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Claims of Sealed Obama Records Proven False
Posted by: Samuel Warde
No United States President in history has had as many false and malicious rumors spread about him. As part of an ongoing public service commitment by this website, we present our series of articles debunking right-wing myths.
Myth: Obama’s thesis paper is sealed
No United States President in history has had as many false and malicious rumors spread about him. As part of an ongoing public service commitment by this website, we present our series of articles debunking right-wing myths.
Myth: Obama’s thesis paper is sealed
Reality: Obama did not
actually write the kind of ‘thesis’ that some universities require for
graduation, and accordingly there are none on file. Obama did write a
‘thesis’ about nuclear disarmament for an honors course his senior year,
but reporter have already been told that Obama did not keep a copy and
as reported by Snopes back in 2008, Columbia had not retained a copy either. NBC News
contacted Professor Michael Baron, his former professor back in 2008
but he advised he thought it had been tossed out during a move he made
back in 2000.
Myth: Obama’s College records are sealed from Occidental College, Columbia and Harvard
Reality: Pursuant to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974,
it would be illegal under federal law for Occidental, Columbia or
Harvard to release the records of any student to reporters or member of
the general public without specific written permission from said
student. Obama has not released those records, but neither has any
other presidential candidate in history.
Myth: Obama’s Selective Service Registration is sealed
Reality: This myth is
actually pretty moot since there has not been a draft in the United
States since 1972, the year Obama turned 11. Nevertheless, Obama’s
Selective Service registration is public. His registration number is
61-1125539-1 and was registered by Obama on September 4, 1980 as confirmed by the Selective Service Administration and has been posted publicly.
Myth: Obama’s Medical Records are sealed
Reality: Obama released summary medical information
during the 2008 campaign, and since taking office has followed the same
practice of other presidents releasing the results of his first medical exam on February 28, 2010 and his second exam October 31, 2011.
Myth: Obama’s State Senate Records are sealed
Reality: Obama’s voting record as an Illinois State Senator is a matter of public record and during the 2008 campaign reporters extensively reviewed them. The website for the Illinois General Assembly has transcripts of all Senate debates in which Obama took part posted as well.
Myth: Obama’s Law Practice Record are sealed
Reality: Obama routinely disclosed a
full list clients for the firm of Davis, Miner, Barnhill and Gallard
where he worked while serving in the state senate although he did not
release the list of specific clients he worked for personally. However,
while campaigning in 2008 he did confirm several specific clients when asked to include the liberal organization Acorn, who he represented in 1995.
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For more info on Obama myths see Myths about Obama Debunked and 8 Right Wing Obama Myths Debunked _________________________________
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Monday, August 19, 2013
Texas begins replacing paved roads with gravel due to lack of funding
RAW STORY
The oil and gas boom in Texas has produced an unintended effect: The state plans to covert some roads to gravel to save money.
The oversized vehicles and overweight loads used by energy companies has had a devastating impact on many roads, but the state has not appropriated enough money to fix them.
The Texas Department of Transportation began converting more than 80 miles of paved roads to gravel on Monday, according to the Texas Tribune. The speed limit on the new gravel roads will be reduced to 30 mph.
Texas lawmakers approved $225 million for the repair of roadways and bridges within the state highway system this year. Texas lawmakers also approved a ballot measure that would provide $1.2 billion a year for state transportation projects. If approved by voters in 2014, the measure would divert money from the state’s rainy day fund to the state highway fund.
But the Texas Department of Transportation said $400 million was needed to repair immediate damage caused by energy sector traffic across the state. The department said it needed an additional $1 billion per year to keep the roadways in good condition. It won’t get that funding until next year.
“Since paving roads is too expensive and there is not enough funding to repave them all, our only other option to make them safer is to turn them into gravel roads,” spokesman David Glessner told the Texas Tribune.
The oil and gas boom in Texas has produced an unintended effect: The state plans to covert some roads to gravel to save money.
The oversized vehicles and overweight loads used by energy companies has had a devastating impact on many roads, but the state has not appropriated enough money to fix them.
The Texas Department of Transportation began converting more than 80 miles of paved roads to gravel on Monday, according to the Texas Tribune. The speed limit on the new gravel roads will be reduced to 30 mph.
Texas lawmakers approved $225 million for the repair of roadways and bridges within the state highway system this year. Texas lawmakers also approved a ballot measure that would provide $1.2 billion a year for state transportation projects. If approved by voters in 2014, the measure would divert money from the state’s rainy day fund to the state highway fund.
But the Texas Department of Transportation said $400 million was needed to repair immediate damage caused by energy sector traffic across the state. The department said it needed an additional $1 billion per year to keep the roadways in good condition. It won’t get that funding until next year.
“Since paving roads is too expensive and there is not enough funding to repave them all, our only other option to make them safer is to turn them into gravel roads,” spokesman David Glessner told the Texas Tribune.
Texas is fracked: More than 30 towns will soon be out of water
RAW STORY
Natural gas is claimed to promise cleaner, more efficient combustion than its petroleum-based competition, but getting natural gas out of the ground through hydraulic fracturing (fracking) can be far more environmentally menacing than getting oil. Now, as many as 30 Texas towns could be learning that the hard way, as the towns’ water supplies have been diverted for fracking. Before you feel too bad for them, read the story, below, originally published on Gas2.
Natural gas is claimed to promise cleaner, more efficient combustion than its petroleum-based competition, but getting natural gas out of the ground through hydraulic fracturing (fracking) can be far more environmentally menacing than getting oil. Now, as many as 30 Texas towns could be learning that the hard way, as the towns’ water supplies have been diverted for fracking. Before you feel too bad for them, read the story, below, originally published on Gas2.
Texas is Fracked: More than 30 Towns Will be Out of Water due to Fracking
More
than 30 towns in West Texas will soon be out of water as a direct
result of diverting their underground water supplies for use in
hydraulic fracking. Largely unregulated fracking, it should be said. Largely unregulated fracking that is definitely putting arsenic into the ground it happens to be drying out. Before you start acting horrified, though, consider: this is exactly what Texas’ mental-midget teabillies voted for.
Despite the vast consensus of climate scientists, the highly publicized destructive effects of fracking on water supplies, fracking’s seismic impact, and the evidence of their own senses,
the mentally deficient residents of Texas keep electing politicians who
believe climate change is a myth, and who think the best course of
action to address Texas’ crippling drought is several days of organized
prayer. Really....................
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