The seemingly endless economic “bailouts” represent the wholesale looting of the American taxpayer and the grand theft of trillions of dollars by private banking interests who refuse to even disclose where the money went.
The proper response is a modest slap down to remind them that bad behavior has consequences. Except that the Bush administration did not have the answer to that either. And we are all getting tired of sanctions.
The current internal turmoil may resolve this now or later anyway. The country is financially strained and must continue to underperform.
A federal judge questioned an assertion by the Obama
administration that former Vice President Cheney’s
statements to a prosecutor must be
kept secret so they do not become fodder for late-night commentary on The Daily Show.
President Barack Obama’s plan to create a U.S. insurance office after the $182.5 billion bailout of American International Group Inc. may take powers from the states that have overseen the industry for more than 135 years.
Some homeowners who applied for mortgage modifications five months ago still have no answer on whether they will be able to arrange smaller monthly payments, leaving them uncertain whether they'll keep their homes or lose...
After months of silence, former president George W. Bush launched a broad-scale critique of President Obama's approach to economic policy, national security and health care during a speech.
On the economy, Bush reiterated his belief -- espoused [just not practiced] repeatedly
during his 8 years as president -- that the private sector, not the
government was the key to growth.
Released today, the transcript indicates that Obama, under the name Barry Soetoro, received financial aid as a foreign student from Indonesia as an undergraduate at the school.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton fell down on her way to the White House late Wednesday afternoon, fracturing her right elbow, her Counselor and Chief of Staff Cheryl Mills said in a statement issued shortly before midnight. Clinton was treated at The George Washington University Hospital before going home. She will undergo surgery to repair the damage next week, the statement said
NOW BEND OVER AND GRAB YOUR ANKLES....!!! "Clinton's campaign, aware of the inevitable attacks, planned a careful rollout of its health-care proposal,” the Washington Post writes. “Rather than giving a single speech on health care, she gave two addresses earlier this year on improving health-care quality and reducing costs. ...
If al-Qaeda, the Taliban and the rest of the Looney Tunes brigade want to kick America to death, they had better move in quickly and grab a piece of the action before Barack Obama finishes the job himself. Never in the history of the United States has a president worked so actively against the interests of his own people - not even Jimmy Carter
The hopes and prayers of the American people have finally been answered with the election of a new president: A fraud they can believe in.
Yes, and even as Barack Obama demonstrates he is a fraud, phony and hypocrite par excellence — who also happens to be in way over his head
Like the president, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi does not have to go through a background investigation in order to get a security clearance. This loophole in the law enables the president and members of Congress to automatically qualify for security clearances, even if they have controversial backgrounds and associations, by virtue of the fact that they get elected to high office in Washington, D.C. ../.
In light of the now almost daily bombardment of the US Constitution by the sitting US Commander in Chief, the question ‘is our Constitution still the law of the land?’ is increasingly being asked by We-the-People. The problem of Barack Hussein Obama seeming not to be a natural-born citizen is still an extremely salient issue—an issue that has led Obama to hire a team of lawyers to keep all information on his actual country of birth and all of his college records hidden. The latest estimate on the fees charged to do so is over $1Million.
Dozens of US cities may have entire neighborhoods bulldozed as part of drastic "shrink to survive" proposals being considered by the Obama administration to tackle economic decline.
Sen. Grassley had written Obama a letter
pointing to a law requiring that Congress be given the reasons an
inspector general is fired. The
requirement is designed to ensure that inspectors general are not
removed for political reasons.
America has expanded its corporate safety net in unprecedented ways, from commercial banks to investment banks, then to insurance, and now to cars, with no end in sight. In truth, this is not socialism, but an extension of long-standing corporate welfarism.
Since I drive a General Motors
product, I have more than a passing interest in Brian Deese. He's the 31-year-old kid who has been put in charge of dismantling GM.
Considering that the GM bailout cost you and me $450,000 per day, this is heady
territory.
The Supreme Court agreed with the Obama administration [request] and refused to review
Pentagon policy barring gays and lesbians from serving openly in the
military.
The court said it will not hear an
appeal from former Army Capt. James Pietrangelo II, who was dismissed
under the "don't ask, don't tell" policy.
Instead of hauling out the new drywall to cover up the existing studs, let’s seriously consider ripping down the entire structure, dynamiting the foundation and building a new system that rewards taking prudent risks, allocates capital where it is needed...
Of course, the SCOTUS decision is a moot point - nobody dares to stand in front of the Obama juggernaut at this point. However, this chain of events will inevitably set off a precedent of unintended consequences...
June 7 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama wants Congress
to consider taxing the wealthy instead of workers to pay for a
health-care overhaul, as House Democrats discuss a plan to
require health insurance for most Americans.
The Obama administration stepped up efforts to influence
health-care legislation today as advisers David Axelrod and
Austan Goolsbee appeared on televisi
Even state requires long-form document for some eligibility, identification issues. The Hawaiian certification of live birth Barack Obama posted on his campaign website and distributed to select news organizations as proof he was a "natural born citizen" would not be accepted as a "birth certificate" even for some Hawaiian state government eligibility issues,
President Barack Obama's pick for intelligence chief at the Homeland Security Department withdrew from consideration Friday amid questions about his role in the CIA's interrogations of suspected terrorists.
Philip
Mudd was scheduled to appear next week before senators considering his
nomination as undersecretary of intelligence and analysis. He notified
the White House on Friday that he was withdrawing his name because he
did not want to be a distraction.