Archive for January, 2010
Full Text of State Of the Union Address
Madame Speaker, Vice President Biden, Members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow Americans:
Our Constitution declares that from time to time, the President shall give to Congress information about the state of our union. For two hundred and twenty years, our leaders have fulfilled this duty. They have done so during periods of prosperity and tranquility. […]
Hope and Change in Action:Record number of young Americans jobless
The U.S. economic recession has taken a particularly heavy toll on young Americans, with a record one out five black men aged 20 to 24 neither working nor in school, according to research released on Tuesday.
Teenagers have found it significantly harder to get a job since the recession began in late 2007, with black youths […]
Caption This Photo: Attitude and the Oval Office
“Soooo….whose turn it is today to lick my feet?”
GALLUP: Obama’s Most Polarized for First-Year President (No surprise here, we know this all along)
The 65 percentage-point gap between Democrats’ (88%) and Republicans’ (23%) average job approval ratings for Barack Obama is easily the largest for any president in his first year in office, greatly exceeding the prior high of 52 points for Bill Clinton.
Overall, Obama averaged 57% job approval among all Americans from his inauguration to the […]
Liberals Global Scamming Exposed: PEW: Global warming ranks dead last as concern for Americans
As Barack Obama begins his second year in office, the public’s priorities for the president and Congress remain much as they were one year ago. Strengthening the nation’s economy and improving the job situation continue to top the list. And, in the wake of the failed Christmas Day terrorist attack on a Detroit-bound airliner, defending […]
December home sales down nearly 17%; Largest monthly drop in more than 40 years
Sales of previously occupied homes took the largest monthly drop in more than 40 years last month, sinking more dramatically than expected after lawmakers gave buyers additional time to use a tax credit.The report reflects a sharp drop in demand after buyers stopped scrambling to qualify for a tax credit of up to $8,000 for […]
Teleprompter in Chief:Obama Uses Teleprompters During Speech at Elementary School
President Barack Obama, accompanied by Education Secretary Arne Duncan, speaks to the media after a discussion with 6th grade students at Graham Road Elementary School in Falls Church, Va., Tuesday
Read the whole story at Yahoo News
New tax deductions, credits could save you some pain at tax time
More forms to file. New and expanded credits and deductions.
When taxpayers sit down to file their 2009 returns, they will find plenty new - some the result of adjusting for inflation, and others changes passed by Congress last year to try to bring the country out of recession.
“Depending on their individual situation, there could be […]
Obama Called For Jury Duty; Told Court ‘Would Not Be Able To Serve’
President Barack Obama was called to jury duty at a southwest suburban Chicago courthouse, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. But the White House said Saturday that the president notified the Cook County Circuit Court that “he would not be able to serve.”
Chicago Sun-Times columnist Michael Sneed reported that Obama’s jury duty summons was sent to his […]
Caption This:Barack Hussein Obama Presidency: Year One
Barney Frank:Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Should Be Eliminated
By NICK TIMIRAOS And MICHAEL R. CRITTENDEN
A top House Democrat on Friday said his committee was preparing to recommend “abolishing” mortgage-finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and rebuilding the U.S. housing-finance system from scratch.
“The remedy here is…as I believe this committee will be recommending, abolishing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in their current form […]
Indonesia: 1000 Muslims Burn Down Two Churches (Islam in Action)
The recent uptick of the Islamic “tolerance” of Christianity continues and this time the hate has arisen in Indonesia. Isn’t Indonesia supposed to be one of those so called “moderate” Islamic countries?
01/23/2010 INDONESIA North Sumatra, two Protestant churches burnt: “too many faithful and too many prayers” by Mathias Hariyadi At least 1,000 people set fire […]
Sarkozy: “Israel may act against Iran” (France has “proof” of Iran Nuke Program)
French President Nicolas Sarkozy assessed that Israel “would not stand by while Iran develops nuclear weapons,” Al Hayat quoted sources close to the French leader on Saturday.”Israel might take action to prevent the Iranian regime, which wants to wipe it off the map of the world, from obtaining a nuclear bomb,” Sarkozy reportedly explained […]
Obama Hits New Low in Gallup Poll (47%)
Obama’s approval rating according to Gallup’s tracking poll has hit a new low of 47%.
Rasmussen’s model, which was vindicated yet again, along with Public Policy Polling, in Massachusetts last week, shows 55% of voters disapprove of Obama’s job performance and 44% approve (43% strongly disapprove and 24% strongly approve).
Read more at Gallup.com
Can’t take it anymore:Obama blasts Supreme Court campaign finance ruling
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama on Saturday sharply criticized a Supreme Court decision easing limits on campaign spending by corporations and labor unions, saying he couldn’t “think of anything more devastating to the public interest.” He also suggested the ruling could jeopardize his domestic agenda.
In its 5-4 decision this week, the high court overturned […]
Boston Globe:Snowe still willing to cooperate with Democrats on health bill
PORTLAND, Maine - US Senator Olympia Snowe, smarting over the way Democrats moved health care negotiations behind closed doors and left her and other Republicans shut out of the process, is waiting for them to make the first move toward salvaging portions of the health care overhaul bill.
Snowe, once viewed as President Obama’s best hope […]
House Of Cards:Obama adviser admits affair after billboards appear
Charles Phillips, a member of Obama’s economic recovery advisory board, confessed after giant posters appeared of him with his lover.
A millionaire businessman who advises Barack Obama on economic policy has been forced to admit an affair after a series of giant billboards showing him with his long-time mistress appeared across America.
The photos of Charles Phillips, […]
Daily Presidential Tracking Poll January 23, 2010 (-19) - Americans are finally waking up from sleep
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Saturday shows that 24% of the nation’s voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty-three percent (43%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -19 (see trends).
These figures come from nightly telephone surveys and are […]
Telegraph:Barack Obama’s running on borrowed time
When I was watching St Barack on the campaign trail in 2008 I was struck by two things: his extreme plausibility, rooted in a great rhetorical style and the fact he was not George W Bush, and his apparent incapacity to make the link between promising to do things and actually doing them.
The latter is […]
Goldman under investigation for its securities dealings (Americans deserve to know the truth)
One of Congress’ premier watchdog panels is investigating Goldman Sachs’ role in the subprime mortgage meltdown, including how the firm sold securities backed by risky home loans while it simultaneously bet that those bonds would lose value, people familiar with the inquiry said Friday. The investigation is part of a broader examination by the Senate […]