[Cheetahcat]

The best thing for this thing to do is Resign!!

[Joe Brower]

Same sh!t, different day in Obama-land.

"Winners take responsibility -- losers make excuses."

Ergo, Obama is a loser. Big time.

[marstegreg]

I couldn’t help noticing Richard Trumka right next to him. I wonder if Trumka wrote that clumsy speech as well.

[neodad]

We’re entering a very dangerous time as he gets more and more desperate.

[Anti-Bubba182]

He should have done infrastructure immediately in his stimulus. Those jobs have long lead times and would not affect anything big time for a couple of years. Obama knows that. Why didn’t he do that first?

[MustKnowHistory]

Appreciate your report. When I saw him speaking, I had to mute the TV.

[Paladin2]

Drill for oil here in the US.

Stop the EPA from anymore of its out of control insanity.

Turn in resignation.

[xzins]

It could be here - See: “WATCH LIVE: Obama Urges Congress to Pass Transportation Act” on the Fox News home page. Only has a flash player link.

[dinodino]

WTF. Is Obama delusional? He can’t POSSIBLY believe the crap he says is true.

I cannot WAIT for this SOB to get his pink slip from the American People.

[concerned about politics]

Only way to put workers back to work he says, is to fix trans and aviation with his people. And he has jobs council identifying infrastructure projects to put people to work. (In short, he wants more stimulus money.)

Paying off the unions - again.

[devolve]

[cripplecreek]

Couldn’t they just record this speech once and just replay it every few weeks?

[RowdyFFC]

Been there done that FAILED!!!...$1 TRILLION thrown in the toilet...not going there again!

[schu]

We know this is all just political pandering, will have little affect on the economy, and has even less chance of making it thru Congress, but I guess he has to try.

The damage has been done, 2.5 years of Obamacare, the price of gas doubling and $1.6T in deficits are “coming home to roost”.

He is going to get desperate, but what choice does he really have right now?

schu

[concerned about politics]

He finished his one millionth speech by urging Republicans to spend more of everyone elses money on the democrat supporting unions.
That's his "Big Plan". What an IDIOT!

[PLD]

Written on August 30, 2011 Obama Has Tour Buses Flown to Stump Speeches..

Apparently President Obama only rode the buses for a couple of miles at a time, spending the rest of the time flying from community to community in Air Force One. What’s more, the buses were flown from stop to stop as well. It’s normal practice for the President’s entire motorcade to be loaded up on cargo planes and flown from destination to destination. The buses were just a new part of that motorcade.

But why wouldn’t the presidential limousine have sufficed? Or one of the other armored vehicles that routinely travel with the President? Apparently because the President wanted the imagery of a bus. And buses are what he got.

http://visiontoamerica.org/3656/president-obama-has-tour-buses-flown-to-stump-speeches/

[kcvl]

Obama Picks Gas Tax For First Round of Fiscal Fight
By Chris Stirewalt

Published August 31, 2011
FoxNews.com

Obama Starts Fall Campaign with Defense of Gas Tax

“Today, POTUS will call for extension of the transportation bill which expires 9/30. If not extended, nearly a million will be out of work. Normally, we wouldnt have to worry about this, but the FAA debacle shows we cant assume people wont use it as a chance to drive their agenda”

Tweet from White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer

President Obama wants Congress to quickly pass an unconditioned extension of the federal gasoline tax, which is set to expire at the end of the government’s fiscal year on Sept. 30.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/08/31/obama-picks-gas-tax-for-first-round-fiscal-fight/#ixzz1WcSsoUPP

The tax is the Obama agenda in microcosm: The program takes money from everyone to fund infrastructure projects, some environmentally friendly initiatives and treats union workers favorably. It also shows the challenge he faces in selling a broader program of tax increases for stimulus spending. Explaining to Americans why paying 18.4 cents more for a gallon of gas is no easy feat.

[kcvl]

Obama: Failing to extend highway bill inexcusable

By JULIE PACE, Associated Press – 15 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — Warning of dire consequences for the nation’s workers, President Barack Obama on Wednesday urged Congress to extend a federal highway bill that he said would protect a million jobs.

“For construction workers and their families across the country it represents the different between making ends meet and not making ends meet,” Obama said during a speech in the Rose Garden.

At issue is the renewal of a transportation spending bill that expires Sept. 30. A Senate proposal would last only two years and cost $109 billion, while the House is considering a longer, six-year bill that could cut spending from current levels.

The president said 4,000 workers would be immediately furloughed without pay if the bill is not extended, and a significant delay could lead to 1 million workers losing their jobs over the next year.

“All of them will be out of a job just because of politics in Washington,” Obama said. “That’s just not acceptable. It’s inexcusable.”

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iet99lYmYwnOu6VpxVSkmn2Lhvqg?docId=fce908f74e294747902f5e35a00bca97

[Cheerio]

Most FAA infrastructure construction jobs are awarded via contracts to the private sector. The FAA does not have the technical or management skill sets like DOD has.

[Minutemen]

We need more roads and bridges to support commerce that doesn’t exist? Right Obozo!