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The List, Obama's Forty Fourth Week in Office
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| 11/27/09
| Nachum
Posted on 11/27/2009 3:54:21 PM PST by Nachum
Obama's Forty Fourth Week in Office
Latest Additions to "The List"
"The List" for 11/27/20
Obama's brief proclamation of Thanksgiving Day on November 26 was unique among all recorded Thanksgiving proclamations by his predecessors: it is the first one that fails to directly acknowledge the existence of God.
Obama Justice Dept. says to continue existing ACORN contracts
Soon: Cash for appliances. 300 billion tab
A day after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced that the security cabinet had approved a partial moratorium on building in the West Bank, Sports and Culture Minister Limor Livnat launched an unprecedented attack on US President Barack Obama. Speaking at a Likud activists' meeting in Beersheba, Livnat said that Israel had "fallen into the hands of a horrible American administration."
"The administration isn't what it once was; it is harder [on us]," she added.
Families of military suicides seek condolences from the White House. Families are getting a call from an Army official telling family members that they were not eligible because their son had committed suicide.
White house is to name a "Czar of Czars" to manage all the Czars
Most recent White House visitors: Oprah and Health Care lobbyists
"The List" for 11/26/20
Two senior officials from the White House, Dennis Ross and Jeffrey Bader, made a trip to China on a "special mission" to garner support in Beijing over the Iranian nuclear program according to a Thursday report in The Washington Post. The officials visited China two weeks before US President Barack Obama arrived in Beijing.
The officials reportedly carried the message that if China would not support the US on the issue, Israel would be likely to bomb Iranian nuclear facilities.
Obama and fellow Democrats in are in process of assembling a new jobs package that would devote unspecified billions of dollars to projects meant to put people back on payrolls in 2010. The House version of "stimulus 3.0" may even be pushed through as quickly as next month.
U.S. and Polish officials agree to terms to station U.S. troops in Poland. The move is a prerequisite for deploying U.S. Patriot missiles to Poland next year and a possible future missile defense site.
VIDEO: Rosanne Barr says that ACORN got Obama elected
On his first Thanksgiving in the White House Obama has telephoned 10 U.S. servicemen and women stationed in war zones to thank them for their service.
The Obama administration said late Wednesday it is still reviewing its policy on a treaty banning anti-personnel landmines, clarifying a previous statement indicating it would not sign the deal.
Obama: Stimulus helped break the back of the recession
Obamacare/Pelosi Health Care bill would regulate snacks in vending machines at a cost of $56 million the first year.
The Senate Republicans' chart demonstrates that the total cost of Obamacare -- based on CBO projections for the bill's true first 10 years -- is $2.5 trillion.
Obama administration climate czar Carol Browner rejected claims that e-mails stolen from a British university show that climate scientists trumped up global-warming numbers, saying she considers the science settled.
Emissaries of the Obama Administration have been traveling around Judea and Samaria in recent weeks, asking residents about construction in their towns and passing the information back to Washington. In Efrat, for instance, the capital of Gush Etzion, Regional Council head Shaul Goldstein met with an American diplomat who asked for a briefing on the pace of construction in the region. Settler and ex-MK Elyakim Haetzni warns Judea/Samaria towns against divulging construction information to Obamas roving representatives.
"The List" for 11/25/20
Obama administration changes its position Honduras. Now supports the new government
U.S. gives lukewarm praise for Israeli settlement freeze. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton responded within moments of Netanyahu's announcement, issuing a statement of approval for the decision. Middle East envoy George Mitchell added minutes later at a news briefing in Washington D.C. that "it falls short of a full settlement freeze," but still is "more than any other Israeli government has done before."
Obama's "Christian" grandmother in Mecca for the Hajj
Families with special-needs children and people with chronic illnesses stand to lose hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars in tax benefits under proposed health care reform legislation, critics say, warning that a plan to cap the amount of money people can put into special "flexible spending" health accounts will have "cruel" and "unintended consequences."
White House says the U.S. will be out of Afghanistan by 2017
The Obama administration welcomed Israel's decision Wednesday to freeze new construction in Jewish settlements in the West Bank temporarily as a step toward resolving the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.
Top aides to President Obama have met early and often with lobbyists, Democratic political strategists and other interests with a stake in the administration's national health care overhaul, White House visitor records obtained by The Associated Press show.
At the Copenhagen climate talks, Obama will commit to a 17% reduction in greenhouse gas
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas accused US President Barack Obama of doing "nothing" to achieve peace in the Middle East.
Obama administration is quietly backing Bush era Patriot Act provisions
Obamacare could raise taxes before any changes are made
Obama seen leaving the White House with a copy of GQ Magazine with a picture of himself on it
"The List" for 11/24/20
Bob Ainsworth, Britain's defence secretary has blamed Obama and the U.S. for the decline in British public support for the war in AfghanistanAfter an unjust firing and campaign of character assassination, former AmeriCorps inspector general, Gerald Walpin, has been cleared of acting improperly
The Obama administration has decided not to sign an international convention banning land mines. State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said Tuesday that the administration recently completed a review and decided not to change the Bush-era policy.
Obama sends letter to leader of Islamic Rebel group in the Philipines waging Jihad against the Philipino Government
The federal government spent $3.5 trillion during President Obama's first year in office. This far exceeds the spending for any other first-year president.
Due to Secretary of State Hillary Clintons decision to prolong her stay in the Middle East, her scheduled meeting in Washington with visiting Polish foreign minister Radoslaw Sikorski has been cancelled. The cancellation of the meeting is another diplomatic setback for Poland in her relations with the Obama administration. Obama declined the Polish governments invitation to attend the official observances in Gdansk of the 70th anniversary of the start of World War II. He later cancelled U.S. plans to place anti-ballistic missile defense system (BMD) in Poland. Obama made the missile shield removal announcement on the 70th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Poland, causing outrage among many Poles
Hollywood the geographic Hollywood as found on Thomas Guide map page 593 has received $23,338,327 in grants, loans and contracting. This money has created just 20.57 jobs. Thats $1,134,580.80 per job. And as interviews with recipients reveal, even that tiny jobs claim is clearly false, with many of the claims of newly created positions either impossible to verify or lower than reported. Not even 20 full-time jobs have been created in Hollywood proper.
Report: After 10th session with his war council in the White House and after months of delay, Obama will announce a 25,000 troop increase in Afghanistan on Dec. 1st
Obama Science Czar John Holdren is directly involved in CRUs unfolding Climategate scandal. According to files released by a CEU hacker or whistleblower, Holdren is involved in what Canada Free Press (CFP) columnist Canadian climatologist Dr. Tim Ball terms a truculent and nasty manner that provides a brief demonstration of his lack of understanding, commitment on faith and willingness to ridicule and bully people. Holdrens emails show how sincere scientists would be made into raw entertainment.
Obama bows again. This time before Chinese premier Wen Jiabao
VIDEO: 2007- Rahm Emaneul takes on the NRA. No guns for anyone on the "terror list"
Obama signed legislation extending an $8,000 tax credit for first-time home buyers. The refundable tax credit, available even if a family has no taxable income, will enable many more buyers to close on a home. But it also could bankrupt the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and, by doing so, damage an already weak housing market.
Obama's 49% Gallup approval in November ties Bill Clinton for the worst first term November approval rating since 1952
VIDEO: Dave Letterman Show- Barack Obama "uh count"
"The List" for 11/23/20
Obama's Justice Dept. Memo on the FOIA
Obama breaks his promises on the Freedom of Information Act. After seven months of stonewalling their FOIA requests, Don Loos and the National Right To Work Legal Defense Foundation have been forced to file a complaint with the U.S. District Court demanding the Department of Labor be compelled to give them the information they seek. On Obama's first day in office, the Department of Justice issued the following memorandum regarding FOIA requests: " The President directed that FOIA should be administered with a clear presumption: In the face of doubt, openness prevails. Moreover, the President instructed agencies that information should not be withheld merely because public officials might be embarrassed by disclosure, because errors and failures might be revealed, or because of speculative or abstract fears.
True cost of Obamacare/Reid Senate bill is 1.8 trillion over a 10 year period
The stimulus bill is actually killing new jobs by forcing states to raise taxes on employers
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs confirmed today that President Obama will not be making an Afghanistan announcement before the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
Obama will meet with his war cabinet Monday for "possibly" the last time before deciding whether to dispatch tens of thousands more US troops to Afghanistan, an official said. The meeting will be the ninth time Obama has met with his national security team as part of a review of Afghanistan strategy since August.The new documents show the White House scrambling, in the days after the Gerald Walpin controversy erupted, to put together a public explanation for the firing.
Obama invites Hollywood bigshots to his first State Dinner
China State Construction Engineering Corp, the largest contractor in China, has bagged a subway ventilation project worth about $100 million in New Yorks Manhattan area, marking the construction giants third order in the United States infrastructure space this year.
Obamacare Senate bill Section 2708 does away with various preventative services included mamograms for women of the ages 40 to 49
TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fortyfourth; list; obama; week
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posted on
11/27/2009 3:54:22 PM PST
by
Nachum
To: Nachum
To: Nachum
Yeah !
Obama continues to suck pond water !
3
posted on
11/27/2009 4:10:44 PM PST
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
To: Nachum
The federal government spent $3.5 trillion during President Obama's first year in office. And he hasn't even submitted an FY'10 Budget yet.
That alone will be at least 4 trillion dollars.
So he will start off his second year as Pres--ent breaking his own spending record.
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posted on
11/27/2009 4:12:45 PM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. -- Texas Eagle)
To: Nachum
I am going to search my mail, someone on here was compiling things on 0bama.
5
posted on
11/27/2009 4:18:33 PM PST
by
RaceBannon
(OBAMA'S HEALTH CARE IS SHOVEL READY...FOR SENIORS!!:: NObama. Not my president.)
To: Nachum
Obama does not believe in God. He should not be in office.
6
posted on
11/27/2009 4:48:27 PM PST
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
To: freekitty
7
posted on
11/27/2009 5:37:40 PM PST
by
patriot08
(TEXAS GAL- born and bred and proud of it!)
To: patriot08
I knew someone was going to say that. I said God; not Allah.
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posted on
11/27/2009 5:55:05 PM PST
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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