The Obama Presidency

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why does our government keep going in this direction? Does no one in Washington have a brain/set of balls?

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/0...-identity-plan

The White House recently released a draft of a troubling plan titled "National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace" (NSTIC). In previous iterations, the project was known as the "National Strategy for Secure Online Transactions" and emphasized, reasonably, the private sector's development of technologies to secure sensitive online transactions. But the recent shift to "Trusted Identities in Cyberspace" reflects a radical — and concerning — expansion of the project’s scope.

[Gooch]

Peeps seem to think we're at war now and the deficit hawks are out in force.

[Bojack]

What the fuck is wrong with Republicans??? This bill is beyond shitty. According to legal folks this means if you aren't violently raped you best come up with your own abortion cash. Even if this bill is some how ok or gets amended properly WTF are they doing wasting time on this instead of making the jobs/economic stimulation they promised their constituents?

[Razor Ramon]

[bbobb]

That bill is pretty fucked.

[Gooch]

Obama may just be a fool.

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Since they were instituted, community service block grants have helped to support community action organizations in cities and towns across the country. These are grassroots groups working in poor communities, dedicated to empowering those living there and helping them with some of life’s basic necessities. These are the kinds of programs that President Obama worked with when he was a community organizer, so this cut is not easy for him.

wat

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Another difficult cut is a reduction of $125 million, or about a quarter of current financing, to the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, which supports environmental cleanup and protection.

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so why are we not talking about this?

http://www.pbs.org/about/news/archiv...-broadcasting/

People are trying to cut funding to PBS.

Why would anyone want to do this? I thought it was pretty well understood that it was good for kids. And it was good for all of us for people to have a base knowledge, like the names of colors and letters.

[Yoshi]

Because you can learn the names of colors and letters from private companies that don't need tax money to stay afloat? Nick Jr. is just as good as PBS for kids these days in terms of being educational. And they manage to teach multiple cultures on shows like Dora, Diego, and Kai Lan without crossing the politically correct line that Sesame Street blew through years ago.

Now, I'd bury NPR before I went after PBS of course.