Posted on 02/06/2009 9:07:50 AM PST by Jim Robinson
Obama:
We're in the worst recession since the Great Depression! We've got to take this serious. We must be bold. I know, let's bbq up some pork. Let's have a pork bbq big enough to feed the entire nation. But why stop there? Let's really be bold and bbq up enough pork to feed the entire world!
I'm such a smart economist. All the rest of you only think you're economists.
Now go vote yes on my pork bbq.
Thanks Ernest. I second the suggestion.
Obama is over-estimating a President's ability to get things accomplished just by appearing on TV. He's going to lose his sheen real fast by thinking of himself as a movie star.
It's already been sold to the American people! The phoney-in-chief has already got the votes needed for the "plan" to pass....he's full of crap trying to dupe the American populace into thinking that Pubbies are holding this up! What a sham! And Obama? What a thug!
Again, none of that was the point.
"But broadly speaking, the package is the right size, it is the right scope, and it has the right priorities to create 3 to 4 million jobs and to do it in a way that lays the groundwork for long-term growth -- by fixing our schools, modernizing our health care to lower costs, repair our roads and bridges and levees and other vital infrastructure, move us towards energy independence. That is what America needs. It will take months, even years, to renew our economy, ((NOT before the 2012 campaign)) but every day that Washington fails to act, that recovery is delayed."
Also, check out all the executive orders he's already signed, under Pres. Actions in The Briefing Room.
And check this out:
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
_________________________________________________________________
For Immediate Release
February 5, 2009
Washington (February 5, 2009) – President Barack Obama today signed an executive order establishing the new White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. The White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships will work on behalf of Americans committed to improving their communities, no matter their religious or political beliefs.
"Over the past few days and weeks, there has been much talk about what our government’s role should be during this period of economic emergency.
That is as it should be – because there is much that government can and must do to help people in need," said President Obama. "But no matter how much money we invest or how sensibly we design our policies, the change that Americans are looking for will not come from government alone.
There is a force for good greater than government. It is an expression of faith, this yearning to give back, this hungering for a purpose larger than our own, that reveals itself not simply in places of worship, but in senior centers and shelters, schools and hospitals, and any place an American decides."
The White House Office for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships will be a resource for nonprofits and community organizations, both secular and faith based, looking for ways to make a bigger impact in their communities, learn their obligations under the law, cut through red tape, and make the most of what the federal government has to offer. ((Acorn))
President Obama appointed Joshua DuBois, a former associate pastor and advisor to the President in his U.S. Senate office and campaign Director of Religious Affairs, to lead this office. "Joshua understands the issues at stake, knows the people involved, and will be able to bring everyone together – from both the secular and faith-based communities, from academia and politics – around our common goals," said President Obama.
The Office of Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships will focus on four key priorities, to be carried out by working closely with the President’s Cabinet Secretaries and each of the eleven agency offices for faith-based and neighborhood partnerships:
* The Office’s top priority will be making community groups an integral part of our economic recovery and poverty a burden fewer have to bear when recovery is complete.
* It will be one voice among several in the administration that will look at how we support women and children, address teenage pregnancy, and reduce the need for abortion.
* The Office will strive to support fathers who stand by their families, which involves working to get young men off the streets and into well-paying jobs, and encouraging responsible fatherhood.
* Finally, beyond American shores this Office will work with the National Security Council to foster interfaith dialogue with leaders and scholars around the world.
As the priorities of this Office are carried out, it will be done in a way that upholds the Constitution – by ensuring that both existing programs and new proposals are consistent with American laws and values.
The separation of church and state is a principle President Obama supports firmly – not only because it protects our democracy, but also because it protects the plurality of America’s religious and civic life.
The Executive Order President Obama will sign today strengthens this by adding a new mechanism for the Executive Director of the Office to work through the White House Counsel to seek the advice of the Attorney General on difficult legal and constitutional issues.
The Office of Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships will include a new President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, composed of religious and secular leaders and scholars from different backgrounds. There will be 25 members of the Council, appointed to 1-year terms.
Members of the Council include:
Judith N. Vredenburgh, President and Chief Executive Officer, Big Brothers / Big Sisters of America Philadelphia, PA
Rabbi David N. Saperstein, Director & Counsel, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, and noted church/state expert - Washington, DC
Dr. Frank S. Page, President emeritus, Southern Baptist Convention - Taylors, SC
Father Larry J. Snyder, President, Catholic Charities USA Alexandria, VA
Rev. Otis Moss, Jr., Pastor emeritus, Olivet Institutional Baptist Church - Cleveland, OH
Eboo S. Patel, Founder & Executive Director, Interfaith Youth Corps - Chicago, IL
Fred Davie, President, Public / Private Ventures, a secular non-profit intermediary - New York, NY
Dr. William J. Shaw, President, National Baptist Convention, USA - Philadelphia, PA
Melissa Rogers, Director, Wake Forest School of Divinity Center for Religion and Public Affairs and expert on church/state issues - Winston-Salem, NC
Pastor Joel C. Hunter, Senior Pastor, Northland, a Church Distributed - Lakeland, FL
Dr. Arturo Chavez, Ph.D., President & CEO, Mexican American Cultural Center - San Antonio, TX
Rev. Jim Wallis, President & Executive Director, Sojourners Washington, DC
Bishop Vashti M. McKenzie, Presiding Bishop, 13th Episcopal District, African Methodist Episcopal Church - Knoxville, TN
Diane Baillargeon, President & CEO, Seedco, a secular national operating intermediary - New York, NY (((what is a national operating intermediary ???))
Richard Stearns, President, World Vision - Bellevue, WA
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I HATE the new WH site, and I despise our new world. Will be important to frequently check the Presidential Actions section as well as the other sections, to see what they're up to. I have a feeling much will go on in stealth fashion.
“BLACK HOLE” Is that racist rightwing extremist code?
I think his “taking the case to the American people” is going to get real old real fast.
I agree. But again, I am totally biased as him taking anything anywhere seems to be a disaster.
Seeing him non-stop on tv during the campaign was sickening and did nothing positive to change my opinion about him....and now that he’s the President...I do NOT think it’s good for an American President to WHINE on NATIONAL tv about how dire things are for the US. HE is the President, isn’t HE supposed to work for US?
Presidentin’ is hard.
Dunno bout the rest of msm, I’ve been watching fauxnoose—but they (faux) sure have been giving “h” a heaping of free air time to make their case to the herd out there!
And this from those want to impose the fairness doctrine on the rest of us!!!!!
It think that it’s time for all U.S. taxpayers to make themselves “shovel ready.” We’re all going to need shovels. Obama’s bullsh!t is getting pretty deep.
Yeah, but Bush still got his way LOL.
And guess what? Because Bush didn't give the networks the overt fight they wanted (thus conserving his energy for meeting with soldiers, generals,forming good relationships with heads of state, etc.) the MSM's ratings tanked over the last 8 years and they lost money.
In the meantime the alternative media was thriving. I say Bush is crazy like a fox.
Gibbs is on right now. Now, he is almost FUN to watch. He’s so dense, he makes Hussein look like a frickin’ genius!
BTW, flop and fumble fart is a GREAT way to describe it!
Jimmy Carter redux.
The short and safe answer...
There’s a glitch in his programming, reason doesn’t apply.
I’ve seen it before in history, with horrifying results.
Bush missed an opportunity. And that was a consensus on FR.
“...at least they haven’t interrupted the NBA BB games....”
Give ‘em time - they will. We were watching some NFL analysis show on ESPN not long ago and even THEY were bringing up Hussein. One of the topics was, “Now that Obama is the President, what does this mean for black athletes?” I am not joking.
I imagine when Hussein gets his BB court in the White House, you’ll be hearing ALL about it during NBA games. Gag. Then, those will have to be shut off, too.
it wouldn’t be a liberal “chicken in every pot” if it didn’t include something for ACORN, and sure enough, there is $5.2 billion for community-development block grants and “neighborhood stabilization activities,” which ACORN is eligible to apply for. Let’s face it, this is a spending payback for all those interest groups that supported the DemonRATs in the last election.
This stimulus porkulus is directed at the workforce sector that has the lowest unemployment figures. The government union workforce has the lowest unemployment. Now this sector will be expanded while the private sector becomes its cash cow.
There was also a consensus on FR that Denny Hastert should be canned over Mark Foley. And so we got gay Nancy.
Got news for ya...majority opinion on FR can often be wrong.
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