It has now been 21 days since I tracked what was going on in the world. Here is what has happened--some you know, some you may have missed, and others have been covered up:
5/14: Massive exodus of Christians from Iraq. In 1987 there were 1.4 million Christians in Iraq who made up most of the middle class-doctors, engineers, civil servants. Today, estimates place them at less than 400,000, or more than 1 million have left due to violence against them which began after Saddam was toppled. In erecting a new government to "stabilize" the country, no mention was made as to the role of the Christians, and none has been made.
5/14: Sony reports $1 billion loss in 2008. First loss in 14 years and they predict bigger losses this year.
5/14: Jordan's King Abdullah II says that Israel must accept a Palestinian state. No mention of the Palestinians having to accept Israel's right to exist.
5/14: U.S. navy detains 17 pirates after attack on Egyptian ship.
5/14: American couple on trial in Egypt for trying to adopt 2 orphans. Islamic law forbids the adoption of children.
5/14: Notre Dames students plan peaceful demonstration at commencement on 5/17 in which Obama is speaking.
5/14: Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools to layoff 400 teachers due to budget cuts from the city council. Will replace some with "recruits".
5/14: Chrysler to close 789 dealerships affecting 40,000 jobs directly.
5/14: Pelosi says Bush Administration & CIA lied to her. Says she was "informed, but not briefed."
5/14: CIA will not release documents related to interrogations showing what information was gained.
5/14: Adjusted first time jobless claims for last week rose to 637,000 (above the projected 610,000)
5/14: Wholesale prices rose 0.3% in April (0.1% was expected). Biggest jump in food costs in over a year.
5/14: Swine Flu in 47 states.
5/14: Iran frees U.S. prisoner.
5/14: Obama picks Dr. Thomas Frieden as director of CDC--does not need Senate confirmation.
5/14: GM to close 1100 dealerships.
5/14: Abercrombie & Fitch lost $26.8 million in 1st quarter
5/14: Panasonic reports $4 billion loss in 2008
5/14: Democratic proposal would require all to carry health insurance. The government would help pay premiums for families making less than $88,000.
5/14****** Obama, in New Mexico for fundraiser, called the deficit spending "unsustainable" and warned of high interest rates. "We can't keep on borrowing from China. We have to pay interest on that debt, and that means we are mortgaging our children's future with more and more debt." This is exactly what the TEA parties were saying and were derided by the press and the White House*********
5/15: U.S. military expects 50% spike in roadside & suicide bombings in Afghanistan.
5/15: Egypt wants Obama to speak from 1000 year old Al-Azhar mosque to convey his respect for Islam. The mosque is an influential institution for Sunni Islam.
5/15: Gallup poll: 51% now call themselves pro-life. First time in 15 years that pro-life is majority (poll has only been taken for 15 years***)
5/15: FBI investigating possible insider trading by 2 SEC enforcement attorneys
5/15: CIA Director Leon Panetta defended agency against Pelosi remarks saying "The political debate over interrogations reached a new decibel level yesterday."
5/15: Gitmo prisoner Lakhdar Boumediene was released & headed to France. He was arrested in Bosnia in 2001 & was suspected in bomb plot against U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo
5/15: Daiquiri mix, gourmet nuts, and newsprint are being sold to Cuba from U.S. under "humanitarian aid" which brings in $700 million/year
5/15: Stimulus Social Security checks for $250 go to dead people. Some were never given Social Security numbers***
5/15: Obama wants $17 billion cut from the budget, but then adds in $81 billion more.
5/15**** Biden discloses location of Vice-Presidential bunker where Cheney was taken during 9-11. Note: Biden is VP and might need that bunker if another terrorist attack occurs******
5/16 Fiji's military government warns Methodist Church not to call for a return to Democracy. The Methodist Church has about 200,000 members which is about 1/4 of the population.
5/16: 4 Americans killed in Tijuana Mexico--probably related to the drug trade
5/16: Utah Governor Jon Huntsman appointed ambassador to China. He speaks Chinese, is a Republican, and was expected to challenge Obama in 2012.
5/16: Michelle Obama speaks at UC Merced urging students to give back to the community
5/17: Taliban fighters are in Karachi, a southern port city in Pakistan and hundreds of miles away from their strongholds. This is the main port for U.S. and NATO supplies for their forces in Afghanistan
5/17: Swine Flu in Malyasia, India, & Turkey. Now in 39 countries.
5/17: Obama speaks at Notre Dame. No word from Vatican.
5/18: Iran supreme leader Khamenei tells Iranians to vote for pro-western candidates in June
5/18: Pakistan denies U.S. claims it is expanding nuclear arsenal
5/18: Obama meets with Netanyahu
5/18: Hamas leaders want to be part of Mideast solution saying they are "open to real peace"
5/18: Blagojevich and Rahm Emmanuel at heart of FBI investigation
5/18: Biden speaks at Wake Forest University warning them against inaction
5/18: Maureen Dowd caught plagiarizing
5/18: It is revealed that the New York Times banned a story during the 2008 campaign that linked Obgama to ACORN
5/19: China to release new auto emissions
5/19: Commerce Dept says construction of new homes & apartments fell 12.8% in April the lowest pace in history going back 50 years.
5/19: New building permits dropped 3/3% to a new record low in April
5/19: Goldman Sachs & Morgan Stanley apply to repay TARP money
5/19: UN names Bill Clinton special envoy to Haiti
5/19: Warren Buffett, Obama & ex-Soviet Nursultan Nazarbayev announce plans for a nuclear bank.
5/19: Senate passes credit card bill which allows credit card companies to start interest immediately and raises fees
5/19: Pentagon reports large numbers of Iranian weapons still being found in Iraq. Also sees evidence of training by Iran of Iraqi terrorist groups
5/19: Senate Dems will fund closing of Gitmo until further plans for detainees are released by Obama
5/20: Iran to test fire a new missile with a range of 1200 miles--can reach Israel.
5/20: Japan economy shrinks 15.2% in 1st quarter--a new record.
5/20: California voters defeat budget measures-face $21.3 billion deficit
5/20: Tall Brothers home builders revenue dropped by 51% in second quarter
5/20: Derre & Co. profits fell 38% in quarter 2
5/20: BJ's Wholesale quarter 1 profits increase 42%
5/20: Swine Flu deaths up to 10 in the U.S.
5/21: Obama gives speech on National Security & Gitmo. He still accuses the Bush Administration of creating all the problems.
5/21: Cheney gives speech on Gitmo defending its use
5/21: 4 arrested in bomb plot in New York City to bomb Jewish synagogues. All 4 are Muslim converts. Obama makes no mention of the success of the law enforcement agencies to stop it.
5/21: A detainee from Gitmo is to go on trial in NYC
5/21: Unemployment set 16 straight week record with 6.7 million receiving benefits
5/21: Barnes & Noble reports $2.7 million loss in quarter 1
5/21: House Dems defeat plan for a probe into Pelosi's CIA claims
5/22: *****Florida's Bank United fails, costing the FDIC $4.9 billion. This is the 34th bank to fail this year*******
5/22: Obama signs credit card bill into law
5/22: British Airways posts a record full year loss of $595 million
5/22: GMAC received $7.5 billion from treasury for GM & Chrysler loans
5/22: Biden goes to Lebanon for elections to support government. Hezbollah says it interferes with the election.
5/22: Senate passes $91.3 billion bill to pay for Iraq and Afghanistan wars
5/22: 48 Gitmo detainees are cleared for release to other countries, but no country willing to take any of them.
5/23: Obama urges Americans to pay tribute to veterans. (Note: the conservatives always pay tribute to vets, the urging is for the leftists to do so as well)
5/25: North Korea conducts an underground nuclear test equal to bombs of Hiroshima & Nagasaki. They also test missiles that can reach Guam.
5/25: Iran says full speed ahead with its nuclear program and that all talks about it are off the table
5/25: Israel's foreign minister's ultranationalist party calls for legislation requiring citizens to swear an oath to Israel--including Arabs.
5/25: 11 U.S. deaths from Swine Flu
5/25: On North Korea, Obama says " we will continue working with our allies and partners."
5/25: Explosion occurs near Starbucks in Manhattan
5/25: Memorial Day--Obama sends a wreath to Confederate memorial, but does not place it himself
5/26: North Korea fires 2 more missiles. May have fired as many as 5 in last 24 hours.
5/26: California Supreme Court upholds law on ban on gay marriage, but keeps those marriages that already occurred as legal.
5/25: UAW to get 20% of GM shares, a seat on the Board of Directors, $6.5 billion of preferred shares, and $2.5 billion trust fund
5/26: Quarter 1 home prices fall 19.1%
5/26: Hispanic judge Sonia Sotomayor named by Obama as Supreme Court nominee. Has said that a Hispanic woman can reach better decisions than white males.
5/26: White House looks to Russia and China to lead on North Korea
5/26: Pentagon reports 5% of Gitmo detainees that were released have participated in terrorist activities, and another 9% have joined or rejoined the fight against the U.S. and its allies
5/26: Congress moves to block the court order for releasing photos from interrogations.
5/26: Obama says in C-SPAN interview that "we are out of money."
5/26: North Korea restarts nuclear facility
5/26: North Korea threatens war against South Korea
5/27: GM says bond swap offer fails--is headed to bankruptcy
5/27: Staples profit falls 33% in quarter 1
5/27: North Korea says it is not bound by treaty ending the Korean War
5/28: 7.1 earthquake in Honduras
5/28: Bombing of mosque in Iran kills 15
5/28: Obama calls for halt of new settlements in West Bank by Israel
5/28: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meets with Obama
5/28: 12% of homeowners either behind on payments or in foreclosure
5/28: DELL 1st quarter profits down 63%
5/28: Obama to create "Cyber Czar"
5/28: Obama says health care reform must occur this year or never
5/29: North Korea fires another missile--is 6th this week
5/29: Thousands protest in South Korea over suicide of former President Roh Moo-hyun
5/29: U.S. & Iraq uneasy over Iraq taking security of cities
5/29: U.S. official in France ahead of Obama trip has Swine Flu
5/29: Economy shrinks 5.7% in 1st quarter
5/29: Tiffany's 1st quarter profits down 62%
5/29: RH Donnelly files for Chapter 11
5/29: Robert Gibbs tells Republicans to be careful with this confirmation of Sotomayor. Also says that she did not mean what she said about Latino women make better decisions than white males even though he admitted no one has talked with her about it.
5/30: Gates calls for tougher sanctions on North Korea
5/30: North Korea appears to be prepping another long range missile
5/30: Australian cruise ship has 3 crew members with Swine Flu
5/30: Obama & wife fly to NYC with entourage and press corps in 3 planes to have dinner and take in Broadway show for their "date night" and then fly back to DC
5/31: Abortion clinic doctor killed
6/1: Private shot and killed at military recruitment center by Muslim extremist in Little Rock, Arkansas.
6/1: GM in Chapter 11. Obama says to those involved on what they need to know about the situation, "more jobs will be lost, more plants will close, more dealerships will be closed, but the sacrifice you are making is for our kids and my kids."
6/1: Air France plane disappears off the coast of Brazil with 228 on board.
6/1: Taliban ambush convoy in Pakistan and taken dozens hostage
6/1: Mecklenburg County confirms 1st Swine Flu case
6/1: DOW Jones drops GM & Citigroup and adds Travelers & Cisco
6/1: GM to close or idle 12 more plants
6/1: Obama pledges up to $30 billion more to help GM emerge from bankruptcy
6/1: Roland Burris is ostracized by Congressional club members and Dems will not support him if he runs again next year
6/1: White House declines to say how much NYC "date" cost
6/1: Obama gives Congress until August for new health care system that will cost $2 trillion
6/1: Geithner reassures China that U.S. is serious about cutting the deficit
6/1: North Korea's Kim names youngest son as successor
6/2: *****Obama send letter condeming murder of abortion doctor by right wing extremist, but says nothing about Pvt William Long or Johanna Justin-Jinich, the Jewish Wesleyan student killed for being Jewish on May 6.*****************
6/2: Obama says Iran may have some right to nuclear energy. Note: This while trying to eliminate all nuclear energy in the U.S.
6/2: Duke Energy asks for 12.5% rate hike
6/2: GM to sell Hummer line to Chinese maker
6/2: Charlotte city council votes along party lines (with Dems in the majority) to allow $8 million in budget for engineering study for trolley. Note: see 5/14 where CMS lays off nearly 400 teachers due to decreased funding by city council**********
6/2: Ford's May sales fall 24%
6/2: Pakistani court orders Hafiz Mohammed Saeed released. He organized Mumbai, India attacks.
6/2: U.S. deaths in Afghanistan rises to 65 so far this year-up from 36 a year ago
6/2: FBI releases data showing New Orleans is nation's murder capital
6/2: Chrysler sales drop 47% in May
6/2: U.S embassies to invite Iranian diplomats to July 4th parties
6/3: Bin Laden threatens Americans blaming Obama for hatred by ordering Pakistan to crack down on Taliban
6/3: Obama leaves for Saudi Arabia to meet with king to beg him to bring down oil prices (January 2008, Hillary Clinton blasts Bush for doing the same).
6/3: National Nuclear Security Administration publishes on the internet a list of government and civilian nuclear facilities and their activities in the U.S.*********************
6/3: Obama is open to taxing health benefits
6/4: New book by Newsweek contributor says Obama called Bill Clinton a "bald-faced liar" and a "loose cannon" during the campaign
6/4: Obama gives speech in Cairo supporting Islam and quoting verses from what he said as "the Holy Qur'an"--he has talked many times about the Bible but I have never heard him call it "the Holy Bible"****
6/4: In speech, Obama cites the Palestinian struggle as akin to slavery in the U.S.
6/4: Obama reiterates his Muslim beginnings and Muslim family
6/4: Obama says in speech, "So let me be clear: no system of government can or should be imposed upon one nation by another." Note: Obama is imposing his system of non-expansion in the West Bank on Israel******
6/4: Obama flies to Germany after speech in Cairo, becoming the first President to visit the region and not stop in Israel***************
6/4: Obama receives praise from Arab nations and terrorist groups such as Hamas for his speech in Cairo
6/4: In Cairo, Hillary wears a head scarf.
6/4: 2 U.S. journalists are put on trial in North Korea accused of entering the country illegally and spying
6/4: Jobless first time claims drop for first time in 20 weeks to 621,000. 6.7 million are receiving unemployment benefits
6/4: Oil rises to $68.814/barrel--at highest peak for 2009
6/4: South Carolina Supreme Court orders Governor Mark Sanford to accept U.S. stimulus money
Due to the incredible amount information that is being released each day, I will try an update this weekly.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Obama is Muslim
Obama is Muslim. There. I've said it. It's out. Let me back it up. Today Obama is flying into Saudi Arabia--a Muslim country, then to Egypt. Then home. No visit to Israel. No. He met with an Israeli official yesterday and reiterated his demands to stop building in the West Bank. This is what the Palestinians, who are Muslim, want. The last time he met the Saudi king, he bowed. A show of respect to someone above you. He considers the Saudi king above himself as U.S. President. He also released a statement that if you took into account all the American Muslims, the U.S. would be one of the largest Muslim nations in the world. Remember a few weeks ago he said that the U.S. is not a Christian nation? Now he is saying we are a Muslim nation, and he is head of that Muslim nation. He is battling and withdrawing support of Israel. In the U.S. you cannot bring up his Muslim heritage or use his middle name "Hussein". Yet when he went to Turkey, he was introduced as Barack Hussein Obama and then proceeded to identify himself as a Muslim by talking about growing up with a Muslim father, living in Muslim countries, and that he has many relatives that are Muslim.
He is reaching out to Iran in spite of its threats against Israel and increased pursuit of nuclear power. He even said this week that Iran may have some right to nuclear power and the U.S. embassies across the world are inviting Iranian diplomats to July 4th ceremonies!
Need more proof? How about the recent slaying of the abortion doctor. He released a statement condemning the killing and the person & groups who share the views of the killer. A few weeks ago, a young Harvard coed was murdered for being Jewish and the killer threatened violence against all Jews and synagogues. Any word from Obama on that? No. And she went to his school! How about the shooting last week at a military recruiting center in which a soldier was killed. The killer is a converted Muslim who had other targets on his computer and may be part of a group. Any word from Obama condemning this ? No! So, he condemns those who view abortion as morally wrong, but not the killing of Jews or killings by Muslims!!!
He may not practice it outwardly, but inwardly he is. The only religion he has stood up for since becoming President is Islam. He did not observe the National Day of prayer. He condemns those who are firm in Christian beliefs and he does not support or stand with Israel. He is Muslim--no ifs, ands, or buts.
Addendum: On 4 June 2009, Obama addressed Muslims from Cairo quoting scriptures from what he called "The Holy Qur'an"
He is reaching out to Iran in spite of its threats against Israel and increased pursuit of nuclear power. He even said this week that Iran may have some right to nuclear power and the U.S. embassies across the world are inviting Iranian diplomats to July 4th ceremonies!
Need more proof? How about the recent slaying of the abortion doctor. He released a statement condemning the killing and the person & groups who share the views of the killer. A few weeks ago, a young Harvard coed was murdered for being Jewish and the killer threatened violence against all Jews and synagogues. Any word from Obama on that? No. And she went to his school! How about the shooting last week at a military recruiting center in which a soldier was killed. The killer is a converted Muslim who had other targets on his computer and may be part of a group. Any word from Obama condemning this ? No! So, he condemns those who view abortion as morally wrong, but not the killing of Jews or killings by Muslims!!!
He may not practice it outwardly, but inwardly he is. The only religion he has stood up for since becoming President is Islam. He did not observe the National Day of prayer. He condemns those who are firm in Christian beliefs and he does not support or stand with Israel. He is Muslim--no ifs, ands, or buts.
Addendum: On 4 June 2009, Obama addressed Muslims from Cairo quoting scriptures from what he called "The Holy Qur'an"
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
The Next 14 Days
Has only been 14 days since the world celebrated President Obama's 100th day in office? It feels more like 14 years. Here is a list of some of what has occurred in the last 14 days (you can't make this stuff up):
4/30/2009: Chrysler files for bankruptcy and is forced to accept any deal with Fiat. Fiat also decides to buy out GM's Europe plants.
4/30-Supreme Court Justice David Souter announces he will retire from the Supreme Court in June. Obama states that his successor must have "empathy" for the people coming before them.
On a side note, noted Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes once said when he was told to go perform justice, "I am not here to hand out justice, but to apply the letter of the law."
5/1: Obama says the Gitmo detainees may be tried by a military tribunal, contrary to what he said in the campaign where he condemned the tribunals.
5/1: Fears of Swine Flu (h1N1) rise and Biden says that he would not allow his family to fly or take any other forms of public transportation such as subways.
5/1: Michelle Obama wears $540 French sneakers to a Food Bank to volunteer for a photo op.
5/4:Obama lays out his new tax system for businesses that includes 800 new federal tax agents and that he wants Congress to approve a bill that would force Americans to prove they are innocent of tax violations and not the government prove they did.
5/3: White House says that the stock market will no longer have the importance it has had in the past.
5/4: 100s of schools close across the nation due to H1N1. 32 states have confirmed cases.
5/4: John Edwards is under Federal investigation for payola to mistress
5/4: Wells Fargo stress test as well as KeyCorp, BofA, Citigroup, and others need more capital and must raise it within 30 days. Will convert government preferred stock to common stock which will give the government a vote.
5:4: Lawyer for Perella Weinberg, a financial backer of Chrysler, says that car czar Steven Rattner bullied his clients into accepting the government deal on stock. Said his clients were threatened with the press corps. The press corps are now an arm of the White House?!?!
5/4: ACORN people charged in Nevada with pay for vote fraud called "blackjack"
5/4: 36 states have confirmed Swine Flu
5/1: Harry Reid says in his new book that after making a speech during the campaign, that Reid told Obama how good the speech was. Obama says, "I have the gift."
5/4: Terminology for "Global Warming" will be changed to encourage more outrage from people over what environmentalists deem as the most important issue. In a poll, global warming finished 20 out of 20 of important issues.
5/5: Wells Fargo to lay off 350 workers
5/5: White House will not release pics from photo-op flyover that scared many in Manhattan
5/5: Obama meets with Israel President Shimon Peres ahead of his meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Peres is more open to the "2 state" idea of Israel and Palestine than Netanyahu who wants more of a "triple track" system using political, economic, and security issues to resolve the Palestinian conflict
5/5: Somali pirates seize German ship
5/5: U.S. outreach to Iran angers Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and other oil producing nations as well as Israel because they view Iran as a destabilizing force in the region. Arab moderate governments are working to build an alliance with Israel to counter Iranian influence.
5/5: Justice Department investigators say that no one who approved the enhanced interrogation techniques should be prosecuted.
5/5: John Murtha (D-Pa) under investigation for funneling $4 million defense contracts to his nephew without competing bids. Murtha is the chair of House Appropriation Defense Subcommittee. Murtha was also involved in ABSCAM and was determined by a watch group to be 1 of the 20 most corrupt people in Congress.
5/7: bank stress tests are released showing that only some of the banks need more money.
5/7: National Day of Prayer which was designated by Congress in 1952 and signed by President Harry Truman (democrat) was not observed by President Obama or the White House for the first time.
5/1: Obama interrupts a press conference and all media rise and come to attention. When George W. Bush did the same, only 2 press member rose during his first one and none in successive appearances
5/6: Obama says after talking with Afghanistan and Pakistan, " But let me be clear-the United States has made a lasting commitment to defeat Al Qaeda but also to support the democratically elected sovereign governments of both Afghanistan and Pakistan."
Define "but": 1-on the contrary 2-except 3-unless
Is he saying that if Al Qaeda were elected he would support them?
5/6: Colin Powell attacks Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin and the Republican party of which he says he still is a Republican.
5/6: U.S. government to condemn land in Pennsylvania for 9-11 memorial because they cannot reach an agreement with the landholders.
5/6: White House says it will release 1 picture from photo-op in Manhattan
May: Congressmen-Dems & Repubs-are not willing to fund the closure of Gitmo without further information on the plans for the detainees
5/7: H1N1 in 41 states
5/5: Mexico cancels Cinco de Mayo due to Swine Flu
5/4: Obama celebrates Cinco de Mayo early with Mexican Ambassador calling it "Cinco de Cuatro" instead of "Cuatro de Mayo"
5/7: Norman Hsu pleads guilty to Ponzi scheme bilking $20 million from people. He is a former Democratic fundraiser who raised $1.2 million for Hillary. He still faces charges of violating federal campaign finance laws.
5/7: Jobless benefits reported for 6.35 million people
5/7: dems give Arlen Specter chair of Judiciary subcommittee
5/7: Robert Groves who is picked to head the U.S. Census says he will run it fairly or resign.
5/7: Defense Secretary Robert Gates says that the Taliban is not strong enough to get nuclear weapons in Pakistan
5/7: Obama budget plans to rescind tax breaks to oil and gas industry. It also shuts down a proposed nuclear waste dump in Yucca Mountain, NV, but allocates more money than would have been spent on the project to develop a waste dump elsewhere. Obama cuts $17 billion from the original budget but adds more than $17 billion to the new.
5/7: GM reports $6 billion first quarter loss
5/7: Severstall (a steel company) announces it will layoff 3100 workers by idling plants in WVa and Ohio
May: a report released said that of the $300 billion set aside in the original stimulus package for troubled home owners has allowed 1 person to complete the requirements and 51 are in the process.
5/7: Obama envoy urges N.Korea to open talks with the U.S.
5/8: Toyota reports $7.7 billion loss in first quarter
5/1: House subcommittee on Energy and Commerce hold hearings on the way the NCAA names a Division I champion.
5/8: A student at Longwood College in VA bought a used computer off of Ebay that contained all U.S. missile defense plans and locations.
5/8: Unemployment at 8.9%
5/8: White House aid Louis Caldera resigned over Air Force One flyover photo-op
5/8: Pope Benedict XVI in Jordan expresses "deep respect for Islam"
5/8: Obama envoy warned N.Korea of "consequences" if it performs atomic testing
5/8: Rhode Island may be lone state in New England that does not allow gay marriage due to heavy Catholic population
5/8: Veteran Administration confirms 5 tested positive for AIDs and 33 with hepatitis after 3 facilities were found not to be cleaning instruments--Murfreesboro, TN; Augusta, GA; Miami, Fl. 11,000 to still be tested.
-Aside: the VA hospitals are socialized medicine in the U.S. Is this what we want for ourselves?
5/8: it is reported that U.S. fighting in Afghanistan between 4-5 May may have killed hundreds of civilians. U.S. blames Taliban for using human shields
5/9: Japan and Australia confirm Swine Flu
5/9: Obama at media party pokes fun at Cheney saying he is working on his book "How to shoot friends and torture enemies. Wanda Sykes at the dinner also blasts Rush, Sarah Palin, and Sean Hannity even calling Rush one the 9-11 terrorists and hoping that his kidneys fail, of which Obama & Michelle are seen laughing.
5/9: a NY Times interview with Hamas leader Khaled Meshal reveals that he will not accept Israel and wants only a 10 year peace plan with Israel.
5/11: Christian Children's Fund which has been around since 1935 will no longer use "Christian" in their name
5/10: Pope calls for Palestinian homeland
5/11: FAA stops flyover over the Hudson River for training purposes
5/11: U.S. soldier in Iraq shoots and kills 5 U.S. soldiers at Camp Liberty
5/11: Obama announces replacement of general overseeing operations in Afghanistan
5/11: top official of MADD withdraws from being appointed to head National Highway Traffic Safety Administration after it is revealed he has accepted money from the automobile companies
May: Obama and Biden go out for photo-op at Ray's Hell-Burger in Arlington where hamburgers can cost up to $17.50 and Obama asks for Grey Poupon
5/11: Muslim cleric took microphone from Pope in Jerusalem and railed against Israel because he was representing Islam and was not supposed to speak but felt he had to
5/12: Lebanese-born Swede, a Muslim convert, was convicted in NY of plotting to help Al-Qaeda by setting up a terror camp in Oregon
5/12: 5 Miami men are convicted in a plot to attack the Sears Tower in Chicago and bombing FBI offices. In a video used at their trial, they are all seen pledging an oath to Al-Qaeda
5/12: Obama seeks new "innovations" to fight the war in Afghanistan after realizing sending more troops, more money, and a new strategy are not working.
5/11: Leonardo DiCaprio & Kate Winslett come to the financial aid of Melvina Dean , the last survivor of the Titanic sinking, who cannot afford the nursing home in which she is living and for which she had to sell off personal items from the Titanic to try to stay. This in UK where socialized medicine is the law.
5/13: Jordan king says it is up to Obama to get Israel to agree to a peace plan in the next 6 months or he will considered just another failure to the Muslim world.
5/11: Swine Flu now in 44 states with 3 deaths in the U.S.
5/13: Swine Flu is confirmed in 6000 people worldwide with 33 countries now infected
5/13: The Senate release info that about 1/4 of the votes submitted by U.S. troops during the 2008 election were not counted. Amounts to more than 100,000 "lost votes"
5/13: Obama announces he will not release the photos from the enhanced interrogations after saying in April that he would. He says he will ask the courts to rule against releasing them.
5/13: Swine Flu is confirmed in crewman on Alaskan cruise ship
5/13: The White House says it will now regulate CEO pay and bonuses of banks that did not take any TARP money.
5/13: NC passes law to ban smoking from all bars and eateries in the state
5/13: Commerce Department released figures in which retail sales unexpectedly fell in April marking 2 months in a row that sales fell
5/13: RealtyTrac, Inc. released figures showing troubling rise of home foreclosures in April, the second straight month in which more than 340,000 homes received foreclosure notices.
5/13: Macy reports quarterly loss of $88 million
5/13: Liz Claiborne reports quarterly loss of $91.4 million
What next?
4/30/2009: Chrysler files for bankruptcy and is forced to accept any deal with Fiat. Fiat also decides to buy out GM's Europe plants.
4/30-Supreme Court Justice David Souter announces he will retire from the Supreme Court in June. Obama states that his successor must have "empathy" for the people coming before them.
On a side note, noted Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes once said when he was told to go perform justice, "I am not here to hand out justice, but to apply the letter of the law."
5/1: Obama says the Gitmo detainees may be tried by a military tribunal, contrary to what he said in the campaign where he condemned the tribunals.
5/1: Fears of Swine Flu (h1N1) rise and Biden says that he would not allow his family to fly or take any other forms of public transportation such as subways.
5/1: Michelle Obama wears $540 French sneakers to a Food Bank to volunteer for a photo op.
5/4:Obama lays out his new tax system for businesses that includes 800 new federal tax agents and that he wants Congress to approve a bill that would force Americans to prove they are innocent of tax violations and not the government prove they did.
5/3: White House says that the stock market will no longer have the importance it has had in the past.
5/4: 100s of schools close across the nation due to H1N1. 32 states have confirmed cases.
5/4: John Edwards is under Federal investigation for payola to mistress
5/4: Wells Fargo stress test as well as KeyCorp, BofA, Citigroup, and others need more capital and must raise it within 30 days. Will convert government preferred stock to common stock which will give the government a vote.
5:4: Lawyer for Perella Weinberg, a financial backer of Chrysler, says that car czar Steven Rattner bullied his clients into accepting the government deal on stock. Said his clients were threatened with the press corps. The press corps are now an arm of the White House?!?!
5/4: ACORN people charged in Nevada with pay for vote fraud called "blackjack"
5/4: 36 states have confirmed Swine Flu
5/1: Harry Reid says in his new book that after making a speech during the campaign, that Reid told Obama how good the speech was. Obama says, "I have the gift."
5/4: Terminology for "Global Warming" will be changed to encourage more outrage from people over what environmentalists deem as the most important issue. In a poll, global warming finished 20 out of 20 of important issues.
5/5: Wells Fargo to lay off 350 workers
5/5: White House will not release pics from photo-op flyover that scared many in Manhattan
5/5: Obama meets with Israel President Shimon Peres ahead of his meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Peres is more open to the "2 state" idea of Israel and Palestine than Netanyahu who wants more of a "triple track" system using political, economic, and security issues to resolve the Palestinian conflict
5/5: Somali pirates seize German ship
5/5: U.S. outreach to Iran angers Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and other oil producing nations as well as Israel because they view Iran as a destabilizing force in the region. Arab moderate governments are working to build an alliance with Israel to counter Iranian influence.
5/5: Justice Department investigators say that no one who approved the enhanced interrogation techniques should be prosecuted.
5/5: John Murtha (D-Pa) under investigation for funneling $4 million defense contracts to his nephew without competing bids. Murtha is the chair of House Appropriation Defense Subcommittee. Murtha was also involved in ABSCAM and was determined by a watch group to be 1 of the 20 most corrupt people in Congress.
5/7: bank stress tests are released showing that only some of the banks need more money.
5/7: National Day of Prayer which was designated by Congress in 1952 and signed by President Harry Truman (democrat) was not observed by President Obama or the White House for the first time.
5/1: Obama interrupts a press conference and all media rise and come to attention. When George W. Bush did the same, only 2 press member rose during his first one and none in successive appearances
5/6: Obama says after talking with Afghanistan and Pakistan, " But let me be clear-the United States has made a lasting commitment to defeat Al Qaeda but also to support the democratically elected sovereign governments of both Afghanistan and Pakistan."
Define "but": 1-on the contrary 2-except 3-unless
Is he saying that if Al Qaeda were elected he would support them?
5/6: Colin Powell attacks Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin and the Republican party of which he says he still is a Republican.
5/6: U.S. government to condemn land in Pennsylvania for 9-11 memorial because they cannot reach an agreement with the landholders.
5/6: White House says it will release 1 picture from photo-op in Manhattan
May: Congressmen-Dems & Repubs-are not willing to fund the closure of Gitmo without further information on the plans for the detainees
5/7: H1N1 in 41 states
5/5: Mexico cancels Cinco de Mayo due to Swine Flu
5/4: Obama celebrates Cinco de Mayo early with Mexican Ambassador calling it "Cinco de Cuatro" instead of "Cuatro de Mayo"
5/7: Norman Hsu pleads guilty to Ponzi scheme bilking $20 million from people. He is a former Democratic fundraiser who raised $1.2 million for Hillary. He still faces charges of violating federal campaign finance laws.
5/7: Jobless benefits reported for 6.35 million people
5/7: dems give Arlen Specter chair of Judiciary subcommittee
5/7: Robert Groves who is picked to head the U.S. Census says he will run it fairly or resign.
5/7: Defense Secretary Robert Gates says that the Taliban is not strong enough to get nuclear weapons in Pakistan
5/7: Obama budget plans to rescind tax breaks to oil and gas industry. It also shuts down a proposed nuclear waste dump in Yucca Mountain, NV, but allocates more money than would have been spent on the project to develop a waste dump elsewhere. Obama cuts $17 billion from the original budget but adds more than $17 billion to the new.
5/7: GM reports $6 billion first quarter loss
5/7: Severstall (a steel company) announces it will layoff 3100 workers by idling plants in WVa and Ohio
May: a report released said that of the $300 billion set aside in the original stimulus package for troubled home owners has allowed 1 person to complete the requirements and 51 are in the process.
5/7: Obama envoy urges N.Korea to open talks with the U.S.
5/8: Toyota reports $7.7 billion loss in first quarter
5/1: House subcommittee on Energy and Commerce hold hearings on the way the NCAA names a Division I champion.
5/8: A student at Longwood College in VA bought a used computer off of Ebay that contained all U.S. missile defense plans and locations.
5/8: Unemployment at 8.9%
5/8: White House aid Louis Caldera resigned over Air Force One flyover photo-op
5/8: Pope Benedict XVI in Jordan expresses "deep respect for Islam"
5/8: Obama envoy warned N.Korea of "consequences" if it performs atomic testing
5/8: Rhode Island may be lone state in New England that does not allow gay marriage due to heavy Catholic population
5/8: Veteran Administration confirms 5 tested positive for AIDs and 33 with hepatitis after 3 facilities were found not to be cleaning instruments--Murfreesboro, TN; Augusta, GA; Miami, Fl. 11,000 to still be tested.
-Aside: the VA hospitals are socialized medicine in the U.S. Is this what we want for ourselves?
5/8: it is reported that U.S. fighting in Afghanistan between 4-5 May may have killed hundreds of civilians. U.S. blames Taliban for using human shields
5/9: Japan and Australia confirm Swine Flu
5/9: Obama at media party pokes fun at Cheney saying he is working on his book "How to shoot friends and torture enemies. Wanda Sykes at the dinner also blasts Rush, Sarah Palin, and Sean Hannity even calling Rush one the 9-11 terrorists and hoping that his kidneys fail, of which Obama & Michelle are seen laughing.
5/9: a NY Times interview with Hamas leader Khaled Meshal reveals that he will not accept Israel and wants only a 10 year peace plan with Israel.
5/11: Christian Children's Fund which has been around since 1935 will no longer use "Christian" in their name
5/10: Pope calls for Palestinian homeland
5/11: FAA stops flyover over the Hudson River for training purposes
5/11: U.S. soldier in Iraq shoots and kills 5 U.S. soldiers at Camp Liberty
5/11: Obama announces replacement of general overseeing operations in Afghanistan
5/11: top official of MADD withdraws from being appointed to head National Highway Traffic Safety Administration after it is revealed he has accepted money from the automobile companies
May: Obama and Biden go out for photo-op at Ray's Hell-Burger in Arlington where hamburgers can cost up to $17.50 and Obama asks for Grey Poupon
5/11: Muslim cleric took microphone from Pope in Jerusalem and railed against Israel because he was representing Islam and was not supposed to speak but felt he had to
5/12: Lebanese-born Swede, a Muslim convert, was convicted in NY of plotting to help Al-Qaeda by setting up a terror camp in Oregon
5/12: 5 Miami men are convicted in a plot to attack the Sears Tower in Chicago and bombing FBI offices. In a video used at their trial, they are all seen pledging an oath to Al-Qaeda
5/12: Obama seeks new "innovations" to fight the war in Afghanistan after realizing sending more troops, more money, and a new strategy are not working.
5/11: Leonardo DiCaprio & Kate Winslett come to the financial aid of Melvina Dean , the last survivor of the Titanic sinking, who cannot afford the nursing home in which she is living and for which she had to sell off personal items from the Titanic to try to stay. This in UK where socialized medicine is the law.
5/13: Jordan king says it is up to Obama to get Israel to agree to a peace plan in the next 6 months or he will considered just another failure to the Muslim world.
5/11: Swine Flu now in 44 states with 3 deaths in the U.S.
5/13: Swine Flu is confirmed in 6000 people worldwide with 33 countries now infected
5/13: The Senate release info that about 1/4 of the votes submitted by U.S. troops during the 2008 election were not counted. Amounts to more than 100,000 "lost votes"
5/13: Obama announces he will not release the photos from the enhanced interrogations after saying in April that he would. He says he will ask the courts to rule against releasing them.
5/13: Swine Flu is confirmed in crewman on Alaskan cruise ship
5/13: The White House says it will now regulate CEO pay and bonuses of banks that did not take any TARP money.
5/13: NC passes law to ban smoking from all bars and eateries in the state
5/13: Commerce Department released figures in which retail sales unexpectedly fell in April marking 2 months in a row that sales fell
5/13: RealtyTrac, Inc. released figures showing troubling rise of home foreclosures in April, the second straight month in which more than 340,000 homes received foreclosure notices.
5/13: Macy reports quarterly loss of $88 million
5/13: Liz Claiborne reports quarterly loss of $91.4 million
What next?
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Yes, Obama. There is a God.
As I have (as well as many others) noted that when Obama was making his European apology tour tour for the U.S. he noted that the U.S. is not a Christian nation. He has also said that the U.S. must lead on important issues such as disarming nations of nuclear weapons and on global warming. Today he is showing the world that the U.S. is indeed not a "Christian nation" by not observing the National Day of Prayer. He is the first President since Congress voted for it and President Harry Truman signed it into law in 1952 not to observe it. He is truly leading by example, and is unfortunately leading this country down the road to damnation like the great cities of Sodom and Gomorrah as well as the great civilizations of Greece and Rome. We are turning away from God and all that He has done for this great nation, and are allying ourselves with evil. We are becoming friendly with the most evil nations of our day-Iran, Cuba, Venezuela, and more; while we are alienating our allies such as Great Britain, Israel, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia. Obama is walking a dangerous and deadly path. One that can only end with our destruction as a great nation.
Pray! Pray today like you have never prayed! Our fate rests with God and He is the only one who can save us from ourselves!
Pray! Pray today like you have never prayed! Our fate rests with God and He is the only one who can save us from ourselves!
Friday, May 1, 2009
Savior Obama?
Is Obama not the savior? From all accounts I have been led to believe that he is the new Christ. After all, celebrations and sacrifices were held all over the world when he took the oath of office. People (women and men) swoon when they are near him and hear him speak. Babies are carried hand over hand by hoards of strangers up to him so that they may be kissed and blessed. he is supposed to save the world from itself and unite all peoples under him. He can do all this but he cannot heal one man?
When Obama went on his tour of Mexico, he met Felipe Solas who was the director of the National Anthropology Museum. He shook his hand and went on a tour of the museum led by Solas. Solas was sick at the time and actually died from pneumonia within a week of meeting Obama. It is still unclear if he had the Swine Flu (H1N1). The point is, he was sick and Obama's touch did not heal him. Why not? Did he feel the man was not worthy of saving? Was the man a non-believer in Obama and his power? Or is Obama just feigning being the savior?
Yes, all this is in jest, but the press would have you believe he can create miracles, walk on water, and yes, save people with his touch or voice. It is time to come down to reality, that Obama is just another man who talks the talk (but only with a teleprompter that is working correctly) but does not walk the walk.
When Obama went on his tour of Mexico, he met Felipe Solas who was the director of the National Anthropology Museum. He shook his hand and went on a tour of the museum led by Solas. Solas was sick at the time and actually died from pneumonia within a week of meeting Obama. It is still unclear if he had the Swine Flu (H1N1). The point is, he was sick and Obama's touch did not heal him. Why not? Did he feel the man was not worthy of saving? Was the man a non-believer in Obama and his power? Or is Obama just feigning being the savior?
Yes, all this is in jest, but the press would have you believe he can create miracles, walk on water, and yes, save people with his touch or voice. It is time to come down to reality, that Obama is just another man who talks the talk (but only with a teleprompter that is working correctly) but does not walk the walk.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
100 Magical Days
Yesterday ended President Obama's first 100 days in office. Lets review what has transpired in that time. Note: this list may be incomplete and addendums may need to be added as it is hard for brain to remember everything that has occurred, but here goes (in no particular order):
*Inauguration day saw the oath of office screwed up by both Obama and Chief Justice Roberts and had to be repeated in a private swearing in the next day.
*Obama's first interview as President was given to an Arab network
*Obama flies Air Force One to Williamsburg, VA just to enjoy a "neat" ride--at cost to taxpayers
*Obama keeps campaigning around the nation for his stimulus bill that if not passed would mean the end of civilization in the U.S.
*the stimulus bill is passed by both houses of Congress and the President signs it without anyone actually reading it
*after vowing to veto all pork legislation, Obama signs bill after bill with more pork than all the hog farms in this country declaring that it was started under the previous administration and is therefore not technically his bills
*Obama keeps blaming Bush for everything Obama is doing
*the White House attacks Rush Limbaugh as being the head of the GOP
*Obama records a video for Iran to reach across the aisle to them. Iran responds by ridiculing Obama and the U.S.
*Obama appears on Jay Leno-flying around the country at taxpayer expense and insulting those in Special Olympics
*the AIG Bonus scandal that sees Congress act like a bunch of piranhas while the White House says nothing--after they inserted the language allowing AIG employees to receive bonuses
*Pelosi appears with illegal immigrants and vows to provide them the same rights as American citizens
*Obama sets the timetable to close Guantanamo Bay and provide all prisoners with same rights as U.S. citizens. The prisoners may be released into this country when all is said and done
*Obama compares AIG to a suicide bomber
*Obama changes language used to describe the 9-11 terrorist attacks and terrorists so as not to offend the terrorists. 9-11 is now "man made"
*Obama bails out the banks (forcing some to take money they do not want) and the car companies
*Obama refuse to let any bank pay back the bailout money
*Obama sets up a "stress test" for the banks to determine what condition they are in and to see if they need more government intervention
*Obama fires the head of GM and looks at going after Ken Lewis CEO of Bank of America
*Ken Lewis is removed as chairman of the board at BofA
*Appoints Ken Geithner to head the Treasury Department and he is confirmed even after it revealed he did not pay taxes
*other appointees either have tax problems or are under investigation (Ron Kirk, Tom Daschle, Nancy Killefer, et al)
*Health and Human resources finally gets a head in Kathleen Sebelius after the swine flu epidemic is occurring in the U.S. and even after it is revealed that she also did not pay her taxes (she was the third nominee for the post)
*Obama snubs Great Britain by sending back the bust of Winston Churchill that was given to us after 9-11 and by giving the Prime Minister DVDs that do not play in England
*Obama give Queen Elizabeth II an iPod
*Obama offends the President of Brazil by placing quotation marks around his legal name and by rescheduling his visit so Obama can attend Pelosi's St. Patty's party
*After pledging that his stimulus bill would keep Caterpillar from laying off more workers if passed, Caterpillar lays off more workers after it passed
*Obama's budget calls for almost 10 trillion dollars in debt over the next 10 years
*Press Secretary Robert Gibbs is unable to answer most press questions but is able to poke fun at Bush's administration, Rush Limbaugh, and Karl Rove. (maybe that why it has the word "secret" in secretary)
*Obama starts his administration by traveling the country talking about the "doom and gloom" of the economy
*Obama later changes from doom and gloom to "fundamentally sound" those reversing his snide remarks made at John McCain when he referred to the economy in the exact same way
*Obama called for new faces in Washington to accomplish his change, but he surrounded himself with the same old faces-most of whom are from the Clinton Administration
*Obama called for transparency in government
*Obama release CIA documents detailing waterboarding over the objections of 4 former CIA heads and his current head of the CIA. Obama also agrees to release pictures as well. (Note: only 3 people were ever waterboarded)
*Obama says that he will not allow anyone in the previous administration to be prosecuted over the waterboarding issue
*3 days later Obama says he will allow prosecutions of the waterboarding to go forward
*2 days later he says the no one will be prosecuted over the waterboarding
*Pelosi calls for an investigation into the waterboarding issue
*Congressmen factualize that Pelosi was briefed entirely on the waterboarding issue from 2002-2006 and never objected
*Pelosi says that she knew it could be done and would be done, but she did not know they did
*an American ship is attacked by pirates and the captain held hostage for 6 days before the Navy seals are allowed to take charge and end the situation
*Obama called for bipartisanship in his administration but has done nothing but mock and ridicule the GOP and people on the right
*on 15 April 2009 T.E.A. parties were held in hundreds of locations across the country and were ridiculed by the mainstream media using gay offensive terms and by calling the people racists
*28 April Obama chastises FOX news and the people at the T.E.A. parties
*Obama uses teleprompters for every speech including those overseas and fumbles when the teleprompter messes up
*Obama cannot speak clearly and coherently when answering questions (count the uhs, ers. and ahs every time he talks)
*Obama gives an interview to 60 Minutes on CBS and laughs at the people. The host asks if he "punch drunk?"
*The Administration and Congress put forth the Newspaper Revitalization Act to allow newspapers to become classified as "nonprofits"
*Geithner assures Congress that he will not allow an international currency, but then supports it 2 days later
*Obama tells Chrysler to enter into negotiations with the Japanese car maker Hyundai
*talks with lenders to Chrysler end and Chrysler looks to file bankruptcy
*Obama says the government will now stand behind car warranties
*Obama's pick for Deputy Attorney General David Ogden believes that foreign laws should apply to the U.S.
*Obama picks Harold Koh to be the State Department legal adviser and he believes the Constitution should be interpreted according to other nations' legal norms including Shia law
*despite the stimulus package, unemployment continues to rise and more companies file for bankruptcy
*at the G20 conference, Obama allowed control of our businesses to be decided by an international committee of which the U.S. will have only one vote
*Obama's blackberry goes off during the G20 press conference
*Obama apologizes for U.S. arrogance in France, Germany, and Turkey
*in Turkey, he announced as Barack Hussein Obama and then proudly stands by his Muslim roots (he would not allow his middle name or Muslin roots to be used against him while running for President)
*North Korea launches a missile in violation of the U.N. Security Council resolution. Obama allows the U.S. military to watch
*Obama does not defend Japanese airspace when N.Korea's missile enters it
*Obama allows the passage of a cigarette tax that does place most of the tax burden on those making less than $250,000/year. Obama had promised that not one single tax would affect those in that bracket.
*Obama proposes a charity tax in which families making over $250,000 will not be allowed to deduct their charitable donations
*Obama promises to rid the world of nuclear weapons and that the U.S. would lead
*Obama opens tourism to Cuba without any concessions from the Castro brothers
*Obama travels to Mexico and apologizes to President Felipe Caleron for the drug violence in Mexico and vows to send money to help
*Obama warmly greets Hugo Chavez
*Obama accepts a book from Hugo Chavez which denounces the U.S. as evil and he graciously accepts it and holds it up for the cameras. He does not denounce the book or Chavez even after the summit
*Obama sits quietly listening ti anti-American rhetoric from Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega and afterward was glad that he was not blamed for something that happened when he "was 3months old."
*Obama proposes allowing people to sue the U.S. government over global warming
*Obama proposes a tax and trade on emissions that will have the average household paying an extra $3900/year in energy costs
*Homeland Security head Janet Napolitano releases a memo to law enforcement agencies to watch right wing activists, veterans, and those who disagree with even one issue that the White House stands for
*Obama sends $600 million to the terror organization Hamas
*Obama send Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to China to beg them to buy our debt
*Obama sends Clinton to Russia to give Putin a red button that is supposed to say reset in Russian, but instead says overcharge
*Obama proposes $8 billion dollars for high speed rail
*Obama puts aside $640 million for a down payment on health care
*The White House terrorizes Manhattan by sending Air Force One without Obama with 2 fighter jest for a photo op in front of the Statue of Liberty that costs the taxpayers more than $380,000 as well as time lost due to the evacuation of offices in Manhattan. Law enforcement officers knew but were under strict orders from the White House not tell the public
*Obama is "outraged" over the photo op--at his 100 day press conference, no questions were allowed on this subject
*Obama keeping with his administration policy changes the name from "Swine Flu" to H1N1 so as not to offend any swine
*Hezbollah is now poised to take over Lebanon in the upcoming elections
*North Korea arrests 2 U.S. citizens as spies
*Iran arrests a U.S. citizen as a spy
*Obama flies 900 miles to Iowa for Earth Day to speak about our need to cut back on energy consumption, then flies 900 miles back at a usage of 9000 gallons of fuel (it take 5 gallons of fuel for every mile flown)
*Obama hosts cocktail parties weekly at the White House and serves Kobe beef (which costs $50-70/lb)
*Obama's Attorney General Eric Holder called the U.S. a "nation of cowards"
*Obama bows to the Saudi king
*Obama transfers to U.S. census to White House control
*Obama says the U.S. is "Not a Christian nation"
*Press Secretary Gibbs gives the press an "A" for the first 100 days
*Arlen Specter switches parties to the Dems after being courted by the White House
*North Korea on 28 April 2009 threatens further nuclear and missile testing
*Obama signs a bill allowing stem cell research
*the Obamas get a dog which gets more press and questions than any policy he has made
*newspapers fail throughout the country
*Obama warnd Americans that scholls may close in response to the Swine Flu, but no precautions sucha closing the border with Mexico or even checking those coming into the country from Mexico will occur, yet the government in doing everything possible
*The World Health Organization raises its warning to Phase 5 for the Swine Flu virus which is the highest it has ever been
*Obama introduces legislation to allow unions to form without secret ballots
*Obama introduces legislation for socialized medicine
*Obama in the stimulus package allows for all medical records to be placed into a government database
*Obama hires as Secretary of Education the former superintendent of the Chicago school syste, A system in which Obama would not let his girls enroll in. Obama also proposes doing away with vouchers to private schools for children in inderperforming schools. This woulkd take some of the underprivledged out of the private school that his daughters now attend.
I am sure there are more, but I will stop at this point with the 100 items listed above.
As predicted, I came up with a few more from the first 100 days:
*Napolitano states that the 9-11 terrorists illegally crossed the Canada border
*Obama told his cabinet to cut $100 million (minuscule compared to the nearly $10 trillion budget)
*Obama in Turkey apologized for our treatment of minorities in the U.S. history but made no mention of the Armenian genocides that Turkey took part in
*when Hillary went to China, she made no mention of human rights
*Obama tells Republicans in a private meeting "I won", then releases that statement to the press
*Obama takes out "buy American" from the stimulus package so that money can be spent outside of the U.S.
*Obama signals Congress he will accept taxing employee health benefits
*Rahm Emmanuel states "You never want to waste a good crisis."
Bill Clinton warns the White House to tone down the doom and gloom about the economy
*Dow dropped to record low of 6594.44 on 3 March
*Obama has defense officials sign a pledge not to discuss the 2010 budget outside of the government
*Obama drops plan for weapons shield in eastern Europe after Russia threatens
*Obama begged Europe for military support in Afghanistan and is refused by all but Great Britain
*Obama does not know how to do anything but campaign
*3 candidates for U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican are refused by the Holy See because of their abortion beliefs-including Caroline Kennedy
*Obama promised no lobbyists in his administration then placed 17 on his list for positions in the first 2 weeks (including Tom Daschle who is still a lobbyist)
*the White House forces Georgetown University cover up all religious symbols before Obama's speech on 14 April
*Justice Department asks the Supreme Court to reverse Michigan vs Jackson which gives the accused the right counsel before being questioned
*Obama discussed having injured soldiers pay for their own medical care
*Al Qaeda marches to within 60 miles of Pakistan's capital and is causing concern that they may take over their nuclear weapons
*Joe Biden states ":If we do everything right, there is still a 30% chance we will get it wrong."
*Joe Biden forgets the website he is now in charge of
*Obama spent over $49 million on his inauguration or more than 3 times what George Bush did on his first inauguration
*Obama administration is trying to stop lawsuits filed by U.S. embassy employees that were held hostage in Iran from suing Iran
*Obama's chairman of his Council of Economic Advisers released a statement that if the stimulus bill passed, unemployment would not go above 8% until at least 2014. It now stands at 8.5% and is still rising
*Obama to Democratic Representative Peter deFagio after he voted against the stimulus bill, "Don't think we're not keeping score brother."
*Inauguration day saw the oath of office screwed up by both Obama and Chief Justice Roberts and had to be repeated in a private swearing in the next day.
*Obama's first interview as President was given to an Arab network
*Obama flies Air Force One to Williamsburg, VA just to enjoy a "neat" ride--at cost to taxpayers
*Obama keeps campaigning around the nation for his stimulus bill that if not passed would mean the end of civilization in the U.S.
*the stimulus bill is passed by both houses of Congress and the President signs it without anyone actually reading it
*after vowing to veto all pork legislation, Obama signs bill after bill with more pork than all the hog farms in this country declaring that it was started under the previous administration and is therefore not technically his bills
*Obama keeps blaming Bush for everything Obama is doing
*the White House attacks Rush Limbaugh as being the head of the GOP
*Obama records a video for Iran to reach across the aisle to them. Iran responds by ridiculing Obama and the U.S.
*Obama appears on Jay Leno-flying around the country at taxpayer expense and insulting those in Special Olympics
*the AIG Bonus scandal that sees Congress act like a bunch of piranhas while the White House says nothing--after they inserted the language allowing AIG employees to receive bonuses
*Pelosi appears with illegal immigrants and vows to provide them the same rights as American citizens
*Obama sets the timetable to close Guantanamo Bay and provide all prisoners with same rights as U.S. citizens. The prisoners may be released into this country when all is said and done
*Obama compares AIG to a suicide bomber
*Obama changes language used to describe the 9-11 terrorist attacks and terrorists so as not to offend the terrorists. 9-11 is now "man made"
*Obama bails out the banks (forcing some to take money they do not want) and the car companies
*Obama refuse to let any bank pay back the bailout money
*Obama sets up a "stress test" for the banks to determine what condition they are in and to see if they need more government intervention
*Obama fires the head of GM and looks at going after Ken Lewis CEO of Bank of America
*Ken Lewis is removed as chairman of the board at BofA
*Appoints Ken Geithner to head the Treasury Department and he is confirmed even after it revealed he did not pay taxes
*other appointees either have tax problems or are under investigation (Ron Kirk, Tom Daschle, Nancy Killefer, et al)
*Health and Human resources finally gets a head in Kathleen Sebelius after the swine flu epidemic is occurring in the U.S. and even after it is revealed that she also did not pay her taxes (she was the third nominee for the post)
*Obama snubs Great Britain by sending back the bust of Winston Churchill that was given to us after 9-11 and by giving the Prime Minister DVDs that do not play in England
*Obama give Queen Elizabeth II an iPod
*Obama offends the President of Brazil by placing quotation marks around his legal name and by rescheduling his visit so Obama can attend Pelosi's St. Patty's party
*After pledging that his stimulus bill would keep Caterpillar from laying off more workers if passed, Caterpillar lays off more workers after it passed
*Obama's budget calls for almost 10 trillion dollars in debt over the next 10 years
*Press Secretary Robert Gibbs is unable to answer most press questions but is able to poke fun at Bush's administration, Rush Limbaugh, and Karl Rove. (maybe that why it has the word "secret" in secretary)
*Obama starts his administration by traveling the country talking about the "doom and gloom" of the economy
*Obama later changes from doom and gloom to "fundamentally sound" those reversing his snide remarks made at John McCain when he referred to the economy in the exact same way
*Obama called for new faces in Washington to accomplish his change, but he surrounded himself with the same old faces-most of whom are from the Clinton Administration
*Obama called for transparency in government
*Obama release CIA documents detailing waterboarding over the objections of 4 former CIA heads and his current head of the CIA. Obama also agrees to release pictures as well. (Note: only 3 people were ever waterboarded)
*Obama says that he will not allow anyone in the previous administration to be prosecuted over the waterboarding issue
*3 days later Obama says he will allow prosecutions of the waterboarding to go forward
*2 days later he says the no one will be prosecuted over the waterboarding
*Pelosi calls for an investigation into the waterboarding issue
*Congressmen factualize that Pelosi was briefed entirely on the waterboarding issue from 2002-2006 and never objected
*Pelosi says that she knew it could be done and would be done, but she did not know they did
*an American ship is attacked by pirates and the captain held hostage for 6 days before the Navy seals are allowed to take charge and end the situation
*Obama called for bipartisanship in his administration but has done nothing but mock and ridicule the GOP and people on the right
*on 15 April 2009 T.E.A. parties were held in hundreds of locations across the country and were ridiculed by the mainstream media using gay offensive terms and by calling the people racists
*28 April Obama chastises FOX news and the people at the T.E.A. parties
*Obama uses teleprompters for every speech including those overseas and fumbles when the teleprompter messes up
*Obama cannot speak clearly and coherently when answering questions (count the uhs, ers. and ahs every time he talks)
*Obama gives an interview to 60 Minutes on CBS and laughs at the people. The host asks if he "punch drunk?"
*The Administration and Congress put forth the Newspaper Revitalization Act to allow newspapers to become classified as "nonprofits"
*Geithner assures Congress that he will not allow an international currency, but then supports it 2 days later
*Obama tells Chrysler to enter into negotiations with the Japanese car maker Hyundai
*talks with lenders to Chrysler end and Chrysler looks to file bankruptcy
*Obama says the government will now stand behind car warranties
*Obama's pick for Deputy Attorney General David Ogden believes that foreign laws should apply to the U.S.
*Obama picks Harold Koh to be the State Department legal adviser and he believes the Constitution should be interpreted according to other nations' legal norms including Shia law
*despite the stimulus package, unemployment continues to rise and more companies file for bankruptcy
*at the G20 conference, Obama allowed control of our businesses to be decided by an international committee of which the U.S. will have only one vote
*Obama's blackberry goes off during the G20 press conference
*Obama apologizes for U.S. arrogance in France, Germany, and Turkey
*in Turkey, he announced as Barack Hussein Obama and then proudly stands by his Muslim roots (he would not allow his middle name or Muslin roots to be used against him while running for President)
*North Korea launches a missile in violation of the U.N. Security Council resolution. Obama allows the U.S. military to watch
*Obama does not defend Japanese airspace when N.Korea's missile enters it
*Obama allows the passage of a cigarette tax that does place most of the tax burden on those making less than $250,000/year. Obama had promised that not one single tax would affect those in that bracket.
*Obama proposes a charity tax in which families making over $250,000 will not be allowed to deduct their charitable donations
*Obama promises to rid the world of nuclear weapons and that the U.S. would lead
*Obama opens tourism to Cuba without any concessions from the Castro brothers
*Obama travels to Mexico and apologizes to President Felipe Caleron for the drug violence in Mexico and vows to send money to help
*Obama warmly greets Hugo Chavez
*Obama accepts a book from Hugo Chavez which denounces the U.S. as evil and he graciously accepts it and holds it up for the cameras. He does not denounce the book or Chavez even after the summit
*Obama sits quietly listening ti anti-American rhetoric from Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega and afterward was glad that he was not blamed for something that happened when he "was 3months old."
*Obama proposes allowing people to sue the U.S. government over global warming
*Obama proposes a tax and trade on emissions that will have the average household paying an extra $3900/year in energy costs
*Homeland Security head Janet Napolitano releases a memo to law enforcement agencies to watch right wing activists, veterans, and those who disagree with even one issue that the White House stands for
*Obama sends $600 million to the terror organization Hamas
*Obama send Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to China to beg them to buy our debt
*Obama sends Clinton to Russia to give Putin a red button that is supposed to say reset in Russian, but instead says overcharge
*Obama proposes $8 billion dollars for high speed rail
*Obama puts aside $640 million for a down payment on health care
*The White House terrorizes Manhattan by sending Air Force One without Obama with 2 fighter jest for a photo op in front of the Statue of Liberty that costs the taxpayers more than $380,000 as well as time lost due to the evacuation of offices in Manhattan. Law enforcement officers knew but were under strict orders from the White House not tell the public
*Obama is "outraged" over the photo op--at his 100 day press conference, no questions were allowed on this subject
*Obama keeping with his administration policy changes the name from "Swine Flu" to H1N1 so as not to offend any swine
*Hezbollah is now poised to take over Lebanon in the upcoming elections
*North Korea arrests 2 U.S. citizens as spies
*Iran arrests a U.S. citizen as a spy
*Obama flies 900 miles to Iowa for Earth Day to speak about our need to cut back on energy consumption, then flies 900 miles back at a usage of 9000 gallons of fuel (it take 5 gallons of fuel for every mile flown)
*Obama hosts cocktail parties weekly at the White House and serves Kobe beef (which costs $50-70/lb)
*Obama's Attorney General Eric Holder called the U.S. a "nation of cowards"
*Obama bows to the Saudi king
*Obama transfers to U.S. census to White House control
*Obama says the U.S. is "Not a Christian nation"
*Press Secretary Gibbs gives the press an "A" for the first 100 days
*Arlen Specter switches parties to the Dems after being courted by the White House
*North Korea on 28 April 2009 threatens further nuclear and missile testing
*Obama signs a bill allowing stem cell research
*the Obamas get a dog which gets more press and questions than any policy he has made
*newspapers fail throughout the country
*Obama warnd Americans that scholls may close in response to the Swine Flu, but no precautions sucha closing the border with Mexico or even checking those coming into the country from Mexico will occur, yet the government in doing everything possible
*The World Health Organization raises its warning to Phase 5 for the Swine Flu virus which is the highest it has ever been
*Obama introduces legislation to allow unions to form without secret ballots
*Obama introduces legislation for socialized medicine
*Obama in the stimulus package allows for all medical records to be placed into a government database
*Obama hires as Secretary of Education the former superintendent of the Chicago school syste, A system in which Obama would not let his girls enroll in. Obama also proposes doing away with vouchers to private schools for children in inderperforming schools. This woulkd take some of the underprivledged out of the private school that his daughters now attend.
I am sure there are more, but I will stop at this point with the 100 items listed above.
As predicted, I came up with a few more from the first 100 days:
*Napolitano states that the 9-11 terrorists illegally crossed the Canada border
*Obama told his cabinet to cut $100 million (minuscule compared to the nearly $10 trillion budget)
*Obama in Turkey apologized for our treatment of minorities in the U.S. history but made no mention of the Armenian genocides that Turkey took part in
*when Hillary went to China, she made no mention of human rights
*Obama tells Republicans in a private meeting "I won", then releases that statement to the press
*Obama takes out "buy American" from the stimulus package so that money can be spent outside of the U.S.
*Obama signals Congress he will accept taxing employee health benefits
*Rahm Emmanuel states "You never want to waste a good crisis."
Bill Clinton warns the White House to tone down the doom and gloom about the economy
*Dow dropped to record low of 6594.44 on 3 March
*Obama has defense officials sign a pledge not to discuss the 2010 budget outside of the government
*Obama drops plan for weapons shield in eastern Europe after Russia threatens
*Obama begged Europe for military support in Afghanistan and is refused by all but Great Britain
*Obama does not know how to do anything but campaign
*3 candidates for U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican are refused by the Holy See because of their abortion beliefs-including Caroline Kennedy
*Obama promised no lobbyists in his administration then placed 17 on his list for positions in the first 2 weeks (including Tom Daschle who is still a lobbyist)
*the White House forces Georgetown University cover up all religious symbols before Obama's speech on 14 April
*Justice Department asks the Supreme Court to reverse Michigan vs Jackson which gives the accused the right counsel before being questioned
*Obama discussed having injured soldiers pay for their own medical care
*Al Qaeda marches to within 60 miles of Pakistan's capital and is causing concern that they may take over their nuclear weapons
*Joe Biden states ":If we do everything right, there is still a 30% chance we will get it wrong."
*Joe Biden forgets the website he is now in charge of
*Obama spent over $49 million on his inauguration or more than 3 times what George Bush did on his first inauguration
*Obama administration is trying to stop lawsuits filed by U.S. embassy employees that were held hostage in Iran from suing Iran
*Obama's chairman of his Council of Economic Advisers released a statement that if the stimulus bill passed, unemployment would not go above 8% until at least 2014. It now stands at 8.5% and is still rising
*Obama to Democratic Representative Peter deFagio after he voted against the stimulus bill, "Don't think we're not keeping score brother."
Has it only been 100 days?????????
Monday, April 27, 2009
It's Time To Close The Border
Forget PC (political correctness). It's time to close the border between Mexico and the USA. Forget the drug violence that is sweeping across the border into our towns. Forget the burden on the welfare system due the illegals coming across. Forget the burdens to our hospitals for the uninsured illegals. Forget all of this. It is time to close the border for medical reasons.
The new swine flu virus that is spreading in Mexico (with up to 106 dead at the time of this writing) is a public health concern to our people. Not to mention the outbreaks of hepatitis and tuberculosis that occur every year that are traced back to the immigrants. It is time for the government to step up and look out for our health and well-being by enforcing and totally closing the border to all illegals. Contain the spread of disease so that it does not kill Americans.
This will also help control drug violence, drug trafficking, U.S. dollars being sent to their countries, help our welfare system, and relieve the hospital situation.
It is time for the government to act now and enforce the law before we die.
The new swine flu virus that is spreading in Mexico (with up to 106 dead at the time of this writing) is a public health concern to our people. Not to mention the outbreaks of hepatitis and tuberculosis that occur every year that are traced back to the immigrants. It is time for the government to step up and look out for our health and well-being by enforcing and totally closing the border to all illegals. Contain the spread of disease so that it does not kill Americans.
This will also help control drug violence, drug trafficking, U.S. dollars being sent to their countries, help our welfare system, and relieve the hospital situation.
It is time for the government to act now and enforce the law before we die.
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