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Obama's Supremely Troubling Transformation
By Carole on Mar 10, 2010 | 1 comment »
Candidate Barack Obama wanted to be a transformative president. Well, he's doing his best to transform some elements of the US government into broken down caricatures of what our founders intended them to be. The latest transformation to make the news is one observed by US Chief Justice John Roberts who said that the president's annual State of the Union address has "degenerated into a political pep rally."
Obama's Schedule Reveals His Priorities
By Carole on Mar 7, 2010 | Comment »
The unemployment rate remains at a staggering 9.7% and 36,000 more Americans lost their jobs last month. A recent CBS News/New York Times poll showed 52% of Americans believe the economy/jobs is the most important problem facing the country with health care a very distant second at 13% (source). And the next few weeks promise to be very busy ones for President Barack Obama:
Obama's True Priorities Won't Be Snowed Under
By Carole on Feb 6, 2010 | Comment »
The historic blizzard dumping 2 feet of snow on Washington DC was evidently enough to cancel the administration's daily press briefing today but not President Obama's political activities. While the daily briefing with White House press secretary Robert Gibbs was cancelled due to the storm, it didn't stop Mr. Obama from speaking to party activists at the winter meeting of the Democratic National Committee. (source)
A Priest, A Rabbi And A Stimulus Package Walk Into A Bar...
By Carole on Jan 27, 2010 | Comment »
Have you heard the one about the $787 billion stimulus bill that had to be passed to keep the unemployment rate below eight percent? Turns out the bill cost an additional $75 billion (for a total of $862 billion) mostly because unemployment benefits are costing more now that the unemployment rate is at ten percent. I really wish this was a joke but unfortunately, it's the bottom line in Tuesday's cost estimate of the Recovery Act by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. (source)
Obama Job Approval At A Lower All Time Low
By Carole on Dec 9, 2009 | Comment »
Yesterday's Gallup poll showed President Obama's job approval rating had dropped to 47% - the lowest of any president dating back to Truman at this stage of his presidency. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs responded by saying, “I don’t put a lot of stake in, never have, in the EKG that is the daily Gallup trend. I don’t pay a lot of attention to the meaninglessness of it.” (source)
