Obama looks to make immediate impact once in office.

[Nutmeg]

He is looking at all the Bush policies and is deciding which ones can stay on the books and which ones need to be repealed.

All of them, Barry, all of them.

Save the protection of the northwest Hawaiian islands and the creation of Congaree and Great Sand Dunes National Parks.  There must be something else good to come out of the last eight years, but nothing comes to mind right now.

The article says that Valerie Jarrett is Obama's top choice to take his Senate seat.

Blago has taken note and will clearly place great significance on Obama's preference when making his decision.

[Nutmeg]

ah, so that is the "Change" he wants to implement - he's gonna go straight at the moral issues: destruction of embryos, abortion, homosexuality.

who would have guessed?!

Stem cell research is a moral issue to far fewer people than is people dying of curable diseases.  Health care is a major part of President-elect Obama's platform.

I see no evidence of action on the second two issues you mention.

[Nutmeg]

ah, so that is the "Change" he wants to implement - he's gonna go straight at the moral issues: destruction of embryos, abortion, homosexuality.

who would have guessed?!

Stem cell research is a moral issue to far fewer people than is people dying of curable diseases.  Health care is a major part of President-elect Obama's platform.

I see no evidence of action on the second two issues you mention.

The AP notes "Presidents long have used executive orders to impose policy and set priorities. One of Bush's first acts was to reinstate full abortion restrictions on US overseas aid."

Obama is not Bush, last I knew.  Provide evidence that Obama is considering equal and opposite action, and then we'll discuss.

[Nutmeg]

ah, so that is the "Change" he wants to implement - he's gonna go straight at the moral issues: destruction of embryos, abortion, homosexuality.

who would have guessed?!

Stem cell research is a moral issue to far fewer people than is people dying of curable diseases.  Health care is a major part of President-elect Obama's platform.

I see no evidence of action on the second two issues you mention.

The AP notes "Presidents long have used executive orders to impose policy and set priorities. One of Bush's first acts was to reinstate full abortion restrictions on US overseas aid."

Obama is not Bush, last I knew.  Provide evidence that Obama is considering equal and opposite action, and then we'll discuss.

guess we'll have to wait for the first week of the presidency of a person whose morality includes considering children as "punishment" instead of what they really are: "an inheritance from God"

Ok.

Now how about his executive order mandating universal homosexuality?

[Nutmeg]

He is looking at all the Bush policies and is deciding which ones can stay on the books and which ones need to be repealed.

All of them, Barry, all of them.

Save the protection of the northwest Hawaiian islands and the creation of Congaree and Great Sand Dunes National Parks.  There must be something else good to come out of the last eight years, but nothing comes to mind right now.

Nutmeg, absolutely.  You know how I always try to find the good things Presidents have done.  And I've had no trouble -- even with the ones I really disliked, such as Reagan and Nixon.  I can find many positive accomplishments that made our country and the world a better place.

With Bush...you cited the only two I can think of.  Although I think perhaps -- when baby brother was running for re-election in Florida -- he also signed a pretty tough Everglades Protection bill or something like that.    But beyond this, I'm mute.  Can't think of a damn thing.

I wasn't being entirely serious that that those were the only good things, but you've caused me to reconsider this topic.  Can we think of any other good things?

So far we have:
- protection of NW Hawaiian islands
- Congaree NP
- Great Sand Dunes NP
- Everglades protection
- As StatesRights mentioned, AIDS work in Africa

I'd add:
- Increased funding to clean up brownfields
- Allocated funding to cleanup of Great Lakes
- Increased funding for National Science Foundation and NIH
- ...