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texastoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-16-08 09:31 PM
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The Democratic President's To-Do List After Inauguration
Meet with the new Congress and establish the visionary agenda

Repeal all the FISA laws shrub enacted

Review all signing statements from 2000-2008 for nullification

Begin investigations on (fill in the blanks for me, please)

Energy policy
"Weapons of mass destruction"

Assign legislation to be written to eliminate corporate welfare (especially for the energy sector)

Encourage Smart Growth and penalize urban sprawl

Review all environmental legislation passed from 2000-2008 to establish long-term viability and revise all as needed


WHAT ELSE?

What else does the new President have waiting to clean up after the Worst President Ever?


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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-16-08 09:36 PM
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1. Close Gitmo and any and all "secret" prisons.
Start holding fair hearings for prisoners (or let them go if they are only jailed for being a Muslim).

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shraby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-16-08 09:37 PM
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2. Review all executive orders and repeal
at will.
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ossman Donating Member (883 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-16-08 09:37 PM
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3. Make voting easier. Weekend elections will guarantee more Dem votes.
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DJ13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-16-08 09:39 PM
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4. Replace all the "O" keys on the computer keyboards
:yoiks:
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LakeSamish706 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-16-08 09:39 PM
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5. Make sure that the Constitution is fully restored immediately... and habeaus corpus of course...
Edited on Fri May-16-08 09:42 PM by LakeSamish706
Get at investigations into the crimes of the previous Administration with possibly turning the criminals over to the UN for criminal charges.
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DearAbby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-16-08 09:43 PM
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6. 1. Fumigate the White House
2. Change the locks.
3. Throw out the Bean dip, tacos, El Paso Salsa.
4. Send all the cartons of cigarettes, hidden by Laura Bush, back to Crawford,
Postage due.
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newmajority Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-16-08 09:54 PM
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7. Open up the law books to the last thing signed by Jimmy Carter
And rip out everything after that, and shred every last worthless, unconstitutional page of it.
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RUMMYisFROSTED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-16-08 09:59 PM
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8. Return to an 80% progressive tax.
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Democrats_win Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-16-08 10:36 PM
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9. Yes! We need to fundamentally change the economic formulas.
Edited on Fri May-16-08 10:38 PM by Democrats_win
Rich people owe our country a lot of money. They owe that money to the country that gave them so much and for the taxes they haven't paid during bush's expensive reign. This includes his foolish wars.

Also, we need to make usury illegal.

Progressives have discussed giving all Americans a guaranteed income of around $20K. We should do this.

Significantly cut corporate welfare.

Cut the pentagon's budget in by 50% or more.

Make religion pay taxes.



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texastoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-16-08 10:46 PM
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12. Holy moly
Is usury legal? I thought it was illegal in Texas, but those banking lobbyists might have been up to stuff. God, there are just too many crooks to keep up with.
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silverojo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-16-08 10:41 PM
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10. Give us all health care!
The Fairness Doctrine would be nice, too.
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FrenchieCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-16-08 10:44 PM
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11. Appoint New FCC members ASAP!
and start revising past media and broadband conglamoration rulings.

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Slyder Donating Member (191 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-16-08 11:14 PM
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13. Even better......
1. Cede Texas back to Mexico and admit we made a mistake. Any Texans who want to emigrate to the United States must pay 90% of their total assets for legal status. Shoot illegal aliens attempting to cross the Red River.

2. Criminalize membership in the Republican Party.

3. Execute all.......

.......but you know this is not a banana republic and Miss Manners would not approve of these things. So I will let President Obama proceed with merely a de-Repubification of the United States government, and restore truth, justice, and the American Way to their rightful places to make the government once again responsible to the people who elect it. Above all let us restore civility to politics and work to make America a better place for all its people.
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