An Appreciation Thread~ Our President Barack Obama~
I was planning on posting an appreciation thread of my own today, when I was able to return to DU. My connections have been down for a few days. However, I could not have planned anything more powerful than this link from TOD~
rise and shine….happy father’s day!
By utaustinliberal
Thank you utaustinliberal, for saying it better than I ever could! This is every reason that I Appreciate Our President.
Thank you President Barack Obama.
Please take the time to read the rest at the link below~
A president is often referred to as the father of the country. He nurtures it, guides it in the right direction, lays down policies that will not only help the country in the interim, but also ten, twenty, thirty years down the line. When his term is done, (the formative years of a child’s life) the country has either regressed or grown in leaps and bounds. In that vein, let’s take a look at how far America has progressed under Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States.
Economy
Passed the Stimulus: The Bush-led Great Recession was costing the economy nearly 800,000 jobs per month by the time President Obama took office. Signed $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in 2009 to spur economic growth amid greatest recession since the Great Depression. Weeks after stimulus went into effect, unemployment claims began to subside. Twelve months later, the private sector began producing more jobs than it was losing. The economy has now created over 6 million jobs.
Women
Signed the Democratic-sponsored Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which restored basic protections against pay discrimination for women and other workers; giving women who are paid less than men for the same work the right to sue their employers after they find out about the discrimination, even if that discrimination happened years ago. (The first bill he signed into law)
Much More Here~
http://theobamadiary.com/2013/06/16/rise-and-shine-happy-fathers-day/#more-124262
This is POSTED in THE BARACK OBAMA GROUP~
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Signed the Democratic-sponsored Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which restored basic protections against pay discrimination for women and other workers; giving women who are paid less than men for the same work the right to sue their employers after they find out about the discrimination, even if that discrimination happened years ago. (The first bill he signed into law)
Expanded funding for the Violence Against Women Act.
Appointed more women to federal judgeships than any other president in American history.
Nominated Avril Haines to be first female Deputy CIA Director.
Wrote and signed an Executive Order establishing a White House Council on Women and Girls to ensure that all Cabinet and Cabinet-level agencies evaluate the effect of their policies and programs on women and families.
Signed the Tribal Law and Order Act, a law that gives tribal authorities greater authority to prosecute and punish criminals who assault Native American women on Native American land.
Nominated Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court. Sotomayor is the first Hispanic Justice in the court’s history.
Appointed the most diverse Cabinet in history, including more women than any other incoming president.
Eliminated federal funding for abstinence-only education, and rescinded the global gag rule.
Signed an Executive Order pledging support for efforts to end the global problem of violence against women and girls.
Appointed the first female Director of the Secret Service.
Mahalo for the thread, she!
Many Thanks to UT and Chips~
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Through American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, provided $500 million for Health Professions Training Programs.
In 2009, eliminated the Bush-era restrictions on embryonic stem cell research, which shows promise in treating spinal injuries, among many other areas.
Our way forward is so clear. Huge strides have been made. In health, family, education and yes the support of woman in so many ways.
We finally passed VAWA, wow what a fight that was. A fight for decency, our right to protect our woman, children and other partners, gay, straight, American Indian, or immigrant. It is our right and it is decent. Our President, Vice President and First Lady all fought for this with us. It is our shame as a country that it had to be fought at all.
I appreciate and support this President in all that he has helped to change. For all that he hopes to change.
This passage means a lot to me~
He has indeed changed our present, and better yet he has changed our future. We have grown in leaps and bounds. We will continue to grow.
He has changed our future, our children. They know, Cha.
They are our future and they are Strong!
