Archive for June, 2009
Gallup Poll:More Americans See Democratic Party as “Too Liberal”
A Gallup Poll finds a statistically significant increase since last year in the percentage of Americans who describe the Democratic Party’s views as being “too liberal,” from 39% to 46%. This is the largest percentage saying so since November 1994, after the party’s losses in that year’s midterm elections.
Most major demographic and attitudinal subgroups […]
Hmmm: Obama Increasing Aid to Jordan and Other Muslim Countries
(IsraelNN.com) In the latest in a recent series of increased American assistance efforts for Arab and Muslim states, U.S. President Barack Obama has allocated an additional $150 million to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The regimes leading Egypt, the Palestinian Authority, the United Arab Emirates and even Saudi Arabia have all benefited from recent American […]
What goes up must come down: Obama Approval Index Falls Below Zero (Rasmussen poll)
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows that 31% of the nation’s voters now Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Thirty-three percent (33%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -2. That matches the lowest level yet recorded (see trends).
Over […]
Obama admits: Cap and Trade will cause energy prices to skyrocket
Obama is really good about keeping his true intentions hidden. But every once in a while he lets the truth slip out. In this interview from 2008 he admits his plans for cap and trade will “cause energy prices to skyrocket.” And, that’s actually what he wants them to do. That way we’ll be forced […]
Bernanke Threatens Economic Collapse If Fed Audited
“My concern about the legislation is that if the GAO is auditing not only the operational aspects of the programs and the details of the programs but making judgments about our policy decisions would effectively be a takeover of policy by the Congress and a repudiation of the Federal Reserve would be highly destructive to […]
ABC: ‘President struggled to explain’…
President Obama struggled to explain today whether his health care reform proposals would force normal Americans to make sacrifices that wealthier, more powerful people — like the president himself — wouldn’t face.
The probing questions came from two skeptical neurologists during ABC News’ special on health care reform, “Questions for the President: Prescription for America,” anchored […]
The Sun:Michael Jackson dies at the age of 50: “Collapsed after an injection of potent Demerol”
PARAMEDICS dashed to dying Michael Jackson’s side after a panic-stricken phone call from the superstar’s Los Angeles home.
The dramatic call was made by a member of staff last night at just after 8pm UK time.
Fire Department medics responded to the alert and arrived to find the 50-year-old singer collapsed […]
Here we go again! Barney Frank asks FANNIE and FREDDIE to relax Mortgage lending rules…
Two U.S. Democratic lawmakers want Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to relax recently tightened standards for mortgages on new condominiums, saying they could threaten the viability of some developments and slow the housing-market recovery, the Wall Street Journal said.In March, Fannie Mae (FNM.N)(FNM.P) said it would no longer guarantee mortgages on condos in buildings where […]
EXCLUSIVE: U.S. contacted Iran’s ayatollah before election
Prior to this month’s disputed presidential election in Iran, the Obama administration sent a letter to the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, calling for an improvement in relations, according to interviews and the leader himself.
Ayatollah Khamenei confirmed the letter toward the end of a lengthy sermon last week, in which he accused the […]
Don’t trust politicians:South Carolina Governor, Mark Sanford says he’s had an affair
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford says he’s been having an affair with a woman from Argentina and will resign as head of the Republican Governors’ Association.
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Monkey urinates on Zambian president
A monkey urinated on Zambian President Rupiah Banda as he spoke to reporters outside his State House offices on Wednesday. “You have urinated on my jacket,” a startled Banda told the monkey, one of many that makes their home in the trees outside his offices.
“I will give this monkey for lunch to Mr Sata,” […]
Shocking News:Oscar-winner ‘raped 11 women using CRAIGSLIST’
The Oscar-winning composer behind ‘You Light Up My Life’ raped 11 women he lured to his apartment with the promise of a starring role in a movie, prosecutors said today.
The women read an online ad placed by director, Joseph Brooks, applied for the audition ‘and thought this was their chance to become a big star,’ […]
Get Read for Carbon Tax: House to vote Friday on another $2 trillion in waste
Independent estimates say that families could pay $3,000 more a year on energy and the entire plan would take $2 trillion from our economy in just over eight years. (And here’s what you can do to stop it….)
(Excerpt) Read more at hawaiifreepress.com …
Warren Buffett to CNBC: U.S. Economy In “Shambles” .. No Signs of Recovery Yet
In a live interview on CNBC today, Warren Buffett said there has been little progress over the past few months in the “economic war” being fought by the country. “We haven’t got the economy moving yet,” he told Becky Quick
While the economy is a “shambles” and likely to stay that way for some time, he […]
Obama, a Smoker, Signs Anti-Smoking Bill
President Barack Obama signed into law Monday an anti-smoking bill that will give the Food and Drug Administration unprecedented authority to regulate tobacco.
Obama, who has struggled to quit smoking, signed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act during an event Monday in the Rose Garden. “I know how difficult it can be to break […]
Al Qaeda says would use Pakistani nuclear weapons
If it were in a position to do so, Al Qaeda would use Pakistan’s nuclear weapons in its fight against the United States, a top leader of the group said in remarks aired on Sunday. Pakistan has been battling al Qaeda’s Taliban allies in the Swat Valley since April after their thrust into a district […]
More Americans are on Welfare (Thanks to Hope and Change)
Welfare rolls, which were slow to rise and actually fell in many states early in the recession, now are climbing across the country for the first time since President Bill Clinton signed legislation pledging “to end welfare as we know it” more than a decade ago.
Twenty-three of the 30 largest states, which account for more […]
RASMUSSEN: Obama Approval Index falls to lowest rating…
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Sunday shows that 32% of the nation’s voters now Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Thirty-four percent (34%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -2. That’s the President’s lowest rating to date and the first […]
What Recession? - Goldman Sachs in London: Massive Profits, Fat Bonuses. (Buffets made $1B profit)
Do you ever get the feeling that the class war is over, and their side won? Money for these guys - but massive conniptions over paying for national health care?
Staff at Goldman Sachs staff can look forward to the biggest bonus payouts in the firm’s 140-year history after a spectacular first half of the year, […]
Gallup Daily: Obama Job Approval the Lowest of His Presidency (57, 35)
Gallup Daily: Obama Job ApprovalEach result is based on a three-day rolling average
(Excerpt) Read more at gallup.com …