"The world that America seeks is not one that we can build on our own," he said. "For human rights to reach those who suffer the boot of oppression, we need your voices to speak out. In particular, I appeal to those nations who emerged from tyranny and inspired the world in the second half of the last century -- from South Africa to South Asia; from Eastern Europe to South America: Do not stand idly by when dissidents elsewhere are imprisoned and protesters are beaten." “Said president Obama, "Part of the price of our own freedom is standing up for the freedom of others. That belief will guide America's leadership in this 21st century."
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows that 30% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Forty-two percent (42%) Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating/ Wednesday, October 20, 2010.
Why do we need a poll to tell us how we feel, think, and have to react? Forget the polling system this is another way of controlling and manipulating our emotions. We need to stand behind what we accept as true. America’s political system is set up to allow us to vote someone in and out of office that we think is not fit to be the serve. Realistically! And presently most of us couldn’t last in the role of president or any political candidate.
I commend the president on his personal achievements, and on behalf of those who have benefited from his policies. I’m proud that he is a member of my ethnicity not because of the suffering that blacks have endured in this country but the impact he had in bringing hope back to many America, and the positive recognition that America received from all over the world when he was elected. Other countries confront their biases but America try to silence theirs to keep the status quo. There were very good points address in my political science class today, I had to literally look these up, and reaffirm my position on why I voted for Mr. Obama.
Obama passed legislation with Republican Senator Jim Talent to give gas stations a tax credit for installing E85 ethanol refueling pumps. The tax credit covers 30 percent of the costs of switching one or more traditional petroleum pumps to E85, which is an 85 percent ethanol/15 percent gasoline blend.
-After a number of inmates on death row were found innocent, Senator Obama worked with law enforcement officials to require the videotaping of interrogations and confessions in all capital cases.
-His first law was passed with Republican Tom Coburn, a measure to rebuild trust in government by allowing every American to go online and see how and where every dime of their tax dollars is spent.
-Obama created the Illinois Earned Income Tax Credit for low-income working families in 2000 and successfully sponsored a measure to make the credit permanent in 2003. The law offered about $105 million in tax relief over three years.
-Obama joined forces with former U.S. Sen. Paul Simon (D-IL) to pass the toughest campaign finance law in Illinois history. The legislation banned the personal use of campaign money by Illinois legislators and banned gifts from lobbyists. Before the law was passed, one organization ranked Illinois worst among 50 states for its campaign finance regulations.
-As a member of the Veterans' Affairs Committee, Senator Obama has fought to help Illinois veterans get the disability pay they were promised, while working to prepare the VA for the return of the thousands of veterans who will need care after Iraq and Afghanistan.
-He traveled to Russia with Republican **** Lugar to begin a new generation of non-proliferation efforts designed to find and secure deadly weapons around the world.
-Obama has been a leading advocate for protecting the right to vote, helping to reauthorize the Voting Rights Act and leading the opposition against discriminatory barriers to voting.
- In the U.S. Senate, Obama introduced the STOP FRAUD Act to increase penalties for mortgage fraud and provide more protections for low-income homebuyers, well before the current subprime crisis began.
-Obama sponsored legislation to combat predatory payday loans, and he also was credited with lobbied the state to more closely regulate some of the most egregious predatory lending practices.
-Barack Obama introduced the Patriot Employer Act of 2007 to provide a tax credit to companies that maintain or increase the number of full-time workers in America relative to those outside the US; maintain their corporate headquarters in America; pay decent wages; prepare workers for retirement; provide health insurance; and support employees who serve in the military.
-Obama worked to pass a number of laws in Illinois and Washington to improve the health of women. His accomplishments include creating a task force on cervical cancer, providing greater access to breast and cervical cancer screenings, and helping improve prenatal and premature birth services.
-Obama has introduced and helped pass bipartisan legislation to limit the abuse of no-bid federal contracts.
-Obama and Senator Feingold (D-WI) took on both parties and proposed ethics legislation that was described as the "gold standard" for reform. It was because of their leadership that ending subsidized corporate jet travel, mandating disclosure of lobbyists' bundling of contributions, and enacting strong new restrictions of lobbyist-sponsored trips became part of the final ethics bill that was signed into law.
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I think it’s great that Mrs. Obama is representing her husband in touring the county to rally voters to the polls, and reminding us that her husband had named two women to the Supreme Court and that the first piece of legislation he signed as president was the Lilly Ledbetter Act to help women achieve equal pay. Ha ha! We seem to over look what this president have accomplish because we‘re suffering right now. We want to govern ourselves but we cry with dripping tears if the America’s way of living is put in danger. We moan and come together for a short moment then we resort back to our selfish ways, and this is where we lose free will, and the opposing groups is waiting in the wings to persuade us to swing in their direction.
Mr. Obama didn’t cause the economy, and it’s terrible that people are allowing their emotions to rule them. We wanted change so why are we forgetting that we chose change! We want quick fixes which can only happen with a miracle of “GOD”. Personally, I would vote for Obama to be re-elected I’ll give him the same time span that I’ve given all the (politicians) and presidents over the years to accomplish their promise for this country. I am a registered democrat, and I’ll continue to vote on who advocate the best resolution The Declaration of Independence states “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”.
So why can’t we achieve this? I know we’re in economy brought on by the self-worth of our leaders, industries, and finance market.
We wanted change! We got it. So! Vote to give change a chance.
