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Even though a large portion of America believes that President Obama is the instigator of wasting taxpayers dollars in pushing through the new stimulus/spending plan, he is quick today to threaten any federal or local agencies that do not utilize appropriated funds to his specifications.
From today’s speech to Mayors at the White House:
“We have asked for the unprecedented trust of the American people to deal boldly with the greatest economic crisis we have seen in decades — and the privilege of investing unprecedented amounts of their hard-earned money to address this crisis,” Obama told a gathering of mayors at the White House.
“With that comes an unprecedented obligation to do so wisely, free from politics and personal agendas,” the president said. “On this I will not compromise or tolerate any shortcut.”
“If a federal agency proposes a project that will waste that money, I will not hesitate to call them out on it, and put a stop to it,” Obama said.
“But I want everyone here to be on notice that if a local government does the same — I will call them out on it as well, and use the full power of my office and our administration to stop it,” he said.
He sounds a bit like an angry parent, doesn’t he? While he didn’t elaborate on what the punishment would be for violating his orders, my imagination can only conjure up Nancy Pelosi sitting in a corner time out chair with a dunce cap on her head.
And is it a coincidence that this warning comes only a day after Republican Governors announced that they will be reading the fine print on this windfall of cash, and will reject any money that will – in the long run – cost the states more than the value of the endowment? It would seem, according to his warnings, that one is not allowed to say no to Obama.
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I hope the Republican governors take a very long and hard look at the strings attached to much of the state directed stiumulus money this weekend in their DC conference. I’m in a Republican governed state, and I’m counting on them to bring a little sanity to this situation.
If Obama wants to throw a fit, I say go for it, Sweetie. Carter threw a lot of them in his four years. Didn’t get him anywhere, but I’ll bet he felt better.
Babs
o did not read the law ?!? Who is he kidding.
Take proud in some Republican Govs..
http://www.cbsnews.com/bl.....p;source... – 85k -
Reflect..Reflect attention from o. —- is hitting the fan.
CNBC is all over o. Is CNN NEXT ? A “House of Card.”
GM is under $2.00. Valued under $1 billion. Was $4 billion.
Where is money for home buyers that is qualified ? For business ? When investor stop. America dies. o herd will be out of work
Time to watch were money went was when bill was being developed. Should have allowed Republicans in. Opened discusion. Read the thing. This is all Democrat o
Now you are going to keep a eye on this. You ok’ed the mouse money by signing unread. Sweetie
“He sounds a bit like an angry parent, doesn’t he?”
No he sounds a lot like the Republicans on this site who feel like they need to “call out” Obama on his spending and reforms. Like wise he is saying that he will “call out” parts of government that are spending money “un-wisely”.
He was not elected President to allow status Qua. Like it or not he is the new president and he is rallying the government in the direction of his administration. This is no different than what has been done with every other president in history.
Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush… all recent presidents did the same thing.
Good lord. This site is turning into a gossip column for angry republicans.
“He was not elected President to allow status Qua.”
Let me respond after I get off the floor from laughing so hard.
Guess that’s already shot, huh? Largest government spending bill ever… smell that? That’s pork, also known as the status quo.
He hasn’t been transparent, as he promised. He hasn’t been bipartisan, as he promise. He hasn’t done a thing that he’s promised except advance the cause of socialism which makes your excited, I’m sure.
Oh no, JD, it’s not a gossip column. It’s a site that calls them as they come. What I SHOULD have said is obama sounds like Hugo Chavez. That’s what I really wanted to say, but I was being nice, you see. Please find me a quote from another president who told independent local officials that he “will not tolerate” their choices if they differ from him. Please. Show me.
jd
Bring in your facts with links to show all we say is wrong
We are following o lead. As o says, We shall do also
” he will “call out” parts of government that are spending money “un-wisely”.”
Pork is apart of our political process. You seem to confuse the fact that there is good port and bad pork.
So what is this pork you are talking about and we can discuss if it qualifies as bad or good pork.
On a side note, I am glad I can get a laugh out of you Nate… For a while there I thought your head exploded when Obama won so it is good that your sense of humor has returned.
All that was meant by Status Quo was that the United States of America voted Barack Obama into office because they wanted his direction. I understand that you hate this and you disagree with it.
There are always two ways to approach a problem. You believe one way and I another. I say heads you say tails. We will see which one is right in the end, won’t we.
I do know that Obama has excited the Republican core… just like bush united the Democrat core. But to claim that Obama has the largest spending bill is all relative to time.
You all make it seem like things are not complicated. That there are not a million factors to consider when it comes to economics. THERE ARE NO GOOD ANSWERS.
The opposite of doing something would be to do nothing and if we did nothing we would have had an even larger fall out. The PROs to that would be we would have a depression and people would learn how to stay out of debt like our grand parents knew to do because they went through the first depression.
However, this would come at a cost… Property value of people who did the right thing would fall through the floor. The amount of people competing for your job would become Numerous and thus you could lose your income because another American is willing to do it for half the cost.
The questions is if we are willing to pay that price. hey, i have no debt and my cost of living is very cheap. I think I could pull it off.
“because another American is willing to do it for half the cost.”
Or an illegal immigrant.
Jd
“Pork is apart of our political process. You seem to confuse the fact that there is good port and bad pork?.”
All pork is bad. My vote on a particular bill should not be bought with pork. A bill stands on it’s merits.
Since you make fun of Nate. You run from articles “like a little girl” when I chop your comments up.
Unfortunely o has chnged drections. Breaking how many promises ?
JD says…” But to claim that Obama has the largest spending bill is all relative to time”.
Your knowlege is lacking JD. “In today’s dollars” is way to compare equally. That’s how it’s done. No charge for education.
JD babbles..”There are always two ways to approach a problem. You believe one way and I another. I say heads you say tails. We will see which one is right in the end, won’t we.”
There are two way. Right. Wrong.
“THERE ARE NO GOOD ANSWERS”
Wrong
Jd
“The opposite of doing something would be to do nothing and if we did nothing we would have had an even larger fall out. The PROs to that would be we would have a depression and people would learn how to stay out of debt like our grand parents knew to do because they went through the first depression”
No links just you. And you have newer shown economic sense. So show links
Bill, if I didn’t know you, i would be offended…but i do so all is well.
“All that was meant by Status Quo was that the United States of America voted Barack Obama into office because they wanted his direction. I understand that you hate this and you disagree with it.”
These are the informed, intellectually swollen voters who “wanted his direction”:
They sound like a sharp bunch, probably friends of yours.
Obama has inherited a bad economy and he’s continued to make it worse because his policies are recycled crappy socialist ideas of the past. Hope and change. Or perhaps, hopeless and the same.
Your comments are dripping with ignorance and naivety, it’s somewhat endearing in a sick, twisted way.
JD Feb 20th, 2009 at 6:02 pm
“Bill, if I didn’t know you, i would be offended…but i do so all is well.”
I accept your failure to respond. Real hard when shown how wrong you are. I realize how hard it is for you.
No problem
One time in my life I agree with Bill Clinton
http://www.boston.com/new....._ha_1.html
Well life gets in the way of thimgs and I’m coming in on this in the middle.
From what I read there were catch phrases and tap dancing done on both sides but no specific pork mentioned(against the bill) or historic instances given where a package like this was passed before (in defense of the bill).
SOOOOOOOO therefore I will start the ball rolling and ask how spending money for playgrounds and throwing good money after bad to Amtrak (who constantly comes begging for money)is going to stimulate the economy? When the President ran he used the term “Yes we can” and now that he governs he says no we can’t.
DDMao
I tap dance ?
Is mark-to-Market cure for banks loaning money issue. Cost Americans nothing
http://www.foxbusiness.co.....t-rule.htm – 39k -
good one Nate.. You are brilliant!!!
Just cause you make the game fun, I’ll post up your genius McCain voters.
Crap, I couldn’t embed the video so here is the link. Your Precious McCain voters…. Real informed aren’t they.
http://www.youtube.com/wa.....UJBJSEHzh0
Get a grip Nate, we could go around and around with idiots that voted for Obama or McCain… but why stop there what about the green party or any other independents. Seriously, you make a dumb argument but you are great at name calling.
Needless to say, I expected more out of you. About the only thing i can see from what you are posting is that you are a relatively smart Republican with conservative values but ANGRY AND BITTER about how the election went down.
Your last republican president did almost as much for a bailout of banks. *Scratching head* Hey, you voted him in, not me, but Bush sure could spend money. Oh, 8 out of the last 10 tillion dollars put on the deficit was under Republican presidents… Are you sure your party is for conservative values?
oh, i forgot… it was because of a Democrat congress not the presidents; they were just victims of the mean democrats who are out to steal money and spend it all!!!
yeah, Yeah, yeah… poor you and poor republicans everywhere. You lead a sad existence if you live in fear of America becoming a Communistic country. Go buy more guns and board up your house because Obama is coming for you!!!
Seriously, how about we get back to the regularly scheduled program?
jd
You can’t take a insult when one is given.
“Woe to those that can not learn”
I’m calling you “poor boy” from now on. You must pick your arguments very closely. And drop out when going gets ruff
Never make it in the Marines
I wish to give credit to Barack H. Obama for doing the right thing here+
http://news.yahoo.com/s/a.....use_e_mail
HaHa… You know what is funny. I could have sworn that guy in the video was named Bill Hedges.
Thanks for your sympathy, though. I’ll take what I can get even if it is from you Bill. Proving once again that I have no standards
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I do chuckle here at the end of link
“Tom Blanton, director of the National Security Archive, noted that President Barack Obama on his first full day in office called for greater transparency in government”.
“The Justice Department “apparently never got the message” from Obama, Blanton said”
Did o tell o about transparency ?
IMPEACH OBAMA
Christopher Schwinger
You’re my MAN.
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“The newly enacted $787 billion stimulus bill includes $19 billion to convert medical records to electronic forms, and $1.1 billion for research comparing which treatments work best for a particular disease”
This comes from my link. Which worries many of us. Does our fears get stopped by statement that care will not be rationed, weakened, controled ,and dictated by o ?
Will o light 3 matches while in the trenches ? Poor boy ask me and I will explain
http://news.yahoo.com/s/a.....ama_agenda
When Teddy Kennedy got down to the Nitty Gritty, his belief in alternative energy went out the window. He did not want to see wind mills even if too far out to see from his house.
Now o shows his belief when he gets down to the Nitty Gritty
http://news.yahoo.com/s/n.....cJICR34T0D
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I could have sworn not that long ago o said $ Trillions would have to be spent for years. I’m sure Poor boy will correct me. If by chance I am right, poor boy how can this be true ?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/n.....B4u6t34T0D
Promises to his supporter, Acore and Abortion group, has been keep. They got lots of our money.
Could be o is trying to get on our good side with bull ? Let’s get down to the Nitty Gritty here
Here’s a chance for our left leaning friends to get in on the ground level of President Obamas new “O”merica.
It seems the DNC is selling “Democracy Bonds” to fund their activities.I especially like the part where it states “…..for a political party who is beholden to the people and not special interest”.It seems President Obama didn’t get the memo when they appointed all those lobbist.It also says “….this is a contribution to a political party and not a financial investment and no interest or dividends will be paid.” you can find it at :
http://www.democrats.org/.....bonds.html
JD, you posted a link to a video with 1 person who wasn’t informed about McCain’s record on banking regulation.
The video I post featured 10 minutes of asking the same questions to a dozen Obama supporters, every single one of them were clueless about the campaign. There is no comparison and your rebuttal is pathetic.
Go find a dozen more McCain voters who were as uninformed as your Obama supporters and then I’ll concur with your conclusion. Until then, acknowledge that Obama was elected mostly by ill-informed people who didn’t know even the most basic things about the campaign or Obama’s record.
You have lost this round so you’re back to name calling because you know I’m correct, classy.
Nate…. I am not quite sure what to say here. The point of the video was not to match the number of ill informed voter to your ill informed voters but rather to point out there were ill informed voters on each side.
Must have gone over your head when I said, “we could go around and around with idiots that voted for Obama or McCain”
I can see now that I have to go find a dozen ill informed voters for McCain with every dozen you find for Obama. You really know how to win an argument. So instead of going down that path, I will just let you have your self-proclaimed victory. So with the words of your great former president, “Mission accomplished!”.
Anyway, The word on the wire is that Obama is looking to cut the national budget deficit in half by the end of his first term.
I know, I know, Nate… you don’t believe it. But you are having a hard time believing anything now days. Anyway, I thought it was interesting news considering the large bailouts that have been going on the books and the fact Obama is declining Bushes “creative” accounting.
Oh, yeah… just so we can get it out there so Nate can add something constructive instead of repeating the following, JD is an idiot and Nate wins all arguments. Nothing like stroking another man’s ego. I am sure you can get off to that Nate.
So how do you guys really feel about Obama??? I haven’t gotten anyone’s opinion on him yet? I mean I know you all hated him before he was elected but did losing the election change your mind at all?
No, Obama’s still a tax and spend liberal with socialist leanings. Why would the election change my opinion of the facts we already knew and Obama keeps confirming?
Attack me personally, it doesn’t bother me at all since it still doesn’t change the fact that Obama is employing failed socialism of the past and you keep (foolishly) defending it.
Wow. Is the proposal here honestly that dozens of grossly uninformed republican voters don’t actually exist? Really?? You here on this site are FAR less jaded than I am. I personally think that more than hundreds of thousands of uninformed voters of both sides of the isle exist. And I feel so confident of that that I don’t feel any need to look around and try to gather proof of their existence – as if grossly uninformed Americans are in the same category as bigfoot.
Really I just have to walk around my neighborhood with my eyes open. I think some of you guys are completely deluding yourselves.
“I personally think that more than hundreds of thousands of uninformed voters of both sides of the isle exist.”
That’s low, you’re being generous.
The question is the level of ignorance, in my opinion. Some people are uninformed because they don’t care. Others because they don’t have time, poor excuse. However, there are still others who are uninformed because they don’t know what being informed actually means. They think they’re informed, like the Obama voters in that video, but they aren’t.
They believe they’re voting for “hope and change” and because “it’s time” for Obama. They don’t know what that means, they’re lemmings following the media since many of them never voted before. That was the point I was trying to, perhaps unsuccessfully, make.
JD……. I’m not sure what you accomplished by the in your face “WE WON” post you made to Nate or even what you were trying to prove by it.It hardly defends(but so far none of your postings defend President Obama)anything he has done but merely trys to incite anger.If you keep this inconsequential jibberish up we really will think you the idiot…….and not waste our time.
JD
You are a very Brave man.
jd
Your problem is we are informed. Bull does not fly
Dreadsen
Non-informative. Not insightful. Empty. Check site. Your old way is gone.
Debate rules
Dreadsen & jd
“If you can’t stand the heat stay out of the kitchen”
Harry S. Truman
“Anyway, The word on the wire is that Obama is looking to cut the national budget deficit in half by the end of his first term. ”
Yes, JD, he intends to cut the national budget = by taxing businesses and “upper class” (which is, according to obama, anyone making over $97,000). The socialist is back, and this time he intends to fulfill his socialist rhetoric.
Nate
I have found that if you listen to a person long enough the truth comes out
jd said to Nate..”You really know how to win an argument.”
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bones
Only jd thinks that way. Read all comments and you can see. jd is a problem child, we want to debate logically and hope you join in
Did you only read jd ? Read Nate’s response after your post. A voice of reason
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Babs
I am in a fog ! You must be wrong ? It’s $150,000. No $125,000. No. You are right..Another promise broke ! How long will $97,000 last. Why not $50,000 ? I know there are a few promises he keep other than to ACORN and his Abortion group, but off hand I can not think of them
Let’s not forget the hidden taxes. Corporation pass on all expenses to buyers of the products. Including taxes. Cigarette taxes April first go up. Carbon charges on utilities, etc.
Bones…….Nates right you are being generous with that estimate.
Too many Americans don’t bother to be informed and don’t even listen to politics until Labor day of the Presidental election year.Many vote on shear instinct and feelings,vote the party their family does,strictly for a change no matter what the consequences or as Babs said white guilt.
As Frank S. Meyer said there is nothing sacred about the Republican party.It deserves conservative loyality only to the degree that it is conservative.If Congress drifts away from their current stand I will hold their feet to the fire………..DDM
bones
I am sorry. I misread your comment. Sorry. I do that at times
DDMao
On one of Fox news show a young Republican said our new law will be changed in 2010 if they have the power. Much of the spending to keep America out of Depression does not go into effect for a long time(figure that one out).
Babs
Bet that applies to Obama’s tax on rich, $25,000 ! I mean $79,000.
o to announce Monday an investgator of stimulus law. Will he stop Speaker’s mouse heaven project. I don’t think so
http://news.yahoo.com/s/a....._oversight