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In reply to the discussion: Is it just me, or do many of the objections to the Obama Administration [View all]
woo me with science
(32,139 posts)80. Not this shit again. What an absurd OP.
Last edited Mon Oct 28, 2013, 06:59 PM - Edit history (3)
The Third Way denial gets so old.
The record shows aggressive, proactive pursuit of a corporate agenda...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3152360
...in every policy area important to the One Percent.
This list does not show the President trying to enact a more liberal agenda and being obstructed. It shows him working aggressively and proactively, over and over again, to install corporatists into his administration and to enact a corporate agenda.
Corporate and bank-cozy appointments, over and over again, including major appointments like:
Refusal by Obama's DOJ to prosecute even huge, egregious examples of bank fraud (i.e, HSBC)
signing NDAA to allow indefinite detention,
"Kill lists" and claiming of the right to assassinate even American citizens without trial
Expansion of wars into several new countries
A renewed public advocacy for the concept of preemptive war
Drone campaigns in multiple countries with whom we are not at war
Proliferation of military drones in our skies
Federal targeting of Occupy for surveillance and militarized response to peaceful protesters
Fighting all the way to the Supreme Court for warrantless surveillance
Fighting all the way to the Supreme Court for strip searches for any arrestee
Supporting and signing Internet-censoring and privacy-violating measures like ACTA
Support for corporate groping and naked scanning of Americans seeking to travel
A new, massive spy center for warrantless access to Americans' phone calls, emails, and internet use
Support of legal immunity for telecoms/warrantless wiretapping
Support of legislation to legalize massive surveillance of Americans
Militarized police departments, through federal grants
Marijuana users and medical marijuana clinics under assault,
Skyrocketing of the budget for prisons.
Failing to veto a bipartisan vote in Congress to gut more financial regulations.
Passionate speeches and press conferences promoting austerity for Americans
Bush tax cuts extended for billionaires, them much of it made permanent
Support for the payroll tax holiday, tying SS to the general fund
Support for the vicious chained CPI cut in Social Security and benefits for the disabled
Social security, Medicare, and Medicaid offered up as bargaining chips in budget negotiations, with No mention of cutting corporate welfare or the military budget
Advocacy of multiple new free trade agreements, including The Trans-Pacific, otherwise known as "NAFTA on steroids."
Support of drilling, pipelines, and selling off portions of the Gulf of Mexico
Corporate education policy including high stakes corporate testing and closures of public schools
Entrenchment of exorbitant for-profit health insurance companies into healthcare, through mandate
Legal assault on union rights of hundreds of thousands of federal workers
New policies of targeting children and first responders in drone campaigns,
New policies of awarding medals for remote drone attacks,
Appointment of private prison executive to head the US Marshal's office
Massive escalation of federal contracts for private prisons under US Marshall's Office[/div class="excerpt"]
A serial defender of corrupt bankers for the SEC; the architect of "Kill Lists" and supporter of torture, drone wars, and telecom immunity for the CIA; and a Monsanto VP who has lied and been involved in extremely disturbing claims regarding food safety for the FDA. An Attorney General who has not prosecuted a single large bank but wages war against medical marijuana users and *for* strip searches and warrantless surveillance of Americans. Tim Geithner. And now Penny Pritzker.Bailouts and settlements for corrupt banks (with personal pressure from Obama to attorneys general to approve them),
Refusal by Obama's DOJ to prosecute even huge, egregious examples of bank fraud (i.e, HSBC)
signing NDAA to allow indefinite detention,
"Kill lists" and claiming of the right to assassinate even American citizens without trial
Expansion of wars into several new countries
A renewed public advocacy for the concept of preemptive war
Drone campaigns in multiple countries with whom we are not at war
Proliferation of military drones in our skies
Federal targeting of Occupy for surveillance and militarized response to peaceful protesters
Fighting all the way to the Supreme Court for warrantless surveillance
Fighting all the way to the Supreme Court for strip searches for any arrestee
Supporting and signing Internet-censoring and privacy-violating measures like ACTA
Support for corporate groping and naked scanning of Americans seeking to travel
A new, massive spy center for warrantless access to Americans' phone calls, emails, and internet use
Support of legal immunity for telecoms/warrantless wiretapping
Support of legislation to legalize massive surveillance of Americans
Militarized police departments, through federal grants
Marijuana users and medical marijuana clinics under assault,
Skyrocketing of the budget for prisons.
Failing to veto a bipartisan vote in Congress to gut more financial regulations.
Passionate speeches and press conferences promoting austerity for Americans
Bush tax cuts extended for billionaires, them much of it made permanent
Support for the payroll tax holiday, tying SS to the general fund
Support for the vicious chained CPI cut in Social Security and benefits for the disabled
Social security, Medicare, and Medicaid offered up as bargaining chips in budget negotiations, with No mention of cutting corporate welfare or the military budget
Advocacy of multiple new free trade agreements, including The Trans-Pacific, otherwise known as "NAFTA on steroids."
Support of drilling, pipelines, and selling off portions of the Gulf of Mexico
Corporate education policy including high stakes corporate testing and closures of public schools
Entrenchment of exorbitant for-profit health insurance companies into healthcare, through mandate
Legal assault on union rights of hundreds of thousands of federal workers
New policies of targeting children and first responders in drone campaigns,
New policies of awarding medals for remote drone attacks,
Appointment of private prison executive to head the US Marshal's office
Massive escalation of federal contracts for private prisons under US Marshall's Office[/div class="excerpt"]
Chilling Legal Memo From Obama DOJ Justifies Assassination of US Citizens
http://www.democraticunderground.com/101654954
Study: "Trade" Deal Would Mean a Pay Cut for 90% of U.S. Workers
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023661805
Obama Appoints Bain Capital Consultant Jeff Ziets to Top Post
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023662209
Obama selects former Monsanto lobbyist to be his TPP chief agriculture negotiator
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023662210
White House: No Subsidies for Union Health Plans
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014594512
The USDA’s Reckless Plan to Decrease Food Safety
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023670859
This is a complete list of Wall Street CEOs prosecuted for their role in the financial crisis
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3653154
Wall Street will get away with massive wave of criminality of 2008 - Statute of Limitations
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022516719
Obama seeks longer PATRIOT Act extension than Republicans (December 2013)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x380450
Obama seeks longer PATRIOT Act extension than Republicans (December 2013)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x380450
When it comes to civil liberties, apparently Democrats are just as bad as Republicans.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022101960
NSA's Massive New Spy Center to Track Your Emails, Internet Activity, and Phone Calls
http://www.democraticunderground.com/101620852
Obama Quietly Signs Abusive Spy Bill He Once Vowed to Eliminate
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022104861
Obama repeals Magna Carta, asserting powers our forefathers denied to Kings
http://www.democraticunderground.com/101655620
Obama's Memo on Killing Americans Twists 'Imminent Threat' Like Bush
http://www.democraticunderground.com/101654919
Obama no better than Bush when it comes to security vs. civil liberties.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022355307
Obama Admin Seeks Permission TO LIE In Response To FOI Requests - Even To The COURTS
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x2185303
NDAA on trial: Obama Administration fights ban on indefinite detention of Americans
http://www.democraticunderground.com/101748688
Obama administration complicit with private prison industry: President Obama's IncarcerNation
http://www.nationofchange.org/president-obama-s-incarcernation-1335274655
Obama, Democrats Push to Make Bush Spying Laws Permanent
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022084702
NDAA, signed by Obama, is a direct attack against legitimate protest and dissent
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022064803
NSA Whistleblower: All Americans under constant surveillance, all info. stored, no matter the post
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002193487; http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021935289
Bipartisan Congress Disgracefully Approves the FISA Warrantless Spying Bill for Five More Years
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022087323
While Public & Media Focused on 2nd Amendment, 5th Amendment Quietly Dismantled
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022390581
White House Tried To Interfere With Washington Post's Report, And To Change Quotes From NSA
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023473328
How the Obama administration justifies extrajudicial killing of Americans,
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022318187
Judge Says Under Law Executive Branch Can Commit Acts That Sure Do Seem Unconstitutional
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022122464
Obama Justice Dept. says wiretap lawsuit should not proceed
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014337039
NDAA Lawsuit- Hedges v. Obama, The Last Thin Line of Defense
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022357078
Federal authorities step up efforts to license surveillance drones for law enforcement
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022383596
Big Banks and FBI worked together vs Occupy
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022095056]
FBI Investigated 'Occupy' As Possible 'Domestic Terrorism' Threat, Internal Documents Show
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022061578
FBI Documents Reveal Secret Nationwide Occupy Monitoring (Updated the OP)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022057064
Public Buses Across Country Quietly Adding Microphones to Record Passenger Conversations
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021965291
Street artist behind satirical NYPD 'Drone' posters arrested
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021920967
The Obama DOJ urged the Supreme Court's endorsement of strip searches.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002521527
Obama Administration Fights to Allow Warrantless GPS Tracking
http://sync.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1074474
Anonymous to FBI: hey, dudes, maybe you could take a break from...investigating activists....
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022145621
Half a billion dollars for drones to spy on Americans
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021876414
From Bradley Manning to Aaron Swartz -- The Government's Inhumane Persecution of Brave Truth Tellers
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022276941
The sight of Army helicopters and the sound of gunfire...on Houston's south side
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022276742
Kiriakou and Stuxnet: the danger of the still-escalating Obama whistleblower war
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022275570
Can the DEA Hide a Surveillance Camera on Your Property?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022237059
Social Media and the Stasi
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021888029
Homeland Security Wants to More Than Double Its Predator Drone Fleet Inside the US, Despite Safety/Privacy Invasions
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014312823
CIA Behind Bizarre Censorship Incident At Alleged 9/11 Plotters’ Gitmo Trial
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022280285
“I Am Wearing My Conviction As A Badge Of Honor.”
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022275128
Meet the Contractors Turning America's Police Into a Paramilitary Force
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12525281
How Secrecy Corrodes Democracy
http://election.democraticunderground.com/101655009
Obama Quietly Issues Ruling Saying It's Legal For The FBI To Break The Law
http://election.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7545687
US Pulls Plug on Iran Cable News (Press TV)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014394770
DHS Watchdog OKs 'Suspicionless' Seizure of Electronic Devices Along Border
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022339091
The Untouchables: How the Obama administration protected Wall Street from prosecutions
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022246632
Obama Orders Pay Raise For Congress
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022095402
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Is it just me, or do many of the objections to the Obama Administration [View all]
MineralMan
Oct 2013
OP
no, it's the subjective ravings of someone with an agenda--not promotion of objective reality
Pretzel_Warrior
Oct 2013
#103
hear hear! I don't understand them either. They often sound like seriously unhappy folk
Pretzel_Warrior
Oct 2013
#18
that's why I threw out what i would consider 3 of the most likely possibilities
Pretzel_Warrior
Oct 2013
#25
What you said can also be attributed to those who support every single thing Obama does.
cui bono
Oct 2013
#39
see? I think we've successfully created domains which cover nearly 100% of DU
Pretzel_Warrior
Oct 2013
#43
Exactly, because hair-on-fire screeching that "shit might happen" is absolutely irrefutable.
11 Bravo
Oct 2013
#52
So we should wait until bad stuff has happened or is set into law before we speak up?
cui bono
Oct 2013
#31
I didn't say you, personally, did anything. I don't see why you are worried about people speaking
cui bono
Oct 2013
#44
It's definitely NOT just you. There is a dedicated cadre infesting this forum ...
11 Bravo
Oct 2013
#35
Riiight. No one is here to shit on a Democratic President. There are no trolls.
11 Bravo
Oct 2013
#84
I was disappointed, too, with the failure of single payer to get much of a hearing.
MineralMan
Oct 2013
#47
Obama has done many things that are worth a whole bunch of criticism, so its no wonder progressives
quinnox
Oct 2013
#41
I think it's increasingly clear that those who expected any Administration elected in 2008....
YoungDemCA
Oct 2013
#42
An ugly personal insult that adds nothing to the discussion. Why do that?
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2013
#107
I have no idea what the fuck you mean, and yet it is another cheap pointless insult from
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2013
#158
I see the negative continuing, if some thinks the negative is so bad and effort is not placed in
Thinkingabout
Oct 2013
#55
And boy howdy, you really proved it didn't you! What a detailed and insightful response.
cui bono
Oct 2013
#171
Quit guessing about what I think, you are not very good, you miss most all the time, I hope you
Thinkingabout
Oct 2013
#176
Civil manner? When i post one thing and yiur answer is to add your thoughts and say this is
Thinkingabout
Oct 2013
#207
Yes. People responding to facts with unsupported fantisies always strikes a nerve with me.
bvar22
Oct 2013
#241
Funny you mention SS because Obama has put that on the table, it's in his budget.
cui bono
Oct 2013
#78
Wow! That's twice in one night you have absolutely nailed it. Well done! nt
Demo_Chris
Oct 2013
#167
Was not the appointment of the virulently right wing Simpson-Bowles Commission primarily to give
indepat
Oct 2013
#88
I think it has something to do with the solidification of bedrock and the metamorphic state of
adirondacker
Oct 2013
#98
Yeah, why would he say that? I mean your track record isn't so good when it comes to backing up
cui bono
Oct 2013
#172
Sputter sputter how dare you list of links to glenn greenwald and a series of articles that might be
byronius
Oct 2013
#139
Thanks so much! A great man, indeed. He will be one of the greatest presidents we've ever had...
Liberal_Stalwart71
Oct 2013
#181
Lazy critics will make stuff up rather than looking deeper for real things to criticize.
True Blue Door
Oct 2013
#142
Has the Democratic President put cuts to Social Security On-the-Table in budget negotiations?
bvar22
Oct 2013
#161
Symptoms of ODS for sure. Those who "oh noes!!!" before facts become available. Acting on emotion...
Liberal_Stalwart71
Oct 2013
#177
Oh please! It's been used anyway, so be my guest if it makes you feel superior.
Liberal_Stalwart71
Oct 2013
#198
Lack of maturity, like accusing someone of walking blindly behind Obama
Liberal_Stalwart71
Oct 2013
#216
I don't really use that term, so I don't know. Why do you think I equated it with ODS?
cui bono
Oct 2013
#227
It ain't just you, baby, don't worry. No matter how many nasty, rude comments you get...
Liberal_Stalwart71
Oct 2013
#182
if the public didn't oppose attacking Syria or Iran, if the public didn't speak out against chained
Douglas Carpenter
Oct 2013
#191
Democracy works by pressure - Any administration of any party is going to have enormous pressure
Douglas Carpenter
Oct 2013
#201
Not only do I agree with Douglas, I would add that his view is more encouraging of participation
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2013
#211
I'm grateful for the Obama administration. Some of their policies, I find objectionable.
Autumn
Oct 2013
#210
Good post. See, there's a difference between disagreeing with some of his policies
Liberal_Stalwart71
Oct 2013
#217
NOT just you MM. I used to lament that all this subversive effort could be used to get out the vote.
great white snark
Oct 2013
#214