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President Obama at the Duke vs. Georgetown game.

President Obama addresses the GOP in Baltimore, MD.

BALTIMORE, Maryland (AFP) – President Barack Obama Friday chided Republicans for portraying his health reform plan as a "Bolshevik plot" and for saying he wanted to do "crazy stuff that is going to destroy America." In a highly unusual televised question-and-answer session, Obama told his foes they should not just oppose him for political gain, warning that elected officials should care more about jobs of voters than their own. "I'm not a pundit, I'm just a president. So take it for what it's worth -- but I don't believe that the American people want us to focus on our job...

Here is video of President Obama making opening remarks to Republicans at a GOP House Issues Conference in Baltimore today, where he chastised them for opposing him on ObamaCare, and for not getting on board with other aspects of his agenda. Obama said he does not want "Washington to continue being so Washington-like." He spoke as if he is not obsessed with polls and politics. He said Americans want the politicians to focus on the job security of Americans - not themselves. Obama took the opportunity to make the case for why he pushed the Stimulus Bill, and took credit...

Vinny Gambini: "I think ... I get ... the point." Judge Chamberlain Haller:" No, I don't think you do." — Dialogue from "My Cousin Vinny." Did President Obama get the point? With their ballots, the people of Virginia, New Jersey and Massachusetts have told him in no uncertain terms they are deeply dissatisfied with him and members of Congress. To them and a solid majority of Americans, "Washington" is shorthand for all that's wrong with America. The people are fed up with the rancor, partisanship, gridlock, empty promises and childishness that have stained their government. They are alarmed by D.C.'s...

Glenn Beck's opinion of Obama's State of the Union speech was that he came off as a cross between long-haired, "male," romance model Fabio and the 80s wrestler Randy "Macho Man" Savage. Ooooo, yeeeaaaah! On his highly-rated, FNC show yesterday, Beck let Obama have it in a brutally honest way that's defined him. More specifically, Fabio because Obama was enamored with himself, and Randy "Macho Man" Savage because he was "educating" all Americans in that typically husky, "macho man" voice about how "great" he is. Then, Beck went even blunter by charging that Obama thought all Americans are really stupid....

The most annoying part of listening to a speech by the narcissist-in-chief is the number of times he refers to himself. "I've got a very short commute;" "I can't always visit people directly;" "I break out;" "I saw;" "I knew it would be unpopular;" "I ran for this office;" "I had no illusions;" "I had a whole bunch of political advisors." The latest State of the Union is no exception. Maybe because his world is so centered on the bubble that surrounds himself, he is incapable of understanding the frustration Americans have about his plans to remake the country. Clearly,...

“Will you step into my parlor?” said the spider to the fly; “’Tis the prettiest little parlor that ever you did spy. The way into my parlor is up a winding stair, And I have many pretty things to show when you are there.” “O no, no,” said the little fly, “to ask me is in vain, For who goes up your winding stair can ne’er come down again.” President Obama issued Executive Order 13528 on January 11, 2010 establishing a Council of Governors ostensibly “to strengthen further the partnership between the Federal Government and State governments to protect our...

WASHINGTON – Declaring "I don't quit,'" an embattled President Barack Obama vowed in his first State of the Union address Wednesday night to make job growth his topmost priority for the year and urged a divided Congress to come together around new stimulus spending and short-term economic relief. He said he would still pursue ambitious longer-term changes to health care, energy, education and beyond. "Change has not come fast enough," Obama said before a politician-packed House chamber and a TV audience of millions. "I do not accept second-place for the United States of America. As hard as it may be,...

Obama Promises To End ‘Deficit of Trust’ Jobs to loom large in president’s first state of the Union address WASHINGTON - Saying he “will not walk away” from Americans struggling during the financial crisis, President Barack Obama will promise in his first State of the Union address Wednesday night to wage a battle on “a deficit of trust” in U.S. society that has crippled the government’s ability to address its deficit of dollars. “Deep and corrosive doubts about how Washington works ... have been growing for years," the president planned to say, according to excerpts of his remarks the White...

The president is scheduled to give the State of the Union address at 9 PM eastern.

Here's how the arrogant ignoramus Joe Klein sums up America's rejection of the stimulus package: It is very difficult to have a democracy without citizens. It is impossible to be a citizen if you don't make an effort to understand the most basic activities of your government. It is very difficult to thrive in an increasingly competitive world if you're a nation of dodos. Joe, let me put this in terms that someone like you, a sheltered ultra-liberal media parasite, can understand. The stimulus package operates on the economy in a zero-sum manner. If the government, which produces nothing, decides...

Populist or professor? Contrite or uncompromising? President Obama will have a chance Wednesday to reintroduce himself to the nation when he delivers his first official State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress. The prime-time speech, which will be aired on all major TV networks and cable stations, could hardly come at a more critical time for a president grappling with double-digit unemployment, sinking poll numbers and the possible collapse of his top domestic policy priority, an overhaul of the nation's health-care system. "As often as the president has spoken over the past year, critics on the...

By now everyone who pays attention to such things knows Republican Scott Brown has won the special election in Massachusetts. He will take the seat formerly held by the late Senator Ted Kennedy thereby ending the 60 vote stranglehold Democrats had on that legislative body. What will happen next regarding health care reform, cap & trade and other items on the Obama agenda remains to be seen. There are ways the no longer super yet still majority party can get around a minority filibuster and the will of the American people but they risk the ire of voters by doing...

Tuesday night, the GOP and the tea party movement will elect conservative Republican Scott Brown by four points over yet another out-of-touch, ignorant Democrat — Curt Schilling a Yankee fan? — to fill the Senate seat that has been in the hands of the Kennedy family since 1952. Ironically, the next day, Jan. 20, is the first anniversary of Barack Obama’s inauguration. So, one year to the day of the arrival in D.C. of “The One,” Obama effectively will become a lame duck president. His Obama Revolution will be finished. The Democratic stranglehold on D.C. power will be shattered. The...

If we had a Winston Churchill in the White House, America would still be in mortal danger and we would have a long, tough fight for survival ahead. We face a threat of Islamic terrorism as dangerous as any of the many threats of our history including that of Nazi Germany, Soviet Communism, Italian Fascism, and Japanese Imperialism. We face economic problems and international competition that call into question our ability to maintain the productive economy necessary to support the military machine needed for survival. We have a failed educational system that will not provide the scientific innovation and educated...

"Save Face and Step Back": Obama’s Advice to Bush When Policy Approval Dropped to 35% http://www.breitbart.tv/save-face-and-step-back-obamas-advice-to-bush-when-policy-approval-dropped-to-35/ Breitbart.TV and Naked Emperor News

After Obama Tells America “Everyone Must Sacrifice� the White House Throws 1 Party Every 3 Days in First Year Back in January 2009, before he signed his failed $787 billion stimulus bill into law, Barack Obama told America that everyone must sacrifice for the greater good. Everyone must have “some skin in the game.� What he meant, of course, was that everyone would have to sacrifice to lift American out of the worst recession since the Great Depression except for Barack and Michelle Obama. Now we learn that the the Obama White House has held one party every three days...

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNORS By the authority vested in me as President by theConstitution and the laws of the United States of America,including section 1822 of the National Defense AuthorizationAct of 2008 (Public Law 110-181), and in order to strengthenfurther the partnership between the Federal Government and Stategovernments to protect our Nation and its people and property,it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Council of Governors. (a) There is established a Council of Governors (Council).The Council shall consist of 10 State Governors appointed bythe President (Members), of whom no more than five shall be ofthe same political...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge has tossed out most of the government's evidence against a tarrorism detainee on grounds his confessions were coerced, allegedly by U.S. forces, before he became a prisoner at Guantanamo Bay. In a ruling this week, U.S. District Judge Thomas Hogan also said the government failed to establish that 23 statements the detainee made to interrogators at Guantanamo Bay were untainted by the earlier coerced statements made while he was held under harsh conditions in Afghanistan. However, the judge said statements he made during two military administrative hearings at the U.S. detention center in Cuba,...

Keeping Americans safe is the primary job of the President, and Barack Obama has failed miserably. It is painfully obvious that our Commander-in-Chief did not take the necessary steps to prevent terrorism on U.S. soil. However, the reaction after the incidents was equally incompetent. It generally falls into four categories: denial, indifference, ignorance, and find any way possible to blame George W. Bush....

See Eight Clips of Obama Promising Televised Healthcare Negotiations. Video at link:

A recurring theme of the Obama White House is "sacrifice." The president has repeatedly stressed the need for us to tighten our belts. He has informed us, "We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times ..." During the campaign, his wife told us that we have to compromise and sacrifice for one another in order to get things done. Shortly after the election, the president said that "[e]verybody's going to have to give. Everybody's going to have to have some skin in the game." This emphasis...

...the American people played a sick practical joke on themselves by electing a clown (more like the Joker as portrayed by the late Heath Ledger) who promptly staffed his Administration with a collection of equally unqualified freaks as shown below. Unless voters close this sideshow by removing the Democratic majority in the House and Senate, its admission price will consist of trillions of dollars in taxpayer money and economic damage to the United States. Janet Napolitano demonstrated her total unfitness to lead Homeland Security when she defined gun owners, pro-lifers, veterans of our Armed Forces, and people who oppose illegal...

They’ll love him as the messiah. They and their next generations will vote for him and his party. Whatever, Barack Hussein ObamaHussein Obama is for votes. He got them when mob hysteriacs kissed him into office. Then he declared, “I won.”

Ambulance Rushes To Obama Compound In Hawaii First Family Spends Christmas Vacation In President's Birthplace HONOLULU (CBS) ― President Barack Obama abruptly ended a round of golf Monday and sped toward his family's vacation home for what was described as a "personal matter." An administration official said that the incident related to a child of an Obama family friend who was injured on vacation. White House aides said the speedy departure and return to the president's home was not a matter of national security or because of a threat to Obama's safety. Obama was playing golf when reporters who travel...

White House Opposes New Construction in East Jerusalem December 28, 2009 The Obama administration said today it opposed Israel’s move to build about 700 apartments in East Jerusalem. President Obama has been working to bring Israel and the Palestinians back to the bargaining table, but efforts have been stalled over the question of construction in the settlements and in parts of Jerusalem. Obama has demanded an end to all construction, but has appeared in recent statements to have eased his stance, much to the annoyance of the Palestinians who continue to call for an end to all building. After meeting...

A White House official said the incident was an attempted act of terrorism. The FBI is investigating and President Obama, celebrating Christmas in Hawaii, was told of the incident about three hours after the plane landed, officials said. Obama has told White House officials that all appropriate measures be taken to increase security for air travel, a spokesman said. Nevertheless, officials said, they are not prepared to raise the terrorism alert level, currently at orange -- or the second-highest of five levels -- for domestic and international air travel.

President Obama returned to the White House from the U.N. Climate Conference in Copenhagen in the wee hours of this morning, having secured a modest, non-binding, three-page deal aimed at combating global warming. After getting a wee bit of rest, Obama by early afternoon had set his sights on getting a climate bill out of the Senate that, he claims, will curb carbon emissions and, to boot, create new jobs by fostering new industries. In a statement, Obama first lauded his accomplishments in Copenhagen and then focused his attention on Capitol Hill. "For the first time in history … the...

WASHINGTON – Jubilant Democrats locked in Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson as the 60th and decisive vote for historic health care legislation Saturday, putting President Barack Obama's signature issue firmly on a path for Christmas Eve passage.At the White House, Obama swiftly welcomed the breakthrough, saying, "After a nearly century-long struggle, we are on the cusp of making health care reform a reality in the United States of America."In the Capitol, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid smiled broadly when asked if Nelson's decision gave him the 60-vote majority necessary to overcome solid Republican opposition. "Seems that way," he said. The Nevada...

Rather KGBish of him, wouldn't you say?.... "The government is increasingly monitoring Facebook, Twitter and other social networking sites for tax delinquents, copyright infringers and political protesters." So ominously began an editorial in Sunday's New York Times. Those with accounts at such Web sites should pay attention, for according to the Times, and other sources, Big Brother is watching you. So be careful with your next Tweet or Facebook status, for you never know who's watching. .....On the other hand, it will be interesting to see how Obama-loving media follow this story.

Reporting from Phoenix - The day after the federal government told Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio that he could no longer use his deputies to round up suspected illegal immigrants on the street, the combative Arizona sheriff did just that. He launched one of his notorious "sweeps," in which his officers descend on heavily Latino neighborhoods, arrest hundreds of people for violations as minor as a busted headlight and ask them whether they are in the country legally. "I wanted to show everybody it didn't make a difference," Arpaio said of the Obama administration's order. Arpaio calls himself "America's toughest...

The Obama Administration plans to bypass Congress to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. According to Fox News, a top White House economic official warned Tuesday the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will not wait for Congress to pass legislation on climate change. The official said that if Congress does not take action, "the EPA is going to have to regulate in this area. And it is not going to be able to regulate in a market-based way, so it's going to have to regulate in a command-and-control way." He explained that legislation would provide compensation for small businesses hit hard by new...

Meanwhile, his comrades in Copenhagen want to give kids nightmares with LIES!Obama told Republicans at a White House meeting to "stop trying to frighten the American people" on the shape of the economy when any of us can see with out own eyes what a mess it is in. What a shame he doesn't tell his comrades in Copenhagen to do the same as they portray climate change as a child's nightmare with this scare-o-rama playing at the Copenhagen Conference: [VIDEO AT SITE] This is as vile a propaganda effort as the attempt by world socialists to sow nightmares in...

Congress -- and possibly Citigroup -- may be gearing up to start funding the organized crime syndicate ACORN again. The current federal funding ban expires Dec. 18. On Tuesday evening the House Appropriations Committee rejected on a party line vote of 9 to 5 an amendment offered by Rep. Tom Latham (R-Iowa) that would have blocked federal funding of the radical advocacy group. The amendment was needed because the Obama administration thumbed its nose at a provision in spending legislation that banned ACORN funding until the end of next week. In a ruling revealed late last month by the Justice...

The Obama administration is warning Congress that if it doesn't move to regulate greenhouse gases, the Environmental Protection Agency will take a "command-and-control" role over the process in a way that could hurt business. The warning, from a top White House economic official who spoke Tuesday on condition of anonymity, came on the eve of EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson's address to the international conference on climate change in Copenhagen, Denmark. Jackson, however, tried to strike a tone of cooperation in her address Wednesday, explaining that the EPA's new powers to regulate greenhouse gases will be used to complement legislation pending...

The Obama administration is warning Congress that if it doesn't move to regulate greenhouse gases, the Environmental Protection Agency will take a "command-and-control" role over the process in a way that could hurt business.

President Obama used his speech rolling out a stimulus-style jobs program Tuesday to point the finger at Republicans for allegedly facilitating the economic crisis and then foisting it off on his administration to solve. While praising his own team for pioneering "ambitious" financial reform and "sweeping" economic recovery initiatives, the president took some pointed shots at Republicans who are now blasting the latest package as a spend-crazy "stimulus two" that will drill deeper into the deficit. "We were forced to take those steps (to jump-start the economy) largely without the help of an opposition party which, unfortunately, after having presided...

The EPA is about to announce that greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare, something that has in many ways been inevitable since the boneheaded SCOTUS ruling in Mass. vs EPA (which essentially found that the Clean Air Act was always intended to be Kyoto-on-steroids.) With thanks to my colleague Will Yeatman, here's a brief summary of what this means, and why you should be appalled. Under the Clean Air Act, an “endangerment” finding means that the EPA will have to grant a waiver to those states (such as California) that want to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions from automobiles. The EPA...

Here is a compilation video of President Obama using his odd "middle finger scratch" gesture yesterday when mentioning the name of John Callahan, the mayor of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, a supporter of Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary. The video also shows him making the gesture when mentioning Hillary Clinton on April 17, 2008, and when mentioning John McCain on November 3, 2008. The individual videos are also provided . . . . (VIDEOS)

Glenn Beck tells his nephew not to reenlist because he doesn't trust Obama's commitment to the military! http://www.therightscoop.com/beck-doesnt-trust-obama-tells-his-newphew-not-to-reenlist/

"We are no longer just a Christian nation. We are also a Jewish nation, a Muslim nation, a Buddhist nation, a Hindu nation, and a nation of nonbelievers." (INAUGURAL SPEECH)

Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat on Wednesday called US President Barack Obama's strong criticism of the building of additional Jewish homes in a Jewish neighborhood of the Israeli capital a position based on racism. Said Barkat: "Israeli law does not discriminate between Jews, Muslims, and Christians or between eastern and western Jerusalem. The demand to halt construction by religion is not legal in the United States or in any other free place in the world. I do not presume that any government would demand to freeze construction in the United States based on race, religion or gender and the attempt to...

Obama said the White House forum will gather CEOs, small business owners, economists, financial experts and representatives from labor unions and nonprofit groups "to talk about how we can work together to create jobs and get this economy moving again." "We all know that there are limits to what government can and should do, even during such difficult times. But we have an obligation to consider every additional, responsible step that we can take to encourage and accelerate job creation in this country," he said.

Recently on ABC television news, one of their videos showed a U.S. Marine hunkered down in Afghanistan complaining on camera that he was not allowed to shoot back when under fire. This situation resulted from Obama’s new rules of engagement from his new Afghanistan commander. General McChrystal explained it to BBC news that they are now advising troops to break off from firefights with the Taliban, "If you are in a situation where you are under fire from the enemy... if there is any chance of creating civilian casualties or if you don't know whether you will create civilian casualties,...

PRESIDENT OBAMA: "Well, look, we -- we have seen, in the past, rampages of this sort. And in a country of 300 million people, there are going to be acts of violence that are inexplicable. Even within the extraordinary military that we have -- and I think everybody understands how outstanding the young men and women in uniform are under the most severe stress -- there are going to be instances in which an individual cracks. I think the questions that we're asking now and we don't have yet complete answers to is, is this an individual who's acting in...

Oh, good grief… He was screaming “Alluha Akar” as he mowed our soldiers down! BO says US soldier killer Nidal Hasan may have “cracked” because of stress. He also told Jake Tapper today that he still has not quite decided on whether or not to give our military the reinforcements they need to win in Afghanistan. ABC News and FOX Nation reported: Well, look, we — we have seen, in the past, rampages of this sort. And in a country of 300 million people, there are going to be acts of violence that are inexplicable. Even within the extraordinary military...

Obama will not make a decision until after November 20th, so General McChrystal will just have to wait...Report from Foxnews, confirmed by CBS's Mark Knoller...(Video)

This really takes the cake: “What I think is appropriate is that in the same way that everybody has to get auto insurance and if you don't, you're subject to some penalty, that in this situation, if you have the ability to buy insurance, it's affordable and you choose not to do so, forcing you and me and everybody else to subsidize you, you know, there's a thousand dollar hidden tax that families all across America are -- are burdened by because of the fact that people don't have health insurance, you know, there's nothing wrong with a penalty.” -...