What did he do for equal pay? It's my understanding that women still make only a percentage of what men do?
Also what's open.gov? There is no domain by that name. On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 2:06 AM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: > > we don't have to argue. I realize our opinions differ, and probably differ > a lot on health care. That's ok. I just think small government is good, > except where it's ineffective. You probably disagree on the meaning of > "ineffective" for one thing. > > Romney was mentioned as the option to be avoided is all. We've talked about > Gary Johnson -- I personally think he's not a bad option but don't want to > see him do a Ralph Nader. Myself. > > On the rest, well. Hopefully equal pay is not something we disagree on, or > we might have to argue about that one at some point ;) > > I was against Detroit, but some good did come of it. I'm a pragmatist, > fundamentally, shrug, but we may well interpret our facts differently too. > But you asked for something Obama did that was good -- let's go with equal > pay for women. That works for me ;) > > On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 10:50 PM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I'm not sure what Romney had to do with the question, as I've never come > > out in support of the guy. > > > > As to the rest, well, let's just saw we don't agree, cause I'm not in the > > mood to argue tonight. > > > > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 1:44 AM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > He signed the Lily Ledbetter Act on his first day in office as I > recall. > > > > > > open.gov was a start. Like a number of his other issues, not enough. I > > > count health care reform as positive, personally. Though not enough and > > not > > > done properly. Sotomayor (sp?) was a good appointment. The stimulus > was a > > > good idea until it was compromised out of existence. He did save > Detroit, > > > though I have to say I was against that at the time. I dislike military > > > intervention but Libya was probably a good idea. State Department > > > internet-in-a-suitcase thing was good. Student loan interest was good. > > > > > > The theme here though is that he has tried to compromise with people > who > > > were determined to undermine him. > > > > > > Negatives: > > > > > > Guantanamo > > > Use of drones > > > Wasted lots of money on Wall Street bailouts. > > > SOPA/PIPA > > > > > > Shrug. I put this next to Romney, who is a total tool as far as I can > > > tell..... > > > > > > Republicans have wagged the dog on one bogus issue after another. Why > do > > we > > > have to argue that voting rights are a good idea all over again? Why is > > it > > > a good idea to mandate vaginal probes? Why do people think it's bad > that > > > Planned Parenthood saved my freaking life and maybe it cost the feds > > forty > > > cents or so? (I'd have to go look up how much of their primary care > costs > > > get a federal subsidy? It wasn't much because I did pay about fifty > bucks > > > for the visit but nobody else wanted to deal with it and you know what, > > if > > > I don't get the prescription I do get blood clots and those will > > > absolutely kill you about mmm twenty to thirty percent of the > time...the > > > exact number is discussable. Point is, Romney is not only a tool, he's > a > > > tool who parrots a platform that endangers my dignity, my health and my > > > life. > > > > > > > > > On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 9:36 PM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I have a hard time identifying anything he's done good, fill me in. > > > > > > > > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 12:33 AM, Eric Roberts < > > > > ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > There is still a large contingent on the left that is none too > happy > > > with > > > > > Obama and his continuance of the Bush policies....but yes, there is > > > also > > > > a > > > > > good number who think that Obama's shit doesn't stink. He is > > donesome > > > > > really good stuff...but he has also really screwed the pooch hard. > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: LRS Scout [mailto:lrssc...@gmail.com] > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 9:43 PM > > > > > To: cf-community > > > > > Subject: Re: Good news from NY today - NDAA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The funniest thing about the loudest of the party loyalists is that > > > they > > > > > often don't understand their own parties beliefs, and just parrot > > > > whatever > > > > > they are told. From what I can see these are the ones that either > > > > blindly > > > > > follow the party of their parents, or blindly rebelled by choosing > > the > > > > > other > > > > > party. > > > > > > > > > > The differences I see between parties at this point are pretty > small > > in > > > > my > > > > > mind. > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 10:33 PM, Judah McAuley < > > ju...@wiredotter.com > > > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yeah, I've seen "anti-war left now pro-warrior president left" > bit > > > > > > quite a lot. It really bugs me. The same folks who would be > > > demonizing > > > > > > Bush or McCain for taking out Bin Laden and then pushing the fact > > > > > > during an election are trumpeting the same thing being done by > > Obama. > > > > > > On the other hand, you've got all the guys on the right who are > > > trying > > > > > > to shame Obama for pointing out that he made the call to take out > > Bin > > > > > > Laden when Bush was all 9/11 all the time in 2004 and showing up > > in a > > > > > > flight suit on an aircraft carrier under a Mission Accomplished > > > > > > banner. > > > > > > > > > > > > So many people are seemingly into it to support "their guy" > instead > > > of > > > > > > trying to support right and wrong and making things better. > > > > > > > > > > > > Judah > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 7:04 PM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Not a big fan of salon generally, but recently I have noticed > > that > > > > > > > they > > > > > > are > > > > > > > very upfront when dealing with the difference between reporting > > > > > > > facts, > > > > > > and > > > > > > > offering opinion. They have even talked about how the formerly > > > > > > > anti-war left has turned into the pro-warrior president left. > > That > > > > > > > was an interesting stor > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:350770 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
