The List: Obama's Forty Third Week in Office

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[Nachum]

 Obama's Forty Third Week in Office

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"The List" for 11/20/20

Obama administration moves to block restitution from Iran for Beirut Marine barracks bombing

Full list of taxes in Senate Obamacare bill

VIDEO: The National Football League has become an arm of the Obama administration with its partnership with Obama's "United We Serve" program.A video posted by the Obama administration to YouTube this week that is planned to air during broadcasts of the NFL's Thanksgiving Day games shows Barack Obama playing football on the White House lawn

Senate Obamacare raises taxes on families with special needs children

ACORN got 200K worth of Justice Dept. funds. ACORN and its affiliates received $200,000 in Justice Department grants between 2002 and 2009, according to a report issued Friday by the department's inspector general.

Emerson Electric leaves the US says the Federal Gov't. is anti manufacturing: The federal government is "doing everything in [its] manpower [and] capability to destroy U.S. manufacturing,"

Washington's ambassador to Beijing hit out Friday at negative U.S. media coverage of President Barack Obama's visit to China, saying it failed to take into account important progress on many issues.

Obama is using Sarah Palin to raise cash

Senate Democrats' health care bill would create a new marriage penalty by imposing a tax on individuals who make $200,000 annually but hitting married couples making just $50,000 more.  That's one of 17 new taxes imposed by the bill, which also creates a levy on elective plastic surgery - some call it "botax" - and places a 40 percent excise tax on those who have generous health care plans.

Indian Officials wary after White House slights during Obama visit to China

"The List" for 11/19/20

Obama leaves Asia after no progress and call the trip "a success"

Extremist Judge David Hamilton confirmed United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Obama was in the Florida to announce a $3.4 billion federal investment in a so-called Smart Grid, which amounts to a complete overhaul of the country's energy transmission system. The president compared the development of a "Smart Grid" to the creation of the country's interstate system. - Compared the project to the Apollo moon program

Obama has warned Israel that ignoring US pleas and continuing to expand housing in sensitive areas of Jeruslaem could end up being "very dangerous"

Obama calls stimulus data errors "side issue"

Obama's China remarks annoy India.  Administration tries to make amends

White House cuts the size of its annual Hannuka party by half

The Senate will hold its first vote on health care legislation on Saturday night and Democrats will need 60 votes to prevail.  

The American war crimes ambassador said Thursday the U.S. is committed to ending impunity for crimes against humanity, in a speech signaling a softening of hostility toward the International Criminal Court.  Stephen Rapp's brief remarks marked the first time a U.S. diplomat has addressed the 110-nation Assembly of State Parties, which oversees the court's work and budget.

David Michaels, a left-wing ideologue who supports junk science and wants to restrict gun possession, has been approved by the Senate Health Committee to head the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).

Obama will not announce his decision on sending more troops to Afghanistan before the Thanksgiving holiday, senior aides said.

The US public debt topped 12 trillion dollars for the first time in history, Treasury officials disclosed

IRS says cash for clunkers not taxable

Obama blurts out a predicted conviction and death sentence for 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed -- then sheepishly qualified the prejudgment.

Senate Majority Harry Reid (D.-Nev.) late Wednesday published the final text of a Senate health care bill that would mandate federally subsidized abortion.

Two leading pro-life organizations that have analyzed the new 2,000-page government-run health care bill released by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid late yesterday say the legislation contains massive abortion funding and a fake amendment that does not truly ban it.

After 12.5 Billion in bailout funding to create an electric car, Chrysler ends its electric car program

Obama is continuing one of its most renowned patronage traditions: bestowing prized ambassadorships on big donors. Of the nearly 80 ambassadorship nominations or confirmations since Obama’s Inauguration, 56 percent were given to political appointees and 44 percent have gone to career diplomats, according to records kept by the American Foreign Service Association.

VIDEO: "You guys make a pretty good photo op," President Obama said to troops at Osan Air Base in South Korea.

Obama to U.S. GI's in Korea: "You guys make a pretty good photo op"

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, in a written statement, said the controversial new guidelines for breast cancer screening do not represent government policy, as the Obama administration sought to keep the debate over mammograms from undermining the prospects for health-care reform. Sebelius's statement challenged the recommendations of that influential panel, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, made up of independent experts assembled by her department to address one of the most explosive issues in women's health.

 

"The List" for 11/18/20

The Senate Health Care Bill is 2,074 pages.

Senate Democrat Health Care Reform Bill Text

The Obama Administration said today that they will recognize the winner of this month’s national elections in Honduras.
Previously, Team Obama said they would not support the democratic elections in Honduras if Manuel Zelaya was not reinstated as president.

Obama pledged to push for closer technical collaboration and eventual U.S. safety approval for China's ARJ21 commuter jet.

AARP recieves 18 million in stimulus money

VIDEO: Obama interview on FOX network

Recovery.gov, the Obama administration's website that tracks the flow of stimulus cash list 11 phantom Minnesota districts that supposedly have been awarded more than $7 million in grants.

A congressional report says Obama's nominee for undersecretary of the Treasury for international affairs, Lael Brainard, was late in paying real estate taxe in 2005, 2006 and 2007.

Stimulus boosts D.C. based special interests- Obama’s $787 billion economic stimulus package has been a bonanza for D.C.-based special interest groups, like the National Council of La Raza, AARP and a fund for the Service Employees International Union.

The chief federal oversight official for the stimulus program said in a letter Wednesday that he can’t certify whether the number of jobs “created or saved” by stimulus funds is accurate.

VIDEO: Obama said his administration has laid the groundwork for success on global and domestic matters. "I think that we've restored America's standing in the world, and that's confirmed by polls,"

Goldman Sachs could have suffered dramatic losses if the federal government had not intervened to prop up AIG, according to a government report.

VIDEO: Obama reveals he did not sign off on decision to try KSM

Obama said those offended by the legal privileges given to Mohammed by virtue of getting a civilian trial rather than a military tribunal won't find it "offensive at all when he's convicted and when the death penalty.

VIDEO: Mother of flight 93 hero confronts Attorney General Holder

VIDEO:  Attorney General Holder stumped by Lindsay Graham.  Asks if he would read Bin Ladin his rights...

During Attorney General Eric Holder’s long explanation of his decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in federal court rather than by military tribunals or commissions. , he never really says why

During testimony, Attorney Gen. Holder calls Ft. Hood massacre a "tragic shooting" and is accused of a number of other lies

VIDEO: Lindsay Graham asks Attorney Ge. Holder if Osama Bin Ladin would be read his Miranda rights

VIDEO: Attorney Gen. Holder says Military trial would be a legitimate choice for 9/11 conspirators

Obama told Fox News in an interview that additional settlement building did not make Israel safer.

White House officials told the New Republic magazine this week that the Obama administration has been embarrassed at least twice by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, for revealing in public information and policies that the State Department was supposed to keep private between Israel, the Palestinian Authority, and the U.S.

"The List" for 11/17/20

VIDEO: Jody Evans gives Obama petition for Afghan women

Top Obama donor and fundraiser Jodie Evans met with the Taliban in Afghanistan on a recent trip there, according to a report by Jane Fonda of a discussion she had with Evans last month. The meeting with the Taliban took place just weeks before Evans was videotaped directly handing to Obama a package of information about her trip to Afghanistan at a high dollar fundraiser in San Francisco.

Obama bows again... to the Chinese

Executive Order:  Establishment of the Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force

After Obamacare wins in the house- ...(6 month's later), the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force recommend fewer exams for women in their 40's

6 months ago, the the U.S Preventive Services Task Force, which works within the Department of Health and Human Services as a “best practice” panel on prevention, sounded a warning signal over a slight decline in annual mammograms among women in their 40s. 

Strained relations between Israel and the United States hit a fresh low today when the State Department condemned the construction of 900 new housing units in an East Jerusalem settlement suburb as “dismaying”.

Was Obama connected to a Soviet "agent of influence", Alice Palmer?  History of soviet influence on Palmer and influence with Obama

The White House takes control of the Ft. Hood Terrorist briefings. Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Silvestre Reyes issued the following statement regarding the postponement of a full Committee briefing on information related to the Fort Hood shooting: Here's the full text:   "Due to the high visibility of the issues surrounding the tragic event at Fort Hood, the President has instructed the National Security Council to assume control of all informational briefings.

The Navy Secretariat Staff Officers Recreation Association, a service group run by Navy personnel and civilians at the Pentagon, has produced Obama Christmas ornaments for $15 each, limited to two per person. The normal Navy image has been replaced for the first time with that of the president. A gold frame surrounds a photo of Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama as he takes the oath of office on Inauguration Day.

The FCC, in proposing to change the definition of an “open Internet” from competition-driven to government-driven is setting a very dangerous precedent; that it is acceptable for countries to preemptively regulate the Internet for what might happen in the future, even if they lack the legitimacy of constitutional or legal authority to do so, or even if there is thinnest of justification or evidence to support it. FCC is making in the broader international context is claiming that private companies are the primary threat to Internet freedom and free speech, and not governments

CNN fired Lou Dobbs to please Obama

Gov. Watchdog: Governement may have overpaid to bail out AIG.  

The Obama asks Alaska pipeline coordinator Drue Pearce to step down. Vice Admiral Thomas Barrett, USCG (Ret.), the deputy federal coordinator, will be interim coordinator until a permanent replacement is named.  Pearce, a former Alaska Senate president, had been appointed federal coordinator of Alaska natural gas transportation projects by former President Bush  in 2006.  

 

"The List" for 11/16/20

General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt  has been to the White House five times since Obama has been in the White House.  Suspicions now are a payoff for NBC promoting Obama's green agenda

GE uses its network to push Obama's green agenda, and gets federal funds for it.

White House advisor Andy Stern gets around "no lobbyists" rule by simply not registering as one

Drug makers raise prices in the face of health care reform

The Senate Armed Services Committee postponed its Monday briefing on the deadly Fort Hood massacre at the request of the White House -- despite calls from some lawmakers to press forward with a congressional investigati

Good news, Obama's stimulus plan creates 30 jobs in one congressional district.  Bad news, there is no such district

House Committee on Oversight and Reform Report on AIG bailout slams Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s handling of one of the most sensitive moments of last year’s financial meltdown

Obama China Town Hall: Select Audience, easy questions

75,343 bogus jobs created by Obama stimulus plan.  Inflated numbers- state by state

The Obama administration, under fire for inflating jobs created by the stimulus plan, slashed over 60,000 jobs from its most recent report on the program because the reporting outlets had submitted "unrealistic data,"

Obama linked to fallling U.S. Military morale

More than 15 million taxpayers could unexpectedly owe taxes when they file their federal returns next spring because the government was too generous with their new Making Work Pay tax credit.  The tax credit, which is supposed to pay individuals up to $400 and couples up to $800, was President Barack Obama's signature tax break in the massive stimulus package enacted in February.

From January of 2009: Obama "Stimulus plan could save or create 4 million jobs"

VIDEO: Obama from 2008 Obama/Clinton debate saying he does not want to force the purchase of health insurance

"The List" for 11/15/20

Former Justice Dept. official: Trying KSM in civilian court will be an intelligence bonanza for al Qaeda and the hostile nations that will view the U.S. intelligence methods and sources that such a trial will reveal.

Netanyahu says to the U.S and Palistinians- that if the Palistinians make unilateral moves, so will Israel

A top Palestinian Authority negotiator told World Net Daily that the Obama administration won't stand in the way of a Palestinian threat to unilaterally ask the United Nations to recognize a Palestinian state outside of negotiations with Israel.

Most of the federal stimulus funding that's reached Michigan has created few private-sector jobs. Of the 22,513 stimulus jobs reported in Michigan, 13,555 were tied to state money for education, doled out to local school districts.

U.K. Daily Mail news: Obama has been branded the ‘Groveller-in-Chief’ after giving an exaggerated bow to Japan’s emperor Akihito - the son of the ruler who authorised the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor

The Obama administration plans to put on trial the professed mastermind of the Sept. 11 terror attacks and four alleged accomplices in a lower Manhattan courthouse.

Obama assures Asia that U.S. borrowing will not spiral out of control

VIDEO: Obama in 2007 saying he will end the war as soon as he is in office

Two new items in the Walpin-gate case.  First, Mr. Walpin filed a legal brief on Nov. 6 that convincingly refutes the arguments in a White House motion to dismiss the lawsuit he had filed demanding that he be reinstated to his job. Second, White House officials met on Tuesday with staff of Sen. Charles E. Grassley, Iowa Republican, and narrowed but did not solve their differences over the Obama administration's withholding of documents related to the firing. Though the White House has shared with the senator several hundred pages of relevant material, it continues to claim that several hundred more pages are protected by various legal "privileges." Until Mr. Grassley is satisfied with the level of White House cooperation, he probably will continue his "hold" on the nomination of CNCS Chairman Alan Solomont to be ambassador to Spain.

The stimulus created jobs in China. The 11 U.S. wind farms that received stimulus money from the Treasury have imported 695 of the 982 wind turbines to be installed, creating 4,500 jobs overseas

A senior administration official said President Barack Obama was simply observing protocol when he bowed to Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko upon arriving at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo

The Obama administration reportedly plans to propose that subway and light-rail systems across the country fall under federal oversight. 

AUDIO and VIDEO: Rahm Emanuel talks of (forced) civil service for all Americans of all ages  

Obama on Sunday will become the first American president in more than 40 years to attend a meeting with the repressive rulers of Myanmar, marking a dramatic shift in the U.S. approach to bringing change to a regime that responds brutally to dissent, locks up journalists and political opponents, and has kept itself largely walled off from the Western world.

 

[Nachum]

A busy week. Where does the time go?

The list for most of the week- for those who are keeping track.

Let me know if you'd like to be on the ping list. High volume...

[Carl LaFong]

It seems more like 43 years.

[Diogenesis]

[machogirl]

wonder if the country will make it to 52?

[KJC1]

Looks like you put a lot of hard work into this. Thank you!

[Dixie Yooper]

If Bush had accomplished all of that, he would have been impeached and convicted.

[Humal]

I had to go back and look at your time line a 2nd time. There is so much here, I thought it was for the ENTIRE 42 weeks - not just this week. Oh, I hope America survives him, Pelosi, and Reid (plus Emmanuel, Axelrod, Soros, etc.)

[Nachum]

I had to go back and look at your time line a 2nd time. There is so much here, I thought it was for the ENTIRE 42 weeks - not just this week.

It really is amazing isn't it? When I first began this, my only thought was to just remember the malfeasance over time. I thought it would be like Clinton's administration, one or two nasty bits per day. I had NO idea that the items would number be one or two nasty bits an hour

I believe that the leftists believe that this is their chance to crush any opposition for all time to their agenda. That is why they are moving so aggressively in this administration. Obviously they anticipate losing the majority in the houses by the end of 2012, and an outside chance by 2010's elections.

We MUST remember so that when it is our turn, we can take each every attack on our freedom and reverse it. There are a number of people who are doing similar things out there. I think it makes a difference.

[haroldeveryman]

Is he bending before, or bending over?

[AmericanInTokyo]

That sure was the week that "was"!

And now firmly into "negative" polling territory as a result!

[antonia]

Bombshell: Uncovered Obama Statement — KSM Will Get ‘Full Military Trial’

Obama liked military tribunals before he hated them, watch here:

Here is the link to the video; http://www.breitbart.tv/bombshell-uncovered-obama-statement-ksm-will-get-full-military-trial/

[AmericanInTokyo]

That was a real driver, too, this week.

[Humal]

There are a lot of things being done (Cap & Tax, Health Care, judges, on and on) that are not right and possibly unconstitutional. I've wondered how much of this IS reversible should we take back Congress in 2010, and HOPEFULLY, the White House in 2012. Someone (maybe Rush??) who said that some things become so ingrained that they can't be reversed. What do you think?

[Nachum]

I believe that Rush said everything was reversible but would take a long time to fix. I tend to agree with that. When we take back the reigns, we will have to roll up our sleeves and work.

Hey, I love work. I can.. watch it all day. :)

[Humal]

“Hey, I love work. I can.. watch it all day. :)”

Chuckle, chuckle :0)