Hawkeye-X
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Tue Apr-22-08 10:55 AM
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In the first 100 days, what would you like to see President Barack Obama do? |
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There are couple of things I'd like to see happen.
1) Abolish ALL e-voting systems, go back to paper/lever balloting - make new rules on how to properly mandate voting - paper ballots, audits, etc. Make monies available for voter education.
2) Make Election Day a national holiday - everyone is off and free to vote anytime they wish.
3) Freeze all the war-profiteers assets until the investigations, indictments are handed down, use the frozen assets to return all monies to the US Treasury for domestic purposes.
4) Tax cuts for the middle retroactive to 2001. That will shock the economy, but when people have $$ to spend, then it'll kickstart the economy as well. Raise taxes for the uber-rich (1%) by a certain percentage.
5) Eliminate AMT, and figure out a new sliding-scale tax system for all classes.
6) COLA for SSI/SSDI needs to be increased by a much larger %, and retroactive since 2001. Chimp has been increasing it 2%.
7) Freeze all oil assets from all US-based oil companies, and think about nationalizing the oil companies and use their assets to lower the fuel, OR use the gas taxes to improve the infrastructure and mass transit - like Europe is doing right now.
8) Make headway to UHC - get something kickstarted.
9) Nationalize the airlines - what's the point of merging or seeing it go bankrupt if we can't get them to stop bleeding cash - Set aside some $, and unionize all airlines. Improve on Amtrak as an alternative mode of transportation - perhaps a bullet train if we can get some $$ flowing on upgrading our antiquated tracks, and have the states involved as well.
10) Usury is now banned. Credit companies will have to eat their costs and maximize interest rate at 9.99%, and bankruptcy laws are eased to help the struggling people start a clean slate.
Any other ideas? Or want to improve on mine? Post here!
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Tue Apr-22-08 10:56 AM
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1. Investigate the last three Presidencies. |
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And hand out sentences like they were candy.
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Tue Apr-22-08 10:59 AM
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5. Yes - Open books on BCCI would tell US Citizens more about 9-11 and this war than any DC commission |
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Edited on Tue Apr-22-08 11:00 AM by blm
BushInc and the Clinton loyalist Dems put up for show the last 7 years.
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Tue Apr-22-08 11:12 AM
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20. That will never happen. nt |
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Tue Apr-22-08 10:57 AM
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2. Restore Habeas Corpus and close Guantanamo. NT |
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Tue Apr-22-08 10:58 AM
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3. reach out and be inclusive of racist groups...KKK, white supremacists, etc |
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to change them of course.
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Tue Apr-22-08 10:58 AM
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4. Praise all the good work Hillary did as President in her two terms from |
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2008-2016.
:hide: Sorry, you walked right into it and I couldn't resist. :rofl:
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Tue Apr-22-08 10:59 AM
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At least you know you're having fun with this thread. :hi:
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Tue Apr-22-08 11:00 AM
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If he's president, hope that he picks a really good VP. Then resign on January 20, stating that the whole political process had sickened him to death, and that he was going to work for campaign reform for the rest of his political career.
It'd make him a legend.
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Tue Apr-22-08 11:02 AM
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9. That is actually not a bad idea at all. |
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I wish we could get all our Democrats to work on reforming this skewed system we have.
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Tue Apr-22-08 11:00 AM
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Tue Apr-22-08 11:02 AM
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10. 9.99 is a little anti-business. maybe liek 20.99% cap |
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Tue Apr-22-08 11:07 AM
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15. Well, the business has had over 8 years of shitting on us. |
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I'd rather cap it at 14.99 at a maximum, if anything at all, as long as they don't hit the credit bureau.
Hawkeye-X
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Tue Apr-22-08 11:24 AM
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27. to hell with that noise |
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They can make plenty of money at 9.99%.
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Tue Apr-22-08 11:41 AM
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32. Usury should be a crime |
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Tue Apr-22-08 11:02 AM
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11. Great list and I would add investigations of |
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B*sh and the rest of'em, hell all of them. And get that damn Alberto too before he starves to death.
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Tue Apr-22-08 11:02 AM
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I've always felt that making election day a holiday would cause people to go away for a long weekend and would actually lower the amount of voters. Why not just extend the hours of voting? You could also run a "good citizens vote" or "it's your responsibility to vote" campaigns, PSAs, and school programs.
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Tue Apr-22-08 11:03 AM
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13. During the first 100 days of Obama's presidency... |
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Edited on Tue Apr-22-08 11:05 AM by TwoSparkles
...I'd like to see Obama successfully convince Hillary that it's over--because I'm sure, even in Obama's "first one hundred days" she'll still be campaigning all over the country--calling for more debates, running ads against Obama and continuing to insist that "it's stil a very close race."
;)
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Tue Apr-22-08 11:38 AM
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Tue Apr-22-08 11:04 AM
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14. Speak the truth to Americans as if we are adults |
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Tue Apr-22-08 11:08 AM
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17. Announce he's shutting down all Health "Insurance" Cos. and HMO's |
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Retrieve all of our money from these Ponzi schemes and - get this - apply it to healthcare! Buyout the share holders at a reasonable price and prosecute the boardroom folks under the RICO laws.
(I finally saw Sicko over the weekend.)
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Tue Apr-22-08 11:10 AM
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18. Take back all oil, gas and coal and place in national trust. |
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Tue Apr-22-08 11:11 AM
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19. 100 days in, I'd like for him to wake up from the nice dream he just had |
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Edited on Tue Apr-22-08 11:11 AM by Tarc
and get back to work down at Capitol Hill.
:)
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Tue Apr-22-08 11:14 AM
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That's just as likely as your wish list.
Obama and Hillary will be Democratic Centrists. Better than the last 8 years, no more.
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Tue Apr-22-08 11:16 AM
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22. Immediately rescind ALL signing statements issued by the previous occupant... |
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...release ALL presidential papers being covered up by the son bush of poppy bush, launch criminal investigations into the illegal activities of the Pentagon, the Department of Defense, the Office of the Vice-President, the office of the Secretary of State, the Justice department and the former president.
Immediately rescind the tax gifts to the wealthy and levy a windfall tax equal to 100% of the profits from the last 8 years of every major oil corporation doing business in the United States.
Levy fines against Halliburton and Bechtel and all subsidiaries equal to all monies "won" in government contracts for the duration of the Iraq occupation.
Outlaw the Republican party as a terrorist organisation.
Reinstate the fairness doctrine.
Begin the drawdown of US troops in Iraq.
Then, on day two, he can go after the credit card companies and the health insurance scumbags...
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Tue Apr-22-08 11:17 AM
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FYI Amtrak does not use our own rails. We use the freight rail's lines at cost. If they were ours we'd get there on time just about every time.
And the tracks in the North-East Corridor and Western Corridor run the High Speed Rail Acela lines. They are DAMN fast but not bullet trains...hardly antiquated! Now the rest of the country? Yeah...some serious antiquation going on there.
Bullet trains would be the bombdiggity.
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Tue Apr-22-08 11:18 AM
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24. Hand Bush and Cheney over to The Hague for War Crimes |
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I want those torturing cretins to be locked up forever.
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Tue Apr-22-08 11:44 AM
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them somewhere near baghdad. no body armor, 1-2 weapons. no vehicle. Let them figure out this mess.
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Tue Apr-22-08 11:21 AM
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25. Begin the process to stop the war... |
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2. Restore the constitution 3. request investigations on the previous administration
Add those with your list.
that should keep him busy
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Tue Apr-22-08 11:39 AM
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30. Thank Hillary Clinton for her amazing two-term presidency. |
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Tue Apr-22-08 11:41 AM
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31. Give a series of speeches on the need for a free and fair Media in order to maintain |
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an educated electorate. A precursor for a successful Democracy.
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Declare the Iraq war null and void due to the Iraq .gov failure to meet benchmarks
Cancel the Ares 1 and Ares V program pending a review of the Grassroots program "DIRECT" Start an investigation on why the rockets were not declared bad long ago and if connections to industry were involved. This involves the firing of Administrator Michael Griffin and possible Investigation of his involvement with slowing acceptance of the DIRECT idea.
Reversal of any executive orders slowing the release of .gov info that can be used by the people to find evidence against the crooks in the past administrations.
Ordering massive funding put forward into the US NAVY Railgun and Fusion systems so that these systems can come online as soon as possible.
Asking Congress to pass a law declaring ALL E-Voting machines against the law to use.
Starting a program for the citizens to design a hacker proof powerless and clear voting machine that can be manufactured for 100-500 dollars a machine. Priority on standardization and ability for people to easily see their vote being punched and stored. A charge system by turning a handle slowly can replace the electrical system.
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Tue Apr-22-08 12:11 PM
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36. Imprison Bush and his minions. |
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