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Obama's Twenty Fourth Week in Office

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"The List" for 7/11/2009

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Obama says more time was needed for his $787 billion stimulus package to work, predicting the spending would have a bigger impact on the economy later this year.

Video: Obama on signing statements, then and now

Sarah Palin, the former vice-presidential candidate, has accused members of Obama’s administration of a dirty tricks campaign to derail her political career.

Obama, used this week's radio address" to claim that his stimulus plan is indeed working

Obama’s releases on the “Irbil Five” — Quds Force commanders from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) who were coordinating terrorist attacks in Iraq that have killed hundreds— of American soldiers and Marines.

Michigan congressman says his state's unemployment will hit 20%. Says Obama's to blame

Cass Sunstein, a Harvard Law professor has been appointed to a shadowy post that will grant him powers.   Explicitly supports using the courts to impose a "chilling effect" on speech that might hurt someone's feelings. He thinks that the bloggers have been rampaging out of control and that new laws need to be written to corral them.  Sunstein's new book, "On Rumors: How Falsehoods Spread, Why We Believe Them, What Can Be Done,"  

John Holdren, Obama Science Czar: Forced abortions and mass sterilization needed to save planet

"The List" for 7/10/2009

Alledged first military orders by Obama in Afghanistan: Don't shoot back at Taliban Terrorists

House lawmakers on blasted a White House decision not to provide money next fiscal year for upgrades to combat-worn equipment, and promised a fight to put billions back into the defense budget

The Bureau of Prisons says it reversed course months ago to allow some of the country's most dangerous prisoners to read two books written by Obama.

A U.S. special envoy on Sudan, Scott Gration, stressed the need for cooperation with the country's leadership, after a prosecutor said there is enough evidence for a further arrest warrant against Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir for genocide

VIDEO: report from CNN's Michael Ware that claims the Obama Administration is willing to engage in negotiations with Taliban leader Mullah Omar

The administration’s “Green Jobs” czar, Van Jones has a “very checkered past” deep-rooted in radical politics, including black nationalism, anarchism, and communism.

USA to UBS: Hand Over Tax Evaders, Or Else! Swiss Bank's American Assets at Risk......

.... Swiss government said it would seize UBS data in order to prevent the Justice Department from obtaining the identities of 52,000 American account holders.

The Obama administration is developing an initiative to take money from the $700 billion program for the banking system and make it available to millions of small businesses

The Obama administration is seeking to give the SEC power to prohibit pay practices at brokerages and investment advisers and broader authority to bar individuals from work in the industry.

Obama promised Pope Benedict on Friday that he would do everything possible to reduce the number of abortions in the United States, the Vatican said.

16.1 million in stimulus funds will go to save the San Francisco Bay Area habitat of the endangered salt marsh harvest mouse.

TARP Losses: The Congressional Oversight Panel, working with a team of Harvard Business School professors, estimated that taxpayers had lost one-third of the value of the very small number of warrants that had already been sold by the Treasury Department: more than $2.7 billion

Joe Biden: No 'private meetings,' just meetings closed to the press   

In an interview with Max Keiser, Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Dr. Paul Craig Roberts said about Fed Chairman Timothy Geithner: "He works for Goldman Sachs."

Japanese Media turns on Obama.  Major Japanese Monthly Magazine Voice says: "Arrogance, Inexperience, Weakness"

ABC tries to explain away Obama "looking at girl" photo

The Obama administration, in a precedent-setting move, has approved resettlementin the U.S. for 1,350 Palistinian refugees from Iraq.

Campaigning for Obama said repeatedly that any overhaul of the health care system should be negotiated publicly and televised for all to see. Throughout this year's negotiations, however, the big deals have been struck in secret.

"The List" for 7/09/2009

VIDEO: Former US Assistant Secretary Of The Treasury Dr. Paul Craig Roberts- "Geithner Works For Goldman"

The Federal Government's most secure prison has determined that two books written by Obama contain material "potentially detrimental to national security" and rejected inmate's request to read them

Michael Copps, a commissioner with the Federal Communications Commission and its former acting chairman, has circulated an internal report examining the state of media journalism in America- After the FCC makes the report public, it can then be used as the basis for instituting new rules governing broadcasting ownership, licensing and content.

Obama shakes hands with Qadaffi

Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) won a startling admission from Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lisa Jackson: U.S. action alone will not impact CO2 levels.”

The Department of Homeland Security announced it would move forward on regulation requiring all federal contractors to use E-Verify. This announcement represents a last minute attempt by the Obama administration to fend off a proposal to impose more stringent standards that the Senate was considering on the same day

The city of Hoover will get $400,000 in federal stimulus money for a landscaping and beautification project at the Interstate 65 and U.S. 31 interchange

Frank Trinity, general counsel- a top official of the Corporation for National and Community Service, the government agency that oversees AmeriCorps, has refused to answer questions from congressional investigators about the White House's role in events surrounding the abrupt firing of inspector general Gerald Walpin.

White House denies manufacturer's boast that First Lady carried their $5,950 bag

Billions of dollars in federal aid delivered directly to the local level to help revive the economy have gone overwhelmingly to places that supported Obama in last year's presidential election....reports show the 872 counties that supported Obama received about $69 per person, on average. The 2,234 that supported McCain received about $34.

Treasury Department announced that nine asset managers were picked to partner with the government to buy older, hard-to-value mortgage-backed securities. Up to $30 billion in taxpayer money wil be spent. The fund managers will raise up to $10 billion, which will be matched by up to $10 billion in TARP money, with $20 billion more available from the TARP as cheap financing to boost the size of the buys

"The List" for 7/08/2009

Obama tells African leaders it is time to stop blaming colonialism and "Western oppression" for the continent's manifold problems.

A top aide to Obama, Valerie Jarrett , provided a keynote address at last weekend's 46^th Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) national convention, a gathering that attracted thousands of people and also featured anti-Semitic, homophobic rhetoric and defense of the terrorist group Hezbollah.

Obama's Assistant Attorney General Tells Senate: Terrorists Captured on Battlefield Have Constitutional Rights

VIDEO: Vice Pres. Joe Biden announcing a supposed $155 Billion deal with Hospitals to help pay for the Obama Administration's Health Care proposal. ...hospitals across the nation to donate $155 Billion that they will save through the Health Care Plan to help fund it.

In a recent small roundtable press briefing, Obama referred to Jakarta, Indonesia, as his old home town while he reminisced about his schoolboy days in the world's most populous Muslim country.

Bush Policy “Hold Gitmo Prisoners Indefinitely” = Bad; Obama Policy “Hold Gitmo Prisoners Indefinitely” = Good

As the Senate debates two separate health care proposals, Obama is making it known from overseas that he wants the one that creates a massive government run health care option, not the co-operative system some Democrats are considering.

The Public-Private Investment Program in which the government and private firms bid together to purchase toxic assets from banks, freeing them to increase lending and help revive the economy is still not operating

Biden hosts town hall meeting- 100 people show up

A House committee on Tuesday night defeated a pro-life amendment designed to stop Obama's plan to fund abortions in the nation's capital with taxpayer dollars.

"The List" for 7/07/2009

White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel told The Wall Street Journal that Obama would consider a proposal that would “trigger” a public option only if private plans failed to cover the uninsured under reform, Obama responds while in Russia

Laura Tyson, a member of Obama's Economic Advisory Panel, said the U.S. economy faces a worse situation than previously believed, and the deficit - already the widest since World War II - may surpass a previous projection of around 12% of gross domestic product.

Obama threw his support Tuesday behind creation of a program to help families struggling with burdensome costs of long-term care.

Obama said the Catholic Church's long tradition of social justice has had a "profound influence" on him -- just days before he is to meet with Pope Benedict XVI

The chairman of the board that convinced Obama to fire its inspector general complained that Gerald Walpin was creating too much friction with agency administrators, according to notes from a May meeting obtained by FOXNews.com.

In a meeting with several members of the Catholic media ,Obama insisted that pro-life Catholics' fears over the new administration's abortion agenda was "not based on anything I've said or done."

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Obama supports existing federal laws that prevent federally funded health care providers from forcing doctors and pharmacists who morally oppose abortion from either performing the procedure or providing abortion-inducing medication.  But Obama opposes a regulation put into place by the Bush administration that would require those federally funded providers to certify compliance with the law

VIDEO: Obama lies to audience on how he met his wife

Obama lies about how he met his wife, Newsweek diregards it

VIDEO: Obama Downplays US Role in Cold War Victory After Hour-Long Lecture by Putin

Obama today offered to scrap plans for a missile defence shield in Eastern Europe if Russia helped to stop Iran developing a nuclear bomb.

Obama acknowledged that Russian Prime Minister Putin still casts a long shadow in his country, but dismissed suggestions that Russian President Medvedev is little more than a Putin prop. 

Obama Administation ignored the majority of Americans who opposed the proposed guidelines that would implement Obama's decision to force taxpayers to fund embryonic stem cell research

Obama explains support of Marxist Zelaya

VIDEO: Biden And Obama On Israel Attacking Iran

Obama’s 1983 Nuclear Freeze Article

Obama's congressional allies want to create a powerful insurance commissioner to oversee medical plans nationwide. State regulators say it would duplicate what they do without better protecting consumers.

Says to the Russiams...Obama:" The future does not belong to those who gather armies on a field of battle or bury missiles in the ground"---but later the same day...U.S. missiles and Pakistani fighter jets attacked followers of a notorious militant leader close to the Afghan border   

VIDEO: Obama wrongly calls Putin "president"- three times

VIDEO: Obama disagrees with Biden, "We didn't misread the economy" ...prefers to say they had "incomplete information."

Obama pledged on Tuesday to consider Russia's concerns on missile defense and to respect Moscow's interests in the post-Soviet space, a senior Russian government official said.'

Michelle Obama's staff numbers 22 taxpayer funded employees

"The List" for 7/06/2009

'We'll evacuate 23 outposts very soon'- said after Barak from Israel met with Mitchell in London

The hospital in Hawaii where Barack Obama claims he was born refuses to produce any documentation– or will confirm or deny the claim – without permission of the president himself.

The Treasury Department is warning the financial services industry that it will not back down from its proposal to create a new consumer protection agency, even while lobbyists build a warchest and strategy to defeat the plan.

After Biden comments, US clairifies its position on an Israeli attack on Iran- again

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton plans to meet with deposed Honduran President Zelaya this week as the Obama administration weighs responses to his ouster.

Shares of major metal manufacturers traded sharply lower Monday, a day after Vice President Joe Biden said the White House "misread" the economy, prompting concerns that an economic recovery could be slower than expected.

The White House Won’t Reveal How Much Michelle Obama’s European Vacation Cost Taxpayers- Travel by an American first lady typically includes the military passenger jet that carries her and the children, Secret Service personnel to provide security, and a separate cargo plane to haul official vehicles First Lady Michelle Obama’s tour of Paris with her children included a convoy of 20 vehicles, according to news reports. She also moved by “motorcade” through London. The full cost of such a trip would also include the expense of meals and lodging for Secret Service agents and possibly other staff.

Zimbabwe's state media reported Monday that President Robert Mugabe described the US assistant secretary of state for African affairs, Johnnie Carson, as``an idiot'' after an acrimonious meeting between the two at an African summit in Libya

Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev called for a reduction of their nuclear arsenals to between 1,500 and 1,675 warheads and between 500 and 1,100 delivery vehicles, according to a “joint understanding” reached today in Moscow.

Obama's visit to Russia has seen over $1.5 billion (925 million pounds) of company deals unveiled,

"The List" for 7/05/2009

Obama has named a commission of experts to review the US manned space flight program and make recommendations by the end of August. Future manned space missions doubtful

Obama administration backtracks on Biden's comments about not standing in Israel's way if they decide to attack Iran

Obama's Arms Negotiators "Under the Gun," in US/Russia negotiations and are looking for ways to bypass Senate Ratification for Treaty

Biden: If violence increases in Iraq, the Iraqis are on their own.

John McHugh, Obama’s choice to be Secretary of the Army, has secured more than $44 million in earmarks for New York-based companies and a large Army base in his district.

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff left the door open to additional troops in Afghanistan if the situation calls for it.  Admiral Mike Mullen sought to clarify an apparent disagreement with National Security Adviser Jim Jones, who reportedly told commanders in Afghanistan not to expect any additional troops.

Obama warns on "there will be difficult days ahead" in Iraq

VIDEO: Biden- "misread how bad the ecomomy was"

Vice President Joe Biden said the Obama administration "misread how bad the economy was" but stands by its stimulus package

Obama misread Honduran crisis: diplomatic officials said the Obama administration and its embassy were surprised when Honduran soldiers burst into the presidential palace last Sunday and removed Zelaya from power

 Vice President Joe Biden said on Sunday that the Obama administration would not stand in Israel's way should the latter chooses to take military action to eliminate Iran's nuclear threat.

Obama proposes legislation to limit the size of finanicial instituions

Obama's Twentythird Week in Office

"The List" for 7/04/2009

Obama is turning to the Pope to back his vision of a new Arab state on all of Judea and Samaria and eastern Jerusalem. The president told the Catholic Italian newspaper Avvenire, one week before a scheduled meeting with the Pope in Italy, “It [the Middle East] is a subject I am keen to discuss with the pope. I think he will share my approach."

The United States wants to forge new relations on an equal footing with Russia, President Barack Obama said in a television interview broadcast to a Russian-language audience

The speaker of the Russian parliament's upper house said Saturday the United States could give up its plans to deploy a missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic.

Obama, strategizing yesterday with congressional leaders about health-care reform, complained that liberal advocacy groups ought to drop their attacks on Democratic lawmakers and devote their energy to promoting passage of comprehensive legislation.

The United States is opposed to enacting a new set of financial sanctions against Iran that are due to be discussed in the G8 summit next week, diplomatic officials in New York reported

"The List" for 7/03/2009

During last year's coampaign Obama criticized Bush, saying he engaged in an "extraordinary politicization of foreign policy." Obama repeatedly is appointing political donors to ambassadorships and is being acused of "not only insulting nations [that] we're appointing these bundlers to, we're risking U.S. diplomatic efforts in these key countries"

The White House says health insurance coverage valued at more than $17,240 for families and $6,800 for individuals might be taxed as income

Russian Prime Minister Putin will use next week's Moscow talks to relieve President Obama of mistaken impressions he remains mired in Cold War thinking, Putin's spokesman said

Russian President Medvedev and US counterpart Obama are next week planning to sign a framework declaration replacing a key Cold War-era missile treaty

The Obama administration is planning to use the National Security Agency to screen internet traffic between government agencies and the private sector

Two senior Republican senators sent a letter to Obama expressing concern over reports that the administration negotiated "directly or indirectly" with terrorists for the release of British hostages in Iraq. The letter sent by Senators Kyl andSessions said a deal to free the hostages had been "reported by numerous outlets in the United States and Europe. If accurate, they confirm that the administration released a major terrorist detainee in connection with hostage negotiations with a terrorist group

VIDEO: Colin Powell "Concerned with Obama's Spending"

"The List" for 7/02/2009

Americans who refuse to buy affordable medical coverage could be hit with fines of more than $1,000 under a health care overhaul bill unveiled Thursday by key Senate Democrats looking to fulfill President Barack Obama's top domestic priority.

The U.S. said Thursday it has "hit the pause button" on aid for Honduras pending a legal decision on whether to actually go ahead and cut aid in response to an army-backed coup there.

Obama accused Vladimir Putin, the Russian prime minister, of "living in the past" and indulging in Cold War thinking on the eve of his first trip to Russia as US president.

Obama has named Douglas Kmiec, the Pepperdine University law professor who has become a key impediment to pro-life Catholics as the ambassador to Malta. The move is sure to spark opposition in Catholic circles given Malta's strongly pro-life stance

Obama, responding to unemployment hitting the highest it's been in 26 years: "It took us years to get into this mess, and it will take more than a few months to get us out."

Comments by White House staffer reveal bullying tactics

National Security Adviser Jim Jones to US commanders in Afghanistan: WTF? -Suggest that no more troops will be sent to help

During Obama's health care forum he called on 3 people who are part of organizations working to pass his health care legislation- out of an audience of 200

Washington Post Publisher and Chief Executive Officer Katharine Weymouth said today she was cancelling plans for an exclusive "salon" at her home where, for as much as $250,000, the Post offered lobbyists and association executives off-the-record, nonconfrontational access to "those powerful few": Obama administration officials, members of Congress, and even the paper’s own reporters and editors

For $25,000 to $250,000, The Washington Post has offered lobbyists and association executives off-the-record, nonconfrontational access to "those powerful few": Obama administration officials, members of Congress, and — at first — even the paper’s own reporters and editors. 

Attorney General Eric Holder testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee on June 25 and gave startling testimony that means Christian ministers and whites will not be protected under the hate crimes statute proposed by the Department of Justice

VIDEO: Compilation of Obama flip flops- "Which Barack Obama did you vote for?"

"The List" for 7/01/2009

VIDEO: Treasury only getting 20 cents on every dollar in sale of stock acquired in TARP

Obama is pushing ahead with plans to shore up dwindling federal reserves for highway construction and establish a government-run bank to pay for future transportation projects.

A Puerto Rican legal advocacy organization that Sonia Sotomayor was a member of helped a group of Hispanic police officers in the 1980s challenge the promotion exams for New York police officers, arguing they were discriminatory.

VIDEO: U.S. ambassasor to UN won't Iranian regime is illegitimate

VIDEO: at Town Hall for Health Care meeting, Obama said the stimulus bill has worked

After speaking with Obama last week, Defense Secretary Gates asked military lawyers to explore how to modify enforcement of the policy in ways that are "more flexible until the law is changed

Obama is standing by his opposition to caps on jury awards to people who successfully sue for medical malpractice. But Obama also told a town hall meeting on health policy that he is sensitive to the complaints of doctors and other health care professionals that the threat of lawsuits is harming the profession and driving up costs.

The president of a pro-abortion Hispanic group says Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor set policy

Public Support for Sotomayor Falls After Supreme Court Reversal

Clinton cancels Moscow visit: US official

Russians cool towards Obama visit

Obama says country must 'stop clinging to' an unworkable and costly health care system.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will begin refinancing mortgages with loan-to-value ratios of as much as 125 percent as the Obama administration seeks to boost participation in its anti-foreclosureprograms

Freddie Mac received $6.1 billion in new funds from the Treasury Department to help offset its mounting liabilities, according to a regulatory filing submitted

VIDEO: CBS' Chip Reid and Helen Thomas double teamed Robert Gibbs today at the daily press briefing on the "tightly controlled" town hall meeting President Obama will hold on health care.

White House Disputes CriticismThat Health Care Town Hall Meeting Is Staged

The Pentagon says it has put cooperation with the Honduran military on hold.

Becasue of Obama's attacks on Israeli settlements some Israeli politicians calling for a boycott on July 4 celebration at the Israeli ambassador's residence

Obama Increasing Aid to Jordan, Other Muslim States

The composition of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government is "under assault" by the U.S. and Europe, says a top minister in the Israeli government. "It seems there is a coordinated assault between the U.S. and some European countries to remove Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and his party and to replace them with the Kadima party"

"The List" for 6/30/2009

Obama's top security adviser has told U.S. military commanders there are no plans to send more troops to Afghanistan-the focus instead will be on economic development and reconstruction

VIDEOS:  Obama claiming credit for Iraq success.  Earlier video of Obama as senator: "The surge won't work"

Congressional Budget Office says deficits to ballon under Obama

Michelle Obama wants a bigger role in her husband’s administration, according to The Washington Post-  The first lady’s team of more than 20 has been told to think “strategically” about how to make her a player on policies she cares about

The Pentagon is considering how it might ease the "don't ask, don't tell" law requiring gays to keep quiet about their sexual identity or face expulsion from the military, Defense SecretaryGates said

Obama has Biden announce another Czar.  Lynn Rosenthal— domestic violence aide

The United States has re-approved its Israel loan guarantees program, subject to meeting fiscal targets

The Obama adminstration has imposed financial sanctions on a company accused of involvement in North Korea's missile proliferation network.

Obama lives it up on independence day.  Having a huge Luau party with tons of food flown in- on the taxpayers' dime

Obama has allocated an additional $150 million to Jordan. Increasing Aid to other Muslim states

Obama celebrated the 1969 homosexual riots at a seedy Mafia-run bar known as the Stonewall Inn by repeatedly calling them "protests

At a White House celebration of Gay Pride Month, Obama said he hopes to persuade all Americans to accept homosexuality

"The List" for 6/29/2009

Obama said Monday he is confident the U.S. and Colombia ultimately can reach a deal on a stalled trade agreement, despite continuing differences about the killings of labor leaders in Colombia.

"The unions are running a lot of this administration," McCain said during an appearance on the Mike Broomhead show on local radio station KFYI

The United States will sign an agreement Tuesday to forgive nearly $30 million in Indonesian debt in return for the large Southeast Asian country agreeing to protect forests on Sumatra Island

VIDEO: Obama to gays: I’m totally going to help you out, just not right now

Obama is vowing to sign climate change legislation and overhauls in health care and financial regulations this year and is dismissing his critics as naysayers.

Michelle Obama stepped into the health care policy debate this afternoon, criticizing the current state of care in America and announcing the release of $851 million in recovery funds to support community health centers.  The first lady's Office says the grant money will go toward upgrading and expanding more than 1,500 health centers across the country

Interior Department Secretary Ken Salazar on Monday announced measures he said would expedite solar energy projects on federal lands

Obama's pick for FCC daughter of key house Democrat Clyburn

VIDEO: White House refuses to uphold pledge not to tax people who make under $250,000

VIDEO: White House spokesman Gibbs says "You can begin to judge the stimulous now"

Spinning a Supreme Court decision in its favor, the White House said that the justices' reversal of a ruling that high court nominee Sotmayor endorsed as an appeals court judge proves that she follows judicial precedent

Hondurans answer Obama- say the removal of the president was legal

Obama says Honduras coup was "illegal" and Zelaya remains the president.

Obama could discuss a second stimulus package to boost the economy if needed, but at the moment no more new money looks necessary,top White House adviser Axelrod said

VIDEO: Obama’s energy czar Carol Browner admits to not having read the whole cap and trade bill

Obama speeding the delivery of $346 million in economic stimulus money to help improve energy efficiency in new and existing commercial buildings: announcees new lighting standards

In an apparent mistake, Obama's senior adviser David Axelrod stated during an interview there are nuclear weapons in Iran which are a threat to the entire world.

The Obama administration told the Palestinian Authority the "golden era" of Israeli constructionin sections of Jerusalem and the strategic West Bank will soon come to an end

Supreme court overrules Obama's supreme court nominee' Sotomayor's decision- sides with white firefighters

New information suggests that the Obama administration is bluffing on missile defense for Hawaii from a N. Korean attack- and defenses are inadequate to get the job done.

"The List" for 6/28/2009

EHealth and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius defended the government-run program favored by President Obama against arguments that it would ration care.- “I don’t think there’s anything about the public option that would ration care

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the action taken against Honduras' president should be condemned by everyone.

United States calls for Honduran president to be reinstated

White House tried to prevent Honduran president’s ouster

The EPA may have suppressed an internal report that was skeptical of claims about global warming, including whether carbon dioxide must be strictly regulated by the federal government, according to a series of newly disclosed e-mail messages.

U.S. House of Representatives' Appropriations Committee has cut all 95 million dollars in energy aid earmarked for North Korea. The Obama administration had appropriated the energy aid to North Korea in a bill related to the State Department's foreign aid budget, aiming to earmark funds for a future resumption of talks with Pyongyang

Questions arise on why Eric Holder's Justice Dept. dropped Black Panther voter intimidation case

Obama's top adviser, David Axelrod says Republicans are using inaction as a political strategy.

The White House contended that Iran's president wasn't in charge of his country's foreign policy and said his criticism of Washington was little more than "bloviations,"; Axelrod: Ahmadinejad not in charge of Iranian foreign policy

Obama on called on Honduras to respect the rule of law after military leaders there arrested President Manuel Zelaya to head off Zelaya's attempt to hold a vote on constitutional changes deemed illegal by the country's Supreme Court and Congress.

Obama expressed deep concern on Sunday at the Honduran military's arrest and expulsion of President Manuel Zelaya from the country.

The Obama group Organizing for America seeks "stories" of healthcare

VIDEO: Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius on health care,"Playing field has to be leveled"

VIDEO: David Axelrod cannot bring himself to criticize Iran

David Axelrod said the president won't rule out a health care reform bill that includes a middle-class tax hike.

SEIU chief Andy Stern enjoys unusual access to the White House

Obama's Twentysecond Week in Office

"The List" for 6/27/2009

Washington is to dramatically overhaul its Afghan anti-drug strategy, phasing out opium poppy eradication, the U.S. envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan told allies

Obama on urged his fellow Americans to get tested for HIV in an effort to reduce transmission of the virus that causes AIDS.

Obama put pressure on senators Saturday to follow its lead and pass legislation to limit greenhouse gas emissions

Obama took on Republican critics of his stance on Iran, directly targeting former rival Sen. John McCain and saying, "I am the president of the United States."

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday named Farah Pandith as the United States Special Representative to Muslim Communiites.

Obama says "clean energy" bill passed by the House of Representatives Friday will help ease America's dependence on foreign oil and create jobs

"The List" for 6/26/2009

America’s biggest oil companies will probably cope with Obama's. carbon legislation by closing fuel plants, cutting capital spending and increasing imports.

Diane J. Humetewa, the first female Native American U.S. attorney in history, will soon be out of a –  Obama's replacement a non-Indian

At least half a dozen men suspected or convicted of terrorism have been allowed by the U.S. government to keep their federal aviation licenses, including two who appear on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted List and a Libyan sentenced to nearly three decades in prison by a Scottish court for the 1980s bombing of an American airliner.

A pro-life group is asking the Justice Department to review several death threats it has received in the wake of the shooting of late-term abortion practitioner George Tiller. However, Operation Rescue officials say the Obama administration has not responded

Pro Sharia Obama legal advisor Harold Koh Confirmed After Long GOP Delay

Obama calls actions by Iranian government ruthless and violent.

The United States will not use force to inspect a North Korean ship suspected of carrying banned goods, an American official was quoted as saying

Hezbollah: "Several US officials at different levels and more or less close to the administration have asked to speak with but we have refused

"The List" for 6/25/2009

VIDEO: Obama on cap and trade bill ""Make no mistake: This is a jobs bill."

"Elliot Abrams, who served under United States Presidents Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush,"Despite fervent denials by Obama administration officials, there were indeed agreements between Israel and the United States regarding the growth of Israeli settlements on the West Bank."

VIDEO: Rahm Emanuel re single payer, "The objective is important, not the means"

Obama on Thursday selected for ambassadorships in Europe two of his presidential campaign's biggest fundraisers, extending a pattern of rewarding political supporters.

US Sec. of State of State Hillary Clinton this week named a new envoy to deal with the Muslim world but her communications staff failed to make the nomination public

Texas stands to gain far more than it loses if Congress approves his energy and climate-change proposals, Obama said Wednesday

The White House on Wednesday defended its treatment of a Huffington Post blogger the day before, insisting he was not a plant by the Obama administration.

ABC's White House special Obama's town hall meeting on health care struggled for viewers

Dr. Stephen T. Parente of the University of Minnesota and HSI Network testified before congress, providing a financial assessment of each and every version of the ObamaCare plan. ObamaCare could cost up to $4 Trillion dollars over a ten year period.

VIDEO: Obama Wants "Best Care" For His Family

"The List" for 6/24/2009  

Obama suggested at a town hall event Wednesday night that one way to shave medical costs is to stop expensive and ultimately futile procedures performed on people who are about to die and don't stand to gain from the extra care (Let people die)

Attorney General Eric Holder sought support Wednesday for erasing the gap in prison sentences for crack and powder cocaine crimes, a disparity that hits black defendants the hardest.

Video: Obama’s nuance on Iran’s “exporting terror”

Environmental Protection Agency officials have silenced one of their own senior researchers after the 38-year employee issued an internal critique of the EPA's climate change position

Obama on Wednesday defended his assertion that a climate-change measure making its way through Congress would greatly reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil, even as government figures raised questions about whether he was overstating its effect.

Scientific findings at odds with the Obama’s views on carbon dioxide and climate change are being suppressed as a result of political pressure, officials at the Competitive Enterprise Institute charge

Obama left the door open to a new tax on health care benefits Wednesday, and officials said top lawmakers and the White House were seeking $150 billion in concessions from the nation's hospitals as they sought support for legislation struggling to emerge in Congress

Obama's administration is examining a proposed Israeli-Syrian peace plan that is based on demilitarizing the Golan Heights and transforming it, along with a strip of the Jordan Valley, into a nature preserve, or "peace park," that would be open to visitors during the day

Obama has threatened to veto a $680 billion military spending bill if it contains money for jet fighters the Pentagon doesn't want: The F-22

The Obama administration pushes for a national health care plan, studies show that most Americans are overwhelmingly happy with their own health care

Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis announced five grant competitions, totaling $500 million, to fund projects that prepare workers for green jobs in the energy efficiency and renewable energy industries

A letter signed by a former Republican U.S. attorney general, a former Democratic White House Counsel, and 144 other prominent lawyers is challenging the White House’s claim that fired AmeriCorps Inspector General Gerald Walpin was “confused” and “disoriented."

Obama administration has zeroed out funding for pro-democracy programs inside Iran from the State Department budget for fiscal 2010, just as protests in Iran are ramping up

The White House announced today that it had withdrawn invitations to Iranian diplomats to attend Fourth of July festivities at U.S. embassies around the world

The Obama administration is seriously considering not extending invitations to Iranian diplomats for July 4 celebrations overseas

"The Obama Show":  Huffington Post blogger Nico Pitney and Spanish language EFE reporter Macarena Vidal were invited by the administration to theWhite House press conference, put on list of journalsts to be called on, given question to ask Obama.

"The List" for 6/23/2009  

U.S. finally approves the sale of 25 F-35 fighter planes to Israel with enchanced Israeli communications systems developed by Israel's defense system.

Prior to this month's disputed presidential election in Iran, the Obama administration sent a letter to the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, calling for an improvement in relations, according to interviews and the leader himself. Administration overture to Khamenei ridiculed in sermon

Obama has decided to send a U.S. ambassador back to Syria, a dramatic sign of reconciliation between the two countries

Obama said his administration needs to push money out faster to initiate a recovery and conceded that unemployment would rise above 10 percent

Obama: A government-run health insurance option is needed "to discipline insurance companies,"

Obama: says he firmly believes a government-run health insurance plan "made sense" in a broader overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system, and that private insurers should find ways to compete for clients

Media Cheer Obama's Golf Outings but Criticized Republicans' Trips to Course: Obama went golfing 11 times in the last 6 months all through economic, military and foreign crisis

Family members of the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks say they have been blindsided by the Obama administration's opposition to their lawsuit seeking damages from top members of the Saudi government over suspected financial links to the 9/11 attackers

The lawyer nominated by Obama to be the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey won't identify more than half of his private clients on government forms designed to help the public guard against potential conflicts of interests.

Obama is creating a White House council to handle issues that affect American communities and workers tied to the automotive industry.

The Energy Dept. said it would lend $5.9 billion to Ford and provide about $2.1 billion in loans to Nissan and Tesla Motors, making the three automakers the first beneficiaries of a $25 billion fund to develop fuel-efficient vehicles.

The Obama administration plans to kill a controversial Bush administration spy satellite program at the Department of Homeland Security

Over 150 Hours of Nixon Tapes to Be Released

Obama inconsistant about health care deadline.  First says will sign legislation in October, then says December

Obama harshly condemned the Iranian crackdown against demonstrations on Tuesday, declaring the rest of the world “appalled and outraged”

The Obama administration might reevaluate its stance toward Iran if the violent crackdowns on dissidents were to escalate, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said

Obama has no plans to alter his tone in response to Iran's bloody crackdown on post-election demonstrations

"The List" for 6/22/2009  

The Obama White House cannot explain more than half of today's announced $80 billion in prescription drug savings.

Obama visits wounded troops: Ordering them to be at the hospital, then shows up 3 1/2 hours late.  Doesn't know their names, where they were from or how they were injured.

World Net Daily Editor and Chief Executive Officer Joseph Farah is offering a $10,000 reward to anyone who can prove he or she was present at the birth of Barack Obama

US says settlement freeze includes east Jerusalem

The White House Monday bemoaned the lack of "justice" experienced by protestors in Iran, said Obama had been moved by scenes of demonstrators braving repression, especially women.

Def. Secr. Gates defeated: By a narrow margin, a House subcommittee votes to keep open the F-22 Raptor production line.

The United States said Monday its invitations were still standing for Iranian diplomats to attend July 4 celebrations at US embassies despite the crackdown on opposition supporters.

Inspector General Fired by Obama Wants Congressional Hearing on His Case

Congression Budget Office contradicts Obama claim that you can keep your doctor on his government health plan.  119 million would be forced off their plans and onto the government rolls.

Obama scraps President's Bioethics Council after forcing embryonic tax-funding.  With a one-day notice, members were told in a letter from Obama that their services were no longer required

Obama's 5 day pledge to wait on legislation: Five months into his administration, Obama has signed two dozen bills, but he has almost never waited five days.

Obama's staff secretary, Lisa Brown, expressed personal reservations about language in the Justice Dept. brief against same-sex marriage that cited the ability of states to refuse to recognize incestuous marriages as a comparison with same-sex ones.

Obama and the Democratic-controlled Congress are going to require you to purchase health insurance

The Obama administration pushes for the sale of 400 tons of gold through the house by tieing it to the security bill

The FBI has opened an investigation into a Sacramento program formerly run by a close ally of Obama's, giving credence to the IG Walpin's work. Obama fired Mr. Walpin June 11 after Walpin filed two reports critical of Obama friends.

"The List" for 6/21/2009  

The end of the racist Durbin II conference included two apologies from the Obama administration for missing Durban II. Obama officials also lauded countries and UN officials for working to improve the Durban II outcome and re-focusing the conference on fighting racism. No effort was made to distance itself from the actual conference - which sported an antisemite as opening speaker - or its outcome which singled out and demonized Israel as racist.

According to Justice Department regulations, Attny Gen. Eric Holder is required to recuse himself from certain detainee matters because his law firm represented Gitmo detainees

Obama says the United States is "prepared for any contingencies" involving North Korea — including the regime's reported threat to launch a long-range missile toward Hawaii.

Major Papers Expunge Obama’s Comment: ‘I’ll Be Honest, There Are Countries Where a Single-Payer System Works Pretty Well’

US Senate majority leader Harry Reid sent a letter to Obama last week criticizing the latter for his administration's heavy pressure on Israel to be the facilitator of the Middle East peace process.

 Obama's Twentyfirst Week in Office

Latest Additions to "The List"

"The List" for 6/20/2009

The Obama Administration insistently reiterated its support for Israel this weekend after a Jerusalem Post poll found that only 6 percent of Jewish Israelis now consider Obama to be pro-Israel.

U.S. Census Bureau officials said Friday that married same-sex couples will be counted as such in the 2010 national tally, reversing an earlier decision made under the Bush administration.

Obama condemned Iran's repression of post-election protests Saturday as the turmoil turned violent and harrowing images of bloodied protesters flooded US Television and computer screens.

Congress one-upped Obama with a tough response to Iran's elections as both chambers voted overwhelmingly to decry Tehran's clampdown on protesters challenging the victory of Ahmadinejad. Republicans pushed the resolution after criticizing Mr. Obama's comments on the situation as tepid

Obama dinner joke: Press in bed with me--- laughs at correspondents gala, crediting those who made him a celebrity

Michelle Obama on court ordered inactive status with Illinois Bar Association since 1993 after only 4 years of practice of law

"The List" for 6/19/2009

Herbert Allison, the former head of Fannie Mae has been confirmed to oversee the government's $700 billion bank bailout program.

Obama is calling for the elimination of industrial bank charters and wants them all shut down within five years. Obama's plan could deal a hammer blow to Utah's economy, which is the home of 25 industrial banks that employ thousands of the state's residents and hold assets valued in excess of $168 billion. Utah's industrial banking community is upset.

Obama administration has removed funding for pro-democracy programs inside Iran from the State Department budget for fiscal 2010, just as protests in Iran are ramping up

Sonia Sotomayor resigned Friday from an elite all-women's club after Republicans questioned her participation in it.

U.S. may seek new rule for money market funds.  Obama proposal says regulators should consider forcing the mutual funds to float their share prices.

Obama tied to Ayers... at age 11

Obama's Doctor Knocks ObamaCare

ABC employees donated heavily to Obama.   ABC employees gave 80 times as much money to Mr. Obama's 2008 campaign for president than to his rival's.

Obama's choice as chief of protocol for the State Department, Capricia Penavic Marshall, did not file tax returns for 2005 and 2006, errors she corrected last November. Blames Post Office.

"The List" for 6/18/2009

A top Air Force general, swerving from the Pentagon leadership, said ending production of Lockheed Martin Corp's F-22 Raptor fighter jet, as proposed by Obama, posed a high risk to U.S. ability to carry out its current military strategy.

Iran's envoy to the UN atomic watchdog caused a buzz among journalists on when he apparently misspoke and said his country had the right to a nuclear weapon-- no word from the White House

Only 6 percent of Jewish Israelis consider the views of American President Barack Obama's administration pro-Israel

Sen. Grassley, ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, is looking into the abrupt firings within the last week of two other inspectors general, one of whom was fired by the White House and the other by the chair of the International Trade Commission.

VIDEO: shows an interview with Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson admitting his close relationship with both the president and the first lady and later denying the relationship.  Mr. Johnson is currently embroiled in Walpin-gate.  His non-profit, St. HOPE Academy, is being investigated by the FBI  over allegations that an executive at the nonprofit founded by Mr. Johnson obstructed a federal inquiry into the group's spending.

VIDEO: White House Responds To Bush: "We Won"

White press secretary in response to former president Bush's criticisms: "we won"

A top White House lawyer called the firing of AmeriCorps inspector general Gerald Walpin an act of "political courage," according to House Republican aides who were in a meeting with the lawyer

The Obama administration’s disputes with government watchdogs do not end with fired Inspector General Gerald Walpin.  The Treasury Department is embroiled in a disagreement with Neil Barofsky, the watchdog for the $700 billion government bailout Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP.

Obama's plan to overhaul the structure of financial regulation leaves in place the split between those regulators who supervise the trading of futures at the Commodities Futures Trading Commission and those who supervise stock trading at the Securities Trading Association.

Congress will fund at least 20 more Lockheed Martin F-22 fighter jets despite Obama administration plans to cap production at 187

U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell has advised Israel to relax restrictions at the Gaza crossings without demanding that Hamas free kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit

Frontline US army commanders in Iraq say the withdrawal of American troops from the troubled northern city of Mosul is mired in confusion just 12 days ahead of the deadline for them to pull out

Obama appoints his sister to President's Commission on Whitehouse Fellowships

"The List" for 6/17/2009

Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, clashed face to face with her Israeli counterpart Avigdor Lieberman, Israel’s foreign minister, In what appeared one of the most tense encounters between the sides for several years, Clinton and Lieberman, disagreed on both the US call for a complete freeze on settlement growth and Israel’s contention that the administration of George W. Bush, the former president, had signalled that some expansion was permissible.

Holder defends the use of extreme force in "Indian Artifacts" arrest that injured non-violent civilians

ABC Promises Republicans heatlh care coverage won't be Obama 'informercial'

ABC News is refusing paid ads for its health care program at the White House. As of now, ABC is not accepting paid advertising, thus they're refusing even a paid-for alternative viewpoint

Attorney Genera Eric Holder said there may be 50 or more trials of Gitmo detainees as the Obama administration works to shut the detention center by early next year

White House refuses to answer Senate questions on AmeriCorps IG firing

Independant witness confirms Walpin's account and idicts the White House on IG firing

Instead of 50, now it's 60 Gitmo detainees to be tried: Holder

VIDEO: Sen. Sessions calls Obama's Attorney Gen. Holder "Soft on Terror"

U.S Bankcorp and BB&T became the first large financial institutions to announce that they have repaid the government in full for the preferred shares it bought last fall under the federal bailout

The Energy Department is planning to award $18.5 billion in loan guarantees for the construction of new nuclear power plants to four utilities, government sources said today

A top Republican senator is asking whether First Lady Michelle Obama's office played any role in last week's firing of former service program Inspector General Gerald Walpin

VIDEO: Walpin fired (by Obama) for doing his job?

Gerald Walpin, who was the inspector general for the Corporation for National and Community Service, says that part of President Obama's explanation for firing him was a "total lie" and that he feels he's got a target on his back for political reasons. 

"The List" for 6/16/2009

The Department of Defense is training all of its personnel in its current Antiterrorism and Force Protection Annual Refresher Training Course that political protest is "low-level terrorism." 

Obama plan would cut number of US bank regulators

House defense authorizers are pressing Defense Secretary Robert Gates to consider buying existing fighter jets instead of the next-generation F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to curtail a severe fighter jet shortfall in the Air Force National Guard.

Obama plans to extend health care and other benefits to the gay and lesbian partners of federal employees.

The Obama administration plans to streamline U.S. bank oversight and put the Federal Reserve in charge of monitoring big-picture economic risks in a sweeping regulatory overhaul

Obama denies the state of California aid

White House Health Reform Communications Director is Former ABC News Correspondent Linda Douglas

VIDEO: Obama on the Fox news,"One television network devoted entirely to attacking my administration"

Obama Accuses Fired Inspector General of AmeriCorps of Being 'Confused, Disoriented'

Key Obama Ally, Inspector General of the Corporation for National and Community Service, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo, Says President Obama Did Not Follow the Law in IG Firing

Former AmeriCorps Official, Gerald Walpin, Says Obama Removed Him for 'Doing My Job'

An Obama administration official says the Treasury will propose the creation of a regulatory agency to protect consumers in their credit, savings and other banking transactions.

Attorney General Eric Holder says recent violent attacks show the need for a tougher hate crimes law.

Former President Jimmy Carter passed a message to Hamas from the Obama administration, according to senior sources in the Islamist group

Sotomayor tells senator Demint that she "never thought about" rights of the unborn on abortion

Obama and Democrats Try To Sneak $100 Billion Stealth Bailout To European Banks

ABC turns over its programming over to Obama.  News to be anchored from inside the White House.  Obama officials to push for government run health care.

Obama seeks new powers to seize companies

Chrysler dealers say they were threatened and lied to during final days

Obama's claim of 46 million uninsured Americans includes 10 million foreigners

Obama traveled to Chicago Monday for a major speech on health care, but most of the reporters who cover him every day stayed in Washington and watched it all on TV.

"The List" for 6/15/2009

Obama insists that the post-election violence in Iran and accusations of vote-rigging have not changed his outlook on the value of outreach to the clerical regime. While denouncing violence against demonstrators, Obama said he remains committed to what he called "tough, hardheaded diplomacy"

The U.S. administration is prepared to show flexibility on construction in West Bank settlements, a government source in Jerusalem says. The Americans will apparently not demand a full freeze on construction, but will agree that projects now underway can be completed, Israeli officials say.

Obama increased unemployment benefits as part of his economic stimulus, he also made some Americans ineligible for hundreds of dollars a month in food stamps.  Under the economic recovery plan, laid-off workers have seen a $25 weekly bump in their unemployment checks as part of a broad expansion of benefits for the poor. But the law did not raise the income cap for food stamp eligibility, so the extra money has pushed some people over the limit.

VIDEO: Obama's real plans for health care

Obama announces another "czar" Kimberly Teehee as senior policy advisor for native American Affairs

Britain's David Miliband calls Hillary Clinton to voice anger over Guantánamo inmates' transfer to Bermuda

Shares of hospital operators fell on Monday after U.S. President Obama proposed more cuts to Medicare programs to pay for healthcare reforms

Doctors boo Obama at AMA speech

Palistinians: "No matter what is the position of the Israeli government and no matter what are the statements of Netanyahu, what counts is what was promised to us by Obama, which is totally the opposite [of Netanyahu's positions]."

Dennis Ross, who most recently served as a special State Department envoy to Iran, will abruptly be relieved of his duties

Obama pushed hard Monday for a health care overhaul, saying the system is "a ticking bomb" for the budget that could force America to "go the way of GM" without a legislative fix.

Obama offered the American Medical Association (AMA) an olive branch as he criticized it for its skepticism about a public insurance option

Former Gitmo detainees now living it up in Bermuda

Weeks after Obama took office, the CIA extended its contract with a firm run by two psychologists who helped introduce waterboarding, two months later, CIA Director Leon Panetta fired Mitchell, Jessen & Associates and all other contractors that aided the CIA in its interrogations of alleged terrorists

The Obama administration named Kenneth Feinberg, the lawyer who oversaw the government's compensation fund for victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, as its pay czar to police compensation of top earners at companies receiving "exceptional" government aid.

Obama’s strongest supporters among Jewish leaders are deeply troubled by his recent Middle East initiatives, and some are questioning what he really believes

Obama will release details on Wednesday of his proposed overhaul of how the government oversees banks and financial companies.

The Obama administration will target critical weaknesses in the troubled U.S. financial system, such as thin bank capital cushions and eroded lending standards, when it proposes an overhaul of financial regulation this week, two senior officials said on Monday

Obama is ready to roll out an overhaul of the intricate rules and systems that govern America's troubled financial institutions, proposing the most ambitious revision since the Great Depression.

Obama's Air Force One flight to Chicago and back on Monday to cost $236,000  not counting Secret Service protection, motorcades, and helicopter transports

"The List" for 6/14/2009

CIA head says Cheney almost wishing US be attacked

 Lack of votes seen for Obama healthcare program

Obama has said that the new cyberdefense strategy he unveiled last month will provide protections for personal privacy. Pentagon says they don't think so

Obama's Twentieth Week in Office

Latest Additions to "The List

"The List" for 6/13/2009

Nancy-Ann DeParle, the official overseeing White House health care reform efforts earned more than $5.8 million in the past three years from her work for major medical companies

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano wants to repeal and replace the controversial, $4 billion domestic security initiative known as Real ID, which calls for placing more secure licenses in the hands of 245 million Americans by 2017

Donald Remy, Obama's choice to be the Army's general counsel, dropped out of the running after taking criticism from the Senate Armed Services Committee for not disclosing ties with Fannie Mae

VIDEO: Obama auto team called Chryser shareholder laywer a "terrorist"

Obama intends to pay for his health care overhaul partly by cutting more than $200 billion in expected reimbursements to hospitals over the next decade

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says that Americans need a new government-sponsored insurance plan to guarantee choice and competition — especially in rural America

Obama ignored British over sending Guantanamo four to Bermuda

Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor belongs to the Belizean Grove, a highly selective club for women only

Europeans balk at taking Guantanamo inmates for unwilling U.S.

GM's CEO Edward Whitacre has ties to the Chicago political machine as well as the White House

"The List" for 6/12/2009

US 'kept Guantanamo deal from UK'

Three Gitmo detainees have been sent home to Saudi Arabia.  Justice dept. says they'll do rehab

British furious over settlement of Gitmo Uigurs in Bermuda

1,000 protest Obama's speech in Green Bay

Military intelligence officials have quietly told Congress they advised against transferring 25 of the 60 Guantanamo Bay terror detainees deemed eligible for relocation by the Obama administration

Obama's IRS is weighing a proposal to deem one-quarter of employees' use of work cell  phones as personal use and therefore subject to tax as a fringe benefit.

Obama Struggles With Smoking 'Addiction' as He Praises Congress for New Tobacco Regulations

The Obama administration hasn't decided whether or not to release Gitmo prisoners in the United States.

Obama's special Mideast envoy George Mitchell said that Washington supports the creation of a Palestinian state "as soon as possible

The proposals to be outlined in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech on Sunday will not be enough to satisfy the Obama administration

According to a spokesman for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Obama believes that the threat posed by the North Koreans is "overblown

Dozens of US cities may have entire neighbourhoods bulldozed as part of drastic "shrink to survive" proposals being considered by the Obama administration to tackle economic decline

Secr. of State Hillary Clinton will no longer state that an attack on Israel as if it were an Attack on the US

The Obama administration has virtually abandoned plans to resettle in the United States some detainees from the military prison in Guantanamo

"The List" for 6/11/2009

Obama plans to fire the inspector general who investigates AmeriCorps and other national service programs amid a controversy between the IG and Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, who is an Obama supporter and former NBA basketball star.

Obama's former aide Louis Caldera, fired for NYC Flyover, has been hired by longtime Democratic activist John Podesta

Obama has told Ecuador's socialist President Rafael Correa he wants better relations

Four of Top Five U.S. Newspapers Buried Story on Obama’s Call for Government-Owned Health Insurance Company

Obama says that he was not interested in a system of nationalized care but does believe a single-payer system has some appeal.

Obama Administration Says Some Detainees Overseas Are Being Mirandized -- and Bush Did It, Too

A senior Republican on the House Intelligence Committee is accusing the Obama administration of quietly ordering the FBI to start reading Miranda rights to suspected terrorists at U.S. military detention facilities in Afghanistan.  The move is reportedly creating chaos in the field among the CIA, FBI and military personnel

China rejects move to send detainees to Palau

Four Chinese Muslims detained at Gitmo were freed and resettled in Bermuda, sparking complaints from China and Britain

Obama photo:  Feet on queen Victoria's Oval Office desk

"The List" for 6/10/2009

U.S. envoy George Mitchell assured the Palestinians on Wednesday of Washington's commitment to a state of their own, calling its establishment the only viable solution to their conflict with Israel.

AMA opposes Obama Medical Plan

Obama's choice as top U.S. diplomat for East Asia said Wednesday the United States is interested in easing its long-standing policy of isolation against military-run Myanmar.

Obama's new CEO of GM "I know nothing about cars"

Palistinians convert 46 ambulances to military vehicles,  violating US conditions for foreign aid, Obama adminstration ignores violations

The Brookings Institution said cap-and-trade legislation to reduce carbon dioxide emissions would lower the nation's gross domestic product in 2050 by 2.5 percent

The Federal Reserve lost $5.25 billion in the first quarter on the securities it acquired with last year's bailouts of Bear Stearns and insurer AIG

Congress is all but abandoning President Barack Obama's goal of producing fully one-quarter of the nation's electricity from renewable sources — wind, solar and the like — by 2025

Obama has appointed Washington lawyer Kenneth Feinberg to a new post with broad discretion over executive pay.

The Treasury Department reported that the red ink so far this year totals $991.9 billion. The administration is projecting the deficit for the budget year that began Oct. 1, will total an all-time record of $1.84 trillion

GOP don't have votes to filibuster Obama health care

VIDEO: March 2003 interview aired on CBS' "60 Minutes" Obama said Guantanamo detainees do not "deserve" to be read Miranda rights

The Obama Justice Department has quietly ordered FBI agents to read Miranda rights to high value detainees captured and held at U.S. detention facilities in Afghanistan

Obama Administration to Seek New Power for SEC on Executive Pay

The List for 6/9/2009

Obama to speak in front of graduating Naval Class.  Graduates told in writing to leave ceremonial swords at home

The Obama administration might have found a home for the 17 Uighurs detained at Gitmo. According to the Associated Press, the small Pacific Island of Palua is reportedly taking some or all of the 17 Uighurs in exchange for $200 million.

Tim Geithner Asks For A Bigger Treasury Budget

Obama's transparency czar is using $84 million to build a web site that won't be usable until October, and may not be useful until four years from now.

10 Banks Allowed to Repay $68B in Bailout Money

The Obama administration is ready to issue new regulations limiting the compensation of top executives at financial institutions that have received government rescue funds.

Obama proposed budget rules that would allow Congress to borrow tens of billions of dollars and put the nation deeper in debt to jump-start the administration's emerging health care overhaul.

The Supreme Court on cleared the way for Chrysler''s sale to Fiat, turning down a last-ditch bid by opponents that included consumer groups and three Indiana pension plans

US to spend $1 billion on embassy expansions in Pakistan, Afghanistan

Defense Secretary Robert Gates expressed confidence on Tuesday that the United States could shoot down any North Korean missile fired toward America.

TARP payback may not help consumers, Half of the big banks paying back federal loans are investment firms or asset managers, so lending isn't likely to pick up.

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates: The United States is increasingly concerned about recent advances in Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile programs

Obama Seeks Rules to Restrain Spending

First Gitmo inmate in US court pleads not guilty

The first of the Gitmo detainees has arrived in the U.S. for trial, despite overwhelming opposition from Congress and the people.

Treasury Secretary's Secret Talking Points Reveal That Banks Were Forced to Surrender Ownership Stakes to Government

Gag Order Issued in Army Recruiter Shooting Case

Obama quotes Qu'ranic verse about waging war to argue for peace and shared interests

Obama health care plan in conflict with fourth amendment

The List for 6/8/2009

Obama renews the Call for Government-Owned Healthcare Company

Robert Gibbs, Obama Press sec. says food taster story not true

Joe Biden: I’m sorry I’m not an economist,” ...“My background is foreign policy and the constitution.

U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell, en route to Jerusalem, told reporters that U.S. President Barack Obama wants the Palestinian Authority and Israel to meet for “immediate” talks towards the creation of a new PA state, but PA Chairman Abbas refused.

US Mideast envoy George Mitchell's is trying to lower the volume in the US dispute with Israel over settlement construction. Mitchell emphatically denied he had said, as was reported Sunday in the Hebrew press, that the days of Israel lying to the US over settlements were over.

Two Arab Reporters Passed on Obama Interview to Avoid Israeli Journalist

VIDEO: Obama stumped when asked a question about North Korea

Washington Post to Obama: Back Down on Israeli ‘Settlements'

Obama plans to require banks and corporations that have received two rounds of federal bailouts to submit any major execuitve pay changes for approval by a new federal official who will monitor compensation, according to two government officials

POLL: A majority of Israelis think Obama's policies are not good for Israel

Obama said he expects the government to save or create 600,000 jobs this summer by speeding up the implementation of the $757 billion economic-recovery package

Actual Administration response to the Supreme Court

Obama claims in brief filed with the Supreme Court that TARP is out of the authority of the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court rules that Chrysler cannot yet sell most of its assets to Fiat, a move that has been opposed by three Indiana state pension and construction funds.

US files papers opposing delay of Chrysler sale

6/7/2009

"Obama's man, Steven Rattner, called shots on Chrysler bankruptcy, planned Chapter 11 for autos in advance

Obama appoints Arif Alikahn, devout Muslim, to Homeland Security Post

Obama economic advisor Austin Goolsbee conceded that the administration had previously predicted unemployment would top out at around 8%, that it was now up to 9.4%

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has urged U.S. President Barack Obama to impose a solution on the festering Arab-Israeli conflict if necessary

U.S. Secr. of State Hillary Clinton said on Sunday that she thinks "there would be retaliation" from the United States in the event of an Iranian attack on Israel but stressed the need to prevent a nuclear arms race. During her campaign last year for the presidential nomination, she was more assertive, stating that an Iranian “attack on Israel would incur massive retaliation from the United States."

Hawai Star Bulliten's article about birth certificates

The Hawaiian certification of live birth Barack Obama posted on his campaign website and distributed to select news organizations as proof he was a "natural born citizen" would not be accepted as a "birth certificate" even for some Hawaiian state government eligibility issues

The head of the British Army chose to be at a service honouring the heroes of Pegasus Bridge instead of attending the official ceremony attended by Barack Obama and Nicolas Sarkozy.

VIDEO: Obama in france...we can't tell others to stop producing nuclear weapons if we don't change ourselves

Obama's French food tested by 'taster"

Obama goes sightseeing in Paris, tells lawmakers to fix health care

Administration blames Bush for GM crisis

Obama's Nineteenth Week in Office

The List for 6/6/2009

Israeli officials reject on a statement by US Sec. of State Hillary Clinton dismissing Israeli assertions that the Bush administration had agreed to allow some construction in the settlements to allow for natural growth

White House Video Features Muslim Proselytizers

Obama has rewarded, Alexia Kelley, the head of a fake pro-life Catholic group that was responsible for misleading voters about his abortion position to a top Health and Human Services post. The nomination is seen as political payback for Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good (CACG).

White House Convinced Cairo Speech Rebuffed Extremists' Lies About U.S.

Obama Drops Key Clause in Jerusalem Embassy Memo: "My Administration remains committed to beginning the process of moving our embassy to Jerusalem."

Israeli politiciams on the Right expressed outrage on at US President Barrack Obama's comparison of the suffering of the Palestinians to what Jews endured in the Holocaust.

The List for 6/5/2009

Obama's pick  for the top intelligence chief at Homeland Security withdrew from consideration Friday after questions were raised about role in the CIA's interrogations of terrorism suspects

Obama to American Muslims: I will ease the impact of post-9/11 scrutiny of charities

Obama Suggests Netanyahu Can Stop Israeli Settlements Just As Nixon Went to China

Attorney General Eric Holder makes statement from Cairo: Promises to protect American Muslims

Canada refuses to take 17 Chinese Muslim terrorists from Gitmo

Attorney General EricHolder dismissed default judgments his department had won against two of three defendants charged with violating the Voting Rights Act. On Nov. 4, 2008, a black billy club-wielding militant in military-style boots and beret stood outside a Philly polling location with a similarly dressed partner.

Rassmusson poll:  Obama's popularity lowest yet- zero

The omitted Sotomayor memo

Sotomayor's responses and documentary production in her Supreme Court nomination questionnaire are incomplete. The omission noted concerns a memo that Sotomayor signed as a member of a three-person task force of the Puerto Rican Legal Defense & Education Fund, in which she objects to the reinstatement of the death penalty in New York state

Sotomayor frequently remarked on her ethnicity and gender in 84 speeches released by the White House yesterday

In a speech that Sotomayor delivered to the Black, Latino, Asian Pacific American Law Alumni Assocation on April 17, 2009 — two weeks before news of the Souter vacancy broke — Judge Sotomayor made a number of references to Obama that seem partisan coming from a sitting federal judge:

Obama's FDIC is reportedly pressing for a management shake-up at embattled bank Citigroup, putting CEO Vikram Pandit in the hot seat.

Key congressional Democrats from John Kerry on down remain firmly aligned with Obama against Netanyahu on settlements, Israel backers jittery

Judiciary Clears Three of Obama’s Nominees

The List for 6/4/2009

Barack and Michelle Obama decline dinner with the Sarkozys

Washington feels "an arrangement that works" can be hammered out with Israel on the settlement issue, a senior administration official told The Jerusalem Post, indicating the US recognizes some wiggle room in defining a "settlement freeze."

The Obama administration plans to appoint a "Special Master for Compensation" to ensure that companies receiving federal bailout funds are abiding by executive-pay guidelines

Writings Reveal Sotomayor's Controversial 'Wise Latina' Remark Not Isolated

Sotomayor a member of La Raza for 6 years

Doug Ross: Obama Justice Dept. may have called off investigation on Muslim convert that shot two military recruiters in Arkansas

Microsoft Chief Executive OfficerSteven Balmer said the company would move some employees offshore if Congress enacts Obama’s plans to impose higher taxes on U.S. companies’ foreign profits

US lawmakers Thursday dealt another blow to Obama's plans to close Guantanamo jail, denying a request for extra funds and restricting the transfer and release of detainees.

Obama writes letter in support of a national health plan, Republicans say bipartisan deal tougher now

Billions of dollars in stimulus aid can be used by federal contractors to hire illegal workers because of the Obama administration's cancellation of a requirement that they use the E-Verify system.

Obama admits US involvement in Iran coup in 1953

Obama's Supreme Court Sotomayor, made "Wise Latina" comment in 1994, but in 2001 included her race too

 In speech to Muslims, Obama rejects Israeli settlements

Text of the Obama speech in Cairo

The U.S. Will not relist North Korea as "Terror State"

The List for 6/3/2009  

VIDEO: Obama Gets Rebuffed on Saudi Welcome Line: Some avoid shaking hands, leaving Obama's hand in the air

Obama Misreads Stats: ' US One of Largest Muslim States' not true, it's one of the smallest

Obama releases a short statement on the Jihadi attack on two military recruiters that left one dead and the other injured... three days after

The U.S. State Department Tuesday refused to state whether the Obama administration will honor a promise by the previous government that Israel will retain sovereignty over large Jewish areas in the West Bank in the event that a new Palestinian Authority state is created

Obama health care plan could cost more than 1.5 trillion

Obama said that he was receptive to Congressional proposals that would require every American to have health insurance

Obama now open to taxing health benefits

US may rethink cuts in anti-missile funds: Gates

Islamic Brotherhood to be at Obama's Cairo speech

Senior administration official: "This president and his outreach are very threatening to bin Laden and al Qaeda,"

Attorney General Eric Holderr said he is vacating an order, issued by predecessor Michael Mukasey, which said that immigrants facing deportation do not have an automatic right to an effective lawyer

The White House said Wednesday that Al-Qaeda was trying to distract the Muslim world from President Barack Obama's "historic" outreach effort

GM will keep its lobbyists and pay them with federal money

Obama reads 10 books per year (Bush read 100)

The List for 6/2/2009  

Obama to tell Israel: Form new peace policy by July

Was it Obama? U.S. "Accidentally" releases a list of nuclear sites

Obama nominee to the Department of Education's Office of Safe & Drug Free Schools, Kevin Jennings, is a homosexual activist with a history of using foul and abusive language against those who have opposed his homosexualist agenda.

Obama Says U.S. Could Be Seen as a Muslim Country, Too

Obama speaks of his Muslim roots

Obama grants 120 million for Hindi and Urdu courses

Obama in interview with French magazine:  The US is one of the largest Muslim countries (in French)

Top Israeli politicians: Obama administration meddling in Israeli politics

Obama Tour to Include Germany, Egypt, Not Israel

Mitchell flies back to Israel next week, says "wants to know in particular why Israel has refused to freeze construction..."

Obama announced the bankruptcy of General Motors yesterday before GM's CEO even spoke.  Says "Busy Not Running GM"

Geithner: Substantial repayments by banks of loans from the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) could come soon

Queen of England not invited to "D Day" commemoration at Normandy, White House says it is "Working to get Queen invited"

Geithner: "Chinese assets are very safe,"- Chinese audience laughs

Mystery revealed; Obama selling Hummer to a Chinese buyer

General Motors taken over by government, sells Hummer the next day. "Mystery buyer."

Obama says that Iran may have some right to nuclear energy:  "legitimate aspirations":

The Obama administration announced plans Monday afternoon for a government takeover of GM that grants the UAW a disproportionate equity share in the new company.

The List for 6/1/2009  

Obama declares June to be "Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, and Transgender Pride month

The Obama administration has petitioned the Supreme Court to protect Saudi Arabia and four of its princes from being held accountable for their alleged role in the September 11 attack

AUDIO: Full NPR interview with Obama

Obama: "I don't think we have to change strong support for Israel,"

Obama blocks sale of 6 AH-64D helicopters to Israel - approves 12 to Egypt

Obama’s EPA Administrator Renews Pledge for ‘Environmental Justice’

Obama's Justice Dept. sends out US Marshals to protect abortion clinics, but not Military Recruiters

Military Recruiter shot dead in Arkansas... Obama silent

Egypt has rejected an American proposal for gradual normalization between the Arab world and Israel

Obama story lies: "Uncle" who liberated Auschwitz wasn't a relative at all and wasn't at Auschwitz

As GM declares bankruptcy today, Rassmussen Reports only 21% of voters approve of bailout plan

Indiana State Treasurer Richard Mourdock: "The Chrysler deal is a clear violation of the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution and more than 150 years of bankruptcy law”

VIDEO: President's press secretary struggles to explain Obama's expensive night out to New York City

White House spokesman Robert Gibbs is declining to say what it cost for Obama and wife, to eat dinner and take in a play in New York over the weekend

The List for 5/31/2009  

Obama’s EPA Administrator Renews Pledge for ‘Environmental Justice’

Israel will not freeze settlement construction for natural growth, despite intense pressure from the Obama administration to do so

Obama was the First President in US History to Have Voted to Filibuster a Supreme Court Nominee

Obama considers "symbolic" measures to punish Israel for their position on settlements

Obama "Shocked" and "Outraged" at the "heinous" murder of abortion doctor

Obama website for homeowners a scam: funnell for lawyers.  Log in and get deluged with calls from lawyers wanting your money

Another breach in protocol for Obama: US Embassy in Bagdad holds first ever Gay Pride party

Relatives of Sept. 11 victims say they're angry that the Justice Department is supporting the Saudi royal family's bid to be removed from a 9/11 lawsuit.

Google’s head of global public policy, Andrew McLaughlin, is to become deputy chief technology officer for the Obama administration: ...highlights connections between Google and the Obama administration

Tiller abortion worker honored by White House, another connection between Obama and late-term abortionist George Tiller

 Obama's Eighteenth Week in Office

Latest Additions to "The List"

The List for 5/30/2009  

After meetings with George Mitchell, Israeli negotiators state; "All of the understandings reached during the [George W.] Bush administration are worth nothing....The United States is taking a line of granting concessions to the Palestinians that is not fair toward Israel,"

Obama says that Palistinian state with Jerusalem as its capital "In American Interest"

Obama limits lobbiests' first amendment rights by decree, restricts those who can lobby on economic recovery and stimulus projects

5/29/2009

Obama and the wife take in some theater in NYC, by private jet.  No word yet on cost to taxpayers

The Obama administration is supporting efforts by the Saudi royal family to defeat a long-running lawsuit seeking to hold it liable for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks

Elizabeth Garrett withdrew as President Barack Obama’s nominee to be his administration’s top tax-policy official, still can't fill post

Obama asks Australia to take some Gitmo detainees

VIDEO: Obama display of ignorance of intelligence agency branch

Obama displays his complete ignorance of intelligence agency branch: conversation caught on tape, transcribed

VIDEO: Obama lies on stimulus package numbers

5/28/2009

Obama will announce a "Timeout" on road building in national forrests

In Robert Gibbs first four months as Obama’s press secretary, there have been more than 600 instances of “(Laughter.)” during his regular press briefings — an average of more than 10 laughs per day

Evidence appears to be mounting that the Obama administration has systematically targeted for closing Chrysler dealers who contributed to Repubicans

Obama meets with Abbas, again

White House "announces" Obama's visit to wounded soldiers

Obama fundraising trips leave taxpayers with the tab

Obama says N. Korea not a threat

But... US and S. Korean Forces put on alert

Queen Elizabeth is left out of D-Day events

Israel defied a surprisingly blunt U.S. demand that it freeze all building in West Bank Jewish settlements, saying it will press ahead with construction

5/27/2009

Obama has drawn a line on Israeli settlement expansion. A former US official says "almost unprecedented" in toughness toward ally Israel

Video: Obama Press secretary Robert Gibbs issues warning to opponents of Sotomayor’s Supreme Court nomination, urging critics to measure their words carefully

VIDEO: Obama Spokesman laughs off birth certificate request; "It's on the internet, Lester"

Republican donors hit by Chrysler closings

Obama trying to force closure of 789 Chrysler dealerships,   more than 2000 fuming dealers protest outside the Jacob Javits Center

North Korea Threatens Armed Strike, End to Armistice

White House officials assemble a squad of legal experts to rebut charges that Sotomayor is an intellectual lightweight who puts her political views ahead of the law

Obama says ignore Korean Threats

SotoMayor served on the National Council of La Raza.

Sotomayor majority opinions reversed 60% by Supreme Court

The List for 5/26/2009

Most Terminated Chrysler dealerships are Republican Party donors

Obama violates another campaign pledge.  Opposes law that snared Blagojevich; a law intended to prevent politically connected companies from unfairly winning government contracts

Obama continues to violate pledge to wait 5 days to sign any bill.  Last week 4 more bills signed this week with less than 5 days wait.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told a group of reporters at the National Press Club on Thursday that he wants to “coerce people out of their cars.”

VIDEO: presidential adviser David Axelrod says he wanted someone who would appreciate constitutional principles but "be ready to adapt them to a modern context."

Obama's radical new nominee to replace Associate Justice David Souter on the Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor, used to serve on the board of LatinoJustice PRLDEF, one of the racial grievance groups that helped to sink the judicial nomination of Honduran-born Miguel Estrada in 2003

Adminstration already working on a strategy to handle attacks on Sotomayor's ruling in the denial of 2008 racial discrimination case

Judge Sonia Sotomayor, possible Supreme Court nominee, voted to deny a racial discrimination claim in a 2008 decision. She dismissed the case in a one-paragraph statement that, in the opinion of one dissenting judge, ignored the evidence and did not even address the constitutional issues raised by the case

Sotomayor:“I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life,”

VIDEO: Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Obama's pick for Supreme Court: "Court is Where Policy is Made"

Obama Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor said in a 2001 speech that a judge's gender and ethnicity does, and should, influence his or her decision-making on the bench

According to an analysis of climate legislation performed by the EPA, the cap-and-trade system favored by Obama could potentially damage the U.S. manufacturing sector and force jobs to move overseas

The List for 5/25/2009

Obama confuses Memorial Day with Veterans Day

Obama speech: United States and its allies must "stand up" to North Korea, accusing the rogue regime of blatantly defying the international community with its nuclear and missile test.

Iran sends warships to Gulf of Aden, no response from Obama

A campaign to erect billboards throughout the nation raising questions about Barack Obama's eligibility to serve in the White House has raised $45,000 in its first fiv

The List for 5/24/2009

Obama says government will get out of auto business "as soon as possible"

The Obama administration wants to abrogate a secret deal that President Bush made to allow Israel to construct homes in previously existing West Bank Jewish communities

The US State Department said Sunday that the future status of Jerusalem would be determined through peace negotiations, after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's declaration Thursday that the capital would "never again be partitioned and divided

The Obama administration told the Palestinian Authority that Jerusalem will never be united under Israeli sovereignty

VIDEO: Former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge critical of Obama over his handling of closing the detention center on Guantanamo Bay

Obama outsourcing interrogation

British banks may refuse to do business with Americans due to Obama's tax plan

Obama speech on homeland security over 6,000 words long but not one mention of FBI arrest of Muslim Terrorists in New York this week

Obama's Directory of Public Policy Council, Melody Barnes;“It is not our goal to reduce the number of abortions.”

 Obama's Seventeenth Week in Office

The List for 5/23/2009

In a sobering holiday interview with C-SPAN, President Obama boldly told Americans: "We are out of money

Obama blames health care for America's financial mess

Obama promises "basic health care coverage"

Obama urged Americans to pay tribute to veterans on Memorial Day, saying the nation all too often has "failed to live up to that responsibility."

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to announce that gay American diplomats will be given benefits similar to those that their heterosexual counterparts enjoy

Obama on Saturday named former shuttle commander Charles Bolden to lead NASA.  First time a black to head NASA

Obama will send a wreath to the Confederate Memorial at Arlington Cemetery on Memorial Day, rebuffing a petition from academics urging him to cease the decades-old tradition

The List for 5/22/2009

G.M..said it received $4 billion in U.S. aid, $1.4 billion more than it had originally requested, as part of its plan to pay suppliers and dealers before a June deadline.

The Obama administration asked the Cuban Gov't to resume talks on legal immigration of Cubans to the U.S. suspended by former President Bush

Banks negotiating to reclaim stock warrants granted in return for TARP program money may shortchange taxpayers by almost $10 billion if Treas. Secr. Geithners's first sale sets the pace

Joe Biden says he's "Out of the loop" after saying the decision to close Gitmo was "like opening Pandora's Box"

Obama signs yet another big bill faster than his self proclaimed "5 day waiting period pledge". Credit card reform to be signed today

Obama dumps the meeting with preschoolers to meet the Pittsburgh Steelers.  Kids locked out of White House.  Says they were"Too late"

Audio/video from 2003: Obama wants a single payor system, by stealth

Video From 2007: Health & Human Services secr. Sebelius for single payor system

Treas. Secr. Geithner called for major changes in compensation practices at financial companies, said Obama administration’s plan to help realign pay with performance will be rolled out by mid-June

Obama is promising newly graduated Navy and Marine officers that he will only send young Americans into battle when "it is absolutely necessary" and when the mission is well-defined- denounced "fear-mongering" by political opponents and insisted that maximum-security prisons on the U.S. mainland can safely house the dangerous detainees he wants transferred out of Guantanamo

Obama signs Pentagon cost cutting bill

Netanyahu Rejects Obama's 'UN Flag at Kotel'; Star of David to Remain

Biden goes to Lebanon for the second time, Hamas says he's interfering with the election

Obama's gives meandering response to request for birth certificate: "I wish I could say that there is a simple formula," .... "But there is not. These are tough calls involving competing concerns, and they require a surgical approach

The List for 5/21/2009

The Treasury Dept said it has put another $7.5 billion into auto lender GMAC to enable it to support both Chrysler and General Motors car buyers and partly meet a shortage of capital

Obama signs legislation creating a commission aimed at curbing financial fraud in the mortgage and other industries- Obama is reserving the right to claim executive privilege if the commission seeks information or documents that the White House considers to be beyond the bounds of public information

The census bureau publicly states that it will use GPS to track residences

Obama acknowledged publicly for the first time yesterday that some detainees at Guantanamo Bay may have to be held without trial indefinitely, siding with conservative national security advocates

Obama’s Plan to Close Gitmo…Was Bush’s Plan 3yr Ago

Obama told human rights advocates at the White House on that he was mulling the need for a “preventive detention” system that would establish a legal basis for the United States to incarcerate terrorism suspects who are deemed a threat to national security but cannot be tried

Obama declares defiantly that the U.S. "went off course" in fighting terrorism over the past eight years, and said his policies will "better protect" the country against al Qaeda

Obama vowed to press on with his bid to close Gitmo despite raging controversy, and branded Bush-era anti-terror a "mess" based on "fear"

Obama says 50 of the detainees held at Gitmo have been cleared for transfer to other countries.

Michelle Obama on the cover of Time Magazine for the 17th time

The List for 5/20/2009

One day after Netanyahu concluded his first official visit to the White House, US Sec. of State Hillary Clinton calls for an absolute stop to all settlement activity

VIDEO: Geithner to DeMint: Bailouts may never end, no exit plans

Another questionable Obama appointment- to the FDA.  Dr. Joshua Sharfstein as deputy commissioner, the president decided that absolute drug safety should come first--even at the cost of the drugs' availability to sick patients

A top al-Qaida suspect, Ahmed Ghailani, held at Guantanamo Bay will be sent to New York for trial, an Obama administration official said Wednesday.

SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro says she will "profoundly" question any move by the Obama administration to move some consumer-protection powers outside of the SEC.

White House produces its own press coverage of visit to University of Connecticut's women's basketball team and excludes White House press corp.

FBI Chief Robert Mueller undermines Obama's plan to close the Guantanamo Bay prison by warning that detainees could fuel terrorism if transferred to US soil.

The Pentagon will not release a report that says one in seven at Gitmo return to terrorism

Obamacare Rationing: The Obama administration is seeking to reduce hospital readmission rates by rewarding or penalizing hospitals through Medicare payments

Of the 16 members of Obama’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board, only one (Feldstein) opposes cap-and-trade. At least six (Immelt, Owens, Doerr, Ferguson, Wolf, Phillips) expect direct financial benefits from cap-and-trade. The remaining members are either Obama supporters/employees or union representatives. Taxpayers, consumers and non-rent-seeking businesses have been left out in the cold

Three of Chrysler’s secured creditors– all Indiana state pension funds – are mounting a fresh attempt to thwart the carmaker’s Chapter 11 reorganisation on the grounds that it violates their legal rights and the US government’s authority under the Troubled asset relief programme.(TARP)

Indiana will no longer invest in bonds issued by banks and automakers who receive federal bailout money.

British firms are being shut out from lucrative contracts in the US despite assurances from Barack Obama that America would not start a trade war

Obama may earn millions from taxpayer-funded schools in his new book deal. Random house, big campaign donor, wants to sell  Obama's"Dreams of my Father" to publicly funded schools

Obama calls for demilitarized Palistinian state in four years.

Michele Flournoy,Obama's new Pentagon policy chief, says members of Congress need to remember that closing the stigmatized prison in Cuba will mean hard choices for everyone. Says members of Congress must rethink their opposition to accepting these detainees into the United States.

Sen. Tom Harkin, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, and Rep. Rosa DeLauro, senior member of the House Appropriations Committee, are expressing frustration that Obama wants to reduce funding for land conservation programs after he has backed other conservation efforts.

Obama has backed off its threat to withhold billions of dollars in stimulus money from California, telling Gov. Schwarzenegger the state did not violate federal law in cutting pay for home healthcare workers in a bid to help balance the budget

The List for 5/19/2009

Hillary Clinton said ‘it is fair to say that our policy towards Pakistan over the last 30 years has been incoherent.

Businessman Norman Hsu, 58, was convicted by a jury in federal court in New York of violating election laws by making donations to political campaigns in other people's names. Obama connections.

76 of the 100 senators wrote Obama a letter urging him to take into account the risks Israel must face in any Middle East peace accord

Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano on Tuesday dodged nearly every question concerning the transfer of detainees being held at Guantanamo prison to the United States, saying only that the department was involved in the prisoners’ review

Obama orders FCC inquiry into Arbitron's  more accurate radio ratings system/technology, citing "diversity"

A socialist-oriented "media reform" group which calls itself Free Press, with ties to the Obama Administration is calling for new federal programs and the spending of tens of billions of dollars to keep journalists employed at liberal media outlets and to put them to work in new "public media."

The United States plans to provide as much as $110 million to help Pakistanis who had been displaced by their government's attacks on militants

State funds take a hit from Chrysler bankruptcy, pensioners take a hit due to federal gov. actions

Allstate and Ameriprise turn down federal aid as banks move to exit the bailout program

General Motors Corp's plan for a bankruptcy filing involves a quick sale of the company's healthy assets to a new company initially owned by the U.S. government

 Buy-out chief Mark Patterson; US sham bank bail-outs enrich speculators; " US Treasury’s effort to stabilise the banking system through the TARP programme is a hopelessly ill-conceived policy that enriches speculators at public expense"

Obama outlined the nation's first comprehensive effort to curb vehicle emissions while cutting dependence on imported oil, consumers to spend $1300 more per car

Obama informed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he intends to promote a new regional peace initiative for the Middle East

U.S to expand immigration checks to all local jails.  Obama administration enforcement push could lead to sharp increase in deportations

The List for 5/18/2009  

The administration gave House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, advanced warning before CIA Chief Panetta sent memo to employees at the CIA that countered Pelosi's claim that the agency lied to Congress about waterboarding.

Obama refuses to meet with the Governor and key business leaders from Nevada. Governor Gibbons requested the meeting in a letter to Obama so the President could address statements he made that were critical to Nevada and have caused economic damage to convention business and tourism business

The American military now openly admits providing military training to Palestinian military forces.

Obama rnational emission limits to cost consumers an extra $1,300 per vehicle

The national emissions policy for autos, which will ramp up to a new standard of about 35 miles per gallon, by 2016

Obama will tomorrow announce a "historic" new policy involving new greenhouse gas emission standards and new Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for vehicles sold in the U.S.

Global AIDS activists say Obama broker four pledges for Africa; All about money

Congressional Democrats from economically struggling regions are getting frustrated as Obama backs away from campaign promises to renegotiate NAFTA

Obama is seeking $12.8 billion in new tax revenue from life insurers over the next decade

Emanuel and Blagojevich traded numerous calls in 2006 about school grant

Obama jokes about having the IRS perform and audit on school official at ASU commencement speech

The New York Times finally went on record to admit that just before last Election Day it killed a politically sensitive news story involving corruption allegations that might have made the Obama campaign look bad

The List for 5/17/2009  

Russia and the United States open fresh nuclear disarmament negotiations this week

Only 31 percent of Israelis consider the views of American president Barack Obama's administration pro-Israel, according to a Smith Research poll

Obama reiterated comments made by other top officials, saying that he understands why Israel considers Iran an existential threat, (but does not say he agrees)

VIDEO: Militaristic Obama Youth commercial

VIDEO: Obama Notre Dame speech

Obama uses commencement address at Notre Dame to speak on abortion.  "Seek common ground"

Obama wants to pour 475 million into great lakes clean up

Vice president Biden, well-known for his verbal gaffes, confirms at a dinner the existence and location of a secret hidden bunker that Cheney is believed to have used after the 9/11 attacks

Obama’s push for a climate-change law this year has set off a lobbying boom on Capitol Hill, where companies are registering to weigh in at a rate of about one every business day

 Obama's Sixteenth Week in Office

The List for 5/16/2009  

Ahead of Netanyahu's trip to Washington, the Obama has been urging Israel to "tone down" its rhetoric on Iran and to stop threatening a military strike on its nuclear installations

Obama has most of his assets in US Treasury Bills.... reported over $4 million in book royalties

Prudential will join Ameriprise Financial as insurers rejecting help from the U.S. Troubled Asset Relief Program, industry sources say.

Obama legal advisor nominee Harold Koh, advocates that international organizations should be empowered to regulate the Second Amendment right to own a firearm

Obama Camp: Swiftboaters behind health care attacks

The Obama administration estimates that cap and trade will involve increased costs from 2012 to 2019 alone of $645 billion

VIDEO: Obama top advisor Axelrod suggest name first family's dog "Miss California"

Obama nominates Utah Gov. Huntsman envoy to China; Jeff Bader, Obama's senior adviser on Asia, knew Huntsman from when they both worked in the U.S. Trade Representative's office

The List for 5/15/2009  

Orwell lives.  the next slogan for Obama: " New Foundation "

Hospitals and insurance companies said Thursday that President Obama had substantially overstated their promise earlier this week to reduce the growth of health spending.

U.S. stocks dropped as concern the government will replace the chief executive officers of some banks snuffed out an early rally spurred by reports signaling the contraction in manufacturing is abating.

Relations between Obama and U.S. corporate leaders have grown tense in recent weeks, with business groups bristling over his sharp rebukes of lenders and multinational companies

VIDEO: White house dodges question about Pelosi

The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts directed employees not to log onto the Drudge Report with government-issued Computers due to potential viruses on the site.

Obama's CIA director Leon Panetta sends a stern message to the CIA, We told Pelosi the truth

After Obama informed Congress that he was renewing sanctions on Syria, he sends George Mitchell anyway

U.S. authorities release a Guantanamo Bay detainee to France.  His landmark Supreme Court case granted inmates at the U.S. military prison the legal right to challenge their confinement, officials said.

A report said federal officials are pressuring Bank of America Corp. to revamp its board and bring in directors with more banking experience

Relations between Obama and U.S. corporate leaders have grown tense in recent weeks. Business groups are bristling over his sharp rebukes of lenders and multinational companies in particular

Obama Orwellian Newspeak: Toxic Assets are now "Legacy Assets".  No more "War on Drugs". (not a war at all)

Retired FBI Agent John Vincent says his gravest concern is that the Obama administration is repeating mistakes of the past, thereby leaving America vulnerable to a terrorist at

The List for 5/14/2009  

Six major insurers, including The Hartford, Prudential Financial and Allstate, received preliminary approval Thursday for billions of dollars in aid from a U.S. bailout fund

The Obama administration is weighing plans to detain some terror suspects on U.S. soil -- indefinitely and without trial -- as part of a plan to retool military commission trials

The "Rightwing Extremism" report has been withdrawn and is being rewritten, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told Capitol Hill lawmakers

VIDEO: State Rep. Bilbrey comments on the SEIU/Obama connection, corruption in California "Pay to Play"union ploy

Reports that the GM plans to import Chinese-made vehicles to the U.S. have created a political problem for the automaker and the White House

Washington Post: The chief executives of the country's nine largest banks had no choice but to accept capital infusions from the Treasury Department in October, government documents released confirmed

Libya owns 2% of Fiat, which now owns Chrysler. Possible Obama connections

Obama is weighing plans to detain some terror suspects on U.S. soil -- indefinitely and without trial -- as part of a plan to retool military commission trials

Obama's U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., Susan Rice, told participants of the United Nations Human Rights Council that the U.S. has “not been perfect ourselves” on human rights issues

Judicial Watch- the conservative watchdog organization- has uncovered secret documents via the Freedom of Information Act. Revealing How Paulson Forced Banks To Take TARP Cash

The List for 5/13/2009  

Obama, calling current deficit spending “unsustainable,” warned of skyrocketing interest rates for consumers if the U.S. continues to finance government by borrowing from other countries.

Obama is insisting on arcane procedural language tucked away in the budget resolution conference report that will dramatically expand the federal government's control over your personal Health care decisions and our nation's health care system, all without a single hearing or a public debate

Obama is expected to expand the mortgage aid program, announcing new measures to help homeowners avoid a blemished credit record even if they don't qualify for other assistance

Obama has sent a message to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu demanding that Israel not surprise the U.S. with an Israeli military operation against Iran

VIDEO: Joe Biden says, "Barack Obama and Joe Biden are going to make sure that every single one you who qualify are going to get to go to college even if you don't have the money..."

Obama now says he has second thoughts about the decision to hand over photographs of detainee abuse to the ACLU, and had changed his mind "believes... would endanger our troops"

360,000 people signed a petition calling for Obama to be disinvited from speaking at Notre Dame because of his support for abortion rights and embryonic stem cell research.

The White House has scrubbed President Obama's central pledge to the homosexual community from its website – his promise to quash the federal Defense of Marriage Act

Obama plans deep new cuts in the U.S. nuclear arsenal at a time when the government faces a 15-year backlog of warheads already waiting to be dismantled and a need for billions of dollars in new facilities to store and dispose of the weapons' plutonium.

Obama has announced the establishment of “Jewish-American Heritage Month,” to honor former and present Jewish citizens of the U.S.

Senate Republicans were blocking the nomination of David Hayes for deputy secretary of the Interior Department, charging the agency didn’t adequately explain its decision to cancel oil and gas leases in Western states.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner: The Obama administration will use bailout money repaid by large banks to provide additional capital infusions to smaller banks

FDA Warning letter to General Mills about Cherios

Obama bailout? GM is planning to market made in China cars to American consumers as early as 2011

Chrysler says it will "fire" 800 of its 3,200 dealerships and renegotiate deals with the remaining 2,400 as part of its Bankruptcy plan.

The Obama administration has begun serious talks about changing compensation practices across the financial-services industry, including at companies that did not receive federal bailout money

VIDEO: Big Union, SEIU, in health care meetings with Obama and Congress

The List for 5/12/2009  

Obama appoints Gen. Stanley McChrystal to lead in Afghanistan.  The parents of slain Army Ranger and NFL star Pat Tillman voiced concerns that the general who played a role in mischaracterizing his death could be put in charge of military operations in Afghanistan

In Obama's 2010 Proposed Budget, the president recommends that Congress eliminate funding for abstinence education and instead pour funds into condoms and contraceptive-based sex education

Obama's policies on the oil companies could have a devastating effect on Oklahoma

FDA Blasts General Mills Over Cheerios Claim, Obama goes after General Mills

The U.S.will sit on the UN human rights councel for the first time

Obama massively raises taxes on commodities and options dealers.  Now taxed as ordinary income.  Marginal tax rates going from 23 to 39%

Social Security going broke too.  Geithner- have to control...... healthcare

Will Obama create another crisis to force nationalizing US business? Geithner says Medicare going broke in 8 years

Your auto bailout tab, 83 Billion and climbing

Obama cuts Chrysler's marketing budget in half

Obama explores alternative names for cap and trade legislation.  A new name is being concocted to gather support for the legislation

A White House document says EPA regulation of the gases blamed for global warming will have serious economic consequences throughout the U.S. economy

Obama considers taxing employer's group health insurance premiums

Obama's nominee for the Treasury Dpmt.'s top legal job still can receive almost $3 million in pay over the next three years from one of the nation's largest financial-services companies under a compensation plan approved by government ethics lawyers

The Obama administration says it may curtail Anglo-American intelligence sharing if the British High Court discloses new details of the treatment of a former Guantanamo detainee

Obama plans tough antitrust enforcement that could affect pending antimonopoly court cases and merger plans involving sectors from banks and dairy farms to railroads and technology.  The Justice Department signaled a sharp turn from the Bush's more forgiving approach, arguing the economic crisis calls for more antitrust enforcement

The List for 5/11/2009  

The government will have to borrow nearly 50 cents for every dollar it spends this year

Obama proposes raising money to pay for his health-care overhaul by imposing $58 billion in new taxes on securities dealers, life insurance products and Americans with valuable estates.

Geithner: "These things are about preventing the next boom"

The Justice Department warned that the government will aggressively investigate big firms that improperly dominate markets.  Asst Attny Gen. Christine Varney said the department is abandoning legal guidelines put in place by the Bush administration in September 2008

Obama's "Budget Blueprint" proposes to raise the tax rate on dividends and capital gains to 20 percent; Hitting senior citizens particularly hard, depressing the value of stocks held in retirement savings plans they rely on for income to supplement their Social Security benefits

Associated Press analysis: The billions in transportation stimulus dollars that President Barack Obama promoted as a way to create jobs shortchange counties that need the work the most

The California governor's office says the Service Employees International Union may have had influence over the Obama administration's decision to withhold federal stimulus money from California if the state does not reverse a wage cut for the union's workers

Administration sources said the White House has drafted measures that could prevent Israel from procuring U.S. fighter-jets, including the F-35.

US replaces top general in Afghanistan, Def. Secr. Gates says the Obama administration needs "fresh thinking" to turn around the war

Obama's staff lies about no Chrysler plant disclosures, then closes them 24 hours later

Obama proposes a 9% budget cut for the Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) in the Dept. of Labor.  OLMS is the federal agency that investigates financial crimes that occur when union officials steal from their union

The Security Industry Association (SIA) claims Obama's cuts will effect "crucial physical security programs" including transit, port and school security plans

White House Budget Director Peter Orszag says, record budget deficit not Obama's fault

White House: Budget deficit to top $1.8 trillion, 4 times 2008's record

The List for 5/10/2009  

U.S. helps Lebanon crack alleged Israeli spy rings

U.S. Drops Research Into Fuel Cells for Cars, cuts off funding

Obama's national security adviser says allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military is in the early discussions

Obama's national security advisor says "all options are on the table" for closing Gitmo. .Obama hasn't made up his mind what to do with terrorists

Obama's budget sets aside for health care will pay perhaps half the cost

 Obama's Fifteenth Week in Officet

The List for 5/9/2009  

Even though Pentagon outlays will rise, Obama targets the Department of Defense to absorb more than 80 percent of the cuts he proposed in next year's budget for discretionary programs

Attorney General Eric Holder reveals he approved of rendition — essentially, legalized kidnapping — apparently more than once during tenure as President Clinton’s deputy attorney general

Obama will propose $60 billion in tax increases over 10 years on wealthy estates, businesses and others to make up for shortfalls to pay for expensive overhaul of health-care system

Obama reverses stand on immigration. Now- can't support comprehensive immigration reform with out securing borders first

VIDEO: Media broadly cheers Obama at media dinner, "Most of you covered me. All of you voted for me"

The chairman of the FCC tells members of a "diversity" committee who almost exclusively represent left-leaning organizations to tackle the status quo in America's broadcast industry and suggest "aggressive" solutions to what they see as problems

Obama picks Josh Reid, one of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s three sons, to fill the presidential appointee’s seat on the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency’s Governing Board

The List for 5/8/2009  

A homosexual-rights activist Obama appointed to a White House advisory council had posted a statement on the Web site of the nation’s most prominent homosexual-rights organization, accusing the Pope of “hurting people in the name of Jesus.”

Census Bureau hires 66,000 for census taking: Govmt. report of job losses skewed by massive hiring by federal govmt.; actual number of Job losses 611,000

World's leading economist Sachs says Obama economic plan "Even worse than we thought...Naked grab of taxpayor money for Wall Street Interests

Photo of flyover

Detailed White House Report of Flyover flap

Caldera's resignation letter (pdf file)

In a classic Friday afternoon news dump, The White House confirms that Louis Caldera is out.  Caldera ordered Air Force One to fly around lower Manhattan

Lobbyists find a home in the Obama White House.  Thirty of 267 senior administration officials, about 11 percent of the president's top staff, had lobbied within the past five years

Television networks take a stand against repeated Obama primetime pre-emptions

VIDEO: Treasury guidelines make it hard for banks to repay TARP funds

Obama is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overrule a 23-year-old decision that stopped police from initiating questions unless a defendant's lawyer is present, one of several moves to limit rights

VIDEO: Russian envoy to NATO, Dmitry Rogozin, says he suspects that there is a conspiracy against Obama among NATO officials who dont like his policy

Obama: The U.S. has responded with warnings of "consequences" if North Korea pushes ahead with a threatened nuclear test

Reports: National Security Adviser James Jones told a European foreign minister that the US is planning to build an anti-Israel coalition with the Arabs and Europe to compel Israel to surrender Judea, Samaria and Jerusalem to the Palestinians

Obama renews sanctions against Syria for another year, citing continuing “national emergency” facing the US from Syria’s support for terrorist organisations and weapons trade

The Obama administration is Threatening to rescnd stimulus funds to California if Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and state lawmakers do not restore wage cuts to unionized home healthcare workers

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Friday that the Obama administration will provide "substantial support" to troubled lender GMAC

Under Obama Restructuring, GM To Build More Cars Overseas: Jobs to foreign workers to roughly double

Republicans and Democrats are sharply questioning President Obama's plans for closing the military prison in Cuba

Obama embraces the enforcement-first position on immigration that he criticized during last year's presidential campaign, now says he can't move forward with the type of comprehensive bill he wants until voters are convinced that the borders can be enforced

Obama's budget blueprint Thursday canceled plans to extend the border fence along the U.S.-Mexico border beyond the 670 miles already completed or planned

Obama budget nixes aid for jailing illegal immigrants

Obama's federal budget eliminates funding for absinence-only education for sex education

The List for 5/7/2009  

United States refuses to allow Israel to repair computer systems in the Joint Strike Fighter, F35: holding up an official Israeli order for the fifth-generation fighter jet

The White House Is Now Refusing To Respond To Chrysler Threat Stories

Obama's budget proposal for 2010 would spend $1 billion to endow a new federal fund meant to expand housing opportunities to low-income borrowers.

Obama and the U.S. Congress have set aside more than $7 billion to build broadband Internet networks to bring high speed computer access to every U.S. home

The Obama administration wants to cut almost in half a benefits program for the families of slain police and safety officers.   The proposed budget calls for cutting the Public Safety Officers' Death Benefits Program from $110 million to $60 million.

Obama puts NASA on hold, all 2010 US space travel will depend on Russians

Obama's new federal budget calls for taxpayer funded abortions in the nation's capital. Pro-life groups says he's reneging on promise to reduce abortions

Obama wants to set up meetings with anti-abortion foes, but won't let them discuss legality of abortion

House Republicans have used a rare Congressional procedure to force a potential probe of documents the Obama administration released calling pro-life people "right-wing extremists." The move forces a Congressional panel to vote on a resolution calling for an investigation.

Obama's pick to oversee food and drug safety pledged on Thursday to revamp protection of the nation's food supply to help prevent future disease outbreaks

Attorney General Eric Holderr says the US will not release terrorists into the country

Obama takes back oil company tax breaks. The 2010 budget would rescind tax breaks at a cost to the industry of $52.4 billion over the next 10 years

Bloomberg says it's 3.55 trillion

The Obama administration today unveiled details of a $3.4 trillion federal budget for the fiscal year beginning in October

Obama proposes to nearly double funds to enforce U.S. tax laws next year, with an aim of more than quadrupling funding for tax compliance to $2.1 billion within five years

The List for 5/6/2009  

Obama's Health and Human Services Secretary says we need government run health care to keep private insurance industry in check

Obama's choice for the government's No. 2 housing job, Ronald Sims, is embroiled in the largest fine in U.S. history for "blatant violations" of open records laws

Obama will announce fewer budget cuts for a lesser dollar amount than Bush did in his final budget - and is counting on being able to eliminate some programs that Bush repeatedly tried, but failed, to slash

Purely political...Source: Charges Unlikely for Lawyers Over Interrogation Memos

Obama Administration Considering Turning Over 100 Yemeni Gitmo Detainees to Saudi Arabia Terrorist Rehab Center

Gates on opening with Iran:  Arab friends have nothing to worry about: ...things that have happened as a result of the extension of that open hand have not been encouraging"

Michelle Obama announces new fund to aid non-profits.....with taxpayor money

Obama creates 20,000 new government jobs...at the Pentagon.  To"manage" how we buy arms.

White House Official: Obama to Cut 121 Programs to Save $17B in Budget; Including one that helps defray the cost of incarcerating illegal immigrants who commit crimes

The White House says it will indeed release a photograph from the $329,000 "photo shoot'' of one of the Air Force jumbo jets that serve as Air Force One when the president

Obama flip flops on flyover photos:  might let them be released now

Obama vowed that citizens will be able to track "every dime" of the $787 billion stimulus bill, a government website dedicated to the spending won't have details till 2010

Obama's efforts to start a dialogue with Iran have sent ripples of alarm through the capitals of America's closest Arab allies

Obama abandons call for Iran regime change, says Kerry and senate committee

Obama flip flops on DC voucher program, seeks to extend the program ...until all those complaining graduate

Cliff Asness, Hedge Fund Manager, has written an open letter blasting Obama for his attack on the hedge fund industry: "Bullying" and "Abuse of Power

Obama will ask Congress for $27 billion for border and transportation security in the next budget year: An 8% increase

Obama's efforts to curb the spread of nuclear weapons threaten to expose and derail a 40-year-old secret U.S. agreement to shield Israel's nuclear weapons from international scrutiny

GM details plans to wipe out current shareholders: Waiting for Obama approval

The List for 5/5/2009

Obama is distancing himself from the National Day of Prayer by nixing a formal early morning service and not attending a large Catholic prayer breakfast the following morning

Obama nominates Ellen Tauscher a seven-term member of Congress who has a record of introducing arms control and counter proliferation legislation as his top arms control official. Tauscher has campaigned for greater oversight of the US Missile agency

Download: DHS "Domestic Extremism Lexicon"

Homeland Security removes the extremism dictionary.  It is recalled from state and local law enforcement officials

Hedge fund managers are outraged and cowering in fear of Obama

Obama administration Terrorism dictionary calls pro-life advocates violent racist

VIDEO: Obama supporters, -- directly ask the president why he is allowing their scholarships to be taken away

The Obama White House said Tuesday that it wants $63 billion to be set aside in the fiscal 2010 budget to fight global diseases over the next six years

Audio: Chuck Todd admits the Lauria allegations are serious

Reports: more than one Chrysler senior creditor has corroborated Thomas Lauria’s allegation that the Obama administration threatened them with public attacks

Congressman Frank Wolf (R., Va.) iobjects to the administration stonewalling on information related to the release of Urgher terrorists into America.  Partial transcript of speech from the floor

Obama appoints former school superintendent Inez Moore to head an expanded Consumer Product Safety Commission: Giving agency 107 million

Obama and Democratic lawmakers reached agreement on proposed "cash-for-clunkers" legislation as part of a broader effort to fight climate change

Obama does not expect to get any of the 8 billion given to Chrysler back

White House keep secret NYC flyover pics that sent Jersey City people fleeing for their lives

Joe Biden to AIPAC: :not build more settlements, dismantle existing outposts and allow Palestinians freedom of movemen

"The List" for 5/4/2009

VIDEO: Obama supports an international treaty creating sweeping gun control efforts

Democrats Using Lobbyists To Write Cap and Trade Regulation

VIDEO: Kareem Dale, Special Assistant to the President for Arts and Culture: "We Love MSNBC"

Actual documents: Chrysler bond-holder file bankruptcy motion, ,"The Taking of Collateral through a Direct or Indirect Use of TARP Authority is Unconstitutional - page 8

House Democrats are refusing to pay for President Barack Obama's plan to relocate prisoners from the Guantanamo detention facility

Obama connections? Chicago City Hall, Mayor Richard Daley's administration routinely deny requests for public documents

Owners of website offer $25,000,000 reward for Obama's real birth certificate

Another test? Iran has shells a Kurdish village in northern Iraq. No response from Obama.

Obama did what Israelis have long feared and linked the resolution of the Iran nuclear crisis to the creation of a Palestinian state

More than 200 U.S. companies, including Microsoft, Cisco and General Electric, signed a petition opposing the tax moves, saying the changes could lead to a trade war

Business Leaders Speak Out on Tax Crackdown

Obama proposes to raise about $190 billion over the next decade by outlawing three offshore tax-avoidance techniques

Statement from non-Tarp Chrysler lenders

VIDEO: Obama to close tax loopholes; eliminating certain tax deductions for companies and consider U.S. citizens using tax havens such as the Bahamas or Cayman Islands guilty of violating tax laws

Janet Napolitano declined to rule out being interested in an appointment to the Supreme Court when she was asked about speculation that she might be on the list of potential candidates

"The List" for 5/3/2009

VIDEO: U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Sonia Sotomayor, leading candidate for Obama’s nomination to replace David Souter on Supreme Court,- Joking about judicial activisim, " Court of appeals is where policy is made"

Despite Obama’s Talk, Little Bump for Chrysler Sales

Obama racks up an unprecedented spending: the first six months of this fiscal year, the federal deficit is running at $956.8 billion, or nearly one seventh of gross domestic product

VIDEO:WH Reporters Stand For Obama But Not For Bush

Obama: Wall Street is not going to play as dominant a role in the economy as regulations reduce "some of the massive leveraging and the massive risk-taking that had become so common"

Obama pick for an assistant secretary of HUD, David Stevens, had confirmation delayed as it was disclosed the real estate brokerage he operates as chief is facing class action lawsuits for taking kickbacks from Mortgage and title companies

Factcheck.org: Obama's claim of 150,000 jobs created claim is really an estimate of what his economic advisers think the stimulus bill is doing, and not based on any evidence of its actual effects

Fannie and Freddie take the lead in pushing risky "modified loans", already have 20%: over 70,000 modified loans.  Tax payers to pay for decades

The administration is flip-flopps on Afghan benchmarks:Obama promised accoutability during campain Gates tells Senate Appropriations Committeethe executive branch, not Congress, should make Afghan benchmarks, -no congressional oversight.

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