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President Obama Attempts Reassurance on Ft. Hood Shootings, Unemployment
ABC ^ | 11/6/2009 | Jake Tapper

Posted on 11/06/2009 9:40:49 AM PST by markomalley

On a chilly morning, President Obama came to the Rose Garden Friday morning to try to offer reassurance in the wake of both the Fort Hood shootings and dismal economic news, suggesting -- regarding the latter issue -- that he was considering even more economic stimulus measures.

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Turning to this morning's news that unemployment has risen to 10.2%, the president also announced that he signed into law a bill that he said "will help grow our economy, save and create new jobs, and provide relief to struggling families and businesses," the need for which was "made clear by the jobs report that we received this morning."

The bill, he said, "extends unemployment benefits for up to 20 additional weeks, with the longest extension for the hardest-hit states."

The money won't "just put money into the people's pockets who are receiving the benefits," he said. "Economists tell us that when these benefits are spent on food or clothing or rent, it actually strengthens our economy and creates new jobs."

The bill will also cut taxes for struggling businesses and extend the tax credit for all homebuyers through April of next year.

(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.abcnews.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bho44; fourth100days; nidalmalikhasan; obamaregime; panic
I like it: he "attempts" reassurance (when one attempts something, he tries, but doesn't succeed).

The bill will also cut taxes for struggling businesses and extend the tax credit for all homebuyers through April of next year.

So if all else fails, cut taxes. Pity he couldn't have done that to begin with...

1 posted on 11/06/2009 9:40:50 AM PST by markomalley
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To: markomalley
An American Woman is Superior to any jihadist!
 
 
Meet Kim Munley - Officer of the Year!
 
 

The teachable moment here is:

An American Woman Took down one of your tiny zib brethern!

An American Woman Stopped Jihad Nidal!

An American Woman Doesn’t take shit off any two bit, mealy mouthed, American hating muslim.

A Woman, An American Woman, bested your guy.


2 posted on 11/06/2009 9:42:17 AM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
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To: Vendome

You mean like watching Barry O. a minute ago give some sort of message about the dead soldiers, half staff flags and not jumping to conclusions(presumambly about the allah akbar killer)andthengivingaspeechorspeechifyingabouthisumemploymentgiveawayandgrandprizethatheisworkingandwon’tstopworkinguntilallamericanshaveajob,40acres,amuleandachickenineverypot?

This guy is irreverant as can be and a total asshole.

If I were the President or King of the World, I would have walked up to the podioum said some Presidential words about our men and women, said I have ordered the flags to half mast out of respect and asked that we as a nation pray.

I would have then walked off.

This would have ensured I look like a leader who cares and not some self promoting asshole who wants to talk about himself or his aspirations.

As it was, the news segment that followed focused “only” on the job losses and Barry O.’s second message.

So his message of concern for our men and women was obscured by his second message.

I would have had only one telethon today, with one message and then made my announcement about political measures in my Saturday speech or on Monday.


3 posted on 11/06/2009 9:42:35 AM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
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To: markomalley

He’s not President!


4 posted on 11/06/2009 9:43:16 AM PST by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it! www.FairTaxNation.com)
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To: markomalley

He and the shooter are employees of the Saudi king.

Democrats voted for this last November. They are the Islamic Party of America helped by RINOs.


5 posted on 11/06/2009 9:43:31 AM PST by Frantzie (Judge David Carter - democrat & dishonorable Marine like John Murtha.)
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To: markomalley

I caught part of this on the news at lunch. Pres Present is economically illiterate. His plan is steal from Peter to pay Paul, which ‘will grow the economy’ and give extended benefits to those w/o a job. Ummm, how about creating an environment to create jobs instead of extending benefits. Heavy on buzz words completely bereft of reality. Guess when you have no clue the only thing you have is buzz words. This guy is COMPLETELY out of his depth. If you listened to his words the only conclusion you could have come to was ‘this guys is truly stupid’.


6 posted on 11/06/2009 9:48:35 AM PST by 556x45
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To: markomalley
The state controlled American media (SCAM) formula:

A white supremacist murderous nut kills one or more -- He's a white supremacist lone wolf! All right wing extreme comments on radio are equally guilty!

An Islamist murderous nut kills one or more -- He's an individual who went "postal."

(Just in case: Islamism - a fundamentalist Islamic revivalist movement generally characterized by moral conservatism and the literal interpretation of the Koran.)

7 posted on 11/06/2009 9:50:28 AM PST by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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To: Vendome
Yeah, he got the "housekeeping" stuff out of the way first, (the killing of our troops) then he quickly got onto the "important" stuff!
8 posted on 11/06/2009 10:00:37 AM PST by notaliberal (Right-wing extremist)
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To: markomalley
The money (unemployment benefits) won't "just put money into the people's pockets who are receiving the benefits," he said. "Economists tell us that when these benefits are spent on food or clothing or rent, it actually strengthens our economy and creates new jobs."

Well, following that logic, then the govt. should give EVERYONE money from the tax coffers. That will really stimulate the economy and get us back to prosperity.
9 posted on 11/06/2009 10:05:16 AM PST by Signalman
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To: markomalley
 
 
Zero isn't making anything better with his fat mouth. Just trying to make it about him, someway as usual. We're not amused.
 
 

10 posted on 11/06/2009 10:05:25 AM PST by lapsus calami (What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
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To: markomalley
Empty Suit.

Empty Muslim Suit.

Spray him with hot pig grease.

11 posted on 11/06/2009 10:06:05 AM PST by Candor7 (The effective weapons Against Fascism are ridicule, derision, and truth (.Member NRA)
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To: markomalley

While watching this recent telepromter-speach, I can not help but think he is incapable of sounding sincere over this horrible terrorist act in Texas: he still sounds like he is campaign mode still. I suspect he is incapable of real compassion and sorrow for these victims in Texas. He almost sounds like he is a third grader reading a prepared speech written for him by someone else, or by someone foreign to our country, because the words may sound good on paper, but he is incapable of making people feel like he is the one who is really thinking them, the upward tonal inflections at the end of his phrases seems to me to be coming from someone who knows how to read, but doesn’t truly understand the full meaning of the words he is trying to convey. Having been a military physician, I can say, he is the last person I would want to be consoling these families, simply because he has shown in his actions and words, that he holds in disdain what the military stands for. (And I thought Bill Clinton missed the boat... Obama has no clue, or worse, that’s his intended impression he wishes to portray...)

My thoughts and prayers for all the families in Texas and throughout the USA. They deserve better. Why is it that the one most sincere Democrat I have heard in the recent past, is Zell Miller, and the others sound crazy?:

Zell Miller said [President Barack] Obama’s decision to try and close the Guantanamo Bay prison where suspected terrorists and enemy combatants are held, is “nuts.”

“This strange Obama sense of justice penalizes our civilians’ with their loss of freedom while rewarding the terrorists with new rights they never had before,” Miller said.

Obama, “our globe-trotting president,” Miller said, “needs to stop and take a break and quit gallivanting all around. I think [chief of staff] Rahm Emanuel ought to get some Gorilla Glue and put it in that chair in the Oval Office and say ‘Sit here awhile.’” [Zell Miller]

And Obama needs to fire his teleprompter.


12 posted on 11/06/2009 10:15:30 AM PST by MajorThomas
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To: markomalley
"Economists tell us that when these benefits are spent on food or clothing or rent, it actually strengthens our economy and creates new jobs."

The brillance of Obama never ceases to amaze me. He has discovered the new formula for creating new jobs -- unemployment compensation. According to He Who We Are Blessed to Have Rule Us, the more unemployment you have, the more new jobs you create!!

13 posted on 11/06/2009 10:16:30 AM PST by San Jacinto
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Did he mention that Ft. Hood is in Texas, where George Bush lives, and that is probably why he did it.


14 posted on 11/06/2009 11:14:34 AM PST by za_claws (Our President is the new Milli Vanilli)
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