov/11/exclusive-obama-deletes-agenda-from-transition-web/
“Instead, the official agenda on Change.gov has been boiled down to one vague paragraph…” Heh-heh-heh-heh. Oh, yes! “[O]ne vague paragraph proclaiming a plan ‘to revive the economy, to fix our health care, education, and social security systems, to define a clear path to energy independence, to end the war in Iraq responsibly and finish our mission in Afghanistan, and to work with our allies to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, among many other domestic and foreign policy objectives.’ ‘We are currently retooling the Web site,’ said Obama spokesman Nick Shapiro.” So Change.gov has been scrubbed, ladies and gentlemen. It didn’t take much attention focused on Change.gov for them to scrub it. Now, why would they scrub it? What are they embarrassed about?
What do they not want people to know? They put it up there. If you put it up there, you assume that we want people to see it, do you not? So we told people about it, and people obviously went to look at it, and all of a sudden it gets scrubbed! I don’t understand. I really don’t understand. Openness and transparent and transformational and honesty and unity and all this. So the slightest bit of attention is called to it (a little bit larger than the slightest, obviously) and they scrub it. It’s all gone out there, ladies and gentlemen.
What are his 25 action items?
Here is what our new president is going to do:
Action Item #1
Civil Rights
-Will make women and minorities receive equal pay for equal work
-Will fix the Bush Administrations politicization of Civil Rights and end Bush’s (ideological litmus tests) (I didn’t realized Bush hired people based on race?)
-Strengthen hate crimes
Action #2
Defense
-Increase the military by 92,000
-Restore the readiness of the National Guard
-Engage our allies in meeting our common security challenges: Obama and Biden will renew alliances and ensure our allies contribute their fair share to our mutual security. (Obama obviosly thinks our neighbors aren’t pulling their own weight… ???)
Action #3
Disabilities
-Obama and Biden will fight to provide students with disabilities the public education they have a right to, invest in early intervention programs, improve college opportunities, and support universal screening of infants… (what do you think he means my Universal Screening of Infants for Educational Purposes?)
-Restore the American’s with Disabilities Act (I didn’t realize this went anywhere)
-Obama and Biden will ensure people with mental or functional disabilities are placed in community settings when appropriate.
Action #4
Economy
-Restore fairness to the tax code; 95% of American’s will pay fewer taxes. (right… until the bush tax break ends, then everyone’s taxes will go up and it’s all Bush’s fault)
-Eliminate capital gains tax on small businesses and start up’s… (i’ll believe it when I see it)
-Obama and Biden will fight for a trade policy that opens up foreign markets to support good American jobs. They will use trade agreements to spread good labor and environmental standards around the world.
Action #5
Education
-will improve the assessments used to track student progress to measure readiness for college.
-The Obama-Biden comprehensive “Zero to Five” plan will provide critical support to young children and their parents. And they will help states move toward voluntary, universal pre-school. (what is this? could be interesting to find out?
-create a new American Opportunity Tax Credit worth $4,000 in exchange for community service. It will cover two-thirds the cost of tuition at the average public college or university and make community college tuition completely free for most students. (Basically, join the Army, Peace Corps… or something of the sort to earn it… do your duty for Uncle Sam.. or in this case for his majesty Barack Obama)
Action #6
Energy
http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/newenergy
You’re going to have to read this one for your self…
5 million Green Collar jobs… (makes him sound like he is an environmentalist nut job)
-1 million 150 mpg cars (gas + plug in)
-Within 10 years save more gas than we import
-Enact a windfall tax that provides every American a $1000 tax credit (that must mean take money from the greedy capitalist energy company and in the name of fairness re-distribute that wealth to the people who really deserve it… The people who wanted energy but shouldn’t have had to pay for it.) (By the way, where is my Wal-mart or Microsoft windfall punishment check… they shouldn’t have been allowed to make money either.)
Action #7
Ethics
(You know… Barack is going to get a taste of his own medicine… wait and see. He’s been parading around as though he is the most ethical the most supreme politician… willing to point out the motte that is other peoples eyes [especially Bush's]… wait till he sees the beam that is in his eye.)
-Create a internet database of lobbyists, records, and campaign financial filings (just like the ones Obama wouldn’t report because there illegal contributors; there was even a judge from Utah that donated to Obama’s campaign… [it was in the news because her money was given back; she also stated in the donation she was a layer not a judge-she ought to be sacked-i wonder where he vote lies?])
“In addition to the donations the campaign has disclosed, however, it has taken an unprecedented $218 million from donors whose names it is keeping secret, according to FEC spokesman Robert Biersack. That money came from individuals who in theory never passed the threshold of $200, the limit the FEC set for public disclosure of a donor’s name and place of residence, so there is no way of knowing how much foreign money could be included in that amount. For example, hidden away amidst the unprecedented $150 million Obama claims to have raised from individual donors in September was more than $42 million raised from secret donors. These donations appear in the records as a single entry under the heading, “Donors, Unitemized.” http://www.newsmax.com/headlines/obama_illegal_donors/2008/10/29/145612.html
(can I hear an AMEN for CHANGE!!! It’s a good thing we have Obama turning things around in Washington
-will fight for an independent watchdog agency to oversee the investigation of congressional ethics violations.
-No political appointees in an Obama-Biden administration will be permitted to work on regulations or contracts directly and substantially related to their prior employer for two years. And no political appointee will be able to lobby the executive branch after leaving government service during the remainder of the administration. (this is because of the Chaney Halliburton relationship… We’ll see if it sticks)
Action #8
Faith
-God is constantly present in our lives, and this presence is a source of hope.
-Progressives should boldly approach matters of faith and values. (by progressive he means – modern the modern progressive movement – they believe the constitution is evolving and the original constitution is no lover relevant today. They are trying to change it so that it is more upto date… kind of like what some people would like to do to the bible… change it so it is more modern and up to date with our current society)
-As Joshua built on the work of Moses, leaders of today – the ‘Joshua Generation’ – must build of the foundation of previous generations to move our nation forward. (I could read into this, but I won’t)
-Faith should not be used as a wedge to divide.
-The separation of church and state is critical and has caused our democracy and religious practices to thrive.
-We are a nation of many faiths and of those with no faith at all. The religious practices of all must be respected.
-Faith is a source of action for justice.
-Government alone cannot solve all of our problems – we have an individual responsibility to be our brother’s keeper and our sister’s keeper.
Here is a fairly unbiased piece on the history of progressives: http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1061.html
Wikipedai: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressivism_in_the_United_States which states: Modern issues for “progressives” can include[citation needed]: electoral reform (including instant runoff voting, proportional representation and fusion candidates), environmental conservation, pollution control and environmentalism, universal health care, abolition of the death penalty, affordable housing, a viable Social Security System, renewable energy, gun control, “smart growth” urban development, a living wage and pro-union policies, among many others.
Beware the progressive movement…. when you hear the term you should get a bad feeling….
Action #9
Family
- Tax cut for 95% of Americans (yeah right)
-Strengthen fatherhood and families (make men pay child support)
-Provide after school programs and tax credits for day care (Boy he’s starting to sound like a community organizer)
Action #10
Fiscal
-Review the budget – cut line items that don’t work
-will protect tax cuts for poor and middle-class families, and will reverse most of the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest taxpayers. (i’ll believe it when I see it)
-will level the playing field for all businesses by eliminating special-interest loopholes and deductions, such as those for the oil and gas industry. (especially those greedy capitalist oil companies that support Cheney and Halliburton)
Action #11
Foreign Policy
-Secure all nuclear materials and strengthen a global ban on production of nuclear weapons.
-will present the Iranian regime with a clear choice. If Iran abandons its nuclear program and support for terrorism, they would offer incentives like membership in the World Trade Organization. If Iran continues its troubling behavior, Obama and Biden will step up our economic pressure and political isolation. (isn’t this exactly what’s been happening?)
-will renew American diplomacy to meet the challenges of the 21st century. They will rebuild our alliances. And they would be willing to meet with all nations, friend and foe, to advance American interests. (Hay Chavez.. why don’t you come to the white house for a cup of tea?)
Action #12
Health Care
-provides affordable, accessible health care for all Americans (what they are not telling you is that it is socialized health care)
-The Obama plan will lower health care costs by $2,500 for a typical family by investing in health information technology, prevention and care coordination.
-Obama and Biden will require coverage of preventive services, including cancer screenings, and will increase state and local preparedness for terrorist attacks and natural disasters. (what he isn’t telling you is who’s going to pay for this… employers… which means they will have fewer jobs for people)
Action #13
Homeland Security
-will find, disrupt, and destroy al Qaeda; prepare the military to meet 21st century threats; and win “the Battle of Ideas” by ensuring American foreign policy is consistent with America’s traditional values. (bravo… I’ll believe it when I see it – what he means is our military will stop air raiding villages and killing innocent civilians)
-will lead the effort to secure nuclear weapons materials at vulnerable sites within four years and help our allies stop the smuggling of weapons of mass destruction.
-will work to prevent bioterror attacks and mitigate consequences by improving U.S. intelligence collection and response management.
I never considered Obama to be a tough guy… maybe that is why he works out at the gym all the time? He wants to be a tough guy?
Action #14
Immigration
-want to preserve the integrity of our borders.
-must fix the dysfunctional immigration bureaucracy and increase the number of legal immigrants to keep families together and meet the demand for jobs that employers cannot fill.
-support a system that requires undocumented immigrants who are in good standing to pay a fine, learn English, and go to the back of the line for the opportunity to become citizens.
I can’t see them believing in what they just said because it doesn’t seem as though liberals would think this is FAIR.
Action #15
Iraq
-Immediately upon taking office, Obama will give his Secretary of Defense and military commanders a new mission in Iraq: successfully ending the war. The removal of our troops will be responsible and phased. (I would imagine Bush told his general the same thing) You notice he used the word SUCCESSFULLY with ending the war… I think that gives him a loop hole to not immediately vacate Iraq.)
-press Iraq’s leaders to take responsibility for their future
-will launch an aggressive diplomatic effort to reach a comprehensive compact on the stability of Iraq and the region.
Action #16
Poverty
-will invest $1 billion over five years in transitional jobs and career pathway programs that implement proven methods of helping low-income Americans succeed in the workforce. (what about the people who don’t want to work because you take care of them?)
-will increase benefits for working parents, raise the minimum wage to $9.50 an hour by 2011, and provide tax relief to low- and middle-income workers. (How can businesses pay for all of this? Shouldn’t the market determine what wages should be? This is a recipe for fewer jobs and more unemployment – unless Obama makes it so you can’t terminate anyone’s job.)
-will invest in rural small businesses, improve rural schools, and attract more doctors to rural areas. And they will work with urban leaders to increase the supply of affordable housing and address the unique challenges of every metropolitan area.
Action #17
Rural
-will fight for farm programs that provide family farmers with stability and predictability. They will implement a $250,000 payment limitation so that we help family farmers – not large corporate agribusiness.
-will provide capital for farmers to create value-added enterprises, like cooperative marketing initiatives and farmer-owned processing plants.
-will combat methamphetamine use, improve health care, improve education, and upgrade infrastructure in rural areas.
Action #18 (this is my favorite section)
Service
-will expand AmeriCorps and the Peace Corps, engage retiring Americans, and set up an America’s Voice Initiative to send Americans who are fluent speakers of local languages to expand our public diplomacy.
-will set a goal that all middle and high school students do 50 hours of community service a year, and will establish a new tax credit that is worth $4,000 a year in exchange for 100 hours of public service a year. (I can just see them lining up already)
-will create a Social Investment Fund Network to use federal seed money to leverage private sector funding. They will create an agency dedicated to building the capacity and effectiveness of the nonprofit sector. (more community organizers… something tells me this money will only go to minorities)
Action #19
Seniors
-are committed to ensuring Social Security is solvent and viable for the American people, now and in the future. They are strongly opposed to privatizing Social Security. (where is the money going to come from… this is political rhetoric)
-will allow the federal government to negotiate for lower drug prices for the Medicare program. They also support allowing seniors to import safe prescription drugs from overseas. (another greedy capitalist industry)
-are committed to the long-term strength of the Medicare program. They will reduce waste in the Medicare system and will tackle fundamental healthcare reform. (we can’t let our socialist programs fail!)
Action #20
Tax
-We know… 95% of Americans will see a tax cut… I’ll believe it when I see it.
Here is an interesting article: http://us-elections.suite101.com/article.cfm/obama_budget_realities
Action #21
Technology
-strongly support the principle of network neutrality to preserve the benefits of open competition on the Internet.
-believe we can get true broadband to every community in America. (another cost to everyone!)
-will ensure our goods and services are treated fairly in foreign markets, invest in the sciences, and will provide new research grants to the most outstanding early-career researchers in the country.
Action #22
Urban
-will create a White House Office of Urban Policy to develop a strategy for metropolitan America and to ensure that all federal dollars targeted to urban areas are effectively spent on the highest-impact programs. (only a Chicago community organizer could come up with this… )
-will support job creation, enhance workforce training, and increase access to capital for underserved businesses. (we’re going to create jobs – tax the employer into oblivion – make the employer hire more people – make the employer offer healthcare which in turn is a higher expense to the employer and over all end up with more Americans working, more of them with health care, more of them with higher paying jobs and a minimum wage of $9.50, and everyone is happy… right)
-will ensure that middle-class Americans get the financial assistance they need to purchase or keep their own home. And they will increase the supply of affordable housing.
Action #23
Veterans
-are committed to creating a 21st Century Department of Veterans’ Affairs that provides the care and benefits our nation’s veterans deserve.
-will improve the quality of health care for veterans, rebuild the VA’s broken benefits system, and combat homelessness among veterans.
-will improve mental health treatment for troops and veterans suffering from combat-related psychological injuries.
God Bless our Vets!
Action #24
Women
-Insure women
-Empower women to prevent HIV/AIDS
-Support research into Women’s Health
-Fight Cancer
-Reduce Health Risks due to Mercury Pollution
-Support stem cell research
-Support a woman’s RIGHT TO CHOOSE -Barack Obama understands that abortion is a divisive issue, and respects those who disagree with him. However, he has been a consistent champion of reproductive choice and will make preserving women’s rights under Roe v. Wade a priority as President. He opposes any constitutional amendment to overturn the Supreme Court’s decision in that case.
-Reduce domestic violence
The list goes on and on….
Action #25
Additional Issues
-Arts
-Child advocacy
-Katrina
-Science
-Sportsman
http://obama.3cdn.net/7d467fe75a3029d7df_hum6injwr.pdf - this is a full attempt to make the right to bare arms a right to hunt for sportsmanship. Not an actual right to bare arms… watch out!
-Transportation
Not mentioned, but I am providing the link: Action #26
Obam a on Gay’s Lesbians, Bisexuals, and Transgender:
http://pride.barackobama.com/page/content/lgbthome
-Expand Hate Crimes
-Fight Workplace Discrimination
-Promote GLBT rights
-Support FULL civil unions and federal rights
-Oppose a constitutional ban on gay marriage
-Repeal don’t ask don’t tell
-Expand adoption rights
-Promote AIDS prevention
-Empower women to prevent AIDS



