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President Obama has played 52 rounds of golf in less than two years in office. The U.S. unemployment, down economy and two wars have not tampered his leisure time. In comparison, President Bush played a total of 24 rounds of golf in eight years. The pictures of the President wearing oxford-style, brown and white golf shoes and zipping around green golf courses in an electric cart are insensitive and inappropriate. While the United States is in a severe economic crisis, the unemployment rate is stuck at 9.6% and families struggle to make ends meet, Obama spends an average of...

AND NOW . . . amidst billowing clouds of fragrant, aromatic first- and second-hand premium cigar smoke. . . it is time for . . . that harmless, lovable little fuzz ball, the highly-trained broadcast specialist, having more fun than a human being should be allowed to have, from behind the golden EIB microphone, firmly ensconced in the prestigious Attila-the-Hun chair at the Limbaugh Institute of Advanced Conservative Studies, serving humanity simply by showing up, and he’s not retiring until every American agrees with him, do NOT doubt him, with shrieks of joy at the mere mention of his name...

What do New Yorkers call the so-called Obama Financial Services Reform? "The Great Chicago Bank Heist of the 21st Century!" Under the guise of protecting Main Street and the middle-class, President Obama and his Chicago political machine (Emanuel, Axelrod, Durbin, Jarrett) are secretly preparing to shift thousands of jobs from New York City to Chicago - along with billions of dollars of tax revenue. The Chicago political gang's first step in trying to move the financial center of our country and the financial capital of the world from the Big Apple to the Windy City will begin with this so-called...

In light of numbing revelations over the last several days concerning fraudulent statements on Barack Obama's resume, this piece of information curiously comes to light. The White House has instructed the 'mainstream media' not to report what they may discover. The White House directive was issued as part of a deal struck between the Office of the President and reporters of the mainstream media. In exchange for being given unprecedented access to Barack Obama, reporters would promise not to report 'certain matters' they may discover while covering the President. From Steve Clemons at The Washington Note:

What the President announced today at-a-glance:Cancelled five lease sales off the Alaska coast that were planned over the next 2 years. One of the areas is estimated to hold up to 77 billion barrels of oil, or more than 3 times US reserves.A study of the southern Atlantic OCS, with the findings due back next year….no leasing.Delaying a planned lease sale off Virginia until at least 2012. Washington, DC – Earlier this morning, President Obama delivered remarks at Andrews Air Force Base on offshore energy exploration and production, and what a scene it was. While many newspapers and cable news...

(snip) MR. GREGORY: You are in a, a primary battle for re-election against former Republican Congress J.D. Hayworth of Arizona. And on the issue of health care, this is what he says on his Web site, on the issues, "Nowhere is the Obama administration's socialist agenda more evident than in their attempts to grab control over 17 percent of our nation's economy." Socialist agenda, do you think that goes too far? SEN. McCAIN: Look, you'll have to have Mr. Hayworth on to explain the things he says. MR. GREGORY: All right. SEN. McCAIN: I'm, I'm not ready to do that....

For Democrats, the medicine cabinet is mostly empty, save for “a poisonous pill called reconciliation,” says Sen. Judd Gregg (R., N.H.), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, to National Review Online. That’s the Senate budget procedure enabling a bill to pass with 51 votes. As Democrats plot to keep Obamacare alive, they seem ready to pop that pill and “swallow the consequences,” says Gregg. Before they try, Gregg cautions that such a maneuver is, “procedurally, an extremely heavy lift in the Senate” and “unrealistic.” Democrats, he says, should “learn the lessons of Massachusetts, and stop playing by the...

President Obama is working on health care legislation intended to reconcile differences between House and Senate Democrats that could be attached to a budget bill and avoid a Republican filibuster, according to a published report. The president's proposal, which is still being written, will be posted on the Internet by Monday morning, senior administration officials and Congressional aides told the New York Times. By piggybacking the legislation onto a budget bill, Democrats would be able to advance the bill with a simple majority of just 51 votes, averting a Republican filibuster in the Senate. The White House signaled Thursday that...

From journalist Elizabeth Drew, a veteran and often sympathetic chronicler of Democratic figures, a fiery denunciation of—and warning for—the White House. In a piece in Politico on the firing of White House counsel Greg Craig, Ms. Drew reports that while the president was in Asia last week, "a critical mass of influential people who once held big hopes for his presidency began to wonder whether they had misjudged the man." They once held "an unromantically high opinion of Obama," and were key to his rise, but now they are concluding that the president isn't "the person of integrity or even...

I've waited until the President could address the issue in his own words to comment. Now that he has addressed the issue, I am furious. My question goes directly to the President's credibility after this statement, directly to his honor. It is simple.

"Hear our cry, Obama." "Deliver us, Obama." Video at link.

Purported non Muslim Barack Hussein Obama made a presidential appointment of Muslim Los Angeles Deputy Mayor Arif Alikhan for a top job at the federal Department of Homeland Security. In his new job, Arif Alikhan will be Assistant Secretary for the Office of Policy Development at the Department of Homeland Security. Alikhan has been Deputy Mayor of Los Angeles--in charge of public safety for the city. Why Muslim Alikhan at the Department of Homeland Security you might ask? DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano said Alikhan’s “broad and impressive array of experience in national security, emergency preparedness, and counterterrorism will make him...

Plaintiff Captain Dr. Connie Rhodes has received what appear to be facially valid orders mobilizing her to active duty with the United States Army in Iraq on September 5th, 2009 (Exhibit A). Captain Rhodes is both a US army officer and a medical doctor, a flight surgeon. On May 15th of this year 501 brigade out of Fort Campbell, KY, currently stationed in Iraq, has requested a support of medical personal in Iraq. Two days ago, August the 23rd, an order was given through the chain of command via e-mail for Captain Rhodes to arrive in San Antonio TX, Fort...

I've been asked the question dozens and dozens of times recently: "What if Obama is ineligible, then what? What would it mean for the country? Could the nation withstand the shock and the upheaval of unseating the first black president?" What the questioners are talking about is not the constitutional procedure for removing an ineligible president from office. They are talking instead about the real-world ramifications. Often, there is the suggestion that there would be race riots in major cities. When I first encountered this question, I dismissed it as irrelevant, speculative, placing the cart before the horse. But the...

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Sunday shows that 27% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty-one percent (41%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -14. These figures mark the lowest Approval Index rating yet recorded for this President. The previous low of -12 was reached on July 30 (see trends). Prior to today, the number who Strongly Approved of the President’s performance had never fallen below 29%. Some of the decline has come from within the President’s own party. Just 49%...

PORTSMOUTH — Having spent four years living with England's government-run health care system, longtime Republican Dave Best says he isn't sold on President Barack Obama's plan for reform. However, he's willing to listen. Best, 57, of Bow was among the hundreds who traveled to Portsmouth High School on Monday to pick up their tickets for today's "Town Hall" forum, where Obama will pitch his plan during a visit to the Port City. Organizers are expecting large crowds both inside and outside the high school, which will play host to a national debate that has some pushing for reform and many...

EXCERPT President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama left the White House in a motorcade to travel to a home in Georgetown. Their daughters, 10-year-old Malia and 7-year-old Sasha, traveled in a separate vehicle in the motorcade and also arrived in Georgetown. It was unclear the identity of the friend.

President Barack Obama said he believes the global financial system remains at risk of implosion with the failure of Citigroup or AIG, touching off “an even more destructive recession and potentially depression.” His remarks came in a “60 Minutes” interview in which he was pressed by an incredulous Steve Kroft for laughing and chuckling several times while discussing the perilous state of the world’s economy. “You're sitting here. And you're— you are laughing. You are laughing about some of these problems. Are people going to look at this and say, "I mean, he's sitting there just making jokes about money—”...

Orly Taitz, a lawyer representing several before SCOTUS on Obama's eligibility was interviewed March 17, 2009 on the Rolleye James show. Program archived in 'Where can I hear her.'...... See post 1 for another link where the show has been broken down into segments on YouTube. Two of the five are about 13 minutes total alleging Supreme Court clerks have been removing court challenges from the docket - justices not aware they had gone to conference.

There are at least five ways that Barack Obama can be declared ineligible for the presidency. Here is a list: 1. Obama was not born in the United States. The Certification of Live Birth that he posts on his web site proves nothing. Only the original paper certificate can address this issue, Obama refuses to release it. 2. Dual Citizenship issue: Obama could have British and American citizenship due to his father being a British subject at the time of his birth. 3. Dual Citizenship issue: Obama could have dual citizenship with Indonesia if he was adopted. His school records...