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Don't question President Obama's focus. Consider: For his upcoming book Inside Obama's Brain, author Sasha Abramsky talked to many Obama friends and found this story. In Chicago, Obama started at a law firm located next to a Thai restaurant with a vermin problem. One day, during a meeting, Obama took a call as two rats entered the room. One ran up his leg. Firm partner Judson Miner tells Abramsky, "While we were all distracted by the rats, he focused on his conversation, finished his conversation, and then picked up on the conversation that we were having about the rats."

Suppose this year's Nobel Peace Prize had gone to the scores of Iranians now on trial for having protested the fraudulent re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad last June. For the three defendants who were sentenced to death over the weekend, a Nobel might have made all the difference in the nick of time. At a minimum, it could have validated their struggle. Our friends in Oslo had a different idea, which means that the fate of the three defendants—known officially by their initials M.Z., A.P. and N.A.—are at the mercy of Iran's appellate and supreme courts. It's a slender hope in...

In 2009 about 40% of income taxes will go towards debt interest payments. If you think those town hall meetings over health care were fierce, wait until Americans come to understand the threat to our national financial survival posed by the interest on the government's credit card. When the government spends more than its revenue, there is a budget deficit. These deficits are paid for by Washington selling interest bearing Treasury securities. If the government were ever to default on its promise to pay periodic interest payments or to repay the debt at maturity, the United States economy would plunge...

MLB announced today that there was no need for a Series and all the carbon emissions it would generate as Obama had announced his intention to win the series. "We all know he accomplishes everything he puts his mind to, including citizenship, so the Commissioner figured awarding the Series to Him now would help with MLB's required reduction of greenhouse gasses," said source close to MLB.

OBAMA NAMED NEW VIAGRA SPOKESMAN! More to come!!!Later...Hold onto your hats....brace yourselves...

In a not-unexpected turn of events, the previous toughest man in the world was defeated within 22 seconds of single hand-to-hand combat with US President Barack Obama. Film at Eleven!

At a time of tension between their organizations, White House senior adviser David Axelrod met with Fox News chairman and chief executive officer Roger Ailes two weeks ago The two met privately in Manhattan during the president’s visit to the United Nations. The two discussed news coverage and the relationship between the organizations. Ailes is the founder of Fox News. A key part of Axelrod’s portfolio is the president’s image and broad message White House officials have expressed pique with what they consider heavy coverage of Obama critics by opinion shows on the news channel.

"Hear our cry, Obama." "Deliver us, Obama." Video at link.

And it came to pass in the Age of Insanity that the people of the land called America , having lost their morals, their initiative, and their will to defend their liberties, chose as their Supreme Leader that person known as "The One." He emerged from the vapors with a message that had no meaning; but He hypnotized the people telling them, "I am sent to save you."

President Barack Obama needs some outside help pushing health care reform, and he's turning to rabbis to get it. In a morning conference call with about 1000 rabbis from across the nation, Obama asked for aid: "I am going to need your help in accomplishing necessary reform," the President told the group, according to Rabbi Jack Moline, who tweeted his way through the phoner. "We are God's partners in matters of life and death," Obama went on to say, according to Moline's real-time stream. The 15-minute morning briefing was sponsored by the Religion Action Center of Reform Judaism, and included...

Here is video of a humorous song mocking President Obama as "The One" who wants to bring "One -- Single Payer System" to America. "Folks he can heal the planet Disease, well, well simply have to ban it Cause hes the one" The song closes with: One single payer system covers every healthcare need No time to read the bill just pass Obama Care But it sounds a little socialistic This pig is gonna need some lipstick Obama-care (Watch Video)

After 6 Months, More View Obama's Presidency as a 'Failure' Than Bush's Posted by Tom Bevan A rather surprising finding from the newly released CNN poll. Question three on the national survey of 1,136 adults (which includes an oversample of African-Americans) asks, "Do you consider the first six months of the Obama administration to be a success or a failure?" Thirty-seven percent (37%) said they believe the Obama administration is a "failure," while 51% consider it a "success" and 11% say it's still "too soon to tell." An identical question was asked of the Bush administration in an August 2001...

White House spokesman Robert Gibbs and the Obama administration found the press corps slightly less friendly than they are used to yesterday, when CBS's Chip Reid asked why the questions for Wednesday’s town hall on healthcare were being selected beforehand. Gibbs tried to dodge the issue, and asked for it to be asked after the town hall meeting in question, but then Helen Thomas became involved, saying, “We have never had that in the White House. I’m amazed that you people … call for openness and transparency.” Reid and Thomas didn't let up for a second, especially Thomas. To see...

PRINCETON, N.J. (June 21) - 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.

So for weeks we on the right have been trying to get the folks who voted for Obama to see that they have been played. My conservative friends and I have been posting stories on Obama’s hypocrisy, flip-flops and truth-stretches at a really alarming rate. But today is different. Today it seems like everyone right of center is completely up in arms about Obama making a speech to the Islamic world from Egypt. Well, everyone but me. I’m not bothered about the speech primarily because Obama told us he was going to do this if he got elected. It was...

When Notre Dame, the nation's best-known Catholic university, asked resolutely pro-choice President Barack Obama to receive an honorary degree and deliver the commencement address this year, it caused intense controversy in Catholic circles. About 50 U.S. bishops publicly opposed the president's planned appearance, which violated their 2004 directive that Catholic universities "should not honor those who act in defiance of our fundamental moral principles." On Sunday, graduation day came to Notre Dame, and so did Obama - who was overwhelmingly welcomed. In a warm, conciliatory speech, he didn't shy away from abortion, saying that the two sides' views are fundamentally...

A new book claims the Spanish dictator, General Francisco Franco, may have had more in common with Adolf Hitler than previously known - having one testicle.

"He's superman at the moment - young, black, good-looking, progressive," says British cartoonist Andy Davey. So perhaps it's not surprising you have to look hard to find an unflattering cartoon of the new US president. With the end of his first 100 days in sight, the Political Cartoon Gallery in London is putting on an exhibition of original cartoons of Barack Obama. It charts his rise as an outside candidate for the Democratic Party nomination to his first few months in the White House. The founder of the gallery, Dr Tim Benson, says he's assembled more than 60 cartoons from...

Monday, April 13, 2009 BREITBART: Jon Stewart and Kumar go to D.C. Andrew Breitbart On Tuesday night I was bestowed the honor of being ridiculed on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" with Jon Stewart. The segment in which I was featured had Mr. Stewart mocking those of us who dare criticize the new president. In the era of Obama, mainstream American political humor is now officially on the defensive. Stewart lumped me with Sean Hannity, Mark Levin and Rep. Michele Bachmann, Minnesota Republican — a cross section of people you might expect to be critical of an administration implementing...

Video Here: http://www.butasforme.com/2009/03/24/busy-simon-cowell-tells-jay-leno-he-turned-down-obamas-invitation/Busy Simon Cowell Tells Jay Leno He Turned Down Obama’s Invitation to Have Dinner in LA — Says Washington Finally Getting Smarter for Criticizing Obama the Simon Cowell Way

<p>Mary Katharine Ham and her favorite songwriter, Jon S. Ham, dream of a world in which a guardian angel Obama tells everyone what to do and what not to.</p>

March 20, 2009 The Banality of Obama By Bruce Walker Pundits have been critiquing the new administration for its socialism, for its willful ignorance of foreign policy, for its puerile missteps, but the salient fact of the Obama Presidency is its banality. He who promised change has dredged up the failed nostrums of the past as if they were something new and fresh. In fact, the ordinariness, the dullness, the lifelessness of the Obama Administration is obvious. What is the answer to a collapsing economy? Obama simply resorts to the seventy-five year old policies of FDR. When the New Deal...

I have been trying to gather info on Zero's daily schedule, since he entered the White House. I need help. I don't have enough time to seek the answers, nor enough skills. I think the story-line can be used on uTube, showing just more hypocrisy. 1st question is: How many miles has Zero piled onto AF1? 2nd question: How many hours has he "entertained" his friends? Last question: What has his "entertaining cost us, the taxpayers?

Comic legend Jackie Mason is railing against accusations of racism following a performance in New York Thursday, where he referred to President Barack Obama as a "schwartza." Celebrity gossip site TMZ.com confronted Mason with a camera on Friday over the flap. The celebrity gossip site reported that that the literal translation of "schwartza" in Yiddish is "black," but added that some say "it's a disparaging reference to African Americans, akin to the N-word." Mason told a TMZ cameraman, "(I'm not going to answer) these stupid questions because you're trying to multiply me into a racist. I've called (people) a lot...

The Honolulu Advertiser, the same paper that ran President Obama's birth announcement, is now reporting that some University of Hawaii students are casting roles for what may be the Greatest Political Story Ever Told: Casting is underway for a student-made film inspired by the Island birth of Barack Obama. Students in the University of Hawaii-Manoa's Academy for Creative Media program are making the Advanced Production film, "Born In Hawaii." They are currently casting and soliciting donations from the community. Born In Hawaii" is a fictional story based loosely on the nurses who worked at Kapiolani Medical Center when Barack Obama...

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ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Americans named President Obama as their No. 1 hero, followed by Jesus Christ and Martin Luther King, in a new Harris poll. Others in the top 10, in descending order, were Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, Abraham Lincoln, John McCain, John F. Kennedy, Chesley Sullenberger and Mother Teresa.

Obama Claim: Done More in 30 Days Than Other Presidents Economy Will Dominate Obama Speech Tonight By JAKE TAPPER and MARK MOONEY Feb. 24, 2009 — The Obama administration is going into tonight's pivotal speech to Congress with the belief that President Obama has accomplished more in the first 30 days in office than any modern president. The president will give the nation a "sober assessment" about the status of the country's economy tonight as he assures Americans that there are "better days ahead," according to White House spokesman Robert Gibbs. Obama will address a joint meeting of Congress tonight...

President Barack Obama listens as Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, not pictured, speaks during their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009 Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso meets with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009. U.S. President Barack Obama takes a question at the Fiscal Responsibility Summit at the White House in Washington February 23, 2009.

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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- During the most contentious stretch of the Democratic presidential primary campaign last winter, then-candidate Hillary Clinton mocked Barack Obama for his pledge to transcend Washington's entrenched partisanship. "The sky will open. The lights will come down. Celestial choirs will be singing and everyone will know we should do the right thing and the world will be perfect!" Clinton bellowed. Obama dismissed Clinton's sarcasm as overly cynical and further evidence she was a creature of Washington. But as President Obama prepares to make his first major address to Congress, Clinton's comments are borne out.

Twenty-first Century America … where a man who associated with a known-terrorist, was mentored by a racist anti-American reverend, lied to the American people on numerous occasions about “earmarks” in the largest wasteful spending bill in all of human history, has done nothing but fear-monger Americans with falsehoods on the state of the economy, has suspended ongoing trials of known terrorists at Guantanamo Bay and has been President for a little less than five lousy weeks is polled as being more of a hero than Jesus, Ghandi, Ronald Reagan, Martin Luther King and Abraham Lincoln - that according to a...

1 When Hussein saw the crowds, he went up to the podium; and after he sat down, his disciples in the press came to him. 2 Then he began to speak, and did teach them, saying: 3 ‘Blessed are the working families, for theirs are the 95% tax cuts. 4 ‘Blessed are those who were ashamed of their country, for they will be comforted. 5 ‘Blessed are the Unions, for they will inherit the earth. 6 ‘Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for stimulus, for they will be filled. 7 ‘Blessed are the tax evaders, for they will receive...

Dr. Vaknin has written extensively about narcissism.Dr. Vaknin States "I must confess I was impressed by Sen. Barack Obama from the first time I saw him.  At first I was excited to see a black candidate.  He looked youthful, spoke well, appeared to be confident - a wholesome presidential package.  I was put off soon, not just because of his shallowness but also because there was an air of haughtiness in his demeanor that was unsettling.  His posture and his body language were louder than his empty words. Obama's speeches are unlike any political speech we have heard in...

Reporting from Ottawa -- President Obama made a seven-hour pit stop in this snow-draped Canadian capital Thursday, an inaugural foreign trip as president in which he sought to reaffirm good-neighborly relations and encountered crowds almost giddy at his presence. Obama used the short visit to reassure the United States' largest trading partner of his support for robust cross-border commerce, announce an agreement on a modest "clean energy dialogue" between the two governments, and praise the sacrifices of Canadian troops in Afghanistan. If short on substance, the day marked a departure from the uncomfortable tone that characterized relations during George W....

An off-putting remark about one president landed another one in the doghouse for two weeks. Southington Chamber of Commerce President Arthur Secondo was suspended without pay for implying in a public meeting that President Barack Obama was the Antichrist, several news sources report. During the town council meeting on Feb. 9, Secondo said, “and everybody loves this Obama. ... I think we should check the back of his head to see if he has 666 there, but that is another issue,” according to meeting minutes. Secondo, a registered Democrat who supposedly voted for Obama, said he would take the statement...

A priest in California is outraged at a novelty store's large display window of "Saint Obama" candles displaying an image he says "depicts our beloved saints in a not so saintly way." The candles feature President Obama's head atop the body of St. Martin de Porres, a Peruvian-born Dominican friar, who became one of the first black saints in the Americas upon his canonization in 1962. Rev. Tony La Torre of St. Philip the Apostle Church in San Francisco says the candles, sold by the Just for Fun store for $15, "mock and ridicule the Catholic/Christian faith." "I am appalled,"...

New York -- End war, forever. Make the planet greener. Please help my dad find work. Make it rain candy! Thousands of kids detailed their hopes and expectations for President Obama in letters and drawings as part of a "Dear Mr. President" project, with 150 chosen for publication in a free e-book being released today, on Presidents Day.

Rush Limbaugh Talk-radio giant Rush Limbaugh is blasting the so-called economic stimulus plan of President Obama and the Democrat-led Congress, calling it an assault on capitalism intentionally designed to harm the private sector and lead to bigger government. "This is a full-fledged attack on capitalism, and the leftists Democrats have been seeking this for the longest time," Limbaugh said on his program this afternoon. "That's why they can't stop themselves. It is Christmas morning every day for these people. There's nobody that can stop them." A question e-mailed to the host asked if the Democrats really understood that they're "destroying...

..... Q: What did you think of Obama's prime-time speech and press conference? The choices were: "Thumbs up," "Thumbs up," and "I didn't watch." .....

Their excuses sound about as lame as the one used by the hapless robber portrayed by comedian Steve Martin when he bellowed: "I FORGOT armed robbery was illegal!" Street cops won't buy that excuse and generally neither will the Internal Revenue Service. Three more Washington politicians recently were busted for being blissfully indifferent about how much they owed – or even if they owed – anything to the nation's tax police. "I was very disappointed in these three," said Dallas accountant Ken Sibley, referring to three appointees to President Barack Obama's administration. "Each of them was very sophisticated and each...

Obama: Reelection rests on stimulus By: Andy Barr February 2, 2009 10:35 AM EST President Barack Obama acknowledged Monday that the fate of his reelection four years from now likely rests on the success of the proposed $825 billion stimulus package. “A year from now, I think people are going to see that we’re starting to make some progress. But there’s still going to be some pain out there,” Obama predicted during an interview on NBC’s “Today Show.” “If I don’t have this done in three years, then there’s going to be a one-term proposition.” In acknowledging that his political...

As the exhilaration over Barack Obama's inauguration fades, Europeans have begun to absorb an uncomfortable truth. In his inaugural speech, the new U.S. president did not mention the European Union once. Obama may be at the center of Europe's preoccupations, but Europe does not appear to be at the center of his. It was three days before Obama telephoned a European leader. To the consternation of continentals hoping for a less British bias to transatlantic ties, the call went to Britain's Gordon Brown. Only later did he call France's Nicolas Sarkozy, Germany's Angela Merkel and Russia's Dmitry Medvedev. By contrast,...

To my Conservative Friends: Just last week, our new Emperor, in his attempt to figure out these economic bailout abominations had another "Joe the Plumber" moment when he uttered a comment that was like a mirror on his soul... Just like when he told Joe the Plumber that its a "good thing to spread the wealth around", the new Messiah has again showed us his true colors, his socialist beliefs and his all-liberal, all-the-time liberal playbook to govern this nation... Our new President has spoken the 1st of what I know will be many "Obama-nisms"... Man, it's going to be...

WASHINGTON — Republicans suggested overhauling the Senate’s stimulus proposal because they said it doesn’t pump enough into the private sector through tax cuts but allows Democrats to go on a spending spree unlikely to jolt the economy. “When I say start from scratch, what I mean is that the basic approach of this bill, we believe, is wrong,” said Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona, the No. 2 Republican. He added that he was seeing an erosion of support for the bill. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said he doubted the Senate would pass the bill, contending that Democrats...

There's a report out that The Dear Leader (Hussein Obama) REALLY, REALLY enjoys his new status as Emperor Of The World. Most of us thought that dietary items like arugula were a bit on the pricy (and eccentric) side. Now, however, The Dear Leader has added a new item to our national food lexicon:Wagyu Beef For you Saxon dog serfs out there, we're talking about a type of steak that runs over $100 a pound. In some instances, Wagyu beef can run over $100 a 6-8 ounce serving. You won't see this at your local McDonald's when they unchain you...

Islamic ‘political correctness’ seems to be taking over our reason and resolve. How far can this go in America? Unfortunately, it is likely that it could go very far given that most Americans appear to be asleep at the switch. American’s are tired and just want the ‘Change Fairy’ to take care of it all. There is no ‘Change Fairy’. America and the world are faced with a patient, determined adversary. Islamic terrorists/radicals have made substantial progress in Great Britain, Denmark and Minnesota towards their goal of establishing Sharia law throughout the world. Atlas Shrugs has an interesting article illustrating...

Three rounds of UN sanctions have been imposed on Iran but Javanfekr said they were "ineffective." Javanfekr also rejected Obama's calls for Iran to "unclench its fist," saying its was "illogical to talk about unclenching fists when Iran is surrounded by American troops in Afghanistan and Iraq." Referring to the Obama administration's suggestion of direct talks, Javanfekr said, "We are ready for talks with some preconditions ... including ending America's military presence in Iraq and Afghanistan," he said and repeated the demand for an apology.

During the U.S presidential campaign, Barack Obama’s handlers vigourously pointed out his Christian faith whenever the misconception arose he may be Muslim ... The handlers also roundly denounced any conservative commentator who might mention (mischievously, admittedly) his Arabic middle name, Hussein. They charged that such usage was "fear mongering." Once elected, however, he personally insisted on his middle name being spoken at his swearing-in ceremony. And now – in a gesture to the Muslim world – he has not only granted the first sit-down interview of his presidency to a pan-Arab television network, but uses the occasion to gush about...