Archive for March, 2009
Gaffney on National Security: Our enemies sense weakness
President Obama’s stewardship of the national security portfolio to date amounts to a wrecking operation, a set of policies he must understand will not only weaken the United States but embolden our foes. After all, the communist agitator Saul Alinsky, a formative influence in Mr. Obama’s early years According to this logic, the various steps […]
Generational Theft: Obama and Geithner gambling with their country’s financial reputations(2 gambling addicts)
Having seen the worst elements of casino capitalism ruin Wall Street and generate billions in losses, the pair have stepped back to the roulette table and plan to place up to $1 trillion (£690bn) on black to try to win back the banks’ losses and restore America’s financial credibility. All they can do is hope […]
Poll:68% Say Bailout Money Is Going To Those Who Caused The Economic Crisis
With public outrage building over bonuses paid to executives of the bailed-out American International Group (AIG), 68% of Americans now believe most of the taxpayer money given out as bailouts is going to the very people who created the country’s current economic crisis.
Seventy percent (70%) of investors hold that view along with 67% of […]
The end of america as we know it?: Why the End of America is Closer than You Think
The U.S. dollar will eventually collapse or be abandoned. This could happen literally overnight, or it could take years, but make no mistake: The American people will not be forewarned of the collapse of the dollar. It will be a sudden, surprise announcement, and all the politicians and banking elitists who engineered the whole thing […]
Obama and I agree on something:Obama Confirms HR 1586, The AIG Bonus Tax Bill, Is Unconstitutional
The president ordered Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to use every legal means to recover the bonus money from AIG. If it is not repaid, it will be deducted from the company’s next bailout payment. The House decided to extract its own revenge by passing a bill that would impose a tax of up to 90 […]
CBS ‘60 Minutes’ Steve Kroft to Obama: “Are you punch-drunk?”
President Barack Obama said he believes the global financial system remains at risk of implosion with the failure of Citigroup or AIG, touching off “an even more destructive recession and potentially depression.”
His remarks came in a “60 Minutes” interview in which he was pressed by an incredulous Steve Kroft for laughing and chuckling several times […]
Orlando ‘Tea Party’ rally draws more than 4,000
Valerie Rike, 52, (left) with sister Christy Bishop, 59, attend the ‘Orlando Tea Party,’ a conservative rally Saturday at Lake Eola, downtown Orlando. (Helen Eckinger, Orlando Sentinel / March 21, 2009)
Singer Lloyd Marcus told the crowd assembled in Lake Eola Park on Saturday that he was going to give them his take on […]
The Real AIG Scandal
The transfer of $12.9 billion from AIG to Goldman looks fishier and fishier. ___ The AIG scandal is getting ever-more disturbing. Goldman Sachs’ public conference call explaining its trading relationship and exposure with AIG established once again that Goldman knows how to protect itself. According to Goldman, even if AIG had failed, Goldman’s losses would […]
Sen. Judd Gregg:”Obama’s massive budget proposal will bankrupt the country”
The top Republican on the Senate Budget Committee says the Obama administration is on the right course to save the nation’s financial system.But Sen. Judd Gregg of New Hampshire also says President Barack Obama’s massive budget proposal will bankrupt the country.
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North Korea to Close Air Routes for Rocket Launch
[Via bloomberg] North Korea will close two routes in its airspace April 4-8 for a scheduled rocket launch, South Korea’s transportation ministry said.The air routes off North Korea’s east coast will be closed daily between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. during the period for the launch of a rocket carrying a communications satellite, South Korea’s […]
Artist’s Obama painted car to get repossessed in Tampa, Fla.
Jennifer Stone-Anderson says her 2004 Saturn Ion became a work of art this fall when she covered it with elaborate paintings supporting Barack Obama.But Chrysler, which financed her car purchase, maintains that it’s just a car. And that Stone-Anderson has been missing payments. And that her work of “art” is about to be repossessed.
Stone-Anderson’s unemployment […]
Venezuela’s Chavez calls Obama “ignoramus” (poor ignoramus = useful idiot)
“He goes and accuses me of exporting terrorism: the least I can say is that he’s a poor ignoramus; he should read and study a little to understand reality,” said Chavez, who heads a group of left-wing Latin American leaders opposed to the U.S. influence in the region.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com …
Biden is ready to be President: Biden Tells Obama Birth Certificate Joke at Gridiron Dinner
Vice President Joe Biden told a joke about Barack Obama’s birth certificate at the Gridiron dinner in Washington, D.C. last night.
The joke was reported by Mike Allen at Politico in his article about Biden’s intentionally funny speech (as opposed to his usual foot in mouth routine.):
“You know, I never realized just how much power Dick […]
Friendly fire: New York Times hits Obama (Obama facade is beginning to crack)
The leading liberal voices of the New York Times editorial pages all criticized—and, in some cases, clobbered—President Obama on Sunday for his handling of the economy and national security.
It’s not unusual for Barack Obama to take a little friendly fire from the Times. But it’s perhaps unprecedented for him to get hit on the same […]
Warren Buffett Warning:$516 trillion bubble is a disaster waiting to happen (ticking bomb)
Charlie and I believe Berkshire should be a fortress of financial strength” wrote Warren Buffett. That was five years before the subprime-credit meltdown.
“We try to be alert to any sort of mega-catastrophe risk, and that posture may make us unduly appreciative about the burgeoning quantities of long-term derivatives contracts and the massive amount […]
Obama argue for secrecy in defending a terrorism policy crafted under George W. Bush
For the second time this week, the Obama administration has gone to court in San Francisco to argue for secrecy in defending a terrorism policy crafted under George W. Bush - in this case, wiretapping that President Obama denounced as a candidate.
Department asked a federal judge to suspend action on a suit challenging the wiretapping […]
Flickering Hope:Obama Endorses Bush Secrecy On Torture And Rendition
[Editor’s Note: This statement was released by the ACLU on February 4, 2009.]
ACLU: Obama Endorses Bush Secrecy On Torture And Rendition
NEW YORK - After the British High Court ruled that evidence of British resident Binyam Mohamed’s extraordinary rendition and torture at Guantánamo Bay must remain secret because of threats made by the Bush administration to […]
Obama Agrees To 30,000 More Troops In Afghanistan - Report
U.S. President-elect Barack Obama intends to sign off on Pentagon plans to send up to 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan to gain time to review the conflict, the Washington Post reported Tuesday.
The new deployments would nearly double the current U.S. force in Afghanistan of 32,000 troops.
According to the Post, which cites unnamed senior Obama […]
“Hillary: The Movie,” now showing at Supreme Court
Months after its debut, “Hillary: The Movie” faces nine of the nation’s toughest critics: the Supreme Court.The justices’ review of the slashing documentary financed by longtime critics of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton could bring more than just a thumbs up or thumbs down. It may settle the question of whether the government can […]
NBC’s Todd: Obama Has ‘Credibility’ Deficit (House of cards)
Looks like it’s not just our budget suffering a big deficit. Our president has one too—a credibility deficit . . .
Watching the daily White House press briefings, it’s struck me lately that, if perhaps not quite in Jake Tapper territory, NBC’s Chuck Todd has been asking tougher questions. Reporting on this morning’s Today about the […]