Posts Tagged ‘barack obama’
Taking Hostages: Tehran in 1979—Cairo in 2012
BY ALAN CARUBA As someone who vividly recalls the Iranian “students” who took our diplomats hostage in 1979 and the 444 days it took to get them back, the repeat of this by the Muslim Brotherhood in Cairo, putting 19 pro-democracy, non-government organization (NGO) Americans on trial on trumped up charges has an ugly repetitive feel to [...]
Pelosis Stands With ‘Courageous’ Obama Against Religious Freedom
THOMAS CLOUD, CNSNEWS.COM House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D.-Calif.) vowed today that she will join with the Obama administration in standing up against the Catholic Church in defending a new regulation that will require Catholic individuals to buy, and Catholic institutions to provide, health insurance plans that cover sterilizations and [...]
Survey: Romney More Electable than Gingrich vs. Obama
CAMPAIGN TRAIL, JON E. DOUGHERTY A new survey released Thursday indicated that voters in Florida believe Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney is a stronger candidate in a match-up against President Obama than rival Newt Gingrich. The poll, conducted by Suffolk University in Massachusetts, found that Romney led Obama among the [...]
Obama Sounds Populist Tone in SOTU Address
JON E. DOUGHERTY, NEWSROOM AMERICA President Obama stuck to a populist tone during Tuesday's annual State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress, as he called on creating an environment of economic equality and "responsibility from everybody." Repeating earlier calls that the wealthy should pay more in taxes, Obama said the [...]
New Poll Shows Strong Dissatisfaction with Washington
LIBERTY ALERTS, CORRUPTION CHRONICLES (Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch, the organization that investigates and fights government corruption, today released the results of a new nationwide survey of registered voters conducted by telephone by Harris Interactive concerning the American people’s attitudes on a variety of subjects, including [...]
Thanks to Obama, Canada Pledges to Sell Oil to Asia
NEWSROOM AMERICA STAFF Canada says it will sell crude to Asian customers, particularly China, after the Obama administration on Thursday rejected a permit filed by TransCanada Corp. to build its Keystone XL oil pipeline project. In a telephone call to President Obama, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said "Canada will continue to work [...]
Whatever Happened to…?
By Alan Caruba In the run-up to the South Carolina primary election on Saturday, it strikes me that the overwhelming coverage of the campaign process has shoved some important stories to the sidelines. There is noticeably little coverage of the nation’s obscene unemployment problem; one that is comparable to the Great Depression. With [...]
JW Obtains Documents Revealing Cost of Obama’s Failed Bid
LIBERTY ALERTS, CORRUPTION CHRONICLES (Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch, the organization that investigates and fights government corruption, announced today that it has obtained records detailing costs associated with a trip made by President and Mrs. Obama and key members of the administration to Copenhagen, Denmark, for the expressed [...]
The Constitution Shredded
Liberty Alerts, American Center for Law and Justice President Obama promised that when he came to office, he would bring hope and change with him, and he has. He has brought hope to those wanting a radical expansion of government power and terribly damaging change to our Constitution. By making "recess appointments" while the U.S. Senate is [...]
Barack Machiavelli
By Alan Caruba The Founding Fathers, authors of the Constitution, were obsessed with any form of government that could become too powerful, too willing to use force to oppress citizens. They had cause. They had fought a long war against the greatest power of their age, ruled by a king with nearly absolute power. They fashioned an instrument [...]
America’s Dark Mood
By Alan Caruba It is possible for an entire nation to suffer depression? Not the financial, but the emotional kind. I have not spoken to anyone, however, that has expressed any optimism about the state of the nation and the air is full of conspiracy theories regarding what new action Barack Obama might take. The most popular of these is that [...]
Media Whips Up Phony Iowa Primary Frenzy
By Alan Caruba We are, once again, witnessing what the media does best, whipping up a public frenzy over an event or, in the present case, the primary elections they are seeking to influence. The most current example is the forthcoming Iowa caucuses and, as Michael Barone noted in a December 27 Wall Street Journal commentary, Iowa is hardly [...]
Pundits, Primaries and Polls
By Alan Caruba In the event you did not read about it at the time, the Prohibition Party met in June 2011 and nominated Jack Fellure as their presidential candidate. The Socialist Party USA held their convention in October, nominating Stewart Alexander. The Constitution Party will meet in April and the Libertarian party will gather in May 2012. [...]
US Capitol Christmas Tree Pays Homage to Obama—But Not Jesus
Liberty Alerts, Terence P. Jeffrey, CNSNews.com The 63-foot Sierra White Fir lighted at the U.S. Capitol Grounds on Dec. 6 as the official 2011 Capitol Christmas Tree includes a prominently displayed ornament paying homage to President Barack Obama, but includes no ornament readily visible to a person standing near the tree's base that uses [...]
Defining Journalism Downward
By Alan Caruba New technologies drive out old ones, either eliminating, altering, or reducing their use. The traditional world of print journalism has felt this rather dramatically as subscriptions have fallen off, though often replaced by either free or paid access to their content. It is their content, however, that has felt the brunt of [...]
Limbaugh: Obama ‘Outed’ Himself as an Anti-American Socialist
Liberty Alerts, WND.com PALM BEACH, Fla. – Radio giant Rush Limbaugh says Barack Obama has "outed" himself as a "dumb," anti-American socialist and perhaps Marxist after the president delivered a speech suggesting the American way of life has "never worked." "After the three years, the cat's out of the bag," Limbaugh said this [...]
“What Were They Thinking?”
By Alan Caruba The thing I fear most right now is having to write a column about the Republican Party in late November 2012 with the title, “What Were They Thinking?” Let’s put it this way. No incumbent President since Jimmy Carter has had worse polling numbers than Barack Hussein Obama. The question—the fear—on the minds of [...]
Pelosi: Without Stimulus, Unemployment Would Now Be 15%
Liberty Alerts, Elizabeth Harrington, CNSNews.com Since President Barack Obama signed his $825 billion economic stimulus plan into law in February 2009, the national unemployment rate has risen from 8.2 percent to 9.0 percent. But House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D.-Calif.) said at her press briefing Thursday that if the stimulus [...]
Obama Counts on Supreme Court to Okay Healthcare Act
By Alan Caruba There’s a reason conservatives dislike activist judges and that is their record for rendering judgments that ignore the Constitution and impose their personal views on the rest of us. Some like the 9th Circuit Court are famous for this and, in my home state of New Jersey, its supreme court imposed a law that required the [...]
President Kill-Joy
By Alan Caruba “We have lost our ambition, our imagination, and our willingness to do the things that built the Golden Gate Bridge,” said President Obama at a recent fundraiser in San Francisco. Didn’t Obama know that the Golden Gate Bridge and the Hoover Dam to which he also referred were built in the midst of the 1930s Great [...]
What is the American Idea?
Mike Brownfield, Heritage Foundation What is the American idea? That all depends on whom you ask. According to President Barack Obama, it’s the notion that the federal government is the answer to America’s problems, and that through its intervention–by sheer force of spending–it can create a brighter future for all [...]
The High Costs of Marriage Absence
By Phyllis Schlafly Most Americans are unaware that about $700 Billion a year of federal taxpayers' money is handed out to non-taxpayers allegedly below a poverty line (in addition to $250 Billion a year given out by the states). After Barack Obama became President, he increased federal welfare spending by a third because, as he promised during [...]
Who Needs the Senate?
New Common Sense, Heritage Foundation During a recent campaign event in North Carolina for his jobs plan, President Obama remarked to his admiring crowd: “If you love me, you’ve got to help me pass this bill!” Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) showed no love for Obama this past week. To avoid voting on (or more appropriately, voting for) [...]
Bigfoot and Racism
By Jack Kerwick Human beings, regardless of time or place, share in common a perennial fascination with tales of enigmatic creatures, beings that, in spite of the numerous testimonials that have been offered on their behalf, remain questionable. Sasquatch; the Lochness Monster; and the Abominable Snowman, are just some of these who [...]
Jobs Plan Fails, but Obama Doesn’t Get the Message
Mike Brownfield, Heritage Foundation When President Barack Obama began his Midwest “jobs tour” in August, he set out to campaign for the passage of a yet-to-be-released plan to turn around the country’s stagnant economy. But after the details of that plan emerged–more stimulus spending and higher taxes–and when the [...]
The Cain Phenomenon
By Alan Caruba Gov. Chris Christie has dropped out of contention as a GOP presidential candidate. So has Sarah Palin. Fading swiftly is Michelle Bachmann and the others, leaving Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, and to the astonishment of a lot of people, Herman Cain. What would astonish everyone would be a 2012 presidential race between a mulatto, [...]
Obama Predicts: His Plan Will Cost $235,263 Per Job
Liberty Alerts, Fred Lucas, CNSNews.com President Barack Obama said at a fundraiser held in a private residence in Washington, D.C., on Thursday evening that the $447 billion American Jobs Act he has proposed will create 1.9 million American jobs—which works out to a cost of about $235,263 per job. “It’s estimated that the American [...]
Will the Second Amendment Come Under Fire this Month?
Liberty Alerts, Gun Owners of America Within the next month, Congress will be taking actions that will impact our Second Amendment rights. Here’s what we’re facing. On or about September 30, Congress will consider a “continuing resolution” (CR) to fund the government from October 1, 2011 to September 30, 2012. Well, you can be [...]
Need Action, Not More Words, on Trade Agreements, Republican Leader Tells Obama
Liberty Alerts, Patrick Goodenough, CNSNews.com Delays in passing three free-trade agreements negotiated by the Bush administration are putting 380,000 American jobs at risk, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce says in a new ad campaign launched Thursday, hours before President Obama called – yet again – for movement on the trade deals. Hours [...]
Obama Fatigue
By Alan Caruba It occurred to me (and probably a lot of others as well) that it’s just over for Obama. It doesn’t matter that he intends to present yet another “plan” to get Americans working again after his Martha’s Vineyard vacation. Whatever plan Obama puts forward will simply repackage his failed “stimulus”, his “tax the [...]
Progressives’ Gross Hypocrisy
By Henry Lamb When George Bush invaded Iraq, anti-war zealots hit the streets raising forty-leven kinds of hell: "Bush lied, people died" rang across the land. Bush acted on intelligence gathered and agreed to by the U.N., Great Britain and virtually all U.S. allies. Bush obtained approval from Congress to take whatever action he deemed [...]
George Will Slights Bachmann’s Fitness to ‘Control’ Nukes–Just as He Slighted Palin’s
Liberty Alerts, Terence P. Jeffrey, CNSNews.com Washington Post columnist George Will, who has never commanded anything with greater throw-weight than a word processor, suggested on ABC’s “This Week” this morning that President Barack Obama would have an easier time in the general election defeating Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann than [...]
President Downgrade
By Selwyn Duke When Barack Obama promised change that would transform America, most never suspected that he would make history by presiding over the nation’s first-ever credit downgrade. But, well, yes – he can. And he did. Of course, the blame cannot be laid entirely at Obama’s feet. Since Congress controls the purse strings, [...]
Flash Mobs: Being Young, Black, and Male in America Today
By Alan Caruba Those who follow my commentaries know that I rarely discuss race in America. I find it an unhappy topic at best and, from my readings in U.S. history, I feel safe in saying there was never a good time to be Black in America. Slavery before, during and after the American Revolution was a stain on the nation and, though some [...]
Boehner, McConnell Agree to Let Obama Borrow Another $2.4 Trillion
Liberty Alerts, Terence P. Jeffery, CNSNews.com House Speaker John Boehner (R.-Ohio) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R.-Ky.) have reportedly agreed to give President Barack Obama the authority to borrow as much as an additional $2.4 trillion—thus allowing him to get past the November 2012 election without having to seek [...]
Obama Sees ‘Plenty of Ways Out of This Mess,’ But Offers No Specifics
Liberty Alerts, Susan Jones, CNSNews.com A Republican bill that would raise the nation’s debt limit in two stages “has no chance of becoming law,” President Obama said Friday, as he stepped up to the White House podium to urge a “bipartisan” solution. Obama said there are “multiple ways” to resolve the debt limit problem. He [...]
Dopey Deadlines & Deadbeat Democrats
By Alan Caruba Is Tim Geithner the most clueless Secretary of the Treasury this nation has ever had? Is he the Eddie Haskell of national debt, so eager to please Obama that he has been a party to driving it up by trillions since his master took the oath of office? Now, we are all forced to witness the idiotic political machinations of the [...]
Obama will Resign and for Good Reason
By Alan Caruba I always thought it was creepy the way Barack Hussein Obama has repeatedly referred to the likelihood of his being a one-term President. It is as if he knew, even as he campaigned in 2008, that all the loose ends and unanswered questions about his life would eventually disqualify him. It is now widely acknowledged that the [...]
An Inaugural Fail
By Alan Caruba We are all now so accustomed to Barack Obama’s delivery of a speech and have heard so many Tele-Prompter recitations that his habit of raising his chin, of gazing off into some future only he perceives, and his now-annoying way of breaking a sentence into small chunks that render it a monotony is taken for granted. After [...]
Panetta: Obama Can Unilaterally Use Military to Protect ‘National Interests’
Liberty Alerts, Matt Cover, CNSNews.com CIA Director Leon Panetta, who President Barack Obama has nominated to be secretary of Defense, told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday that he believes the president can unilaterally use military force, without congressional authorization to “protect our national [...]
600 More Days of Obama
By Alan Caruba As of May 30, 2011, America has 600 days more of rule by President Barack Hussein Obama. He is the 44th President and, while we have had incompetent Presidents in the past, we have never had one determined to destroy the nation. It has taken a year and a half for most sentient Americans to grasp this extraordinary threat. [...]
We Elect Politicians, Not Saints
By Alan Caruba It’s always a good idea at the beginning of the long political marathon that leads to Election Day to remind ourselves that we are electing a politician, not a saint. It’s also a good idea to keep firmly in mind that everyone we do elect is a human being with all the flaws and failures of judgment and behavior that [...]
Obama and 2012
By Jack Kerwick As of late, many on the right have been filled with dread that the recent assassination of Osama bin Laden will increase Barack Obama’s chances of being re-elected. On the one hand, this concern is legitimate enough, for bin Laden’s is the face of the world’s most infamous terrorist, a monster that, in spite of [...]
Who can doubt now? — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, Our grand daughter was over the other day to get help putting her "build a bear" together. She's five years old and had a chance to sew with her "Memaw". When the project was completed she went around showing off her new "Teddy" bear. While cleaning up I was about to toss the empty container in the trash when a piece [...]
Bin Laden’s Death Prompts Fresh Calls for Afghanistan Pullout
Liberty Alerts, Patrick Goodenough, CNSNews.com The death of Osama bin Laden has triggered fresh debate over whether the U.S. should accelerate its planned troop withdrawal from Afghanistan. In Washington, there is strong disagreement on the issue. The al-Qaeda terrorist may be dead, Senate Homeland Security Committee chairman Sen. Joe [...]
Federal Borrowing on Pace to Hit Debt Limit in Less Than Week
Liberty Alerts, Terence P. Jeffrey, CNSNews.com Federal borrowing is on pace to hit the legal limit on the national debt in less than a week. As set in a law passed by Congress and signed by President Barack Obama on Feb. 12, 2010, the legal limit on the national debt is $14.2940 trillion. As of the close of business Tuesday, according [...]
What We’ve Learned from Budget Debate
By Phyllis Schlafly Barack Obama's runaway spending is the top issue with grassroots Americans. The problem is a long way from solved, but we've learned a lot from the budget debate. We've turned a corner. The debate is no longer about what new phony "stimulus" spending Obama will try to rush through Congress but about how much and [...]
Obama’s Approval Drops Below 50 Percent Among Poorest Americans
Liberty Alerts, Terence P. Jeffrey, CNSNews.com President Barack Obama’s approval among the poorest Americans dropped to an all-time low of 48 percent last week, according to the Gallup poll, leaving the president with less-than-majority approval among all income brackets reported in Gallup's presidential approval surveys. Each week, [...]
Sen. Kerry: Budget Deal Makes America Look ‘Silly in a Lot of People’s Minds’
Liberty Alerts, Nicholas Ballasy, CNSNews.com Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) said the budget deal negotiated by House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), Senate Majority Leader Reid (D-Nev.) and President Barack Obama makes America look “silly in a lot of people’s minds.” “I think it’s no secret that I didn’t like the process,” [...]
Cantor in 2010: ‘Beyond Comprehension’ To Lift Debt Limit to $14.294 Trillion
Liberty Alerts, Terence P. Jeffrey, CNSNews.com On Feb. 4, 2010, when the House of Representatives voted to increase the legal limit on the national debt by another $1.9 trillion (lifting the limit from $12.394 trillion to $14.294 trillion), not one Republican voted for the increase. Then-Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R.-Va.) rose on the House [...]
