The List: Obama's Seventy Sixth Week in Office

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Obama's Seventy Sixth Week in Office

The List" for 7/8/2010

Republican and Democratic leaders on the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation are moving toward an authorization bill that would reverse large swaths of President Obama’s proposed changes to NASA’s human space flight program

NASA's Muslim outreach: Al Jazeera told first

According to the New York Times, prominent K Street lobbyists are buttonholing Obama officials at a Caribou Coffee shop on Pennsylvania Avenue, raising far more than just ethics questions. Caribou Coffee is a Shariah-compliant firm owned by an Islamic bank based in Bahrain. One of its founders and a current adviser are leaders in the radical Muslim Brotherhood. The off-site White House meetings at Caribou also raise national security concerns. Because they're not taking place at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., they're not subject to disclosure on White House visitors logs. And there's no Secret Service present — at a shop owned and controlled by a foreign entity hostile to U.S. interests.

 5th Circuit rejects White House drilling ban appeal

In the midst of accusations that the New Black Panther voter intimidation lawsuit was dropped by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder for “racial issues” Todd Gaziano , the commissioner of the U.S. Commission for Civil Rights and Director of the Center for Legal Studies at the Heritage Foundation, dropped a bombshell; Julie Fernandes– the Assistant Attorney General– resoundingly barked the orders to “never bring a lawsuit against a black,” and meant it.

VIDEO: J Christopher Adams- Obama's Justice Dept. will not prosecute voter fraud.

VIDEO: Blago Witness Reveals Obama's Role in Scandal

Obama-Blagojevich agreement: I'll invite you to my Election Day rally ONLY if you don't show

White House recess-appointed Berwick after questions about $49M nonprofit group

Obama: Israelis suspicious of me because my middle name is Hussein

A Third Former DOJ Official Steps Forward to Support J. Christian Adams account of discrimination at the Obama Justice Dept.

Obama implored heartland voters Thursday to believe his economic policies averted impending disaster, pushing a hard-to-swallow message to people whose support Democrats need this November.

DOJ official testifies that "activists" like the Black Panthers with clubs captured on tape.  In testimony this week before Congress, former Justice Department Official J. Christian Anderson revealed that not only were similar claims “pervasive”, but Obama activists committed the “same” crimes during the 2008 Democratic primary to help then Sen. Obama defeat Democratic heir apparent Hillary Clinton.

Another Obama radical connection: Charles Ogletree; Harvard professor with Black Panther associations. Taught and advises the Obamas

The Obama/Russia Spy swap.  Obama offers to trade Russian spies for a KGB political prisoner.  The Obama administration appears to be doing PR for Russia.

The White House has launched a coordinated campaign to push back against the perception taking hold in corporate America and on Wall Street that President Barack Obama is promoting an anti-business agenda

Obama as anti-business moves into mainstream discussion

Millions spent on the First Lady to visit the Gulf Oil Spill

The federal prosecutor tasked with quarterbacking the Obama administration's high-profile case against Arizona's immigration law is no stranger to controversy or the limelight. Justice Department attorney Tony West is a member of the so-called "Gitmo 9" -- a group of lawyers who have represented terror suspects.

VIDEO White House spokesman Robert Gibbs stonewalls on Immigration question concering "sanctuary cities" laws

Obama said in an Israeli TV interview broadcast on Thursday it is highly unlikely the Jewish state would surprise Washington with an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities. "

VIDEO: Obama appointee, Philip Coyle, warns Russia: U.S. missile defense system in Europe must be stopped

Obama took advantage of a Senate recess to make another controversial recess appointment. Philip Coyle was appointed associate director for National Security and International Affairs. Coyle is widely known for his opposition to President Bush's proposal to deploy a missile defense system in Eastern Europe. During an interview with a Russian news channel in 2008, Coyle was asked by the host what actions should be expected from Russia to prevent the U.S. from deploying a missile defense system in Europe. Brazenly, Coyle responded by advising the Russians to put pressure on the U.S. not to deploy the defense shield.

VIDEO: White House spokesman Robert Gibbs saying a visit by President Obama to Israel is “not on the books” for this year. But when asked, he would not rule out the possibility of Obama speaking in “another Muslim capital”

U.S. marks 3rd-largest, single-day debt increase

The website used to track stimulus spending does not meet the transparency requirements laid out by the administration last year, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO).

The List" for 7/7/2010

Suddenly, The White House Claims It's Pro-Growth And Pro-Business

Atty. Gen. Holder Doesn't Want To Waste Resources Kicking Out Illegal Workers Who Aren't Terrorists

Testimony by a former U.S. Department of Justice employee Tuesday regarding the federal government’s decision to scale down a voter-intimidation case against the New Black Panther Party is proof that Obama has a “default mechanism” that “favors the black person,"

Feds Sue Arizona…But, What About Rhode Island?

Pro-Life Advocates Call Obama Pick Donald Berwick a One Man Death Panel

VIDEO: John Holdren on Redistribution of Cap & Trade Revenue From U.S. to Global South

Dr. John P. Holdren, who then-President-elect Barack Obama nominated as director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy in December 2008, called five months before that for a global climate-change agreement that would allow wealth to be redistributed from countries in the global "North" to countries in the "South." 

New health care rationer-in-chief suffers from ‘inattention to detail: Berwick Interview- I don’t feel like a leader, so it’s very hard for me to project myself into that situation. But inattention to detail is my biggest defect. I’m always leaning forward into something new. I can create a mess. Luckily, I have people who are willing to create the detail around the idea or, if they’re really smart, know which ideas to ignore.

 Obama is 'still evil,' say Israeli lawmakers

Orzsag leaves the employ of the White House.  Makes bizarre statement as he goes, "I want to emphasize that it would be inaccurate to say that I have told the president personally that I'm leaving because of concerns about our fiscal policy."

Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons refuses to bury the hatchet with President Barack Obama and has no plans to greet the Commander-In-Chief when he arrives in Las Vegas Thursday- “I am hopeful Obama does not make more insulting remarks about Las Vegas and further damage our economy,” he said

The Obama administration has asked a federal court in Louisiana to reinstate the ban on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, saying the moratorium was a rational response to the unprecedented emergency of the BP oil spill.

Obama backs down from his position: tells Binyamin Netanyahu that the United States will not encourage a Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) conference unless all countries "feel confident that they can attend” and on condition that Israel is not singled out.

The Berwick Chronicles

In announcing the recess appointment of Dr. Donald Berwick to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services -- and two other nominees -- today President Obama said in a statement that “It’s unfortunate that at a time when our nation is facing enormous challenges, many in Congress have decided to delay critical nominations for political purposes.”

Berwick: The Rationer-in-Chief

Obama to Make Recess Appointment of CMS Administrator Republicans Attacking as 'Expert on Rationing'

TSA withdraws ‘controversial opinion’ restriction on web use

The bipartisan panel investigating allegations that the Justice Department wrongly abandoned a case against the New Black Panther Party plans to issue a new round of subpoenas and call for a separate federal probe following explosive testimony from an ex-Justice official, a commissioner said.

Under Obama: US Ends June With $13.2 Trillion In Debt, Adds $210 Billion In Total Debt, On Track To Breach Debt Ceiling In Under Six Month

Obama recess appoints Berwick: another in an influential government position who is pro-abortion, pro-euthanasia, and pro-health care rationing

VIDEO: Donald Berwick, "We must redistribute wealth"

Congressman Daryl Issa: Rahm Emanuel gave me "the finger"

Rabbi David Nesenoff has given Accuracy in Media the most detailed account yet of how his encounter with veteran White House correspondent Helen Thomas caused him to reevaluate not only his view of the media, but of the White House and President Obama.

VIDEO: Obama bashing the founding fathers on the 4th of July.  Speaking from the White House.  No American flags present.

The List" for 7/6/2010

Obama nominee to run Medicare, Dr. Berwick, hasn't seen a patient in years. And the two Harvard  professor positions listed on his White House  biography as well as another position as a senior scientist at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston are essentially "honorary professorships," which require two or three seminars or meetings a year.  Dr. Berwick disclosed holding more than a dozen current positions on a government ethics filing, though one full-time paying job: his 40-hours-per-week position as the president and chief executive of the nonprofit Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), where he earned nearly $900,000 in salary, bonus and deferred compensation last year.

Are Overdue Reports Concealing ObamaCare Impact On Medicare? Every year, the Annual Report of the Social Security Board of Trustees comes out between mid-April and mid-May.  Now it's July, and there's no sign of this year's report. Is the Obama administration hiding something? The annual report includes detailed information about Social Security and its financing over the next 75 years, produced by the Office of the Actuary of the Social Security

Houston-based United Space Alliance tolds its workforce of 8,100 that 15 percent of them would be laid off by October 1. Most of the cuts would be on the Space Coast where the company is contracted to work on the space shuttle program.

Kagan's Princeton Thesis Cited German Socialist Who Endorsed Nazis

VIDEO: A closer look at the Black Panthers protected by the Obama Justice Dept.: The Obama Administration Protected Black Panther Who Advocates Killing White Babies

Obama intends to use the congressional recess to bypass the Senate and appoint Dr. Donald Berwick, avowed nationalizing health care advocate, to oversee Medicare and Medicaid

VIDEO: Obama Bristles at Reporter’s Question on if His “Distancing from Israel” was a Mistake

White House Meeting Over, Obama Avoids Question on Freeze

Photo: Netanyahu goes through the White House back door again.  Greeted by staffer.

Citing preemption, the Department of Justice reportedly plans to challenge Arizona's law on illegal aliens on the preposterous grounds that it will create too much work for our underperforming federal enforcement agencies

Holder Files Lawsuit Against Arizona

Obama bashes Founders on the 4th of July

A NASA official on Tuesday stood by Administrator Charles Bolden's statement that part of his mission is to improve relations with Muslim countries, but backed off the claim that such international diplomacy is his "foremost" responsibility.

The White House and NASA today defended comments by National Aeronautic Space Administration administrator Charles Bolden about reaching out to the Muslim world – comments that conservatives criticized as undermining NASA’s mission

Michael Griffin, who headed NASA during the last four years of the Bush administration, says the space agency’s new goal to improve relations with the Islamic world and boost Muslim self-esteem is a “perversion” of NASA’s original mission to explore space

Under Obama, NASA’s mission no longer includes space

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is blocking certain websites from the federal agency's computers, including halting access by staffers to any Internet pages that contain a "controversial opinion," according to an internal email obtained by CBS News.

Ex-Official Accuses Justice Department of Racial Bias in Black Panther Case (J. Christian Adams)

Obama Decried, Then Used, Some Bush Drilling Policies

Obama says stimulus worked: a reminder of the waste

Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu worked Tuesday to dispel rumors of a U.S./Israeli rift.

Senior White House officials say there is "absolutely no rift" between the United States and Israel as President Barack Obama prepares to host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Tuesday

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman announced that the settlement freeze will not continue

Obama has approved military sales to three Arab League states in advance of his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu

Some state insurance commissioners are pushing back against a renewed effort on the Hill to centralize the authority of health insurance premium rate reviews under the secretary of Health and Human Services. The Health Insurance Rate Authority Act, introduced by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) on March 4, would grant the HHS secretary the power to approve, deny or modify premium rate increases in states — 23 at the moment — where insurance commissioners do not already have that regulatory authority

The List" for 7/5/2010

Imam leaves United States under plea deal with Obama Justice Dept. in terror case- A New York imam who pleaded guilty to lying to federal agents as they investigated an alleged terror plot left the United States on Monday as part of his plea deal

A former Justice official who claims the administration backed off a voter intimidation case against the New Black Panther Party for racial reasons is set to testify Tuesday before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.

The Bush letter to Israel, no confirmation by the Obama administration on its definitions of borders

The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress on June 30 of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Tunisia of 12 refurbished SH-60F Sea Hawk helicopters in a package worth some $282 million (€225 million). This proposed sale would “enhance the modernisation of the Tunisian Air Force’s overwater search and rescue capability” says the DSCA and “enable continued interoperability with US Armed Forces and other coalition partners in the region”.

War on coal mining in the US? Obama approves the sale of coal mining equipment- to India, to save jobs in a Wisconsin Democrat's district running for re-election

The Democratic chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee lambasted the Obama administration over its handling of an incident at a St. Louis VA center in which more than 1,800 veterans were told they may have been exposed to HIV.  The Department of Veterans Affairs last month sent a letter to 1,812 patients informing them that could have been exposed to HIV and other deadly viruses because of dental equipment that was insufficiently sterilized over a period of 13 months. The agency said the risk of infection was “extremely low” but it urged patients to return for blood tests. ... criticized the administration for taking more than three months to send out the letters after it discovered the faulty safety precautions in March.

White House Announces New Pregnancy Assistance Fund, Pro-Lifers Skeptical.  $25 million a year designated to provide scholastic assistance for pregnant and parenting teens, assistance for child care and housing, and other programs designed to help prospective young mothers- While $7 Billion has been slated to go to health clinics who provide abortions

U.S. Ambassador to Colombia William Brownfield spoke out against the controversial Arizona law that makes failure to carry immigration documents into a crime.

VIDEO: Did Obama admit he was not born in the USA?

 Philidelphia using Obama stimulus dollars to combat obesity and smoking: In March, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced awards of more than $372 million to 44 communities to combat obesity and smoking.

An Obama-linked public relations firm has taken on a new job: Making Israel look bad on behalf of Qatar.  Fenton Communications is working with Qatar on the Al Fakhoora project – an Internet campaign dedicated to breaking Israel's blockade of Hamas in Gaza.

Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas is relying on former U.S. President Bill Clinton’s initiative as Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu flies to Washington. White House officials refuse to comment on former President George W. Bush’s written promises to Israel.

Rep. Darrell Issa sent a letter to Earl Devaney, chairman of the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, demanding an investigation into the cost of Illinois Obama stimulus signs and what he termed the violation of anti-propaganda laws.

The List" for 7/4/2010

Happy July 4th!

Obama Plays Eighth Round of Golf Since Oil Spill--Media Fails to Report

Obama: "Independence Day about civil rights, voting rights, workers' rights, women's rights.."

CNN is now reporting; the U.S. government has issued a new rule that would make it a felony crime for any journalist, reporter, blogger or photographer to approach any oil cleanup operation, equipment or vessel in the Gulf of Mexico. Anyone caught is subject to arrest, a $40,000 fine and prosecution for a federal felony crime.

Blago-gate time line (so far)

The Obama administration is expected to take over control of the central information website on the Gulf oil spill response that has been run jointly by various agencies and BP for the 2½ months since the rig explosion. The Department of Homeland Security wants a one-stop shop for information that is completely overseen by the government as it settles into the long-haul of dealing with the response to the disaster. The U.S. Coast Guard falls under Homeland Security's authority.

The White House denies flood assistance to Oklahoma flood victims

Round up of Obama polling by state

Job Approval numbers of Obama

Israel is trying to prevent a big defense contract between the United States and Saudi Arabia from going through.   The deal includes the purchase of scores of new F-15 fighter jets and the upgrading of the 150 F-15s already in the Saudi air force. Israel expressed a number of reservations to the Americans over the past month, and the issue is expected to come up in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's meetings in Washington on Tuesday. Defense Minister Ehud Barak raised the deal in meetings with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and National Security Advisor General Jim Jones two weeks ago in Washington. Israel also made its reservations clear at a meeting in Tel Aviv between top Israeli defense officials and a delegation led by U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy.

A U.S. Central Command intelligence team has suggested that Hamas and Hizbullah terrorist forces be integrated into the Fatah and Lebanese armies, Mark Perry wrote in Foreign Policy.

The Obama administration has pledged $15 million to the foundation created to preserve the Auschwitz concentration camp, Hillary, not Obama makes announcement

The List" for 7/3/2010

Obama Stimulus Money Being Used to Subsidize & Bus Mexican Students Across Border for Free Education

VIDEO: NASA Chief: Obama Wanted Me to Make Muslims Feel Good

After Obama bashing interview by General McChrystal, Military officials will now need Pentagon clearance for interviews and other dealings with reporters, according to an order from Def. Sec. Gates not long after the top general in Afghanistan was fired for his comments in a magazine article.

Obama says he is speeding up the U.S. transition to a clean energy economy, as part of efforts to make sure jobs and industries of the future take root in the United States. In his weekly address Saturday, President Obama touted almost $2 billion in new investments in two U.S. solar energy companies.

$2 billion proposed for solar energy will create 5100 jobs

Obama: “Republican leaders in Washington just don’t get it

The Dismal June Jobs Report; Obama Says We’re Moving In The Right Direction

VIDEO: Obama Chews Gum at G8, G20 and in the Oval Office with Kids

White House Enacts Rules Inhibiting Media From Covering Oil Spill

As an unprecedented amount of oil fouls the Gulf of Mexico, research scientists and ocean experts say the Obama administration's efforts to discover the magnitude of the damage are surprisingly uncoordinated.

The List" for 7/2/2010

VIDEO: Military recruiters respond to Kagan's anti military behavior at Harvard in testimony to Supreme Court appointment hearings

A majority of all combat-related U.S. casualties in the nine-year-long war in Afghanistan have occurred since President Barack Obama was inaugurated a little more than 17 months ago- Between Jan. 20, 2009 and July 2, 2010, U.S. military personnel suffered 452 combat-related deaths in Afghanistan. That amounts to more than half of the total of 900 combat-related fatalities suffered by U.S. forces in Afghanistan during the entire nine years of the war.

Obama 'Internet kill switch' plan approved by US Senate panel

Dr. Jane Lubchenco, Obama's selection for the head of NOAA, is a hard-over environmentalist. She has plans to shrink the fishing industry fleet by more than half and then to restructure the remainder into bigger, presumably more efficient vessels. New regulations were imposed on 1 May 2010: miniscule allocations, big-brother reporting, electronic tracking, government observers on nearly every other trip. To implement this, the bureaucracy has expanded -- exploded -- with lots of public-sector jobs.

Obama announces $795M in new grants to expand broadband Internet access

Gerald Walpin, whose lawsuit to win back his job as inspector general overseeing the Americorps program was dismissed two weeks ago, has filed an appeal in the case.

Feds taking the Independence day weekend off in oil fight

VIDEO: Charlie Bolden: Stealth Middle East Diplomat?

Elena Kagan encouraged Harvard students to get involved in homosexual activist legal work. At a time when she as Dean pushed students to engage in “public interest law” and to get “clinical” legal experience, the Harvard Law School established the LGBT Law Clinic. Kagan recruited former ACLU lawyer (and former ACT-UP activist) William Rubenstein to teach "queer" legal theory. Few Americans can comprehend the radical nature of “queer” academics.

Obama Administration Squanders $100 Million Paying Electric Bills of Dead People

Obamacare: Health overhaul may mean longer ER waits, crowding

The Obama administration has not ruled out turning sick people away from an insurance program created by the new healthcare law to provide coverage for the uninsured. Critics of the $5 billion high-risk pool program insist it will run out of money before Jan. 1, 2014.

VIDEO: Obama: Government Will Spend $795 Million To Create 5,000 Rural Jobs

The director of the White House Fellows program, Cindy S. Moelis, previously served as director of a group that granted Weather Underground terrorist organization  founder William Ayers its "public trust" award

After General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt told a private dinner of Italian business executives that ...the Obama Administration's heavy regulatory approach was not conducive to helping the U.S. economy, senior White House officials went into bully mode.... White House officials and senior members of the Commerce and Energy Departments called Washington GE officials and corporate officers in New York

[Nachum]

One day we'll laugh about all this!

Pssst...no we won't, but I just wanted you all to feel better.

Let me know if you want to be on or off the ping list.

[anniegetyourgun]

Next week is 77 weeks? Sounds ominous....

[cranked]

Less than 2 years and nearly $3 TRILLION spent...and counting....but yeah, listen to lamearse Jack Squat idiot in Nevada, it’s not his fault HE and merry band of libtard idot-ridden goons had to spend nearly $3 trillion, it the Repubs fault......=.=

[Frenchtown Dan]

If we can just make it to 2012 and still be a country not owned by the Muslims or Chinese, then there is hope.

Then again, I never thought he would cause this much damage in such a short time.

Damn him, the worst president in my lifetime by far. It's as if he's deliberately trying to destroy this country. Not just inexperience and experimentation, but outright sabotage.

[Qbert]

Feels like 77 YEARS.

[Stultis]

Damn him, the worst president in my lifetime by far.

I used to say the same thing.

But now I leave off, "in my lifetime".

[Frenchtown Dan]

You’re probably correct.
My history isn’t what it should be, I ashamedly admit, don’t know much about some of our past presidents.

I can say I’ve never read anything from any past president that is as anti-American as what comes out of this whack jobs mouth.