Friday, January 6, 2012

Yes, he's historic, alright. Barack Obama's Complete List of Historic Firsts [Updated]

Barack Obama's Complete List of Historic Firsts [Updated]
Courtesy:
http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2011/06/president-barack-obamas-complete-list.html

Yes, he's historic, alright.

• First President to
Preside Over a Cut to the Credit Rating of the United States Government

• First President to
Violate the War Powers Act

First President to Orchestrate the Sale of Murder Weapons to Mexican Drug Cartels

• First President to issue
an unlawful "recess-appointment" while the U.S. Senate remained in session (against the advice of his own Justice Department).

• First President to
be Held in Contempt of Court for Illegally Obstructing Oil Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico

• First President to
Defy a Federal Judge's Court Order to Cease Implementing the 'Health Care Reform' Law

• First President to
halt deportations of illegal aliens and grant them work permits, a form of stealth amnesty roughly equivalent to "The DREAM Act", which could not pass Congress

• First President to
Require All Americans to Purchase a Product From a Third Party

• First President to
Spend a Trillion Dollars on 'Shovel-Ready' Jobs -- and Later Admit There Was No Such Thing as Shovel-Ready Jobs

• First President to
sue states for requiring valid IDs to vote, even though the same administration requires valid IDs to travel by air

• First President to
Abrogate Bankruptcy Law to Turn Over Control of Companies to His Union Supporters

• First President to
Bypass Congress and Implement the DREAM Act Through Executive Fiat

• First President to
Threaten Insurance Companies After They Publicly Spoke out on How Obamacare Helped Cause their Rate Increases

• First President to
Threaten an Auto Company (Ford) After It Publicly Mocked Bailouts of GM and Chrysler

• First President to "
Order a Secret Amnesty Program that Stopped the Deportations of Illegal Immigrants Across the U.S., Including Those With Criminal Convictions"

• First President to
Demand a Company Hand Over $20 Billion to One of His Political Appointees

• First President to
Terminate America's Ability to Put a Man into Space.

• First President to
Encourage Racial Discrimination and Intimidation at Polling Places

• First President to
Have a Law Signed By an 'Auto-pen' Without Being "Present"

• First President to
Arbitrarily Declare an Existing Law Unconstitutional and Refuse to Enforce It

• First President to
Tell a Major Manufacturing Company In Which State They Are Allowed to Locate a Factory

• First President to
refuse to comply with a House Oversight Committee subpoena.

• First President to
File Lawsuits Against the States He Swore an Oath to Protect (AZ, WI, OH, IN, etc.)

• First President to
Withdraw an Existing Coal Permit That Had Been Properly Issued Years Ago

• First President to
Fire an Inspector General of Americorps for Catching One of His Friends in a Corruption Case

• First President to
Propose an Executive Order Demanding Companies Disclose Their Political Contributions to Bid on Government Contracts

• First President to allow
Mexican police to conduct law enforcement activities on American soil

• First President to
Golf 90 or More Times in His First Three Years in Office

But remember: he
will not rest until all Americans have jobs, affordable homes, green-energy vehicles, and the environment is repaired, etc., etc., etc.