Barack Obama

sheshe2

(92,935 posts) Thu Oct 9, 2014, 04:50 PM Oct 2014

that hopey changey thing is working out great. thanks, president obama! [View all]

Rolling Stone: The Obama Hope And Change Index: 6 Years Of Progress, By The Numbers
Peak unemployment, October 2009: 10 percent
Unemployment rate now: 5.9 percent
Consecutive private sector job growth: 55 months
Private sector jobs created: 10.3 million
Federal deficit, 2009: 9.8 percent of GDP
Deficit in 2013: 4.1 percent of GDP

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Gigawatts of wind power installed when Obama took office: 25
Gigawatts of wind power installed through end of 2013: 61
Peak summertime solar power generation June 2008: 128 gigawatt hours
Peak summertime solar power generation June 2014: 2,061 gigawatt hours
Coal burned in electrical generation 2008: 1 billion short tons
Coal burned in electrical generation 2013: 858 million short tons
Reduction: 14.2 percent
EPA-proposed CO2 reductions for power sector by 2030: 30 percent

http://theobamadiary.com/2014/10/09/that-hopey-changey-thing-is-working-out-great-thanks-president-obama/

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that hopey changey thing is working out great. thanks, president obama! [View all] sheshe2 Oct 2014 OP

I hopey that we changy the House to Dem control. louis-t Oct 2014 #1

2022 yeoman6987 Oct 2014 #41

The nonexistent liberal media (replaced by a war machine) won't be getting this near flyover states. SleeplessinSoCal Oct 2014 #2

Thanks for your post, sheshe2. littlemissmartypants Oct 2014 #3

GOTV! sheshe2 Oct 2014 #5

Thanks for your post, sheshe2. littlemissmartypants Oct 2014 #4

Sadly, this is not the news that breaks through all the noise. Tarheel_Dem Oct 2014 #6

It barely makes it out of our little group here. SleeplessinSoCal Oct 2014 #7

It can be frustrating, but the POTUS gets up everyday, and does his job regardless, and for that Tarheel_Dem Oct 2014 #10

I wonder how long we will be able... sheshe2 Oct 2014 #12

Well, the Kerry group is still around. Major Hogwash Oct 2014 #13

I guess we vote first! GOTV 2014!!!!! sheshe2 Oct 2014 #29

I vote religiously, every chance I get. Major Hogwash Oct 2014 #44

The Kerry group still has dreams of his gaining the Oval Office even yet. IrishAyes Oct 2014 #34

We're having a slumber party this weekend. Wish you were here. Major Hogwash Oct 2014 #45

That's great! IrishAyes Oct 2014 #47

You & me both. His true impact won't be noticed until he's gone, and that gives me a sad. Tarheel_Dem Oct 2014 #14

... sheshe2 Oct 2014 #30

Maybe it could morph into a 'Barack Obama for SCOTUS' group? Worthy cause. IrishAyes Oct 2014 #25

I've said it before ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #20

+1. I didn't think I could, but I've even been surprised by the so-called "left" who have gone..... Tarheel_Dem Oct 2014 #21

Wow ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #22

+1 Tarheel_Dem Oct 2014 #23

I experienced an observation crystalizating event today ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #24

Please never stop saying it - because it's true. IrishAyes Oct 2014 #26

So good to see you Irish! sheshe2 Oct 2014 #36

I've missed all of you BOGGERS too. IrishAyes Oct 2014 #38

Yikes I am having problems to! sheshe2 Oct 2014 #39

Just trying to keep off the keyboard as much as possible. IrishAyes Oct 2014 #42

Oh, wow, I did not know that. Major Hogwash Oct 2014 #46

If you remember, Dragonly Speaking was an early voice software program. I liked it but there was IrishAyes Oct 2014 #48

Thank you for posting in the BOG, 1Strong! sheshe2 Oct 2014 #35

True, true, true. IrishAyes Oct 2014 #40

This message was self-deleted by its author SleeplessinSoCal Oct 2014 #8

Between dissapointment and hatred lays HOPE SleeplessinSoCal Oct 2014 #9

Thank you for that link SSC! sheshe2 Oct 2014 #11

I've believed for two years that the minimum wage increase is key SleeplessinSoCal Oct 2014 #16

Everytime a poll declares one result, another follows on its heels with an opposite prediction. IrishAyes Oct 2014 #28

So now you know. Major Hogwash Oct 2014 #15

So many years of disrespecting Democratic Presidents. sheshe2 Oct 2014 #18

Just tell people you meet on the street what the Republicans have done lately, that's what I do. Major Hogwash Oct 2014 #19

Ha! Perfect. sheshe2 Oct 2014 #27

Women will be the reason the Republicans will lose a lot of seats in the House next year. Major Hogwash Oct 2014 #32

You got that right! sheshe2 Oct 2014 #37

THANK YOU (and others) for all that hard work. IrishAyes Oct 2014 #31

Workin' out way better than it would have treestar Oct 2014 #17

I saw a good meme of them as the Beverly Hillbillies on the truck. SP sat in granny's rocking chair IrishAyes Oct 2014 #33

Six years of progress! Kath1 Oct 2014 #43