The blog that time forgot…

I found this fascinating quote today:

Britain will get its first chance to see Barack Obama this week when a White House cavalcade - complete with armoured limousines, helicopters, 200 US secret service staff and a six-doctor medical team - sweeps into the UK.

Obama will fly into London for his first visit to the UK as president of the United States on Tuesday to take part in the G20 summit in the capital’s Docklands area. He will not be travelling light.

More than 500 officials and staff will accompany the president on his tour this week - along with a mass of high-tech security equipment, including the $300,000 presidential limousine, known as The Beast. Fitted with night-vision camera, reinforced steel plating, tear- gas cannon and oxygen tanks, the vehicle is the ultimate in heavy armoured transport.

In addition, a team from the White House kitchen will travel with the president to prepare his food. As one official put it: “When the president travels, the White House travels with him, right down to the car he drives, the water he drinks, the gasoline he uses, the food he eats. America is still the sole superpower and the president must have the ability to handle any crisis, anywhere, any time.”

Justgroovy, The blog that time forgot…, Mar 2009You should read the whole article.

I blush to say it, but Bravo Obama ...

This, from The Opinionator blog, actually has me smiling. I had missed the fact that the Obama Administration shunned the brits when Gordon Brown visited, and then pulled out all stops for Irish PM Cowan.

Although I have many, many issues with Obama et al, I salute them for their good taste in this very important issue. Thank you, Mr. President, for giving the brits exactly what they deserve - nothing; and the Irish for what they deserve - our thanks and honor.

See what I mean:

Still, Nile Gardiner of The Telegraph thinks that, all in all, the luck of the Irish held.

The contrast between the White House welcome this month for the Irish and British Prime Ministers could not have been greater. Brian Cowen, the Taoiseach of Ireland, is hardly a world figure, but he received the kind of red carpet treatment in Washington that would normally be reserved for royalty.

The Irish PM has no influence whatsoever over the policies of the United States. Yet he was greeted for a 40-minute meeting in the Oval Office on Tuesday by not only the president but also Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden and National Security Adviser Jim Jones. In addition, Obama hosted a lavish dinner party for 400 guests in Cowen’s honour to mark St. Patrick’s Day, where both the U.S. and Irish leaders spoke (teleprompter fiasco aside). At Michelle Obama’s request, the White House fountain was even turned green to mark the event.

When Gordon Brown was received at the White House at the start of March he was denied a press conference as well as an official dinner and was treated in a humiliating, demeaning fashion. Brown may well be a lame duck at home, but he is still the representative of 60 million Britons and a nation that has sacrificed blood and treasure alongside America time after time. The whole affair was hugely insulting to the British people.

For many, the ultimate symbol of the dissing of Gordon Brown involved the ritual exchange of presents: while the Browns came bearing “an ornamental pen holder made from the timbers of the Victorian anti-slave ship HMS Gannet” as well as books and outfits for the First Children, Sasha and Malia, the Obamas responded with a 25-disc set of classic American moves, which The Daily Mail’s Ian Drury called “as exciting as a pair of socks.”

While, again, this seems minor, insult was added to insult this week when it turned out that the regional-coding system applied to DVD’s rendered the movies unplayable at 10 Downing Street.

To paraphrase Michelle Obama: "For the first time," since this administration took office, "I'm proud of America" for their approach to European diplomacy.

Slainté!

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Is Obama Legally President of the US???

This peculiar story just keeps popping up - Why, oh why is the media ignoring it? NewsMax.com shares these facts:

Is the biggest political crime in American history taking place right before our eyes? Is the man in the White House INELIGIBLE, according to the Constitution, to sit in the Oval Office... is he a FRAUD... a USURPER?
Barack Hussein Obama could put the issue to rest right now by simply releasing his ACTUAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE!
But he WON'T release his ACTUAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE. In fact, he is actively RESISTING efforts to compel him to release his ACTUAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE.
He's dug in his heels. He has teams of lawyers fighting efforts to get him to release his ACTUAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE, while his underlings look down their noses at the American people and call these legitimate requests “garbage.”
And the one pivotal question that those who attempt to dismiss the controversy cannot answer is:
If Barack Hussein Obama has nothing to hide, what’s the problem? The more he resists, the more you have to wonder.
Meanwhile the liberal press is trying to drag this story into a dark alley and bludgeon it to death.
It’s time for you and me to weigh in and FORCE THE ISSUE! Let's call-out the liberal media.

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Saving The United States Of America....

If Obama was in fact born in Kenya, the information may save the United States from bankruptcy: Since Obama’s inauguration on Jan. 20, stocks have plummeted to catastrophic lows.
The Dow has fallen 20.4 percent. Investors have lost an estimated $2.5 trillion in market value.
All because an arrogant young man – obsessed with 19th century Marxism – is trying to wreck the United States of America.
But suppose he isn’t legally president after all? Then that fact would surely nullify all his official acts, and acts he plans to put into place, including the following:
* His recent executive order rescinding the Mexico City Policy and committing U.S. taxpayers to fund abortion worldwide;
* His upcoming appointments, including FCC members who might attempt to shut down conservative talk radio;
* Any treaty he might sign that would weaken our defenses in an increasingly dangerous world;
* And the signing of legislation giving amnesty to illegal aliens.

We need to act quickly before the entire nation is standing on a street corner, rattling a tin cup.

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Obama: Give Back Your AIG Bonus

So, when are President Barack Obama and Senator Chris Dodd giving back the "bonuses" that they received from American International Group (AIG)?

By now, you know the story. After receiving another $170 billion in so-called stimulus funding from the American taxpayer, AIG paid out $165 million in bonuses to its executives.

Almost immediately, the Obama Administration and liberals in Congress FEIGNED outrage. They even had the audacity to claim that they knew nothing about these bonuses.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi pontificated; "We want our money back now for the taxpayers." Senator Charles Schumer ominously threatened AIG executives; “If you don’t return it on your own, we will do it for you.”

And in a matter of hours, the Pelosi-led House of Representatives passed a bill that would (in certain cases) tax 90 percent of the bonus money that is received from any company that has received at least $5 billion in bailout money.

Essentially, the Pelosi-led House of Representatives played us for fools and used our public outrage to set a dangerous and draconian precedent.

Furthering a socialist agenda, liberals in Congress basically asserted their authority to tax any individual (or group)... any amount... at any time... totally at their discretion... no reason need be given... if they don't like you... that's it.

And President Obama cheered them on. He called it "a strong signal to the executives who run these firms that such compensation will not be tolerated."

But that's not the end of the story and the hypocrisy here is staggering folks. Brody Mullins and T.W. Farnam with The Wall Street Journal put it rather mildly:

"Some of the most vocal critics of American International Group Inc.'s bonus payments are also the biggest recipients of campaign contributions from the company, including President Barack Obama and Senate Banking Chairman Christopher Dodd."

It's time to call these elected officials on the carpet for their hypocrisy! Since they claim with such self-righteous indignation that "we want our money back now for the taxpayers," and that "such compensation will not be tolerated," it's time to tell Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama and Chris Dodd and Chuck Schumer to practice what they so sanctimoniously preach.

If they want to lead us down the road to socialism; let's see how they like having to live under the spirit of the laws they pass. Let's see how they like suffering along with everyone else.

President Obama's $110,332.00 in campaign contributions from AIG... we want it back! Senator Dodds's 281,038.00 in campaign contributions from AIG... we want it back! Senator Chuck Schmer's $111,875.00 in campaign contributions from AIG... we want that back too!

We want it ALL back... every thin dime... and not just campaign contributions from AIG. The American people want every single dime of campaign contributions paid by any company presently receiving bailout money BACK! We want it back NOW! We want it back TODAY!

United Farm Workers Say “No” to White House Garden

This post originally appeared at
http://michelleobamawatch.com/united-farm-workers-say-no-to-white-house-gardent

Yes…you did read the headline of this post correctly. It appears that the United Farm Workers Union is pretty upset with the Bancroft Elementary School 5th graders planting a garden at the White House. According to a post over at ScrappleFace, the UFW is raising questions about whether or not the project is a violation of existing child labor laws and - get this - a violation of “the spirit of collective bargaining upon which this great nation was founded”.

If that is not bizarre enough, there’s more. According to the post:

The UFW has demanded it be allowed to organize by means of a card-check vote, in which the 11-year-old laborers would be invited by their teachers to sign a card affirming their desire to unionize without a secret ballot.

And, still there is more. The post attributes an unnamed UFW spokesman as further stating:

There’s a reason why vegetable harvesting is one of the many jobs that no American will do. Hauling out those sheaves of arugula is back-breaking work. These little children aren’t smart enough to negotiate their own contracts, and so they need a father figure to decide what’s good for them. That’s what unions do for their members.

It is frankly shocking to most Americans that the first African-American president would send workers into the field without pay, to toil under the unforgiving sun, bearing the fruits of their labors to the table of the man in the big white house.

I don’t know what to deal with first - but I’m going to try to hit as many points on this ridiculous stance as space and time will allow.

First: This country was NOT founded on the spirit of collective bargaining. If I recall from my history classes we had this little thing called slavery and the “employ” of Chinese immigrants to build the railroads that were certainly devoid of ANY collective bargaining agreements.

Second: Who in their right mind truly believes that these children will be on the White House grounds from dust to dawn to hoe, weed, fertilize, and tend this garden ALL by themselves? Listen UFW…Chill! The White House grounds crew and kitchen staff will being doing most of the work! After All, the children DO have to go to school.

Third: Four-H, Future Farmers of America, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, youth leagues, youth church leagues, etc., etc, etc. have all been known to plant gardens at senior citizen centers, pick up trash along highway and byways, or other jobs held by union workers. So, what’s the issue here?

Fourth: Frankly, I was wondering just how long it would take to put “racial spin” on the garden project. But, to imply the project is to slavery - well, that just goes way too far. The First Lady wants a healthy America. She wants to open the White House to the citizenry. She wants her role as FLOTUS to be one that is filled with”teachable moments”. She wants to make sure that the children of America realize the “dream” does not have to be deferred. No more…no less and interjections of race or slavery are simply inane.

Come on UFW, there’s too much on your plate to take out after the White House Victory Garden project. You should not let 23 5th-graders going to the White House to ceremonially plant some seeds, pick a few weeds, and watch a garden grow get your britches all up in a knot. Stick with the issues and concerns that matter like sexual harassment, dirty bathrooms, grower intimidation, and the lack of shade or water. I just don’t believe that this is the kind of thing Cesar Chavez had in mind when he founded the UFW.