Heatmaster78 wrote:WD-40 wrote:Make a list of good things Obama has accomplished
Ok, googled it and found this list on a Facebook page (Umad?):
1. Saved the collapse of the American automotive industry by making GM restructure before bailing them out, and putting incentive money to help the industry
If he let them go, they would be forced into bankruptcy, where they could renegotiate their union contracts and restructure from the ground up. Instead, he gave them money so they could continue operating without dealing with the real problem - which is the unions.2. Shifted the focus of the war from Iraq to Afghanistan, and putting the emphasis on reducing terrorism where it should have been all along
he only could try to finish what bush started. I don't agree with us being in Iraq in the first place.3. Relaxed Anti-American tensions throughout the world
No..not hardly..and pissed off many that used to like him.4. Signed order to close the prisoner “torture camp” at Guantanamo Bay
thereby empowering the terrorists.
5. Has made the environment a national priority, and a primary source for job creation
nothing notable.6. Has made education a national priority by putting emphasis and money behind new ideas like charter schools, but speaking directly to school children in telling them they have to do their part.
[i]you mean his wife[color=#BF0000][/color][/i]7. Won the Nobel Peace Prize
so the French could 'stick it' to Bush.8. $789 billion economic stimulus plan
that didn't work.9. Appointment of first Latina to the Supreme Court
Gee...given all the Latina's in the U.S., it's a sound move toward getting the Latina vote10. Attractive tax write-offs for those who buy hybrid automobiles
Don't own one...many don't11. Authorized construction/opening of additional health centers to care for veterans
12. Renewed dialogue with NATO and other allies and partners on strategic issues.
resulting in...?13. Beginning the process of reforming and restructuring the military 20 years after the Cold War to a more modern fighting force… this includes new procurement policies, increasing size of military, new technology and cyber units and operations, etc.
That was begun by Bush after Clinton [m'kay] it all up14. Better body armor is now being provided to our troops
Thank you Dept of Defense15. “Cash for clunkers” program offers vouchers to trade in fuel inefficient, polluting old cars for new cars; stimulates auto sales
1. The policy benefited political interests/2. The policy sucked revenues from other industries ailing from the recession/ 3. The policy destroyed goods that had value..which means it destroyed value. / 4. The policy distorted the used-car market by reducing the availability of cars desired especially by the working poor. Why, in the middle of a recession, would anyone want to drive up the price of goods used by society's most vulnerable people? This may be the kind of thing socio-economic behaviorists don't think through; if they do, they're willing to look the other way for the sake of their supplicants. In any case, the mandatory destruction of a half-million used vehicles amounted to the price of basic mobility going up for lower-income people. / 7. The policy successfully purchased a prophecy that would have fulfilled itself within two or three months. Most of the people who participated in Cash for Clunkers would have bought cars soon anyway. As car review company Edmunds famously pointed out, the policy shifting buying patterns forward a few months at most. Here are the results: "Nearly 690,000 vehicles were sold during the Cash for Clunkers program, but Edmunds.com analysts calculated that only 125,000 of the sales were incremental. The rest of the sales would have happened anyway, regardless of the existence of the program."5 The analysts also concluded that the program ultimately cost taxpayers $24,000 per vehicle./
8. The policy subsidized people to make unwise purchases. It may take more time to determine this fallout, but—like subprime mortgages and artificially low interest rates—some people had incentives to get into cars they would have wisely avoided. 16. Changed the failing/status quo military command in Afghanistan
Not sure what you mean here17. Closed offshore tax safe havens
18. Deployed additional troops to Afghanistan
I'll give the writer that one19. Ended media “blackout” on war casualties; reporting full information
Need 'economic' achomplishments20. Ended previous policy of awarding no-bid defense contracts
21. Ended media blackout on war casualties and the return of fallen soldiers to Dover AFB.
economic?22. Ended previous policy of cutting the FDA and circumventing FDA rules
sigh 
