Assalaamuálaikum Wr. Wb. Pak Saaf dan sanak yang budiman dan dirahmati ALLAH SWT, Ambo singkek se nyo Pak Saaf, baa manuruik Pak Saaf kalau awak bulekkan dukungan ka Uda Rizal Ramli, karano nan lain track record alah jaleh bana, ndak paralu lo ambo uraikan do, baa kecek urang banyak tau samo tahu se awak..walau ambo ndak punyo pretensi untuak mambawo mailist ko ka satu arah se... Wassalam Defiyan Cori L/40
--- On Fri, 1/30/09, Dr.Saafroedin BAHAR <saaf10...@yahoo.com> wrote: From: Dr.Saafroedin BAHAR <saaf10...@yahoo.com> Subject: [...@ntau-net] SERI NAN DI LUA TAMPURUANG 44: OBAMA MULAI MEMENUHI JANJI-JANJINYA. To: "Rantau Net" <rantaunet@googlegroups.com> Date: Friday, January 30, 2009, 5:30 PM Assalamualaikum w.w. para sanak sa palanta, Menjelang Pilpres bulan Juli mendatang ada manfaatnya bagi kita mengikuti bagaimana sistem pemerintahan presidensial Amerika Serikat dilaksanakan dalam praktek. Alasannya sederhana saja, yaitu oleh karena memang dari Amerika Serikatlah sistem pemerintahan presidensial ini berasal. Kita beruntung dapat membandingkan seorang presiden Amerika Serikat yang terburuk dalam sejarah negara adi daya itu -- George W. Bush -- yang entah bagaimana bisa terpilih dua kali, dengan Presiden Obama yang berpotensi menjadi seorang presiden Amerika Serikat terbaik. Sungguh menarik, bahwa para pemilih Amerika Serikat mampu menilai secara obyektif para presiden dan calon presidennya -- tidak ada 'bonek' yang fanatik di negeri itu -- dan bahwa para calon presiden bukan saja benar-benar diuji visi dan missinya, tetapi juga karakter dan kemampuan intelektualnya. Lebih dari itu, para calon presiden yang kalah secara langsung dan sportif bukan saja menyampaikan ucapan selamat kepada lawan-lawannya tetapi juga bersedia duduk dalam pemerintahan mantan lawannya itu.. Itu yang dilakukan oleh Hillary Clinton. Ada lagi. Pergantian presiden ternyata memang dapat merupakan awal dari pergantian kebijakan nasional, dalam hal ini dari kebijakan yang pro majikan dari Partai Republik menjadi kebijakan yang pro buruh dan rakyat banyak dari Partai Demokrat. Inilah yang dilakukan Obama, dengan mengeluarkan serangkaian kebijakan yang sangat monumental. Sehubungan dengan itu, secara pribadi saya berpendapat bahwa kita juga perlu mengkaji benar-benar rangkaian kebijakan yang pernah diambil oleh para mantan presiden dan para calon presiden dalam berbagai jabatannya di masyarakat. Ada tujuh orang calon presiden yang akan datang: SBY, Megawati, Wiranto, Sutiyoso, Prabowo Subianto, Sri Sultan, Rizal Ramli. [Gus Dur kelihatannya sudah keluar gelanggang, juga Rizal Mallarangeng.]. Pertimbangan khusus perlu diberikan terhadap para calon presiden usia muda, seperti Yudy Chrisnandi, Bambang Sulistomo, Fajrul. Berikut ini adalah berita tentang Obama yang sudah mulai melaksanakan janji-janjinya kepada para pemilih Amerika. 'Janji adalah hutang', demikian ajaran yang kita terima. Wassalam, Saafroedin Bahar (L, masuk 72 th, Jakarta) Alternate e-mail address: saaf10...@gmail.com; saafroedin.ba...@rantaunet.org Obama touts middle-class task force led by Biden By PHILIP ELLIOTT, Associated Press Writer Philip Elliott, Associated Press Writer 17 mins ago YahooNews January 31, 2009 WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama signed a series of executive orders Friday that he said should "level the playing field" for labor unions in their struggles with management. Obama also used the occasion at the White House to announce formally a new White House task force on the problems of middle-class Americans. He named Vice President Joe Biden as its chairman. Union officials say the new orders by Obama will undo Bush administration policies that favored employers over workers. The orders will: _Require federal contractors to offer jobs to current workers when contracts change. _Reverse a Bush administration order requiring federal contractors to post notice that workers can limit financial support of unions serving as their exclusive bargaining representatives. _Prevent federal contractors from being reimbursed for expenses meant to influence workers deciding whether to form a union and engage in collective bargaining. "We need to level the playing field for workers and the unions that represent their interests," Obama said during a signing ceremony in the East Room of the White House. "I do not view the labor movement as part of the problem. To me, it's part of the solution," he said. "You cannot have a strong middle class without a strong labor movement." Signing the executive orders was Obama's second overture to organized labor in as many days. On Thursday, he signed the first bill of his presidency, giving workers more time to sue for wage discrimination. "It's a new day for workers," said James Hoffa, president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, who attended the ceremony with other union leaders. "We finally have a White House that is dedicated to working with us to rebuild our middle class. Hope for the American Dream is being restored." Of the White House Task Force on Middle Class Working Families, Obama said, "We're not forgetting the poor. They are going to be front and center, because they, too, share our American Dream." He said his administration wants to make sure low-income people "get a piece" of the American pie "if they're willing to work for it." "With this task force, we have a single, highly visible group with one single goal: to raise the living standards of the people who are the backbone of this country," Biden said. Obama set several goals for the task force, including expanding opportunities for education and training; improving the work-family balance; restoring labor standards, including workplace safety; and protecting retirement security. The president and vice president said the task force will include the secretaries of commerce, education, labor, and health and human services because those Cabinet departments have the most influence on the well-being of the middle class. It also will include White House advisers on the economy, the budget and domestic policy. Biden pledged that the task force will conduct its business in the open, and announced a Web site, http://www.astrongmiddleclass.gov, for the public to get information. He also announced that the panel's first meeting will be Feb. 27 in Philadelphia and will focus on environmental or "green jobs." Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. 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