Obama calls for three-year spending freeze

Declaring that “I do not accept second place for the United States of America,” President Barack Obama compared the economic crisis to the greatest challenges of the nation’s past, saying “history’s call” demanded a years-long freeze on huge chunks of popular government spending programs.

In his first State of the Union address, Obama bluntly compared the recession to great challenges of the past like the Civil War and the bloody struggle for civil rights in the 1960s. While there has been progress, it has stalled, he said, telling lawmakers in the House chamber and millions of Americans at home that “the devastation remains.”

“I take my share of the blame for not explaining it more clearly to the American people,” Obama said. “… This problem is not going away.”

After having campaigned for the White House by promising to expand government help for struggling segments of the population, Obama reversed course Wednesday night. He called for a total freeze for three years, beginning in 2011, on all government spending other than national security and public insurance programs that are mandated by law — Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.

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I watched, and listened as Barack Hussein Obama give the State of the Union speech last night. Actually, it’s not going to be all that hard to analyze and critique what Obama had to say.

See?? That wasn’t so hard now was it?

In a recent interview with Diane Sawyer on ABC World News, Barack Hussein Obama said:

I’d rather be a really good one-term president than a mediocre two-term president.

Actually, I am a bit surprised that Obama has lasted as long as he has. I’m surprised that he hasn’t been impeached for incompetency, removed from office and run out of town. I never thought he would make it past a month or 2, much less serve a full 4 year term. So far, I have been wrong. But for Obama to even remotely believe that he is a success, of ANY kind, only highlights the egotistical narcissism of the biggest failure to ever infest the Oval Office.

I can’t think of one thing that Obama has done that I could call a success. I can’t think of so much as one thing that he’s done to inspire confidence. What I have seen, so far, is a POTUS that makes many questions get asked, and those questions have everything to do with the idea that he is trying to bankrupt this nation, morally and financially,

The biggest question that I want answered is this; at what point in time does the situation that our nation is in become the responsibility of Obama and his minions? You can only blame Bush, and other previous administrations, for so long. And several times last night, Obama blamed Bush for everything that this nation suffers. And not so indirectly either!

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EXECUTIVE ORDER 13489

Anyone want to take a shot at explaining this? Did Obama just give the American people *The Finger*?

THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release
January 21, 2009

EXECUTIVE ORDER 13489
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PRESIDENTIAL RECORDS

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to establish policies and procedures governing the assertion of executive privilege by incumbent and former Presidents in connection with the release of Presidential records by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) pursuant to the Presidential Records Act of 1978, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Definitions. For purposes of this order:

(a) “Archivist” refers to the Archivist of the United States or his designee.
(b) “NARA” refers to the National Archives and Records Administration.

(c) “Presidential Records Act” refers to the Presidential Records Act, 44 U.S.C. 2201-2207.

(d) “NARA regulations” refers to the NARA regulations implementing the Presidential Records Act, 36 C.F.R. Part 1270.

(e) “Presidential records” refers to those documentary materials maintained by NARA pursuant to the Presidential Records Act, including Vice Presidential records.

(f) “Former President” refers to the former President during whose term or terms of office particular Presidential records were created.

(g) A “substantial question of executive privilege” exists if NARA’s disclosure of Presidential records might impair national security (including the conduct of foreign relations), law enforcement, or the deliberative processes of the executive branch.

(h) A “final court order” is a court order from which no appeal may be taken.

Sec. 2. Notice of Intent to Disclose Presidential Records. (a) When the Archivist provides notice to the incumbent and former Presidents of his intent to disclose Presidential records pursuant to section 1270.46 of the NARA regulations, the Archivist, using any guidelines provided by the incumbent and former Presidents, shall identify any specific materials, the disclosure of which he believes may raise a substantial question of executive privilege. However, nothing in this order is intended to affect the right of the incumbent or former Presidents to invoke executive privilege with respect to materials not identified by the Archivist. Copies of the notice for the incumbent President shall be delivered to the President (through the Counsel to the President) and the Attorney General (through the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel). The copy of the notice for the former President shall be delivered to the former President or his designated representative.

(b) Upon the passage of 30 days after receipt by the incumbent and former Presidents of a notice of intent to disclose Presidential records, the Archivist may disclose the records covered by the notice, unless during that time period the Archivist has received a claim of executive privilege by the incumbent or former President or the Archivist has been instructed by the incumbent President or his designee to extend the time period for a time certain and with reason for the extension of time provided in the notice. If a shorter period of time is required under the circumstances set forth in section 1270.44 of the NARA regulations, the Archivist shall so indicate in the notice.

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Dems lack workable plan and retreat on health care

WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats retreated Tuesday from a quick push to pass President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, lacking a workable strategy to salvage the sweeping legislation that has consumed Congress for more than a year.

“There is no rush,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said after a meeting of Senate Democrats. His comments came as two centrists said they would oppose the plan Democratic leaders were considering to reconcile differences between the House and Senate bills and put comprehensive legislation on Obama’s desk.

A week after the loss of a Massachusetts Senate seat - their 60th vote - cost Democrats undisputed control of the congressional agenda, leaders are still casting about for a way forward. Given the congressional schedule, it could be weeks - the end of February at the earliest - before they act.

“There are no easy choices,” acknowledged House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md, insisting that the goal remains the same: to pass far-reaching legislation that would expand coverage, reduce costs and improve quality.

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Have you ever seen a fish out of water, seen the way their gills throb as they try to breathe? That’s what the Dems remind me of, a fish out of water, gasping, knowing that they’re currently enjoying their last conscious moment before death. Desperation is written all over them.

The Dems have made fools of themselves and their electorate. They have tried to destroy this nation with bailouts, TARP, Cap and Trade and this debacle called ObamaCare! It’s time for the people of the United States to take matters into their own hands and get these clowns OUT of office. Banish them to the world of Hades and let them suffer for their sins!

Harry Reid says, all of a sudden, “There is no rush”.

You old fool, you have been screaming and crying, bullying, threatening and only God knows what else, and now “There is no rush” ??

To the good folks of Nevada I have to say this, cut the head off of that fish named Harry Reid. I know you folks can do it! You have to do it, Massachusetts has placed the ball into play for all states that have Dem leadership and representation. They have shown you what can be done, Harry Reid gives you every reason to do it too.

And to the people of California, I know that you have an overabundance of libbers, tree huggers, assorted moonbats and all around weird creatures. You folks can seize the moment too, but you’ll have to work together.

“Frankly, I don’t know what it is about California, but we seem to have a strange urge to elect really obnoxious women to high office. I’m not bragging, you understand, but no other state, including Maine, even comes close. When it comes to sending left-wing dingbats to Washington, we’re number one. There’s no getting around the fact that the last time anyone saw the likes of Barbara Boxer, Dianne Feinstein and Nancy Pelosi, they were stirring a cauldron when the curtain went up on ‘Macbeth’. The three of them are like jackasses who happen to possess the gift of speech. You don’t know if you should condemn them for their stupidity or simply marvel at their ability to form words.” ~ columnist Burt Prelutsky

Burt Prelutsky nailed it! But here is the reality of the matter, you good folks out there in the state of California can either get it all together and take your state back in 2010 and 2012 or you need to get the hell OUT and let us know you’re gone.

We must take the U.S. Senate and House back with a solid Conservative majority, NOT a bunch of moonbats and freaks, but REAL Americans, with morals, scruples and integrity. No more of this accepting the lesser of the evils, no more letting the RINOs run the Republican party, we have to elect the best and the brightest America has to offer and then we hold their feet to the fire and never let a debacle like the Obama administration rise to power, ever again!

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Scientist: Alien life could already be on Earth

LONDON (AP) - For the past 50 years, scientists have scoured the skies for radio signals from beyond our planet, hoping for some sign of extraterrestrial life. But one physicist says there’s no reason alien life couldn’t already be lurking among us - or maybe even in us.

Paul Davies, an award-winning Arizona State University physicist known for his popular science writing said Tuesday that life may have developed on Earth not once but several times.

Davies said the variant life forms - most likely tiny microbes - could still be hanging around “right under our noses - or even in our noses.”

“How do we know all life on Earth descended from a single origin?” he told a conference at London’s prestigious Royal Society, which serves as Britain’s academy of sciences. “We’ve just scratched the surface of the microbial world.”

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I have long believed that they walk among us.

If you take THIS:

And add THIS:

You get THIS:

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