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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 (114736)	10/5/2011 4:01:34 PM
From: longnshort	2 Recommendations Respond to of 224748

and Obama marched with these people. ‘Black Sperm’ Power: Pigford Presser Features Bizarre Racist Rant With New Black Panthers, Nation Of Islam

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (114736)	10/5/2011 4:05:20 PM
From: TideGlider	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224748

What does this mean? I noticed you criticizing another poster for writing skills. Obama was handed by worst financial crisis and the worst depression since the 1930s. It usually takes 5 years to recover from a financial crisis of this type.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (114736)	10/5/2011 4:36:05 PM
From: locogringo	3 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224748

Obama was handed by worst financial crisis and the worst depression since the 1930s. If I remember correctly, kenny_troll, Obama_the_Failure actively campaigned to get that job. He spent millions upon millions to get that job. He went out of his way to knock out Hilary and other Dems to secure that job. He promised people that he could handle that job. (He can't) He told people that he should NOT be re-elected if he couldn't handle that job. He was NOT handed/forced/inherited. He simply FAILED. It's time you and Obama grew up. You said that you are almost 75, but you are still blaming the "Kid next door".

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (114736)	10/5/2011 5:11:35 PM
From: longnshort	3 Recommendations Respond to of 224748

Rep. West To Samuel L. Jackson: The Racism Is Coming From White House

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (114736)	10/5/2011 6:01:42 PM
From: lorne	1 Recommendation Respond to of 224748

Kenny...looks like hussein obama's commie land has the highest rate as you proudly said. 4 Of these states dem governors RULE, And one Ohio is Republican governed. Must be lots of dem dems around in Ohio? Minimum wage to rise in eight states By Tami Luhbyy October 3, 2011 money.cnn.com

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (114736)	10/6/2011 8:37:57 AM
From: lorne	3 Recommendations Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 224748

kenny..ahhh, poor bama is afraid of the truth coming out. Now why would he be afraid of his past?????? He should be proud of his past just like any decent person would be.? Obama blasts sheriff investigating eligibility But Arpaio turns criticism into campaign ad about law enforcement record October 06, 2011 By Bob Unruh wnd.com Video youtube.com Sheriff Joe Arpaio (Photo: Gage Skidmore) Barack Obama has unloaded a blast of criticism at a sheriff who authorized a team of volunteer officers to investigate whether the birth documentation released by the White House as proof of Obama's eligibility to hold the office is valid or forged. But the law enforcement officer, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, simply turned Obama's words into a promotion for his own record of law enforcement for his campaign for the office of sheriff. "I took an oath to defend the Constitution of both the United States and the state of Arizona," says a new promotion for Arpaio's campaign. "So, no 'investigation,' no president, no protesters, and no death threats will keep me from doing the job I was elected to do." The attack from Obama came during a round-table discussion where Latino beat reporters asked him a variety of questions. (Story continues below) Gabriel Lerner, of AOL Latino and HuffPost Latino Voice, reading a question from a listener, asked, "What happened to the investigation of the many violations and challenges to the federal government by Sheriff Joe Arpaio." See the exchange: Obama responded that his Justice Department challenged Arizona's immigration law "backed by Arpaio," because "we thought that there was a danger that naturalized citizens – individuals with Latino surnames – potentially could be vulnerable to questioning." He warned that, "The laws could be potentially abused in ways that were not fair to Latino citizens." Arpaio then said, "He’s a lawyer; he is pretty sharp to avoid direct questions. … He made some comments talking about people being stopped because of their name. He didn't like the 1070 law, he connects me with 1070. And my answer is: I am just doing my job, and I arrest everyone that violates the law, and I am not going to stop. "I'm an equal-opportunity guy," Arpaio said. "I enforce all the laws." The 1070 argument was over a state law approved by the legislature and signed by the governor that would have opened new doors for law enforcement to investigate and deter illegal immigration into Arizona. Obama's Justice Department sued to overturn the law and the dispute remains pending. Obama's Justice Department also targeted Arpaio for investigation on allegations of civil rights violations for allegedly discriminating against Hispanics, even though the sheriff's office confirmed it had given the federal agency thousands of pages of documentation on the topic, as well as access to its institutions. Arpaio said he resented the president's suggestions that his office engaged in racial profiling, and promptly turned Obama's statement into a campaign ad. "The president's new immigration policy and his comments about me, relating to the three-year-old DOJ investigation of alleged racial profiling, will not deter my stance on enforcing ALL state and federal immigration laws including crime suppression, human smuggling, identity theft investigations and raids in the work place," he said. His emailed ad included the video of Obama comments. According to USA Today, Arpaio followed the response from Obama with word that his deputies had conducted the 51st employer sanction/illegal immigration operation at a motel in Phoenix. The report said 10 of the 18 workers at the hotel were found to be using false information to gain employment. In his campaign ad, Arpaio explains, "Besides mentioning his Justice Department's politically motivated investigation against me, Obama talks about how he is challenging Arizona's law in court because it could be 'potentially abused in ways that were not fair to Latino citizens in Arizona.' "By saying, '...the law that the sheriff supports...,' he cleverly insinuates that I am targeting Hispanics in Arizona just because of their last name. This is an outright deceptive and sleazy scare-tactic on behalf of Obama. "I will continue to enforce the Arizona law, best known as SB1070, including other state and federal laws against illegal immigration. The president of the United States should thank me for that, not make reckless accusations." On his website, he continued, "Because I have led the fight in Arizona against illegal immigration, I have become the target of attack by special interest groups and left-wing politicians who would rather turn a blind eye towards the crisis of illegal immigration. "All I am doing is enforcing the laws of this state and our country. "What these extremists really want is a sheriff who will look the other way, be silent and allow the charade to continue, while ignoring the laws of our land. That, I promise, will never happen," he said. It was only weeks ago that Arpaio stunned most of the mainstream press reporters who have been ignoring the dispute over Obama's eligibility since before his election by announcing a "Cold Case Posse" with the authority to probe the authenticity of Obama's purported birth certificate. The investigation was begun after citizens of Maricopa County told the sheriff they felt their "voting rights would be compromised" if a candidate was on the ballot who was not legally qualified to be there. Sheriff Arpaio recently appeared on an Arizona television station to stand by his actions probing Obama's alleged birth certificate, which can be seen here:

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (114736)	10/6/2011 2:00:03 PM
From: chartseer	Respond to of 224748

Except if you are Warren G. Harding Then people don't even remember how bad the depression was.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (114736)	10/6/2011 5:36:51 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	5 Recommendations Respond to of 224748

Holder shirks responsibility for Fast&Furious decision by trying to point fingers at his subordinates: latimes.com

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (114736)	10/6/2011 9:23:07 PM
From: lorne	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224748

ken...One of your idols...How proud you must be to a follower of this POS. Van Jones Says ‘Watch Out’: Occupy Wall Street and Leftists Will Eclipse Tea Party in 2012 By Matt Cover October 5, 2011 cnsnews.com (CNSNews.com) – Left-wing activist and former Obama administration official Van Jones said “watch out” because his Save the American Dream movement, along with the Occupy Wall Street protest movement, would eclipse the Tea Party in 2012. “It was very easy when [the] Tea Party first started, to dismiss them, to laugh at them and say ‘this is just nothing, it’s some kind of joke, it’s a fad, it’s going to go away,’” Jones told reporters after the Save the American Dream rally in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday. “It would be very easy to make the same mistake again,” he continued. “But the potential here is about 10 times greater than the Tea Party because if you look at the Tea Party [it] represented about 20 percent of the American people when they started. We represent 80 percent – so, watch out.” Jones said that this new movement – called the American Dream movement – was already “massively bigger” than the Tea Party was when it first began. “The American Dream movement is only nine weeks old,” he said. “We are already massively bigger than the Tea Party was when it was nine weeks old.” “Yesterday’s story was the Tea Party,” said Jones, who has described himself as a revolutionary and “a communist” in the 1990s. “Today’s story is the American Dream movement. We are what’s next, and when the tide turns – I’m from California – when the tide turns you can see it from the top [but] it turned a long time ago down at the bottom. The tide turned a long time ago at the bottom.” The American Dream movement is a left-wing political organization run by the liberal group MoveOn.org Civic Action, in partnership with dozens of other liberal groups ranging from the Hip Hop Caucus to the Sierra Club and Planned Parenthood. Jones led the group’s Take Back the American Dream Summit outside the U.S. Capitol building on Tuesday, drawing attention to its Contract for the American Dream Manifesto, which calls for a laundry-list of liberal policy items ranging from new and higher taxes on the wealthy to higher government spending and single-payer health care. Jones linked his American Dream movement to the left-wing Occupy Wall Street protests in New York, saying that both efforts were part of the same grassroots movement. “There are two incredible expressions right now – and there may be more later – of frustration and pain and hope for this country,” Jones said after the rally in speaking with reporters. “There’s the occupy movement, which we love and respect, there’s the American Dream movement – and keep your eyes open [because] there’s going to be a flowering of movements in this country to take back the American dream.” Jones also said that the American Dream movement would model itself after the Tea Party’s success in the 2010 elections, stressing that in 2012 candidates would run under the movement’s banner. “Zero people ran for office in 2008 as Tea Party candidates,” he said. “In 2010, many many hundreds did. Zero people in 2010 ran as American Dream candidates. In 2012, [our] 2012 candidates will run.” “We are going to run candidates,” Jones continued. “Ralph Nader ran. People didn’t like that outcome. Ross Perot ran. People didn’t like that outcome. The Tea Party then ran people but they stayed inside a particular party, so they got the best of both possible worlds.” “So now what we’re saying is simply this: just like you had Tea Party Republicans, Tea Party candidates who had one vision of America that ran last year, next year there will be people who have a different vision running for office,” said Jones. Jones said his movement would not be creating a third party, but rather providing a “basis of values and principles” for liberal candidates.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (114736)	10/6/2011 9:24:57 PM
From: lorne	3 Recommendations Respond to of 224748

ken...Some good news for a change. Reform, Conservative, Orthodox unite against Biden By GIL HOFFMAN 10/05/2011 20:26 jpost.com Leaders of the three movements convene to criticize US vice president at Rosh Hashana toast over his comments on Pollard. It’s not easy to get the leaders of three major American religious streams to agree, but US Vice President Joe Biden found a way to unite Reform, Conservative and Orthodox rabbis – against him. The leaders of the three movements were all expected to criticize Biden at a post-Rosh Hashana toast he hosted on Wednesday night after press time at his Washington residence. The party comes in the wake of a September 23 meeting with Florida rabbis in which Biden said Israeli agent Jonathan Pollard was a “traitor” and should be condemned to die in prison. Anti-Defamation League director Abe Foxman was expected to bring to the reception a long list of top American and Israeli leaders who have urged US President Barack Obama to commute Pollard’s life sentence to the nearly 26 years he has already served. The New York Jewish Week published an article with quotes from the heads of the Jewish streams in the US supporting Pollard’s release and criticizing Biden. Rabbi Eric Yoffie, president of the Union for Reform Judaism and a political dove, told the newspaper that the subject of Pollard had been “taboo” for years, but now he was prepared to raise the issue with Biden. “No major political figure would identify with a release-Pollard petition, but now there are people in the political system who – without justifying his actions – are saying [clemency] is something that should be done,” Yoffie said. Rabbi Steven Wernick, president of the United Synagogue for Conservative Judaism, told the newspaper that Biden’s statements confused him because of the vice president’s many years of support for Israel. “I can’t help but suspect there is more information at play than is available [to explain] why he would take a harsh stance on clemency,” he was quoted as saying. Orthodox Union director of public policy Nathan Diament, who like Yoffie and Wernick intended to attend the reception, said he expected Biden to bring up Pollard during his welcoming remarks. Rabbi Pesach Lerner of the Orthodox National Council of Young Israel, who is very close to Pollard, pointed out to the newspaper that Biden was incorrect in calling the Israeli agent a traitor. “He was convicted of spying for a friendly country with no intent to harm the United States,” he said, adding that Pollard is the only American convicted of spying for a friendly country who received a life sentence. Seymour Reich, a former chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations and another political dove, expressed hope that Biden’s comments opened the door for Obama to consider releasing Pollard. “I think the president can still do it if he wants to,” he told the Jewish Week. “He can stand up to the intelligence community and do it. “Pollard has served enough time and should be released on humanitarian grounds. It would certainly be propitious if he did it before Yom Kippur,” Reich said.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (114736)	10/6/2011 10:25:24 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	1 Recommendation Respond to of 224748

Obama goes on offense on Solyndra 134 Email Print 'For every success there may be one that does not work out as well,' President Obama said. \| AP PhotoClose By DAN BERMAN \| 10/6/11 12:21 PM EDT President Barack Obama took on the Solyndra affair directly Thursday morning, saying the Energy Department’s loan guarantee program is necessary to maintain American jobs and calling out a top House Republican for comments suggesting that the U.S. has already lost the solar energy battle to China. At a White House press conference, Obama said he believed that the $535 million loan guarantee to the now-failed solar company Solyndra was on the up-and-up. Continue Reading Text Size-+reset Listen Obama defends on Solyndra Latest on POLITICO Dems change rules; Senate in chaos Sens. defend Brown's dig at Warren GOP: Solyndra questions remain Ex-CNN exec launches polling site Liberal cable's tea party moment? Hatch Act enforcer seeks reforms POLITICO 44 “The process by which the decision was made was on the merits, it was straightforward,” Obama said. “I have confidence the decisions were made on what would be good for the American economy and the American people.” Despite the high-profile Solyndra collapse, Obama said the overall portfolio of the DOE loan guarantee program “has been successful.” “We knew from the start that the loan guarantee program was going to entail some risks, by definition,” Obama said, later adding that “for every success there may be one that does not work out as well. But that’s exactly what the loan guarantee program was designed by Congress to do.” Obama was sure to note that the loan guarantee program was created before he came into the White House, but he also sold it as necessary to fight China, Europe and other competitors that subsidize clean energy initiatives. “Solyndra — this is a loan guarantee program that predates me that historically has had support from Democrats and Republicans as well,” he said. “The idea is pretty straightforward: If we are going to compete in the 21st century, we’ve got to dominate cutting edge tech and cutting edge manufacturing.” The president also called out Rep. Cliff Stearns, the Florida Republican who is leading the Solyndra investigation as chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s oversight subcommittee. Although Obama didn’t mention Stearns by name, he referred to Stearns’s statement earlier this week to NPR that “we can't compete with China to make solar panels and wind turbines.” “I don’t buy that,” Obama said. “I’m not going to surrender to other countries technical leads that could determine whether or not we’re going to have a strong middle class in this country.” Obama added: “I’m not going to cave to the competition when they are heavily subsidizing” all of these competitors. This article first appeared on POLITICO Pro at 12:15 p.m. on October 6, 2011. Read more: politico.com

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (114736)	10/7/2011 9:55:34 AM
From: locogringo	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224748

kenny_troll, what do you think of this guy? I know you are not a psychiatrist, but is this liar still making you proud? I think he's over the edge. 1. Obama's Behavior Is Getting Worse Obama's Thursday news conference was a sober reminder of the nature of the man in the Oval Office. I infer that even many of his supporters in the liberal media are finally catching on to the magnitude of his personality disorders. How could a man in his important position continue to act so childishly, accepting no responsibility for his policies and behavior and demonizing everyone who dares to disagree with or oppose him? It's worse than embarrassing; it's unsettling. creators.com 2. Tale of Hub teacher’s job struggle stretches truth (i.e. LIAR) President Obama spun a work of creative nonfiction yesterday in his latest pitch for his jobs plan, fudging the facts of a Boston schoolteacher’s White House visit as he cast the man as a poster boy for the hot-button bill. “I had a chance to meet a young man named Robert Baroz,” the president said at a midday news conference. Two problems: Obama never met Baroz. And Baroz remains happily employed. bostonherald.com 3. AP factcheck again finds Obama claims lacking... apnews.myway.com