Obama Ready To Quickly Reverse Bush Actions, Executive orders

Washington Post :

Transition advisers to President-elect Barack Obama have compiled a list of about 200 Bush administration actions and executive orders that could be swiftly undone to reverse White House policies on climate change, stem cell research, reproductive rights and other issues, according to congressional Democrats, campaign aides and experts working with the transition team.

A team of four dozen advisers, working for months in virtual solitude, set out to identify regulatory and policy changes Obama could implement soon after his inauguration. The team is now consulting with liberal advocacy groups, Capitol Hill staffers and potential agency chiefs to prioritize those they regard as the most onerous or ideologically offensive, said a top transition official who was not permitted to speak on the record about the inner workings of the transition.

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[jobecky20]

We need to start up a green economy...­jobs of the future. Too many people are out of work, including people I know personally. Very scary.

[BamBamThankYouUncleSam]

go get the job you need until you find the job you want

[RantingTommy]

you should just go get a job

your mom won't cut your allowance if you do, just get one

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[LexLuthier]

If I had the money to get to India, I wouldn't NEED a job so badly.

[forthepeople1]

1.2 Million job losses, and counting. Unemployment at a 30 year high. Getting a job are words. Mere words.

[theMightyT]

pinch me, i'm dreaming..­.

a president that's actually going to respect the constitution? undo 8 years of political shenanigans? allow true progress to occur in health science and environmental science?

actually, if i AM just dreaming, don't wake me... it's a beautiful dream...

[MontanaHome]

Mikeatle See Profile
I hope Obama can nullify the odious No Child Left Behind fiasco. Ask most any public school teacher, and they will tell you in no uncertain terms that NCLB is a planned disaster. It must go so that we can get back to teaching our young people.

Also, I hope that Obama will commit himself to making education one of our top priorities. Teachers need to be paid far more than what they're getting -- among other things, higher wages will lead to a more attractive option for bright college students. That is NOT to say that there aren't wonderful teachers out there -- don't get me wrong. My child has had terrific teachers. But it is true that there are many college students (I have met them in my classes) who are only in it for the "summers off"-- one education student confessed to me that she "hated to read."

Also -- more teachers, fewer students in each classroom. More money invested in buildings and technology as well -- many of our schools are literally falling apart, but nobody wants to invest the money in them because "it's not for academics.­" Nonsense. Try sitting in a classroom with no AC in late August when the temp reaches 95 deg. Or avoiding the buckets on the floor with the roof starts to leak. Or teaching spec. education students, or reading disability students in a janitor's closet because there are no extra classrooms. Etc.

[BabsfromKansas]

That's my Montana!

[MontanaHome]

:)

[azteacher]

As a teacher in a high ELL, low socioeconomic, high crime section of Phoenix, you're absolutely correct, MontanaHome. Most teachers that I know, especially the ones in schools such as mine, feel like we're swimming upstream against a very strong current, with little support. NCLB punishes us for working with the most at-risk, needy students. We do it for the kiddos and sadly are constantly told we're "under-performing", "failing", "falling far below". Within the walls of our classrooms we're trying to mend all the ills of society--poverty, abuse, apathy, poor parenting skills, drug abuse, violence, language barriers, and so much more. Fortunately, I do have faith that President Obama realizes that these children are our children and that help is on the way!

[MontanaHome]

Oh, so nicely put. -- swimming upstream against a very strong current. The public expects so much from the schools -- but how can teachers be expected to make miracles in a class of 30 students, many who come from such hi-risk situations? I've known some foster kids who have gone through 4-5 schools by the 3rd grade. Some one-on-one help goes such a long way - I see that every week when I volunteer in my kid's school.

But, like you, I also have faith in Obama and his team.

[ccpostman]

Cool site.

Vote on what is most important.­..

http://whitehouse2.org/

[rollingdivision]

It is amazing how many actually believe the Democrats propaganda about bipartisanship. The Democrats and Obama will put politics first in most every decision. We have to hope they have the intelligence to identify the issues where the country should come first, the judgment to determine the course of action for the country's best interests and the audacity to stand up and make tough decisions. BTW it will turn out looking back, most of Bush's decisions on key issues were what he thought was best for the country with few political considerations. The guy has a 20 percent approval rating, how can anyone claim he made decisions for political popularity?

[clsmithj]

LOL guys, Fox & Friends Sunday are full of sour grapes, its hilarious watching them speak so sarcastic everybody's celebration of Obama's win.

[MNmommy]

Cantor was heinous, per normal.

[ThunderclapNewman]

He's replacing Blunt in the minority "leadershi­p."

~snicker~

[ggmome]

Trolls IN THE HOUSE!

[thatsitfortheother1]

The stench of rotting pachyderm drove them from under their rock at Freeperville.

[Big0725]

There's always tro//s in the house.

[Ohg]

The Barack Obama Fan Club is spreading around the world. ..........­..........­.....

http://thefiresidepost.com/2008/11/09/the-barack-obama-fan-club/

[CostaDelBarto]

200,000 people in Berlin saw him easily beating the St Louis turn out estimated at 100,000.

A month ago a poll suggested that if the world voted in presidential elections Obama would win in every country polled.

The world's enthusiasm for Obama is not really quite so new!

[MNmommy]

YKWTD

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/users/profile/BamBamThankYouUncleSam

[ThunderclapNewman]

Done and done again.

[thatsitfortheother1]

You are the only person I like with 'clap' in their name.

He he.

[MontanaHome]

Yep. They're out this morning, aren't they.

[golgibody]

Is anyone else here excited about this?? Geeze.

This was the first thing I read this morning and I'm so excited about what he and his team are proposing.
I thought wow...some good news for a change.
But I see a lot of grumbling here. C'mon....S­TAY POSITIVE!!!

[MontanaHome]

Just the tro//s scurrying about. Pay them no mind. Most of us are delighted that we will finally have someone with brains and will power in the White House.

[thatsitfortheother1]

I guess they are tired of the stench of dead elephants over at Freeperville.

[marytny]

After President Obama fixes the economy, achieves world peace,
stops global warming, and restores all of our stripped freedoms,
I really need him to stop all commercials with a doorbell ring in
them. My dog thinks it's real and jumps up and starts barking. It's
really annoying.

The Man hasn't even had a chance to see where he's going to sleep and
here we are, ripping him and telling him what to do.....

[ccpostman]

Do you know what a wish list is?

Lighten up and walk your dog!

[Big0725]

Ahhh!

If only things could be that simple again!

Humor starts to return! :)

[TheOinGOD]

Friday, June 16, 2006, Evanston, IL
I, my wife, daughter and son shook your hand, and as many have, asked you to run for President of the United States.
Thank you Mr. President.

http://obama.senate.gov/speech/060616-northwestern_un/

[MontanaHome]

YKWTD. Abusive, rude....

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/users/profile/ExRepublican

[RobertaInCT]

********Please read profile first*****­**********

Just saying....­......

[MontanaHome]

I'll look -- but was just reacting to this:

ExRepublican See Profile I'm a Fan of ExRepublican permalink
Yet another 'smart' a*s pseudo liberal response. Notice the quotes around smart, right?

What a first class jerk. And what do YOU stand for, Mr Liberal?

Let me guess. Far Right Lite agenda's? Be specific as to what YOU and your miserable ilk stand for. Ok?

[DocJerome]

Great move, which is actually quite logical, and necessary.

[Mikeatle]

I hope Obama can nullify the odious No Child Left Behind fiasco. Ask most any public school teacher, and they will tell you in no uncertain terms that NCLB is a planned disaster. It must go so that we can get back to teaching our young people.

[BamBamThankYouUncleSam]

The fact of the matter is that the Parents of the under performing chilren DO NOT send their kids to school ready to learn, Education Begins at Home

[MNmommy]

That is rarely the problem.

[returnofthejedi]

That's true, but how can you excuse new schools in Bahgdad, while continuing to ignore crumbling schools in Washington D.C.? ..........­......can you say priorities in the wrong place? Failing schools prodoce failing students, which produce a failing future of America...­..........­.......get it?

[thatsitfortheother1]

Education Begins at Home

Guess your parents didn't get the word, eh?

[BabsfromKansas]

that is a simplistic and blanket stereotype - how many years have you been in public education?

[Jared137]

Ideally...­and if the parents are undereducated, alcoholics, under the influence of drugs, absentee, abusive, unable to speak English, public schools under NCLB must pass 100% of their students through standardized testing by the year 2010.

If not...can anyone say privatization?

[MNmommy]

Ask any parent of children that are either intellectually talented or cognitively challenged.

Worst piece of legislation, ever.

It's sad that Teddy and Hillary were attached to it in any way.

[Big0725]

You think that was bad, Shrub's brother Jeb dropped the FCAT on Florida. Now teachers spend all their time teaching to the test instead of general knowledge.

[BabsfromKansas]

Admirable goals, but unworkable and unfunded

[MontanaHome]

Excellent idea.