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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (94490)	11/4/2010 8:11:26 AM
From: lorne	3 Recommendations Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 224777

ken...this cant be? Not chris too. soon you will be the only dumbed down person left to worship hussein obama. :-) Chris Matthews rips Obama as 'elitist with teleprompter' 'Middle-aged people are losing their jobs, and this guy's out doing his pet projects' November 02, 2010 By Joe Kovacs © 2010 WorldNetDaily wnd.com As Americans cast their ballots in the 2010 midterm elections, MSNBC anchor Chris Matthews, who famously said in 2008 he got a thrill up his leg when listening to President Obama speak, is now blasting the commander in chief as a teleprompter-dependent "elitist" who doesn't listen to American citizens. During a discussion with his network colleague Andrea Mitchell last night, Matthews analyzed the mistakes Obama has made during his time in office. "Ever since he's been president, he's been elitist and he's come with his teleprompter and he's given his speech," said Matthews. "He hasn't listened. He's talked at us rather than with us." He again reiterated the president's dependence on the electronic device to deliver most of his speeches, lamenting "He actually does bring the teleprompter with him." Get the bumper sticker that has all America buzzing: 'Drop the teleprompter and step away from the White House' Matthews contrasted today's Obama with a different style during the 2008 race: "When he was a campaigner, he did nothing but talk about what a great country it is, what an exceptional country it is, 'Because a guy like me can make it here, and only in a country like this can I have made it.' He was patriotic, very inclusive and he was also very interactive in an interesting way." Matthews, who hosts "Hardball" on MSNBC was unrelenting in his analysis: "All the people care about is a 9 to 10 percent unemployment rate that's not going down, middle-aged people are losing their jobs, they're not finding them, and this guy's out doing his pet projects. And they wonder why he isn't their president, why he's only his own president." Matthews suggested that part of Obama's problem is that he hasn't properly explained himself: "Lincoln had to explain the Civil War, darn it. Roosevelt had to explain everything through the Great Depression. You have to take people along with you. I think he is guilty of that elitist charge. If you're going to spend $1.6 trillion deficit in one year, you better explain to the American people why you did it. He never explained economics the way he was taught it. We were all taught in graduate school you have to run a big deficit during a grand recession. How about explaining that? Not everyone went to grad school." In February 2008, Matthews made national news himself when he described his personal excitement listening to Obama speak publicly, even with a teleprompter: "It's part of reporting this case, this election, the feeling most people get when they hear Barack Obama's speech. My, I felt this thrill going up my leg. I mean, I don't have that too often." Even Matthews' colleague, NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams, ridiculed Matthews' confession: "Let's talk about that feeling Chris gets up his leg when Obama talks ... That seems to be the headline of this half hour." WND reader William Frederick reacted to Matthews' criticism of Obama, saying, "Things must be turning pretty sour for a political prostitute like Chris Matthews to rip the guy who gave him a 'tingle up his leg' not long ago. I would get excited about this except to note that Matthews has absolutely zero credibility, and a huge promoter of the Obama agenda. He is a worm who sees the earth moving away from the Obama Love Garden and is just trying to save any ratings that he gets. A loser, fraud, and political prostitute at his finest." Another reader, Robert M. Moon, noted: "Chris Matthews has either gone crazy or there is some type of trick being played. Liberals never admit they're wrong. Obama is their idol, he can do no wrong. Of course, I would like to think Chris has seen the light, but I know better. This tells you just how awful Obama really is."

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (94490)	11/4/2010 8:21:18 AM
From: lorne	3 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224777

Obama’s trip to India has a carbon footprint bigger than many US cities Published: 11/03/2010 By Anthony Watts dailycaller.com Carl Pope, executive director of the Sierra Club, wrote in January 2010 in the Huffington Post that President Barack Obama is “the greenest president ever.” Well … maybe not. You see, today we have these headlines: The Daily Mail: Forty planes and six armoured cars: Obama visit to India the ‘biggest ever by a US President’ NDTV: US to spend $200 million a day on Obama’s Mumbai visit About 3,000 people, including Secret Service agents, US government officials and journalists, are accompanying the president on his trip to India. Several officials from the White House and US security agencies have been there for the past week with helicopters, a ship and high-end security instruments. Of course, we know that US presidents don’t travel lightly, and they need security details and armored cars. But 3,000 people and forty aircraft? Let’s do the carbon math: Estimate of the carbon footprint of President Obama’s trip to India We are constantly told how bad air travel is for the planet. For example, the UK has a whole organization, called “Plane Stupid,” dedicated to the issue. It is groups like this that enable us to calculate the carbon emissions of air travel using the handy dandy Terrapass web page. 1. If one assumes that all 3,000 people fly commercial from Washington, D.C., to New Delhi and back (and nowhere else), their cumulative carbon footprint can be calculated according to Terrapass at terrapass.com. Here’s the info on their calculation methodology. So here’s what we get for the maximum number of people, ten, that we can select at one time on that website. Note that Bombay, India is now called Mumbai, but the airport code is still BOM in Terrapass: Multiply 62,238 lbs of CO2 for ten people times 300 (to make three thousand) and we get 18,671,400 lbs of CO2, or 8,469 metric tons. To get the per capita figure in metric tons, divide that again by 3,000 people, which gives us 2.823 metric tons per person for the trip. 2. The Brookings Institute did a survey in 2008 ranking major US cities by their per capita emissions. You can read the full report here. If we were to compare his trip to the city table: Obama’s trip comes in between Memphis and Raleigh on a per capita basis. 3. Caveat: Of course, this calculation excludes the carbon footprint for also traveling to Indonesia, South Korea and Indonesia as part of this Grand Tour, as well as any other activity while in those places. Plus vehicles and other forms of travel. If we figured in all the travel, it would well be higher. The message? Travel lightly but carry a big hockey stick. 4. If Obama wanted to offset the carbon using the tool of choice of his buddy, Al Gore, the Chicago Climate Exchange, he could do so pretty cheaply since carbon offsets there are selling for five cents per metric ton. So with 8,469 metric tons of CO2 emitted for the Washington-to-Bombay roundtrip, he could buy a carbon indulgence for a mere $423.45. That’s chump change when you are blowing a cool $200 million per day to keep everybody traveling in style.