http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/obummer/ en-us Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:14:19 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278423/posts WASHINGTON - Amid rising public impatience with an economy now under his watch, President Barack Obama on Tuesday said his administration needs to push money out faster to initiate a recovery and conceded that unemployment would rise above 10 percent. “People are going through a very tough time right now,” Obama said at a White House news conference. “And I don’t expect them to be satisfied.” PMSNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278423/posts#comment Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:14:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271970/posts (CNSNews.com) - U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern said that there was “no question” that China would receive both financial and technological assistance from the United States as part of upcoming climate change talks to be conducted in Copenhagen, Denmark. “This is a developing country issue, which includes China,” Stern told reporters on Friday. “I think there is no question that a Copenhagen agreement is going to have to include mechanisms to provide the financial flows and technological assistance to developing countries.” The Copenhagen talks are part of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC), the... CNSNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271970/posts#comment Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:41:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2200785/posts Indications of an increasing migration to Mexico are seen in traditional sending states, bus stations, and vacant homes. From families loaded down with bags and boxes full of their possessions to towns and villages crowded with long-departed residents, one impact of the declining U.S. economy appears to be Mexican immigrants calling it quits and returning to their home country. No definitive studies have been done, but anecdotal information and informal surveys show that both legal and illegal immigrants are returning to the relatives they left behind when they came north. Orange County Register http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2200785/posts#comment Fri, 6 Mar 2009 17:38:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2149658/posts Barack Obama seems to have a recurring nightmare. In it, he is president of the United States, the most powerful man in the world, but he cannot vanquish the one force that has bedeviled all presidents: The Bubble. It can swallow a presidency, isolating the chief executive from both news he should know and opinions he should hear, and ensuring that he goes through his day attuned to the comforting chirping of yes men -- the siren song that serenaded George W. Bush as he plunged us into the muck of Iraq. Obama has often mentioned The Bubble. ''This is... Miami Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2149658/posts#comment Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:16:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2145187/posts A black conservative leader is blasting an Illinois congressman for demanding that that state's governor appoint a black person to fill Barack Obama's Senate seat. Bobby Rush, a black Democratic congressman from the Chicago area, recently said it would be a "national disgrace" if Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich does not appoint an African American to replace Obama, who resigned the seat last month to prepare for the presidency. Rush, a former Black Panther member, is collecting signatures on a petition he hopes to deliver to the governor by Christmas. Jesse Lee Peterson, founder and president of Los Angeles-based Brotherhood Organization... OneNewsNow http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2145187/posts#comment Tue, 9 Dec 2008 00:10:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2139964/posts <p>''May you live in interesting times'' is supposed to be an ancient Chinese curse, but I can't find evidence that the saying is Chinese at all, much less that it's ancient. One of the earliest reliable citations seems to be a 1950 short story by the British science-fiction author Eric Frank Russell, writing under the pen name Duncan H. Munro, who quotes the imprecation and then adds: ``It isn't a curse any more. It's a blessing.''</p> Miami Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2139964/posts#comment Sat, 29 Nov 2008 13:41:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2126573/posts www.gunowners.org/a110508.htmNov 2008 Gun Rights in Peril Barack Obama in the White House; many pro-gunners out of Congress Gun Owners of America 8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102 Springfield, VA 22151 (703)321-8585 Wednesday, November 5, 2008 Based on his voting record in the Illinois state senate and in the U.S. Senate, President-elect Barack Obama will be the most anti-Second Amendment president in the history of America. In January, the new President will govern alongside congressional leadership, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who are also extremely hostile to gun rights and who now enjoy greatly expanded majorities. There... Gun Owners of America http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2126573/posts#comment Thu, 6 Nov 2008 01:39:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2125107/posts First whole states close in 12 minutes. Poll Closing Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2125107/posts#comment Tue, 4 Nov 2008 23:49:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082538/posts WHILE campaigning in public for a speedy withdrawal of US troops from Iraq, Sen. Barack Obama has tried in private to persuade Iraqi leaders to delay an agreement on a draw-down of the American military presence. According to Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, Obama made his demand for delay a key theme of his discussions with Iraqi leaders in Baghdad in July. "He asked why we were not prepared to delay an agreement until after the US elections and the formation of a new administration in Washington," Zebari said in an interview. Obama insisted that Congress should be involved in... New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082538/posts#comment Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:03:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074199/posts Democratic vice-presidential nominee Joe Biden said yesterday that he and running mate Barack Obama could pursue criminal charges against the Bush administration if they are elected in November. Biden's comments, first reported by ABC news, attracted little notice on a day dominated by the drama surrounding his Republican counterpart, Alaska governor Sarah Palin. But his statements represent the Democrats' strongest vow so far this year to investigate alleged misdeeds committed during the Bush years. "If there has been a basis upon which you can pursue someone for a criminal violation, they will be pursued," Biden said during a campaign event... Guardian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074199/posts#comment Thu, 4 Sep 2008 01:17:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2053641/posts FIDEL Castro supports Barack Obama. Hamas supports Barack Obama. And now Phil Spector supports Barack Obama . With friends like these, who need Hillary..? O-bummer… Anorak http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2053641/posts#comment Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:45:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012333/posts (CNN) — The core of Hillary Clinton’s argument to superdelegates has been her electability – that she is the candidate most likely to beat presumptive Republican nominee John McCain in November. But according to exit polls, voters don’t share that view. In Indiana, Democratic primary voters were equally split over who was most likely to beat McCain, with both drawing 48 percent. And in North Carolina, voters gave the edge to Barack Obama: 54 percent thought he was more likely to win in November, while 40 percent [...] CNN Political Ticker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012333/posts#comment Wed, 7 May 2008 04:38:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000777/posts Senator Barack Obama fought back Saturday against accusations from his rivals that he had displayed a profound misunderstanding of small-town values, in a flare-up that left him on the defensive before a series of primaries that could test his ability to win over white voters in economically distressed communities. For a second day, Mr. Obama sought to explain his remarks at a recent San Francisco fund-raiser that small-town Pennsylvania voters, bitter over their economic circumstances, “cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them” as a way to explain their frustrations. Acknowledging Saturday that “I didn’t... 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