Your opinion on the job that President Obama is doing so far (2 Viewers)

[tommyboy]

the speech he gave yesterday will be his Waterloo

 

[Statorama]

Federal Government agencies aiding BP in restricting media access to the oil spill

CBS crew threatened with arrest by coast guard

Homeland Security prevents Democratic Senator from flyover because journalists were with him

Yahoo news picking up on the Government's efforts to cover this up

The Most Transparent Government EVER

 

[otello]

And the band played on

 

[Statorama]

Obama looking to raise cost of electricity

 

[Fennis]

This whole thread reminds me of a joke.....So Joe Biden is walking down the street one day for some exercise, when he see's a young girl with some kittens. Thinking he would be nice he ask's the young girl what her kittens names are. She replies "Democats." Thinking this is cute, Joe goes back to the White House and tells Obama about this young girl and her cute kittens. The next day Biden and Obama are walking and see the same girl. Biden says "Barack you have to check this girl's kittens out." So Obama walks up to her and says "hi little girl what are your kittens names?" She replies "Republicats." At that point Joe Biden says "yesterday you said they were Democats." The little girl replies "Nah, today they opened their eyes!"

A mohel retires after 40 years of service and decides he needs something to remind him of his long career, but what? It soon becomes clear to him what it must be. So next day, he goes to a leather factory and takes with him all the skin he has saved over the 40 years. He says to the foreman, "I vant you should make me a memento of my years as a mohel." The foreman assures him that something can be done and that he should come back next week to pick it up. When the mohel returns, the foreman presents him with --- a wallet. The mohel is shocked and incensed. "I vork for 40 years and all you can make for me is a vallet?" The foreman replies, "But it is a special kind of wallet. When you rub it, it becomes a suitcase!"

 

[Proud Communist]

Jon Stewart

You're Frodo!!!!!

 

[Proud Communist]

Rolling Stone ripping into him pretty good. Next week's print issue. Not a pretty picture.

Wow...just wow.

 

[Reaper]

Rolling Stone ripping into him pretty good. Next week's print issue. Not a pretty picture.

"The inside story of how Obama failed to crack down on the corruption of the Bush years – "

 

[Sulla]

Good to see FBG doesn't change.

 

[Homer J Simpson]

the speech he gave yesterday will be his Waterloo

Or it will be completely forgotten six days later....

 

[H.K.]

Mortgage aid plan as troubled as borrowers

Obama's plan for homeowners in crisis has just a 27% success rate so far. Feds say new system will help.

By Alan Zibel

Associated Press

Posted: Tuesday, Jun. 22, 2010

WASHINGTON The Obama administration's flagship effort to help people in danger of losing their homes is falling flat.

More than a third of the 1.24 million borrowers who have enrolled in the $75 billion mortgage modification program have dropped out. That's more than the 27 percent who have managed to have their loan payments reduced to help them keep their homes.

Last month alone, 150,000 borrowers left the program - bringing the total to 436,000 who have exited since it began in March 2009.

Administration officials say borrowers will get help in other ways. But analysts fear the majority will still wind up in foreclosure.

A key reason so many have fallen out of the program is that federal officials initially pressured banks to sign up borrowers for the program without first insisting on proof of their income.

When banks later moved to collect the information, many troubled homeowners were disqualified or dropped out.

Also, many borrowers complained that the banks lost their documents. The industry said borrowers weren't sending back the necessary paperwork.

Treasury officials have directed lenders to shift to a new system. They are now required to collect two recent pay stubs at the start of the process. Borrowers have to give the Internal Revenue Service permission to provide their most recent tax returns to lenders.

The growing number of people leaving the program could lead to a new wave of foreclosures. If that happens, it could weaken the housing market and hold back the broader economic recovery.

Most of those who left the program were rejected during a trial period lasting at least three months. More than 6,300 dropped out after having their loans modified.

Another 340,000 homeowners, or 27 percent of those who started the program, have received permanent loan modifications and are making payments on time.

Experts say more borrowers are likely to drop out in the coming months. One chief reason: some homeowners who owe more on their loans than their properties are worth are likely to conclude that paying an oversized mortgage simply isn't worth the cost.

Even after their loans are modified, many borrowers are simply stuck with too much debt - from car loans to home equity loans to credit cards.

Obama administration officials contend that borrowers are still getting help - even if they fail to qualify for the program.

The administration published statistics showing that nearly half of borrowers who fell out of the program received an alternative loan modification from their lender. About 7 percent fell into foreclosure.

Another option is a short sale - one in which banks agree to let borrowers sell their homes for less than they owe on their mortgage.

To encourage more of those sales, the Obama administration is giving $3,000 for moving expenses to homeowners who complete such a sale, or agree to turn over the deed of the property to the lender.

The original mortgage modification was announced a month after Obama took office. It was designed to lower borrowers' monthly payments - reducing mortgage rates to as low as 2 percent for five years and extending loan terms up to 40 years.

 

[Sam Quentin]

I was on the fence until marijuanagate. I can't believe he would neglect and make fun of the online community which practically put him in office. Not to mention he previously said he was for the decriminalization and eventual legalization of marijuana.

 

[Phurfur]

This whole thread reminds me of a joke.....So Joe Biden is walking down the street one day for some exercise, when he see's a young girl with some kittens. Thinking he would be nice he ask's the young girl what her kittens names are. She replies "Democats." Thinking this is cute, Joe goes back to the White House and tells Obama about this young girl and her cute kittens. The next day Biden and Obama are walking and see the same girl. Biden says "Barack you have to check this girl's kittens out." So Obama walks up to her and says "hi little girl what are your kittens names?" She replies "Republicats." At that point Joe Biden says "yesterday you said they were Democats." The little girl replies "Nah, today they opened their eyes!"

A mohel retires after 40 years of service and decides he needs something to remind him of his long career, but what? It soon becomes clear to him what it must be. So next day, he goes to a leather factory and takes with him all the skin he has saved over the 40 years. He says to the foreman, "I vant you should make me a memento of my years as a mohel." The foreman assures him that something can be done and that he should come back next week to pick it up. When the mohel returns, the foreman presents him with --- a wallet. The mohel is shocked and incensed. "I vork for 40 years and all you can make for me is a vallet?" The foreman replies, "But it is a special kind of wallet. When you rub it, it becomes a suitcase!"

I heard this one in 7th grade.

 

[Statorama]

Judge blocks Obama's moronic offshore drilling moratorium

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A federal judge in New Orleans has blocked a six-month moratorium on new deepwater drilling projects that was imposed in response to the massive Gulf oil spill.

Several companies that ferry people and supplies and provide other services to offshore drilling rigs had asked U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman in New Orleans to overturn the moratorium.

President Barack Obama's administration has halted the approval of any new permits for deepwater drilling and suspended drilling at 33 exploratory wells in the Gulf.

Feldman says in his ruling that the Interior Department failed to provide adequate reasoning for the moratorium. He says it seems to assume that because one rig failed, all companies and rigs doing deepwater drilling pose an imminent danger.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.

NEW ORLEANS (AP)—A federal judge in New Orleans has blocked a six-month moratorium on new deepwater drilling projects that was imposed in response to the massive Gulf oil spill.

 

[Statorama]

Obama ushering in an age of tyranny?

Even the brothers are cracking down on the community organizer in chief.

When Adolf Hitler was building up the Nazi movement in the 1920s, leading up to his taking power in the 1930s, he deliberately sought to activate people who did not normally pay much attention to politics.

Such people were a valuable addition to his political base, since they were particularly susceptible to Hitler's rhetoric and had far less basis for questioning his assumptions or his conclusions.

"Useful idiots" was the term supposedly coined by V.I. Lenin to describe similarly unthinking supporters of his dictatorship in the Soviet Union.

Put differently, a democracy needs informed citizens if it is to thrive, or ultimately even survive.

In our times, American democracy is being dismantled, piece by piece, before our very eyes by the current administration in Washington, and few people seem to be concerned about it.

The president's poll numbers are going down because increasing numbers of people disagree with particular policies of his, but the damage being done to the fundamental structure of this nation goes far beyond particular counterproductive policies.

Just where in the Constitution of the United States does it say that a president has the authority to extract vast sums of money from a private enterprise and distribute it as he sees fit to whomever he deems worthy of compensation? Nowhere.

And yet that is precisely what is happening with a $20 billion fund to be provided by BP to compensate people harmed by their oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Many among the public and in the media may think that the issue is simply whether BP's oil spill has damaged many people, who ought to be compensated.

But our government is supposed to be "a government of laws and not of men."

If our laws and our institutions determine that BP ought to pay $20 billion — or $50 billion or $100 billion — then so be it.

But the Constitution says that private property is not to be confiscated by the government without "due process of law."

Technically, it has not been confiscated by Barack Obama, but that is a distinction without a difference.

With vastly expanded powers of government available at the discretion of politicians and bureaucrats, private individuals and organizations can be forced into accepting the imposition of powers that were never granted to the government by the Constitution.

If you believe that the end justifies the means, then you don't believe in constitutional government. (MY NOTE : )

And, without constitutional government, freedom cannot endure. There will always be a "crisis" — which, as the president's chief of staff has said, cannot be allowed to "go to waste" as an opportunity to expand the government's power.

That power will of course not be confined to BP or to the particular period of crisis that gave rise to the use of that power, much less to the particular issues.

When Franklin D. Roosevelt arbitrarily took the United States off the gold standard, he cited a law passed during the First World War to prevent trading with the country's wartime enemies. But there was no war when FDR ended the gold standard's restrictions on the printing of money.

At about the same time, during the worldwide Great Depression, the German Reichstag passed a law "for the relief of the German people."

That law gave Hitler dictatorial powers that were used for things going far beyond the relief of the German people — indeed, powers that ultimately brought a rain of destruction down on the German people and on others.

If the agreement with BP was an isolated event, perhaps we might hope that it would not be a precedent. But there is nothing isolated about it.

The man appointed by President Obama to dispense BP's money as the administration sees fit, to whomever it sees fit, is only the latest in a long line of presidentially appointed "czars" controlling different parts of the economy, without even having to be confirmed by the Senate, as Cabinet members are.

Those who cannot see beyond the immediate events to the issues of arbitrary power — vs. the rule of law and the preservation of freedom — are the "useful idiots" of our time. But useful to whom?

 

[Statorama]

House Democrats laying the groundwork to raise taxes on the middle class

Your taxes won't be raised, not a dime. That sure didn't last long

Edit to add quote from the article:

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said, "It's now official. Top Democrats on Capitol Hill are starting to signal their intention to raise taxes on the middle class."

 

[Statorama]

Amnesty for illegal aliens on the way by means of Executive Order?

Several Senators have learned of a possible plan by the Obama Administration that would provide a mass Amnesty for the nation's 11-18 million illegal aliens.

 

[Hov34]

Amnesty for illegal aliens on the way by means of Executive Order?

Several Senators have learned of a possible plan by the Obama Administration that would provide a mass Amnesty for the nation's 11-18 million illegal aliens.

That's a lot of votes!!!

 

[Desert_Power]

Stat needs a new hobby.

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[Sam Quentin]

it's clear he's in a position way above his ability. He was elected way before he was ready.

big speeches can't solve your problems at this level.

 

[Fennis]

it's clear he's in a position way above his ability. He was elected way before he was ready.big speeches can't solve your problems at this level.

stat or obama?

 

[Statorama]

Stat needs a new hobby.Who posted in: Your opinion on the job that President Obama is doing so farPoster PostsStatorama 141TheFanatic 18Homer J Simpson 16tommyboy 15Maurile Tremblay 12Phurfur 11jamny 11Leroy Hoard 11Andy Dufresne 10bueno 10

If he's impeached or resigns I'm done. Otherwise sit back and enjoy it until November 2012.Hopefully this thread will become the go-to archive of his legacy of shame.

 

[bostonfred]

House Democrats laying the groundwork to raise taxes on the middle class

Your taxes won't be raised, not a dime. That sure didn't last long

Edit to add quote from the article:

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said, "It's now official. Top Democrats on Capitol Hill are starting to signal their intention to raise taxes on the middle class."

I officially like the officialness of the source saying it's official.

 

[bostonfred]

Amnesty for illegal aliens on the way by means of Executive Order?

Several Senators have learned of a possible plan by the Obama Administration that would provide a mass Amnesty for the nation's 11-18 million illegal aliens.

 

[thatguythere]

Amnesty for illegal aliens on the way by means of Executive Order?

Several Senators have learned of a possible plan by the Obama Administration that would provide a mass Amnesty for the nation's 11-18 million illegal aliens.

What a great idea.

 

[Statorama]

Obama's first executive order was to protect his records from former and future presidents’ requests

 

[Statorama]

I post positive Obama links as well

Obama says ignore the data, US Economy is 'strengthening'

He's trying to pump us up

 

[Homer J Simpson]

Obama's first executive order was to protect his records from former and future presidents’ requests

Which conspiracy web site did you get that from?

Executive Order 13233[1] limited access to the records of former United States Presidents. It was drafted by then White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales and issued by George W. Bush on November 1, 2001. Section 13 of Order 13233 revoked Executive Order 12667 which was issued by Ronald Reagan on January 18, 1989.

The Order was partially struck down in October 2007, and Barack Obama completely revoked it, by Executive Order 13489[2] on January 21, 2009, his first full day in office. However, as long as no bill is passed by Congress with regard to this issue, any future president is free to issue yet another order to take the place of the revoked order 13233, just as Order 13233 revoked Order 12667.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_13233Looks like it did the complete opposite of what you say it did.

 

[Phurfur]

I post positive Obama links as well

Obama says ignore the data, US Economy is 'strengthening'

He's trying to pump us up

What planet does this guy live on.

 

[oneohh]

Amnesty for illegal aliens on the way by means of Executive Order?

Several Senators have learned of a possible plan by the Obama Administration that would provide a mass Amnesty for the nation's 11-18 million illegal aliens.

That's a lot of votes!!!

This almost makes me hope the Mayans are right. I wonder how many of those illegals are of Mayan descent?

 

[Fennis]

If he's impeached or resigns I'm done. Otherwise sit back and enjoy it until November 201216.

Hopefully this thread will become the go-to archive of his legacy of shame.

 

[Pooch]

Obama's first executive order was to protect his records from former and future presidents’ requests

Which conspiracy web site did you get that from?

Executive Order 13233[1] limited access to the records of former United States Presidents. It was drafted by then White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales and issued by George W. Bush on November 1, 2001. Section 13 of Order 13233 revoked Executive Order 12667 which was issued by Ronald Reagan on January 18, 1989.

The Order was partially struck down in October 2007, and Barack Obama completely revoked it, by Executive Order 13489[2] on January 21, 2009, his first full day in office. However, as long as no bill is passed by Congress with regard to this issue, any future president is free to issue yet another order to take the place of the revoked order 13233, just as Order 13233 revoked Order 12667.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_13233Looks like it did the complete opposite of what you say it did.

 

[Death Bytes]

big speeches can't solve your problems at this level.

 

[FUBAR]

Obama's first executive order was to protect his records from former and future presidents’ requests

Which conspiracy web site did you get that from?

Executive Order 13233[1] limited access to the records of former United States Presidents. It was drafted by then White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales and issued by George W. Bush on November 1, 2001. Section 13 of Order 13233 revoked Executive Order 12667 which was issued by Ronald Reagan on January 18, 1989.

The Order was partially struck down in October 2007, and Barack Obama completely revoked it, by Executive Order 13489[2] on January 21, 2009, his first full day in office. However, as long as no bill is passed by Congress with regard to this issue, any future president is free to issue yet another order to take the place of the revoked order 13233, just as Order 13233 revoked Order 12667.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_13233Looks like it did the complete opposite of what you say it did.

You might be right but when did Wikipedia become a reliable source?

 

[Statorama]

Finally, after 70 days, Obama accepts foreign assistence with Gulf Spill

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The United States is accepting help from 12 countries and international organizations in dealing with the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

The State Department said in a statement Tuesday that the U.S. is working out the particulars of the help that's been accepted.

The identities of all 12 countries and international organizations were not immediately announced. One country was cited in the State Department statement -- Japan, which is providing two high-speed skimmers and fire containment boom.

More than 30 countries and international organizations have offered to help with the spill. The State Department hasn't indicated why some offers have been accepted and others have not.

Now if only he'd let the US skimming boats in Louisiana get to work as well, we might be on to something.

 

[Maurile Tremblay]

You might be right but when did Wikipedia become a reliable source?

In about 2005.

 

[oneohh]

Finally, after 70 days, Obama accepts foreign assistence with Gulf Spill

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The United States is accepting help from 12 countries and international organizations in dealing with the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

The State Department said in a statement Tuesday that the U.S. is working out the particulars of the help that's been accepted.

The identities of all 12 countries and international organizations were not immediately announced. One country was cited in the State Department statement -- Japan, which is providing two high-speed skimmers and fire containment boom.

More than 30 countries and international organizations have offered to help with the spill. The State Department hasn't indicated why some offers have been accepted and others have not.

Now if only he'd let the US skimming boats in Louisiana get to work as well, we might be on to something.

Makes no sense. If you’re ultimately going to accept assistance, why wait? Why accept some and not others?

 

[Phurfur]

You might be right but when did Wikipedia become a reliable source?

In about 2005.

They really do give themselves high marks.

 

[Apes with Guns]

I post positive Obama links as well

Obama says ignore the data, US Economy is 'strengthening'

He's trying to pump us up

What planet does this guy live on.

He can get anything he wants to eat at any time of the day.So Planet Awesome.

 

[FUBAR]

You might be right but when did Wikipedia become a reliable source?

In about 2005.

 

[Statorama]

Obama's first executive order was to protect his records from former and future presidents’ requests

Which conspiracy web site did you get that from?

Executive Order 13233[1] limited access to the records of former United States Presidents. It was drafted by then White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales and issued by George W. Bush on November 1, 2001. Section 13 of Order 13233 revoked Executive Order 12667 which was issued by Ronald Reagan on January 18, 1989.

The Order was partially struck down in October 2007, and Barack Obama completely revoked it, by Executive Order 13489[2] on January 21, 2009, his first full day in office. However, as long as no bill is passed by Congress with regard to this issue, any future president is free to issue yet another order to take the place of the revoked order 13233, just as Order 13233 revoked Order 12667.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_13233Looks like it did the complete opposite of what you say it did.

Yikes, every source that I've found that claims this to be true is more than a little nuts. It also lead me down a scary chasm with a guy that calls himself Michael Savage who would probably say I'm too soft on Barry. Seems like his heart is in the right place though.I bit on a bad lead. When it happens, I admit it. You won't catch me being lazy again. I owe that to you guys.

 

[Homer J Simpson]

Yikes, every source that I've found that claims this to be true is more than a little nuts. It also lead me down a scary chasm with a guy that calls himself Michael Savage who would probably say I'm too soft on Barry. Seems like his heart is in the right place though.I bit on a bad lead. When it happens, I admit it. You won't catch me being lazy again. I owe that to you guys.

Your dedication to your craft is heartwarming.

 

[Statorama]

Yikes, every source that I've found that claims this to be true is more than a little nuts. It also lead me down a scary chasm with a guy that calls himself Michael Savage who would probably say I'm too soft on Barry. Seems like his heart is in the right place though.I bit on a bad lead. When it happens, I admit it. You won't catch me being lazy again. I owe that to you guys.

Your dedication to your craft is heartwarming.

Yours too....if you know what I mean

 

[Statorama]

Obama's campaign to steal the hispanic vote in 2012 continues

This one line stood out as funny to me

In a broad speech that did not break new policy ground, Obama, a Democrat, called for Republican support to pass a law that addresses the 11 million illegal immigrants in the country without disrupting the economy or violating American values.

REALLY? NO SH? He's a Democrat you say? Unless this was ripped off the teletype next to a coma patients bed, you really don't need to have that in there.

 

[Statorama]

Government agency to block websites with "Controversial Opinions"

...and so it begins

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is blocking certain websites from the federal agency's computers, including halting access by staffers to any Internet pages that contain a "controversial opinion," according to an internal email obtained by CBS News.

The email was sent to all TSA employees from the Office of Information Technology on Friday afternoon.

It states that as of July 1, TSA employees will no longer be allowed to access five categories of websites that have been deemed "inappropriate for government access."

The categories include:

• Chat/Messaging

• Controversial opinion

• Criminal activity

• Extreme violence (including cartoon violence) and gruesome content

• Gaming

The email does not specify how the TSA will determine if a website expresses a "controversial opinion."

There is also no explanation as to why controversial opinions are being blocked, although the email stated that some of the restricted websites violate the Employee Responsibilities and Conduct policy.

The TSA did not return calls seeking comment by publication time.

 

[Phil Elliott]

Now that Obama said the Mexican border is safe, I would like to have a beer with him in El Paso.

 

[LHUCKS]

I post positive Obama links as well

Obama says ignore the data, US Economy is 'strengthening'

He's trying to pump us up

What planet does this guy live on.

this specific comment is going to bite him in the ###...the soundbite will be played repeatedly as this recession deepens.Really can't believe I voted for this guy...he's really been pressing my buttons lately.

 

[Statorama]

Obama bypasses congress to appoint Harvard buddy to run Medicare and Medicade

WASHINGTON — President Obama will bypass Congress and appoint Dr. Donald M. Berwick, a health policy expert, to run Medicare and Medicaid, the White House said Tuesday.

Senator Pat Roberts, Republican of Kansas, said that, far from trying to delay a confirmation hearing, Republicans had wanted a forum where Dr. Berwick could explain his views.

“This recess appointment proves the Obama administration did not have the support of a majority of Democrats and Republicans in the Senate and sought to evade a hearing,” Mr. Roberts said.

But Ronald F. Pollack, executive director of Families USA, a liberal-leaning consumer group, welcomed the appointment, saying “it augurs well for the implementation of health care reform.”

One of Dr. Berwick’s first tasks will be to work with Congress to avert a 21 percent cut in Medicare payments to doctors, scheduled to occur late this year.

Cue "Love Hurts"Edit to add: Most transparent government EVER

 

[Statorama]

More on Obama's dodgy recess appointment

With Congress officially on recess, President Obama will on Wednesday use his ability to make recess appointments to name one of his more controversial nominees: Donald Berwick, nominee to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

The April nomination of Berwick -- president and chief executive officer of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement -- was in trouble and might not have been able to meet Senate confirmation due to comments Berwick made in the past about rationing health care.

Wasn't rationing kind of swept under the rug during the whole healthcare "debate"?

 

[adonis]

I'm still quite pleased with how he's doing - not really surprising.

I recognize that a republican or democrat who inherited this mess would be having a tough time.

All things considered, I think he's doing quite well, but really, time will tell whether the changes he's making will be good for the country or not, but I'm happy with most of them.