Sunday, June 19, 2011
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Change you can step in
Report: Nearly 200 of Obama‘s Biggest Donors Land ’Plum‘ Gov’t Jobs, Contracts
More than two years after Obama took office vowing to banish “special interests” from his administration, nearly 200 of his biggest donors have landed plum government jobs and advisory posts, won federal contracts worth millions of dollars for their business interests or attended numerous elite White House meetings and social events.
More than two years after Obama took office vowing to banish “special interests” from his administration, nearly 200 of his biggest donors have landed plum government jobs and advisory posts, won federal contracts worth millions of dollars for their business interests or attended numerous elite White House meetings and social events.
Monday, June 13, 2011
Knee slapper from POTUS
I'm sure that when you implemented the Recovery Act your staff briefed you on many of these challenges." At this point, Obama smiled and interjected, "Shovel-ready was not as ... uh .. shovel-ready as we expected." The Council, led by GE's Jeffrey Immelt, erupted in laughter.
The Obama administration promised the Recovery Act ("the stimulus") would prevent the jobless rate from going over 8%. It now stands at 9.1%.
The Obama administration promised the Recovery Act ("the stimulus") would prevent the jobless rate from going over 8%. It now stands at 9.1%.
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Poster Boy for Narcissism
A narcissist is someone who is overtly or subtly arrogant, exhibitionistic, vain, manipulative, and greedy for admiration.Ref Narcissistic rage, character assassination and projection are some of the overt ways in which the narcissist expresses himself.
A narcissist is not capable of putting the organization's needs before his or her own needs.
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
This explains a lot
"At some point during the first two years of his administration, President Obama stopped receiving the daily economic briefing that he requested when he took office."
--in The Hill, reported by Sam Youngman.
What a novel economic strategy: ignore the problem and hope it just floats away.
--in The Hill, reported by Sam Youngman.
What a novel economic strategy: ignore the problem and hope it just floats away.
You are on the hook for $534,000.
The $61.6 trillion in unfunded obligations amounts to $534,000 per household. That's more than five times what Americans have borrowed for everything else — mortgages, car loans and other debt.--Dennis Cauchon, USA Today
How and why did we let the government screw up this bad?
How and why did we let the government screw up this bad?
Phony Numbers from POTUS
"What we found is one of the most misleading collections of assertions we have seen in a short presidential speech. Virtually every claim by the president regarding the auto industry needs an asterisk, just like the fine print in that too-good-to-be-true car loan."--Glenn Kessler (WashPost)
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)