By Autonomous, on October 31st, 2009 | 1:51 pm
Could it be Obama’s first presidential act…? Carried out in the middle of the night; quiet, so as not to disturb anyone (except the media, who should be awake if he is). The president takes a 40 minute flight to Dover AFB for the return of our fallen heroes, where only the sound of a ‘whirring power unit, and the clicking of cameras’ can be heard. This eye-moistening account comes from Ben Feller of the Assoc. Press.
I know everything is a photo op for a politician (sorry all you starry eyed Obamites – he is one), but it makes me sick everytime. More nauseating than that though is the description of these events by the media. I’m wondering if Obama was able to keep his talk with the mourning families strictly to his condolences and thanks, or did he let slip the underlying Obamantra, “You know, I inherited this mess from Bush…”
When Obama arrived back at the White House the scene was laid out eloquently, again by Mr. Feller (who I believe to really be romance novelist Nora Roberts); ‘He walked inside, alone.’ Later, speaking softly and somewhat haltingly, Obama said losses such as these are “something I think about each and every day.” Really Mr. [Continue...]
By Autonomous, on October 25th, 2009 | 8:49 pm  And now, a teachable, and dare I say, learnable moment. AP (Autonomous Press) - 10/28/09 *President Obama says the White House is willing to hold talks with Fox News if the exiled ‘Fair and Balanced’ media outlet will abandon its conservative cause, defending the government’s hard-line position toward the news station. “For such contacts and consultations to make progress, what’s important is for Fox to have sincerity. Otherwise no substantive results can be made.” Obama told reporters. The Obama administration has repeatedly accused Fox of advocating independence and fomenting anti-government protests. Fox executives say they only advocate a way which calls for significant U.S. citizen autonomy under Obama rule, but not independence. In answering questions from foreign and domestic reporters, Obama offered an unqualified defense of his administration’s policies on conservative journalism and reporting, ignoring questions about trampling on the First Amendment. He defended his administration, saying that stimulus money, along with jobs and healthcare for all prove that “policies we have adopted are right.” Thousands of Obama’s Civil Patrol have been manning checkpoints around D.C., ready to head off any further wide-scale ‘Tea Party’ anti-government demonstrations; which, as proven by the administration, have been encouraged and organized by Fox News. Asked whether the presence of the Civil Patrol pointed to failings in [Continue...]
By Autonomous, on October 12th, 2009 | 7:28 pm 
BRENNAN LINSLEY : ASSOCIATED PRESS: Monday, October 5, 2009 5:45 AM: WASHINGTON – “Afghanistan is not in imminent danger of falling to the Taliban”, President Barack Obama’s national security adviser said yesterday. He downplayed fears that the insurgency could set up a renewed sanctuary for al-Qaida. Retired Gen. James Jones’ comments came hours after militant forces overwhelmed U.S. troops at two outposts near the Pakistan border, killing eight Americans, and amid growing government fissures over whether to send thousands of additional forces into the fight.It was the heaviest U.S. loss of life in a single battle since July 2008, when nine American soldiers were killed in a raid on an outpost in Wanat in the same province, Nuristan. Obama’s senior advisers are set to meet twice this week to debate the administration’s evolving Afghan strategy, juggling political pressure from the left to scale back combat troops with an urgent call from military commanders to add forces to secure the country and enable government and economic-development advancements.
It’s great that the president is carefully thinking about what to do in Afghanistan…. It’s great that he knows much more then our troops and the generals on the ground know… It’s great to have people like Eugene Robinson [Continue...]
By Autonomous, on October 11th, 2009 | 8:00 pm Process of Nomination and Selection: The Norwegian Nobel Committee is responsible for selecting eligible nominator candidates and the choice of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. The Nobel Committee of five is appointed by the Norwegian parliament.
Eligible Nobel Committee candidates are those nominated by qualified individuals. These individuals are deemed qualified if they are members of national assemblies and government’s of states; are members of international courts; are university rectors, professors of social sciences, history, philosophy, law and theology, directors of peace research institutes and foreign policy institutes; are persons who have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize; are active and former members of the Nobel Committee, and former advisors appointed by the Norwegian Nobel Institute.
The process for selecting Nobel Peace Prize nominees is 15 months long. September: Nobel Committee sends invitation letters out to qualified nominators. February: (of following year): Deadline for submissions from nominators is Feb. 1st. Nominations postmarked after that date are placed into the next year’s pool of nominees. The number of submissions can be in the hundreds. February-March: Nobel Committee assesses each nominee’s work preparing a short list from there. March-August: Short list is reviewed by permanent advisers and advisers specially recruited for their knowledge of specific nominees. They do not [Continue...]
By Autonomous, on October 10th, 2009 | 11:10 am What better way to express your adoration of someone then in a song? Not to be outdone by the CNN Kids Crew who are wowing viewers around the world with their catchy Obamagenda songs, several artists have rewritten their most popular songs for the Nobel Peace Prize -winning President. This musical compilation is the first to come out of the new government-owned recording giant, ‘Feds In The House’.
1. I’m The Real President (what’s my name?) – Eminem
2. All Presidential Ex’s Belong In Texas – George Strait
3. R-E-S-P-E-C-T (better know by now what it means to me) – Aretha Franklin
4. Back In The USSR – The Beatles
5. Bad Medicine (my policy ain’t no…)- Bon Jovi
6. Dr. Feelgood (ode to my personal physician) – Motley Crue
7. Smokin’ In The Boysroom – Brownsville Station
8. Girls, Girls, Girls (dedicated to Diane, Barbara and Nancy)
9. California Girls (wish they all could be…) – The Beach Boys
10. If You’ve Got The Money, I’ve Got The Time – Willie Nelson
11. Nothing I Can Do About It Now – Willie Nelson
12. State Of Love And Trust (my call to action toward [Continue...]
By Autonomous, on October 9th, 2009 | 8:14 pm CNN is a truly great news organization. For awhile now I’ve been wanting to write about this, but I’ve waited; given myself time to watch it a little more so I could be sure my thoughts on this news giant were accurate.
The anchors really tell it like it is. Just a couple of weeks ago I was captivated by a story on CNN Newsroom. It depicted a family of 4; considered ‘rich’ (the anchor called them “The Rich family!”) as they made $90,000 a year; and the viewer was told that even they would save money with Obama’s Healthcare Plan. After this great, well researched (I’m sure) report, the desk anchor said it best: “Can’t they take some of their money and help their neighbors?”
A highlight of this story was the portrayal of the family. I thought that the anchor did a great job in describing them as the viewer only saw an illustrated representation of a faceless mom, dad, son and daughter. When she pointed to the big house behind them, and the pearl necklace around mom’s neck, I definitely got that they were rich! Did I mention they were white…?
Then this week I was delighted to see children dancing and singing about Obama [Continue...]
By Autonomous, on October 5th, 2009 | 6:30 pm Porno problem in the government, I scarcely believe it
Employee misconduct at the National Science Foundation has the agency’s Inspector General busy these days. 70% of investigations he oversees involve workers surfing porn sites. It became so pervasive that the IG told Congress that “…to manage this dramatic increase in investigations without an increase in staff has required us to significantly reduce our efforts to investigate actual grant fraud.” – Go ahead, read it again.
In one case a senior executive spent almost 331 days in a year viewing porn on government computers and having online chats with barely, or not at all, dressed women. This cost the taxpayers $58,000. www.foxnews.com
I’m curious if the $58,000 was his salary for 331 days, or the cost of catching him. Either way, all offenders have been disciplined according to the NSF.
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