Micawber (06-13-2018)
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Remind us again what Obama did to earn the Nobel Peace Prize
He avoided being Bush. Whoever gets rid of the current buffoon should have five!
Micawber (06-13-2018)
"When government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny."
A lie doesn't become the truth, wrong doesn't become right, and evil doesn't become good just because it is accepted by a majority.
Author: Booker T. Washington
Could it be because no other president has thrown the US under the bus?
"The following is a list of the 10 most significant apologies by the President of the United States in his first four months of office as they relate to foreign policy and national security issues.
1. Apology to France and Europe ("America Has Shown Arrogance")
Speech by President Obama, Rhenus Sports Arena, Strasbourg, France, April 3, 2009.[1]
So we must be honest with ourselves. In recent years we've allowed our Alliance to drift. I know that there have been honest disagreements over policy, but we also know that there's something more that has crept into our relationship. In America, there's a failure to appreciate Europe's leading role in the world. Instead of celebrating your dynamic union and seeking to partner with you to meet common challenges, there have been times where America has shown arrogance and been dismissive, even derisive.
2. Apology to the Muslim World ("We Have Not Been Perfect")
President Obama, interview with Al Arabiya, January 27, 2009.[2]
My job to the Muslim world is to communicate that the Americans are not your enemy. We sometimes make mistakes. We have not been perfect. But if you look at the track record, as you say, America was not born as a colonial power, and that the same respect and partnership that America had with the Muslim world as recently as 20 or 30 years ago, there's no reason why we can't restore that.
3. Apology to the Summit of the Americas ("At Times We Sought to Dictate Our Terms")
President Obama, address to the Summit of the Americas opening ceremony, Hyatt Regency, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, April 17, 2009.[3]
All of us must now renew the common stake that we have in one another. I know that promises of partnership have gone unfulfilled in the past, and that trust has to be earned over time. While the United States has done much to promote peace and prosperity in the hemisphere, we have at times been disengaged, and at times we sought to dictate our terms. But I pledge to you that we seek an equal partnership. There is no senior partner and junior partner in our relations; there is simply engagement based on mutual respect and common interests and shared values. So I'm here to launch a new chapter of engagement that will be sustained throughout my administration.
The United States will be willing to acknowledge past errors where those errors have been made.
4. Apology at the G-20 Summit of World Leaders ("Some Restoration of America's Standing in the World")
News conference by President Obama, ExCel Center, London, United Kingdom, April 2, 2009.[4]
I would like to think that with my election and the early decisions that we've made, that you're starting to see some restoration of America's standing in the world. And although, as you know, I always mistrust polls, international polls seem to indicate that you're seeing people more hopeful about America's leadership.
I just think in a world that is as complex as it is, that it is very important for us to be able to forge partnerships as opposed to simply dictating solutions. Just to try to crystallize the example, there's been a lot of comparison here about Bretton Woods. "Oh, well, last time you saw the entire international architecture being remade." Well, if there's just Roosevelt and Churchill sitting in a room with a brandy, that's an easier negotiation. But that's not the world we live in, and it shouldn't be the world that we live in.
5. Apology for the War on Terror ("We Went off Course")
President Obama, speech at the National Archives, Washington, D.C., May 21, 2009.[5]
Unfortunately, faced with an uncertain threat, our government made a series of hasty decisions. I believe that many of these decisions were motivated by a sincere desire to protect the American people. But I also believe that all too often our government made decisions based on fear rather than foresight; that all too often our government trimmed facts and evidence to fit ideological predispositions. Instead of strategically applying our power and our principles, too often we set those principles aside as luxuries that we could no longer afford. And during this season of fear, too many of us--Democrats and Republicans, politicians, journalists, and citizens--fell silent.
In other words, we went off course. And this is not my assessment alone. It was an assessment that was shared by the American people who nominated candidates for President from both major parties who, despite our many differences, called for a new approach--one that rejected torture and one that recognized the imperative of closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay.
6. Apology for Guantanamo in France ("Sacrificing Your Values")
Speech by President Obama, Rhenus Sports Arena, Strasbourg, France, April 3, 2009.[6]
Our two republics were founded in service of these ideals. In America, it is written into our founding documents as "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." In France: "Liberté"--absolutely--"egalité, fraternité." Our moral authority is derived from the fact that generations of our citizens have fought and bled to uphold these values in our nations and others. And that's why we can never sacrifice them for expedience's sake. That's why I've ordered the closing of the detention center in Guantanamo Bay. That's why I can stand here today and say without equivocation or exception that the United States of America does not and will not torture.
In dealing with terrorism, we can't lose sight of our values and who we are. That's why I closed Guantanamo. That's why I made very clear that we will not engage in certain interrogation practices. I don't believe that there is a contradiction between our security and our values. And when you start sacrificing your values, when you lose yourself, then over the long term that will make you less secure.
7. Apology before the Turkish Parliament ("Our Own Darker Periods in Our History")
Speech by President Obama to the Turkish Parliament, Ankara, Turkey, April 6, 2009.[7]
Every challenge that we face is more easily met if we tend to our own democratic foundation. This work is never over. That's why, in the United States, we recently ordered the prison at Guantanamo Bay closed. That's why we prohibited--without exception or equivocation--the use of torture. All of us have to change. And sometimes change is hard.
Another issue that confronts all democracies as they move to the future is how we deal with the past. The United States is still working through some of our own darker periods in our history. Facing the Washington Monument that I spoke of is a memorial of Abraham Lincoln, the man who freed those who were enslaved even after Washington led our Revolution. Our country still struggles with the legacies of slavery and segregation, the past treatment of Native Americans.
Human endeavor is by its nature imperfect. History is often tragic, but unresolved, it can be a heavy weight. Each country must work through its past. And reckoning with the past can help us seize a better future.
8. Apology for U.S. Policy toward the Americas ("The United States Has Not Pursued and Sustained Engagement with Our Neighbors")
Opinion editorial by President Obama: "Choosing a Better Future in the Americas," April 16, 2009.[8]
Too often, the United States has not pursued and sustained engagement with our neighbors. We have been too easily distracted by other priorities, and have failed to see that our own progress is tied directly to progress throughout the Americas. My Administration is committed to the promise of a new day. We will renew and sustain a broader partnership between the United States and the hemisphere on behalf of our common prosperity and our common security.
9. Apology for the Mistakes of the CIA ("Potentially We've Made Some Mistakes")
Remarks by the President to CIA employees, CIA Headquarters, Langley, Virginia, April 20, 2009.[9] The remarks followed the controversial decision to release Office of Legal Counsel memoranda detailing CIA enhanced interrogation techniques used against terrorist suspects.
So don't be discouraged by what's happened in the last few weeks. Don't be discouraged that we have to acknowledge potentially we've made some mistakes. That's how we learn. But the fact that we are willing to acknowledge them and then move forward, that is precisely why I am proud to be President of the United States, and that's why you should be proud to be members of the CIA.
10. Apology for Guantanamo in Washington ("A Rallying Cry for Our Enemies")
President Obama, speech at the National Archives, Washington, D.C., May 21, 2009.[10]
There is also no question that Guantanamo set back the moral authority that is America's strongest currency in the world. Instead of building a durable framework for the struggle against al Qaeda that drew upon our deeply held values and traditions, our government was defending positions that undermined the rule of law. In fact, part of the rationale for establishing Guantanamo in the first place was the misplaced notion that a prison there would be beyond the law--a proposition that the Supreme Court soundly rejected. Meanwhile, instead of serving as a tool to counter terrorism, Guantanamo became a symbol that helped al Qaeda recruit terrorists to its cause. Indeed, the existence of Guantanamo likely created more terrorists around the world than it ever detained.
So the record is clear: Rather than keeping us safer, the prison at Guantanamo has weakened American national security. It is a rallying cry for our enemies."
Sailor (06-13-2018)
First and foremost, he beat the unaccomplished criminal harpy you supported. Here's the list AGAIN....save it so you don't have to keep asking the same moronic questions over and over again.
He's been in office a mere 17 months and here's a list:
ON TRADE
KILLED TPP
$350+ billion deal with Saudi Arabia ($110 billion in arms $250 billion in trade/investment) creating 100,000’s of jobs in both countries, historic.
Pulled out of PARIS ACCORD
Had a major victory on sugar exports from Mexico. Made Mexico drop the exports % and the amount of refined sugar. Will help our sugar industry and the US sugar mills that produce refined sugar from raw sugar.
Notified Congress of NAFTA renegotiation on May 18th. Talks can start 90 days later on Aug 16th, 2017
China Trade deal opening up beef and LNG gas as well as giving a way to get 1 billion Chinese credit scores so the USA can offer them credit. Trade deal was done in record time.
Sec Ross has slapped more than $2 billion in fines on China and Canada for illegal trade practices.
the U.S. Department of Agriculture has reached agreement with Chinese officials on final details of a protocol to allow the U.S. to begin the beef exports to China (6/12/17). The first beef has been imported to China (06/30/17 and Sec Predue cut and ate a USDA prime rib in China)
REOPENING KORUS trade deal per Sarah Sanders press briefing on 06/30/17)
On Economy
Unemployment rate 4.3% u-3 and 8.4% U6
Proposed a $1 Trillion infrastructure project
Stock Market at Historic Highs (as of 6/11/17 Dow up 16% NASDAQ up 19.5% since election day)
US homes prices climb at fastest pace In 3 years per CNBC.
Jobless claims hit 28 year low in Apr
OPEC broken can no longer set prices due to USA energy production unleashed
Secured $50 billion investment from Japan
Secured $20 billion investment from Exxon in Gulf coast
Gasoline at $1.95/gallon in Central NC (lowest price at this time of year since 2005 for entire US 06/30/17)
Repealed 14 Obama regulations via CRA saving $ billions in costs to the economy
Atlanta Fed sees 3.6% growth in 2nd qt
Federal debt is 130,455,438,424.64 billion LOWER since Dec 30th 2016 (as of 06/24/17) per treasurydirect.gov
Federal surplus was $182 billion at end of Apr (unexpected)
Consumer and business confidence at record highs
North Dakota experiencing a boom since Dakota access pipeline finished (500,000 Barrels now flowing through pipeline per day)
Keystone pipeline construction ongoing
Mining, steel and oil/gas jobs booming
Mines reopening
600,000+ JOBS created since Jan1st (per BLS) 800,000+ per ADP
Directed Dep’t of Commerce to streamline Federal permitting processes for domestic manufacturing
Launched United States-Canada Council for Advancement of Women Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders with Canadian PM Justin Trudeau
Cut 1.6 billion costs from Air Force one and F-35 airplanes.
Regulatory freeze on all federal governmental agencies
Making agencies cut 2 regulations for each new one.
Saw the opening of the first NEW COAL MINE IN PA in YEARS creating 70 jobs at the mine and more than 400+ supporting jobs in the community. (06/10/17) Per foxnews.
Coal for Central Appalachian coal has increased 8.95% this year. Increasing the economy for SE OH, SW PA, VA, MD and WVA
Maine unemployment at 32 year low. The State dept of unemployment forced to layoff people because of lack of claims
Food Stamp spending is down almost $1 billion per month and $12 billion per year per USAD
Black unemployment at a 17 year low in May at 7.5% per Bureau of Labor Statistics. (06/24/17)
Coal mining rose 19% in USA for first 5 months per US energy Department
1st qrt GDP revised up to 1.4%
USA now pumping 500k more barrels of oil per day since Dec 31st. Now at 9.3 million bpd. 3rd in the world only 1.2 million bdp behind Russia and Saudi Arabia
USA is the world leader in natural gas production
Institute for Supply Management says its manufacturing index rose to 57.8 last month from 54.9 in May. Anything above 50 signals that factory activity is increasing (07/03/17)
15 of 18 manufacturing industries posted growth in JUNE per ISM (07/03/17)
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) statistics for fiscal year (FY) 2017 show that food stamp enrollment decreased nationwide by 2.9 percent over the past year (07/05/17)
On Immigration
Authorized DHS to hire 10,000 ICE officers & 5,000 border patrol agents
Secured funding for more immigration judges for deportation cases in 2017 budget
Ended "catch and release” policy
ICE arrests up 40% as of May
ICE arrests are 75% criminal illegals as of May
Ice Arrests for non criminal illegals up 150% as of May due to sanctuary cities polices making Ice go to the home instead of the court houses
70%+ decrease in border crossings of illegal aliens in JAN,FEB,MAR,APR) 64% down in MAY
No Cuban refugees seen by Coast Guard in Apr first time in 7 years
Open bidding and plans submitted for the WALL. Finalists selected, prototypes to be unveiled this summer per CBP official/Breitbart news.
6ft chain linked fences being replaced by 20ft hardened steel fencing at border
More than 1400 gang members have been arrested by ICE
This year the U.S. has already deported 398 MS-13 gang members back to El Salvador – compared to only 534 for all of 2016
Texas has passed a law outlawing sanctuary cities
Foods stamp requests by ILLEGALS D O W N
The Trump administration has moved to reopen the cases of hundreds of illegal immigrants who had been given a reprieve from deportation by Obama
Per Sec Kelly Plans are to start building the WALL by end of summer.
Travel ban EO cut refugees to 50,000. Has been blocked by courts so far.
per Breitbart Sec Kelly has refused to expand H2-B visa program in FY 2017 Update 06/22/17 Sec Kelly will expand the H2-b visa program for a limited number of businesses that are in danger of failing and can’t find employment per breitbart.
Pres Trump Sec of DHS ended DAPA (06/16/17)
Refugees dropped by half entering the USA in first three months of Pres Trump’s admin over Obama’s admin. (6/24/17 per Washington Times)
Per Pres Trump 6,000 MS-13 gang members arrested in first 5 months
Per Sec Kelly 66,000 mostly criminal illegals arrested by ICE in first 5 months
Kate’s Law passed the House 06/29/17)
No Sanctuary Cities Law Passed the House (06/29/17)
Illegal immigrant arrests in San Diego, Ca have more than doubled from 2016 and 2015 figures per the San Diego Union Tribune (07/04/17)
In a reversal of Obama administration policy, federal prosecutors with Operation Streamline are filing criminal charges against migrants the first time they are caught crossing the border illegally. Per Tucson.com and breitbart (07/05/17)
Refugee Arrivals Plummet in Week After Supreme Court Ruling on Trump Executive Order per Breitbart and Department of State website (07/05/17)
ON LAW and ORDER
Authorities have arrested an unprecedented number of sexual predators involved in child sex trafficking rings in the United States and around the world
DOJ issues new sentencing guideline to enforce tougher laws on drug dealers
DOJ stops Obama’s slush funds
Massive raids on gangs going on across the nation
More arrests for voter fraud in 2017 then anytime in recent history.
DOJ and DHS ordered to take on transnational criminal gangs
No tolerance for violence against LEO with a signed EO
Fired FBI director
Nominated Wray for FBI director
Nominated 21 conservative judges to the federal court
AG Sessions dismantling the Obama legal doctrine brick by brick at the DOJ per Bloomberg (06/29/17)
Operation Broken Heart lead by the DOJ arrested over 1,012 sexual child predators across the nation bringing 69,000 cases against them. (06/28/17)
AG Sessions has asked for an extra $26 million to hire 300 prosecutors devoted to gang violence and deportation cases per Bloomberg (06/29/17)
DOJ drops case against the Washington Redskins (06/30/17) the era of Political correctness is over.
AG Sessions condemned murder of NYPD on (07/05/17) calling the attack cowardly.
ON Congressional and Executive action
Confirmed Gorsuch to SCOTUS
Signed 39+ Laws so far
Signed more than 40+ EO
Reviewing the Obama land grabs
Reviewing and repealing Obama’s regulations
Obamacare repeal and replace passed House stuck in Senate
Tax cuts and reform moving through Congress
Submitted 2018 Budget that cuts spending and give a pathway to a balanced budget in 10 years.
Returned power to make decisions on “transgender bathrooms” to states
Instituted 5-year lobbying ban for all Executive branch appointees
Instituted permanent lobbying ban for foreign governments for all Executive branch appointees
Banned aid helping foreign countries provide abortions (Mexico City Policy)
Formed Commission on voter fraud led by VP Pence
Returned the mission of NASA to space exploration
Installing aspects of extreme vetting at points of entry to the USA
signed Two bills into Law on June 2nd that makes it easier for family members of slain LEO to get benefits and that helps hire Veterans as LEO
Sec of VA is starting process to combine the DOD and VA medical records to improve Veteran’s health. Massive shift in government policy.
Pushing a massive overhaul of our FAA Air Traffic control….
House votes to roll back Dodd Frank goes to the Senate
Senate votes for VA accountability act. Goes to House passed house 06/13/17 major victory for Trump agenda signed into law on 06/23/17
Pushing an apprentice program to train skilled works to fill 6 million open positions.
The U.S. Treasury Department unveiled a sweeping plan on Monday to upend the country's financial regulatory framework, 80% of which will be done from the executive side and does not need Congress. MAGA!!!!!
Signed EO to reshape the education system of the USA to include votech and apprenticeships
Did away with rules requiring the Federal government to report on the Y2K bug 17 years after 2000.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order creating an accountability and whistleblower protection office at the Department of Veterans Affairs.(04/ 27/2017)
Sec Zinke moves to purge the Interior department of Obama holdovers (6/16/17 per Washington post)
Energy Department eliminating the Office of International Climate and Technology
22 federal agency task force formed to help the rural America fight regulations and lack of prosperity led by Sec Perdue
Environmental Protection Agency has ended a nearly $1 million program that provided gym memberships for employees
5-0 in special elections (GA6 primary, KS, MT, GA6 final election, SC)
Sec Kelly dropped many “Pro-Obama Islamic groups from funding” Groups that pushed for sharia law and closed muslim communities within the USA. (06/23/17
TRAVEL BAN upheld by SCOTUS by 9-0 ruling. Extreme vetting will now become law of the land.
ScottPruitt signed #WOTUS proposed rule, supporting @POTUS order to restore the rule of law.
Travel BAN now in full effect across the world. (06/29/17)
Signed agreement to construct oil pipeline into Mexico
Opening up LNG centers to ship LNG across the world (06/29/17)
Introduced 6 point plan to unleash American energy (off shore, Nuclear, coal, NG,Oil, renewable) (06/29/17)
President Trump Signs EO Reviving The National Space Council (06/30/17)
Pentagon halts Obama’s transgender plan (07/01/17 per Breitbart)
Sec Devos has stopped two obama regulations from going into effect which would have harmed for profit colleges. The Gainful Employment rule and the Borrower Defense rule (06/30/17)
On May 4th, 2017 Pres Trump signed the Religious Freedom EO ordering his admin among other things to not enforce the Johnson amendment.
Reduced White House expenses by $22 million by reducing staffing levels form Obama levels. Doing more with less
. Donald Trump’s first-quarter salary donation will help fund the restoration of two projects at Antietam National Battlefield, Department of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced Wednesday per Breitbart (07/05/117)
On Foreign Policy
Secured a 34,000 Arab force to fight ISIS in Iraq and Syria
Sent 3 carrier battle groups to NK to pressure them on nuclear program, installed THADD in SK and Japan
Working with China on NK
Sent Navy to south China Sea to secure sea lines
Fired 60 Tomahawks after a gas attack
Got the G7 countries to agree that a nation has a right to control migration and immigration
Had G7 countries agree NK was a threat
Had G7 nations agree that Trade should be FAIR as well as FREE and that nations can punish non fair trade
Had NATO agree to pay more and got more countries to pay their fair share of defense pact
Have met with more than 100 of the world leaders many at the White House
Pulled out of Paris Accord and freed the USA from the economic Slavery Obama sold us into
Have surrounded ISIS in Iraq and Syria strongholds
Have killed the ISIS commander in Afghanistan and reduced their strength by 2/3rd in Afghanistan
Dropped the MOAB on ISIS killing more than 90 ISIS fighters
First sitting POTUS to pray at the Western Wall
Restarted peace process between Israel and PLO
Visited the land of the three major religions in the world
Opening of center to defeat radical Islam in cyberspace during Saudi Arabia visit. One orb to find them in the darkness and bind them.
Gave powerful speech in the heart of Islam about the need to reform Islam and drive out the radicals
Had G7 countries agree that refugees should stay as close as possible to home country and be returned when the threat is gone
Got the Arab nations to cut ties to Qatar for funding terrorists. Massive historic shift in diplomatic actions in the Muslim world.
Started the assault on Raqqa in Syria to defeat ISIS on June 6th 2017.
Got Romania to up it’s NATO funding to 2.1% of GDP
Has the Special Forces helping relieve siege in Philippines.
visiting Poland (07/05/16)
Per Sec Tillerson. The PLO has stopped the payments to terrorists families. Major change in PLO policy.
Pres Trump’s State department secured the release of American citizen Otto Warmbeir from NK without paying $400 million ransom
Pres Trump admin secured the release of American citizen, Aya Hijazifor, from Egypt Jail without paying $400 million ransom.
Obama appointed Ambassador to Qatar “quit” during the biggest Crisis in Qatar’s history. What was she hiding?
Gave Sec Mattis authority to set troop numbers in Afghanistan to turn the tide of the war. 06/16/17 .
Rolled back Obama’s Cuban policy. 06/16/17
Canada promised to increase defense spending by 70% (06/16/17)
Gulf Countries sent Qatar a list of demands to defund terrorism, reject the Muslim brother hood so Qatar can return to the fold, direct consequence of Pres Trump’s trip to the middle east. Qatar has since rejected these demands setting a possible military conflict (updated 06/30/17)
NATO countries (excluding the US) increase defense spending by 4.3% from last year per daily mail and breitbart(06/30/17).
Per Iraq military Mosul has fallen. ISIS no longer controls the city. Just a couple pockets of resistance left per independent (06/30/17)
Imposed Sanctions on major China Bank for it’s funding of North Korea and has declared the admin will work to cut North Korea off from access to the US financial market. (06/29/17)
approved a $1.42billion arms deal with Taiwan (07/02/17)
Reached out by Twitter to offer help to save baby Charlie Gard (07/03/17)
The US ambassador to the UN threatens China and other countries who trade with North Korea with blockage from the USA market. (07/05/17)
Pres Trump increases the threat to use of trade access to the US market to stop North Korea setting up a potential for a trade war with China (07/05/17)
"When government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny."
A lie doesn't become the truth, wrong doesn't become right, and evil doesn't become good just because it is accepted by a majority.
Author: Booker T. Washington
Lets see…
He sold weapons to the Saudis, sold weapons and gave aid to the Israelis, supported a fascist coup in Ukraine, supported a fascist coup in Honduras, plunged Libya into a desolate wasteland (formerly the most successful country in Africa), supported the brutal war in Yemen, and worked with Israel and Wahhabi attack dogs to overthrow the secular Assad government in Syria.
Totally peaceful am I rite?
Controlled Opposition (06-14-2018)
Controlled Opposition (06-14-2018), Zarathustra (06-13-2018)
The Nobel "Peace" Prize is a frigging dog and pony show for the Euroweenie Left anyways. No Republican/Conservative has ever won it. Not even during the height of the 80s when we had Reagan, Thatcher, and Pope JPII who helped to hasten the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Truth Detector (06-13-2018)
"When government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny."
A lie doesn't become the truth, wrong doesn't become right, and evil doesn't become good just because it is accepted by a majority.
Author: Booker T. Washington
"When government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny."
A lie doesn't become the truth, wrong doesn't become right, and evil doesn't become good just because it is accepted by a majority.
Author: Booker T. Washington
We have the intellect to imagine the finality of our own demise but do not have the sophistication to overcome our survival instinct and accept it.
Solution? Magical thinking and childish promises of everlasting life.
Ergo, religion.
rac·ist
rāsəst/noun
a person who believes that a particular race is superior to another.
Ask yourself honestly if this describes what you believe to be true.
If the answer is yes, you are a racist.
We have the intellect to imagine the finality of our own demise but do not have the sophistication to overcome our survival instinct and accept it.
Solution? Magical thinking and childish promises of everlasting life.
Ergo, religion.
rac·ist
rāsəst/noun
a person who believes that a particular race is superior to another.
Ask yourself honestly if this describes what you believe to be true.
If the answer is yes, you are a racist.
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