Barack Obama rejects Normandy trip to avoid offending Germany

Didn’t want to offend the GERMANS? This lying, narcissistic pecker head doesn’t want to offend anyone else around the world, but he doesn’t seem to mind offending his SUBJECTS at home. He was overheard being asked by a staffer why he didn’t want to go to Normandy, to which he responded “…there are not live voters there.” He doesn’t care about doing what is best for America. He cares about what is best for the rock-star image of B. Hussein Obama. He’s only going to go where he can draw the biggest crowd.

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Obama Recovering After Closed Captioning ‘Mishap’

April fools?  I don’t think so.  As with all comedy, its foundations begin in truth.  If you have seen the compilation of Obama’s teleprompter speech gaffs, especially when combined with his total lack of social grace (giving the Queen of England an iPod loaded with Obama speeches and BOWING to the King of Saudi Arabia as if he were a subject, which he may be) you will agree that Obama is nothing more than an empty suit, totally devoid of CONSTRUCTIVE ideas.

by Mac Johnson (more by this author)

Posted 04/01/2009 ET
Updated 04/02/2009 ET

Bethesda, Md. — Doctors were said to be treating President Barack Obama at Bethesda Naval Hospital today for exhaustion and possible vocal cord injuries after a freak television accident occurred at the White House Tuesday evening.

Closed Captioning Counseling

According to a statement read by White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, President Obama, noted for his near total dependence on the teleprompter when speaking, was leaving a practice session for an upcoming press conference when he happened upon a muted television set near the White House Briefing Room on which someone had activated the “closed captioning” function.

“Apparently, Mr. Obama mistook the captioning for his new flat screen teleprompter and began reading the text aloud,” Gibbs said. Gibbs stated that “what followed was a tragic marathon speaking session that lasted for nearly 14 hours before staff discovered Obama and disconnected the device.”

The President’s accidental filibuster was said to have included a 2-hour episode of “The Biggest Loser,” a much anticipated “Law and Order: Special Victim’s Unit,” the local evening news, and a late night paid infomercial for “natural male enhancement.” The press later described Obama’s reading of the captioning as “eloquent” (New York Times), “historic” (CNN), and “emotionally moving” (Newsweek).

This event comes on the heels of several embarrassing teleprompter gaffes by Obama, including one in which he thanked himself for being invited to the United States when he accidentally read the teleprompter text intended for the visiting Prime Minister of Ireland on St. Patrick’s Day, his repeated mispronunciation of the written word “Orion” at an event for Orion Energy in Milwaukee (staff had apparently neglected to spell it phonetically on his teleprompter), a little reported campaign event in which Obama’s thoughts disappeared with his flickering teleprompter image, and a news conference in which Obama responded to complaints about his addiction to the teleprompter blocking the view of photographers by having a giant flat screen TV installed on the back wall and reading his thoughts from that.

When asked for an explanation of how such an event could occur to the President of the United States, Gibbs responded, “That’s a good question. We’re investigating now. How anyone could leave the closed captioning on like that is just inexplicable. The White House staff should know better by now.”

A source at Bethesda Naval Hospital, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the President was doing fine, but was “quite hoarse” and getting some much needed rest ever since doctors turned the screen on his heart monitor around so that he couldn’t read it anymore. “Before that he just kept saying ‘Heart rate 98, Heart rate 97, Heart rate 98…’” the source said, adding, “It was kind of weird, but since we removed that he’s been OK. Although I’d hate to see what would happen to this guy if someone accidentally left him alone in the room with the crawler on the Fox News Channel.”

Another source at the hospital commented that Obama’s dependence on the teleprompter was predictable given his earlier self-admitted addiction to his Blackberry, or “Crackberry,” as it is popularly known. “Those Blackberrys are like a gateway drug,” the source said. He added, “First you’re getting your jokes and ideas from that apparently harmless little toy, and the next thing you know, you can’t even speak like an adult unless someone feeds you your thoughts word for word on a giant television monitor hung right in front of your face. It’s sad — just sad.”

“Oh, and Happy April Fools’ Day.”

Cartoon by Brett Noel.

Mr. Johnson, a writer and medical researcher in Cambridge, Mass., is a regular contributor to HUMAN EVENTS. His column generally appears on Tuesdays. Archives and additional material can be found at www.macjohnson.com.

The Obama Press Conference… A Cornucopia of (censored)

A solid article by Mr Eberle with a few of my comments to flesh out his otherwise clear thoughts. You just can’t deny it anymore. The evidence is overwhelming. Obama and the constellation of people he has surrounded himself with are hardcore socialists. They have lied, and are lying every time they open their mouths. Their “tax cuts” are signified by an increase in the amount I pay to the government each paycheck. Their “new era of fiscal responsibility” is marked by spending more money than all presidents in history up to this point COMBINED. Obama’s promise to eliminate lobbyists from government has been carried out by filling his cabinet with them. Obama’s new spirit of bipartisanship consists of reminding the Republicans that “I won.” Hope and change? More like Ropes and Chains, or Cope with Pain.

The Obama Press Conference… A Cornucopia of !%&&%#*

Posted By Bobby Eberle On March 25, 2009 at 7:03 am

President Obama went before the American people (again) in order to pitch his brand of socialist policies. His budget has come under attack, as I reported yesterday, and on Tuesday night, Obama tried to clarify why massive government spending and saddling America with unprecedented levels of debt are justified.

A number of statements and comments really caught my attention. From Obama saying that his administration needs to make some “tough budgetary choices” to a his comment that there will be “zero growth” if his agenda is not passed, there were plenty of sound bites to make the American people shudder. Please Republicans… step forward and lead… we can’t let Obama take us down the path to socialism.

First, a note about the teleprompter… As reported in the Associated Press story on GOPUSA, Obama had a new teleprompter in place to deliver his opening remarks. As the AP notes, “President Barack Obama took no chances in his second prime-time news conference, reading a prepared statement in which he took both sides of the AIG bonus brouhaha and asked an anxious nation for its patience.”

Next, how about a quick fact check. As noted in the AP “fact check” story, Obama notes that recovery from the recession “will take time, it will take patience.” Yet, his own budget predicts a relatively quick end to the recession with “solid 3.2 percent growth for 2010, followed by three years of more than 4 percent growth each year.” He uses these numbers to support his budget that adds trillions to the national debt. As I noted yesterday, the Congressional Budget Office predicts even more debt than Obama does… a debt that would cripple this nation.

The AP next focuses on Obama’s statement that in the budget, “we have made the tough choices necessary to cut our deficit in half by the end of my first term even under the most pessimistic estimates.” In reality, “Not all credible estimates foresee a deficit halved in that time.”

In one exchange, Obama was asked about his budget which breaks new records in deficit spending. The reporter quoted Obama from just last week when he said, “I didn’t run for president to pass on our problems to the next generation.” Well, that is EXACTLY what he is doing… in addition to raising taxes and imposing more big government on the American people now. The reporter went on:

• “But under your budget, the debt will increase $7 trillion over the next 10 years. The Congressional Budget Office says $9.3 trillion. And today on Capitol Hill, some Republicans called your budget, with all the spending on health care, education and environment, the most irresponsible budget in American history.”
• “Isn’t that kind of debt exactly what you were talking about when you said passing on our problems to the next generation?”

Side note: If Obama’s budgets are put in place, America will reach the point where it is paying more each year on the interest to the national debt than it is paying for national defense. Talk about throwing money away. We simply can’t keep borrowing and borrowing.

Obama began his response to the question by saying, “First of all, I suspect that some of those Republican critics have a short memory, because as I recall, I’m inheriting a $1.3 trillion deficit, annual deficit, from them. That would be point number one.”

Excuse me… but the last several budgets that were passed were voted on by a Democrat-led House and a Democrat-led Senate. What you inherited was the result of a Republican president and Democrats in Congress, so at least be honest with the American people.

Obama then goes on to compare his deficit numbers with those of the CBO:

• “Where the dispute comes in is what happens in a whole bunch of out years. And the main difference between the budget that we presented and the budget that came out of Congressional Budget Office is assumptions about growth.” (This is just cooking the books. He states the economy will grow as if it were already historical fact. His oppressive policies will cause the economy to collapse rather than grow.)
• “They’re assuming a growth rate of 2.2. We’re assuming a growth rate of 2.6. Those small differences end up adding up to a lot of money. Our assumptions are perfectly consistent with what blue chip forecasters out there are saying.” (Blue chip Obama supporters who have the same socialist agenda.)

The main point I’d like to make here is, “Who cares if Obama’s numbers turn out better than CBO’s!!!” Obama’s numbers still lead to $7 trillion in additional debt.

I could go on and on regarding what Obama said and what it means for the country, but let me tie two more items together. First, it’s this quote from Obama:

• “Here’s what I do know: If we don’t tackle energy, if we don’t improve our education system, if we don’t drive down the costs of health care, if we’re not making serious investments in science and technology and our infrastructure, then we won’t grow 2.6 percent; we won’t grow 2.2 percent. We won’t grow.”

The next statement is this one:

• And there’s a interesting reason why some of these critics haven’t put out their own budget. I mean, we haven’t seen an alternative budget out of them. (The Republicans have put forth several ideas counter to the Obama plan. But that’s the problem, they COUNTER his agenda. In his first meeting with the Republicans he said “I won” when Republicans spoke of bipartisanship, throwing up the iron curtain between the two parties. Every time the Republicans propose an idea, Pelosi and Reid shoot it down.)

The first quote is a shameless attempt by Obama to trick the American people into accepting his socialist agenda. Make no mistake… America will come out of this recession. The question is, “How will it look when it does come out?” We will have growth, and for Obama to say that the only way to grow is to spend, spend, spend, and tax, tax, tax is completely insane.

Here’s a proposal. What if we totaled up the price Obama wants to spend on health care, infrastructure, education, science and technology, etc. and didn’t spend it but rather gave it back to the people in the form of tax cuts. Does anyone, Republican or Democrat, think that more money in the hands of each and every American citizen would lead to zero growth? I don’t think so.

And so, we have the second statement where Obama is actually right. We haven’t seen an alternative plan, and we need one. If the American people only hear from Obama, then he is the only one they will listen to. (The proposals have been made, but ignored by Uh-Bama. Cut income taxes, corporate taxes, and capital gains taxes, eliminated mark-to-market, get rid of the DEMOCRAT ORIGINATED policies of lowering lending standards, and DRILL FOR OUR OWN OIL. All but the drilling make up an INSTANT stimulus. As has been proven time and time again, the government will also get more revenue from sales taxes, not less as the liberals claim. The other key elements to our continued long term survival is getting rid of much of the social spending that has become so common place. We must get back to being a society of individuals who pull their own weight, yet help others in need out of our abundance, not because we are forced to.

As I just mentioned, reducing the power and scope of government and returning that money to the people would result in massive growth. People could hire other people. People could save for college. People could purchase goods and services. They could do all of this according to their own personal agenda and philosophy… and not be subject to the social engineering being put forth by the Obama administration.

Market Tanks when Geithner Momentarily Speaks the Truth

Obama is a radical among radicals, and he has surrounded himself with like minded radicals. They want to destroy capitalism and freedom, and replace it with a class-based socialism. One component of that is the destruction of the U.S. dollar as THE world reserve currency. Obama and the democrats have pretty much succeeded on that front by spending us into oblivion in only 3 short months. The nail in the coffin of the U.S. dollar (and the American economy) would be the establishment of a single world reserve currency, and the sell off our U.S. dollars to move to that currency. Before thinking about what he was saying so he could craft a good lie, Geithner blabbed that he supported the Chinese plan to use IMF SDR’s, and or the establishment of a new reserve currency. Within 10 minutes of his remarks, the market dropped almost 2%.

Businesses, voters, world leaders, etc., etc., have all started to figure out that when anyone in the Obama administration is moving their lips, he/she is lying. Honesty and transparency? No lobbyists in the new administration? New era of fiscal responsibility? The list of lies goes on and on.

Stories below:

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20670001&refer=home&sid=aSZTgpL48TZQ

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0309/Geithner_open_to_China_proposal.html?showall

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