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The List, Obama's Eightieth Week in Office
Nachumlist ^ | 8/6/10 | Nachum

Posted on 08/06/2010 11:04:52 AM PDT by Nachum

Obama's Eightieth Week in Office

The List" for 8/5/2010  

Obama says he is confident the nation will not suffer the "double dip" of back-to-back recessions.

The government issued a license Wednesday enabling private lawyers to challenge the constitutionality of the CIA's targeting of alleged terrorist Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S. citizen hiding in Yemen.

Obama economic adviser Christina Romer is quitting the post.

:ICE Union employees: ICE Director won't let us enforce U.S. immigration laws

ICE's Mission Melt: Agents Vote 'No Confidence' in Leadership

Obama Accounting: Double Counting Medicare’s Imaginary Savings: Obama's appointed trustees cook the books.  

Obama: I saved Ford by bailing out its competitors

Obama on Thursday praised the passage of Kenya's new constitution, which was approved by an overwhelming majority amid claims that the United States improperly meddled in promoting passage of the document, which contains controversial abortion language.

The Obama administration awarded $159.1 million in grants Thursday to educational programs that train nurses and geriatric specialists as well as those that recruit and support students from minority groups that are underrepresented in those fields.

Senate confirms Kagan

White House spokesman Gibbs asked about Michelle Obama's massively expensive, government paid trip to Marbella, Spain responds that she is a 'private citizen". The "private" vacation has a side trip touted as "official." says Spain's King Juan Carlos

Lobbyists Give Millions to Dems As Obama Smears 'Special Interests'

Obama Says “I” 16,000 Times Since Taking Office

Obama, Speaking to AFL-CIO, Calls for Dumping Secret Ballots in Union Elections

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday that US President Barack Obama "thought it appropriate" to recognize Japan's atomic bomb anniversary as he wants to rid the world of nuclear arms.

The List" for 8/4/2010  

The Justice Department has found a new way to pursue civil rights lawsuits, using the powers of the Civil Rights Division not just to win compensation for victims of alleged discrimination but also to direct large sums of money to activist groups that are not discrimination victims and not connected to a particular suit.

Obama connections: Dem Leaders Block Probe of ShoreBank

Sebellius: For the first time ever in the history of this country not only will the markets open up, not only will we have competitive choices

Senators Send Letter to HHS to return $700K spent on Andy Griffith- The letter was sent to HHS and signed by 5 Senators, one being John McCain. They want the money refunded which was spent on the Andy Griffith Healthcare ad, and the ads to cease.

Taxpayers shell out $700,000 for Obama's pitchman to sell his health care plan

Clorox Co. -- maker of numerous household cleaning products -- reports that it's net income was nearly flat despite a one percent rise in revenue. The reason? Taxes. Clorox Co. says its fourth-quarter net income was nearly flat, even though its revenue rose one percent, because it paid higher taxes and had smaller margins

GM announces major investment in auto plant (in Mexico)

The government is expected to announce on Wednesday that three-quarters of the oil from the Deepwater Horizon leak has already evaporated, dispersed, been captured or otherwise eliminated — and that much of the rest is so diluted that it does not seem to pose much additional risk of harm.

Atomic Apology? US to send first degation to Hiroshima A-Bomb

U.S. State Department lifts warning to African Americans about 'racist' Spaniards... just as Michelle Obama jets into Marbella

Michelle Obama and her nine-year-old daughter Sasha arrived on Wednesday on Spain's Mediterranean coast for a vacation with friends at a luxury hotel where they have booked 60 rooms.

Feds admit storing checkpoint body scan images

Obama pledges relentless fight on economy

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs flatly dismissed Missouri's vote Tuesday rejecting a key part of the healthcare law.

Missouri Votes to Block Obama's Health Insurance Mandate

States with the highest jobless rates are getting less money per person under the federal stimulus program than states with below-average unemployment, a USA TODAY analysis finds.

Despite Obama's pledge to retain more hi-tech jobs in the U.S., a federal agency run by a hand-picked Obama appointee has launched a $22 million program to train workers, including 3,000 specialists in IT and related functions, in South Asia.

The List" for 8/3/2010  

AZ Governor Brewer's Birthday Cake to "Mr. President"

Obama does not give birthday or Christmas gifts to his children

Obama says Washington will fulfill its pledge to halt combat operations in Iraq by the end of this month, but many Iraqis fear surge in violence.

Israel blames U.S., France for arming Lebanon

Holder's DOJ claims Kindle violates civil rights; the Justice Department threatened several universities with legal action because they took part in an experimental program to allow students to use the Amazon Kindle for textbooks

Lie: Obama says keeping Bush's Iraq withdrawal dates fulfills campaign promise; Obama told disabled veterans in Atlanta on Monday that he was fulfilling a campaign promise by ending U.S. combat operations in Iraq "on schedule," by Aug. 31.  But the timetable for withdrawing U.S. troops in Iraq was decided during the Bush administration with the signing of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) by U.S. and Iraq officials on Nov. 16, 2008. The Iraqi parliament signed SOFA on Nov. 27, 2008.

Obama Administration Called Out on Cooking the Books in Obamacare

Obama's U.S. Solicitor General Represented Osama Bin Laden’s Driver; Denied That Battle Against Terrorism Is A War

As Michelle Obama takes her daughter Sasha to Marbella for a mini-break, the US State Department has been forced to disown travel advice it issued warning that African-American tourists could be targeted by racist Spanish policemen

Obama Reaches Out to Jews, Excludes Pro-Yesha Zionists

Obama Adviser Holdren's Green Manifesto: Americans Will Be Better Off When They Work, Produce and Earn Less

Geithner: unemployment could rise

Obama-JournoList connection: Harold Meyerson

VIDEO: Obama: Republicans Want To "Bamboozle You"

Obama: We Will Quit Iraq In 4 Weeks

Obama's poll numbers now the lowest in his presidency

The List" for 8/2/2010

GOP Senators: DOJ Program Wastes Money on 'Sanctuary Cities'

The White House today hit back against a district judge's decision to let a lawsuit against President Obama's health care reforms move forward, arguing that the decision was wrong but nevertheless had minimal significance.

Obama Cozies Up to Giannoulias

Senate Poised to Confirm Elena Kagan Thursday

Obama has played 41 rounds of golf as president

Late Friday, pro-abortion Sen. Frank Lautenberg slipped an amendment into the foreign appropriations bill that would make permanent Obama's overturning of the Mexico City Policy. That's the rule that stops tax dollars from going to groups that promote and perform abortions overseas

Illegal immigrant who killed nun in accident was released by feds; The latest ICE statistics show the agency is actually detaining fewer people now on an average daily basis than they did in 2009.

Obama attacks farmers: EPA to Crack Down on Farm Dust

Federal judge denies Holder request to dismiss Obamacare constitutionality challenge

 Virginia Attorney General Rules Police Can Check Immigration Status

The National Guard, which officials had announced would turn out en masse along the U.S.-Mexico border over the weekend for sentry duty, was nowhere to be found Sunday. It turns out it will take weeks longer to select, screen and train the 1,200 National Guard troops the Obama administration had said would be deployed on Aug. 1 along the border from California to Texas.

Health and Human Services Secretary (HHS) Kathleen Sebelius on Monday downplayed a federal judge's decision allowing Virginia's challenge to healthcare reform to continue, arguing it was merely a procedural move that has no bearing on the underlying issues.

Obama:Republican leaders haven't come up with "a single, solitary new idea" to help the American people recover from the economic recession

Complaint Filed to Disbar Kagan for Falsifying Partial-Birth Abortion Testimony

said in an interview aired on Monday that the U.S. economy must grow faster and that unemployment is a "huge problem."

Obamacare: Avoid U.S. health insurers after reform, brokerage says

Pelosi: Our Nation Will End Soon Combat Operations in Iraq, on the Schedule President Obama Promised

Obama: US commitment in Iraq is shifting;  Obama will set a course Monday for the nation's changing mission in Iraq as the military prepares to end its combat operations there

White House report claims $8B in Medicare savings...The single biggest slice of the Medicare cuts is from reductions in projected payment increases to hospitals and other providers over the next 10 years. That's followed by cuts to private insurance plans that now cover about 1 out of 4 seniors. Nonpartisan government experts say those so-called Medicare Advantage plans are overpaid when compared to the cost of care in traditional Medicare. But the insurance industry says the cuts will mean steep premium increases for millions of seniors in the plans. That could trigger an exodus, with seniors returning to traditional Medicare.

Ahmadinejad invites Obama to debate

"JournoList"  - the Soros, Google, Free Press and Obama Connections

Missouri, voting for nullification of Obamacare

Arizona Sheriff: 'Our Own Government Has Become Our Enemy'

The List" for 8/1/2010  

Military Homosexual Scandal Tied to WikiLeaks Treason

     Oops! Obama mama passport 'destroyed' State Dept. claims records gone for Stanley Ann Dunham prior to 1968

VIDEO: Two Democrats Say Obama Campaign Used Intimidation to Win 2008 Democrat Nomination

Obama: We Don't Get Enough Credit for Success

Under Obama, American middleclass disappearing

After a Year in Office, Biden Says Afghan War Policy Still Developing

Obama nominated Paul Tiao for Inspector General (IG) of the Department of Labor : Political, Controversial

Obama: Goals in Afghanistan attainable, modest

As the U.S. military prepares for the first war crimes trial under Obama, its most high-profile case against the planners of the Sept. 11 attacks is stuck in political and legal limbo

Michelle Obama arrives in Marbella, Spain: Viewed by some as "Costa Del Crime", a place associated with gangsters and corrupt politicians

Obama economy: U.S. more unemployment, not less

VIDEO: "Governor Brewer Has The Cojones That Our President Doesn't Have"

Palin Says Brewer Has Something Obama Lacks: 'Cojones'

Obama backs 'gay' group at U.N.

Biden and his wife, landed in the Hamptons Friday for a family vacation with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender-rights activist David Bohnett

The List" for 7/31/2010  

Rumor: White House ramps up damage control over Obama Chicago gay history publication

Picture: Obama bows to NJ Gov. Chris Christie

Obama says he'll call GOP's bluff on deficit talk

Obama warns U.S. not to "demagogue" immigration

Obama appointed judge may release child molester

The List" for 7/30/2010  

Rangel "doesn't give a damn" what Obama thinks

Obama: Time for Rangel to end career "with dignity"

As Obama thrashes Republicans for allowing “special interest takeovers of our elections,” his Democratic Party is benefiting from millions of campaign dollars brought in by lobbyists.

Obama said on Friday he welcomed news that the U.S. economy grew by 2.4 percent in the second quarter .....(down from 3.7% in the first quarter)

Obama connections- Journolist: The People Make (or Break) the Party

Obama's Political operatives on Journolist worked to shape news coverage  

July is deadliest month for US forces in Afghanistan

Obama's assistant secretary of state for population, refugees and migration, Eric P. Schwartz, previously served as the director of a George Soros-funded organization that promoted global governance.

DOJ funding luaus, carnivals, film festivals

Obama mocks polls, spends more on them than Bush

The White House on Friday implored the website WikiLeaks to stop posting secret Afghanistan war documents

Obama, Who Ended D.C.’s Voucher Program, Talks About Improving Education for Children ‘Born in the Wrong Neighborhood’

Snooki-gate? Obama goes on the view, says he never heard of snooki, the evidence contradicts

Obamacare: Stronger children's coverage rules may raise insurance costs

Black Panther investigation is blocked by the Democrats



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KEYWORDS: eightieth; list; obamas; week
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1 posted on 08/06/2010 11:04:56 AM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum

80 weeks. Good grief.

Michelle Antoinette and King Baraq will have a tough time when their reign ends Jan.20, 2013.

Rush played audio of Hussein lying about the jobs numbers etc on the show today. Weak pathetic applause was heard after each lie at the conference where he was lecturing the peons. Hussein just flat out lies, makes up stats. Oh wait, he’s a liberal, that’s normal.


2 posted on 08/06/2010 12:06:12 PM PDT by TheConservativeParty (Everytime a Democrat loses, a Moonbat gets its wings burned off.)
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To: Nachum

won’t suffer effects? come on bam o’ pal o’mine......effin liar-he’s in office to take down this country & i’m ticked off


3 posted on 08/06/2010 2:48:31 PM PDT by MissDairyGoodnessVT (Free Nobel Peace Prize with oil change =^..^=)
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