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sabrina 1

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14. The HC Bill that put public funds in the hands of Private Corporations
Wed Mar 27, 2013, 04:01 PM
Mar 2013

Corporations that were FAILING and good riddance but he saved them, so there is that.

Gays in the military should have been one of the first policies to go into effect in Jan. of 2009. A majority of Americans supported it and Democrats had a majority. Instead it was delayed, as predicted, to use in the Lame Duck Congress as a bargaining chip. To pretend that he was forced to vote with Republicans on the Bush Tax cuts extension in exchange for Gays in the Military. In fact his administration went so far as to fight the court's landmark decision that refusing to allow Gays to serve was 'unconstitutional. No Obama held up that easy piece of legislation and did what observers predicted, pretended he was FORCED to support the extension of the Bush tax cuts to get that passed. It would have passed easily in Jan 2009. For the gays who lost their jobs and benefits while the politicians played their games, it was an unnecessary travesty.

Chavez passed so much legislation that benefited the Venezuelan people that they continued to elect him election after election. I will take their opinion of whether he 'sucked' or not over the Right Wing propaganda any day. They have been unable to stop the people of Venezuela from supporting him and his policies, despite all the money spent on propaganda. It must suck for them to have failed so miserably.

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wilms: 2,244 people killied since Newtown under Barak Obama. Wilms Mar 2013 #1
thats just stupid since Venezuela doesn't even have a tenth of the population Bacchus4.0 Mar 2013 #2
Lol, the danger of blaming presidents for crime rates. You'd think they'd sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #3
the numbers under Rahm are terrible, he sucks Bacchus4.0 Mar 2013 #4
Crime has fallen over the past 20 years according to what we are told. sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #5
I'm curious naaman fletcher Mar 2013 #6
I have no knowledge as to why crime is so high but I will do some research sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #15
presidents are responsible for policies and Chavez failed miserably Bacchus4.0 Mar 2013 #7
Actually, most of Chavez's efforts on crime have been successful naaman fletcher Mar 2013 #8
Presidents are responsible for policies?? Really? I am told here constantly sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #9
I havent' seen anyone on this forum say that naaman fletcher Mar 2013 #10
Do you mean on the Latin America forum or DU? sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #11
LA forum naaman fletcher Mar 2013 #12
Obama has been driving the debate for 5 years Bacchus4.0 Mar 2013 #13
The HC Bill that put public funds in the hands of Private Corporations sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #14
I remember when you laughably compared executive powers to decrees. joshcryer Mar 2013 #21
I remember when you laughably denied that fact. The US President has more 'decree' sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #24
Wow, doubling down. joshcryer Mar 2013 #25
No matter how often you repeat this crap, Bacchus, Maduro is going to win! Peace Patriot Mar 2013 #16
The idiots have their charges against the Venezuelan government running in cycles. Judi Lynn Mar 2013 #18
Because he represents chavismo. joshcryer Mar 2013 #20
Chávez no ha muerto, el vive en la revolución! ˇHasta la victoria siempre! idwiyo Mar 2013 #17
Every time Maduro says Chavez' name, a Venezuelan dies. joshcryer Mar 2013 #19
Oh, for Pete's sake! You, too? I know you are a Capriles supporter but... Peace Patriot Mar 2013 #22
I have nothing in the game. joshcryer Mar 2013 #23
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