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Obama says he accepts 'imperfect' spending bill
AP on Yahoo ^ | 3/11/09 | Philip Elliott - ap

Posted on 03/11/2009 9:35:53 AM PDT by NormsRevenge

WASHINGTON – Acknowledging it's an "imperfect" bill, President Barack Obama said he will accept a $410 billion spending package but insisted it must signal an "end to the old way of doing business."

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"I am signing an imperfect omnibus bill because it's necessary for the ongoing functions of government," Obama declared. "But I also view this as a departure point for more far-reaching change."

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Running for president, Obama denounced the pet projects as wasteful and open to abuse — and vowed to rein them in.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 111th; accepts; earmarks; imperfect; obama; omnibus; spending; taxandspend
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To: Lost Highway

With Obambi, “earmarks” are the evidence of his passage through a doorway.


21 posted on 03/11/2009 10:57:17 AM PDT by MortMan (Power without responsibility-the prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages. - Rudyard Kipling)
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To: NormsRevenge

There goes the rest of his dwindling credibility


22 posted on 03/11/2009 10:58:14 AM PDT by Rapscallion ("Going Galt" for a better world.)
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To: NormsRevenge

“But I also view this as a departure point for more far-reaching change.”


What does this mean, exactly?


23 posted on 03/11/2009 11:42:19 AM PDT by Lucky9teen (What this country needs are more unemployed politicians. And SOON!!!)
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To: NormsRevenge

Officials: Terror worries tied to Midwest Somalis

UNBELIEVABLE! Here comes another attack!

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hyStsrj11OtZjKWKder6qmFpwdJQD96RM6784


24 posted on 03/11/2009 11:43:45 AM PDT by TheDailyChange (Politics,Conservatism,Liberalism)
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To: garyhope

The more Obummer does, the more I am starting to believe it’s on purpose....to destroy America.


25 posted on 03/11/2009 11:44:40 AM PDT by Lucky9teen (The more Obummer does, the more I am starting to believe it's on purpose....to destroy America.)
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To: NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON – Acknowledging it's an "imperfect" bill, President Barack Obama said he will accept a $410 billion spending package but insisted it must signal an "end to the old way of doing business."
"I am signing an imperfect omnibus bill because it's necessary for the ongoing functions of government," Obama declared. "But I also view this as a departure point for more far-reaching change."

Total BS.
0bomo will say anything he thinks people will fall for
All 0bomo promises come with an expiration date

Notice the hypnotic trigger word "change"
His followers are like Pavlov's dogs

26 posted on 03/11/2009 11:48:26 AM PDT by dennisw (0bomo the subprime president)
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To: dennisw

“But I also view this as a departure point for more far-reaching change.”

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Doubling the size of the national debt to over 20 TRIllion will be just one of his legacy highlights,, that and appointing soros to the supreme court and then there is the green effect.. never has gubamint pissed away so many trillions , never.. ‘far-reaching change.” my arse.

No Thanks!


27 posted on 03/11/2009 11:54:04 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed.)
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To: TheDailyChange

My old homestate, sad.

How many sleeper cells did the FBI estimate are here? It was quite a few as I recall, this being a few years back.

What’s the old saying ,, An enemy never sleeps for long.


28 posted on 03/11/2009 11:57:11 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Geitner looks lie a young Emil Sitka from the Three Stooges.


29 posted on 03/11/2009 1:34:12 PM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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