Posts Tagged ‘Obama’
The First Step
by Joe Keck "My concern has always been not that we shouldn’t do intelligence gathering to prevent terrorism, but rather are we setting up a system of checks and balances? So, on this telephone program, you’ve got a federal court with independent federal judges overseeing the entire program." So said our Commander in Chief to Charlie Rose in a 45 minute PBS interview Monday night regarding the intrusive Federal claws of the Government probe on American citizens. Oh no, no need to worry. The Government has it all in control, nothing to see here, move along, people. "And you’ve got Congress overseeing the program," Obama assured us, "not just the intelligence committee and not just the judiciary committee — but all of Congress had available to it before the last [...]
Michelle Obama spending your $$$ on “Princess Suite” and 29 rooms
Michelle Staying in $3,300-a-Night Dublin Hotel Suite with 29 rooms for her entourage First Lady Michelle Obama staying separately from Husband in Dublin Royalty - She also has Air Force Two at her personal disposal First Lady Michelle Obama is staying Monday evening in the $3,300-per-night Princess Grace suite of Dublin’s Five-Star Shelbourne Hotel, according to Irish press reports, adding some credence to accusations she is in the city for a quick vacation at taxpayer expense. Michelle jetted to Dublin Monday afternoon Irish time after a brief stop in Belfast with President Obama, who is in the city for the two-day G-8 Summit. The White House is billing Michelle’s trip to Dublin as having diplomatic significance, but her itinerary suggests otherwise. She and her [...]
Putin and Obama: Brothers in arms (delivery)
It's great, isn't it, to see Barack Obama, the ex-state senator so eager to avoid confrontations, getting along so well with Vladimir Putin, the former Russian KGB chief? Things must be hunky-dory between the world's top two nuclear powers, just as Obama promised during his 'secret' whispers in Seoul last year. Why shouldn't the two be smiling for the cameras? They're staying at a posh Irish resort for another of these expensive G-297 or whatever meetings that mean zippo, except for the padded expense accounts of journalists there who'll pass on to their news consumers all the official Pablum dished out. The lights are on these two leaders. Their wives are not present. Well, Putin doesn't have a wife anymore. And Michelle Obama is touristing in Dublin with her daughters. Never [...]
Obama’s Foreign Policy Bumbling in Syria
Middle East is rife with conflict and this time it is Syria. Bashar al-Assad is holding his power with quiet assurances from Russia waiting very patiently in the wings. On the other side, there is Obama who cannot understand what is going on and how much has Al-Qaeda infiltrated the Syrian rebels. Considering Obama's anathema of the term terrorism and refusal to acknowledge that it was the cause of Benghazi attack on US Consulate in Benghazi, Libya as well as the Boston Marathon terrorist attack, it is no wonder Obama can be found floundering amongst the morass of Middle East politics. Obama's Middle East Policy The Wall Street Journal reported: With the conflict growing increasingly militarized, Messrs. Obama and Putin each said they agreed on the need for negotiations, [...]
CNN Poll: Obama’s Receding Popularity and Falling Poll Numbers
CNN Poll: Obama's Receding Popularity and Falling Poll Numbers By Joyce Singha Newsmax reports that President Barack Obama’s approval rating dropped a shocking 8 percentage points over the last month, one of sharpest, fastest plunges in his presidency, according to a newly released CNN poll. For the first time in Obama's time in office, more than half of the public doesn’t feel that the president is honest and trustworthy. Specifically, Obama's approval rating stands at 45 percent, down from 53 percent in mid-May, CNN reported. A shocking 54 percent of respondents told pollsters they disapprove of how Obama is handling his job. That was up 9 points in just a month. It's the first time in CNN polling since November 2011 that a majority of Americans have had a negative view of [...]
Top 5 Political “Call Me Maybe” Parodies
Top 5 Political "Call Me Maybe" Parodies 1. Barack Obama Singing Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen 2. Carly Rae Jepsen - "Call Me Maybe" PARODY ft Obama 3. Call Me Maybe PARODY "My Name's Obama" ~ Rucka Rucka Ali 4. Obama and Romney "Call Me Maybe" Car Dance LOL!! 5.Chicago Young Republicans "Call Me Maybe" Bonus: Here are two of my Favorites Miami Dolphins Cheerleaders "Call Me Maybe" vs U.S. Troops "Call Me Maybe" VoiceLive Touch 2 - Jill Cooper Demo - Call Me Maybe Did we miss one? Let us know in the comments below
Study: Search engines can change an election
Democracy at Risk: Manipulating Search Rankings Can Shift Voters’ Preferences Substantially Without Their Awareness Robert Epstein & Ronald E. Robertson American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology Abstract In a double-blind controlled experiment,web pages and search engine results from an actual election were presented to three groups of eligible voters. In two of the groups, rankings favored one candidate over the other. Preferences shifted dramatically toward favored candidates, with 75% of subjects showing no awareness of the manipulation. In a second experiment, voter preferences again shifted in the predicted direction, and the proportion of people who were unaware of the manipulation was increased by slightly altering the rankings to mask the [...]
Clinton to Obama don’t be a wuss or fool on Syria
Guess Obama fixed that eh? - You want Obama to act on an Issue call him a potential Wuss or Fool. We still think Obama is acting now to continue his "Change the Subject" Tour as things are getting hot in DC. The White House is hoping that the news cycle will move to All Syria All the Time. Meaning we expect Obama to act on Syria in daily executive decisions. Bill Clinton took part Tuesday night in a Q-and-A with Sen. John McCain at a semi-private event in New York City, where the former president offered some notably sharp criticism of President Obama's handling of the ongoing war in Syria, specifically his reluctance to get involved. The event was technically closed to the press but both the Daily Beast and Politico managed to get their hands on a recording of the remarks, as [...]
Red Line Crossed – Syria Has Used Chemical Weapons Against Rebels
Breaking News - Syria Has Used Chemical Weapons Against Rebels, U.S. and European Officials Conclude American and European intelligence analysts now believe that President Bashar al-Assad’s troops have used chemical weapons against rebel forces in the civil war there, an assessment that will put added pressure on a deeply divided Obama administration to develop a response to a provocation that the president himself has declared a “red line.” via NYTimes.com. CNN: Congress notified that the US will acknowledge Syria has used chemical weapons multiple times on a small scale & red line crossed BREAKING… RED LINE IN SYRIA: CNN’s Barbara Starr reports that Congress has been notified that the U.S. will acknowledge Syria has used chemical weapons, multiple times, on a [...]
Biden Flashback: We should Not collect data on Citizens Phone Calls
Senator Biden in 2006: We should not collect data on Citizens Phone Calls - Could we have one reporter covering the Vice-President to remind Biden of flip-flop on monitoring and storing metadata on Citizens phone calls? In the wake of revelations that the Obama administration is tracking virtually every single phone call of every single American, the administration has trotted out an unsurprising defense: we're not listening to your phone calls, just snatching the metadata! What is metadata? My colleagues Ben Wizner and Jay Stanley explained it well in this op-ed. But don't take our word on how sensitive metadata is. Here's then–Senator Joe Biden, in a clip featured on The Daily Show Monday night, criticizing a similar call record-collection program revealed in 2006 under [...]
