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Obama Knew Birnbaum Was Fired
NRO ^ | 5/28/10 | Daniel Foster

Posted on 05/28/2010 9:17:55 AM PDT by Nachum

How could he not have? At his presser today, the president claimed that he did not know whether the head of the Minerals Management Service, Elizabeth Birnbaum, had resigned or was fired. Obama said he didn't know because he was engaged all morning and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar was busy giving testimony on Capitol Hill.

But the president also said that he received multiple daily updates on the Gulf situation and described it as his "top priority." Now the NYT reports this:

S. Elizabeth Birnbaum, who took over as director of the Minerals Management Service last July, announced her resignation Thursday morning after being asked by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to relinquish her post.

So Obama's point man in the Gulf fires a key oil regulator without first clearing it — or even mentioning it — to the president during one of their numerous briefings? Fat chance.

(Excerpt) Read more at corner.nationalreview.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: birnbaum; fired; knew; obama
Cue up "liar liar"
1 posted on 05/28/2010 9:17:55 AM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMXGSP_nPyY&feature=related


2 posted on 05/28/2010 9:18:22 AM PDT by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: Nachum
HUSSEIN LIES.
3 posted on 05/28/2010 9:19:47 AM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
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To: Recovering_Democrat
HUSSEIN LIES!

In other news, Liberace was gay.

4 posted on 05/28/2010 9:20:23 AM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
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To: Nachum

Al-taqiyya

Zero practices it daily.


5 posted on 05/28/2010 9:21:17 AM PDT by Marty62 (marty60)
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To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...

The list, ping


6 posted on 05/28/2010 9:22:14 AM PDT by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: Nachum

Joe Wilson chalks up another ‘notch’.


7 posted on 05/28/2010 9:24:56 AM PDT by JPG (Mr. Gore, we have a warrant for your arrest...put your hands behind your back.)
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To: Nachum

Pathological. Character sickness i.e. immoral.


8 posted on 05/28/2010 9:27:34 AM PDT by ChiMark
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To: Nachum

Baraq “You Lie” 0bama is an inveterate liar, but not as skilled as BJ clinton.


9 posted on 05/28/2010 9:42:34 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (The 0bama regime represents an "Clear and Present Danger" to the US - Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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To: Nachum

“top priority.” Golf game.


10 posted on 05/28/2010 9:42:51 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: Nachum

Yeah, for someone that is supposedly on top of everything and informed or updated several times a day, Obama doesn’t seem to know a whole helluva lot of anything about anything. That, or he’s LYING. He really isn’t very bright.


11 posted on 05/28/2010 10:04:33 AM PDT by XenaLee (The only good commie is a dead commie.)
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To: Nachum

The liar in chief also said Salazar began cleaning house at MMS on day one. Can anyone name a single person Salazar fired before Birnbaum?


12 posted on 05/28/2010 10:08:32 AM PDT by csmusaret (Remember, half the people in this country are below average)
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To: csmusaret

Remember the trouble that Sarah got in for answering “i don’t know” when asked about the Bush doctrine. Yet we have some idiot who occupies the Office of the President of the US, constantly says he doesn’t know thing, yet keeps getting passes.


13 posted on 05/28/2010 10:19:10 AM PDT by Cyclone59 (I ROCK, Guitar Hero said so........)
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To: Cyclone59

He spent an hour saying Im in charge; have been since day one then, duh I don’t know. This guy would not make a pimple on a Presidents ass.


14 posted on 05/28/2010 10:33:24 AM PDT by csmusaret (Remember, half the people in this country are below average)
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To: Marty62

Of utmost importance to keep in priority one consideration.


15 posted on 05/28/2010 10:41:59 AM PDT by mcshot (The compounding nightmare is neverending.)
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To: Nachum

No one mentions that this regulation outfit was caught doing SEC level porn during office hours and taking gifts from oil companies (trips, parties, items). OUr government is corrupt to the hilt.


16 posted on 05/28/2010 2:11:11 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: Cyclone59
Remember the trouble that Sarah got in for answering “i don’t know” when asked about the Bush doctrine. Yet we have some idiot who occupies the Office of the President of the US, constantly says he doesn’t know thing, yet keeps getting passes.

It's cause Sarah's not a black, leftwing Democrat. (black man sayin' it...I'll send a photo to JimRob to prove it)

17 posted on 05/28/2010 3:45:19 PM PDT by Christian4Bush (Mike/Chris Wallace: Did you give in? Palin: "HELL NO!" 158 days til the midterms, if they're held..)
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To: Christian4Bush

The only people who have a chance to stop this idiotic use of race as cover are black people. Until bastards like Jackson and Sharpton and Holder and Obama are soundly rejected by a majority of black people, this race hustle will continue, and continue to deepen any ievides the Democraps can manufacture to exploit. This continued exploitation of black people by the democrat party is getting embarassing. The racism of it is astonishingly obvious yet invisible to black people in general. Is the phrase ‘racial prejudice of low expectations’ too complex to comprehend?


18 posted on 05/28/2010 3:56:18 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Obots, believing they cannot be deceived, it is impossible to convince them when they are deceived.)
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