U.S. President Barack Obama (R) and his daughter Malia (L) help volunteers and members of Congress stuff backpacks with books, food and photographs of the first dog Bo during a United We Serve event at Fort McNair June 25, 2009 in Washington, DC. Helping to fill 10,000 backpacks for children of military servicemen and women, the first family stuffed copies of "The Lightning Thief," by Rick Riordan, and "The Penderwicks," by Jeanne Birdsall into backpacks along with food items and a personal letter from the president and the first lady.
Nice to know he's having a good time.
"A suspected US missile attack killed 80 people.... hit a funeral procession"
You gotta admit, he looks and sounds a lot better than Bush even if it is the same agenda being advanced. It's a comforting thought, isn't it, America.
"Obama tells lawmakers immigration a priority" by Associated Press | June 26, 2009
WASHINGTON - Launching a fresh effort toward a sweeping US immigration overhaul, President Obama said yesterday that a bipartisan bill on the sensitive and volatile political issue will be difficult but must get underway this year.
The fact is, we have the NAU already; they just don't call it that.
“It’s going to require some heavy lifting,’’ Obama said as he gathered about 30 lawmakers from both parties and across the ideological spectrum on immigration at a White House meeting. “It’s going to require a victory of practicality and common sense and good policy making over short-term politics. That’s what I’m committed to doing as president.’’
I don't even want to comment anymore.
Watch: EndGame
Comprehensive immigration reform was a personal priority for Obama’s Republican predecessor, George W. Bush, who was so confident of its chances that he once told reporters, “I’ll see you at the bill signing.’’ But the bill collapsed in the Senate in 2007, mostly under the weight of criticism from conservatives who saw it as an amnesty bill that was publicly unpopular and politically untenable.
Nice change, huh?
Much of the debate centered on the roughly 12 million illegals already living in the United States. Lawmakers from both parties said after the meeting with Obama that this year is the last chance to try again for decades.
“We’ve got one more chance to do this,’’ said Senator Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican. “If we fail this time around, no politician is going to take this up in a generation.’’
That's that what they said two years ago.
They are ALWAYS BACK!
And it is ALL INTERCONNECTED, folks!
"President makes case for confronting climate change
WASHINGTON - President Obama pushed urgently yesterday for passage of legislation to confront global warming, billing it as a job-creating machine rather than the costly “job killer’’ Republicans denounced.
I'm tired of the LYING!
"Green Stimulus Money Costs More Jobs Than It Creates, Study Shows
Every “green job” created with government money in Spain over the last eight years came at the cost of 2.2 regular jobs, and only one in 10 of the newly created green jobs became a permanent job, says a new study released this month. The study draws parallels with the green jobs programs of the Obama administration. President Obama, in fact, has used Spain’s green initiative as a blueprint for how the United States should use federal funds to stimulate the economy. Obama's economic stimulus package,which Congress passed in February, allocates billions of dollars to the green jobs industry."
I have often noticed the disparity between the TENS of THOUSANDS of JOBS we are SHEDDING with the GREEN PROMISE of HUNDREDS!!!
Shut up, you slick sack of s***!
The president telephoned wavering Democrats on the eve of what could be a landmark vote in the US House of Representatives. Speaking in the Rose Garden at the White House, Obama said Washington must not miss the opportunity to work on cleaning the air, creating new “green’’ energy jobs, and moving the nation away from its reliance on fossil fuels such as oil, coal, and natural gas.
So wants to DESTROY the American economy, huh?
Calling it an OPPORTUNITY?
t bad things:
Rice: 9/11 an “enormous opportunity”
Rumsfeld: "Why Not another 911"We don't need those kinds of opportunities!
The White House appeared concerned that momentum for the bill was slipping, although White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said that when it came time for a House showdown, “I’d bet on the president.’’
So the PAPER LIED YESTERDAY, 'eh (see below)?
House Republicans for weeks have maintained a drumbeat against the legislation, calling it a massive energy tax on every American and a “job killer’’ because it will force higher prices on electricity, gasoline, and other energy sources as the economy shifts from cheaper fossil fuels.
Yup: Obama's SBD
Obama sought to counter that argument.
“This is going to be a close vote because of misinformation out there that there’s somehow a contradiction between clean energy and economic growth,’’ Obama said.
He's SUCH an AGENDA-PUSHING LIAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We can SMELL IT, 'bamer, and IT STINKS!!!
Rather than emphasizing any impact on global warming, he called the legislation “a jobs bill’’ that will lead to the creation of new industries and “finally make clean energy a profitable kind of energy.’’
Yeah, with a TAX!!!!
Related: Obama Caps Off the Betrayals
Yeah, he cares about the environment, sure.
STOP JETTING and LIMOING on OUR DIME and SHUT DOWN the WAR MACHINE, you HYPOCRITICAL, AGENDA-PUSHING FRAUD!
Oh, and now CATCHING the AGENDA-PUSHING NEWSPAPER in a LIE!
"Prospects improve for massive climate bill; Concessions help broaden support for measure" by H. Josef Hebert and Dina Cappiello, Associated Press | June 25, 2009
Need I even type it? The deceptions are unreal, aren't they?
WASHINGTON - Support among House Democrats appeared to be growing yesterday for a massive climate bill that for the first time would limit the pollution linked to global warming and redirect the nation toward greater use of clean energy....
Never mind the agenda-pushing fraud (as it pours rain this cool summer day in June here); what is with the FLIP-FLOPPING DECEPTION from ONE DAY to the NEXT?
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat of California, has vowed to take up the bill, which would set limits on greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels, before lawmakers adjourn at week’s end for their July 4 holiday recess.
So YOU GONNA take the TRAIN HOME or FLY, beeach?
A vote was tentatively scheduled for tomorrow.
I guess support slipped, huh?
Most Republicans are expected to oppose the legislation, prompting an intense effort by Pelosi and the bill’s leading sponsors to draw in reluctant Democrats with a string of concessions - mostly aimed at defusing GOP claims that the legislation amounts to a massive energy tax on average Americans and will cut US jobs.
“Both of those bubbles have been bursted,’’ Democratic Representative Michael Doyle of Pennsylvania told reporters yesterday. He said lawmakers are becoming convinced the bill will create “green’’ energy jobs and mitigate the economic impact for energy-intensive industries such as those in his state. “We have been taking people out of the `no’ column, into the `undecided’ column, into the `yes’ column,’’ said Doyle. “The momentum is coming to yes.’’
But some Democrats, especially freshman lawmakers who took seats away from Republican incumbents, were reportedly remaining on the fence....
Thus no triumphant declaration in the paper today; just Obama's pleading.
How much you wanna bet NO ONE HAS READ the LOBBYIST-WRITTEN bill?
While it would cap climate-changing pollution, the bill also would allow polluters to buy and sell emission allowances within the economy as a way to ease the cost of compliance. A cosponsor of the bill, Representative Edward Markey of Massachusetts. said the White House “is making it very clear they want this legislation.’’
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