U.S. President Barack Obama and his Democrats are squaring off
against Republicans in Congress regarding his ObamaCare health care
program. Republicans in the House of Representatives, led by Speaker,
John Boehner, has yanked the funding for ObamaCare, incensing the
President.
Barack Obama
Boehner slammed ObamaCare, stating it is creating, "More cost and inconvenience on the American people"
while "the economy is barely eeking along." Boehner stated
ObamaCare needs to go, "Before it causes anymore damage to American
families and American businesses." Boehner further implored the Senate, "The American people don't want the
government shutdown and they don't want Obamacare" in imploring
his fellow legislators to vote against funding it.
The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to yank the funding for President Barack Obama’s costly health care program. This comes as another stinging rebuke for the woefully inadequate and costly health care measure, which was enacted with no real bipartisan collaboration.
Obamacare is scheduled to face another challenge next week, as Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives, seek to cut funding to President Barack Obama’s Patient Protection And Affordable Health Care Act. The bill was passed in 2010, under much controversy and scrutiny.
President Obama used a Democrat majority in Congress, to ram the bill through, which has added a trillion dollars to the national deficit. U.S. Federal Reserve Chief, Ben Bernake, sternly warned this week, against the country's high national deficit. Republicans hope to cut the money supply next week in another vote. This is one of many measures the GOP is undertaking, in attempts to counteract the costly bill.
Republican Representative, Darrell Issa, who is head of the House Oversight and Government Reform, has stated of President Obama's corrupt Attorney General, Eric Holder, "Stop hurting the administration or leave." The Judiciary Report is in agreement with those that state Holder needs to resign. Many are publicly calling for him to vacate the post.
Darrell Issa (right)
Eric Holder and his subordinate, FBI Director, Robert S. Mueller, have done the Obama Administration no favors and a massive amount of damage that will not be fixed, as their conduct has damaged a number of people and created an air of corruption at the Justice Department and its component the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
U.S. President Barack Obama's latest $1 trillion bill has passed in Congress, without being completely read by the legislative body, which is irresponsible. It is full of unnecessary spending and tax cuts for the rich, who benefit the most from this legislation. The President made concessions that benefit the nation's wealthiest citizens, in order to extend unemployment benefits.
The Judiciary Report is in favor of the jobless receiving the extended benefits package, but some of the other items in the bill represent billions in wasteful spending that shall damage America's financial outlook, as it is not fruitful spending, but corrosive debt.
The nation should be in tax collection mode when it comes to the wealthy, some of whom have financial abused the populace. It is not the time to be giving the rich financial breaks that are undeserved. It is very poor policy. However, as Obama communicated to the press this week, the bill was rushed through in a bid to save his presidency, which was not a good reason to do so, as it is self-serving economic damage.
U.S. President Barack Obama is pushing Congress to pass $1.1 trillion in new spending, with the erroneous idea it will stimulate the failing economy. However, it stands to reason, after a few trillion in spending over the past two years failed to remedy the economic crisis, more red ink shall not repair the problem. These spending patterns are clearly going to continue throughout his presidency, leading to a deeper financial pit of toxic debt.
Obama is set to meet with business leaders next week, imploring them to increase hiring and spending. He has given them a fortune in taxpayer money, but approximately $2 trillion in funds are being hoarded to the detriment of the nation. A portion of the funds have been stolen and misappropriated as well.
The CBS News program "60 Minutes" aired an episode featuring, U.S. President, Barack Obama, who refused to own up to the mid-term election losses his political party faced this past week. Try as the host may, Obama refused to accept responsibility for the historic losses his fellow Democrats sustained, representing political regression that set them back 68-years in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Does this level of denial, similar to that of Vice President, Joe Biden, who prior to the election, believed there would be no electoral losses and former, House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, proclaiming a few hours before polls closed that the Democrats would retain the House of Representatives, symbolize a larger political and social disconnect from the rest of the country.
For months, the national polls were spot on correct and accurate, yet top ranking Democrats, including the President, ignored them and more alarmingly, continue to do so, even after the election has been decided. They are experiencing a form of denial and political paralysis.
How can they go forward if their minds are still in the past. They have to wake from the stupor they are in and go forward. It is time for a change. Sadly, the Obama Administration has made "change" a bad word. People don't even want to use it any more. It is no longer the word du jour.
Republican lawmakers are coming after U.S. President Obama. Not only are they vowing to repeal the life out of his health care plan, they are also seeking to investigate his administration. Numerous articles indicate, the Republicans, who now control the U.S. House, want the Obama administration to preserve all documents and emails for forthcoming probes. Hopefully Obama won't pull a George W. Bush and throw all email servers into the Potomac.
In other Obama news, in the wake of massive election losses this week, the President is fleeing traveling to India tomorrow, where he will defect and seek refugee status engage in political talks and seek economic opportunities. However, not everyone in India is excited about his visit.
U.S. President, Barack Obama, issued a concession speech today, from the White House in Washington, D.C. A very subdued Obama, with a pained look on his face, stated he will try to do better, after the drubbing his party took in the mid-term election yesterday.
The Republican Party, led by House Speaker, John Boehner, gave a victory speech, outlining what they hope to do in America, now that they have taken control of the U.S. House of Representatives and made strides in the Senate.
The websites of 49 members of the U.S. House of Representatives, were hacked and defaced with a nasty, expletive ridden message left behind for President Barack Obama. The U.S. Congress has called for an investigation into the incident and demanded that computer security be increased.
As someone who has been unlawfully and unjustly subjected to daily computer intrusions, I can attest, the fact of the matter is, anything can be hacked. Any system can be foiled and the contents compromised or stolen.
McCollum seeks hearings on cybersecurity
Sat, Jan 30 2010 2:13 pm - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Betty McCollum is calling for congressional hearings on cybersecurity, two days after her own official House Web site was defaced by hackers.
The hackers, who identified themselves as the Red Eye CREW, were able to access the Websites of 49 House members Wednesday night, posting profanity on a Website that usually contains an inoffensive collection of links and photos of McCollum at various events...
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader John Boehner, in a letter sent Thursday, asked the House's chief administrative officer to work with that subcommittee in doing a full review of security standards.
U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama
Abortion is a sticking point in the current U.S. Health Care bill. It is unconscionable to ask all Americans to pay a monthly fee for abortion services. It simply is not right, as it goes against millions of people's convictions. It's stunning and appalling that such a measure even made it into the bill, which so brazenly goes against scores of people's religious beliefs. That is literally asking people to pay money for the murder of little, unborn, but not unalive babies.
Abortion looms as possible block to health bill
Dec 23, 5:49 PM (ET) - WASHINGTON (AP) - The way abortions are covered under health care reform is a major obstacle to finalizing the legislation, even though the House and Senate both agree that no federal money should be used.
The stumbling block is whether insurance plans that get federal money are completely barred from covering abortions, or whether they can cover it as long as they require customers to write separate checks for the procedure using their own money.
Why does that matter? Because the House and Senate solved the dispute in different ways, neither of which makes everyone happy, and now they have to find a further compromise...
Video: Jimmy Carter: Wilson Comments 'Based on Racism' - The Associated Press
Former U.S. President, Jimmy Carter, stated the animosity Republican member of Congress, Joe Wilson, displayed towards current President, Barack Obama, was due to racism. Possibly.
He attributes the unprecedented outburst and disrespect shown to Obama, in the House of Representatives, to racism on Wilson's part.
Additional Comments:
While, I'm not amused with either political party, due to massive failures and moral lapses that created the current recession turned depression, as a black person, I expect, Obama, the nation's first black President, will be treated exactly the same as former Commanders-in-Chief, all of whom have been white.
Once again, as a person of color, I do not expect him to be treated any differently and when he is and negatively so, it is not something I find particularly kind or tasteful.
Jimmy Carter
Updated 11:01 a.m. 9/16/09 - In remarks decried by Republicans, former president Jimmy Carter told NBC's Brian Williams in an interview Tuesday that he believes race is at the core of much of the opposition to President Obama.
"I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man, that he's African American," Carter said. "I live in the South, and I've seen the South come a long way, and I've seen the rest of the country that shared the South's attitude toward minority groups at that time, particularly African Americans"
Continued Carter, who is famously from Georgia: "And that racism inclination still exists. And I think it's bubbled up to the surface because of the belief among many white people, not just in the South but around the country, that African-Americans are not qualified to lead this great country. It's an abominable circumstance, and it grieves me and concerns me very deeply."...
"I think it's based on racism," Carter said of the tone of the opposition, in response to an audience question. "There is an inherent feeling among many in this country that an African-American should not be president."...
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi smacked down a bill U.S. House rep Sheila Jackson Lee, introduced at the Michael Jackson Memorial two days ago, that would have honored the late pop singer in Congress.
Nancy Pelosi
She stated it, "Would open up two contrary views." Not to nitpick, but doesn't everything in Congress open up two contrary views - Democrat and Republican. Try again. Just tell the truth. It's a lot better than pretending. You don't like him and refuse to recognize him.
Pelosi says no to Michael Jackson resolution
At her press conference this morning, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was asked about the CIA, health care -- and Michael Jackson.
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Tex., who spoke at Jackson's memorial service on Tuesday, wants to honor the King of Pop for his humanitarian works. She told those at the service that she had introduced a House resolution honoring him. But it is bound to be controversial. Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., has been particularly critical of Jackson's lifestyle and the media's coverage of his death, calling the pop legend a "pervert" and "low-life."
Pelosi, however, doesn't want to bring it up for a vote. She says a resolution honoring Jackson would be counterproductive because it "would open up two contrary views."...
