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Apparently, Obama is back to thinking he’s fucking El Supremo. Robert Gibbs, Press Secretary of the White House, in a NPR interview on using executive strong-arming with BP: Mr. GIBBS: Steve, I’d say we’re working on that with a whole host of entities. The point of this is to create, if need be through the […]
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg in The New York Times on Obama’s commencement address at a Michigan High School: Mr. Obama has spoken often of the importance of personal responsibility, especially in urging parents to be more engaged in raising their children. He returned to the responsibility theme in Kalamazoo, paired the message with a lament about […]
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2010-06-13 ::
madlibertarianguy //
Dumbassery + Economy + POTUS
Need We More Proof?
Jackie Calmes and Sheryl Gay Stolberg via The New York Times: President Obama on Saturday implored Congress to provide more aid to states and cities to blunt “the devastating economic impact of budget cuts” by local governments that imperil the jobs of teachers, the police, firefighters and other public employees. I’m not sure better proof […]
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Scott Shane of The New York Times concerning the Obama administration’s crackdown on government leaks: The indictment of Mr. Drake was the latest evidence that the Obama administration is proving more aggressive than the Bush administration in seeking to punish unauthorized leaks to the press. In 17 months in office, President Obama has already outdone […]
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2010-06-09 ::
madlibertarianguy //
Dumbassery + POTUS
This President’s Fraud
Dorothy Rabinowitz of The Wall Street Journal on the apparent disconnect between President Obama and the American people: The beliefs and attitudes that this president has internalized are to be found everywhere—in the salons of the left the world over—and, above all, in the academic establishment, stuffed with tenured radicals and their political progeny. The […]
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2010-06-09 ::
madlibertarianguy //
Legislation
We Still No Likey
After a couple of months, we still no likey. In fact, we no likey even more than when ObamaCare was initially signed in to law.
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2010-06-07 ::
madlibertarianguy //
Economy + POTUS
A Sign
President Obama in a speech concerning apparent job growth in May: This report is a sign that our economy is getting stronger. Really? That’s awesome! Tell me more. Luca Di Leo of The Wall Street Journal: The U.S. economy added jobs in May at the fastest pace in a decade, but the gains were inflated […]
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2010-06-06 ::
madlibertarianguy //
Dumbassery + Government + Taxation
Typical
Apparently, the advisory board whose single task is to find creative ways to cut the federal deficit wants needs more money.
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Steven Muffson and Michael D Shear via The Washington Post: Allies of the president have argued for weeks that the administration should stop talking about BP, the oil company responsible for the spill, and instead tap into the public attention to the catastrophe in hopes of giving it at least some redemptive value in the […]
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2010-06-02 ::
madlibertarianguy //
Legislation + POTUS
The Bright Side
I’m loathe to suggest that there might be a bright side to the oil spill in the gulf, but if there is, Peter Baker of The New York Times sums it up perfectly: Now that engineers have given up trying to plug the leak and have turned their efforts to containing it until a relief […]
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