"The List", Obama's activities for the week ending 6/27/2009

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Obama's Twentysecond Week in Office

"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.

 

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

All energy-using industries will now have a strong incentive to move their operations to countries not stupid enough to pass anti-carbon legislation. America, kiss your jobs good-bye!

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How depressing... and frightening