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Here’s the local coverage: The front page of the Cedar Rapids Gazette has a three-column photo of President Obama speaking - with hay bales in the background - with the headline, “‘Moving in right direction’.” The second photo is President Obama with one leg up, in a similar stance to Rick Perry, who also had one leg up on a hay bale in Iowa yesterday.
The (Burlington) Hawkeye’s front page’s lower right headline over a photo of Obama (also leg up) with a barn behind him: “Obama attacks GOP field on bus tour.”
It’s a two-deck, three-column headline from the Quad-City Times: “Obama launches rural tour with Iowa swing.” (And again, the photo of him with one leg up.) Subhead: “President defends compromises.”
The Des Moines Register: “In Iowa, Obama defends his compromises, slams opposition.”
“Almost one in every 10 Barack Obama fundraisers for the 2012 presidential campaign worked four years ago generating cash for former Democratic rival Hillary Clinton,” Bloomberg reports. “Of the 244 individuals identified by the Obama campaign as bringing in at least $50,000 for his re-election, 23 were “Hillraisers,” collecting at least $100,000 for Clinton, now U.S. secretary of state, during her unsuccessful 2008 Democratic primary campaign. Just four of the 23 raised at least $50,000 for Obama after he defeated Clinton and won the nomination, according to a Bloomberg News analysis.”
“A U.S. diplomat's remarks calling Indian Tamils "dark" and "dirty" has national leaders calling for her to be expelled from the country,” the New York Daily News reports.
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OMG, the one leg up stance! LOL, thinking of yesterday's comment by Alan, Omaha.
YES!!!
The Road Warrior, now that's funny. I don't think the populus is going to be as brain dead the second time around.
Road Warrior?
That's funny, but I'm reminded more of Chevy Chase in National Lampoon's Summer Vacation.
Be interesting to see what happens when he gets to WallyWorld.
Osama Obama Biden Bin Laden
This is part of an elaborate code.
A coup d’etat started in 2008 with the presidential election.
Obama is the acting president. He disappeared for 2 weeks after his election win only to reappear looking exhausted sitting next to John McCain, with a bad poker face, for a press photo shoot. Obama was turned into a puppet for the Pentagon.
Osama Bin Laden appears to be a code created by the New World Order. The NWO consists of some of the richest people in the world with the goal of overthrowing the US government, some from inside our own government. They are also trying to collapse our currency and appear to be behind all of the “buy gold” hype, not to mention tens of thousands of money making opportunities online and late night infomercials. They’re positioned to make billions by destroying our economy.
The attacks on 9/11 appear to be attacks on capitalism and part of the plan to an all out overthrow of our system of government. The people that make up the New World Order are media moguls, CEO’s and many others elitists. The coup d’etat is also the reason why the CEOs who ran in the last midterm didn’t get elected and why the republicans are taking over.
You will not read about this in the media. Most of the media now has been forced to cooperate or have been paid to cooperate.
Here’s what Osama, Obama, Biden, Bin Laden, the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists, and Sarah Palin had to do with the last election and the military’s overthrow of our government. You couldn’t make this stuff up if you tried. Search ElectNoMoreSpys.blogspot
Osama Obama Biden Bin Laden
This is part of an elaborate code.
A coup d’etat started in 2008 with the presidential election.
Obama is the acting president. He disappeared for 2 weeks after his election win only to reappear looking exhausted sitting next to John McCain, with a bad poker face, for a press photo shoot. Obama was turned into a puppet for the Pentagon.
Osama Bin Laden appears to be a code created by the New World Order. The NWO consists of some of the richest people in the world with the goal of overthrowing the US government, some from inside our own government. They are also trying to collapse our currency and appear to be behind all of the “buy gold” hype, not to mention tens of thousands of money making opportunities online and late night infomercials. They’re positioned to make billions by destroying our economy.
The attacks on 9/11 appear to be attacks on capitalism and part of the plan to an all out overthrow of our system of government. The people that make up the New World Order are media moguls, CEO’s and many others elitists. The coup d’etat is also the reason why the CEOs who ran in the last midterm didn’t get elected and why the republicans are taking over.
You will not read about this in the media. Most of the media now has been forced to cooperate or have been paid to cooperate.
Here’s what Osama, Obama, Biden, Bin Laden, the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists, and Sarah Palin had to do with the last election and the military’s overthrow of our government. You couldn’t make this stuff up if you tried. Search ElectNoMoreSpys.blogspot
Team Obama (NBC). It's amazing how much positive spin the President gets only to be matched by the negative stories generated against his opponents. This is just like 2008 all over again, but then what would you expect from the always selective MSM.
Are the facts difficult for you to accept Dan?
TRUTH HURTS doesn't it.
The difference between Governor Perry and President Obama (if they both had gone to A&M) would be that President Obama would be a "Two-percenter."
If by two-percenter you mean upper income? How do you come to that faulty conclusion? President Obama was raised by a single mother, Rick Perry family owned a cotton farm. Now how is the President a two-percenter.
Google "Two-percenter"
I must admit Perry have been able to repackage the same ole Republican rethoric. But, is is still rethoric. Nothing new. The republican party real positions and real public stances do not line up with majority of americans. But, they have became experts in campaigning. Everything that a republican politicans do is to be re-elected. Don't be fooled twice.
living in houston years ago when bush I was running to be the district's congressman, he took off his suit jacket and appeared with his shirt sleeves rolled up and tie loosened - wow, texans loved the "new texas casual."
Brothers Charles and David Koch, with a combined worth of around $35 billion dollars, are waging a war against President Obama and the American middle class.
The Koch brothers are the majority owners in Koch Industries, America's second-largest private company with revenues of $100 billion in 2009, and 80,000 employees in 60 countries.
Koch Industries main source of revenue is from the manufacturing, refining, and distribution of petroleum. They are major financiers of the Tea Party and everything anti middle class like the Rep Ryan budget agenda, and anti union and anti voting rights legislation as in Wisconsin and Arizona!
If you'd rather NOT see your money used to sponsor the Tea Party and Anti Middle class agendas around the country then check out some of the products from Koch Industries:
1. Industry/Georgia-Pacific Products:
2. Angel Soft toilet paper
3. Brawny paper towels
4. Dixie plates, bowls, napkins and cups
5. Mardi Gras napkins and towels
6. Quilted Northern toilet paper
7. Soft 'n Gentle toilet paper
8. Sparkle napkins
9. Vanity fair napkins
10. Zee napkins
No offense but I say continue buying the toilet paper...it gives me a warm fuzzy feeling to know that I'll be wipin gmy butt with the Koch Brothers.
At least it's American money vice George Soros' which feeds the Left-wing Euro Socialist Democrat Party.
Problem--even successful boycotts do not hurt the CEO or the big stockholders--they impact the staff and workers adversely.
Im glad I dont use any of those products!
Thanks for the list Andy. I have been griping to my wife about buying so many paper plates, bowls, and cups but not anymore anything to help the Koch brothers help get this lying, socialist, American hating, spend thrift out of office once and for all. I like me some Brawny paper towels. What are you talking about Da Noid everyone knows your to lazy to wipe.
Andy,
At least Koch employes like 50,000 here in the US... I doubt many of those 50,000 care how much money went to Wisconsin. They do care that they have a job. Unlike those in South Carolina that are waiting for that job with Boeing - but hey, Obama is all about jobs - right?
As for anti-middles class agendas... please explain how making public workers more accountable is anti-middle class? And tell me again why the government needs a union?
Krell,
Yes Koch employs a considerable number of people. But those jobs are there because of the demand for the products; not out of the good heart of the brothers. If Koch was not around to make those products, the market would make certain that someone else did. We know that Koch employees are "strongly advised" to vote for Republican candidates only, because Republican policies favor rich employers over employees. If the Koch brothers were so interested in creating jobs and not making profits, why else would they feel threatened by workers joining labor unions?!
As for the Boeing jobs that you keep bringing up, the President is interested in creating good paying jobs with good working conditions. You make it sound like the President is against Boeing creating jobs in SC or anywhere else. Surely you know better than that!
You also ask why government needs unions. Who talked about government needing unions?! If you meant to ask why government employees or any other employees need unions, the simple answer is so that employees can use their numbers together to attain the best pay and best working conditions possible. Without that leverage, individually, they are at the total mercy of leaches like the Koch brothers -- not a good place to be. Ever heard of the saying United We Stand? That's the whole union idea -- strength in numbers. But I'm sure you know all this Krell! You're just not interested the other person's welfare.
Andy--couldn't have said it better meself.
The Republican Party / Tea Party definitely does not care about the average American! To not see that, to ignore that, to deny that is absolutely ridiculous and for the average American it amounts to being totally self punishing. Everything they have done has continually and belligerently demonstrated their complete focus on their political ambitions above all else; all of their stubbornly sought positions clearly identify their self-serving concentration; and every statement they arrogantly make seeks to con, excite and manipulate public opinion into accepting and supporting their irresponsible partisan attitude. They are completely committed to doing whatever it takes to return to “more of the same”, Bush-Cheney style, which used government and America’s resources to benefit only Special Interests and the powerful, influential and extremely wealthy few, who strongly supported them and who completely dictated to them, all while giving the majority only apathy, the costs and an abundance of subterfuge to rationalize and confuse. That is all clearly evident and has been proven, just as the “trickle down” theory, which they continually support and try to push, has been proven by Bush-Cheney to be a totally irresponsible fraud that just makes the wealthy wealthier and solicits political support from those few who benefit.
They talk about jobs and the economy, constantly faulting Obama and the Democrats, yet they have blocked every effort, offered nothing constructive and just advocate giving more to the wealthy, which has already failed (the wealthy won’t ever invest without a sound economy to warrant it). Their strategy to have the problems continue and the Democrats faulted clearly demonstrates their irresponsible self-focus without any real concern for the people. They are cocky, being arrogant and confident in the power, influence and money provided by their supporters to be used to coerce and intimidate their own, to insure unity, and then to provide the substantial backing needed to con and manipulate public opinion; past successes have emboldened them in the manipulation of the Christian block (2000), with the Swift-boat propaganda (2004) and with the extremes and excitement generated by the Tea Party movement (2010 & now), all having been designed, organized, financed and guided by those intending to benefit. We see the manipulation by 3rd party groups like Norquist’s “anti-Taxes” pledge, like Rove’s and Cheney’s groups and several others all providing the substantial money and then their just as substantial demands. This isn’t conjecture as all of it is well documented and obvious to anyone who is willing to look and simply open to recognizing the corruption; just recognizing the truth in all that is stated here should prove the point beyond any doubt. The Democrats are not perfect, not even close, but really offer far more to the average American and this country really can’t afford to return to “more of the same”, Bush-Cheney style, which is what the Republicans are seeking.
Wow I'm impressed, you almost sounded like you know what your talking about. Did you get that straight out of the Nation magazine (America's connection to Communist/Socialist ideas).
Giles,
You say:
They talk about jobs and the economy, constantly faulting Obama and the Democrats, yet they have blocked every effort...
Looks like Obama is blocking Boeing from hiring the 1000 or so at their SC plant. Please defend this. If Boeing takes these jobs to China, its the fault of some stupid union and Obama.
Dan,
You are waisting your time with the lefty-lunies!! They are not informed enough to know that the Tea Party is not a real political party but rather simply a collection of concerned Americans who are worried about the future of the country. They blame the Tea Party for the debt ceiling debacle and the downgrade of the US rating. That is equivilent to blaming the person calling 9-1-1 to report a fire for causing the fire. The Tea Party was formed in order to bring attention to the 4-years of Democratic controlled spending in Congress (2006-2010, yes they don't remember the dems were in control of the pocketbook during Bush's last term).
As for taxing the "rich". A simple fact. According to the IRS, there were 217,000 tax returns filed in 2010 that reporting income greater than $1.0M each. The combined total income of ALL these people totaled ~$750 billion. If the US taxed these people at 100% and put them all in the welfare line, we still would have a spending deficit (this year alone) of $650 billion. Now What??
I just keep waiting for this clown to do his job. Road Warrior my achingass...when things get tough Obama runs away.
Giles, good job. But you had to know that logic and facts would only bring the trolls from under the bridges spewing their slogans and talking points. It doesn't wash nobama. Of course the Tea Party is a real political party. Just because you take the nut-wing and rename them to isolate the parent group from the nuttiness, doesn't mean they're not Republicans. And the way the minority of the minority held remaining Republicans as willing hostages in the debt ceiling debacle, does not hold the remainder of Republicans blameless. Also, the one who calls 911 is only reporting the fire (crisis), the Tea,ers lit the fire. The raising of the ceiling was ALWAYS perfunctory 60+ previous times it was done. (including the 18 times saint Reagan asked for it &7 times by W). But when publicly elected public officials (mad-hatters from the tea party) loudly, publicly, in televised appearances; go around threatening the full faith and credit of the US and even muse out loud that default might even be a good thing - well, likening them to one who merely "reports" a problem, is just dumb as a box of rocks.
Then there's all the drivel about who makes money and who pays taxes. It leaves out the cruel truth that for a decade the income of the average American family has declined every single year; the number of Americans living below the official poverty level has increased every single year, the number of Americans w/o health care coverage has risen every year; all of this while the income of the top 2% has increased by 252%.
And speaking of 2 percenters (DanG) and what if Obama & Perry both attended A&M...In fact, Obama attended Harvard, was an A student and editor of the Law Review, while Perry went to A&M and was a C-/D- student in animal husbandry.
Nuff said
Marv,
I know almost nothing about the TP -- it looks to me like Obama is holding Boeing hostage and the country with Obamacare, as 27 states want this to be settled ASAP. Obama said Obamacare is an ok name with him.
Its funny that you think 60 people have more power than Reid and the Senate Dems and Obama and Biden. If that's true, its pathetic that the Dems and the King Dem are so weak.
Krell,
Every other sentence you write is about Boeing! What is your connection to Boeing anyway?!
Hey Andy,
I honestly have no connection to Koch or Boeing. Ever hear of Bechtel Power? Look it up.
Boeing - I'm just looking for a good answer as to why Obmaa is trying to stop a private company from "releasing" (for lack of a better word) a 1000 or more good jobs. I do not live in SC - I just want an answer - from anyone. If Obama was really focused like a laser, he would tell the NRLB to bacv off.
Since you said the TP is anti middle class, I assumed you meant the union issues over several states. Look, I'm an electrical engineer and I worked in the power sector for decades (with Bechtel) - Obama has all but shut it down. I can tell you that just about everyone I have worked with over time, that the job/pay is far more important that how the Pres and VP of a company think about politics. I would even say that since many americans don't know who the VP is, far less even know who Koch is.\
As for numbers in unions, etc... I'm no expert but I used to work in a steel comapny - the unions have destroyed that industry (private) --- as for public unions - come on, you think its unreasonable to have teachers paid based on some type of results based system over what is currently in place?
I can tell you that if I were employed by Koch (as with Bechtel) I would interview, sell myself and hopefully get an offer. I've always been treated fairly - and I've had quite a few jobs and Koch would be no different. Weekends off, I don't get whipped and I make more than $3/hour. It's all on me - isn't that the way it should be? Paying someone who doesn't know me to speak on my behalf is beyond my grasp.
Andy,
Actions can speak loudly... I do think Obama is against those jobs in SC -- after all, he's a big union guy. He could easily solve the entire issue... you know as well as I do its all because SC is a right-to-work state. Like I said, if Boeing moves those jobs out of here** its the union and obama's fault.
** what's this about Obama's BFF Jeff Immelt -- he announced that some facility in WI is moving to China. Great - Obama's job czar who pays $0 in taxes moves a plant to China. Way to go Obama for keeping him on your team.
Dan G numbers--read it again. It's truth.
I think the DEMS should make a MAJOR effort to retake the House AND secure a veto-proof Senate. Then maybe we can get some actions on jobs and the economy AS WELL AS making major cuts and increasing taxes on those most able to pay!! BUT, the voters need to STOP believing the propaganda and making stupid decisions in the voters booth!
That would be a MAJOR step in the right direct ( as opposed to wrong that is.......... )