2TheExtreme

Politics Who?

2009-09-14T06:51:00.000-07:00

Obama Criticizes Republicans for Blocking Health Care Bill
In an interview with CBS' "60 Minutes," Obama says Republican who are opposing the overhaul of the nation's health care system are doing it for political gain.
AP
Monday, September 14, 2009

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama said he is confident Congress will pass "a good health care bill," as months of rancor over reforming the nation's health care system seemed to be easing Sunday, with the White House playing down an immediate role for a government insurance option.
At the same time, Obama was critical of Republican opponents who he said were trying to block an overhaul of the nation's health care system for political gain.
"I believe that we will have enough votes to pass not just any health care bill, but a good health care bill that helps the American people, reduces costs, actually over the long-term controls our deficit. I'm confident that we've got that," Obama said in an interview broadcast Sunday on CBS' "60 Minutes. "There are those in the Republican party who think the best thing to do is just to kill reform. That that will be good politics."
Obama has retaken the offensive on his key domestic policy issue, most notably with a speech last week to both houses of Congress. And sought to turn down the heat over a government-run health insurance plan.
"The public option is only a means to that end and we should remain open to other ideas that accomplish our ultimate goal," he said.

Doesn't both sides play politics all the time including President Barack Obama.

By: 2TheExtreme

Vacation Time is Over-Time to Get Back to Work

2009-09-08T05:35:00.000-07:00

Obama Kicks Off Crucial Week on Feisty Note
President presses for a new public health-insurance plan, as Senate allies move toward a bipartisan deal that leaves out a government-run program.
The Wall Street Journal
FOXNews.com
Tuesday, September 08, 2009

CINCINNATI -- President Barack Obama kicked off a crucial week for his top domestic priority by pressing for a new government-run health-insurance program just as key senators moved closer to a bipartisan deal that leaves out the public plan.
Speaking at a boisterous Labor Day rally of AFL-CIO members in Cincinnati, Obama sought to rally his fractious Democratic base in this swing region of a crucial swing state. Falling back on campaign flourishes he hasn't used since the election drive, he led chants and blasted Republicans for what he said was their lack of a solution for fixing the health system. "I continue to believe that a public option...will help improve quality and bring down costs," he told the crowd to applause.
But the president faces a more delicate task as Congress returns to Washington Tuesday from a bruising month-long recess that turned into a battle over the president's signature domestic-policy issue. To revive his health agenda, Obama will address Congress in a special joint session Wednesday where he will more clearly spell out what he can and can't accept in a final health bill, according to White House aides.
Rep. John Boehner, the House Republican leader, said Obama needs to do more than restate his priorities. "It's time for the president to hit the reset button and work with Republicans for better solutions, before more debt is piled on our children and more American jobs are destroyed," Boehner, of Ohio, said.

President Obama really needs to stop repeating himself and start working with others to find a better way to solve these problems and not just try to run them through government...

By: 2TheExtreme

2009-08-26T06:14:00.000-07:00

Ted Kennedy, Senate Lion and Liberal Champion, Dies at 77

President Obama Spending

2009-08-25T10:58:00.000-07:00

Administration Pegs Long-Term Deficits at $9 Trillion
The mid-year review from the Office of Management and Budget, released Tuesday, estimates that the 2009 deficit will be $1.58 trillion, which is $262 billion less than officials predicted earlier in the year. But the 10-year projection rose to $9 trillion, while the Congressional Budget Office estimated the 10-year deficit at $7.1 trillion.
FOXNews.com
Tuesday, August 25, 2009

In a reflection of how colossal Uncle Sam's credit card balance has become, two top budget offices on Tuesday gave long-term deficit projections that were $2 trillion apart.
The discrepancy underscored how difficult it is to peg the path of the U.S. economy. But with a $2 trillion margin-of-error, it also showed how unwieldy the figures have become.
The Congressional Budget Office predicted deficits over the next decade will add up to $7.1 trillion, nearly $3 trillion more than previously projected. The White House Office of Management and Budget earlier increased its 10-year-budget projection to more than $9 trillion, an increase of about $2 trillion.
However, the CBO offers budget projections using a different standard, and an apples-to-apples comparison would show that the White House numbers were actually more optimistic than the Congressional Budget Office's.
The White House blamed its gloomy forecast on the economic crisis and the practices of the previous administration.
But both offices warned that with higher deficits leading to higher national debt, in turn increasing the federal government's interest payments on that debt, the economy is in serious trouble.
"Whatever their cause, the administration is very concerned about these out-year deficits, and getting those deficits under control is a top priority of the administration," budget director Peter Orszag said.

It seems to me that all they want to do is blame others instead of taking responsability for what they are also causing. Just call it the blame game.

By: 2TheExtreme

Like Other Nations

2009-08-21T08:01:00.000-07:00

Obama Guarantees Health Care Reform Passage
Congressional Democratic leaders are preparing to go it alone on legislation, although in the Senate bipartisan negotiations continue among the so-called Gang of Six.
AP
Friday, August 21, 2009

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama pitched his ambitious plan to both talk radio listeners and his own liberal supporters in the face of steep resistance from opposition Republicans and decreasing support in the polls.
Liberals were on the verge of revolt as Obama refused to say any final deal must include a government-run insurance option, while Republicans pressed their all-but-unified opposition to the White House effort. Obama, who leaves Washington on Friday on vacation, said reason would prevail and it was no time to panic.
"I guarantee you ... we are going to get health care reform done. And I know that there are a lot of people out there who have been hand-wringing, and folks in the press are following every little twist and turn of the legislative process," Obama told a caller to Philadelphia-based radio talk show host Michael Smerconish during a broadcast Thursday from the White House Diplomatic Reception Room.
"You know, passing a big bill like this is always messy."
Obama is struggling to regain the momentum on a comprehensive bill that would extend health coverage to nearly 50 million Americans who lack it and restrain skyrocketing costs. The United States is the only developed nation that does not have a comprehensive national health care plan for all its citizens.

Why does President Obama want us to be like other nations. I would think that us being The United States of America we would want to be bigger and better than anyone else and do things the right way THE AMERICAN WAY...

By 2TheExtreme

Obama Struggles

2009-08-20T07:25:00.000-07:00

Obama Struggles to Strike a Health Care Deal Palatable to All Sides
President Obama finds himself stuck between a rock and a hard place, going round and round in a dizzying cycle of give and take that doesn't seem to be advancing his top domestic priority.
FOXNews.com
Wednesday, August 19, 2009

For President Obama, striking a deal that satisfies all the parties involved in the health care debate may turn out to be harder than overhauling the health care system itself.
The president finds himself stuck between a rock and a hard place, going round and round in a dizzying cycle of give and take that doesn't seem to be advancing his top domestic priority. As soon as he makes a concession to one group, he loses support from another.
And throughout the process, the stakes remain high: About 50 million Americans currently have no health insurance. The government provides coverage for the poor, the elderly, military veterans and many children, but most Americans rely on private insurance, usually obtained through their employers.
But not all employers provide benefits, and not everyone can afford to buy them. And with unemployment high, many Americans are losing their benefits when they lose their jobs.
Three House committees and one Senate committee have voted out health care reform bills. A group of lawmakers on a fifth panel, the Senate Finance Committee, continue to negotiate on a version of the legislation.
Here are all the different groups that have a stake in the debate, what they're after and what they're willing to give.
Liberals -- They insist that a government-run health insurance plan, or "public option," that will compete with private insurers is essential to health care reform. The Obama administration initially championed this plan, but it is now backing away to win support from conservative Democrats and Republicans, who fiercely oppose it. Administration officials say they can live with nonprofit cooperatives as a substitute for a government-run option. But liberals, including several House Democrats, are refusing to accept a co-op alternative because they say it will not have the bargaining power to negotiate prices and keep private insurers honest.
This week, more than 50 House Democrats issued a letter saying, "Any bill that does not provide, at a minimum, for a public option with reimbursement rates based on Medicare rates -- not negotiated rates- - is unacceptable."

Conservatives -- All of them are opposed to a "public option," saying it will lead to a government takeover of health care because private insurers will be unable to compete. The reason they don't want a government-run health care system is because they believe it will lead to rationing of care.
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin fanned the flames by popularizing the term "death panels" to suggest that Obama's plan will allow government bureaucrats to make end-of-life decisions. In fact, the House health care bill requires only that Medicare pay for voluntary end-of-life counseling sessions. But Sen. Chuck Grassley said the provision was stripped from the Senate Finance Committee's version because it was open to misinterpretation.
Some conservatives also say they won't support cooperatives. The Senate's second-ranking Republican, Jon Kyl of Arizona, dismissed co-ops as a "Trojan horse" leading to government control of health care. Some Democrats believe conservatives have made a strategic decision to oppose any type of health care reform plan for political gain. If Obama is unable to pass health care reform, the argument goes, then Republicans can use that failure to win seats in next year's midterm elections.

Who They're Blaming Now

2009-08-17T04:21:00.000-07:00

White House Passes Blame on Unsolicited Health Care E-Mails
The White House suggests third-party groups are to blame for unsolicited health care e-mails.
FOXNews.com
Sunday, August 16, 2009

The White House for the first time Sunday seemed to acknowledge that people across the country received unsolicited e-mails from the administration last week about health care reform, suggesting the problem is with third-party groups that placed the recipients' names on the distribution list.
In a written statement released exclusively to FOX News, White House spokesman Nick Shapiro said the White House hopes those who received the e-mails without signing up for them were not "inconvenienced" by the messages.
"The White House e-mail list is made up of e-mail addresses obtained solely through the White House Web site. The White House doesn't purchase, upload or merge from any other list, again, all e-mails come from the White House Web site as we have no interest in e-mailing anyone who does not want to receive an e-mail," the statement said. "If an individual received the e-mail because someone else or a group signed them up or forwarded the e-mail, we hope they were not too inconvenienced."
The White House previously would not answer questions on how the e-mails landed unsolicited in so many inboxes. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs on Thursday said he couldn't give an answer until he saw who received the e-mails because he doesn't have "omnipotent clarity."
Yet the White House ignored repeated offers from FOX News to share with the administration such e-mail addresses, to help determine how the recipients ended up on the White House distribution list.

I guess President Obama and The White House is filled with mistakes, or is everything they do a MISTAKE. How they love to blame others for their so call Mistakes.

By 2TheExtreme

Obama Can't Get His Facts Straight

2009-08-12T03:45:00.000-07:00

Obama Claim of AARP Endorsement 'Inaccurate'
President Obama went too far when he said the seniors lobby had endorsed the legislation pending in Congress, the group's chief officer said Tuesday.
AP
Wednesday, August 12, 2009

A group usually seen as one of Barack Obama's allies in the health care debate -- AARP -- says the president went too far Tuesday when he said the seniors lobby had endorsed the legislation pending in Congress.
AARP is sensitive to the issue because polls show that Medicare beneficiaries are worried their health care program will be cut to subsidize coverage for the uninsured.
At the town hall in Portsmouth, N.H., Obama said, "We have the AARP onboard because they know this is a good deal for our seniors." He added, "AARP would not be endorsing a bill if it was undermining Medicare."
But Tom Nelson, AARP's chief operating officer, said, "Indications that we have endorsed any of the major health care reform bills currently under consideration in Congress are inaccurate."
Like Obama, AARP wants action this year to cover the uninsured and restrain health care costs, but the organization has refrained from endorsing legislation. Nelson said AARP would not endorse a bill that reduces Medicare benefits.
A spokesman said the Medicare cuts that have been proposed so far would not affect benefits.
Obama assailed "wild misrepresentations" of his health care plan Tuesday during the town hall, taking on the role of fact-checker-in-chief for his top domestic priority. It's a strategy he will employ at two more town halls this week in Montana and Colorado, and on the White House Web site.

How do we know President Obama knows what he's talking about if you have AARP saying that the President statement about them was inaccurate.

By 2TheExtreme

Obama's Town Hall Meeting

2009-08-11T11:20:00.000-07:00

Obama Braces for Health Care Town Hall in N.H.
The president is prepared for possible disruptions, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said in a televised interview. Obama will "probably ask them to be civilized," he said.

AP
Tuesday, August 11, 2009

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is altering his message on his overhaul of the U.S. health care system, readying a fresh pitch designed for those who already have insurance.
The White House is retooling its message amid polling that shows Americans -- especially those who already have coverage -- skeptical of the Democratic proposals to expand coverage to millions. Instead, Obama will use a potentially boisterous town hall-style meeting in New Hampshire to highlight how his proposals would affect workers whose employers provide their health insurance.
The shift also is a potential blueprint for lawmakers' August recess. Critics of the president's plan have grabbed headlines by disrupting town hall meetings, and the White House expects that Tuesday's event may be bumpy.
Obama is prepared for possible disruptions, said White House press secretary Robert Gibbs.
"I think what the president will do is turn to that person and probably ask them to be civilized and give them an answer to their question," Gibbs said Tuesday on CBS' "The Early Show."
The town hall tradition is to give people information, he said, "so they can make a decision about policy that impacts their lives and I think that's what this town hall meeting will do today and I know the president is excited about engaging the public again."
Concerns over Obama's proposal are heating up meetings, chat rooms and radio shows, driving his poll numbers down and threatening the future of his top domestic priority. While Congress is in recess for the month of August, lawmakers are hearing from constituents worried about divisive issues such as the government's role in health care and the costs of an overhaul.
"There's a lot of fear out there," said Rep. Carol Shea-Porter, a New Hampshire Democrat.To calm that fear, Obama plans to spend the month highlighting the upside of health overhaul for Americans already with insurance, starting in a state with 89 percent of its residents enjoying health coverage.

How many different ways can you tell us that you want to control us and that you're going to screw us. I think they need to understand that it's our lives not theirs and we can make decisions for our selves.

By 2TheExtreme

Obama's Violations

2009-08-09T12:48:00.000-07:00

White House Move to Collect 'Fishy' Info May Be Illegal, Critics Say
The White House has been under fire since posting a blog on Tuesday that asks supporters to e-mail any "fishy" information seen on the Web or received electronically.
FOXNews.com
Friday, August 07, 2009

The White House strategy of turning supporters into snitches when they see "fishy" information about the health care debate may run afoul of the law, legal experts say.
"The White House is in bit of a conundrum because of this privacy statute that prohibits the White House from collecting data and storing it on people who disagree with it," Judge Andrew Napolitano, a FOX News analyst, said Friday.
"There's also a statute that requires the White House to retain all communications that it receives. It can't try to rewrite history by pretending it didn't receive anything," he said.
"If the White House deletes anything, it violates one statute. If the White House collects data on the free speech, it violates another statute."
Napolitano was referring to the Privacy Act of 1974, which was passed after the Nixon administration used federal agencies to illegally investigate individuals for political purposes. Enacted after Richard Nixon's resignation in the Watergate scandal, the statute generally prohibits any federal agency from maintaining records on individuals exercising their right to free speech.
The White House has been under fire since it posted a blog on Tuesday that asked supporters to e-mail any "fishy" information seen on the Web or received electronically to flag@whitehouse.gov.

What Freedoms Do We Have Anymore

2009-08-06T08:46:00.000-07:00

Critics Accuse White House of Playing 'Big Brother' in Health Care Debate
The White House posted a blog Tuesday that asked supporters to report "fishy" information they come across about the health insurance debate. That plea for tips raised a slew of privacy questions.
FOXNews.com
Thursday, August 06, 2009

A new White House tactic to control the message on health care reform has critics accusing the Obama administration of playing "Big Brother" and threatening the privacy of average Americans.
"No one expects that when they exercise their First Amendment rights to ask questions or complain about a proposed government program that they're going to be listed on a database in the White House," Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, told FOX News Thursday, saying the White House effort raises serious privacy concerns. "You don't have to be a conspiracy theorist to see the potential for serious abuse."
On Tuesday, the White House posted a blog that asked supporters to report "fishy" information they come across about the health insurance debate. The appeal was made at the end of the blog, which showed a video that countered a set of online clips that made it look like Obama wanted to eliminate private coverage.
"There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform out there," the blog concludes. "Since we can't keep track of all of them here at the White House, we're asking for your help. If you get an email or see something on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to flag@whitehouse.gov."

Now doesn't this sound like our freedom of speech is being taken away. How much control does President Obama want.

By 2TheExtreme

President Obama Needs To Be Stopped

2009-08-05T13:48:00.000-07:00

Mob Rule or Democracy in Action? Health Care Debate Focuses on Opponents Over Substance
Democrats are stepping up their campaign against opponents of health care reforms, depicting town hall audiences protesting a Democratic-sponsored bill as angry mobs duped into hostile actions by special interest groups.
FOXNews.com
Wednesday, August 05, 2009

The Democratic National Committee released a Web video and e-mail on Wednesday blasting opponents of the 10-year, $1 trillion plan.
Titled "Enough of the Mob," the ad warns that the "right wing extremist base" is back after losing the presidential election, a series of legislative battles and the confidence of Americans.
"Now, desperate Republicans and their well-funded allies are organizing angry mobs -- just like they did during the election," the ad said. "Their goal? Destroy President Obama and stop the change Americans voted for overwhelmingly in November."

I agree on that President Obama needs to be STOPPED. Yes the American voted for change, but I think they wanted change for the better not the worst, and I don't think they thought that Obama was going to try to control and own everything.

By 2TheExtreme

Taxes?

2009-08-03T05:04:00.000-07:00

Obama Officials Don't Dismiss Possibility of New Taxes
Obama may have to break his campaign pledge and raise taxes on middle-class Americans to pay for public health care and the growing deficit.
FOXNews.com
Monday, August 03, 2009

President Obama may have to break his campaign pledge and raise taxes on middle-class Americans to pay for public health care and the growing deficit, an eventuality that administration officials touched lightly on Sunday as they promoted an economy emerging from recession.
With an expected deficit next year of $1.8 trillion, and spending still being planned for a $1 trillion, 10-year health care reform, officials say something will have to be done to prevent further erosion of the economy.
"We will not get this economy back on track, recovery will be not strong and sustained, unless we ... can convince the American people that we're going to have the will to bring these deficits down once recovery is firmly established," Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said on ABC's "This Week."
Asked point blank whether it was right to suggest it is a matter of when, not if, taxes will be raised, Geithner responded, "It is absolutely right."

When are we going to wake up and see that President Obama is filled with nothing but lies and he really doesn't know what he's doing. He is bankrupting America and wants us to pay for it...

Failing Push

2009-07-30T06:45:00.000-07:00

Support Slips for Obama's Health Plan
Obama push faces growing doubts in poll; Overhaul advances in House, Senate
The Wall Street Journal
FOXNews.com
Thursday, July 30, 2009

Support for President Barack Obama's health-care effort has declined over the past five weeks, particularly among those who already have insurance, a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll found, amid prolonged debate over costs and quality of care.
In mid-June, respondents were evenly divided when asked whether they thought Obama's health plan was a good or bad idea. In the new poll, conducted July 24-27, 42% called it a bad idea while 36% said it was a good idea.
Among those with private insurance, the proportion calling the plan a bad idea rose to 47% from 37%.
Declining popularity of the health-care overhaul reflects rising anxiety over the federal budget deficit and congressional debate over the most contentious aspects of the legislation, including how to pay for it. The poll also shows concern over the role of government in determining personal medical decisions.
Trying to regain momentum, Obama is shifting his pitch to new consumer-protection rules for insurance companies, part of a bid to win over Americans who already have coverage.
David Axelrod, one of the president's top advisers, acknowledged that the White House's months-long focus on controlling medical costs hasn't worked. "Consumer protections are a lot more tangible," he said.

Are the American People actually seeing thru President Obama. Can you trust someone who just wants to hurry and push things thru Congress.

By 2TheExtreme

Health Care Again

2009-07-29T14:57:00.000-07:00

President Obama hits the road for Health Care Reform…Again…
Fox News White House Correspondent Mike Emanuel previews President Obama's first Town Hall today in Raleigh, North Carolina. Bristol, Virginia is the next stop on the President's road show to Health Care reform. More to come from Bristol.

Fox News White House Correspondent Mike Emanuel previews President Obama's first Town Hall today in Raleigh, North Carolina. Bristol, Virginia is the next stop on the President's road show to Health Care reform. More to come from Bristol.

Health Care Is A Joke

2009-07-29T13:17:00.000-07:00

Surprising Many, Lobbyists Keep Pushing for Health Care Reform
As lawmakers squabble, the drug industry, the American Medical Association, hospital groups and the insurance lobby are all saying Congress must make major changes as they seek to come out ahead in the end game.

A strong force, perhaps as powerful in Congress as President Obama, is keeping the drive for health care going even as liberal and conservative Democrats seem hopelessly at odds.
Lobbyists.
The drug industry, the American Medical Association, hospital groups and the insurance lobby are all saying Congress must make major changes this year. Television ads paid for by drug companies and insurers continued to emphasize the benefits of a health care overhaul -- not the groups' objections to some of the proposals.
"My gut is telling me that something major can pass because all the people who could kill it are still at the table," said Ken Thorpe, chairman of health policy at Emory University in Atlanta. "Everybody has issues with bits and pieces of it, but all these groups want to get something done this year." As a senior official at the Health and Human Services department in the 1990s, Thorpe was deeply involved in the Clinton administration's failed health care reform effort.
This time, the health care industry groups see a strategic opportunity. As lawmakers squabble, the groups are focused on how to come out ahead in the end game.

How Long This Joke Is Going To Go On

2009-07-27T12:09:00.000-07:00

Gates, Crowley Expected to Share Beer With Obama at White House Early This Week
President Obama extended the invitation Friday in phone calls to the two men as he tried to calm a furor over racial profiling and his comments this week that the police "acted stupidly" in arresting the black Harvard scholar.
FOXNews.com
Monday, July 27, 2009

President Obama's highly anticipated sit-down with Cambridge Police Sgt. James Crowley and Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. over some brews is expected to take place early this week, administration officials said Sunday.
Obama extended the invitation Friday in phone calls to the two men as he tried to calm a furor over racial profiling and his comments this week that the police "acted stupidly" in arresting Gates. He invited both to share a beer.
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told FOX News on Sunday that he isn't sure whether the meeting has been scheduled but added that the White House is hopeful it will occur "in the next several days."
"And it's our hope that, as the president said, this can be part of a teachable moment, that we can create a better communication and a dialogue between communities and police and help everyone do their job a little bit better," he said. "And it's our hope that soon Professor Gates and Sgt. Crowley can sit at the White House and talk about some of these issues and have a beer with the president."

I think it's a little too late for these words especially after President Obama stuck his foot in his mouth

Obama's Stupidly Words

2009-07-24T06:07:00.000-07:00

'Disgraceful': Cops Angry After Obama Slams Arrest of Black Scholar
Friday, July 24, 2009

From Fox News

BOSTON — Many police officers across the country have a message for President Barack Obama Get all the facts before criticizing one of our own. Obama's public criticism that Cambridge officers "acted stupidly" when they arrested black Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. could make it harder for police to work with people of color, some officers said Thursday.
It could even set back the progress in race relations that helped Obama become the nation's first African-American president, they said.

"What we don't need is public safety officials across the country second-guessing themselves," said David Holway, president of the International Brotherhood of Police Officers, which represents 15,000 public safety officials around the country. "The president's alienated public safety officers across the country with his comments."
The Cambridge Police Patrol Officer's Association president also strongly criticized the president's remarks in an interview with The Huffington Post.
"That was totally inappropriate. I am disgraced that he is our commander-in-chief," Stephen Killion said. "He smeared the good reputation of the hard-working men and women of the Cambridge Police Department. It was wrong to do. It was disgraceful," the web site quoted him as saying. From Fox News. The Associated Press contributed to this report.

So much for thinking before you speak President Obama. His words can put law enforcement at risk. Who in the world will trust a Police Officer now if even the President calls them stupid. That's the way to united the American People and keep them safe. President Obama should have never spoken on something that he said he did not have all the facts to. That should have warned him right there to keep his mouth shut, but I hope now that everyone can see his true colors, THE REAL OBAMA came out... By 2 The Extreme

Obama's Health Care Push

2009-07-23T06:10:00.000-07:00

President Obama seems to be stressed when he doesn't automatically get his way. He seems like anything that stands in his way he has to cry about it. Obama if you can't pass this Health Care Bill you must know and admit that the people see right thru you and the people just don't want it. How can anyone put their trust in you if you haven't even read the bill...

By 2TheExtreme

President Obama said he does not want to increase the deficit, does not want government control of health care. He wants people to keep their insurance. He wants to crack down on the abuse, the over-utilization. All that's great. The problem is, that's not what's in the House Democrat bill."
The number of Americans who disapprove of the president's health care plan has jumped to 43 percent, compared with 28 percent in April, according to the latest Associated Press-GfK poll. Obama still holds a strong hand, with most Americans favorable to him in general, and half supporting his health care agenda. By CHARLES BABINGTON (AP)

Health Care Troubles

2009-07-22T15:54:00.000-07:00

Obama Reaches Out to Republicans on Health Care, but Bipartisan Bill Looking Unlikely
Republicans have yet to be swayed to Democrats' proposals -- not a single Republican voted for the Democratic legislation in committee so far
FOXNews.com

Obama told Congress on Friday not to "lose heart" in moving quickly to hammer out legislation that would check rising health care costs and cover millions of uninsured Americans without adding to the federal deficit.
But Republican proposals have gone nowhere in Congress, and the GOP isn't signing on to the Democrats' proposals -- and that didn't stop Obama from heralding "unprecedented progress."

"When are Democrats going to admit that their claims about their government-run plan are pure fiction? Repeating the same disproven myths over and over again will not make them true," said Michael Steel, spokesman for House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio.
"Instead, Democrats should scrap their costly, job-destroying proposal and work with Republicans on a real plan to give Americans better access to affordable health care."

Obama needs to stop rushing this new health care proposal if he himself hasn't read it yet. He keeps pushing for it and repeatedly states that he did not read it. So if he hasn't read it yet how can Obama know what he is talking about when asked questions about it. You have to step back and laugh at this guy because you can't take him serious if he has no answers to the questions.

Stop The Madness

2009-07-22T15:30:00.000-07:00

What is going on America? We have a President who doesn't know were to really spend our money. President Obama has no problem handing out billions of do$$ars to Corporate America like the Auto industry, Banks, Insurance companies, etc.., but when it comes to our military and keeping us and our troops safe he knocks down the building of more F 22 jets. Obama said "At a time when we're fighting two wars and facing a serious deficit, this would have been an inexcusable waste of money". Is he serious, because all he seems to do is waste money!!!

Obama's Health Care

2009-07-20T06:09:00.000-07:00

President to ‘take the baton’ on health reform
White House combats skepticism with new strategy: all Obama, all the time

By Michael D. Shear and Shailagh Murray

Six months into his presidency, Barack Obama may have no greater test of his ability to translate personal popularity into a successful legislative agenda than the upcoming two weeks.
With skepticism about the president's health-care reform effort mounting on Capitol Hill -- even within his own party -- the White House has launched a new phase of its strategy designed to dramatically increase public pressure on Congress: all Obama, all the time.
Senior White House aides promise "an aggressive public and private schedule" for Obama as he presses his case for reform, including a prime-time news conference on Wednesday, a trip to Cleveland, and heavy use of Internet video to broadcast his message beyond the reach of the traditional media.

"Our strategy has been to allow this process to advance to the point where it made sense for the president to take the baton. Now's that time," said senior adviser David Axelrod. "I don't know whether he will Twitter or tweet. But he's going to be very, very visible."
Another senior White House aide added: "It's time to raise the stakes on this."

IF THE WAY THEY TALK ISN'T WARNING ENOUGH.

JUST BE AWARE OF THEIR WORDS!!

Health Care Reform

2009-07-18T07:25:00.000-07:00

White House and Democrats are struggling to bring a complex, controversial bill to remake the U.S. health care system to a vote in both houses of Congress before lawmakers recess. A bill passed two key committees Friday.
FOXNews.com
Saturday, July 18, 2009

President Barack Obama continued to push his broad health care overhaul Saturday, defending the plan by calling it fiscally sound and urging Congress not to squander its moment to pass reform.
Republicans stepped up their opposition, labeling the plan as an immense financial burden that shouldn't be rushed.
Adopting an aggressive tone, Obama spent a sixth consecutive day pushing for his top domestic priority. Growing resistance on Capitol Hill -- including from conservative Democrats -- has left White House officials worried they face a tougher route to legislation than they had anticipated.
"This is what the debate in Congress is all about: whether we'll keep talking and tinkering and letting this problem fester as more families and businesses go under and more Americans lose their coverage," Obama said Saturday in his weekly radio and Internet address. "Or whether we'll seize this opportunity -- one we might not have again for generations -- and finally pass health insurance reform this year, in 2009."
The president's comments come at the end of a week of tumult for the legislation.
All week, Obama tried to project confidence on a subject that has dominated his schedule. During a closed-door meeting with Jewish leaders on Monday, he joked that the only thing more difficult than passing health care legislation might be negotiating peace in the Middle East. And on Friday, he added a last-minute White House appearance to exhort lawmakers not to "lose heart" and urged deeper cost cuts to calm concern over the huge expense of covering millions of uninsured Americans.
He continued that push Saturday as Republicans kept up their criticism.

All President Obama Wants To Do Is Rush To Pass His Bill's Not Giving Anyone A Chance To Read Or Even Think About It!!

Federal Deficit

2009-07-17T10:10:00.000-07:00

Growing Federal Deficit Alarms Some
Economists warn the deficit is becoming a larger part of the total U.S. economy or gross domestic product.
By Molly Henneberg
FOXNews.com
Wednesday, July 15, 2009

The Obama administration's projected deficit for this fiscal year that ends September 30 has hit a jaw-dropping $1.84 trillion dollars.
That's enough to buy 397 billion gallons of regular gasoline, 48 gallons of milk for each of the 7 billion on the planet or 45 million brand new 2010 Ford Mustangs.
Economists warn the deficit is becoming a larger part of the total U.S. economy or gross domestic product.
"The last time we had a really large deficit was in the early '80s, when it was about 5 percent of the GDP," said economist Alex Brill of the American Enterprise Institute. "Now it's 13 percent of GDP."

HOW MUCH MORE CAN THE U.S. TAKE!

Unemployment on the Rise

2009-07-16T07:09:00.000-07:00

The economy has lost a net total of 6.5 million jobs since the recession began in December 2007 and Obama said Tuesday he expects the unemployment rate, which is at 9.5 percent, to continue climbing for the next several months.

By Stephen Clark FOXNews.com

He had said before, that unemployment wouldn't rise above 8 percent. Does Obama know what he's doing, because so far he's been wrong about everything that he says.

Yet the president proposed a $12 billion effort Tuesday to help community colleges train some of the 14.7 million unemployed Americans for "the jobs of the future."Obama added, "For even before this recession hit, we were faced with an economy that was simply not creating or sustaining enough new, well-paying jobs."
But some economists believe Obama is training people for failure.

"If you train people for the economy of the future and there are no consumers, you're training them for unemployment," said William Beach, an economist and director of the Center for Data Analysis at the Heritage Foundation.
Beach told FOXNews.com he has a problem with generations of politicians announcing programs for the economy of the future.
"I wonder what they know about the future of consumer tastes that I don't know," he said.
Other economists were equally doubtful of the president's proposal.