Democrats Weigh Best Use Of Obama In Midterms
(npr.org) - What's the highest and best use of a sitting president in an election year when he's not on the ballot himself?
Some would argue it's what the current president is doing Tuesday night in San Francisco — raising big bucks for his party's candidates. President Obama headed to More...
Obama in dead heat with Ron Paul: Rasmussen poll
(rawstory.com) - Ron Paul is a long-shot for the Republican nomination for president by
any standard, but a Rasmussen poll finds him in a statistical tie with
President Barack Obama.
Confirmed: Obama authorizes assassination of U.S. citizen
(salon.com) - Today, both The New
York Times and The Washington Post
confirm that the Obama White House has now expressly authorized the CIA
to kill al-Alwaki no matter where he is found, no matter his distance
from a battlefield. I wrote at length about the extreme dangers and
lawlessness of allowing More...
U.S. take if it sells its Citi stake to settle cost of bailout: $8 billion
(washingtonpost.com) - The Obama administration is making final preparations to sell its stake
in the New York bank, according to industry and federal sources. At
today's prices, the sale would net more than $8 billion, by far the
largest profit returned from any firm that accepted bailout funds, and More...
With health bill, Obama has sown the seeds of a budget crisis
(washingtonpost.com) - When historians recount the momentous events of recent weeks, they will
note a curious coincidence. On March 15, Moody's Investors Service -- the bond rating agency --
published a paper warning that the exploding U.S. government debt could
cause a downgrade of Treasury bonds. More...
Obama announces 15 recess appointments, scolds GOP
(apnews.myway.com) - Fed up with waiting, President Barack Obama announced Saturday he would bypass a
vacationing Senate and name 15 people to key administration jobs,
wielding for the first time the blunt political tool known as the recess
appointment.
The move immediately deepened the divide between the More...
Can This Man Save the GOP?
(thedailybeast.com) - Calling all Republicans: Pay attention to Paul Ryan. You need him. You
are in quicksand. And he’s got the policy and rhetorical ropes to save
the party from being perceived as insular and irrelevant on the issues—most notably the implementation of
Obamacare—which will drive the
next couple of election cycles.
10 states line up to sue over health bill, Florida AG says
(cnn.com) - Ten states plan to file a federal lawsuit challenging the
constitutionality of the new health care reform bill, Florida's attorney
general announced Monday.
Is ObamaCare Headed for a Supreme Court Smackdown?
(americanthinker.com) - Now that the House Democrats
have rammed ObamaCare down the throats of the nation by a vote of
219-212, the situation is indeed bleak. But Conservatives and Tea
Partiers despondent over the fact that liberal Democrats just passed a
massive encroachment on our liberties over their More...
FACT CHECK: Premiums would rise under Obama plan
(google.com) - Buyers, beware: President Barack Obama says his health care overhaul will lower premiums by double digits, but check the fine print.
Premiums are likely to keep going up even if the health care bill passes, experts say. If cost controls work as advertised, annual increases would level More...
NY Times Reporter Confirms Obama Made Deal to Kill Public Option
(huffingtonpost.com) - On Monday, Ed Shultz interviewed New York Times Washington reporter David Kirkpatrick on his MSNBC TV show, and Kirkpatrick confirmed the existence of the deal. Shultz quoted Chip Kahn, chief lobbyist for the for-profit hospital industry on Kahn's confidence that the White House would honor the no public option deal, and Kirkpatrick responded:
Barack Obama to be interviewed on Fox News
(thrfeed.com) - Barack Obama must really want health care to pass.
Barack Obama threatens to withdraw support from wavering Democrats
(telegraph.co.uk) - Barack Obama has said he will not campaign for any Democratic congressmen who fails to support health care reform.
Obama Visits Kindergarten To Read Class 200-Page Memorandum On Health Care
(theonion.com) - As part of a new program designed to encourage reading, President Barack Obama visited a kindergarten class Monday to read the schoolchildren a 200-page memorandum on health care reform.
Obama Using 'Bounty Hunters' to Root Out Fraud
(nytimes.com) - President Barack Obama said Tuesday he'll bring in high-tech bounty hunters to help root out health care fraud, grabbing a populist idea with bipartisan backing in his final push to overhaul the system.
Stupak: 12 Dems ready to oppose health care bill
(news.yahoo.com) - A congressman who has played a key role in the long-running health care debate says he and 11 other Democrats will vote against the overhaul unless a provision subsidizing abortion is removed.
Obama outlines final health care plan, urges Congress to act
(us.cnn.com) - President Obama outlined his final version of a health care bill Wednesday and urged Congress to bring the plan to a conclusive vote within the next few weeks.
President Obama to Say Democrats Will Use Reconciliation to Pass Senate Health Care Reform Fix, If Not Given Up or Down Vote
(blogs.abcnews.com) - White House officials tell ABC News that in his remarks tomorrow President Obama will indicate a willingness to work with Republicans on some issue to get a health care reform bill passed but will suggest that if it is necessary, Democrats will use the controversial "reconciliation" rules requiring only 51 Senate More...
Opinion: Has America Already Had 'O-nough'?
(aolnews.com) - Yet only one year after electing him to office, voters have grown tired of President Barack Obama, or more precisely, his agenda to "transform" the United States. So much so, in fact, that the 1946 slogan is again finding traction. With a nod to the ubiquitous Obama campaign logo, the More...
Senate easily approves jobs bill
(washingtonpost.com) - The Senate easily approved a $15 billion jobs bill Wednesday that would give tax breaks to companies for hiring new employees, one of two legislative victories that showcased a new Democratic strategy of winning Republican support by advancing popular measures.
Obama urges repeal of insurers antitrust exemption
(news.yahoo.com) - President Barack Obama urged Congress on Tuesday to strip health insurers of their decades-old exemption from federal antitrust laws - hardening his stand against the industry as he tries to revive his stalled health care overhaul.
Obama Making Plans to Use Executive Power
(nytimes.com) - With much of his legislative agenda stalled in Congress, President Obama and his team are preparing an array of actions using his executive power to advance energy, environmental, fiscal and other domestic policy priorities.
White House Launches Report Card on Government Openness
(switched.com) - Yesterday, U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra and Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra unveiled what they call the Open Government Dashboard, a sort of report card for government agencies and their abilities to meet objectives set forth in the Open Government Directive. The Dashboard makes it easy to see at More...
House GOP Responds to Summit Invite
(corner.nationalreview.com) - House GOP Leader John Boehner (R., Ohio) and Whip Eric Cantor (R., Va.) just sent White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel a letter regarding the upcoming health-care summit.
China warns Obama not to meet Dalai Lama
(news.bbc.co.uk) - China has warned that ties with the US would be undermined if US President Barack Obama met the Dalai Lama.
There is speculation that Mr Obama will meet the Tibetan spiritual leader in Washington later this month, but no date has been confirmed.
President Obama's administration may take action on BCS
(sportsillustrated.cnn.com) - The Obama administration is considering several steps that would review the legality of the controversial Bowl Championship Series, the Justice Department said in a letter Friday to a senator who had asked for an antitrust review.
The Dream Deferred
(thedailybeast.com) - Obama used bipartisan appeals to help sell liberal causes. But he seemed to abandon some of his most important fights.
Fact Checking Obama's State of the Union Address
(news.yahoo.com) - His rhetoric may have been popular, but how likely is it to actually come into fruition?
Video - Universal Health Care Reality?
(cnn.com) - Is it just mean, or do all I hear is "distribution of wealth," "distribution of wealth," "distribution of wealth"?
Video - Battling pre-existing conditions
(cnn.com) - Unreal - having a friend that has Crohn's disease, it is good to know they have medical coverage. How in the world are people supposed to live any life at all if they can't get medical coverage...though, just to be fair, this lady falls into "pre-existing" likely because she didn't More...
Video - Living Life on Medicare
(cnn.com) - A different perspective on medicare coverage - one of the biggest arguments against the government running these social programs. Medicare is great for many people, but the fact that it actually encourages people to under-perform is undeniably ridiculous.
State Of The Union Drinking Game 2010
(huffingtonpost.com) - I think anyone who seriously attempts this will die...
Too Much of a Bad Thing by Mark Steyn on National Review Online
(article.nationalreview.com) - “The same thing that swept Scott Brown into office swept me into office,” said Obama. “People are angry and they’re frustrated, not just because of what’s happened in the last year or two years but what’s happened over the last eight years.”
Got it. People are so angry and frustrated at More...
Buffett: Against Bank Tax, for Higher 'Rich Guy' Taxes
(abcnews.go.com) - Legendary investor Warren Buffett today came out against the Obama administration's plan to tax major banks to recoup losses from the government's Troubled Asset Relief Program.
Obama's health care bid hangs in limbo as dispirited House Democrats reject quick fix
(startribune.com) - Though reeling from a political body blow, House Democrats rejected the quickest fix to their health care dilemma Thursday and signaled that any agreement on President Barack Obama's signature issue will come slowly, if at all.
Hitler Finds Out Scott Brown Won Massachusetts Senate Seat
(youtube.com) - Should have stuck with Hillary...
The lesson of Massachusetts? Anger
(latimes.com) - You can bet that political strategists in both parties will be parsing the meaning of the Massachusetts senatorial struggle for some time to come. If there was a slam dunk left in American politics, it should've been the Democrats' ability to easily retain a Senate seat they'd held for 57 More...
White House Downplays Scott Brown Victory
(cbsnews.com) - The White House doesn't dispute that it's easy to see yesterday's election results as a referendum on Mr. Obama and health care. But an official is quick to add that voters "very much like" Mr. Obama and that candidate Brown "never ran an ad on health care."
Analysis: GOP sees Mass. win as stop sign for Dems
(news.yahoo.com) - Reeling from the loss of a long-held Massachusetts Senate seat, Democrats are rethinking the lessons of Barack Obama's 2008 election, with the GOP cheerfully suggesting they scale back their ambitions and agenda.
Obama Reneges on Health Care Transparency
(cbsnews.com) - President Obama wants the final negotiations on health care reform - a reconciliation of the House and Senate versions of the bill - put on a fast track, even if that means breaking an explicit campaign promise.
"The House and Senate plan to put together the final health care reform More...
Arnold Schwarzenegger: 'Bribes' infect health reform
(politico.com) -
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger savaged congressional plans for health reform in his 2010 State of the State address on Wednesday, calling the legislation "health care to nowhere" that's infected with "bribes, deals and loopholes."
With the nation's largest state enduring a fiscal crisis, Schwarzenegger said California's lawmakers should vote against the More...
Liberals Wake Up: ObamaCare Stinks
(commentarymagazine.com) - How could Democrats come up with such a scheme? Well, as Herbert points out, the idea is that those “Cadillac” plans will get slashed and changed, thereby avoiding the excise tax. But alas, “it makes a mockery of President Obama’s repeated pledge that if you like the health coverage you More...
ObamaCare and the Liberal Obsession
(online.wsj.com) - Every Democratic president since FDR has failed to pass national health insurance. The current legislation in Congress is likely the last chance to enact it.
Big Government Blog Archive Fistgate II: High School Students Given "Fisting Kits" At Kevin Jennings' 2001 GLSEN Conference
(biggovernment.com) - This is still much, much worse than it sounds.
Big Government Blog Archive: Fistgate: Barack Obama's Safe Schools Czar's 2000 Conference Promoted "Fisting" to 14 Year-Olds
(biggovernment.com) - This is actually worse than it sounds.
All Harry Reid Wants for Christmas Is Health Care: Albert Hunt - Bloomberg.com
(bloomberg.com) - "Victory has a thousand fathers," John F. Kennedy said, "defeat is an orphan." U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid soon will rediscover this wisdom.
Barack Obama sees worst poll rating drop in 50 years
(telegraph.co.uk) - The decline in Barack Obama's popularity since July has been the steepest of any president at the same stage of his first term for more than 50 years.
The Democrats' fickle-and-dime health strategy
(washingtonpost.com) - "Iwill not sign a plan that adds one dime to our deficits, either now or in the future -- period," President Obama told Congress in a health-care address last month.
Well, that depends on what the meaning of "plan" is.
Senate Democrats wanted to protect doctors from scheduled cuts in Medicare payments More...
Utah senator urges Obama to investigate BCS
(sportingnews.com) - A senator whose undefeated home state school was bypassed for the college football national championship last season urged President Barack Obama on Wednesday to ask the Justice Department to investigate the Bowl Championship Series, citing Obama's own concerns about the way the top team is crowned in building a case More...
Senate panel OKs health reform bill; Obama: 'We're not there yet'
(cnn.com) - The health care reform debate reached a new milestone Tuesday as a key congressional committee passed an $829 billion plan projected to extend coverage to an additional 29 million Americans.
The Senate Finance Committee's bill would subsidize insurance for poorer Americans, establish nonprofit health care cooperatives, and create health insurance exchanges More...
Obama To Enter Diplomatic Talks With Raging Wildfire
(theonion.com) - President to offer dry brush if fire will stop burning activities.
Obama wins 2009 Nobel Peace Prize
(news.bbc.co.uk) - The Nobel Committee said he won it for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and co-operation between peoples".
The committee highlighted Mr Obama's efforts to support international bodies and promote nuclear disarmament.
Mr Obama's spokesman said the president was "humbled" to have won the prize. He said he woke Mr Obama up with the news early on Friday.
Fulltext of President Obama's Speech to Schools
(whitehouse.gov) - Prepared Remarks of President Barack Obama
Back to School Event
Thomas Frank: Why Democrats Are Losing on Health Care
(online.wsj.com) - Answer: They won't debate the proper role of government.
Under fire, President Obama shifts strategy
(politico.com) - Obama is considering detailing his health-care demands in a major speech as soon as next week, when Congress returns from the August recess. And although House leaders have said their members will demand the inclusion of a public insurance option, Obama has no plans to insist on it himself, the officials said
Hitler: Lets clear something up right now
(img521.imageshack.us) - let's hold off on the name calling.
Liberals complain over Obama concession
(news.yahoo.com) - President Barack Obama's weekend concession on a health care "government option" drew complaints from liberals and scarce interest from Republicans and other critics on Monday, a fresh sign of the challenge in finding middle ground in an increasingly partisan political struggle.
Obama Slams Health Care Critics For Spreading "Outlandish Rumors"
(huffingtonpost.com) - Using better-than-expected jobs numbers to press his top domestic priority, President Barack Obama is arguing that overhauling the health care system is essential to the country's economic well-being.
Republicans said the high unemployment rate – 9.4 percent in July – shows how families and businesses are struggling and that Obama's reliance More...
Obama: Don't Want the Folks Who Created the Mess to Do a Lot of Talking
(breitbart.tv) - Obama: "But I don't want the folks who created the mess to do a lot of talking. I want them to get out of the way so we can clean up the mess. I don't mind cleaning up after them, but don't do a lot of talking."
New Anti-Obama 'Joker' Poster
(blogs.laweekly.com) - A new poster depicting President Obama as a version of Heath Ledger's Joker character in The Dark Knight has appeared in Los Angeles.
Larry Flynt to Obama "Grow a Pair"
(thedailybeast.com) - As for disloyal Democrats, you need to yank the carpet out from under them. Remind them that their survival is dependent upon yours. Don’t pull punches, Mr. President. You need some gonads, and if you don’t have any, as Hillary would say, you’d better grow some.
What Kind of Beer Does the White House Serve?
(time.com) -
"Let's grab a beer." That was the invitation extended by President Obama, who is seeking to dial down the racial tension surrounding black Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s July 16 arrest by a white police officer. On July 30, Gates and the arresting officer, Sergeant James Crowley, will meet More...
NPR Poll Finds Tough Sledding For Obama
(npr.org) - The nation is close to evenly split in its assessment of the president's policies to date, and there is great intensity on both sides of the debate with dwindling numbers in the middle.
Those are the chief findings of the latest NPR poll of 850 registered voters conducted nationwide Wednesday through More...
US Rep. Murtha believes F22 deal can be reached
(reuters.com) - Congress and the Obama administration can still strike a deal on funding new F-22s made by Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N) despite a presidential threat to veto military spending legislation if the fighter jet program is not terminated, a senior lawmaker said on Thursday.
Obama feels the heat, changes the play
(news.yahoo.com) - Finally, we’re starting to see him sweat.
President Barack Obama made his personal icy cool the trademark of his campaign, the tenor of his White House and the hallmark of an early run of successes at home and abroad. But as the glamour wears off and a long, frustrating summer wears More...
What Did the Xbox Ever Do to Obama?
(blogs.wsj.com) - In a speech to the NAACP Thursday night, President Barack Obama exhorted parents to play a more active role in raising and educating their children, including “putting away the Xbox” when it’s bedtime.
Ron Paul's bipartisan attack on the Fed
(msnbc.msn.com) - Legislators are sick of not knowing what's going on inside Bernanke's fortress, especially as the Fed becomes further enmeshed in the nation's fiscal policy. Paul's little bill has become emblematic of a larger movement, one that could spell trouble for Obama's troubled regulatory plan. Ron Paul — always an enemy More...
Is Obama losing his Mojo?
(nypost.com) - During his golden year and a half, Obama caught a wave of change that propelled him into the White House, a wave that only grew stronger when he took office amid an economic crisis. When challenged, Obama has resorted to his rhetorical prowess to defuse controversies (the Rev. Wright), champion More...
Obama Picks Camp David Church -- Not a D.C. Congregation
(news.yahoo.com) - For the past five months, White House aides and friends of the Obamas have been quietly visiting local churches and vetting the sermons of prospective first ministers in a search for a new - and uncontroversial - church home. Obama has even sampled a few himself, attending services at 19th More...
Obama: Not Keeping Promise of Transparency
(newsweek.com) - As a senator, Barack Obama denounced the Bush administration for holding "secret energy meetings" with oil executives at the White House. But last week public-interest groups were dismayed when his own administration rejected a Freedom of Information Act request for Secret Service logs showing the identities of coal executives who More...
Obama to Limit Fed Lending Power
(bloomberg.com) - The Obama administration plans to restrict the Federal Reserve’s emergency-lending powers while endowing it with authority overseeing systemic risk, ushering in what may become the Fed’s biggest overhaul in decades.
CNN fades in prime-time picture
(politico.com) - CNN, which just took home a Peabody Award for its 2008 election coverage, and dominated cable-news ratings on days when politics took center stage, is having trouble getting those viewers back on other nights.
Since Obama took office, CNN’s prime-time audience has dropped sharply, raising doubts about whether the network’s middle-of-the-road More...
The Obama Motor Co.
(online.wsj.com) - Back in December, in an economy far, far away, then-CEO Rick Wagoner tossed out the scary cost to taxpayers of $100 billion if General Motors wasn't saved by the government. Well, GM was saved in December and again in March, and as early as today the feds will rescue it More...
Obama Revises Campaign Promise Of 'Change' To 'Relatively Minor Readjustments In Certain Favorable Policy Areas'
(theonion.com) - In a slight shift from his campaign trail promise, President Obama announced Monday that his administration's message of "Change" has been modified to the somewhat more restrained slogan "Relatively Minor Readjustments in Certain Favorable Policy Areas." "Today, Americans face a great many challenges, and I hear your desperate calls for More...
Some on left souring on Obama
(politico.com) - When President Barack Obama speaks to the Notre Dame commencement Sunday afternoon, television cameras will search the sea of graduates, looking for turned backs and defaced mortar boards that abortion opponents will likely use to register their disagreement with the president.
Earning six figures and just scraping by
(blogs.moneycentral.msn.com) - It's a little hard for me to feel sorry for the people making $400,000 a year and saying they're "barely getting by." Yep, people actually say that in this Wall Street Journal article about the Obama administration's push to raise rates for the highest tax brackets.
Obama's High Speed Rail Initiaitve
(nytimes.com) - President Obama on Thursday highlighted his ambition for the development of high-speed passenger rail lines in at least 10 regions, expressing confidence in the future of train travel even as he acknowledged that the American rail network, compared with the rest of the world’s, remains a caboose.
Obamas' dog
(specials.msn.com) - Bo, the Portuguese Water Dog, a gift from Senator Ted Kennedy, will be the next pooch in the White House.
Did Obama bow to Saudi king?
(suntimes.com) - Yes.
“It wasn’t a bow. He grasped his hand with two hands, and he’s taller than King Abdullah,” the aide was quoted as saying by Politco.com Wednesday.
Bill Would Grant President Unprecedented Cyber-security Powers
(eweek.com) - The Cybersecurity Act of 2009 introduced in the Senate would allow the president to shut down private Internet networks. The legislation also calls for the government to have the authority to demand security data from private networks without regard to any provision of law, regulation, rule or policy restricting such access.
AP Stretches Credibility On Obama Cigarette Tax Hike
(donklephant.com) - As I’ve said before, all the press ultimately cares about is conflict. They want to stir the pot because it sells papers and that’s fine. But claiming they have an inherent bias is pointless.
Yet another example…this roundabout claim that Obama is taxing those making under $200,000…
WASHINGTON -One of President Barack More...
GM CEO resigns at Obama's behest - Mike Allen
(politico.com) - What the hell have you idiots elected?
Senate Dems propose cutting Obama budget by billions
(cnn.com) - Hours before President Obama was to hold a prime time news conference -- in part to boost his $3.6 trillion budget plan -- a key Democratic senator Tuesday unveiled a scaled-down budget proposal.
Friendly fire: NYT hits Obama
(politico.com) - 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.
Obama Sides With RIAA, Supports $150,000 Fine per Music Track
(blog.wired.com) - The Obama administration for the first time is weighing in on a Recording Industry Association of America file sharing lawsuit and is supporting hefty awards of as much as $150,000 per purloined music track.
Not change you can believe in...
Top 10 gaffes by Barack Obama and Joe Biden
(blogs.telegraph.co.uk) - Perhaps Barack Obama was just trying to make Joe Biden feel better by dropping his clanger on Jay Leno. Whatever the President was thinking, 60 days into their new administration it's time for a post-election Obama-Biden Top 10, in reverse order:
Obama Apologizes for Calling His Bad Bowling 'Like the Special Olympics'
(abcnews.go.com) - "He expressed his disappointment and he apologized, I think in a way that was very moving," Tim Shriver, the chairman of the Special Olympics board told Good Morning America. --comment--If this had been President Bush, the second paragraph would have gone like this: "That insensitive bastard should have brain-dead children," said Tim Shriver.
President Obama Announces $2.4 Billion in Funding for Electric Vehicles
(gas2.org) - President Obama announced today that $2.4 billion will be made available for the US-based development of plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles.
Dodd: Administration pushed for language protecting bonuses
(cnn.com) - Senate Banking committee Chairman Christopher Dodd told CNN Wednesday that he was responsible for language added to the federal stimulus bill to make sure that already-existing contracts for bonuses at companies receiving federal bailout money were honored.
Dodd acknowledged his role in the change after a Treasury Department official told CNN the administration pushed for the language.
Obama Was AIG's Friend Before He Was Their Enemy
(kxmb.com) - Obama may be grandstanding about AIG’s bonuses now, but it’s worth noting that Obama himself is the second biggest benefactor of AIG political contributions. Second only to Senator Chris Dodd, who is quietly trying to tip-toe away from legislation he inserted into Obama’s “stimulus” spending spree that protected AIG’s bonuses.
Duke Coach to Obama: Worry About the Economy, Not NCAA Picks
(foxnews.com) - "Somebody said that we're not in President Obama's Final Four, and as much as I respect what he's doing, really, the economy is something that he should focus on, probably more than the brackets," Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said from the Blue Devils' first-round site in Greensboro, N.C.
Obama Received a $101,332 Bonus from AIG
(examiner.com) - Senator Barack Obama received a $101,332 bonus from American International Group in the form of political contributions according to Opensecrets.org. The two biggest Congressional recipients of bonuses from the A.I.G. are - Senators Chris Dodd and Senator Barack Obama.
E-prescribing to soar with new spending
(reuters.com) - As many as 75 percent of U.S. doctors will be writing electronic prescriptions within five years, thanks to new federal spending to encourage e-prescribing, according to a forecast released on Monday.
The economic stimulus bill signed by President Barack Obama last month included about $19 billion to promote the use of healthcare information technology, including e-prescribing.
Obama Orders Treasury Chief to Try to Block A.I.G. Bonuses
(nytimes.com) - President Obama vowed to try to stop the faltering insurance giant American International Group from paying out hundreds of millions of dollars in bonuses to executives, as the administration scrambled to avert a populist backlash against banks and Wall Street that could complicate Mr. Obama’s economic recovery agenda.
German Fried Chicken: Tender, Juicy Obama Fingers Hit the Shelves
(spiegel.de) - 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. -- -- Completely believable considering Germans have NEVER exhibited racism or any sort.
Bonus Money at Troubled A.I.G. Draws Heavy Criticism
(nytimes.com) - Obama administration officials and Republicans alike were nearly universal in condemning the $165 million in bonuses that the American International Group, which has received more than $170 billion in taxpayer bailout money from the Treasury and Federal Reserve, is to pay executives in the business unit that brought the company to the brink of collapse last year.
OpenCongress - Text of H.R.45 as Introduced in House Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009
(opencongress.org) - Dear Leader Obama's plan to disarm citizens. If you want to own a gun your home will be subject to search at any time. Some guy named Stalin used to operate this way and he killed millions before he was done. By the way, one of the first things Stalin did was disarm the citizenry.
Can Obama Keep Moderate Democrats from Bailing on His Budget?
(time.com) - First there was last winter's $168 billion economic stimulus package, followed by a $300 billion fund in June to help distressed mortgage holders. Then came $350 billion for the banks (and a little of that for the car companies), another $350 billion for the banks, $787 billion in economic stimulus More...
Mr. Obama’s Trade Agenda
(nytimes.com) - In tough times, there is a strong temptation to turn inward. With so many Americans already out of work, why shouldn’t the country raise trade barriers to protect its workers from foreign competition?
The answer is clear: Trade will play an important role in the world’s eventual recovery, transmitting economic growth More...
Democrats to Obama: Hurry up and fix the economy
(cnn.com) - Some Democrats are increasingly concerned about President Obama's $787 billion financial fix for the ailing economy, and are demanding greater transparency on further spending.
With the White House seemingly comparing the nation's economy to a house on fire, some congressional Democrats are asking, where's the fire truck?
Liberal Nonprofits, Universities and Charities Oppose Barack Obama's Tax Increases on Rich Donors
(online.wsj.com) - Among those shocked by President Obama's 2010 budget, the most surprising are the true-blue liberals who run most of America's nonprofits, universities and charities. How dare he limit tax deductions for charitable giving! They're afraid they'll get fewer donations, but they should be more concerned that Mr. Obama's policies will shove them aside in favor of the New Charity State.
Change We Can Believe In: How About the End of Farmers Markets? Say Hello to H.R. 875: Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009
(cryptogon.com) - What this will do is force anyone who produces food of any kind, and then transports it to a different location for sale, to register with a new federal agency called the “Food Safety Administration.” Even growers who only sell only fruit and/or vegetables at farmers markets would not only More...
Who Does Obama’s Foreclosure Fix Really Help?
(mint.com) - For millions of homeowners, the past few months (or years) have been very confusing and frustrating as multiple government ‘fixes’ have turned out to be both inaccessible and, in many cases, downright imaginary. With estimates that one in five homes has a mortgage that is underwater, it is important to More...
Travel Industry Slams Obama, Congress Proposals in New Ads
(online.wsj.com) - The travel industry is taking aim at Democrats' efforts to limit luxury travel by companies that accept government bailouts with a new advertising campaign that says the attacks on travel are costing jobs.
One of four print ads in the campaign includes a photograph of the back of President Barack Obama's More...
Genachowski named to head FCC
(uk.reuters.com) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday nominated Julius Genachowski, a law school friend and technology industry executive, to head the Federal Communications Commission.
Genachowski's expected priorities include the expansion of broadband service fueled by the recent economic stimulus package and "net neutrality" to prevent Internet service providers from giving preference to certain content.
How Obama Will Change Your Taxes
(forbes.com) - The $787 billion stimulus package passed in February and President Barack Obama's budget plan released on Thursday contain a confusing assortment of changes to the tax code.
Some will see their taxes go down this year, especially those earning less than $100,000 a year. Beginning in 2011, when Obama hopes the More...
Data about Obama's helicopter breached via P2P?
(news.cnet.com) - An Internet security company claims that Iran has taken advantage of a computer security breach to obtain engineering and communications information about Marine One, President Barack Obama's helicopter, according to a report by WPXI, NBC's affiliate in Pittsburgh.
Tiversa, headquartered in Cranberry Township, Pa., reportedly discovered a security breach that led More...
Airborne laser weapon sails through tests
(newscientist.com) - The Pentagon may soon have a new anti-missile weapon - a high-powered laser fired from the nose of a large jet plane to destroy missiles soon after they leave the ground.
However, the project's future funding is not assured beyond that point. The new Obama administration is yet to decide whether to continue developing the weapon beyond 2009.
Iran holds enough uranium for bomb
(ft.com) - Iran has built up a stockpile of enough enriched uranium for one nuclear bomb, United Nations officials acknowledged on Thursday.
In a development that comes as the Obama administration is drawing up its policy on negotiations with Tehran over its nuclear programme, UN officials said Iran had produced more nuclear material than previously thought.
How Much Will You Benefit From the Stimulus Package?
(mint.com) - President Obama will sign the $787 billion stimulus package into law this week, with approximately 35% going towards tax cuts and the rest going towards stimulus spending. Just about everyone stands to benefit from the stimulus in some fashion in the short-term, but a few demographics have an opportunity to More...
Obama unveils $75B mortgage relief plan
(msnbc.msn.com) - Seeking to tackle “a crisis unlike any we’ve ever known,” President Barack Obama unveiled an ambitious $75 billion plan Wednesday to keep as many as 9 million Americans from losing their homes to foreclosure.
McCain: Stimulus is 'generational theft'
(thehill.com) - President Barack Obama’s Republican rival for the White House last year hardened his opposition to the administration’s planned economic recovery package Sunday.
“I think this can only be described as generational theft. What we are doing is amassing multi-trillions of dollars,” said Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), speaking on CBS’s “Face The Nation” with Bob Schieffer.
Obama has a mean streak
(i40.tinypic.com) - Just when you though your new commander in chief could do no wrong...
Obama Plans $500,000 Cap on Executive Pay in Bailouts
(nytimes.com) - The Obama administration is expected to impose a cap of $500,000 for top executives at companies that receive large amounts of bailout money, according to people familiar with the plan.
Obama nominates Republican Gregg for Commerce job
(reuters.com) - President Barack Obama named a third prominent Republican to his cabinet on Tuesday, nominating Senator Judd Gregg of New Hampshire as commerce secretary.
Obama touts middle-class task force led by Biden
(news.yahoo.com) - President Barack Obama signed a series of executive orders Friday that he said should "level the playing field" for labor unions in their struggles with management. Obama also used the occasion at the White House to announce formally a new White House task force on the problems of middle-class Americans. He named Vice President Joe Biden as its chairman.
Are those Barack Obama's Hands?
(chicagotribune.com) - It seems a certain cardboard cutout of President Barack Obama has white hands. Or does it?
Michelle Obama bans daughters from mixing with celebrities
(telegraph.co.uk) - But family friends told Us Weekly that Mrs Obama is "trying to keep them grounded" and insisting on no special treatment as they begin their new lives in Washington. That means an end to hanging out with celebrities such as Beyonce, whom the girls were thrilled to meet during the campaign, according to their father.
Stimulus 101: What's in the bills
(money.cnn.com) - You've probably noticed: The Obama administration and Congress are talking about spending an unprecedented sum of money to try to revive the economy.
President Obama and House Democrats laid down the marker with an $825 billion package of spending and tax cuts. The Senate version will be taken up by two committees on Tuesday.
House Passes $819 Billion Stimulus Plan, Bill Passes 244-188 With No Republican Support
(cbsnews.com) - Senate Version Taking Shape But No Clear Timetable For Reaching Obama's Desk.
Sasha and Malia Dolls Irk First Lady
(abcnews.go.com) - Washington has quieted down. The president is hard at work. The Obama girls are back in school. The Jonas Brothers have left the White House.
First daughters Sasha and Malia Obama get swept up in marketing mania.
But as the first family settles into its first weekend in their new home, an More...
Obama orders air strikes on villages in tribal area
(guardian.co.uk) - Barack Obama gave the go-ahead for his first military action yesterday, missile strikes against suspected militants in Pakistan which killed at least 18 people.
YouTube - Barack and Michelle Obama Fisting?
(youtube.com) - Democrat pundit reports that the President and the First Lady engage in fisting.
Obama overturns secrecy on former president's records
(whitehouse.gov) - By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to establish policies and procedures governing the assertion of executive privilege by incumbent and former Presidents in connection with the release of Presidential records by the National More...
Obama signs order to shut Guantanamo
(msnbc.msn.com) - On Day Two of his administration, President Barack Obama began overhauling U.S. treatment of terror suspects, signing orders to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center, review military trials of suspects and ban the harshest interrogation methods.
China censors Obama's inauguration address
(news.yahoo.com) - China censored its translation of President Barack Obama's inauguration speech, removing references to communism and dissent, and quickly halted state television's live broadcast of the address when Cold War-era animosities were mentioned.
One television official tried to downplay the cutaway as a normal break in programming while an editor with the More...
Obama freezes salaries of some White House aides
(sfgate.com) - President Barack Obama's first public act in office Wednesday was to institute new limits on lobbyists in his White House and to freeze the salaries of high-paid aides, in a nod to the country's economic turmoil.
Obama retakes oath of office
(msnbc.msn.com) - After the flub heard around the world, President Barack Obama has taken the oath of office. Again. Chief Justice John Roberts delivered the oath to Obama on Wednesday night at the White House — a rare do-ove
Bush's notes from Obama's speech.
(cdn.holytaco.com) - Valentine's Day Stuff: Don't tell Laura you got her "Deez Nutz" again. She no likey.
The 'Barack' Obaba Spycam Belt Buckle
(i.gizmodo.com) - That's not a typo. You can celebrate the inauguration the old fashioned way, with a spycam/DVR belt buckle featuring a visage that in no way resembles our future President.
Hillary Clinton Mouthing Along To Presidential Oath
(theonion.com) - Network news cameras covering Barack Obama's inauguration ceremony Tuesday captured Hillary Clinton silently moving her lips along with each word of the minute-long presidential oath of office.
President Obama Wears Bullet-Resistant Suit at Inaugural
(blog.wired.com) - Barack Obama had more than the Presidential 'beast' limo taking care of his safety yesterday.
According to some reports, he wore a suit made by a clothier specializing in bullet-resistant clothing during the inauguration ceremonies.
Lazy Nation Fears Obama Will Create Millions Of Jobs
(theonion.com) - Lazy nation fears Obama will create millions of jobs.
FULL TRANSCRIPT: President Barack Obama's Inaugural Address
(abcnews.go.com) - Full transcript as prepared for delivery of President Barack Obama's inaugural remarks on Jan. 20, 2009, at the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.
Obama Inauguration shines on Linux too with Moonlight
(arstechnica.com) - We learned on Monday that incoming president Barack Obama's Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC) selected Microsoft's Silverlight framework for the official Internet video stream of the inauguration ceremony. This choice has generated some controversy among Linux enthusiasts, because it requires Silverlight 2.0, which is not yet supported on the open source More...
A picture Obama might want to forget
(chicagotribune.com) - Take that, Joe the Plumber: Here's evidence that the soon-to-be leader of the free world knows his way around a plunger.
Charge your batteries Obama, the world is yours tomorrow!
(flickr.com) - Sleep tight...you've got a long road ahead of you.
How Obama found his voice - Books
(nytimes.com) - Much has been made of Mr. Obama’s eloquence — his ability to use words in his speeches to persuade and uplift and inspire. But his appreciation of the magic of language and his ardent love of reading have not only endowed him with a rare ability to communicate his ideas More...
Attack of the Celebs: Stars Descend on Inauguration
(nbcbayarea.com) - Celebrities by the dozen descended on Washington, DC to participate in inauguration activities.
How to move a president in a few hours
(cnn.com) - On January 20, the Obamas move in -- a side of Inauguration Day that most people never see: a grueling, precisely timed workday involving scores of staffers that follows six months of careful planning.
The Best Inaugural Addresses Ever
(livescience.com) - When he delivers his historic inaugural address on Jan. 20, President-elect and noted public speaker Barack Obama will be continuing a 220-year-old oratorical tradition begun by George Washington.
A set of spoken words hasn' t been so hotly anticipated by so many people since perhaps Obama's victory speech on election night.
Security at Obama inauguration is tight and high-tech
(latimes.com) - As the multitudes arrive for the historic inauguration of Barack Obama, the most high-tech security bubble ever created is in place to protect the incoming president from any foreseeable act of God, nature or man.
But authorities say they still dread the "X factor" -- intangibles that they cannot control and More...
Will Smith ‘to play’ Barack Obama as US President in Hollywood movie
(telegraph.co.uk) - Hollywood film star Will Smith has staked his claim to play Barack Obama in a movie about his rise to become US President and America’s first black leader.
How Obama Won the Election
(esquire.com) - In his new Esquire column, The Data, statistical analysis guru Nate Silver reveals for the first time the secret behind November 4, 2008.
Why Big Tax Cuts Are Essential
(businessweek.com) - Let’s get this straight right away. I’m not a dogmatic supply-sider, who believes that tax cuts are the solution to all economic ills.
But I believe that Obama’s $300 billion tax cut is essential to ‘recapitalize’ the American consumer, just like the banks are being recapitalized.
Obama's wheels: Secret Service to unveil new presidential limo
(cnn.com) - Shortly after taking the oath of office, Obama will climb into the Mother of All Hybrids -- part car, part truck and, from the looks of it, part tank.
Obama's Cyber Czar - Private, Government, or Military?
(forbes.com) - For weeks, blogs have been buzzing about which Silicon Valley luminary will be tapped as President-elect Barack Obama's chief technology officer, the most innovation-focused position in what has been touted as a hyper-innovative regime.
Barack Obama is Time's Person of the Year
(time.com) - In one of the craziest elections in American history, he overcame a lack of experience, a funny name, two candidates who are political institutions and the racial divide to become the 44th President of the United States.
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