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Interesting article from USA Today regarding the appointments Obama has made for various positions and how many of them gave him some serious coin while he was a candidate. I thought Barry was stoping this Washington as usual stuff? Sounded good at the time:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-10-28-bundlers_N.htm

I do not get this at all. Here are 10 questions I have regarding Barry’s trip to Denmark:

1. Who is paying for this?
2. How many of Barry’s Chicago donors have the potential to benefit financially if the Olympics are awarded to Chicago?
3. Is he The President of The United States or the President of Chicago?
4. Would he help another city out like this, Grand Rapids for example, if they were trying to win some business overseas?
5. Who the F cares about the Olympics anymore?
6. Are there not some more pressing issues going on in the world for Barry to be concerned about?
7. Does anyone in Denmark know who the hell Oprah is?
8. Has anyone in Denmark ever seen 3 black people in the same room?
9. Can’t Oprah just buy the country and make them award Chicago the Olympics?
10. Why didn’t he bring Nancy with him so she can use her charm to close this deal?

Look, I am completely cool with a President taking some time off and enjoying it with their family. I mean isn’t that what Camp David is for?

http://www.fairfaxcountyva.com/Camp_David_Presidential_Retreat-a-361.html

However, current economic crisis or not what the heck is Barry thinking? Its like he saw that movie The American President with Michael Douglas and decided he could be like him. I mean dinner and movie in NYC? The night before the announcement of the bankruptcy of an American institution that will mean the losses of thousands of more jobs. Am I the only only completely batty about this? I like it how they said he downsized to a small Gulfstream instead of taking Air Force One and paid for the theater tickets out of own pocket. How much did this cost us? HOW MUCH DID THIS COST US? Just another example of the perceived invincibility of the man. A complete study in narcissism.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/05/obamas-date-night-in-new-york-.html

At the press conference today announcing GM’s Chapter 11 filing he tried to appeal to the employees of GM by his typical attempt to be just like them. Who in Livonia Michigan can relate to this guy and who can justify his actions? Who!

Here is your change sir

If there is a Liberal out there who and is honestly still backing their man based on the simple phrase that I recall hearing throughout the election: “I believe that Barack Obama will do excatly what he says”, I would like to invite you to a session of hypnotism anonymous. Wow! Are the events of the last month exactly what I have been thinking and saying would happen? Simply put (and we are only five months into this) Obama is starting to go against everything that he stood for in the campaign. He is getting hit hard with reality. You see, liberals love ideas, in fact; they absolutely embrace ideas. Ideas are safe. Ideas make you feel really good. It is putting these ideas into action that scares the heck out of them. Here are some ideas followed by reality.

Close all of Gitmo! Where are you going to put the people who are in Gitmo?
Prosecute all people involved in waterboarding! You mean Dems knew about this? Nancy? Oops!
Release pictures of all terrorists who were “tortured” by American troops! You mean that may cause problems with our troops and make me look like a doofus?
The public will have 5 days to view any policy I introduce! It is called transparency! Does that count if I have dial up?
It will be impossible for any pork barrel projects to be put in any bill that I pass! Uh….

This is an amazing realization to anyone who bought into the crap which was his candidacy. If you know someone who fell for these ideas will you take some time out of your busy day and ask them what they think? Has anyone you work with or live by taken any of those “hope” or “change” stickers off of their car and replaced them with a “Free The Elephant 2012″ magnet?

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King Kong will be Obama's next surprise for the people of New York

Keeping with the transparency topic of Obama’s campaign, I was not very surprised to hear about the recent photo opp that occurred yesterday with Air Force One, the Statue of Liberty,  AND fighter jets.  Awesome job Barry!  It seems that when you are President of the United States you can do anything.  Can you imagine living in the New York City/New Jersey area and seeing this?  I would have started running, screaming, and urinating at the same time.  How much did this cost?  Let’s see:  one Air Force One, 2(?) fighter jets, an amazing amount of panic, many pairs of pants, employee hours missed due to evacuation of work….Nice!

My next suggestion is to put King Kong (not the new one from the Jack Black movie, but the original) on the Empire State Building without warning and see what happens.  Awaken the beast!  See who you can scare!

Article here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090428/ap_on_re_us/us_low_flying_plane

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O.K., so remember how the Death Tax was supposed to be eliminated for a year and then gradually phased out? Not so fast. Remember that whole transparency thing also? Excellent, excellent blog presented by The American Family Business Institute (AFBI) with details about how this tax will still be part of our loved ones burden after we pass away. So, you pay taxes all your life and with the money you save to enrich others after your passing, they get stuck with having to pay taxes on that which lowers the value by a half! Explain how this makes any sense at all?

AFBI Post: http://friendsofafbi.blogspot.com/2009/03/obamas-sneaky-death-tax-fight-in-budget.html

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So, this is a bit of a head scratcher. I stumbled upon this last week but forgot to post it. It seems that rather UNTRANSPARENTLY (word?) Obama has eliminated the W law allowing pilots to carry firearms in the cockpit. What is even more amazing is the fact that pilots actually were allowed to carry weapons up until 1987. Why is this a big deal for Obama? What harm did this cause? Did you ever hear about any pilot abusing this privilege? Very odd and another example of this administration imposing its will on the American people.

The original article in The Washington Times is no longer available but here is basically the article anyway:

http://www.doomers.us/forum2/index.php?action=printpage;topic=41948.0

A little late on this but here is someone with formal Socialist ties who was appointed by Obama as his Climate Czar. In this case, the term ‘Czar’ is very appropriate. Remember not all positions need to get Congressional approval so Obama made sure this one did not have to go through any scrutiny in front of the cameras. I still consider these people Cabinet members. Anyone who advises him is HIS selection.Here is a suggestion: Put a lock on your A/C because soon it could be controlled by the United States government:

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/12/obama-climate-czar-has-socialist-ties/

Another:

http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2009/01/surprise-obamas-climate-czar-is-board.html

A history of wielding power..Just like a Czar!

http://yidwithlid.blogspot.com/2009/02/obamas-climate-czar-will-rule-like.html

I do not agree with this decision at all. It just seems once again that Obama is concerning himself with issues that are not relevant to his success as a President, but rather he is catering to groups like the ACLU:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090302/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/terror_memos