http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/whitehouse/ en-us Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:37:15 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418062/posts More government releases sneaked out as the country begins to celebrate the New Year. Today, the White House has posted 25,000 additional records of those visiting the White House. It's all about investment bankers, union leaders and climatologists, judging by the visitors of President Obama and the President's chief economic advisor Larry Summers. According to AP: General Electric chief executive Jeffrey Immelt visited roughly a dozen times. Climate change expert Jonathan Lash visited as did Paul Hanrahan, the chief executive of major energy company AES. Further research shows that Goldman Sach's CEO Lloyd Blankfein pretty much spent the entire day... Economic Policy Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418062/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:37:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417160/posts Siren up on Drudge. Possible man with a gun. Drudge Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417160/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:57:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415267/posts If these reports are true, President Obama has shown a profound disrespect for Christianity and the message of the Christ-child which was heard so loudly on Christmas morning; "Peace on earth, goodwill toward man." Both organizations are calling for the ornament to be removed and an apology to be issued by the White House to all people of faith, Christians and the Chinese people, many of whom are still in prison because of Mao's policies. TheCypressTimes.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415267/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:25:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415093/posts 2 videos we have all seen but an interesting and sad change. The 1st video is a Fox News clip of what is acceptable in the Obama White House verse The Reagan White House Address To The Nation On Christmas Communists 4 Obama http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415093/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 22:20:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414963/posts What I am about to share has little political relevance. It is simply a candid expression of my gratitude and a testimony to how anything can happen in this glorious experiment called America. Last Christmas, because I was selected by my congressman to decorate an ornament for the White House Christmas tree, my wife Mary and I were invited by Laura Bush to a reception at the White House. The White House sent me a six by six inch silver plastic ball with specific instructions. The theme of my design must reflect my state (Florida) in a red, white and... LloydMarcus.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414963/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:42:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2413885/posts Despite reports that the Obama White House Christmas Tree is festooned with decorations of Chinese Communist leader Mao Tse Tung and a drag queen, those with a knowledge of dendrology believe the story to be Christmas Fool’s joke on conservatives. News of the Obama Administration’s White House Christmas Tree decorated with Communist and alternative-lifestyle ornaments has been carried by conservative media outlets Big Government and Fox News. The fact that Simon Doonan, who has used the famous Christmas window at Barney’s New York to make his left-wing political feelings known, was chosen to decorate the White House tree this year... The Right Perspective http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2413885/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:07:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413066/posts WASHINGTON – The White House has tapped a corporate cyber security expert and former Bush administration official to lead the effort to shore up the country's computer networks and better coordinate with companies that operate 80 percent of those critical systems. Howard A. Schmidt, a former eBay and Microsoft executive, will become the government's cyber security coordinator, weathering a rocky selection process that dragged on for months, as others turned the job down. In a letter posted on the White House web site Tuesday, John Brennan, assistant to President Barack Obama for homeland security and counterterrorism, said Schmidt will have... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413066/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:04:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2412630/posts For anyone wondering why an increasing number of conservatives now use the term "state-controlled media" to refer to television networks and newspapers, here's one that drives the point home. Radio Equalizer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2412630/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:44:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412394/posts On the Senate floor yesterday, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) slammed Republicans for their "desperate, no-holds-barred mission of propaganda, falsehood, obstruction and fear," which he said will result in a "day of judgment" by the American people. -snip Whitehouse attributed these "desperate acts" to the Democrats' "momentum," which is working toward passing health care reform legislation, and "when we do, the lying time is over. The American public will see what actually comes to pass when we pass this bill as our new law. The American public will see firsthand the difference between what is, and what they were told." When... tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412394/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:12:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411479/posts WASHINGTON (AFP) – The White House Saturday sought to rally support for the contentious deal brokered by President Barack Obama at UN climate talks by listing prominent Americans who back the plan against global warming, though opponents also spoke up. A statement released by the White House included quotes from environmentalists, captains of industry and leading elected officials from Obama's Democratic Party praising the "breakthrough" that will "lay the foundation for international action in the years to come." Michael Eckhart, head of the American Council on Renewable Energy, applauded Obama's "wisdom in achieving an agreement on the aspirational goal, limiting... AFP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411479/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 02:49:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410943/posts ...the 18½ foot Douglas fir in the Blue Room – is decorated with recycled ornaments that Mrs. Obama's team dug out of the warehouse where old White House decorations are stored. "We took about 800 ornaments left over from previous administrations, we sent them to 60 local community groups throughout the country, and asked them to decorate them to pay tribute to a favorite local landmark and then send them back to us for display here at the White House," said Mrs. Obama. People http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410943/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 03:41:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409791/posts No inspector general can unearth corruption without access to his office, computer or staff. An "administrative leave" putting an IG in that position has the same effect, for all intents and purposes, as an immediate firing. That's the basic logic behind former Inspector General Gerald Walpin's lawsuit demanding at least temporary reinstatement to his job as watchdog at the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS). New revelations about the case from two lawmakers indicate that there is good reason to suspect duplicity from those who helped force Mr. Walpin's overnight removal in June. In the past 10 days, two... Thw Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409791/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:29:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2409277/posts You can be the judge regarding whether the term blackmail should be attributed to the actions of government officials in the following two stories. framingthedialogue.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2409277/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:05:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2408721/posts Washington, DC - A Georgia couple who showed up at the White House a day early for a tour somehow wound up at an invitation-only breakfast with President Barack Obama and the first lady. It left the White House once again explaining how people who were not on an event guest list wound up being ushered into the presidential mansion anyway. The improbable adventure of Harvey and Paula Darden, Obama supporters from Hogansville, Ga., took place on Veterans Day, two weeks before Virginia socialites Tareq and Michaele Salahi infamously crashed the Obamas' state dinner for the prime minister of India. Communists 4 Obama http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2408721/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:12:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408327/posts <p>The White House is once again explaining how uninvited guests wound up shaking hands with President Barack Obama.</p> <p>This time, a Georgia couple hoping to tour the White House ended up at an invitation-only Veterans Day breakfast.</p> Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408327/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:16:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2406750/posts At the White House, as the Obama administration is learning all too well, a party is never a simple affair. One bone of contention has been the guest list: Administration officials say they are inviting 550 people, just 50 less than President Bush invited to his White House Hanukkah parties. But reports in the Israeli press spawned fast-spreading rumors that the Obama White House was only inviting 400 – and that the Bush White House had actually invited twice that number. It was, some suggested, a snub – and one that critics said should not come as a surprise. The... CBS) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2406750/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:42:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407307/posts Just because no one is too worried about gate crashers showing up at the White House Hanukkah party doesn't mean the guest list isn't being watched very carefully. The annual celebration has grown in recent years into an important bellwether in American Jewish circles, a sign of which leaders are in good graces and who is losing clout. So the Obama administration's announcement that it was cutting the size of the Dec. 16 party by more than a third has left many wondering who will make the cut, and what some might do to get their name added to the... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407307/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:29:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2407160/posts Here is video of Oprah Winfrey's Christmas Special from the White House with President Obama and First Lady Michelle. The special shows a lot of the White House and some historical things about previous Presidents, as well as talking with the Obamas . . . (VIDEO) Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2407160/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:12:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404788/posts Just received this letter to the editor in my email:Party-crashers or undocumented guests? To the editor: I don't understand why the White House is so upset about the two party crashers at Barack Obama's steak dinner the other night. Is it really appropriate and politically correct to call them party crashers just because they trespassed on Mr. Obama? Does that make them criminals? Isn't that discrimination? Shouldn't they be rewarded for such bold and brave behavior? Maybe they were just trying to feed their family? I would suggest that it's more appropriate to call them "undocumented guests." Just because they... Pahrump Valley Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404788/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:31:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2404564/posts Even in something as benign as a Christmas party, the White House simply cannot manage to stay away from the stupid. Most Christmas cookies are shaped like angels, wreaths, snowmen, Christmas trees, and other holiday items. But Fox News reported that at Monday’s annual Christmas party, the White House served cookies shaped like acorns... There are no reports of other White House cookies in the shapes of non-holiday themed inedible nuts from common trees. Whether inadvertent or deliberate, this is just bizarre... Grand Rants http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2404564/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:54:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404191/posts Any fan of Cookie Monster on Sesame Street knows that "C" is for cookie. But at the Obama White House, "A" may be for acorn -- as in acorn cookies served at Monday's annual Christmas party. The chocolate cookies shaped like an acorn were quite a hit with Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa. "I didn't expect to see such stark symbolism," King said in an e-mail. President Obama worked with the community organizing group ACORN in the mid-90s. But now ACORN faces a host of allegations related to voter fraud in the 2008 election and has been weakened by an undercover... Foxnews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404191/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:00:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404031/posts The nonprofit conservative group Judicial Watch has sued the U.S. Secret Service after the Obama administration again denied a request for copies of the list of visitors to the White House. The records are being sought by journalists and public interest groups to help determine who is influencing White House policy on health care, the economy and a host of other issues. MSNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404031/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 21:53:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2402785/posts President Barack Obama recently called Rep. John Conyers Jr. to express his frustrations with the Judiciary Committee chairman’s criticism. In an interview with The Hill, Conyers said his opinions of Obama’s policies on healthcare reform and the war in Afghanistan have not sat well with the president. According to the lawmaker, the president picked up the phone several weeks ago to find out why Conyers was “demeaning” him. Obama’s decision to challenge Conyers highlights a sensitivity to criticism the president has taken on the left. Conyers’s critical remarks, many of which have been reported on the liberal-leaning Huffington Post, appear... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2402785/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 14:01:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402418/posts The lunch conversation inevitably turned to whether the White House would display its crèche, customarily placed in a prominent spot in the East Room. Ms. Rogers, this participant said, replied that the Obamas did not intend to put the manger scene on display — a remark that drew an audible gasp from the tight-knit social secretary sisterhood. (A White House official confirmed that there had been internal discussions about making Christmas more inclusive and whether to display the crèche.) Yet in the end, tradition won out; the executive mansion is now decorated for the Christmas holiday, and the crèche is... baltimore sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402418/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 23:38:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402297/posts When Barack Obama became president, he promised a “new era of openness.” After almost a year of a media diet that seemed to be all-Obama, all-the-time that concluded in a reality-program couple crashing a state dinner at the White House, I’d be O.K. with the kimono closing a bit. When Michaele and Tareq Salahi waltzed uninvited into the White House for a state dinner almost two weeks ago, their camera crew from Bravo’s forthcoming “The Real Housewives of D.C.” was left waiting outside, but it’s not as if their presence would have been much of a breach of current protocol.... NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402297/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 20:57:32 GMT