WOMEN’S MARCH SET FOR SATURDAY TERRITORY-WIDE

You're certainly entitled to your opinion.
As I am mine.

Fact is trump ran his entire campaign espousing division, racism, sexism, xenophobia, misogyny to name a few while deriding many.

Nope, Those are your opinions, not facts

Weird* that you object to being called a troll and not to being called a fascist.

a troll is not someone who disagrees with what you have to say. please stop overusing the word

A troll is someone who argues that others should not say things that they themselves do not want to hear, just as you did here, just as everyone disparaging the march has done, and as Trump has done from the moment someone first jammed a microphone in his face.

*not really

OBAMA’S LEGACY: NEARLY 450 ACCOMPLISHMENTS, WITH CITATIONS

http://pleasecutthecrap.com/obama-accomplishments/

Obama's top 50 Accomplishments
March/April 2012

1. Passed Health Care Reform: After five presidents over a century failed to create universal health insurance, signed the Affordable Care Act (2010). It will cover 32 million uninsured Americans beginning in 2014 and mandates a suite of experimental measures to cut health care cost growth, the number one cause of America’s long-term fiscal problems.

2. Passed the Stimulus: Signed $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in 2009 to spur economic growth amid greatest recession since the Great Depression. Weeks after stimulus went into effect, unemployment claims began to subside. Twelve months later, the private sector began producing more jobs than it was losing, and it has continued to do so for twenty-three straight months, creating a total of nearly 3.7 million new private-sector jobs.

3. Passed Wall Street Reform: Signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (2010) to re-regulate the financial sector after its practices caused the Great Recession. The new law tightens capital requirements on large banks and other financial institutions, requires derivatives to be sold on clearinghouses and exchanges, mandates that large banks provide “living wills” to avoid chaotic bankruptcies, limits their ability to trade with customers’ money for their own profit, and creates the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (now headed by Richard Cordray) to crack down on abusive lending products and companies.

4. Ended the War in Iraq: Ordered all U.S. military forces out of the country. Last troops left on December 18, 2011.

5. Began Drawdown of War in Afghanistan: From a peak of 101,000 troops in June 2011, U.S. forces are now down to 91,000, with 23,000 slated to leave by the end of summer 2012. According to Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, the combat mission there will be over by next year.

6. Eliminated Osama bin laden: In 2011, ordered special forces raid of secret compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, in which the terrorist leader was killed and a trove of al-Qaeda documents was discovered.

7. Turned Around U.S. Auto Industry: In 2009, injected $62 billion in federal money (on top of $13.4 billion in loans from the Bush administration) into ailing GM and Chrysler in return for equity stakes and agreements for massive restructuring. Since bottoming out in 2009, the auto industry has added more than 100,000 jobs. In 2011, the Big Three automakers all gained market share for the first time in two decades. The government expects to lose $16 billion of its investment, less if the price of the GM stock it still owns increases.

8. Recapitalized Banks: In the midst of financial crisis, approved controversial Treasury Department plan to lure private capital into the country’s largest banks via “stress tests” of their balance sheets and a public-private fund to buy their “toxic” assets. Got banks back on their feet at essentially zero cost to the government.

9. Repealed “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”: Ended 1990s-era restriction and formalized new policy allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military for the first time.

10. Toppled Moammar Gaddafi: In March 2011, joined a coalition of European and Arab governments in military action, including air power and naval blockade, against Gaddafi regime to defend Libyan civilians and support rebel troops. Gaddafi’s forty-two-year rule ended when the dictator was overthrown and killed by rebels on October 20, 2011. No American lives were lost.

11. Told Mubarak to Go: On February 1, 2011, publicly called on Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to accept reform or step down, thus weakening the dictator’s position and putting America on the right side of the Arab Spring. Mubarak ended thirty-year rule when overthrown on February 11.

12. Reversed Bush Torture Policies: Two days after taking office, nullified Bush-era rulings that had allowed detainees in U.S. custody to undergo certain “enhanced” interrogation techniques considered inhumane under the Geneva Conventions. Also released the secret Bush legal rulings supporting the use of these techniques.

13. Improved America’s Image Abroad: With new policies, diplomacy, and rhetoric, reversed a sharp decline in world opinion toward the U.S. (and the corresponding loss of “soft power”) during the Bush years. From 2008 to 2011, favorable opinion toward the United States rose in ten of fifteen countries surveyed by the Pew Global Attitudes Project, with an average increase of 26 percent.

14. Kicked Banks Out of Federal Student Loan Program, Expanded Pell Grant Spending: As part of the 2010 health care reform bill, signed measure ending the wasteful decades-old practice of subsidizing banks to provide college loans. Starting July 2010 all students began getting their federal student loans directly from the federal government. Treasury will save $67 billion over ten years, $36 billion of which will go to expanding Pell Grants to lower-income students.

15. Created Race to the Top: With funds from stimulus, started $4.35 billion program of competitive grants to encourage and reward states for education reform.

16. Boosted Fuel Efficiency Standards: Released new fuel efficiency standards in 2011 that will nearly double the fuel economy for cars and trucks by 2025.

17. Coordinated International Response to Financial Crisis: To keep world economy out of recession in 2009 and 2010, helped secure from G-20 nations more than $500 billion for the IMF to provide lines of credit and other support to emerging market countries, which kept them liquid and avoided crises with their currencies.

18. Passed Mini Stimuli: To help families hurt by the recession and spur the economy as stimulus spending declined, signed series of measures (July 22, 2010; December 17, 2010; December 23, 2011) to extend unemployment insurance and cut payroll taxes.

19. Began Asia “Pivot”: In 2011, reoriented American military and diplomatic priorities and focus from the Middle East and Europe to the Asian-Pacific region. Executed multipronged strategy of positively engaging China while reasserting U.S. leadership in the region by increasing American military presence and crafting new commercial, diplomatic, and military alliances with neighboring countries made uncomfortable by recent Chinese behavior.

20. Increased Support for Veterans: With so many soldiers coming home from Iraq and Iran with serious physical and mental health problems, yet facing long waits for services, increased 2010 Department of Veterans Affairs budget by 16 percent and 2011 budget by 10 percent. Also signed new GI bill offering $78 billion in tuition assistance over a decade, and provided multiple tax credits to encourage businesses to hire veterans.

21. Tightened Sanctions on Iran: In effort to deter Iran’s nuclear program, signed Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act (2010) to punish firms and individuals who aid Iran’s petroleum sector. In late 2011 and early 2012, coordinated with other major Western powers to impose sanctions aimed at Iran’s banks and with Japan, South Korea, and China to shift their oil purchases away from Iran.

22. Created Conditions to Begin Closing Dirtiest Power Plants: New EPA restrictions on mercury and toxic pollution, issued in December 2011, likely to lead to the closing of between sixty-eight and 231 of the nation’s oldest and dirtiest coal-fired power plants. Estimated cost to utilities: at least $11 billion by 2016. Estimated health benefits: $59 billion to $140 billion. Will also significantly reduce carbon emissions and, with other regulations, comprises what’s been called Obama’s “stealth climate policy.”

23. Passed Credit Card Reforms: Signed the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure Act (2009), which prohibits credit card companies from raising rates without advance notification, mandates a grace period on interest rate increases, and strictly limits overdraft and other fees.

24. Eliminated Catch-22 in Pay Equality Laws: Signed Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act in 2009, giving women who are paid less than men for the same work the right to sue their employers after they find out about the discrimination, even if that discrimination happened years ago. Under previous law, as interpreted by the Supreme Court in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., the statute of limitations on such suits ran out 180 days after the alleged discrimination occurred, even if the victims never knew about it.

25. Protected Two Liberal Seats on the U.S. Supreme Court: Nominated and obtained confirmation for Sonia Sotomayor, the first Hispanic and third woman to serve, in 2009; and Elena Kagan, the fourth woman to serve, in 2010. They replaced David Souter and John Paul Stevens, respectively.

26. Improved Food Safety System: In 2011, signed FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, which boosts the Food and Drug Administration’s budget by $1.4 billion and expands its regulatory responsibilities to include increasing number of food inspections, issuing direct food recalls, and reviewing the current food safety practices of countries importing products into America.

27. Achieved New START Treaty: Signed with Russia (2010) and won ratification in Congress (2011) of treaty that limits each country to 1,550 strategic warheads (down from 2,200) and 700 launchers (down from more than 1,400), and reestablished and strengthened a monitoring and transparency program that had lapsed in 2009, through which each country can monitor the other.

28. Expanded National Service: Signed Serve America Act in 2009, which authorized a tripling of the size of AmeriCorps. Program grew 13 percent to 85,000 members across the country by 2012, when new House GOP majority refused to appropriate more funds for further expansion.

29. Expanded Wilderness and Watershed Protection: Signed Omnibus Public Lands Management Act (2009), which designated more than 2 million acres as wilderness, created thousands of miles of recreational and historic trails, and protected more than 1,000 miles of rivers.

30. Gave the FDA Power to Regulate Tobacco: Signed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (2009). Nine years in the making and long resisted by the tobacco industry, the law mandates that tobacco manufacturers disclose all ingredients, obtain FDA approval for new tobacco products, and expand the size and prominence of cigarette warning labels, and bans the sale of misleadingly labeled “light” cigarette brands and tobacco sponsorship of entertainment events.

31. Pushed Federal Agencies to Be Green Leaders: Issued executive order in 2009 requiring all federal agencies to make plans to soften their environmental impacts by 2020. Goals include 30 percent reduction in fleet gasoline use, 26 percent boost in water efficiency, and sustainability requirements for 95 percent of all federal contracts. Because federal government is the country’s single biggest purchaser of goods and services, likely to have ripple effects throughout the economy for years to come.

32. Passed Fair Sentencing Act: Signed 2010 legislation that reduces sentencing disparity between crack versus powder cocaine possessionfrom100 to1 to 18 to1.

33. Trimmed and Reoriented Missile Defense: Cut the Reagan-era “Star Wars” missile defense budget, saving $1.4 billion in 2010, and canceled plans to station antiballistic missile systems in Poland and the Czech Republic in favor of sea-based defense plan focused on Iran and North Korea.

34. Began Post-Post-9/11 Military Builddown: After winning agreement from congressional Republicans and Democrats in summer 2011 budget deal to reduce projected defense spending by $450 billion, proposed new DoD budget this year with cuts of that size and a new national defense strategy that would shrink ground forces from 570,000 to 490,000 over the next ten years while increasing programs in intelligence gathering and cyberwarfare.

35. Let Space Shuttle Die and Killed Planned Moon Mission: Allowed the expensive ($1 billion per launch), badly designed, dangerous shuttle program to make its final launch on July 8, 2011. Cut off funding for even more bloated and problem-plagued Bush-era Constellation program to build moon base in favor of support for private-sector low-earth orbit ventures, research on new rocket technologies for long-distance manned flight missions, and unmanned space exploration, including the largest interplanetary rover ever launched, which will investigate Mars’s potential to support life.

36. Invested Heavily in Renewable Technology: As part of the 2009 stimulus, invested $90 billion, more than any previous administration, in research on smart grids, energy efficiency, electric cars, renewable electricity generation, cleaner coal, and biofuels.

37. Crafting Next-Generation School Tests: Devoted $330 million in stimulus money to pay two consortia of states and universities to create competing versions of new K-12 student performance tests based on latest psychometric research. New tests could transform the learning environment in vast majority of public school classrooms beginning in 2014.

38. Cracked Down on Bad For-Profit Colleges: In effort to fight predatory practices of some for-profit colleges, Department of Education issued “gainful employment” regulations in 2011 cutting off commercially focused schools from federal student aid funding if more than 35 percent of former students aren’t paying off their loans and/or if the average former student spends more than 12 percent of his or her total earnings servicing student loans.

39. Improved School Nutrition: In coordination with Michelle Obama, signed Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act in 2010 mandating $4.5 billion spending boost and higher nutritional and health standards for school lunches. New rules based on the law, released in January, double the amount of fruits and vegetables and require only whole grains in food served to students.

40. Expanded Hate Crimes Protections: Signed Hate Crimes Prevention Act (2009), which expands existing hate crime protections to include crimes based on a victim’s sexual orientation, gender, or disability, in addition to race, color, religion, or national origin.

41. Avoided Scandal: As of November 2011, served longer than any president in decades without a scandal, as measured by the appearance of the word “scandal” (or lack thereof) on the front page of the Washington Post.

42. Brokered Agreement for Speedy Compensation to Victims of Gulf Oil Spill: Though lacking statutory power to compel British Petroleum to act, used moral authority of his office to convince oil company to agree in 2010 to a $20 billion fund to compensate victims of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico; $6.5 billion already paid out without lawsuits. By comparison, it took nearly two decades for plaintiffs in the Exxon Valdez Alaska oil spill case to receive $1.3 billion.

43. Created Recovery.gov: Web site run by independent board of inspectors general looking for fraud and abuse in stimulus spending, provides public with detailed information on every contract funded by $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Thanks partly to this transparency, board has uncovered very little fraud, and Web site has become national model: “The stimulus has done more to promote transparency at almost all levels of government than any piece of legislation in recent memory,” reports Governing magazine.

44. Pushed Broadband Coverage: Proposed and obtained in 2011 Federal Communications Commission approval for a shift of $8 billion in subsidies away from landlines and toward broadband Internet for lower-income rural families.

45. Expanded Health Coverage for Children: Signed 2009 Children’s Health Insurance Authorization Act, which allows the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) to cover health care for 4 million more children, paid for by a tax increase on tobacco products.

46. Recognized the Dangers of Carbon Dioxide: In 2009, EPA declared carbon dioxide a pollutant, allowing the agency to regulate its production.

47. Expanded Stem Cell Research: In 2009, eliminated the Bush-era restrictions on embryonic stem cell research, which shows promise in treating spinal injuries, among many other areas.

48. Provided Payment to Wronged Minority Farmers: In 2009, signed Claims Resolution Act, which provided $4.6 billion in funding for a legal settlement with black and Native American farmers who the government cheated out of loans and natural resource royalties in years past.

49. Helped South Sudan Declare Independence: Helped South Sudan Declare Independence: Appointed two envoys to Sudan and personally attended a special UN meeting on the area. Through U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice, helped negotiate a peaceful split in 2011.

50. Killed the F-22: In 2009, ended further purchases of Lockheed Martin single-seat, twin-engine, fighter aircraft, which cost $358 million apiece. Though the military had 187 built, the plane has never flown a single combat mission. Eliminating it saved $4 billion

http://washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/marchapril-2012/obamas-top-50-accomplishments/

BTW:

Women’s March Was The Second-Busiest Day In History Of Washington, D.C., Metro

The first was Barack Obama’s inauguration in 2009.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/womens-march-dc-metro-record_us_5884ef9be4b096b4a2326b7f?section=politics

Trump won't change but marchers can change the world

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/22/opinions/march-take-action-robbins-opinion/index.html?sr=fbCNN012317opinions/march-take-action-robbins-opinion/index.html1230AMStoryLink&linkId=33662942

WEIRD, that you would call me a fascist. personally you can call me anything you like-means nothing to me really, but at least use the word troll correctly.

a troll is someone who argues for the sake of arguing.

and just what did i do here that was oh so bad?

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Weird* that you object to being called a troll and not to being called a fascist.

a troll is not someone who disagrees with what you have to say. please stop overusing the word

A troll is someone who argues that others should not say things that they themselves do not want to hear, just as you did here, just as everyone disparaging the march has done, and as Trump has done from the moment someone first jammed a microphone in his face.

*not really

btw, if you have to resort to name calling, the rest of your point gets lost.

at least alana is having a rational discussion, unlike you.

and she has a lot of valid points

Weird* that you object to being called a troll and not to being called a fascist.

a troll is not someone who disagrees with what you have to say. please stop overusing the word

A troll is someone who argues that others should not say things that they themselves do not want to hear, just as you did here, just as everyone disparaging the march has done, and as Trump has done from the moment someone first jammed a microphone in his face.

*not really

This is the generally accepted definition of troll:

make a deliberately offensive or provocative online post with the aim of upsetting someone or eliciting an angry response from them - Oxford.

And yes, there be a troll or two under this bridge.

As I told a Facebook friend: when millions turn out across the world on the same day to voice their concerns, maybe we should listen to what they have to say.

Yes, there were a ton of agendas, and it's confusing trying to sort them out. But there are a ton of issues concerning civil rights in general, and women's rights in particular that still need to be sorted out.

For all the women who think life is peachy, it's probably because you haven't experienced discrimination (lucky you), or maybe you just aren't aware of it. Just over 10 years ago, I was offered the same position as 2 male coworkers, and it was only because the boss got sick and a minion took over the hiring paperwork, that I ended up getting 6K a year more than what I was originally offered, which brought me up to what those males were offered originally. The minion assumed the boss would have offered me the same. And I was the project leader to one of those males at the time. Many women still get shafted in too many places in this country.

The Planned Parenthood de-funding efforts, The ACA repeal, the various hardship laws for women's reproductive health running through many state legislatures, the erratic and vindictive behavior of the POTUS, as well as his concerning campaign statements and promises, the denial of a SCOTUS nominee hearing, the stated efforts to derail rights of the LGBT citizens, the nod to racism, the Voter ID discrimination, the push for Medicaid block grants and Medicare vouchers, the alternative facts coming out of the White House, and their selective threats to the press, are just a few concerns that would have had me marching, if not for my broken foot.

I and others worked awfully hard for decades toward fair and equal treatment for all, and the messages we are getting are trending back to the 70's, and earlier. I sure don't want to go backwards.

#MATA

Speaking of ACA repeal :
Get ready for UCA/Unaffordable (lack of) Care Act, soon come.

CBO REPORTS: TRUMP’S OBAMACARE REPEAL WILL SPIKE PREMIUMS BY 50% IN JUST ONE YEAR

http://www.greenvillegazette.com/p/cbo-reports-trumps-obamacare-repeal-will-spike-premiums-by-50-in-just-one-year-157683/

Speaking of ACA repeal :
Get ready for UCA/Unaffordable (lack of) Care Act, soon come.

CBO REPORTS: TRUMP’S OBAMACARE REPEAL WILL SPIKE PREMIUMS BY 50% IN JUST ONE YEAR

http://www.greenvillegazette.com/p/cbo-reports-trumps-obamacare-repeal-will-spike-premiums-by-50-in-just-one-year-157683/

No worries because trump said he's going to replace it immediately with something better and at a lower cost, too! And nobody will lose coverage!! What a guy! I've already seen it's going to be called Trumpdon'tcare insurance. 🙂

You mean it will spike because rates have been going up 25% (+/-), young people will leave and stop subsidizing old folks and the Feds will stop chipping in money?

This is Jacks complete lack of surprise

Calling people trolls when you can't articulate/defend your point, is weak sauce.

You mean it will spike because rates have been going up 25% (+/-), young people will leave and stop subsidizing old folks and the Feds will stop chipping in money?

This is Jacks complete lack of surprise

Calling people trolls when you can't articulate/defend your point, is weak sauce.

I subsidized people for decades, from my early 20's to my 60's - young and old. That's what insurance is.

One big partisan group whine!

Speaking of ACA repeal :
Get ready for UCA/Unaffordable (lack of) Care Act, soon come.

CBO REPORTS: TRUMP’S OBAMACARE REPEAL WILL SPIKE PREMIUMS BY 50% IN JUST ONE YEAR

http://www.greenvillegazette.com/p/cbo-reports-trumps-obamacare-repeal-will-spike-premiums-by-50-in-just-one-year-157683/

So really no different than the Un-Affordable Care Act that's in place now. My rates jumped 53% for 2017 bc of ACA. Not only did my premium go up, my already too high deductible increased as well. I've always been self-insured & I had FANTASTIC coverage pre-ACA with low premiums & low deductible. When ACA took affect, my rates more than doubled, deductible tripled, & my coverage now sucks. Can not wait for ACA to be repealed even though I probably won't get my awesome pre-ACA plan back.

I finally got it and incredibly reasonable rates.

Another ACA story.

I have a friend who works in the VI for a corporation based in the states. When ACA was introduced the corporation's healthcare costs shot up so much that they decided to pay the employer mandate penalty and let their employees buy insurance on an exchange. Sounds great right.

Only there is no exchange in the VI so the local employees lost their insurance coverage and can't buy any locally. So these people went from having great insurance through a stateside insurer to having none, thanks to ACA.

Then there's all those stories as well about how many it helps.

Yes. The people who love it are the ones who are now getting their insurance costs paid for by others. The ones being forced to pay more, such as crazyflamingo, are the unhappy ones.

Extortion, the american way.

Trump did the right thing the first day. Kill all of ACA's mandatory participation rules. Let it stand on its own or die.

Then there's all those stories as well about how many it helps.

And what is it being replaced by, when and at what costs while 20 plus million people must do without?

He hasn't killed it yet. He has only taken the mandatory teeth out of it. People are now free to participate or not. Hopefully private insurance will return as it was before Obamacare. Those 20 plus million can still buy insurance as before and if they need financial assistance they can seek out charitable organizations to help.

And what is it being replaced by, when and at what costs while 20 plus million people must do without?

CBO REPORTS: TRUMP’S OBAMACARE REPEAL WILL SPIKE PREMIUMS BY 50% IN JUST ONE YEAR

http://www.greenvillegazette.com/p/cbo-reports-trumps-obamacare-repeal-will-spike-premiums-by-50-in-just-one-year-157683/

Thought I'd share this.
To Christy on Facebook, who doesn’t need the Women’s March

https://medium.com/esme-com-resources-and-support-for-single-moms/to-christy-on-facebook-who-doesnt-need-the-women-s-march-beb4948e1e4b#.ns4ft0wwt

I still would like to know what specific right that women have is in danger...

Is that your final answer? Birth control?

No. It encompasses all things that this present administration stands for, including the "Alternate Facts" espoused by the LIAR IN CHIEF.
Y'all are delusional if you think this particular administration has our best interests at heart, whether it be healthcare, woman's or civil rights, our environment, our wildlife or anything else.

Why hasn't anyone commented OBAMA’S LEGACY: NEARLY 450 ACCOMPLISHMENTS, WITH CITATIONS or Obama's top 50 Accomplishments? I was asked. I answered.

You prove to me that trump will be or is a man of honor, honesty, integrity, that is suitable to lead this country into greatness, rather than a thin skinned, misogynistic, narcissistic, petulantently tweeting ignoramus that is unqualified self-serving, selfish, and a disaster waiting to happen.
Blah! Insert upchuck emogi.

Please tell me how this pathological liar, is good for America or the world.
Where are his taxes?
Where's the bind trust?
Where's the "draining of the swamp?
Where is the self control?

Thought I'd share this.
To Christy on Facebook, who doesn’t need the Women’s March

https://medium.com/esme-com-resources-and-support-for-single-moms/to-christy-on-facebook-who-doesnt-need-the-women-s-march-beb4948e1e4b#.ns4ft0wwt

Another perspective:
Globe Hoppers

And another on Medium:
Medium

People marched for various reasons. But the catalyst was the election. On the bright side, there were NO ridiculous trump tweets today. "WIN!"