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RexTalionis		2012-05-03 09:35:05 AM

11 votes:

First President to have a social security number from a state
he has never lived in.

According to the Social Security Administration: "One should not make too much of the "geographical code." It is not meant to be any kind of useable geographical information. The numbering scheme was designed in 1936 (before computers) to make it easier for SSA to store the applications in our files in Baltimore since the files were organized by regions as well as alphabetically. It was really just a bookkeeping device for our own internal use and was never intended to be anything more than that."

First President to preside over a cut to the credit-rating of the United States.

That the House caused.

First President to violate the War Powers Act.

Nope, that was Clinton. In fact, he also won a court decision that pretty much said that Congress' only real control over a President's power over military action is to defund it through congressional legislation. And there's also Bush.

First President to defy a Federal Judge's court order to cease implementing the Health Care Reform Law.

Considering he was also the first President to pass the Health Care Reform Law, this seems like a pretty dumb claim. Oh, and the TRO was denied.

First President to spend a trillion dollars on shovel-ready jobs when there was no such thing as shovel-ready jobs.

I think the WPA kind of disproved that notion.

First President to abrogate bankruptcy law to turn over control of companies to his union supporters.

Uh, no. The UAW and CAW gained partial ownership over GM and Chrysler through restructuring negotiations prior to the filing of Chapter 11.

First President to by-pass Congress and implement the Dream Act through executive fiat.

That didn't happen.

First President to order a secret amnesty program that stopped the deportation of illegal immigrants across the US, including those with criminal convictions.

Actually, this is categorically false - the Obama Administration's policy is to increase deportations on those with criminal convictions as a higher priority target to generally non-offending undocumented aliens.

First President to demand a company hand-over $20 billion to one of his political appointees.

I don't even know what this is referring to.

First President to terminate America's ability to put a man in space: he de-funded NASA.

Only Congress can defund something.

First President to arbitrarily declare an existing law unconstitutional and refuse to enforce it.

Uh, no. Here's a writeup on NPR on the history of precedents for Obama's refusal to defend DOMA:

"During the Eisenhower, Kennedy and Truman administrations, the presidents, in one form or another, refused to defend separate-but-equal facilities in schools and hospitals. The Ford Justice Department refused to defend the post-Watergate campaign finance law, much of which was subsequently upheld by the Supreme Court. The Reagan administration refused to defend the independent counsel law, a law subsequently upheld by the Supreme Court by a 7-to-1 vote. It also refused to defend the one-house legislative veto of many executive actions; in that case, the administration was more successful, winning 7-2 in the Supreme Court. The Clinton administration refused to defend a federal law mandating the dismissal of military personnel who were HIV-positive. The George W. Bush administration refused to defend a federal law that denied mass-transit funds to any transportation system that displayed ads advocating the legalization of marijuana. And in the George H.W. Bush administration, the Justice Department refused to defend a federal law providing affirmative action in the awarding of broadcasting licenses - a law subsequently upheld by the Supreme Court by a narrow 5-4 vote. "

I can go on, but there's just too much concentrated stupid here.

HotWingConspiracy		2012-05-03 09:50:59 AM

7 votes:

First two term black president.

That's the real issue.

RexTalionis		2012-05-03 09:47:13 AM

6 votes:

Okay, a few other glaring ones (i.e. ones I can debunk without having to look anything up).

First President to tell a major manufacturing company (Boeing) in which State they are allowed to locate a factory.

That's the National Labor Relations Board - it's an independent entity and not an Executive Branch department.

First President to appoint 45 czars to replace elected officials in his office.

Except for the President and the Vice President, there are NO other elected officials in the Executive Branch.

First President to hide his medical, educational and travel records.

Hey, where are those records showing that Reagan had started to suffer the effects of Alzheimer's in office?

First President to not know how to properly pronounce Navy 'corpsman'.

Hey, who's the president that can't pronounce "nuclear"?

First President to go on multiple global apology tours-
including bowing to foreign rulers.

www.godammit.com

First President to say that America was not a Christian nation.

That would be John Adams in the Treaty of Tripoli in 1797. "As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion,-as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquility, of Mussulmen [Muslims],-and as the said States never entered into any war or act of hostility against any Mahometan [Muslim] nation, it is declared by the parties that no pretext arising from religious opinions shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries."

Vodka Zombie		2012-05-03 09:26:52 AM

6 votes:

I still don't get why the hell these gomers all seem to love Reagan so much. He was a horrible human being. He was a horrible governor. And, he was a horrible, bungling, half-witted puppet of a president.

clancifer		2012-05-03 09:13:09 AM

3 votes:

If the blogger is really a "Reaganite Republican", then he has no business being involved with the Teabaggers of today.

GAT_00		2012-05-03 09:03:51 AM

3 votes:

Well I'm sure a site called the Reaganite Republican loves tax increases. After all, Reagan did that more than anything else.

MaudlinMutantMollusk		2012-05-03 08:59:18 AM

3 votes:

Your blog teabags

Bhasayate		2012-05-04 09:12:58 AM

1 votes:

r1nce: Jesus Christ teabagging Republican water-carriers...

The Nobel Prize wasn't for Obama, it was awarded to the citizens of the US for not electing another farking Republican after the categorical disaster that Bush was to not only your country, but to the world in general.

Obama was the recipient, but it was for the people of the US, you ignorant farktards.

This is false.

BuckTurgidson		2012-05-03 10:37:36 PM

1 votes:

Holy crap, Farkmins, you are bringin' the derp Country Buffet style today.

ChaffedTitty		2012-05-03 12:46:53 PM

1 votes:

Here are the 218 reasons I will vote for Barry:

Extended child tax credits and marriage-penalty fixes
Created an Advanced Manufacturing Fund to invest in peer-reviewed manufacturing processes
Required economic justification for tax changes
Implemented "Women Owned Business" contracting program
Changed standards for determining broadband access
Established a credit card bill of rights
Expanded loan programs for small businesses
Extended the Bush tax cuts for lower incomes
Extended the 2007 Alternative MinimumTax patch
Closed the "doughnut hole" in Medicare prescription drug plan
Expanded the Senior Corps volunteer program
Required insurance companies to cover pre-existing conditions
Gave tax credits to those who need help to pay health premiums
Required large employers to contribute to a national health plan
Required children to have health insurance coverage
Expanded eligibility for Medicaid
Expanded eligibility for State Children's Health Insurance Fund (SCHIP)
Required health plans to disclose how much of the premium goes to patient care
Established an independent health institute to provide accurate and objective information
In non-competitive markets, forced insurers to pay out a reasonable share of their premiums for patient care
Eliminated the higher subsidies to Medicare Advantage plans
Expanded funding to train primary care providers and public health practitioners
Increased funding to expand community based prevention programs
Reinstated executive order to hire an additional 100,000 federal employees with disabilities within five years.
Increased the Veterans Administration budget to recruit and retain more mental health professionals
Expanded the Veterans Administration's number of "centers of excellence" in specialty care
Appointed a special adviser to the president on violence against women
Fully funded the Violence Against Women Act
Directed military leaders to end war in Iraq
Began removing combat brigades from Iraq
Created a military families advisory board
Ended the abuse of supplemental budgets for war
Made U.S. military aid to Pakistan conditional on anti-terror efforts
Opened "America Houses" in Islamic cities around the globe
Allocated Homeland Security funding according to risk
Created a real National Infrastructure Protection Plan
Increased funding for local emergency planning
Extended monitoring and verification provisions of the START I Treaty
Appointed a White House Coordinator for Nuclear Security
Initiated a grant and training program for law enforcement to deter cyber crime
Improved relations with Turkey, and its relations with Iraqi Kurds
Launched an international Add Value to Agriculture Initiative (AVTA)
Created a rapid response fund for emerging democracies
Granted Americans unrestricted rights to visit family and send money to Cuba
Restored funding for the Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) program
Established an Energy Partnership for the Americas
Expanded the Nurse-Family Partnership to all low-income, first-time mothers
Required new hires to sign a form affirming their hiring was not due to political affiliation or contributions.
Provided affordable, high-quality child care
Recruited math and science degree graduates to the teaching profession
Reduced subsidies to private student lenders and protect student borrowers
Encouraged water-conservation efforts in the West
Increased funding for national parks and forests
Increased funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund
Encouraged farmers to use more renewable energy and be more energy efficient
Expanded Pell grants for low-income students
Pursued a wildfire management plan
Removed more brush, small trees and vegetation that fuel wildfires
Expanded access to places to hunt and fish
Pushed for enactment of Matthew Shepard Act, which expands hate crime law to include sexual orientation and other factors
Repealed "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy
Restored funding to the EEOC and the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
Reformed mandatory minimum sentences
Created a White House Office on Urban Policy
Fully funded the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
Established program to convert manufacturing centers into clean technology leaders
Established 'Promise Neighborhoods' for areas of concentrated poverty
Worked toward deploying a global climate change research and monitoring system
Funded a major expansion of AmeriCorps
Created a Social Investment Fund Network
Bolstered the military's ability to speak differentlanguages
Appointed the nation's first Chief Technology Officer
Provided grants to early-career researchers
Worked to overturn Ledbetter vs. Goodyear
Created a national declassification center
Appointed an American Indian policy adviser
Created new financial regulations
Increased funding for land-grant colleges
Banned lobbyist gifts to executive employees
Signed a "universal" health care bill
Created new criminal penalties for mortgage fraud
Required 10 percent renewable energy by 2012
Released oil from Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Raised fuel economy standards
Invested in all types of alternative energy
Enacted tax credit for consumers for plug-in hybrid cars
Asked people and businesses to conserve electricity
Required more energy-efficient appliances
Created a 'Green Vet Initiative' to promote environmental jobs for veterans
Created job training programs for clean technologies
Required states to provide incentives for utilities to reduce energy consumption
Supported high-speed rail
Supported airline service in small towns
Invested in public transportation
Equalized tax breaks for driving and public transit
Considered "smart growth" in transportation funding
Shared environmental technology with other countries
Doubled federal spending for research on clean fuels
Provided grants to encourage energy-efficient building codes
Increased funding for the Environmental Protection Agency
Raised the small business investment expensing limit to $250,000 through the end of 2009
Extended unemployment insurance benefits and
temporarily suspend taxes on these benefits
Supported network neutrality on the Internet
Reversed restrictions on stem cell research
Killed Osama bin Laden
Doubled funding for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership, a program that encourages manufacturing efficiency
Included environmental and labor standards in trade agreements
Created an international tax haven watch list
Made permanent the Research & Development tax credit
Required automatic enrollment in 401(k) plans
Required automatic enrollment in IRA plans
Created a consumer-friendly credit card rating system
Created a $60 billion bank to fund roads and bridges
Required full disclosure of company pension investments to employees
Provided easy-to-understand comparisons of the Medicare prescription drug plans
Invested in electronic health information systems
Phased in requirements for health information technology
Required that health plans utilize disease management programs
Required providers to report measures of health care costs and quality
Held hospitals and health plans accountable for disparities in care
Implemented and funded proven health intervention programs
Prevented drug companies from blocking generic drugs
Allowed Medicare to negotiate for cheaper drug prices
Worked with schools to create more healthful environments for children
Improved recruitment of public health workers
Mandated insurance coverage of autism treatment
Fully funded the Combating Autism Act and Federal Autism Research Initiatives
Doubled federal funding for cancer research
Increased participation in cancer-related clinical trials
Fully funded the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
Set a national goal to provide re-screening for all 2-year-olds for developmental disorders
Commissioned a study on students with disabilities and their transition to jobs or higher education
Set goals and timetables for implementing Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act
Created a best practices list for private businesses in accommodating workers with disabilities
Launched educational initiative for employers on tax benefits of hiring employees with disabilities
Reduced the threshhold for the Family and Medical Leave Act from companies with 50 employees to companies with 25 employees
Provided a $1.5 billion fund to help states launch programs for paid family and medical leave
Required employers to provide seven paid sick days per year
Streamlined the Social Security disability approval process
Expanded Veterans Centers in rural areas
Established standards of care for traumatic brain injury treatment
Made the Veterans Administration a national leader in health reform
Reduced the Veterans Benefits Administration claims backlog
Instituted electronic record-keeping for the Veterans Benefits Administration
Expanded housing vouchers program for homeless veterans
Launched a supportive services-housing program for veterans to prevent homelessness
Expanded the Family Medical Leave Act to include leave for domestic violence or sexual assault
Fully funded debt cancellation for heavily indebted poor countries
Created a fund for international small and medium enterprises (SME)
Launched robust diplomatic effort with Iraq and its neighbors
Provided $30 billion over 10 years to Israel
Limited Guard and Reserve deployments to one year for every six years
Ended the "Stop-Loss" program of forcing troops to stay in service beyond their expected commitments
Fully and properly equipped troops
Created a Civilian Assistance Corps that would organize private sector professionals to help in times of need
Included humanitarian international missions in long-term budgeting
Reviewed weapons programs
Modernized ships and invested more in small vessels
Set standards for when the government should hire defense contractors
Restored the government's ability to manage contracts by rebuilding our contract officer corps
Created a system of incentives and penalties for defense contracts
Establish a Global Education Fund
Strengthened the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) aimed at stopping spread of weapons of mass destruction
Organized successful Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference in 2010
Expanded federal bioforensics program for tracking biological weapons
Developed a comprehensive cyber security and response strategy
Mandated standards for securing personal data
Required companies to disclose personal information data breaches
Worked to persuade the European Union to end credit guarantees to Iran
Seek to negotiate a political agreement on Cyprus
Restructured and streamlined USAID
Increased the size of the foreign service
Urged China to stop manipulation of its currency value
Pressed China to end its support for regimes in Sudan, Burma, Iran and Zimbabwe
Created a public "Contracts and Influence" database
Required Cabinet officials to host Internet town hall meetings
Conducted regulatory agency business in public
Promoted more pre-school education
Expanded Early Head Start and Head Start
Reformed No Child Left Behind
Doubled funding for Federal Charter School Program and require more accountability
Addressed the dropout crisis by giving schools incentives for more dropout prevention
Created Teacher Residency Programs that will send teachers to high-need schools
Expanded teacher mentoring programs and provide incentives for more planning time
Promoted innovative ways to reward good teachers
Simplified the application process for financial aid
Increased the number of high school students taking college-level courses
Created incentives for tree planting and promote carbon sequestration
Improved water quality
Regulated pollution from major livestock operations
Strengthened federal environmental justice programs
Increased funding for organic and sustainable agriculture
Partnered with landowners to conserve private lands
Created a community college partnership program
Increased funding for progams that conserve lands and habitat for select species such as the Osceola turkey
Supported wetlands protection
Promoted economic development in Mexico
Supported repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)
Vigorously pursued hate crimes and civil rights abuses
Signed the Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act into law
Supported regional innovation clusters
Helped low-income areas get phone and Internet service
Created a Homeowner Obligation Made Explicit (HOME) score for mortgage comparisons
Increased the supply of affordable housing throughout metropolitan regions
Invested in transitional jobs and career pathway programs
Fully funded the COPS program
Improved emergency response plans
Capped interest rates on payday loans and improve disclosure
Expanded public/private partnerships between schools and arts organizations
Improved climate change data records
Supported improved weather prediction program
Offered prizes for advances in consumer technology
Encouraged contests and programs to interest students in science
Increased research opportunities for college students
Strengthened the levees in New Orleans
Directed revenues from offshore oil and gas drilling to increased coastal hurricane protection
Shook loose federal money for rebuilding the Gulf Coast

thisisyourbrainonFark		2012-05-03 11:17:07 AM

1 votes:

Zombalupagus		2012-05-03 11:06:54 AM

1 votes:

First President to golf 73 separate times in his first two and a half years in office... now 90 to date and still counting.

That's a hell of thing to be harping on after having George W. Bush in office.

A quick search of Ze Googles reminds me: The total number of days of vacation or retreat President Bush took, while in office over a period of 8 years was 967 days, or 32% of his total time in office, was spent on vacations or retreats.

/bookmarking this thread for when I get the inevitable Fw: Fw: Fw: Fw: Fw: Fw: email from my friend

madgonad		2012-05-03 10:45:57 AM

1 votes:

Yo Republicans - I have an idea.

How about you get some actual new ideas and run on those. You can keep some of the old ones, like hating minorities, gays, and atheists, but you really need to find something new. And I don't mean tax cuts. I think the evidence is pretty solid that those cause massive deficits. You could try pushing for spending cuts, but you are going to have to cut things that you like - stuff like oil subsidies and defense spending. Maybe if you tried thinking really hard about potential solutions for problems that exist today you might come up with something. Either that or become a Liberal. Either way would be an improvement. Anything is better than the fabricated whining like we have read on the linked blog.

Masso		2012-05-03 10:16:31 AM

1 votes:

First thing on that shiatty list

First President to apply for college aid as a foreign student...
then deny he was a foreigner.

Link
/facepalm.

T-Servo		2012-05-03 10:15:41 AM

1 votes:

I got as far as War Powers Act... and since there is no such thing (it's called the War Powers Resolution), I find it difficult to be outraged.

Seriously, though- endless, $1 trillion war in Iraq is ok, but quick, no casualty, European-led and successful action in Libya is a crime?

MadMonk		2012-05-03 10:14:09 AM

1 votes:

I love the submitted headline, if the RNC did in fact mail that to all "300 million Americans" that would probably be the largest mistake they ever made. There would be elementary school children on national t.v. refuting some of these points. Mentally handicapped people would be on late night talk shows calling this list retarded. The GOP would then have to find out who was responsible for this whole mess and publicly flog him/her for the mass mailing and then burn the author at the stake for bringing about their near total collapse.

I hope they do mail it out, that would make for some real fun.

bdub77		2012-05-03 10:13:41 AM

1 votes:

karnal: What is interesting is not a single Dim has come out in this thread to denied or discredited any of them.

Didn't the guy 20 posts above you basically deny or discredit a good portion of them? So you can't read and are categorically retarded. Also I don't think the fact that Obama mispronounced navy corpsman is going to sway me in the general election.

dinch		2012-05-03 10:13:19 AM

1 votes:

karnal: What is interesting is not a single Dim has come out in this thread to denied or discredited any of them.

I figured at least a couple "But Bush..." and at least one "Retards".

/Disappointed in the Dims
//But who isn't?

Did you bother to read the thread before you decided what was in it?

bdub77		2012-05-03 10:05:13 AM

1 votes:

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madgonad		2012-05-03 10:01:55 AM

1 votes:

qorkfiend: RexTalionis: First President to demand a company hand-over $20 billion to one of his political appointees.

I don't even know what this is referring to.

Probably BP.

I don't think Ken Feinberg is an Obama political appointee - outside of being appointed by Obama who is a politician. He was selected because he was both independent and had experience with this kind of thing after managing the 9/11 Fund. Republicans are stupid and that blog sux.

MadMonk		2012-05-03 10:01:54 AM

1 votes:

Jake Havechek: Why are teabaggers so damn stupid?

They are simply a by-product of Fox News who mistakenly believe what they see and hear is true and feel encouraged to flood the country with their own stupidity knowing that Fox News is on their side.

MindStalker		2012-05-03 10:00:52 AM

1 votes:

Subby: The RNC needs to grow a pair

They've already grown a huge set of mutated giant ones that spew puss in every direction. What more do you want.

dennysgod		2012-05-03 09:56:17 AM

1 votes:

Your right subby they should send this out because I'm sure 300 million Americans need a good laugh.

I love this one.

First President to win a Nobel Peace Prize while doing NOTHING to earn it.

The Right really needs to take a hard look at themselves when the fact a Democratic President wins the Nobel Peace Prize for doing NOTHING...other than not being a Republican.

vgacolor		2012-05-03 09:56:01 AM

1 votes:

RexTalionis: Okay, a few other glaring ones (i.e. ones I can debunk without having to look anything up).

Sometimes I dislike that we can not give reputation in fark

These two posts from RexTalionis are + reputation worthy

blastoh		2012-05-03 09:54:52 AM

1 votes:

FTA:
First President to say that America was not a Christian nation.

ADAMS YOU DOLT! (pops)

Jake Havechek		2012-05-03 09:51:25 AM

1 votes:

Why are teabaggers so damn stupid?

Dusk-You-n-Me		2012-05-03 09:48:25 AM

1 votes:

Walk walk walk to re-election.

SilentStrider		2012-05-03 09:34:48 AM

1 votes:

I'm not sure which sucks worse. Reagan's presidency, or this blog.

cameroncrazy1984		2012-05-03 09:27:40 AM

1 votes:

Vodka Zombie: I still don't get why the hell these gomers all seem to love Reagan so much. He was a horrible human being. He was a horrible governor. And, he was a horrible, bungling, half-witted puppet of a president.

I think you answered your own question