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    Obama sets record as most traveled president, costing taxpayers about $200k/hour

    HEADLINE: Obama sets record as most traveled president, costing taxpayers about $200k/hour OVERVIEW: Barack Obama sets a new record as the most traveled president in US history since Eisenhower at this point in his first term, costing US taxpayers nearly $200,000 for each hour he flies on Air...
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    The Left, supportive of Obama TSA, opposed all anti-terror measures under Bush

    HEADLINE: The Left, supportive of Obama TSA, opposed all anti-terror measures under Bush OVERVIEW: The Left, now supportive of Obama's anti-constitutional TSA, used to always be against Bush when he enacted his anti-terror measures, proving how hypocritical liberals are. LINK...
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    Biden, Scarborough and Brzezinski all laugh at Palin for saying she can beat Obama

    HEADLINE: Biden, Scarborough and Brzezinski all laugh at Palin for saying she can beat Obama in 2012 OVERVIEW: Joe Biden appeared on MSNBC's Morning Joe where he and the hosts laughed shamelessly at Sarah Palin's belief that she could beat Obama in 2012. LINK...
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    Video: Bobby Jindal says Obama told him to stop going on TV to criticize him

    HEADLINE: Video: Bobby Jindal says Obama told him to stop going on TV to criticize him OVERVIEW: In an new interview, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal says that Obama ordered him to stop going on TV to criticize him when the oil spill was occurring.
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    Alexander Cockburn: Obama's chief of staff quits the White House-he won't be missed.

    http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/69409,news-comment,news-politics,alexander-cockburn-farewell-rahm-emanuel-barack-obamas-dud-svengali Rahm Emanuel quits the White House, but the President won't see it as a loss- the man was a liability.
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    I won't vote in 2010

    Democrats have decided to delay the tax cuts bill vote until after the election. I?ll refrain from voting in general elections until the tax bill reaches the floors of both Congressional houses and the bill is voted upon the House of Representatives? floor. I fully support Obama?s...
  7. myp

    Obama criticizes Republicans for being the party of the rich

    Obama lashed out at Republicans over the weekend due to initiatives by some party members to stop the proposed extension of unemployment insurance. He called the GOP the party of the rich and saw the block as not caring for the poor. Republicans are citing the budget deficit and a culture of...
  8. myp

    Is the Obama administration hurting the recovery?

    Several companies and market analysts have come out this past week, suggesting that the Obama administration is halting the economic recovery due to the uncertainty it is creating and some of the interventions it is making. Currently, many large corporations are sitting on a lot of cash as a way...
  9. The Bare Knuckled Pundit

    All The World's Indeed A Stage: The Obama-Netanyahu Meeting

    Though Neil Peart paraphrased it in the Rush classic, ?Limelight?, it was William Shakespeare that famously wrote, ?All the world?s a stage, And all the men and women merely players?? Looking at Tuesday?s White House meeting between US President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister...
  10. Calvin

    Evaluating Obama

    [FONT="Georgia"]Is the president really doing that bad a job? I read recently that 500 days of his administration are now up. In my view, he hasn't been a slouch. Its not like he just parties all the time, and has a call girl addicition (ie. Like Italian president Berlusconi). He has to some...
  11. myp

    President Obama pledges energy bill push amidst BP spill talk

    As BP continues to deal with the oil spill in the gulf, pressure has increased for both the company as well as the White House. Today, President Obama pledged to push an energy bill that would reduce tax breaks for oil companies among other things. He also stressed clean energy alternatives as...
  12. myp

    Obama supports repeal of "don't ask, don't tell"

    President Obama backed a proposal that would end the "don't ask, don't tell" military policy from the Clinton era. The policy, which says that gays can serve in the military so long as they don't say their orientation, was originally seen as a compromise between those who wanted homosexuals to...
  13. myp

    President Obama calls for more international cooperation on security matters

    In a speech at West Point earlier today, President Obama stressed that more countries need to work together in order to defeat security threats and that the United States can not be the sole one acting. The speech gives some foreshadowing to what could be in Obama's National Security Strategy...
  14. myp

    Obama criticizes proposed Arizona law on immigration

    President Obama criticized a proposed law in Arizona that would make it a crime to be in the state for illegal immigrants and would require authorities to question illegal aliens. Arizona has had a major problem with illegal immigrants crossing over the border and the drug cartel war spillover...
  15. David

    CNN asks socialists, is Obama a socialist?

    Obviously everyone said hell no. :p http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/04/14/Obama.socialist/index.html I like the last part by the head of the DSA: I can't even count how many times I've made the same point.
  16. myp

    Justice Stevens to resign

    Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens announced today that he was going to resign after serving in the highest court since he was appointed by President Gerald Ford. President Obama is expected to announce a nomination fairly quickly after which the Senate confirmation debates will begin. The...
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    Obama changes health laws - again, conservatives "lose freedoms?"

    Can anybody explain how America will "lose freedoms"? Other than just asserting it philosophically I mean.
  18. deanhills

    Obama cancels trip to Indonesia to work on Health Care Reform Bill

    I wonder how many other activities have been cancelled by Obama so that he can work on the Healthcare Reform Bill. Surely there has to be a greater balance as this has to be getting to the point of negligence. The majority of the population have already let him know that the Reform Bill in its...
  19. deanhills

    Obama wishes to use "bounty hunters" for checking on health care fraud

    I can't help wonder whether this is to combat healthcare fraud, or whether some of the participants in this "bounty hunter" exercise are hoping to make money out of it. What do you think? All in the name of political games? Source
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    Obama demands 'up-or-down' vote on health care

    Gee, affordable health care for Americans? Sounds too commie. J. Edgar Hoover would roll over in his grave.
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