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 Obama's Forty First Week in Office

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"The List" for 11/7/2009

Obamacare passes in the house of representatives

VIDEO of President Barack Obama (Saturday after Fort Hood shooting) visiting the U.S. Capitol to personally lobby Democrats to support the Democrats' Health Care Bill.

Former President Bush and his wife visit the wounded at Fort Hood

Former presidnet Bush visits Fort Hood This weekend.  Obama goes to Camp David.

VIDEO: Fort Hood terrorist Nidal Malik Hasan was apparently an invited guest to a public address in Washington by the Israeli Ambassador to the US, Sallai Meridor.  Hasan took a seat in the second row nearly across the from the ambassador.

President Obama says "we cannot fully know" what led Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan to kill 13 people and wound 38 others at Fort Hood, Texas..."Americans of every race, faith and station" have served in the U.S. armed forces. "They are Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus and nonbelievers," Obama says. "They reflect the diversity that makes this America."

When abortion Dr. George Tiller was murdered, Obama was "shocked".  After Fort Hood massacre, not one mention of shock in Obama's remarks.

An Obama diplomat is wanted by the Lucknow police. Presently enjoying the status of an ambassador by virtue of representing the US in  the United Nations Management and Reforms Committee (UNMRC), Jide Zeitlin was slapped with criminal charges like cheating and dishonestly, including delivery of property and criminal breach of trust, in case crime number 743/08 lodged with the Aliganj police station here in 2008 end

At least one Democratic political strategist has gotten a blunt warning from the White House to never appear on Fox News Channel, an outlet that presidential aides have depicted as not so much a news-gathering operation as a political opponent bent on damaging the Obama administration.  'We better not see you on again,' the strategist says he was told by a White House official.

Nidal Hasan, the sole suspect in the massacre of 13 fellow US soldiers in Texas, attended the controversial Dar al-Hijrah mosque in Great Falls, Virginia, in 2001 at the same time as two of the September 11 terrorists

The U.S. Treasury blocked Fannie Mae's proposed sale of nearly $3 billion in low-income housing tax credits to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. on Friday after concluding that the deal was too costly for taxpayers.

"The List" for 11/6/2009

Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan was on a Homeland Security panel advising Obama

The Obama administration would be willing to hold bilateral talks with North Korea but only if certain conditions were met, the president's top adviser on Asia said on Friday.

Obama nominates U.S. District Judge David Hamilton to the appeals-court , whose resume includes a stint as a fundraiser for ACORN

FBI Given Fort Hood guman's name 6 months ago.  

The White Hoise says Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will lead a U.S. delegation to Germany for the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall

With a new statement released today from the White House, President Barack Obama finally officially put his imprimatur on the House health care bill that contains massive abortion funding

Obama said Friday the entire nation is grieving for those slain at Fort Hood, and he urged people not to jump to conclusions while law enforcement officers investigate the shootings.

NBC TV in Chicago: Obama's "Frightening Insensitivity" after the Fort Hood massacre

Michelle Obama is the first Presidential Wife to appear on a reality TV series

"The List" for 11/5/2009

The Federal Reserve loses expanded powers proposed by the Obama administration.  In the Obama proposal, which was released in the House last week in the form of a draft bill, the Federal Reserve would have the authority to ignore the recommendations by a firm's primary regulator (be it a bank or securities regulator) and simply impose its own standards on the firm.  

VIDEO: Obama"Gives a Shout Out" to an audience member, right before he gives his remarks on the massacre at Fort Hood

Huge military slaughter, but first Obama gives a "shout out" to his buds

Incoming AARP CEO A. Barry Rand contributed $8,900 to President Obama's campaign committees, federal records show.

AARP supports Obamacare

More than $4.7 million in federal stimulus aid so far has been funneled to schools in North Chicago, and state and federal officials say that money has saved the jobs of 473 teachers . However the district employs only 290 teachers. The Obama administration last week released the first round of data designed to underpin the worthiness of its economic stimulus plan, which so far has directed $1.25 billion to Illinois schools. The Obama administration claims it has saved or created 14,300 school jobs in Illinois.   These statistics, first compiled by the Illinois State Board of Education, appear riddled with anomalies that raise questions about their validity, according to a Tribune analysis of district-by-district stimulus spending and other state data.

Thousands of borrowers on the verge of foreclosure will soon have the option of renting their homes from Fannie Mae.  The government-controlled company, through its new "Deed for Lease" program, will allow borrowers to transfer ownership to Fannie Mae and sign a one-year lease, with month-to-month extensions after that.

Obamacare monthly premium for abortions in Senate bill: - line 16, page 96, sectopm 213, under “Insurance Rating Rules.”  The premium will be paid into a U.S. Treasury account - and these federal funds will be used to pay for the abortion services.

Obamacare to make uninsurables wait 6 months for coverage

A report from a store owner Kentucky: $889.60 in stimulus spending saved nine jobs.  Storeowner blames complicated government reporting for the mistake.

A Wisconson stimulus job report that says more than 10,000 jobs were saved or created in Wisconsin is rife with errors, double counting and inflated numbers based more on satisfying federal formulas than creating real jobs. In one case, five jobs were mistakenly listed as 50 - and then counted twice. In another, pay raises to workers were listed as saving more than 100 jobs. And in another, jobs were list

"The List" for 11/4/2009

Obamacare could regulate snack machines in schools at a cost to the tax payor of $56 million in the first year

Rahm Emanuel in 2005: Touted the importance of two Democratic gubenatorial victories.  Says the opposite in 2009 when those same states go Republican

The public release of an independent actuarial study of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) was delayed late Tuesday as the firm conducting the review completes additional tests. The supplemental tests come after FHA questioned the accuracy of the actuary’s modeling. The audit of FHA’s fiscal year 2009 — which ended in September — was scheduled for release today in conjunction with a press conference addressing the FHA’s fiscal health and financial outlook. A US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) spokeswoman indicated hours before the scheduled release that the report would not be completed in time, and FHA commissioner David Stevens later issued a statement on the cause of the delay.

The NEA recommends agitprop Alinsky book to teachers

More on Obama supported ACTA, Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.  Negotiations in Seoul, South Korea have leaked: The leaks confirm the Internet provisions have nothing to do with addressing counterfeit products, but are all about imposing a set of copyright industry demands on the global Internet, including obligations on ISPs to adopt Three Strikes Internet disconnection policies, and a global expansion of DMCA-style TPM laws. US negotiators are seeking policies that will harm the US technology industry and citizens across the globe.

Secret Obama internet copyright treaty details released.(ACTA)  Potential goververnment control of internet and censureship is feared. Obama's administration refused to disclose text due to "national security" concerns, has leaked.

Eleven videos of school children praising Obama

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton defended the U.S. stance toward Israeli settlement building to worried Arab allies on Wednesday, saying Washington does not accept the legitimacy of the West Bank enclaves and wants to see their construction halted "forever."

After Democrat Governors lost in Virginia and New Jersey, the White House says it was not "a referendum on the President"  The president had campaigned for both Democrats Corzine in New Jersey and Deeds in Virginia. The margin of victory for the Republican candidate was the largest in the history of Virginia

Under the Obama Stimulus: Salary raise counted as a saved job. Huge errors in counting jobs in program.

"The List" for 11/3/2009

A top advisor to PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, considered to be a “moderate” and a peace partner by the U.S. government, has charged that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is a “liar” who is being bribed by “Zionists.”  Omar Hilmi Al-Ghul, and advisor to Fayyad and a columnist for a PA daily made the comments in an article translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI).

The AP names Republican Chris Christie the winner of the New Jersey governors' race, after Obama invested heavily in the race, campaigning with Democrat Corzine five times on three separate visits.

In 2007, Obama accused Bush of a photo-op with the troops: "The problems plaguing our military hospital system will not be solved with a photo op," Obama said in a statement. "Our military hospital system is in a state of crisis. Delays and rhetorical band-aids will not move us closer to a solution."

Tax-free spending accounts that are used to help pay for dental work, insurance copayments or over-the-counter drugs face a hit under the health overhaul bills in Congress

The White House reverses course, now says detainees at Gitmo are not receiving vaccinations against the swine flu vaccine

The EPA and the largest American Indian tribe, the Navajo Nation, are fighting over their coal-fired power plants and expensive air-scrubiing equipment

Commerce Secretary Gary Locke was “imprecise” when he said Obama's advisers are considering a second stimulus measure, his spokesman said today.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton offered aid on Tuesday to boost ties with the Muslim world

Backed by some of the most powerful members of the Senate, a little-noticed provision in the healthcare overhaul bill would require insurers to consider covering Christian Science prayer treatments as medical expenses. The provision was inserted by Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah) with the support of Democratic Sens. John F. Kerry and the late Edward M. Kennedy, both of Massachusetts, home to the headquarters of the Church of Christ, Scientist

In his first year in office, Barack Obama has visited more foreign countries than any other president. He's touched ground in 16 countries, easily outpacing Bill Clinton (three) and George W. Bush (eleven). It's an itinerary befitting a "citizen of the world."  But there's one stop Obama won't make. He has begged off going to Berlin next week to attend ceremonies commemorating the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Pro-life group claims Obamacare will fund abortions for years to come

"The List" for 11/2/2009

The Washington Post reports the Obama White House played a critical, behind-the-scenes role in persuading former GOP District 23 congressional candidate Dede Scozzafava to endorse Democrat Bill Owens over Conservative Doug Hoffman.

VIDEO:  Meet Andy Stern, Obama's most frequent White House visitor

More than half the 14,000 jobs created or saved by the federal economic stimulus in Minnesota are in public schools.  Federal and state officials are reporting about 7,400 full-time teaching and school support staff jobs linked to the stimulus through the end of September.

 Sarah Palin: Response to Vice President Biden's Comments Today About My Position On Energy Independence

The House Health bill will increase deficit by $200 billion

As part of the stimulus plan, Obama turns the $8,000 first time home buyer program into a boondoggle.  Under Obama, limits were raised to the current amount of 8,000, and eliminated the requirement to repay the money after Jan. 1, 2009.  Each home purchased under the plan actually costs the government $43,000.

The GAO says full recoup of the government investment in GM is unlikely

List of 111 new federal bureaucracies to be created by Obamacare

Obamacare hits the wealth with big new taxes.  The big tax increases that could eventually hit future generations of taxpayers who are less wealthy.

Obama's mideast tutor and friend Rashid Khalidi bemoans Hamas' inability to fire more rockets into Israel

Stimulus dollars go to feed seniors hot meals

The AIG bailout not only bailed out Goldman-Sachs, but also their international client list.

Obama offers the Taliban in Afghanistan 6 provinces for 8 bases

Sec. of State Hillary Clinton now backtracks on statements to Israel about settlement construction.  After drawing criticism from Arabs about her praise of Israel, she then read from prepared remarks not to "accept the legitimacy" of settlements

Republicans on Capitol Hill are challenging an assertion by House leaders that their new health-care package comes in under President Obama's spending limit of $900 billion over the next decade. The true cost of the measure, the GOP argues, is more than $1 trillion.

 

"The List" for 11/1/2009

Service Employees International Union President Andrew Stern has made 22 visits to the Obama White House

A new left-wing organization created specifically to attack Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Lou Dobbs, Pat Buchanan, and Paul Brown has ties to ex-Obama green jobs czar Van Jones.

Hillary Clinton in Pakistan: We (the United States) tax everything that moves and doesn’t move, and that’s not what we see in Pakistan,” she said.

CIT files for bankruptcy, 2.3 Billion in bailout money gone

Obama goes to New Jersey to campaign for the Democratic Governor

The Republicans'"10 Stimulus Projects to Remember"

Taxpayers Fund Research on Bugs, College Sex Lives, Facebook, and Rabbit Droppings with Stimulus Bill

The estimated share of Americans younger than 65 who'd sign up for the public option plan under the health care bill that Speaker Nancy Pelosi, is 2%.

The National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities are expected to receive their highest levels of funding in 16 years from a bill President Barack Obama is expected to sign into law by this weekend.

No comment from the White House as Russia simulates nuclear attack on Poland during war games

Doctors claim that Obama will force them to violate the Hippocratic Oath

White House Senior Adviser David Axelrod on fires back at conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh, "Well, I think it's a surreal day when you're getting lectures on humility from Rush Limbaugh," Axelrod told CBS' "Face the Nation."

Edmunds.com reacts to being placed on White House enemies list and issues press release

Palestinians accused US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton of undermining progress toward Mideast peace talks after she praised Israel for offering to curb some Jewish settlement construction.

Annual Medicare fraud 60 Billion- Annual Insurance company profits 8 Billion

The Obama administration invoked the controversial "state secrets" privilege again on Friday, arguing that if U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker were to permit a legal case against the government to proceed, he would be putting national security at risk.

 

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