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Obama = Bush, Says the ACLU
2:25 pm, March 7th, 2010 on White House
Obama’s latest move to try KSM in military tribunals, instead of criminal courts, is infuriating the left to such an extent that the ACLU published the following full-page ad in the NYT.
Obama is slowly coming to the painful realization that a lot of what the Bush administration did in matters of national security (military tribunals, Gitmo, etc.) was due to expediency given the tough circumstances, rather than a hatred for constitutional rights and freedoms. The left can’t help feel betrayed by its poster boy.
Young ‘Uns Still Obsessed with Obama
12:12 pm, March 6th, 2010 on White House
It seems that the 18-29 crowd can’t get over its obsession with Barack Obama. While approval ratings from other age groups are somewhat consistent with previous presidencies, 66% of young ‘uns still like Obama, according to a recent Gallup poll.
They’re still gulping down the Kool-Aid by the gallons. This despite the fact that unemployment and underemployment account for a fifth of the labor force more than a year since BHO took office.
Obama’s Failing Climate Change Movement
10:52 pm, February 19th, 2010 on White House
The Economist’s KAL seldom criticizes liberals. When he does, it’s generally for inaction on any number of his favorite (and invariably, lefty) issues. The latest is climate change.
No wonder Obama’s approval ratings are falling. He isn’t pleasing anyone on his core issues – health care, climate change, ending the wars, Gitmo – and has been relegated to secondary issues, such as gays in the military and banning proprietary trading by banks.
Another Envoy to the Muslim World?!
3:38 pm, February 15th, 2010 on White House
So, we have Farah Pandith as the special U.S. envoy to Muslim communities. We now have another one – Rashad Hussein who has been appointed as the envoy to the Organization of Islamic Conference. Apparently, he will:
…work to strengthen cooperation between the United States and the Organization of the Islamic Conference, the White House said. In addition, he will seek to counter any disparaging images of the United States in the Muslim world, and in particular will look to correct distortions of Americans disseminated by Al Qaeda.
Pandith’s job description:
she will play a leading role in our efforts to engage Muslims around the world
So, basically, each will be stepping on the other’s toes, just as bureaucracy is designed to do.
Reid Wants Recess Appointments
5:01 pm, February 10th, 2010 on Democraps, Politics, White House
When Harry Reid & Co. held up dozens of Bush nominees forcing him to recess appoint several of them, including John Bolton, to the UN, liberals were up in arms about Bush’s 171 extra-Senatorial appointments.
Now, that Obama’s nominees are being held back by Republican “obstructionism,” Reid claims:
I mean it’s disgraceful. The Republicans are holding these people up for reasons that have nothing to do with their background, morality [or] competency of these people. … I think, frankly, the President should recess [appoint] all of them. All of them. He has been given very little recognition for the importance of the job that he has trying to find the best people in America to fill this position. No one can say Democrats did this when we were in the minority — we didn’t do this. There were people that were held up, but this something that is beyond the pale.
On video:
Anything that Bush did was Satan’s work. If Obama does the same, it’s the people’s will. Oh, this is why I love Beltway politics.
Let’s Move … the Obamas Out of the White House
4:50 pm, February 10th, 2010 on Health, White House
Michelle Obama has launched a new initiative, Let’s Move, to combat childhood obesity.
She feels that bringing “grocery stores to low-income neighborhoods” and helping “places like convenience stores carry healthier food options,” in addition to more onerous food labeling requirements will provide parents the information and choices they need to make better decisions for their children.
My thoughts on this matter pertain to 2 points. First, let children be children. Let them have fun. They have their entire lives to get back to size 0.
Second, as one commentor put it:
Bring PE back to the classroom. I think dodge ball and tag were great when I was in elementary school. Keep the crazy lawsuits out of sports programs in and out of schools.
PE should be compulsory for ALL kids, no excuses. In my school, PE was a requirement – you had to pass the class to move on each year until the 10th year. It was easy to pass – just attend the class enough times – but the idea was to instill in them a passion for physical exertion.
Alas, the Obamas and Democrats can’t come up with simple solutions. Everything has to be a grand scheme involving more bureaucracy and red tape and more requirements (or taxes) on businesses.
I can’t wait for 2013.
Obama’s Approval Now Well Under 50%
8:32 pm, February 8th, 2010 on Politics, White House
No More Superman
President Barack Obama’s glorious descent to approval ratings purgatory is well under way. Marist College’s latest non-internet poll shows that only 44% of registered voters now think he’s doing a good job.
Starting from a high of 68% in January ‘08, Obama has lost 24 points in 2 years. If he keeps it up, we could be looking at 20% in 2012, in time for a new President.
Another Birthers Lawsuit Courtesy Orly Taitz
11:03 pm, January 28th, 2010 on White House
Orly Taitz
Orly Owl
Orly Taitz, the Obama Birth Certificate Hunter Extraordinaire, has filed another lawsuit, pro se, on Wednesday demanding a copy of the President’s birth record from the Secretary of State. It is, of course, a different matter that Hilary Clinton herself would have liked Obama to be disqualified way back in 2008.
This is after several of her previous lawsuits, on behalf of various plaintiffs, were thrown out by various courts. It seems like Taitz is truly obsessed by hope of one day seeing Obama’s actually birth certificate.
On a related note, it is interesting to note that several of our elected representatives also believe in the Birthers’ tales, courtesy, Mike Stark…
Get over it already.
Alito Rebuts Obama, Or So They Say, But Rightly So
12:44 pm, January 28th, 2010 on Politics, White House, supreme court
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr. had his own “you lie” moment last night during Obama’s criticism of the Supreme Court decision on restrictions on corporations during elections…
Alito responded to this section in Obama’s speech:
With all due deference to separation of powers, last week the Supreme Court reversed a century of law that I believe will open the floodgates for special interests –- including foreign corporations –- to spend without limit in our elections. (Applause.) I don’t think American elections should be bankrolled by America’s most powerful interests, or worse, by foreign entities. (Applause.) They should be decided by the American people. And I’d urge Democrats and Republicans to pass a bill that helps to correct some of these problems.
If Obama can be directly disrespectful towards the Supreme Court, with several justices in attendance, with his own uninformed opinions, I don’t see why Alito can’t express his own opinion.
Obama’s Magic Numbers Game
12:48 pm, January 26th, 2010 on Democraps, Economy, White House
President Barack Obama wants to shave $15 billion from next year’s budget and $250 billion over 10 years. Let’s look at that closely.
The 2011 federal budget will be a colossal $2.713 trillion dollars, up from $2.381 trillion in 2010, according to the GPO[PDF].
$15 billion accounts for, let’s see, 0.55% of the entire budget.
Heck the increase in spending from 2010 to 2011 is 13.9%, which would give the inflation a run for its money. For simplicity’s sake, let’s shave off .55% from 13.9% gives us 13.35%. Or, 13% versus 14% increase.
That’s like saying, I want to buy the $2000 TV but I am not going to pay $20 for the HD antenna.
Who’s he trying to fool?
The Queen of USA
4:15 pm, January 7th, 2010 on Liberalism, White House
Despite this being an “old” story, it is still despicable that Michelle Obama needs 22 attendants – all well paid – even Queen Victoria, the monarch at the height of the British empire, would have been proud.
Obama Bows, Righties Howl
11:33 pm, November 16th, 2009 on White House
Obama Bows
So what if President Obama bowed to the Japanese Emperor? Can’t he for once respect a foreign culture without the politicization of every single action. I agree with Donna Brazille:
“I think it’s a gesture of kindness … goodwill between two nations that respect each other.”
Obama Takes Credit for Jobs Lost: Only 5.2% Actually Unemployed
2:48 pm, November 6th, 2009 on Humor, White House
Obama Wastes Away
U.S. President Barack Obama says that the latest unemployment figures show the stimulus is working and Congress is doing the right by focusing on health care reform.
“In the entire month of October, American employers shed merely 190,000 jobs. Looking at the bigger picture of 300 million Americans, that is but a drop in the bucket. Even with 15.7 million unemployed, only 5.2% of Americans are actually out of a job,” said President Obama during his speech in the Rose Garden.
“The stimulus package passed by my Congress earlier this year has saved and is continuing to save hundreds of thousands of jobs. Without those trillion dollars, we would have most likely lost 3 times as many as we did.”
“We were elected to build a future. Speaker Pelosi and Senator Reid are doing the right thing by focusing on providing health care to the millions of Americans without coverage, an issue central to that future of our great country.”
The Labor Department reports that almost 15.7 million Americans were out of work in October. 190,000 jobs were shed last month, down from the 219,000 jobs lost in September. It was the 22nd consecutive month that the economy has lost jobs, the longest slump in the 70 years records have been kept.
Obama Expands Government, Claims Job Saved
7:03 pm, October 30th, 2009 on Economy, White House
The Obama administration is spinning a tale of how 650,000 (!) jobs have been saved or created because of the stimulus spending. More than half of these are in education – government jobs.
The rest are mostly in relatively low-paying construction jobs, not the kind of financial, technological or high-paying jobs that were lost because of the recession.
Biden claims:
There is strong and mounting evidence that the recovery act is putting people back to work
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, non-farm unemployment is at 9.8% as of earlier this month. Where are these jobs going?
White House’s Visitor Logs: False Positives?
6:51 pm, October 30th, 2009 on White House
So, the Anointed One’s administration has released visitor logs for the White House, with such luminaries on the list:
Michael Jordan, William Ayers, Michael Moore, Jeremiah Wright, Robert Kelly (”R. Kelly”) and Malik Shabazz
Many of these names, however, are supposedly “false positives.” Apparently:
A lot of people visit the White House, up to 100,000 each month …. Given this large amount of data, the records we are publishing today include a few “false positives” – names that make you think of a well-known person, but are actually someone else.
So, there’s more than one Malik Shabazz?
…The well-known individuals with those names never actually came to the White House. Nevertheless, we were asked for those names and so we have included records for those individuals who were here and share the same names.
So, firstly, why are they on the visitor list?
Secondly, I have visited the White House and I had to submit all my information before the trip – the Secret Service is actually expected to verify the information you provide and conduct background checks, lest you’re a criminal or a terrorist. So, the White House should be able to tell us if the famous person named here actually visited the White House or not.
Going by this theory, you can release any list you like, and then claim that they are “false positives” on there. That makes the release inconsequential and ludicrous.
Their Problem to Solve?!
3:19 pm, October 27th, 2009 on Asia, White House
Mr. Matthew Hoh, a US diplomat posted in Afghanistan, resigned from his job claiming:
“We want to have some kind of governance there, and we have some obligation for it not to be a bloodbath.
“But you have to draw the line somewhere, and say this is their problem to solve.”
Their problem to solve?!
The United States attacked Afghanistan in a just war to root out the Taliban and Al-Qaeda, who, by the way, had attacked us on our soil. The Afghans hadn’t even attacked us – their government was harboring the people who attacked and wouldn’t give them up.
This problem can never be theirs. This problem was ours and will remain ours.
Now that that job has become tough, Hoh (and the Obama team) wants us to just quit and run away. This would be the second time we have left Afghanistan in tatters.
The last time we just quit Afghanistan after the Soviet withdrawal in the ’80s, Al Qaeda and the Taliban emerged to fill the power void. What will emerge this time?
This whole Hoh resignation bullshit just stinks of political manipulation.
Obama: Cut Your Paychecks.
1:12 pm, October 21st, 2009 on Economy, Liberalism, White House
Obama’s socialism czar, Kenneth Feinberg, has decreed that recipients of federal bailouts must cut the compensation of their top executives.
In the private world, the real world, the capitalist world, people need incentives to perform. Outsized salaries and benefits provide just such incentives. Look at Goldman, JP Morgan and others that have been declaring massive profits over the past few months.
Cutting paychecks will only cause these companies to behave more like government entities than their private competitors. Why would the head of a division work 100 hours a week at this company when he’s getting paid half of what his counterpart gets paid at a different firm? He can switch or stop working as hard…
Why does it feel more and more like the Socialist States of America?
Did Obama Just Fail? Good Heavens!
2:48 pm, October 2nd, 2009 on Sports, White House
President Barack Hussein Obama tried his best to bring the 2016 Olympics to Chicago – hey, the economy in still in the dumps – but he failed, and quite miserably at that!
The International Olympic Committee be cursed! How dare they deny the Chosen One’s desire?
The Right Message: Obama’s Ramadan Remarks
4:07 pm, August 22nd, 2009 on White House
Barack Obama may be all talk, but talk is what wins the hearts and minds, to use a cliche. His recent message, included after the jump, on the Muslim month of Ramadan shows his commitment to re-engage the Muslim world.
His knowledge and apparent respect of Muslim traditions, coming from the President of the United States, is a very important step, in continuation of his speeches in Cairo and Ankara, to build a momentum of peaceful relations with the Muslim world. Read on »
Another of Obama’s Hidden Taxes
10:01 pm, August 13th, 2009 on Economy, Taxes, White House
President Barack Obama wants to raise taxes on us in some way or the other.
His latest proposal to impose new fees on banks and mortgage companies, supposedly to finance more bureaucratic oversight, will surely be passed on to us consumers in the form of new and/or higher fees and charges.
A banking industry lobbyist claims:
We think that it’s outrageous to disproportionately and unevenly impose the cost of new regulation on the top banks… The largest banks … should not be forced by the government to . . . pay the larger share of the funding costs of the [consumer financial protection agency] and regulatory oversight.
It’s not as if the banks will absorb even a single dollar of Obama’s new fees. As it is banks are increasing their fees on us consumers. With more federal charges, they will have now a valid excuse to jack ‘em up further. Of course, corporate clients will see some charges increased, but the bulk of the money will come from us, as has always happened.
We already have the FDIC, FEC, SEC, Treasury Dept. and dozens of other government agencies who provide some sort of regulatory control over the banking industry. A cheaper proposal to increase oversight, if you were so inclined, would be to expand the responsibility of one of these agencies, cut costs and streamline the whole process.
Another bureaucratic federal agency solves nothing. It just adds another tax on our plate.
274,000 Job Lost and Obama is in Good Spirits?
4:08 pm, August 7th, 2009 on Economy, White House
Our unemployment is still over 9%. 274,000 more Americans lost their jobs last month. The economy contracted another 1% last quarter.
$787 billion of our tax money was spent with little to show for it. Any improvements in the economy has been because of market forces. Obama’s money isn’t even being spent yet.
And, Barack Obama is in good spirits and taking credit for everything?
Obama’s Approval Ratings Down
6:44 pm, August 2nd, 2009 on White House
According to Rasmussen:
The Presidential Approval Index is calculated by subtracting the number who Strongly Disapprove from the number who Strongly Approve.
Not lookin’ too good.
The Problem With the Obama/Gates Affair
11:02 am, July 27th, 2009 on Politics, Race, White House
Stanley Fish, for the NYT, is taking the whole racism matter to a completely new level:
What was a black man doing living in a place like this?
and:
It isn’t the legitimacy of Obama’s birth certificate that’s the problem for the birthers. The problem is again the legitimacy of a black man living in a big house, especially when it’s the White House.
and:
Gates and Obama are not only friends; they are in the same position, suspected of occupying a majestic residence under false pretenses. And Obama is a double offender. Not only is he guilty of being Housed While Black; he is the first in American history guilty of being P.W.B., President While Black.
Really, the biggest problem with an African-American president or any African American in a position of power, is that liberals will constantly allude to his race and to situations involving similar blacks in problematic situations and claim that it was all because of the race, regardless of the circumstances. Read on »
Did I Miss the Obama-Gates Brouhaha?!
12:55 pm, July 24th, 2009 on Liberalism, White House
I have been busy over the past week, which should explain the paucity of posts, but I am dismayed I didn’t read or blog about the Obama/Gates affair until now.
So, an African-American professor gets arrested for a minor issue and the President of the United States makes a phone call about it?!
Gates may be a respected Harvard professor but no one has the right to say this to an officer of the law:
Ya, I’ll speak with your mama outside
Of course, a Harvard professor has a constitutional right (Gates Amendment, forthcoming) to scream at and abuse a police officer. The police officer was wrong the minute he even responded to the breaking and entering call – he should be suspended and exiled to Kiribati.
Is that what we’ve come down to? Is this what engages President Barack Obama all day long? Did we elect him to scold allegedly “racist” police officers and bail out nasty liberal professors?
With over 10% unemployment, half a million people losing their jobs every single month, trillions in tax dollars spent away without any results, states running out of UI money, Obama still has the time to call a police sergeant when his friend gets arrested?
I am thinking of switching sides and befriending Obama. That’d be like a “Get Out of Jail Free” card. And, he’s always available to make the call too. Day or night. Sweet.
Asian Solar Eclipse Prompts White House Action
6:57 pm, July 21st, 2009 on Economy, Humor, White House
Praying For Voodoo
An impending solar eclipse, that is expected to darken much of East and South Asia for upto 6 minutes at its peak, is prompting action from the White House.
US President Obama is eager to take advantage of the many religious rituals and practices designed to ward off evil and bring good luck during the solar eclipse, which is believed to be unauspicious according to local superstitions. Read on »
Milbank Criticizes Steele’s Puppetry; What About Obama’s?
4:20 pm, July 21st, 2009 on Health, Liberalism, White House
A running theme on this blog has been the media’s liberal bias and constant grovelling to Obama, Pelosi, Reid, et. al. Today is no different.
It seems that criticizing Obama amounts to racism or some other -ism, but Steele is fair game because he’s a Republican. Steele’s race and everything else is trumped by his ideology.
Dana Milbank of the Washington Post today criticizes Steele’s adherence to his consultant’s suggestions. He claimed Steel used Castellanos’ memo word-for-word for his speech, which was full of: Read on »
Obama Declares War Against the Uninsured
12:39 pm, July 21st, 2009 on Health, Humor, White House
Delirious
The Obama administration today announced a sustained, national campaign against the uninsured, one that will go far beyond retaliation against the perpetrators of insurance terrorism in the United States.
U.S. President Barack Obama said the campaign would become the driving force of his presidency, and other top officials described a methodical unleashing of United States health insurers likely to unfold not in a single, retaliatory spasm but in repeated strikes aimed at destroying bases of the uninsured terrorists and the communities that harbor them. Read on »
Obama’s Health Care Plan Faces Existing Problems
11:33 am, July 19th, 2009 on Health, White House
Interesting article from The Philadelphia Tribune, an African American newspaper in the Philly area…
This article originally appeared in the July 12 issue of The Philadelphia Tribune, authored by Christopher Moraff.
We all know the routine. You call your doctor for appointment, and — unless you have an acute illness — you might get one in two weeks, ten days if you’re lucky. On the day of your visit you get to the office early only to find three, four, or even five patients in the waiting room who seem to have been given the same appointment time as you.
After about 40 minutes spent flipping through old copies of Sports Illustrated your name is called and you are escorted to an exam room. Okay, you think, here we go. But you’re not seeing a doctor yet. Instead, you’ll sit in that tiny room staring at the jars of cotton and trays of plasma vials for another 20 minutes before the physician finally comes in. He’ll spend, on average, ten minutes with you before scribbling something in your chart and rushing out to the next patient. By the time you leave, your one o’clock consultation has turned into a brief, two o’clock encounter. Read on »
What’s the Rush, Barack?
4:40 pm, July 17th, 2009 on Economy, Health, White House
Obama calls upon Senators to pass his pet health-care reforms ASAP, saying:
Now is not the time to slow down
What’s the rush? Can we prioritize and fix the economy first, instead?
Obama’s Birth Certificate Still Causing Trouble + That Army Major is a Coward
1:58 pm, July 14th, 2009 on Politics, White House
Barack H. Obama’s birth certificate, that was released last year after much prodding and poking, is still causing consternation for his supporters, and some hope for conspiracy theorists…
Born Where?
Regina Benjamin, Obama’s Surgeon General: Not So Partisan?
4:30 pm, July 13th, 2009 on Health, White House
Obama's Future SG
Obama’s nominee for the position of Surgeon General, Dr. Regina Benjamin, doesn’t seem as partisan as his other choices so far. Her work so far ought to solicit praise and respect:
Benjamin gained fame through her public efforts to rebuild her rural health clinic after Hurricane Katrina devastated it. She founded the Bayou La Batre Rural Health Clinic in 1990 and rebuilt it after the hurricane.
Benjamin has also served as the first black woman to head the State of Alabama Medical Association and was associate dean for rural health at the University of South Alabama’s College of Medicine. Read on »
Obama Wants to Ru(i)n Small Businesses Now
3:02 pm, July 10th, 2009 on Economy, White House
Wannabe Small Business Magnates
Already tired of running all the big banks, AIG, GM and Chrysler, President Barack H. Obama and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner want to diversify into small businesses now.
Apparently:
A proposal being floated by senior Treasury Department officials calls for using the bailout funds to expand an existing government program that helps small companies borrow money from banks a low rates to keep their businesses going, the source said. These “working capital” loans would come with few restrictions and could be used for buying inventory, holding onto employees and paying off short-term debt.
How noble sounding!
Obama’s Stimulus Not Working … Couldn’t You Tell Before?
6:35 pm, July 9th, 2009 on Economy, White House
NYT analyzes:
With unemployment already at 9.5 percent and likely to exceed 10 percent, much higher than White House officials predicted back in February, Mr. Obama has been facing attacks that his $787 billion stimulus program was either too timid or wrong-headed or both. Now, just five months after Congress agreed on the plan, with only a fraction of the money actually out the door, Washington is debating the need for a second round of stimulus amid economic and political crosscurrents.
Wasn’t it apparent even before the stimulus was passed that it wouldn’t work?
It took $787 billion in Congressional funding, and trillions more in Treasury money, and thousands of lost jobs to make it clear that Obama’s plan will not help. And, he’s asking for more?!
YES: Restricting Speculations in Oil Trading
6:09 pm, July 7th, 2009 on Economy, White House
The Feds are finally recognizing that wild fluctuations in oil and commodity prices are caused by speculations, not by Chinese and Indian demand. I wish Bush had done something like this – we could have avoided at least some of the economic crisis.
Regulation is needed; restricting oil contracts is essential. Good thinking, Gensler, I hope you go ahead with your plan.
Sorry, But, Michelle Obama Looks Like a Maid
12:23 pm, July 7th, 2009 on White House
I don’t want to sound racist (I positively am not), and any other First Lady of the United States of America dressed like this for Independence Day would have earned the same comment.
That's a Maid
I don’t care that it’s a Narciso Rodriguez. It’s still horrible.
As usual, HuffPo is drooling:
Michelle Obama traded the traditional red, white, and blue for Saturday’s 4th of July festivities in favor of black and white. The first lady paired the dress with her favorite silver flats. Daughters Malia, who was celebrating her 11th birthday, and Sasha both wore their hair in ‘mini-Michelle’ buns.
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