Archive for March, 2009
Where is Obama when you need him? - Caterpillar lays off 2,454 workers in 3 states
Caterpillar Inc. announced a fresh round of job cuts Tuesday, laying off more than 2,400 employees at five plants in Illinois, Indiana and Georgia as the heavy equipment maker continues to cut costs amid the global economic downturn.Caterpillar, the world’s largest maker of mining and construction equipment, has seen its sales wither as the sluggish […]
Only in America is failure rewarded: AIG executives to receive $165 million bonuses for losing trillion of dollars
It’s an outrage that American International Group executives expect to receive huge bonuses — of more than $165 million — for such ruinous deals that taxpayers have had to prop the company up with $170 billion in bailouts.
If AIG succeeds in taking taxpayers for fools, the White House can kiss future bailouts goodbye.
President Barack Obama […]
Fasten your seatbelts folks. Its gonna be a bumpy ride: Get ready for $1.6 TRILLION CARBON TAX (Global warming tax)
We just got off the phone with some of our contacts on the Hill and it is now clear that President Obama’s budget — complete with over $1.6 trillion in new taxes including the new global warming tax — is now on a fast track in Congress.
The Senate could vote on approving the Obama budget […]
SHOCK: German Fried Chicken: Tender, Juicy Obama Fingers Hit the Shelves
A German frozen food company hopes to raise sales with a new product: Obama fingers. The tender, fried chicken bits come with a tasty curry sauce. The company says it was unaware of the possible racist overtones of the product.
Selling products has, of course, become a bit more difficult than usual these days. […]
Back to Hopenosis 101: Obama to appear on Leno’s show
The White House says President Barack Obama will appear this week on Jay Leno’s talk show, perhaps adding a lighter touch to his bid to resuscitate the moribund economy. Obama will visit “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” during his trip to Los Angeles on Thursday. NBC will tape the program and air it that […]
Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper goes Web-only
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, which has chronicled the news of the city since logs slid down its steep streets to the harbor and miners caroused in its bars before heading north to Alaska’s gold fields, will print its final edition Tuesday.
(Excerpt) Read more at tech.yahoo.com …
White House: “Cheney almost as popular as Limbaugh”
The White House says former Vice President Dick Cheney is the second most popular member of the “Republican cabal,” behind only talk-show host Rush Limbaugh. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs on Monday brushed off Cheney’s criticism of President Barack Obama’s new administration. Cheney said Sunday that Obama’s decisions are threatening the nation’s safety.
Obama reversed many […]
After a loss of $61.7 billion for the fourth quarter of last year, AIG to pay $165 million in bonuses
American International Group is giving its executives tens of millions of dollars in new bonuses even though it received a taxpayer bailout of more than $170 billion dollars.
AIG is paying out the executive bonuses to meet a Sunday deadline, but the troubled insurance giant has agreed to administration requests to restrain future payments.
The Treasury Department […]
Is showing a monkey picture next to an Obama picture is a hate crime?
That’s what Leonard Riggio, founder and chairman of the Barnes & Noble bookstore chain says. According to him, anyone who would dare place a book with a picture of a monkey next to a book with a picture of Obama has committed a hate crime, and belongs in a federal prison.
This malicious and despicable […]
David Broder: “Obama honeymoon is over”
Two months into his presidency, it is far too soon to make any judgments about Barack Obama’s prospects.All we really know is that he has assembled the rudiments of an administration and launched a batch of ambitious but unproven initiatives.
But it is not too soon to say that the Obama honeymoon period is over. His […]
Collapse of ‘09: Economic Forecaster Predicts “Greatest Depression” (This is not a joke)
Economic trends foreceaster Gerald Celente bears news nobody wants to hear: the economic crisis is going to get worse. ABC6 Anchor John Deluca travelled to New York to talk with Mr. Celente, who has been featured by major newspapers and television networks, and asked the question on everyone’s mind: how much worse?
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Cheney says Obama endangers U.S. ….’HAS MADE AMERICA LESS SAFE’
Cheney says Obama endangers U.S. By: Mike Allen March 15, 2009 09:56 AM EST
Asked Sunday on CNN if he thinks President Obama “has made Americans less safe,” former Vice President Dick Cheney said: “I do.”
Looking slimmer and relaxed, Cheney told John King on “State of the Union” that Bush administration policies on detention and interrogation […]
Washington DC: The AIDS capital of the nation (HIV/AIDS Rate in D.C. Hits 3%)
[Via Washington Post] At least 3 percent of District residents have HIV or AIDS, a total that far surpasses the 1 percent threshold that constitutes a “generalized and severe” epidemic, according to a report scheduled to be released by health officials tomorrow.
That translates into 2,984 residents per every 100,000 over the age of 12 […]
Islam in Action: A Christian Minister beaten after clashing with Muslims on his TV show
[Via Mail Online] A Christian minister who has had heated arguments with Muslims on his TV Gospel show has been brutally attacked by three men who ripped off his cross and warned: ‘If you go back to the studio, we’ll break your legs.’
The Reverend Noble Samuel was driving to the studio when a car pulled […]
Joe Biden: “Gimme a f*&$#ing break,”
At an event at Union Station today where Vice President Joe Biden was heralding the $1.3 billion in investments in rebuilding train stations and passenger rails, a microphone picked up one of the former senator’s myriad Senate colleagues addressing him, formally, as “Mr. Vice President.”
That met with Vice President Biden’s standard reply.
“Gimme a f*&$#ing break,” […]
Without a Pastor of His Own, Obama Turns to a Circle of 5
President Obama has been without a pastor or a home church ever since he cut his ties to the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. in the heat of the presidential campaign. But he has quietly cultivated a handful of evangelical pastors for private prayer sessions on the telephone and for discussions on the role of […]
Obama’s Poll Numbers Are Falling to Earth; Below Bush 2001…
[Via WSJ] It is simply wrong for commentators to continue to focus on President Barack Obama’s high levels of popularity, and to conclude that these are indicative of high levels of public confidence in the work of his administration. Indeed, a detailed look at recent survey data shows that the opposite is most likely true. […]
AL-JAZEERA broadcasts new bin Laden audio tape: Bin Laden accuses Arab leaders, urges jihad
[Via Reuters] Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden accused conservative Arab leaders of plotting with the West against Muslims and urged his followers to prepare for jihad (holy war), in a recording posted on Islamist websites. “The hearts of our rulers are like those of the enemies. Whether in Najd (Saudi Arabia) or in Egypt, […]
Breaking: Cuba, Venezuela may host Russian Bombers
[Via Breitbart.com] Russia could use bases for its strategic bombers on the doorstep of the United States in Cuba and Venezuela to underpin long-distance patrols in the region, a senior air force officer said Saturday. “This is possible in Cuba,” General Anatoly Zhikharev, chief of the Russian air force’s strategic aviation staff, told the […]
Democratic Congresswoman Defends $500,000 Earmark for ‘Poop to Power’ (video)
JS Online: Milwaukee Democrat U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore is seeking nearly a half-million dollars for the project in a $410 billion spending bill that is moving through Congress. The funding is among $7.4 million in earmark projects that she is championing in Washington this year.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.tv …