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First One Hundred Days of the Obama Administration IN SPACE


Rather than go through the odious route of the lower house of the legislature, the President decided his powers of Commander-in-Chief allowed him the broad leeway to take action. The cabinet initially protested, but soon fell silent under what became known as "the growing consensus": if the President wanted it, it was done, no questions asked, and lucky stars were thanked that he was not George W. Bush.

"My fellow Americans, and esteemed servicemen and women,"

"The job that you have done in protecting our interests at home and abroad is, well, it's beyond my pay grade to say."

As such, in my capacity as Commander-in-Chief, I am assigning half of the budget of the Department of Defense towards public education in inner city schools in the United States.

"There are those that say it's reckless," said Obama, "the way they said Lincoln was reckless.