A good point.
Apart from the obvious need to spend time with his son and family lately, where the hell is Joe Biden?
Category: Domestic Affairs,
Obama’s day: From the Windy City to the Gulf and back
Obama’s day: From the Windy City to the Gulf and back – The Oval: Tracking the Obama presidency
Enjoy the long weekend my ass. Who is this guy, Bush? Going on vacation when the public seems to be under the impression that there are serious matters at hand that merit his attention?
Douche.
All those consumed with concern about whether or not his job will disrupt poor Barack’s vacations plans can rest assured. He was on the ground in the Gulf States for a mere four hours and twenty-three minutes. Can we say drive-by photo-op?
MMS Director’s Game of Telephone Ends in Firing
MMS Director’s Game of Telephone Ends in Firing – NYTimes.com
The more the New York Times tells me about something, the more I think that there is something they are not telling me.
Obama’s honeymoon with media has degenerated into a troubled marriage
On the media: Obama’s honeymoon with media has degenerated into a troubled marriage – latimes.com
It’s been a bad month when you are President Obama and some of the most understanding words on your response to an emergency of unprecedented proportions have come from Bill O’Reilly, Charles Krauthammer and Jonah Goldberg
He needs to jettison the detached-above-it-all air and listen. Or at least pretend. Pretend a lot better than he has been doing or he is going to become one serious liability to the Democrats.
Not veering from his own course when conditions come up might sink the ship before it has a chance to make it very far out of port.
Obama Security Policy Stresses Diplomacy, Development and Coalitions
Obama Security Policy Stresses Diplomacy, Development and Coalitions | U.S.A | Learning English
Number One article on the Google News Page when I typed in Obama. Not much came up on his brief visit to the Gulf. Apparently he wasn’t there very long. Or at least not even happened to rate a particularly high placement on the page.
I did notice that he is catching flack for being away from Arlington for the holiday. Really? He’s not even going to stop by? Either he’s getting really bad advice or he really sucks at this.
Sestak White House Job Claim: Just Politics, Not a Crime
If it’s true that the White House offered Pennsylvania Congressman Joe Sestak a job to try to clear the Democratic Senate primary for incumbent Arlen Specter, that’s disturbing.
A Sestak Offer? Criminally Stupid, Not Criminal – TIME
What Time magazine said.
Gates to troops: no gay ban repeal imminent
Gates to troops: no gay ban repeal imminent | Reuters
Fuck what the military wants. They didn’t want to integrate either. The military serves the country and every single member of the military takes orders from someone. If they don’t like it, tough. They serve us and not the other way around.
If the order is given to allow gays and lesbians to serve openly, the US military needs to act like members of a well disciplined military and follow their fucking orders.
BP Manages Neither Oil Spill Nor Public Expectations
BP Manages Neither Oil Spill Nor Public Expectations – TIME
“This is clearly an environmental catastrophe. There are no two ways about it,” Tony Hayward, the CEO of BP, acknowledged on CNN Friday morning, May 28. If that was not news to the residents of the Gulf, it seemed to be to BP, which had spent weeks arguing that the damage could be controlled and contained.
I’m sorry. What BP credibility?
Obama increases manpower in Gulf region
Obama increases manpower in Gulf region
About time Barack!
BTW Obama, this isn’t your Katrina. It’s your Monica and unfortunately this is yet another example that you are no teflon Willy. You simply do not have the ability keep your ratings up or your ear to the ground to understand what the country is feeling. If you don’t want to be a one-term-er you best your act together, like, yesterday!
Obama Defends Oil Spill Response, Cites Mistakes – Political Hotsheet – CBS News
Obama Defends Oil Spill Response, Cites Mistakes – Political Hotsheet – CBS News
Those who think that we were either slow on our response or lacked urgency don’t know the facts. This has been our highest priority since this crisis occurred.”
Clearly it has. The White House has been bending over backwards to shield their good friends and corporate sponsors, BP. They care a lot about keeping them safe at the expense of our environment, coastline economy and gulf coast residents. That has been very apparent since day one.
Highlights Of Obama’s Orders On Offshore Drilling
Highlights Of Obama’s Orders On Offshore Drilling – CBS News
I am underwhelmed by these bold actions.
The Obama White House – a wholly owned BP subsidiary.
EPA Chief: Use Of Dispersants Significantly Down
EPA Chief: Use Of Dispersants Significantly Down – CBS News
Well that’s nice. Except the EPA showed off just how much authority over corporations that they have when they gave BP a deadline and BP ignored it.
U.S. Set to Grab Alleged Jamaican Drug Lord Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke
U.S. Set to Grab Alleged Jamaican Drug Lord Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke – ABC News
In other news, the US government goes in, messes thing up, causes civilians and military deaths and doesn’t get their man. We created a clusterfuck.
The US of A: clusterfucks are our speciality.
BP Oil Spill Becoming Political Headache for Obama? Some Democrats Slam White House Response
I hope Carville keeps poking the Borg member we elected. If it doesn’t accomplish anything, it is at least satisfying to hear someone calling him out.
Pelosi’s Bad Hair Day: Salon Collects Hair for Gulf Oil Cleanup
Pelosi’s Bad Hair Day: Salon Collects Hair for Gulf Oil Cleanup – Washington Wire – WSJ
So, Pelosi’s too much of a snob to think outside the box or see the value in empowering people who want to help…
I do like her complaining about the lack of clean-up technology. It’s just too bad she had to show the stick in her ass over the hair clippings though. It’s new. It works. It was created by citizens because the government and oil industry couldn’t be bothered. Sort of an allegory for the only chance we have of saving our coastline. Clearly the government is not going to be ANY help AT ALL.
BP Resumes Work to Plug Oil Leak After Facing Setback
BP Resumes Work to Plug Oil Leak After Facing Setback – NYTimes.com
One would imagine they don’t suck this bad at drilling the stuff. Only at dealing with the consequences of their short-sightedness.
Afghan girls stay in school despite attacks
Afghan girls stay in school despite attacks – USATODAY.com
Your tax dollars at work, we’re running a country where this happens. Regularly.
100,000 teachers nationwide face layoffs
100,000 teachers nationwide face layoffs
Back to reality.
Obama, the education teacher.
…The kind of education a kid gives themselves on the streets or in jail that is apparently.
So much for improving education and making it more accessible to everyone, everywhere. He couldn’t have had something in place by now to avoid travesties like this? Oh right, he was too busy arrogantly putting all of his eggs in one basket for 15 months and not-so-secretly giving oral sex to Big Oil.
New Breed of Specialist Steps In for Family Doctor
New Breed of Specialist Steps In for Family Doctor – NYTimes.com
A little bit of positive news to lighten the moood.
MMS chief Elizabeth Birnbaum ousted, officials say
MMS chief Elizabeth Birnbaum ousted, officials say
I can’t believe he is backtracking on admitting he got rid of her. It’s the first sign that he actually gives a shit and he’s taking it back. Douche.
Was Elizabeth Birnbaum Fired? Don’t Ask Obama
Was Elizabeth Birnbaum Fired? Don’t Ask Obama – Political Hotsheet – CBS News
Massengill can’t even admit he acted decisively (or at least the closest proximity to Mr. Pre-packaged New Kids on the Block has gotten to it so far) and held negligent parties responsible.
Detroit Police Chief Evans Faces Anger Over Aiyana Death – TIME
Detroit Police Chief Evans Faces Anger Over Aiyana Death – TIME
Paramilitary Tactics Backfire for Detroit’s Top Cop
Karma’s a bitch, eh, fascists?
Senate panel, House approve ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ compromise plan
Senate panel, House approve ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ compromise plan – CNN.com
A major problem might be determining how to reconcile the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell” with federal law that defines marriage as between a man a woman, the official added.
Hadn’t thought of that. DADT needs to go. That part is simple. It just got a little bit more interesting though.
In Canada once more, U.S. troops fleeing a war
In Canada once more, U.S. troops fleeing a war – USATODAY.com
I’m pretty clear on which side on I’m on in this one.
Obama clamps down on offshore drilling
Obama clamps down on offshore drilling – CNN.com
I believe it when
I see it.
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