Archive for June, 2009
South Carolina Republican Compares Michelle Obama to Escaped Gorilla
The South Carolina Republican Party recently launched a campaign to reach out to minorities who have, for decades, wanted nothing to do with the state’s GOP. On Sunday, however, longtime Republican activist Rusty DePass seemed to be doing everything in his power to thwart that effort when he was caught making a racist joke on […]
Obama’s Doctor Knocks ObamaCare (Even Obama’s Doctor is not buying it)
Dr. David Scheiner took care of Obama for 22 years. But they don’t see eye-to-eye on how to fix the health care system.
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Talks between Democrats on global warming bill ‘blew up’
House Agriculture Chairman Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) on Friday said climate change bill negotiators are heading back to the drawing board after discussions between Democrats “blew up last night.”
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Obama Job Approval Slips to 58% for First Time (Gallup)
President Barack Obama’s job approval rating fell to 58% in Gallup Poll Daily tracking from June 16-18 — a new low for Obama in Gallup tracking, although not dissimilar to the 59% he has received on four other occasions.
Thirty-three percent of Americans now disapprove of the job Obama is doing as president, just one point […]
Election has consequences:Obama facing some doubts among Americans
He remains personally popular, but President Barack Obama is starting to see signs that some of his economic policies are causing doubts among many Americans.Two polls published on Thursday illustrate the political risk Obama faces as he turns his attention toward an overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system, an issue so contentious that previous attempts […]
South African Rape Survey Shock
South African rape survey shock
South Africa’s government has been urged to solve the rape epidemic
One in four South African men questioned in a survey said they had raped someone, and nearly half admitted having attacked more than one victim.
The study, by the country’s Medical Research Council, also found three out of four who admitted rape […]
We Told You So:ObamaCare Sticker Shock ($1.6 trillion, plus we still have the uninsured)
This was supposed to be a red-letter week for national health care, as Democrats started the process of hustling a quarter-baked bill through Congress to reorganize one-sixth of the economy on a partisan vote. Instead it was a fiasco.
Most of the devastation was wreaked by the Congressional Budget Office, which on Tuesday reported that draft […]
Government will pay you $4500 towards buying a new car
rading in your gas-guzzler for a more fuel efficient vehicle could get you $4,500 from the government.
On Tuesday, the House of Representatives passed the bill, which lawmakers hope will help the struggling auto industry.
This plan is known as the “Cash for Clunkers” Program. Under it, drivers that upgrade for more fuel efficient cars, trucks, SUVs […]
Results of Obama Project- Nearly 60% Won’t Graduate At South Side School
CHICAGO (CBS) ― “At Myra Bradwell Elementary School, 44 out of 77 students did not pass the eighth grade.
A startling number of children are falling through the cracks at one Chicago Public School. More than half of the kids didn’t even pass the eighth grade. As CBS 2’s Jim Williams reports there is fierce debate […]
At Last, Mainstream Media is speaking out against Obama - Baltimore Sun Critic Praises Fox News For Giving Obama the ‘Tiny Bit of Scrutiny’ He Faces On TV
David Zurawik, a TV critic for The Baltimore Sun, has called for the “TV press…to step back and question how it is covering President Barack Obama.” Moreover, Zurawik gives a laudatory nod to Fox News for its balanced coverage of the President: “I hesitate to write these words, but good for Fox. It must be […]
Obama Wants More US Tax Dollars For United Nations - After $196 Billion, No Proof U.N. Programs Help
After $196 billion, no proof U.N. programs help
Some programs may actually hurt health care by disrupting local services
A south Sudanese woman lays on a bed on April 2, 2009, at a health clinic in Terekeka, where malaria is endemic.
Despite billions of dollars spent trying to save people from death and disease in poor countries, there’s […]
New Poll—–Israeli Population Says Obama Is Anti-Israel (We told you before you voted for 0bama)
Last week two polls were released that showed Israelis felt that the “Israeli on the street” feels that President Obama is bad for Israel. One poll reported that by more than a 2 to 1 margin Israelis believe that Obama’s policies are bad for Israel. The other from The Fanis Research Institute, goes even further, […]
Obama Says U.S. Jobless Rate to Reach 10% This Year
US President Barack Obama said Tuesday that unemployment was expected to hit 10 percent this year as companies cut payrolls to cope with prolonged recession.
Asked during an interview with the Bloomberg television network whether the jobless rate, which surged to a 26-year high of 9.4 percent in May, would reach 10 percent, the president said:”Yes.”
Queried […]
Nigerians Overwhelmingly Rejects America’s Request for Killing of Babies (Abortion)
Imo, Nigeria, Jun 15, 2009 / 06:08 pm (CNA).- By a vote of 13-1, the legislature in the small state of Imo, Nigeria rejected the Reproductive Rights Bill last week, marking a pro-life victory in a state whose rich heritage, culture and religious traditions welcome life and respect the lives of unborn children.
It was a […]
Jimmy Carter to Obama: Remove Hamas From Terror List (May God help us all)
Former President Jimmy Carter will urge the Obama administration to remove Hamas from the terrorist list, FOX News has learned.
Carter, a chief defender of the U.S.-designated terror group, said Tuesday he will meet with officials in the Obama administration in two days to discuss his latest trip to the Middle East.
Meanwhile, two Palestinian sources told […]
Shocking: Obama and Democrats Try To Sneak $100 Billion Stealth Bailout To European Banks (Update)
Cheeky bastards. Before the left attacks me, read what liberal blogger Jane Hamsher of FireDogLake thinks about the Democratic ploy to attach a $100 billion debate-free IMF credit line to a war supplemental funding bill for Iraq and Afghanistan. Take a minute to check out the citizen whip count tool they constructed to help defeat […]
Hypocrisy at its best: Obama blocks list of visitors to White House
The Obama White House has denied requests by msnbc.com and a nonpartisan watchdog group for the names of White House visitors. The watchdog group says it filed suit Tuesday, accusing Obama of “following the same anti-transparency policy as the Bush administration.”
The Obama administration is fighting to block access to names of visitors to the White House, taking […]
President Obama fires national community service inspector general
On June 11, 2009 Kenneth Bach was named acting Inspector General of the Corporation for National & Community Service.
This announcement was made after President Barack Obama fired the previous Inspector General of the Corporation for National & Community Service, Gerald Walpin.
The President wrote “it is vital that I have the fullest confidence in the appointees serving as Inspectors General. […]
DER SPIEGEL: Customs finds USD134 billion in a suitcase
DER SPIEGEL: It is either the biggest smuggling operation in history — or a fraud of equally impressive proportions. Italian customs officials stopped two men at the Swiss border carrying bonds worth $134 billion (95.8 billion euros).
Italian police have reportedly confiscated EUR 95.8 billion in bonds from two Japanese on the Italian-Swiss border. […]
Bill Maher: Obama obsessed with being on TV (Shocking this is coming from far left)
Self-described libertarian pundit Bill Maher ripped Barak Obama during a lengthy monologue on his HBO program Friday night, accusing the president of being obsessed with appearing on TV and failing to come through on pre-election promises.
“This is not what I voted for,” Maher said. “I don’t want my president to be a TV star.”
Maher criticized […]