http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/obambi/ en-us Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:01:47 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415162/posts A White House official said the incident was an attempted act of terrorism. The FBI is investigating and President Obama, celebrating Christmas in Hawaii, was told of the incident about three hours after the plane landed, officials said. Obama has told White House officials that all appropriate measures be taken to increase security for air travel, a spokesman said. Nevertheless, officials said, they are not prepared to raise the terrorism alert level, currently at orange -- or the second-highest of five levels -- for domestic and international air travel. Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415162/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:01:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395406/posts Liberals Vow to 'Spank' Obama for Sending More Troops to Afghanistan President Obama is days away from announcing a new Afghan strategy, but his immediate battle could come from liberals within his own party who are vowing to "spank" the president for committing tens of thousands of more troops to the eight-year conflict. President Obama is days away from announcing a new Afghan strategy, but his immediate battle could come from liberals within his own party who are vowing to "spank" the president for committing tens of thousands of more troops to the eight-year conflict. In a prime-time speech Tuesday... FOX http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395406/posts#comment Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:17:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2359033/posts Thank you! FreeRepublic.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2359033/posts#comment Fri, 9 Oct 2009 21:41:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2358921/posts The title speaks for itself Self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2358921/posts#comment Fri, 9 Oct 2009 19:52:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2336798/posts The head of the French military says military intervention is not a viable option to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear capability. ap http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2336798/posts#comment Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:54:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280791/posts In a wide-ranging midday press conference, President Obama took on Republican critics of his stance on Iran, directly targeting former rival Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and saying, "I am the president of the United States." Obama, who has been accused by McCain and other Republicans of being too timid throughout the unrest following Iran's presidential elections, has gradually taken a firmer stance in the days following the election. . . . . . "The Iranian people can speak for themselves," Obama said in the James S. Brady Briefing Room. "That is precisely what has happened these last few days. In... The Hill, Washington, DC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280791/posts#comment Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:04:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273765/posts ....In Cairo two weeks ago, Mr. Obama trumpeted "my commitment . . . to governments that reflect the will of the people." He also lamented that "the United States played a role in the overthrow of a democratically elected Iranian government." Yet here is his administration disavowing the first of these commitments while acquiescing in the overthrow -- before it can even be installed -- of another democratically elected Iranian government. Now a presidency that's supposed to be all about hope is suddenly in cynical realpolitik mode -- the only "hope" it means to keep alive being a "grand bargain"... WSJ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273765/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:51:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263107/posts U.S. concerned salvo strategy could overwhelm missile defenses WASHINGTON — U.S. officials said Iran and North Korea are focusing on the use of sustained fire to overcome Israeli and US missile defense systems. The officials said the development of ballistic missile defense systems must protect against missile salvos. "An additional concern is North Korea's and Iran's repeated demonstrations of salvo launches, indicating large ballistic missile attack raid sizes must be considered in developing the BMDS [ballistic missile defense system]," U.S. Missile Defense Agency director Patrick O'Reilly said. Geostrategy Direct http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263107/posts#comment Tue, 2 Jun 2009 18:43:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262139/posts Only 21% of voters nationwide support a plan for the government to bail out General Motors as part of a structured bankruptcy plan to keep the troubled auto giant in business. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 67% are opposed to a plan that would provide GM with $50 billion in funding and give the government a 70% ownership interest in the company. Even when presented with the stark choice between providing government funding or letting GM go out of business, only 32% of voters support the bailout. Most voters (56%) say it would be better to... Rasmussen Reports http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262139/posts#comment Mon, 1 Jun 2009 14:28:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2244329/posts CHECK, PLEASE! Steyn on the World Tuesday, 05 May 2009 HAPPY WARRIOR from National Review At the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, they’re premiering a new ballet about a young French boy who’s befriended by a giant helium-filled balloon. Any balletomanes at the US embassy might be forgiven for assuming it to be some hastily concocted metaphor to Euro-American harmony in the Age of Obama: a lithe young Continental prancing around the stage enraptured by his dazzling bag of gas. But, as it happens, The Red Balloon is an adaptation of some fey French movie from the Fifties, when... National Review and Steynonline http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2244329/posts#comment Tue, 5 May 2009 06:09:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2244240/posts "Welcome to Cinco de Cuatro—Cinco de Mayo at the White House." Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2244240/posts#comment Tue, 5 May 2009 02:19:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2240111/posts Ninety-nine days in, with 1,362 days to go, and we can see with some clarity the trajectory on which Barack Obama wants to take the United States. To put it in geographical terms, he wants to move us some considerable distance toward Europe. This is apparent in the budget he has presented for the next fiscal year and its projections for the years to come. Government spending is scheduled to rise as a percentage of the economy. This will be accomplished by raising taxes and, even more, by borrowing that will double the national debt in five years and nearly... realclearpolitics.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2240111/posts#comment Wed, 29 Apr 2009 03:25:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2227092/posts Please, can someone sound the horns and line up the emails and phone numbers. Who does BAMBI THINK HE IS THAT HE CAN FLY IN A PIZZA MAKER 850 MILES. THIS TICKS ME MORE THAN THE FREAKING BOWING. Please help, someone with sense please. My brain is fried on this. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2227092/posts#comment Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:55:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2205301/posts You ain't seen nothin' yet. Just wait until Zero goes on the campaign trail in our airplanes! Damn the carbon footprint, damn the cost, damn the time! This will turn into one of the most flagrant abuses of power and privlidge EVER seen in the history of any country! Have vetrans pay medical costs for injuries, mothball a carrier and air group, stop the F-22 and on and on...but gotta have those 18 new helos for the pres. What a POS this creep is! Self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2205301/posts#comment Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:34:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2203086/posts US President Barack Obama mustered his powerful campaign army on Monday, calling on his millions of supporters to lobby on behalf of his budget and economic plan. The appeal to back the president was made in an email and video sent out by "Organizing for America," the organization which morphed out of Obama's campaign machinery to push his agenda when he entered the White House. In the video, Mitch Stewart, the director of Organizing for America, urged the president's supporters to take part in the "Organizing for America Pledge Project." Breitbart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2203086/posts#comment Tue, 10 Mar 2009 04:50:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2201654/posts Entrepreneurs have a mindset and orientation to work their way through uncertainty by taking action. "Making things happen" is the hallmark of an entrepreneur, and it defines our 44th president. Market Watch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2201654/posts#comment Sun, 8 Mar 2009 01:37:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2200860/posts True, Obama's tricks come festooned with strings of zeros tacked onto the end. But that's a matter of scale, not principle. All presidents do that. But few undertake the kind of brazen deception at the heart of Obama's radically transformative economic plan, a rhetorical sleight of hand so smoothly offered that few noticed. Real Clear Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2200860/posts#comment Fri, 6 Mar 2009 19:11:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2199023/posts But Gary Schatsky, a financial advisor and the president of NY-based Objectiveadvice.com, said that reducing your income won't help a great deal because of the way the country's tax system is set up. "Just going over $250,000 doesn't mean it impacts your tax liability for every dollar before that," said Schatsky, "It impacts you at the margin." Marginal or graduated tax systems like the one in the U.S. means only the money earned over a certain amount -- $250,000 in the case of Obama's proposal -- will be taxed at an increased percentage. ABC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2199023/posts#comment Wed, 4 Mar 2009 16:25:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2197663/posts MOSCOW, March 2 (RIA Novosti) - Washington has told Moscow that Russian help in resolving Iran's nuclear program would make its missile shield plans for Europe unnecessary, a Russian daily said on Monday, citing White House sources. U.S. President Barack Obama made the proposal on Iran in a letter to his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, Kommersant said, referring to unidentified U.S. officials. Iran's controversial nuclear program was cited by the U.S. as one of the reasons behind its plans to deploy a missile base in Poland and radar in the Czech Republic. The missile shield has been strongly opposed by... RIA Novosti http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2197663/posts#comment Mon, 2 Mar 2009 23:48:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2196567/posts A buddy sent this. Not checked all of it but it sounds aobut right. OBAMA One Big A__ Mistake America “Americans grew tired of being thought to be stupid by the rest of the world, so they went to the polls and removed all doubt.” OBAMA’S TWO-WEEK RECAP 1, The American people elect a black president with a total of 42 days experience as a U S Senator from the most politically corrupt state in America whose governor is ousted from office. The President's first official act is to close Gitmo and make sure Terrorists civil rights are not violated.... Self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2196567/posts#comment Sun, 1 Mar 2009 06:25:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2196542/posts Raising the marginal tax rate on successful earners, capital, dividends, and all the private funds is a function of Obama’s left-wing social vision, and a repudiation of his economic-recovery statements. Ditto for his sweeping government-planning-and-spending program, which will wind up raising federal outlays as a share of GDP to at least 30 percent, if not more, over the next 10 years. CNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2196542/posts#comment Sun, 1 Mar 2009 05:04:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2196412/posts WASHINGTON — President Obama described his expansive budget proposal on Saturday as “a threat to the status quo in Washington” and cast himself as a populist crusader willing to do battle with special interests to expand health care, curb pollution and improve education. New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2196412/posts#comment Sun, 1 Mar 2009 00:15:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2196330/posts President Obama on Saturday struck back aggressively at critics of his $3.6 trillion budget proposal, casting himself as a populist crusader whose "sweeping change" has angered Washington's entrenched special interests, and promised to fight them. "I realize that passing this budget won't be easy. Because it represents real and dramatic change, it also represents a threat to the status quo in Washington," Mr. Obama said in his weekly video and radio address. Mr. Obama's language was combative and confrontational, as he promised to fight for "American families." "I know these steps won't sit well with the special interests and lobbyists... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2196330/posts#comment Sat, 28 Feb 2009 21:04:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2194914/posts President Barack Obama's first budget includes $15 billion a year for renewable energy programs and an ambitious plan to raise $646 billion from a carbon reduction proposal. "Because our future depends on our ability to break free from oil that's controlled by foreign dictators, we need to make clean, renewable energy the profitable kind of energy," Mr. Obama said Thursday morning. "That's why we'll be working with Congress on legislation that places a market-based cap on carbon pollution and drives the production of more renewable energy." The plan uses money from a cap-and-trade program — which would allow companies to... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2194914/posts#comment Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:52:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2193189/posts President Obama will pledge Tuesday night that the nation "will rebuild, we will recover," as he delivers an address to a joint session of Congress and with a nervous nation watching at home. "While our economy may be weakened and our confidence shaken; though we are living through difficult and uncertain times, tonight I want every American to know this: We will rebuild, we will recover, and the United States of America will emerge stronger than before," Mr. Obama will say, according to excerpts of his remarks. In lofty language, Mr. Obama is expected to promise a new path forward... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2193189/posts#comment Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:30:09 GMT