Oh, those Pesky Facts.

[sheshe2]

http://theobamadiary.com/


*************** This is the Barack Obama Group*******************

[shenmue]

1. :)

He's good at that Presidenting stuff after all.

[mcar]

2. But but

He's a failure, and weak and a dictator and lawless and hasn't accomplished one thing in his entire presidency!11!

[sheshe2]

20. Oh noes~

How could I have missed all that failure

LOL thanks mcar!

[zbdent]

25. and don't forget that pesky furner ...

Ben Gazzi!

[raven mad]

42. That was my first thought after but........but.........but.......

[Tarheel_Dem]

3. Much like Lyndon Johnson, this president won't get his due until long after he leaves the WH.

[sheshe2]

21. Bingo, Tarheel!

He won't get his due from some for awhile.

Then some of us know better now!

[zbdent]

27. Remember, Rs were saying "You won't know the legacy of Bush43 immediately, maybe decades!"

and yet, they dismiss Obama as a failure.

Of course Bush43 looks better the further away from 1/19/2009 we get ... it's the "Tootsie" effect.

[RVN VET]

35. Nah, i think you can say that his the Bush43 Presidency is a little less painful to contemplate

with each passing year, but Bush43 -- and his Presidency -- were the worst things that ever happened to this country. Time can heal the pain but not the facts.

[treestar]

4. And all that with his hands tied behind his back

That is, Republicans!

[sheshe2]

7. Yup.

First they vowed to make him a 1 term president.



And~





treestar!

[left on green only]

5. Just Think Of What That Chart Could Have Looked Like

If President Obama had had a congress that was working with him, instead of against him.

[bkanderson76]

6. Can't Be......ain't what the Foxer Nuts say....just can't be

[ErikJ]

33. "Worst president in history" Obama is trying to destroy the country"!

blah blah blah. HAHAHA No wonder nobody with a brain takes them seriously.

[IrishAyes]

8. Thanks for sharing, sheshe.

It's a beautiful chart indeed.

I don't know whether some of the local teabaggers have left me in peace a lot more lately because they've given up on me, or whether any of them are beginning to see the light. At least a glimmer.... in the distance....

President Obama's correct, too, about how several years from now when ACA's in full swing, lots of people will NOT want to call it ObamaCare. God forbid POTUS should get credit for anything!

[sheshe2]

11. Irish, I want to believe that they are leaving you in peace

because they are indeed seeing a glimmer of light.

[IrishAyes]

13. I try not to bang their bony heads together, tempting as it is.

Though I certainly put a stop to that political hate crap they wanted to vomit in Sunday School. Ruined their fun, I did, and I'm not even a member of that congregation - just a regular visitor. Cheeky! You'd think with recent events and GOP scandals, there wouldn't be a single Republican left in town. But I am convinced that HRC could carry this county in '16, if not the whole state. And I am keeping my eyes on midterms, never worry.

[albino65]

9. I cannot wait

for the Obama-bashers on DU to chime in. Oh, maybe they're still at dinner.

[sheshe2]

12. This is posted in the Barack Obama Group.

All groups have mission statements and rules. We are not a forum, I hope that is indeed honored.

[albino65]

15. I wasn't aware of this group

You don't get a lot of play on the home page. Maybe I should lurk here.

[sheshe2]

23. Oh you're more than welcome to post here.

The rules are easy to follow, albino.

IMHO, we get a lot of play in GD and the home page, sadly not as much as the bashing.

[treestar]

17. Yes, but you know how they show up

because they get it from the Latest Posts and don't notice they are in the BOG.

[sheshe2]

18. but but but,

How could I possibly know!?

Hint!

*************** This is the Barack Obama Group*******************

[IrishAyes]

14. Well, they won't show up until they've had their after-dinner fun: pulling wings off flies.

[brer cat]

10. Great chart, sheshe2.

Thanks for sharing.

K&R

[sheshe2]

24. Thanks brer cat!

[heaven05]

16. positive is good

And my POTUS did face unparalleled, immense opposition by a gaggle of hateful bigots disguised as congress people. Better than any RWer would have done, I'm sure.

[Thinkingabout]

19. Perhaps the GOP will realize in spite of their best efforts Obama still has a winning record.

We could be years ahead if the GOP did not have to be pulled every inch of the track just to get them to the finish line.

[tecelote]

22. K&R

[ErikJ]

26. Some Chart Problems-it was even worse!

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The Dow went down to 6500 shortly after Obama took over so the 7950 doesnt show the depth of the Bush crash.

I've heard the GDP GROWTH went as low as -9%.

TYPO?-The DEFICIT GDP should be DEFICIT/GDP or DEFICIT-to-GDP or deficit as a percent of GDP.

And the Unemployment went all the way up to 10.5% shortly after Obama took office again not showing the full extent Obama has dug us out.

[SunSeeker]

29. Exactly what I was thinking. Obama did even more than this chart shows. nt

[sheshe2]

31. LOL, love ya SunSeeker!

[SunSeeker]

32. Right back atcha, sheshe2.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

37. true.

Thanks for pointing that out.

[tweeternik]

28. Worst President ever!

All this and much more, with NO cooperation from the "loyal opposition"!!

[sheshe2]

30. Kicking the awesomeness of the BOG!

all!

[TBF]

34. Exactly ...

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[hue]

36. Reposted on my FB page!! Nice graphic!!

[Progressive dog]

38. And that's just the economy

[swilton]

39. Two words

Climate Change

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2014/02/flooding_in_britain.html

[sheshe2]

40. Yes

Obama Administration Moves Forward on Climate Change Without Congress

President Barack Obama is tired of waiting for Congress to move on legislation to reduce carbon emissions, and his administration is poised to move forward on actions to do just that—including a move that will effectively eliminate the possibility of any new coal plant opening in the United States, experts say.

"We can choose to believe that Superstorm Sandy, and the most severe drought in decades, and the worst wildfires some states have ever seen were all just a freak coincidence," Obama said during his State of the Union address. "Or we can choose to believe in the overwhelming judgment of science—and act before it's too late."

snip

If Congress won't act soon to protect future generations, I will," he said. "I will direct my Cabinet to come up with executive actions we can take, now and in the future, to reduce pollution, prepare our communities for the consequences of climate change, and speed the transition to more sustainable sources of energy."

But what can Obama do?

Industry insiders, lobbyists, and experts say the president has already gotten the ball rolling on a host of administrative actions that he was likely alluding to in his speech.

James McGarry, a policy analyst at the Chesapeake Climate Action Network, a regional group that supports climate change legislation, says that thanks to a 2007 Supreme Court decision forcing the Environmental Protection Agency to move ahead with regulating carbon dioxide and some other gases as pollutants, the Obama administration is already working unilaterally to curb emissions but their biggest moves to date are imminent.

snip

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/02/22/obama-administration-moves-forward-on-climate-change-without-congress

ENERGY Clean Energy Experts to Offer Obama a Path Forward Without CongressA new report will suggest 200 executive actions on climate and energy.

The report stems from a 90-minute meeting Obama held with Ritter and other energy experts last March. Since that meeting, Ritter has been in regular contact with the White House and he and other experts who were involved briefed Cabinet members on the report last week.

While he doesn't have any plans to meet with Obama again, Ritter said he does plan to meet with John Podesta, Obama's new senior adviser on these issues, and others sometime in the next week or so.

One White House official praised the report. "The administration is committed to moving to cleaner energy solutions, and welcomes this set of recommendations for moving forward on energy efficiency, renewables, advanced vehicles, and other key energy priorities," White House spokesman Matt Lehrich said in an email.

The Environmental Protection Agency's carbon regulations for power plants are the cornerstone of Obama's climate agenda, and they certainly draw the most criticism. But the White House is simultaneously implementing many other components of his plan announced in June, and the report to be released Tuesday will show the breadth of what an administration can do without Congress.

http://www.nationaljournal.com/energy/what-obama-can-do-on-climate-change-without-congress-20140120

[swilton]

43. Green technologies are not going to be the panacea for climate change

With the planned obsolescence and waste embedded in the system, changing the light bulbs and driving a few hybrid vehicles contributes to the GHG emissions.....There is no way to 'grow our way' out of the environmental crisis no matter how many statistics big business produces. Big business initiatives such as fuel efficient cars for example just cause people to dry farther with more cars.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/21743-missing-the-marx-more-or-less-on-intellectual-failure-and-environmental-catastrophe#.Uvf8yXMHtWA.email

Since the initial climate change summit at Rio de Janeiro in 1992, administrations from both parties have worked to undermine the emissions reductions and weaken participation by other states. This was especially true of the Obama Administration's behavior at the Copenhagen Summit when he worked behind closed doors to undermine participation...Now it is coming out about the NSA spying on the participants. Despite SoS Kerry's rhetoric, there has been limited actions by this administration to reduce climate change - in fact by pushing the Trans XL and TPP, their initiatives will make climate emissions worse.

http://www.democracynow.org/2013/11/20/finance_climate_action_not_fossil_fuel

Look at who Obama appoints as Energy Secretary - big ties to BP and fracking and nuclear industries...

http://www.democracynow.org/2013/3/26/energy_nominee_ernest_moniz_criticized_for


http://www.democracynow.org/2014/2/13/this_should_not_come_as_a

Despite the rosy scenario that these pro-corporate (and let's be honest they are all pro-corporate statistics and come from big business), the statistics for the 99% of the US population are worse....The unemployment numbers for example don't reflect the lack of employment for the people who have stopped looking for work...They also don't measure the rising gap in
income inequality like life expectancy which is a derivative of the rising inequality..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy

And I will not even mention the statistics on war and peace and how our military empire is expanding and has expanded over the past 5 years, nor will I mention Obama's being the first Democratic Party president to put social security and medicare cuts on the table....and to privatize public education.

[SheilaT]

41. And despite this,

a remarkable number of posters here say that the economy is just as bad as ever, no one gets hired anymore, especially no one over 60. Or over 50. Or over 40. It's completely impossible to retire, ever. And so on.

I'm with you, however. Things have gotten better. They can still get a lot better and I hope they will.

When I was much younger I was taught that revolutions were most likely to occur not when things were at their worst, but only after things had started to get better.

[KamaAina]

44. Reality has a well-known liberal bias.

[Iliyah]

45. K & R

Corporate media won't cover this. GOPers in congress instead of creating jobs, helping the unemployment, cutting social issues, fucking with women rights and her body, fucking with voting rights, won't do a damn thing about immigration, gun control, y'know the things that would benefit common Americans, but house gopers are securing a bill "stopping the President from overreaching" bill. What a load of shit.