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October 1, 2014
Or maybe he was "aware"? He knows there's a certain element who will believe anything
he says and won't bother to check. And, even if they know now will not give a shite because you know.. GG says it's so .. so everyone else is lying. Rofl.
October 1, 2014
Can't handle addressing the OP's evidence on a$$hole Greenwald so resort to full on ODS! And, that includes his supporters!
WAHWAHWAH
Oh and talk to Skinner if you don't like the Groups' ability to block those who do not want to follow their Mission Statements. Meanwhile, I'll use this opportunity to thank him again. Thanks Skinner!
I see what you mean.. Brawaaaaa.. "BOGGERs Have Same Tactics has Teaparty".. wah wah wah..
Can't handle addressing the OP's evidence on a$$hole Greenwald so resort to full on ODS! And, that includes his supporters!
WAHWAHWAH
Oh and talk to Skinner if you don't like the Groups' ability to block those who do not want to follow their Mission Statements. Meanwhile, I'll use this opportunity to thank him again. Thanks Skinner!
September 29, 2014
http://www.spotlightonpoverty.org//ExclusiveCommentary.aspx?id=bcddfb97-ed90-42d0-ad7b-45661759b788
Ladders of Opportunity
“We are true to our creed when a little girl born into the bleakest poverty knows that she has the same chance to succeed as anybody else, because she is an American; she is free, and she is equal, not just in the eyes of God but also in our own.”
– President Barack Obama, Inaugural Address, January 21, 2013
http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/urban-and-economic-mobility
Ending homelessness.. civilians and veterans..
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/06/06/ending-veteran-homelessness
On a Path to Ending Homelessness
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/06/23/a-path-ending-homelessness
http://www.democraticunderground.com/110212904#post29
And, he..
"Obama SAVED the US Economy - Running Away From that Record Would be Suicidal in 2016"
1. When the President had a remotely cooperative Congress, we passed a massive stimulus and jobs package that rescued this country from Soviet-style collapse.
2. This administration rescued the US automotive industry, saving hundreds of thousands if not millions of jobs, and restructured it to be competitive in the 21st century.
3. This administration invested so massively in this country's clean energy sector that it made us the world leader in these technologies, and made that sector one of the few consistent bright spots in job growth.
4. The lack of progress since then has been 100% the result of Republican obstruction in Congress since they took the House. There is no ambiguity on this point, it's just a fact.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/06/19/1217249/-Obama-SAVED-the-US-Economy-Running-Away-From-that-Record-Would-be-Suicidal-in-2016
We have so much further to go.. but, it will take more than Pres Obama and the Dems in Office now to Accomplish what we need for our Poor and Middle Class.. GOTV 2014
Sorry, this is so long if you've gotten to the bottom!
I was doing some research for my post and came across this in my Drafts from 7/30/13 and thought it explained pretty well what it means in the Graphic above by "Still he Succeeds Still he makes American Lives Better".
BOG
P.S.
Nerdy Wonka @NerdyWonka
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Democrats need to use PBO's playbook. He saved this country from sliding into a Great Depression. He will never be ashamed of that. #60Mins
1:49 PM - 28 Sep 2014 22 Retweets 12 favorites
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/09/28/a-weekend-laugh-or-two/
Just one among many very important Accomplishments of the Obama Admin.. The Repeal of DADT.
Thank you for the additional history of record, she..
President Obama's Record on Helping Our Poor..
"Things Obama Has Done For The Poor That Never Get Highlighted" Or Acknowledged..
1) A $20 billion increase for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as Food Stamps.
2) A $1 billion in funding for the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) that is intended to revitalize low-income communities via "Job training and placement assistance", "Financial literacy programs", et al, to helping families become self-sufficient.
3) A $2 billion in new Neighborhood Stabilization Funds that will allow ailing neighborhoods be kept maintained.
4) A $1.5 billion in Homelessness Prevention Funds to keep people in their homes and prevent homelessness.
5) A $5 billion increase for the Weatherization Assistance Program to help low income families save on their residential energy expenditures by making their homes more energy efficient.
6) A $4 Billion program, The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, "authorizes funding for federal school meal and child nutrition programs and increases access to healthy food for low-income children."
7) As part of the HCR bill, subsidies will be available to the uninsured and families with income between the 133 percent and 400 percent of poverty level($14,404 for individuals and $29,326 for a family of four).
8) Estabilished Open Doors to end the 640,000 men, women and children who are homeless in America by 2020.
9) Increased the amount of federal Pell Grant awards so that funds are available to those with less access to have opportunity.
10) Provided $510 Million for the rehabilitation of Native American housing.
11) Expanded eligibility for Medicaid to all individuals under age 65 with incomes up to 133 percent of the federal poverty level ($14,400 per year for an individual).
12) Providing assistance to low-income workers through the Earned Income Tax Credit giving millions of working families the break they need.
13) Education being the way out of Poverty, kicked off the "Race to the Top", a $4.3 billion program, that rewards via grants to States that meet a few key benchmarks for reform, and states that outperform the rest.
http://www.thepeoplesview.net/2011/01/things-obama-has-done-for-poor-that.html
http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/poverty
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/01/04/932367/-Things-Obama-Has-Done-For-The-Poor-
"Obama's Quiet Campaign to End Poverty"..
When the federal government recently released its official statistics on poverty, they showed that more Americans are living below the poverty line now than at any time since the U.S. Census Bureau began collecting data in 1959.
This disturbing increase reflects the ongoing fallout of the economic downturn. But the fact is that the statistics would have been worse had it not been for a concerted effort by the Obama administration to ease poverty—an effort that deserves more attention.
This disturbing increase reflects the ongoing fallout of the economic downturn. But the fact is that the statistics would have been worse had it not been for a concerted effort by the Obama administration to ease poverty—an effort that deserves more attention.
http://www.spotlightonpoverty.org//ExclusiveCommentary.aspx?id=bcddfb97-ed90-42d0-ad7b-45661759b788
Ladders of Opportunity
“We are true to our creed when a little girl born into the bleakest poverty knows that she has the same chance to succeed as anybody else, because she is an American; she is free, and she is equal, not just in the eyes of God but also in our own.”
– President Barack Obama, Inaugural Address, January 21, 2013
http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/urban-and-economic-mobility
Ending homelessness.. civilians and veterans..
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/06/06/ending-veteran-homelessness
On a Path to Ending Homelessness
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/06/23/a-path-ending-homelessness
http://www.democraticunderground.com/110212904#post29
And, he..
"Obama SAVED the US Economy - Running Away From that Record Would be Suicidal in 2016"
1. When the President had a remotely cooperative Congress, we passed a massive stimulus and jobs package that rescued this country from Soviet-style collapse.
2. This administration rescued the US automotive industry, saving hundreds of thousands if not millions of jobs, and restructured it to be competitive in the 21st century.
3. This administration invested so massively in this country's clean energy sector that it made us the world leader in these technologies, and made that sector one of the few consistent bright spots in job growth.
4. The lack of progress since then has been 100% the result of Republican obstruction in Congress since they took the House. There is no ambiguity on this point, it's just a fact.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/06/19/1217249/-Obama-SAVED-the-US-Economy-Running-Away-From-that-Record-Would-be-Suicidal-in-2016
We have so much further to go.. but, it will take more than Pres Obama and the Dems in Office now to Accomplish what we need for our Poor and Middle Class.. GOTV 2014
Sorry, this is so long if you've gotten to the bottom!
I was doing some research for my post and came across this in my Drafts from 7/30/13 and thought it explained pretty well what it means in the Graphic above by "Still he Succeeds Still he makes American Lives Better".
BOG
P.S.
Nerdy Wonka @NerdyWonka
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Democrats need to use PBO's playbook. He saved this country from sliding into a Great Depression. He will never be ashamed of that. #60Mins
1:49 PM - 28 Sep 2014 22 Retweets 12 favorites
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/09/28/a-weekend-laugh-or-two/
September 29, 2014
Nerdy Wonka @NerdyWonka
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Steve Kroft mockingly: "Do you think you can hold the Senate?"
President Obama pauses then smiles: "Yes. I do."
Kroft goes silent.
1:43 PM - 28 Sep 2014 29 Retweets 16 favorites
Nerdy Wonka @NerdyWonka
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Democrats need to use PBO's playbook. He saved this country from sliding into a Great Depression. He will never be ashamed of that. #60Mins
1:49 PM - 28 Sep 2014 22 Retweets 12 favorites
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/09/28/a-weekend-laugh-or-two/
Mahalo for your thread~
Couple a Tweets regarding Steve Kroft's interview with the President, a kennedy..
Nerdy Wonka @NerdyWonka
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Steve Kroft mockingly: "Do you think you can hold the Senate?"
President Obama pauses then smiles: "Yes. I do."
Kroft goes silent.
1:43 PM - 28 Sep 2014 29 Retweets 16 favorites
Nerdy Wonka @NerdyWonka
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Democrats need to use PBO's playbook. He saved this country from sliding into a Great Depression. He will never be ashamed of that. #60Mins
1:49 PM - 28 Sep 2014 22 Retweets 12 favorites
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/09/28/a-weekend-laugh-or-two/
Mahalo for your thread~
September 28, 2014
Jim McBride @jimmcbride13
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THE ONLY SALUTE THAT MATTERS:...and not one of his predecessors has done it.
#p2 #uniteblue #n4p
10:24 AM - 24 Sep 2014
564 Retweets 345 favorites
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/09/25/early-bird-chat-363/
"The Only Salute that Matters"..
Jim McBride @jimmcbride13
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THE ONLY SALUTE THAT MATTERS:...and not one of his predecessors has done it.
#p2 #uniteblue #n4p
10:24 AM - 24 Sep 2014
564 Retweets 345 favorites
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/09/25/early-bird-chat-363/
September 28, 2014
"I think we need to attack ISIS. I'm really concerned about them."
"Is the bombing of ISIS justified? I say yes. And I hope President Obama has every possible success in getting allies to join with us, some with ground troops effected inside Syria."
FrodosPet http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5566788
Bernie stands with the President on this "Enormously complicated issue".. as he calls it. He disagrees with staying out of ISIS like some around are clamoring on about.
As he stated it's an "International effort" and guess what.. "they have to put money in it too."
Senator Sanders also said Assad Gassed his own people.. whether the conspiracy theorists around here believe it or not..
Hartman and he talked about one republiCon saying.. they'll "blast him if it doesn't work and ask why he didn't do it sooner if it does." Sounds like a familiar whine.
FrodosPet http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5527989
Sen. Elizabeth Warren says she supports President Obama's decision to authorize airstrikes in Iraq
BOSTON — Warning against a new U.S. war in Iraq, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Friday stood by President Barack Obama’s decision to authorize targeted airstrikes to help defend Americans in Erbil, Iraq, and provide aid to a religious minority taking refuge in the Sinjar mountains.
“It’s a complicated situation right now in Iraq and the president has taken very targeted actions to provide humanitarian relief that the Iraqi government requested, and to protect American citizens,” Warren told reporters. “But like the president I believe that any solution in Iraq is going to be a negotiated solution, not a military solution. We do not want to be pulled into another war in Iraq.”
Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said she supports president Barack Obama's decision to authorize new airstrikes in Iraq but cautioned against U.S. involvement in a new war in the Middle East.
http://www.masslive.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/08/sen_elizabeth_warren_warns_abo.html
As do these Middle Eastern Countries..
As do Jimmy Carter, Elizabeth Warren, and Bernie Sanders.. you know "the middle" "Warmongers"..
Jimmy Carter, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren, all well respected leaders, have access and know a hellava lot more about this than those on the internet who can't grasp this isn't being run by the bush-cheney neocon crowd."I think we need to attack ISIS. I'm really concerned about them."
"Is the bombing of ISIS justified? I say yes. And I hope President Obama has every possible success in getting allies to join with us, some with ground troops effected inside Syria."
FrodosPet http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5566788
Bernie stands with the President on this "Enormously complicated issue".. as he calls it. He disagrees with staying out of ISIS like some around are clamoring on about.
As he stated it's an "International effort" and guess what.. "they have to put money in it too."
Senator Sanders also said Assad Gassed his own people.. whether the conspiracy theorists around here believe it or not..
Hartman and he talked about one republiCon saying.. they'll "blast him if it doesn't work and ask why he didn't do it sooner if it does." Sounds like a familiar whine.
FrodosPet http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5527989
Sen. Elizabeth Warren says she supports President Obama's decision to authorize airstrikes in Iraq
BOSTON — Warning against a new U.S. war in Iraq, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Friday stood by President Barack Obama’s decision to authorize targeted airstrikes to help defend Americans in Erbil, Iraq, and provide aid to a religious minority taking refuge in the Sinjar mountains.
“It’s a complicated situation right now in Iraq and the president has taken very targeted actions to provide humanitarian relief that the Iraqi government requested, and to protect American citizens,” Warren told reporters. “But like the president I believe that any solution in Iraq is going to be a negotiated solution, not a military solution. We do not want to be pulled into another war in Iraq.”
Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said she supports president Barack Obama's decision to authorize new airstrikes in Iraq but cautioned against U.S. involvement in a new war in the Middle East.
http://www.masslive.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/08/sen_elizabeth_warren_warns_abo.html
As do these Middle Eastern Countries..
September 28, 2014
"Athletes and spectators attending the Winter Olympics in Sochi in February will face some of the most invasive and systematic spying and surveillance in the history of the Games, documents shared with the Guardian show.
Russia's powerful FSB security service plans to ensure that no communication by competitors or spectators goes unmonitored during the event, according to a dossier compiled by a team of Russian investigative journalists looking into preparations for the 2014 Games."
More..
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/06/russia-monitor-communications-sochi-winter-olympics
Too Bad Russia doesn't have a feature like that or do they have something so Putin can't snoop?
Russia to monitor 'all communications' at Winter Olympics in Sochi"Athletes and spectators attending the Winter Olympics in Sochi in February will face some of the most invasive and systematic spying and surveillance in the history of the Games, documents shared with the Guardian show.
Russia's powerful FSB security service plans to ensure that no communication by competitors or spectators goes unmonitored during the event, according to a dossier compiled by a team of Russian investigative journalists looking into preparations for the 2014 Games."
More..
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/06/russia-monitor-communications-sochi-winter-olympics
September 27, 2014
President Obama is a transformative President.
September 27, 2014
mata @mataharikrishna
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Holder will stay on the job through confirmation of the new AG. Brilliant. Welcome to your tight corner, GOP senators. ::smirk::
6:12 AM - 25 Sep 2014 28 Retweets 12 favorites
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/09/25/later-today-2/
HumanRightsCampaign ✔ @HRC
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Some AGs await history, others make history happen. AG Holder was LGBT community's RFK & we’re deeply grateful.-Chad Griffin @TheJusticeDept
5:10 AM - 25 Sep 2014 65 Retweets 49 favorites
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/09/25/rise-and-shine-912/
Federal Government Sues Companies Over Anti-Transgender Discrimination Claims
An historic first from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
snip//
WASHINGTON — The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed lawsuits Thursday against two companies accused of discriminating against transgender employees, the first time the federal government has brought suit under the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to protect transgender workers.
The two complaints, filed in federal courts in Florida and Michigan, are the latest — and most ambitious — steps in a series of aggressive moves taken by the commission in the past several years to advance LGBT rights under existing laws
More~
http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/federal-government-sues-companies-over-anti-transgender-disc?utm_term=2lz4kze#3r557d0
Ryan J. Reilly ✔ @ryanjreilly
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Holder, per #DOJ official, has no immediate plans to step down and wants to focus on causes like #Ferguson during remaining days.
5:02 AM - 25 Sep 2014 287 Retweets 79 favorites
Culture of Truth @Bobblespeak
Eric Holder will leave as soon as Obama's choice to replace him is approved by the U.S. Senate.
In other words, he's not going anywhere.
4:51 AM - 25 Sep 2014 49 Retweets 16 favorites
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/09/25/rise-and-shine-912/
ThisMagicalEarth @MagicalEarth
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Due to AG Holder's efforts, federal prison population DROPS by roughly 4,800. 1st time in decades. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_FEDERAL_PRISON_POPULATION?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT … #ProudofAGHolder
8:34 AM - 25 Sep 2014 28 Retweets 10 favorites
Nancy LeTourneau @Smartypants60
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To understand AG Holder’s legacy, you have to start with some awareness of just how much Dubya’s admin f*cked up DOJ’s Civil Rights Division
7:30 AM - 25 Sep 2014 74 Retweets 38 favorites
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/09/25/president-obama-speaks-at-the-u-n-meeting-on-ebola/
TheObamaDiary.com @TheObamaDiary
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President Obama to AG Holder: "In good times & in bad, you have been there for me. I am proud to call you my friend."
10:45 AM - 25 Sep 2014 164 Retweets 93 favorites
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/09/25/president-obama-announces-ag-holders-departure/
Ms. Net @NETRetired
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#Hannity 2 humble, awesome brilliant African-Americans who make USA proud: @BarackObama #POTUS & AG Holder! Dare u RT
12:55 PM - 25 Sep 2014 57 Retweets 25 favorites
***This is posted in the Barack Obama Group..***
AG Eric Holder Will be Missed(if the Senate Confirms his Replacement)...
mata @mataharikrishna
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Holder will stay on the job through confirmation of the new AG. Brilliant. Welcome to your tight corner, GOP senators. ::smirk::
6:12 AM - 25 Sep 2014 28 Retweets 12 favorites
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/09/25/later-today-2/
HumanRightsCampaign ✔ @HRC
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Some AGs await history, others make history happen. AG Holder was LGBT community's RFK & we’re deeply grateful.-Chad Griffin @TheJusticeDept
5:10 AM - 25 Sep 2014 65 Retweets 49 favorites
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/09/25/rise-and-shine-912/
Federal Government Sues Companies Over Anti-Transgender Discrimination Claims
An historic first from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
snip//
WASHINGTON — The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed lawsuits Thursday against two companies accused of discriminating against transgender employees, the first time the federal government has brought suit under the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to protect transgender workers.
The two complaints, filed in federal courts in Florida and Michigan, are the latest — and most ambitious — steps in a series of aggressive moves taken by the commission in the past several years to advance LGBT rights under existing laws
More~
http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/federal-government-sues-companies-over-anti-transgender-disc?utm_term=2lz4kze#3r557d0
Ryan J. Reilly ✔ @ryanjreilly
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Holder, per #DOJ official, has no immediate plans to step down and wants to focus on causes like #Ferguson during remaining days.
5:02 AM - 25 Sep 2014 287 Retweets 79 favorites
Culture of Truth @Bobblespeak
Eric Holder will leave as soon as Obama's choice to replace him is approved by the U.S. Senate.
In other words, he's not going anywhere.
4:51 AM - 25 Sep 2014 49 Retweets 16 favorites
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/09/25/rise-and-shine-912/
ThisMagicalEarth @MagicalEarth
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Due to AG Holder's efforts, federal prison population DROPS by roughly 4,800. 1st time in decades. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_FEDERAL_PRISON_POPULATION?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT … #ProudofAGHolder
8:34 AM - 25 Sep 2014 28 Retweets 10 favorites
Nancy LeTourneau @Smartypants60
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To understand AG Holder’s legacy, you have to start with some awareness of just how much Dubya’s admin f*cked up DOJ’s Civil Rights Division
7:30 AM - 25 Sep 2014 74 Retweets 38 favorites
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/09/25/president-obama-speaks-at-the-u-n-meeting-on-ebola/
TheObamaDiary.com @TheObamaDiary
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President Obama to AG Holder: "In good times & in bad, you have been there for me. I am proud to call you my friend."
10:45 AM - 25 Sep 2014 164 Retweets 93 favorites
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/09/25/president-obama-announces-ag-holders-departure/
Ms. Net @NETRetired
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#Hannity 2 humble, awesome brilliant African-Americans who make USA proud: @BarackObama #POTUS & AG Holder! Dare u RT
12:55 PM - 25 Sep 2014 57 Retweets 25 favorites
***This is posted in the Barack Obama Group..***
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