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In a New York Times interview published Saturday, President Obama came out foursquare against the Keystone XL pipeline, claiming that it would not create jobs. “Republicans have said that this would be a big jobs generator,” Obama said. “There is no evidence that that’s true.” He then blamed Canada for not “doing more” to prevent carbon emissions from oil sands. Obama continued, “I meant what I said; I'm going to evaluate this based on whether or not this is going to significantly contribute to carbon in our atmosphere. And there is no doubt that Canada at the source in those...

Annual Report to the President on Progress Implementing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (1st) "Predictions at the outset of the Recovery Act warned of the potential for wide spread fraud. To combat this, Congress and the Administration put in place mechanisms to deter this fraud, including enhanced project reviews by agencies and the Office of Management and Budget, oversight of all spending and contracts by a team of 12 Inspectors General who make up the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, and focused work by the Justice Department’s Anti-Fraud Task Force on ‘Recovery Act activities. " " Today, we are...

Rack it up too poor timing, but yesterday we brought the unfortunate news of the September release President Obama's newest endeavour ,Our Enduring Spirit: President Barack Obama's First Words to America. Although it was difficult finding information on the book that was not directly released by the publisher, the length and illustrative contributions by a comic book artist raised a suspicion that this book was intended to influence a less-than-mature audience. Unfortunately, what we discovered yesterday confirms those suspicions...

Viewers who tune into President Barack Obama’s health-care address tonight will see all the usual trappings of a big-time speech – members of Congress applauding or sitting quietly, depending on their partisan viewpoint, and guests in the gallery carefully selected to match key message points. But the things to watch for at 8 p.m. tonight are far more subtle, though in many ways, more important to whether Obama succeeds in wrestling the health-care debate back onto his own terms. “It’s a pivotal moment for health care,” said former Clinton White House Chief of staff Mack McLarty. “It’s a dramatic moment,...

Parents across the country are rebelling against plans by President Barack Obama to speak directly to their children through the classrooms of the nation's public schools without their presence, participation and approval. The plans announced by Obama also have been cited as raising the specter of the Civilian National Security Force, to which he's referred several times since his election campaign began, but never fully explained. "He's recruiting his civilian army. His 'Hitler' youth brigade," wrote one participant in a forum at Free Republic.

From what I read a couple of days ago....a letter was sent to all principals nationwide.

Obama Buys Half-Hour Of CBS Primetime NEW YORK (CBS) ― Democratic candidate Barack Obama has purchased 30 minutes of CBS primetime air, according to a network announcement to affiliates. The paid political message is scheduled to air at 8 p.m. ET on Oct. 29, the Wednesday before Election Day. The last time a presidential candidate bought such a large portion of network time was in 1992, when Ross Perot purchased network time.