"The list", for week 16 (Obama)

nachumlist.com ^ | 5/15/2009 | Nachum

[Nachum]

The List for 5/15/2009  

Orwell lives.  the next slogan for Obama: " New Foundation "

Hospitals and insurance companies said Thursday that President Obama had substantially overstated their promise earlier this week to reduce the growth of health spending.

U.S. stocks dropped as concern the government will replace the chief executive officers of some banks snuffed out an early rally spurred by reports signaling the contraction in manufacturing is abating.

Relations between Obama and U.S. corporate leaders have grown tense in recent weeks, with business groups bristling over his sharp rebukes of lenders and multinational companies

VIDEO: White house dodges question about Pelosi

The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts directed employees not to log onto the Drudge Report with government-issued Computers due to potential viruses on the site.

Obama's CIA director Leon Panetta sends a stern message to the CIA, We told Pelosi the truth

After Obama informed Congress that he was renewing sanctions on Syria, he sends George Mitchell anyway

U.S. authorities release a Guantanamo Bay detainee to France.  His landmark Supreme Court case granted inmates at the U.S. military prison the legal right to challenge their confinement, officials said.

A report said federal officials are pressuring Bank of America Corp. to revamp its board and bring in directors with more banking experience

Relations between Obama and U.S. corporate leaders have grown tense in recent weeks. Business groups are bristling over his sharp rebukes of lenders and multinational companies in particular

Obama Orwellian Newspeak: Toxic Assets are now "Legacy Assets".  No more "War on Drugs". (not a war at all)

Retired FBI Agent John Vincent says his gravest concern is that the Obama administration is repeating mistakes of the past, thereby leaving America vulnerable to a terrorist at

The List for 5/14/2009  

Six major insurers, including The Hartford, Prudential Financial and Allstate, received preliminary approval Thursday for billions of dollars in aid from a U.S. bailout fund

The Obama administration is weighing plans to detain some terror suspects on U.S. soil -- indefinitely and without trial -- as part of a plan to retool military commission trials

The "Rightwing Extremism" report has been withdrawn and is being rewritten, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told Capitol Hill lawmakers

VIDEO: State Rep. Bilbrey comments on the SEIU/Obama connection, corruption in California "Pay to Play"union ploy

Reports that the GM plans to import Chinese-made vehicles to the U.S. have created a political problem for the automaker and the White House

Washington Post: The chief executives of the country's nine largest banks had no choice but to accept capital infusions from the Treasury Department in October, government documents released confirmed

Libya owns 2% of Fiat, which now owns Chrysler. Possible Obama connections

Obama is weighing plans to detain some terror suspects on U.S. soil -- indefinitely and without trial -- as part of a plan to retool military commission trials

Obama's U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., Susan Rice, told participants of the United Nations Human Rights Council that the U.S. has “not been perfect ourselves” on human rights issues

Judicial Watch- the conservative watchdog organization- has uncovered secret documents via the Freedom of Information Act. Revealing How Paulson Forced Banks To Take TARP Cash

The List for 5/13/2009  

Obama, calling current deficit spending “unsustainable,” warned of skyrocketing interest rates for consumers if the U.S. continues to finance government by borrowing from other countries.

Obama is insisting on arcane procedural language tucked away in the budget resolution conference report that will dramatically expand the federal government's control over your personal Health care decisions and our nation's health care system, all without a single hearing or a public debate

Obama is expected to expand the mortgage aid program, announcing new measures to help homeowners avoid a blemished credit record even if they don't qualify for other assistance

Obama has sent a message to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu demanding that Israel not surprise the U.S. with an Israeli military operation against Iran

VIDEO: Joe Biden says, "Barack Obama and Joe Biden are going to make sure that every single one you who qualify are going to get to go to college even if you don't have the money..."

Obama now says he has second thoughts about the decision to hand over photographs of detainee abuse to the ACLU, and had changed his mind "believes... would endanger our troops"

360,000 people signed a petition calling for Obama to be disinvited from speaking at Notre Dame because of his support for abortion rights and embryonic stem cell research.

The White House has scrubbed President Obama's central pledge to the homosexual community from its website – his promise to quash the federal Defense of Marriage Act

Obama plans deep new cuts in the U.S. nuclear arsenal at a time when the government faces a 15-year backlog of warheads already waiting to be dismantled and a need for billions of dollars in new facilities to store and dispose of the weapons' plutonium.

Obama has announced the establishment of “Jewish-American Heritage Month,” to honor former and present Jewish citizens of the U.S.

Senate Republicans were blocking the nomination of David Hayes for deputy secretary of the Interior Department, charging the agency didn’t adequately explain its decision to cancel oil and gas leases in Western states.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner: The Obama administration will use bailout money repaid by large banks to provide additional capital infusions to smaller banks

FDA Warning letter to General Mills about Cherios

Obama bailout? GM is planning to market made in China cars to American consumers as early as 2011

Chrysler says it will "fire" 800 of its 3,200 dealerships and renegotiate deals with the remaining 2,400 as part of its Bankruptcy plan.

The Obama administration has begun serious talks about changing compensation practices across the financial-services industry, including at companies that did not receive federal bailout money

VIDEO: Big Union, SEIU, in health care meetings with Obama and Congress

The List for 5/12/2009  

Obama appoints Gen. Stanley McChrystal to lead in Afghanistan.  The parents of slain Army Ranger and NFL star Pat Tillman voiced concerns that the general who played a role in mischaracterizing his death could be put in charge of military operations in Afghanistan

In Obama's 2010 Proposed Budget, the president recommends that Congress eliminate funding for abstinence education and instead pour funds into condoms and contraceptive-based sex education

Obama's policies on the oil companies could have a devastating effect on Oklahoma

FDA Blasts General Mills Over Cheerios Claim, Obama goes after General Mills

The U.S.will sit on the UN human rights councel for the first time

Obama massively raises taxes on commodities and options dealers.  Now taxed as ordinary income.  Marginal tax rates going from 23 to 39%

Social Security going broke too.  Geithner- have to control...... healthcare

Will Obama create another crisis to force nationalizing US business? Geithner says Medicare going broke in 8 years

Your auto bailout tab, 83 Billion and climbing

Obama cuts Chrysler's marketing budget in half

Obama explores alternative names for cap and trade legislation.  A new name is being concocted to gather support for the legislation

A White House document says EPA regulation of the gases blamed for global warming will have serious economic consequences throughout the U.S. economy

Obama considers taxing employer's group health insurance premiums

Obama's nominee for the Treasury Dpmt.'s top legal job still can receive almost $3 million in pay over the next three years from one of the nation's largest financial-services companies under a compensation plan approved by government ethics lawyers

The Obama administration says it may curtail Anglo-American intelligence sharing if the British High Court discloses new details of the treatment of a former Guantanamo detainee

Obama plans tough antitrust enforcement that could affect pending antimonopoly court cases and merger plans involving sectors from banks and dairy farms to railroads and technology.  The Justice Department signaled a sharp turn from the Bush's more forgiving approach, arguing the economic crisis calls for more antitrust enforcement

The List for 5/11/2009  

The government will have to borrow nearly 50 cents for every dollar it spends this year

Obama proposes raising money to pay for his health-care overhaul by imposing $58 billion in new taxes on securities dealers, life insurance products and Americans with valuable estates.

Geithner: "These things are about preventing the next boom"

The Justice Department warned that the government will aggressively investigate big firms that improperly dominate markets.  Asst Attny Gen. Christine Varney said the department is abandoning legal guidelines put in place by the Bush administration in September 2008

Obama's "Budget Blueprint" proposes to raise the tax rate on dividends and capital gains to 20 percent; Hitting senior citizens particularly hard, depressing the value of stocks held in retirement savings plans they rely on for income to supplement their Social Security benefits

Associated Press analysis: The billions in transportation stimulus dollars that President Barack Obama promoted as a way to create jobs shortchange counties that need the work the most

The California governor's office says the Service Employees International Union may have had influence over the Obama administration's decision to withhold federal stimulus money from California if the state does not reverse a wage cut for the union's workers

Administration sources said the White House has drafted measures that could prevent Israel from procuring U.S. fighter-jets, including the F-35.

US replaces top general in Afghanistan, Def. Secr. Gates says the Obama administration needs "fresh thinking" to turn around the war

Obama's staff lies about no Chrysler plant disclosures, then closes them 24 hours later

Obama proposes a 9% budget cut for the Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) in the Dept. of Labor.  OLMS is the federal agency that investigates financial crimes that occur when union officials steal from their union

The Security Industry Association (SIA) claims Obama's cuts will effect "crucial physical security programs" including transit, port and school security plans

White House Budget Director Peter Orszag says, record budget deficit not Obama's fault

White House: Budget deficit to top $1.8 trillion, 4 times 2008's record

The List for 5/10/2009  

U.S. helps Lebanon crack alleged Israeli spy rings

U.S. Drops Research Into Fuel Cells for Cars, cuts off funding

Obama's national security adviser says allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military is in the early discussions

Obama's national security advisor says "all options are on the table" for closing Gitmo. .Obama hasn't made up his mind what to do with terrorists

Obama's budget sets aside for health care will pay perhaps half the cost

 

[Nachum]

It's been another long week for comrade Obama. Links here and also at the site.

"I got blisters on my fingers"

(John Lennon, from "Helter Skelter")

[yldstrk]

waaaaaaaaaaaaaa, I thought the people luved me

[luvbach1]

This is insane. Obama and the Obamites trying to push everything through before the great unwashed realize what’s happening.

[mgist]

Okay. I warned all my fellow Freepers before the election. Those of you who insisted on attacking immigrants, and the immigration issue, while the left was blowing everyone kisses, fell directly into their trap.

They are the same organization that funded the fake "Catholics for Abortion" with Soros' money.

They had us fighting each other, while they played Mr. Nice Guy. God is in charge, and you know what happened the last time He couldn't find any good people on His earth. The immigration issue did us in, we have to lovingly reform and act in kindness. What does "immigrants crossing the border" matter, when our own "American" president is destroying us. We are being destroyed from within just like every great self absorbed civilization before us.

[gibsosa]

Thanks, that’s a keeper.

[sheik yerbouty]

Yasher koach!