White House Admits Americans Will Be Forced Out of Their Current Health Care Plans: President Obama and congressional Democrats have made repeated promises that the American people “can keep their current health care coverage if they like it.”  But an Associated Press story this morning reports that White House officials admitted that isn’t true:

Obama's AmeriCrooks and Cronies Scandal: His removal came a week after he "questioned the eligibility of the largest and most expensive AmeriCorps program, and while the IG was contesting the 'propriety' of a settlement made with a mayor for alleged misuse of AmeriCorps funds," according to Youth Today.

Statement on Global Warming Petition Signed by 31,478 Scientists: Signers of this petition include 3,803 with specific training in atmospheric, earth, and environmental sciences. All 31,478 of the signers have the necessary training in physics, chemistry, and mathematics to understand and evaluate the scientific data relevant to the human-caused global warming hypothesis and to the effects of human activities upon environmental quality.

Text of Most Controversial Element in Health-Care Bill Is Missing from Publically Released Draft: The document details 615 pages of health care reform that would affect millions of Americans, but the section concerning the nationwide dispute over a “public option” only says, “Policy under discussion.”
ABC News Teams Up With Obama White House to Present President's Health Care Plan: "In the absence of opposition, I am concerned this event will become a glorified infomercial to promote the Democrat agenda. If that is the case, this prime time infomercial should be paid for out of the DNC coffers. President Obama does not hold a monopoly on health care reform ideas or on free airtime," Ken McKay, Chief of Staff for the Republican National Committee, wrote in a letter to ABC News President David Westin.
ABC Refuses Opposition Ads During White House Special 2009®: ABC is refusing to air paid ads during its White House health care presentation, ....including a paid-for alternative viewpoint!
Obama Slams Fox News: “I’ve got one television station that is entirely devoted to attacking my administration…That’s a pretty big megaphone. You’d be hard pressed if you watched the entire day to find a positive story about me on that front,” Obama said. He's complaining about ONE station not agreeing him, while ALL of the others report nothing negative about him. That sounds one-sided in his favor and he is complaining?

Biden Says 'Everyone Guessed Wrong' on Unemployment Numbers: Vice President Joe Biden said Sunday that "everyone guessed wrong" on the impact of the economic stimulus.... They're guessing? Now that's scary!

5 Myths the Left Has Created About Itself: Via Hollywood, the mainstream media, and the school systems, the Left has created a number of positive myths about their ideology, none of which stand up to the slightest amount of informed scrutiny.

FBI e-Mail Investigation Fingers White House? .... acting U.S. Attorney Lawrence G. Brown has confirmed the agency is looking into the "circumstances" regarding the alleged destruction of e-mails regarding a dispute over the handling of money at Mayor Kevin Johnson's "brainchild" St. HOPE Academy, which had been investigated after allegations that public funds were misused.

After Lobbyist Boasts, Feinstein Cancels Event: The now-canceled fundraiser was scheduled to take place despite President Obama's campaign promise that the days of lobbyists setting the agenda in the nation's capital are over. He had called for a new "transparency in government."

Democrats Dodge Ban On Cash From Lobbyists: President Barack Obama’s strict ban on lobbyist contributions will limit the haul from Thursday night’s fundraising dinner for congressional Democrats, but organizers have found a way around it: a morning-after event at the same hotel where lobbyists — and their money — will be welcomed with open arms.

Durbin Cashed Out During Big Stock Collapse: The Illinois senator's 2008 financial disclosure statement shows he sold mutual-fund shares worth $42,696 on Sept. 19, the day after then-Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke urged congressional leaders in a closed meeting to craft legislation to help financially troubled banks.

Gays Decry Obama's Stand On Gay Marriage Case: Gay rights groups expressed dismay with the Obama administration Friday over its championing of the Defense of Marriage Act, a law the president pledged to try to repeal while on the campaign trail.

Obama Fires Inspector General Who Investigated Crony: The inspector general found that Johnson, a former all-star point guard for the Phoenix Suns, had used AmeriCorps grants to pay volunteers to engage in school-board political activities, run personal errands for Johnson and even wash his car.

Barack Obama Says Shape Up Now: Any health care reform plan that Obama signs is almost certain to call for nutrition counseling, obesity screenings and wellness programs at workplaces and community centers. He wants more time in the school day for physical fitness, more nutritious school lunches and more bike paths, walking paths and grocery stores in underserved areas. I noticed that there was no mention of people who smoke in this article. Would that be because the president smokes?

Obama Proposes Making 'Pay-As-You-Go' The Law: "It seems a tad disingenuous for the president and Speaker [Nancy] Pelosi to talk about PAYGO rules after ramming trillions in spending through Congress proposing policies that create more debt in the first six months of this year than in the previous 220 years combined," said Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia, the House Minority Whip.
Dems Advance Proposals To Spread Health Coverage: "We are going to be deficit-neutral — even — over five or 10 years," said Peter Orszag, the administration's budget director. What happened to yesterday's "pay as you go?"
Obama: It's Ok To Borrow To Pay For Health Care: The "pay-as-you-go" budget formula plan is significantly weaker than a proposal Obama issued with little fanfare last month. It would carve out about $2.5 trillion worth of exemptions for Obama's priorities over the next decade. His health care reform plan also would get a green light to run big deficits in its early years. But over a decade, Congress would have to come up with money to cover those early year deficits. "Pay as you go" has already gone before it ever even got here.

Obama's Lack Of Transparency: It is simply not the case that taxpayers are "able to go online and see where and how we're spending every dime" of the $787 stimulus package, as Mr. Obama pledged in February.

The Media Fall for Phony 'Jobs' Claims: Never mind that no one -- not the Labor Department, not the Treasury, not the Bureau of Labor Statistics -- actually measures "jobs saved." As the New York Times delicately reports, Mr. Obama's jobs claims are "based on macroeconomic estimates, not an actual counting of jobs." Nice work if you can get away with it.
Obama Repackages Stimulus Plans With Old Promises: The White House acknowledged it has spent only $44 billion, or 5 percent, of the $787 billion stimulus, but that total has always been expected to rise sharply this summer. For the first time, the administration admitted the economic forecasts it used to sell the stimulus were overly optimistic.

U.S. Embassy To Hold First-Ever Gay Pride Party: In the short time that President Obama has been in office, there have been many breaches of foreign protocol such as an overt familiarity with the British Queen and bowing to the Saudi King. But the most significant indiscretion will occur tonight as homosexuality is promoted in our embassy in a foreign land — in Baghdad, Iraq, no less.

Congressman Asks DOJ For Reason The Voter Intimidation Case Dropped: ...“[T]his case was an uncontested lawsuit against defendants who ... made racial threats and racial insults ... and who made menacing and intimidating gestures, statements and movements directed at individuals who were present to aid voters.” He also wanted to know why they dismissed the complaint against the one person who was carrying a weapon. This person revealed his credentials as a Democratic Party committeeman.

Holder Winks at Voter Intimidation: When Eric Holder became U.S. attorney general, he promised to administer the law in an objective, nonpolitical manner. So it's disappointing that the Justice Department had spent the last several months misinterpreting key voting rights laws for nakedly political reasons.

Employment Report Fuels GOP Attack on Obama Policies: Republicans noted that a report by the Obama transition team in early January said that without a large stimulus plan, unemployment would go above 9%. It is now above that level, despite passage of the stimulus plan, though less than 5% of funds have been spent.

TARP Oversight Chair Says She Doesn't Know Whether It's Working: Obama's transparency czar is using $84 million to build a web site that won't be usable until October, and may not be useful until four years from now. Obama's stimulus oversight guru, Joe Biden, says "people are being scammed already" in the disbursement of $787 billion.

Pelosi Still Receives CIA Briefings, But Won't Say If They're Truthful: “She made this claim, and it's her responsibility to either put forward evidence that they did, in fact, lie to her, which would be a crime, or she needs to retract her statements and apologize. Allowing this to hang out there is unconscionable. And I just think the -- the silence from Speaker Pelosi is deafening.”

Cantor Complains Pelosi Refuses To Meet: “I have been told that Speaker Pelosi doesn’t like to meet with Republicans … I would say that is the case in my instance. I have put in requests to meet with her and have yet to be responded to.”

Howard Dean Says Sotomayor's Race Comment Taken Out of Context--Then Admits He Doesn't Know the Context: Then he immediately conceded that he himself had not actually read the full context of the speech in which Sotomayor made the comment.

Biden Mistakenly Claims New Hudson River Tunnel Project Will Accommodate Cars: Vice President Biden, on a conference call Monday with reporters, claimed that the planned Hudson River tunnel between New Jersey and Midtown Manhattan would provide a much-anticipated route for automobiles. Problem is, it's for trains.

Furor Grows Over Partisan Car Dealer Closings: How do we account for the fact millions of dollars were contributed to GOP candidates by Chrysler who are being closed by the government, but only one has been found so far that is being closed that contributed to the Obama campaign in 2008?

Obama May Earn Millions From Schools In Book Deal: President George W. Bush placed his assets in a blind trust when he became President to avoid any appearance of impropriety, but President Obama has not followed suit. Instead, he signed on to this business venture just before becoming President despite his campaign promise that there would be change in the way business is conducted in Washington.

White House Amnesty Summit to be Held Outside of Public View: Despite President Obama's statement that "transparency promotes accountability and provides information for citizens about what their Government is doing," and his promise to run a more transparent government, the immigration meeting will not be public.  Instead, it will be held behind closed doors, outside of the view of the American public which has strongly opposed amnesty in the past.  This initial closed-door meeting in June appears to be in lieu of a public forum on the immigration issue.

Obama Ducks Promise To Delay Bill Signings: It seemed among the easiest of his transparency pledges and is entirely under his control, but President Obama is finagling his promise to post bills on the White House Web site for comment for five days before he signs them.

Protecting Black Panthers: In other words, because the defendants haven't tried to defend themselves, the Justice Department won't punish them. By that logic, if a murderer doesn't respond to the charges, he should be let free. That's crazy. .....  If a Republican administration had done this, it would be front-page news and every civil rights group in the country would be screaming about it."
White House Drops Obama Opposition to Defense of Marriage Act from Website: The Obama White House has removed from its website all references to a pledge made by the president to scrap the Bush administration's Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).

Biden Claims Stimulus Spending Has Created 150,000 Jobs, But That Isn't Backed Up by His Own Report: ....the job numbers were taken from a report published May 11 by the President’s Council of Economic Advisors (CEA). ....In fact, it explains that job creation numbers for the Recovery Act’s first quarter will not be out until August. ....“They try to make this look scientific and it’s not. It’s just politics. There’s not a lot of science to it, although they dress it up that way.”
Biden Reveals Location of Secret VP Bunker: Vice President Joe Biden, well-known for his verbal gaffes, may have finally outdone himself, divulging potentially classified information meant to save the life of a sitting vice president.
Reid Botches Three Statements in One Appearance: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid became the latest Democrat to stray into rhetorical trouble Tuesday, botching statements on three subjects in one news conference -- including the fragile health of the chamber's most senior members.

Robert Gibbs Should Apologise To The British Press For His Sneering Rant: I cannot recall an instance like this where the President's official spokesman has blasted the press of a key ally - in this case America's closest friend, Great Britain.

Dems Say Obama Backtracking On Land Preservation: Key Democrats in Congress are claiming that President Obama is backtracking on his previous support for government programs that preserve wildlife, wetlands and farms.
Obama Blames 7 Straw Men For Being 'Out Of Money': ....it's not Obama's fault that "we are out of money." It's not the fault of the new health care system he wants. It's the fault of those who didn't pass a health care plan earlier.

Ex-Fundraiser Hsu Is Guilty in Campaign-Finance Case: They offered evidence that he made illegal reimbursements to six of his investors who contributed funds to politicians including then-U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton of New York.
Justice Department Probes Contractor With Murtha Ties: The company has been paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to distribute the money, according to the article, but has received at least $36 million worth of earmarks and military contracts over the past eight years -- with the help of Murtha, a Pennsylvania Democrat, and no competition.

20 Hypocrisies Of Liberalism:  Everybody is guilty of being hypocritical sometimes. It’s just part of being human; however, modern liberalism has taken this concept to stunning extremes. The entire liberal belief system, from top to bottom, is a series of logical blind alleys, bottlenecks, and jaw-dropping contradictions.

President Of The American Hospital Association Says The White House Misstated Deal: The president of the American Hospital Association said Thursday that a deal with the White House to cut the growth in health care spending has been “spun way away from the original intent.”
Obama Breaks Major Campaign Promise as Military Commissions Resume, Says Amnesty International: "President Obama is reinstating the same deeply-flawed military commissions that in June 2008 he called an 'enormous failure.' In one swift move, Obama both backtracks on a major campaign promise to change the way the United States fights terrorism and undermines the nation's core respect for the rule of law by sacrificing due process for political expediency.
Hillary's Hijinks With A Man Named Hsu: Fitton says although the audiotape is not likely to be very damaging to Secretary of State Clinton, it is further confirmation that she was misleading the American people when she claimed she did not have much contact with Norman Hsu and did not know about his background.
Another Acorn Scandal – In A Funeral Home?: The Service Employees International Union's New Orleans headquarters location that also houses ACORN is supposed to be home to more than 270 related corporations and non-profits. "Does that former funeral home look big enough to you to house 270 organizations?" ....
House Democrats Block Republican Effort to Force Ethics Inquiries of Several Lawmakers: House Democrats on Tuesday stopped a Republican plan to force a campaign finance inquiry that likely would have investigated several influential Democrats. It was the eighth time since late February that the Republican move was halted. One of the biggest recipients has been the chairman of the defense appropriations subcommittee, Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania.

Pelosi Defense: Couldn't Object In '03: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi learned in early 2003 that the Bush administration was waterboarding terror detainees but didn’t protest directly out of respect for “appropriate” legislative channels, a person familiar with the situation said Monday.
Aide Told Pelosi of Waterboarding Use: The House majority leader reluctantly agreed Tuesday that congressional hearings should investigate Pelosi's assertion that she wasn't informed, more than six years ago, that harsh interrogation methods were used on the Al Qaeda leader.
Pelosi Says Bush Team Misled Her On Waterboarding: ...."To the contrary ... we were told explicitly that waterboarding was not being used," she told reporters, referring to a formal CIA briefing she received in the fall of 2002.
Hoyer Declines to Back Up Pelosi's Claim That CIA Misled Congress: Speaker Nancy Pelosi's deputy in the House declined to back her up on her stunning claim Thursday that the CIA misled Congress about its use of enhanced interrogation techniques.
Panetta Fires Back At Pelosi On Interrogations: "Let me be clear: It is not our policy or practice to mislead Congress," said Panetta, a former member of the House of Representatives from Monterey. "That is against our laws and our values."

CIA Says Pelosi Was Briefed on Use of 'Enhanced Interrogations': Intelligence officials released documents this evening saying that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was briefed in September 2002 about the use of harsh interrogation tactics against al-Qaeda prisoners, seemingly contradicting her repeated statements over the past 18 months that she was never told that these techniques were actually being used.
Records Violations Ensnare Housing Nominee: Washington's highest court ruled in January that the withheld documents would have allowed voters in a referendum to challenge "the veracity" of King County's request for $300 million in public bonds for the project. The justices found the actions of Mr. Sims' office to be so "egregious" that they scrapped a lower court's order of a $123,780 fine - the largest ever assessed in a public records case - and recommended that the penalty be increased to as much as $825,000.
Criminal Charges Against ACORN Raise Concerns About Its Partnership With Census Bureau: Criminal charges filed in Nevada against ACORN, a liberal activist group that is under investigation in several other states for alleged voter registration fraud in 2008, have sparked increased concerns about the organization’s partnership agreement with the U.S. Census Bureau to help recruit workers for the 2010 Census.
President Applauds House ‘Thought Crimes’ Law: Why is the press remaining mostly silent about the so-called "hate crimes law" that passed in the House on April 29? The Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act passed in a 249-175 vote (17 Republicans joined with 231 Democrats). These Democrats should have been tested on their knowledge of the First Amendment, equal protection of the laws (14th Amendment), and the prohibition of double jeopardy (no American can be prosecuted twice for the same crime or offense). If they had been, they would have known that this proposal, now headed for a Senate vote, violates all these constitutional provisions.
Stimulus Oversight Left Up To Taxpayers: Just 3 of the 10 members bothered to show up for the subcommittee's second meeting, dramatically titled "Follow the Money Part II."
Murtha's Nephew Got Millions in Gov't Contracts: ...noted other Murtha family members have also benefited from the congressman's position. He reportedly earmarked millions of dollars to an institution in his district, St. Vincent College, while his cousin, the Rev. John F. Murtha, was its president.
The Stimulus Saved or Created 150,000 Jobs? Where?: ...."the president’s claim is really an estimate of what his economic advisers think the stimulus bill is doing, and not based on any evidence of its actual effects."
White House Aide Resigns Over N.Y. Flyover: Caldera had approved the mission. His resignation came on the same day Defense Secretary Robert Gates said in a letter to Senator John McCain that the photo shoot cost U.S. taxpayers as much as $357,000.

Spokesman Ducks 'Hate Crimes' Question: The official spokesman for President Obama ducked a question over a measure approved by the U.S. House and pending in the Senate that many opponents fear can be used to criminalize Christian thought and words.
"Thoughtcrime does not entail death. Thoughtcrime IS death." The Thought Police have two-way telescreens (in the living quarters of every Party member and in every public area), hidden microphones, and anonymous informers to spy potential thought-criminals who might endanger The Party. Children are indoctrinated to informing; to spy and report suspected thought-criminals — especially their parents.  ~ George Orwell - Nineteen Eighty-Four ~

CIA Says Pelosi Was Briefed on Use of 'Enhanced Interrogations': Intelligence officials released documents this evening saying that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was briefed in September 2002 about the use of harsh interrogation tactics against al-Qaeda prisoners, seemingly contradicting her repeated statements over the past 18 months that she was never told that these techniques were actually being used.
Records Violations Ensnare Housing Nominee: Washington's highest court ruled in January that the withheld documents would have allowed voters in a referendum to challenge "the veracity" of King County's request for $300 million in public bonds for the project. The justices found the actions of Mr. Sims' office to be so "egregious" that they scrapped a lower court's order of a $123,780 fine - the largest ever assessed in a public records case - and recommended that the penalty be increased to as much as $825,000.
Criminal Charges Against ACORN Raise Concerns About Its Partnership With Census Bureau: Criminal charges filed in Nevada against ACORN, a liberal activist group that is under investigation in several other states for alleged voter registration fraud in 2008, have sparked increased concerns about the organization’s partnership agreement with the U.S. Census Bureau to help recruit workers for the 2010 Census.
President Applauds House ‘Thought Crimes’ Law: Why is the press remaining mostly silent about the so-called "hate crimes law" that passed in the House on April 29? The Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act passed in a 249-175 vote (17 Republicans joined with 231 Democrats). These Democrats should have been tested on their knowledge of the First Amendment, equal protection of the laws (14th Amendment), and the prohibition of double jeopardy (no American can be prosecuted twice for the same crime or offense). If they had been, they would have known that this proposal, now headed for a Senate vote, violates all these constitutional provisions.
Stimulus Oversight Left Up To Taxpayers: Just 3 of the 10 members bothered to show up for the subcommittee's second meeting, dramatically titled "Follow the Money Part II."
Murtha's Nephew Got Millions in Gov't Contracts: ...noted other Murtha family members have also benefited from the congressman's position. He reportedly earmarked millions of dollars to an institution in his district, St. Vincent College, while his cousin, the Rev. John F. Murtha, was its president.
The Stimulus Saved or Created 150,000 Jobs? Where?: ...."the president’s claim is really an estimate of what his economic advisers think the stimulus bill is doing, and not based on any evidence of its actual effects."
White House Aide Resigns Over N.Y. Flyover: Caldera had approved the mission. His resignation came on the same day Defense Secretary Robert Gates said in a letter to Senator John McCain that the photo shoot cost U.S. taxpayers as much as $357,000.

Spokesman Ducks 'Hate Crimes' Question: The official spokesman for President Obama ducked a question over a measure approved by the U.S. House and pending in the Senate that many opponents fear can be used to criminalize Christian thought and words.
"Thoughtcrime does not entail death. Thoughtcrime IS death." The Thought Police have two-way telescreens (in the living quarters of every Party member and in every public area), hidden microphones, and anonymous informers to spy potential thought-criminals who might endanger The Party. Children are indoctrinated to informing; to spy and report suspected thought-criminals — especially their parents.  ~ George Orwell - Nineteen Eighty-Four ~

Obama's Code Of Secrecy: Thus far, the U.S. government has spent, lent or committed $12.8 trillion to the financial rescue. That tab works out to $42,667 per person, or $130,600 per tax filer. It is almost as much as an entire year's worth of gross domestic product, which last year was $14 trillion. The government refuses to inform the public - or even Congress - where all the money is going. At a Senate Finance Committee hearing March 31, Neil M. Barofsky, the special inspector general for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), admitted that he couldn't tell senators where the nearly $3 trillion already spent on bailouts went.
Pelosi Knew NSA Had Listened To Harman Phone Calls: Congressional Quarterly reported Monday that Harman was overheard agreeing to seek lenient treatment for two former employees of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee who were under investigation and later indicted for unlawfully possessing and disclosing classified information. In exchange, according to CQ, prominent pro-Israel contributors would press Pelosi to appoint Harman to the chairmanship of the House Intelligence Committee.

Sen. Feinstein's Husband Cashes In on Crisis: Sen. Dianne Feinstein introduced legislation to route $25 billion in taxpayer money to a government agency that had just awarded her husband's real estate firm a lucrative contract to sell foreclosed properties at compensation rates higher than the industry norms, the Washington Times reported on Tuesday.
Gov't Views Opponents Of Abortion, Illegal Immigration As Possible Threats: Department of Homeland Security officials have issued a report which links people with pro-life, anti-illegal immigration views, teachers of end-time prophecies, and veterans of war with "right-wing extremist" groups.
U.S. Security Report A 'Political Hack Job': ... the report notes that DHS "has no specific information that domestic rightwing terrorists are currently planning acts of violence, but rightwing extremists may be gaining new recruits by playing on their fears about several emerging issues." It also contends that the return of war veterans could grow the ranks of white-supremacist militias.
Why call Americans 'extremists?' DHS asked: "This is not an intelligence report but a diatribe against those who oppose the policies of the Obama administration," said Richard Thompson, president and chief counsel for the organization.

Democrats Refuse to Allow Skeptic to Testify Alongside Gore At Congressional Hearing | Climate Depot: “Waxman knows there has been no 'global warming' for at least a decade. Waxman knows there has been seven and a half years' global cooling. Waxman knows that, in the words of the UK High Court judge who condemned Gore's mawkish movie as materially, seriously, serially inaccurate, 'the Armageddon scenario that he depicts is not based on any scientific view,'” Monckton explained.
Biden Comes Down With A Case Of Message Disorder: Vice President Biden - with a well-deserved reputation for shooting from the lip - made it through the first 100 days of the Obama administration with no major gaffes. But on Day 101, the vice president, well, took a nosedive when it came to the government's talking points on air travel during the swine flu outbreak.
Emergency Legislation Favors Lesbian In U.S. Illegally: A pro-family activist says it is "ridiculous" that California Senator Dianne Feinstein has introduced legislation designed to help an illegal alien who is a lesbian remain in the U.S. 14th Amendment Section 1 Constitution.
FAA Memo: Feds Knew NYC Flyover Would Cause Panic: Federal officials knew that sending two fighter jets and Air Force One to buzz ground zero and Lady Liberty might set off nightmarish fears of a 9/11 replay, but they still ordered the photo-op kept secret from the public.
Georgetown Says It Covered Over Name of Jesus to Comply With White House Request: Georgetown University says it covered over the monogram “IHS”--symbolizing the name of Jesus Christ—because it was inscribed on a pediment on the stage where President Obama spoke at the university on Tuesday and the White House had asked Georgetown to cover up all signs and symbols there.
Obama Youth Brigade: Church Attendance Forbidden The Bill would forbid any student in the brigade to participate in “engaging in religious instruction, conducting worship services, providing instruction as part of a program that includes mandatory religious instruction or worship, constructing or operating facilities devoted to religious instruction or worship, maintaining facilities primarily or inherently devoted to religious instruction or worship, or engaging in any form of religious proselytization.” That means no church attendance or witnessing.
Sebelius Lowballed Tiller Donations: Sebelius did not tell senators about that additional money, although Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., asked specifically about any Tiller donations to her PAC.

Obama Snubs French President; Seeks to Work With Predecessor: ...Chirac has not been president of France for over two years. The current French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, is not a fan of Obama's foreign policy plans...

In France, Obama Takes No Questions From French: But the first person he called on was an American -- and the third, too. By the end of the hourlong session, not a single French citizen got to ask the U.S. president a question.

Clinton, Lavrov Push Wrong Reset Button On Ties: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presented Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov with a red "reset button" to symbolise improved ties, but the gift drew smiles as the word "reset" was mistranslated into the Russian for "overcharge".

Hillary's Mexico Visit Blunders Ignored by Old Media: Catholic tradition holds that the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe was miraculously imprinted by Mary on a cloak belonging to Saint Juan Diego in 1531. As Monsignor Diego Monroy brought Clinton before the shrine, Clinton asked her blundering question.After observing it for a while, Mrs. Clinton asked “who painted it?” to which Msgr. Monroy responded “God!”

AIG Director Named To Obama Tax Task Force: Asked about the AIG connection, a senior administration official said Friday that the White House declined to comment on the story.

Barack Obama Rejects Normandy Trip To Avoid Offending Germany: Barack Obama, concerned about offending Britain and Germany, rebuffed strenuous attempts by President Nicolas Sarkozy of France to persuade the new American president to make a trip to Normandy this week.

Condom Distribution At Church - Ucc Likes The Idea: The Institute on Religion & Democracy is blasting the religious denomination of President Barack Obama for its recent stance on condom distribution inside houses of worship. Recently, the HIV and AIDS Network of the United Church of Christ (UCC) said condoms should be handed out at places of worship.

Obama's Aunt Granted 10-Month Extension To Fight Deportation: She long ago left an abusive marriage, came to the United States seeking a better life in 2000, and applied for political asylum in 2002, citing violence in Kenya. She moved into public housing in Boston in 2003 while her case was going through the system, and remained after she was ordered deported in 2004.

The Significance of President Obama Praising Lula's "Good Looks": "Love this guy. He's the most popular politican on earth. It's because of his good looks."

Inside Obama's Bank CEOs Meeting: “My administration,” the president added, “is the only thing between you and the pitchforks.”

2010 Census Attracting Lots of Nuts: "You have to realize that President Obama used to represent ACORN," he notes. "In fact, he represented them in an Illinois case that said certain banks in Illinois were not doing enough lending to people who could not afford a mortgage, and therefore [he] is one of the main reasons that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac lowered their guidelines for people to get loans under this Community Redevelopment Act."

Media Covers Up Another Appalling Obama Foreign Policy Gaffe: Who is the president of France? If you answered Jacques Chirac instead of Nicolas Sarkozy, you may already be the president of the United States. Obama sent a letter to the French president, and called him Jacques Chirac.

Kroft to Obama: Are you punch-drunk?: “You're sitting here. And you're— you are laughing. You are laughing about some of these problems. Are people going to look at this and say, ‘I mean, he's sitting there just making jokes about money—’ How do you deal with— I mean: explain. . .” Kroft asked at one point. “Are you punch-drunk?” Kroft said.

New Era Of Spend & Blame: After running a campaign against the $1 trillion deficit he "inherited" from President Bush and the Republicans, Obama quickly matched it. During his first 50 days in office, he and his Democratic-controlled Congress spent $1 billion an hour.

Obama Sorry For Disability Remark: He had improved his score since then, he said, but was still unhappy with his most recent tally of 129 points: "It was like the Special Olympics or something," the president told Mr Leno.

Obama White House Bars Press From Press Award Ceremony: "Later in the afternoon, the President and the First Lady will attend a reception with the National Newspaper Publisher Association in the State Dining Room, where they will be presented the Newsmaker of the Year award. This event is closed press."

Obama, Sen. Dodd Should Return Aig Money: Representative Steve King (R-Iowa) says Senator Dodd and President Obama rank number-one and number-two respectively on the list of 2008 AIG campaign donation recipients with just over $208,000 total given to the two candidates. Dodd himself is the all-time leader among recipients of AIG contributions with just over $281,000.

Obama's 'Tonight Show' Gaffe One Of Many For President: Special Olympics slip isn't the first time he has stumbled.

Bachmann Bill Would Ban Global Currency: On Monday, Geithner and Bernanke both rejected the idea of a global currency in Congressional testimony.  But in remarks to the Council on Foreign Relations yesterday, Geithner indicated he was open to the idea.

Top 10 Gaffes By Barack Obama And Joe Biden: Intersting. I had not heard of most of these. If this were a Republican administration, these would have all been front page news...

Obama Racks Up List Of Broken Promises: 10 Item list of broken promises.

Pelosi's Media Stance Hypocritical: "So, on the one hand, she's trying to support a medium that has supported her and all her liberal policies, while punishing another medium that has been strongly critical of her and her policies."

Dodd Lied About Ok Of Bailout Execs' Bonuses: Sen. Christopher Dodd admitted yesterday that he lied when he denied creating a loophole to protect the whopping bonuses doled out at AIG.

Geithner Admits Tax Increases 'Hurt Growth': Testifying before the Senate Budget Committee on Thursday, serial tax evader and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner acknowledged that tax increases “hurt growth,” yet under questioning by Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) at the hearing, he weaseled out of answering questions about a timetable for implementing the massive tax hikes planned by the Obama administration.  

Obama Claims He's Responsible, Then Blames Other People: "We've got a big mess that we're having to clean up. Nobody here drafted those contracts. Nobody here was responsible for supervising AIG and allowing themselves to put the economy at risk by some of the outrageous behavior they are engaged in. We are responsible though, the buck stops with me."

Obama Envoy Holbrooke Served on AIG's Board: Holbrooke joined AIG's board in February 2001 and resigned in July 2008, two months before the company nearly collapsed. Over more than seven years as a board member, he may have earned as much as $800,000 in cash and company stock, according to AIG financial documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Pelosi Dodges Chance to End Automatic Pay Raises: She pointed out that Congress recognized the economic crisis by voting this week to skip next year's raise. Call your Congressmen and congradulate them on their pay raise.

Another lobbyist waiver for Whitehouse?: Senate records, however, indicate that Verma had lobbied the State Department last fall on behalf of the U.S.-India Business Council, which was actively trying to win congressional approval of a deal between the two countries on civilian nuclear cooperation.

Democrat Duo In $30M Pension 'Scam': Democratic political consultant Hank Morris and a top lieutenant to disgraced former state Comptroller Alan Hevesi were indicted yesterday in a scheme to trade lucrative investments in the state pension fund for more than $30 million in kickbacks, gifts and campaign contributions.

Obama Appointee No 'Moderate' Judge: Hamilton is being touted as a moderate,... It was Judge Hamilton who declared prayer in Jesus' name before the Indiana Legislature unconstitutional, but that decision did not stand for long. "He even had a run-in with the appellate court, the Seventh Circuit, that said that what he was trying to rule in the case was outrageous," Levey points out. That is the same court to which Hamilton hs been nominated.

Obama Will Sign Spending Bill Despite Earmarks: President Barack Obama will break a campaign pledge and sign a budget bill laden with millions in lawmakers' pet projects,....

Obama To Lay Out Guidelines To Overhaul Earmarks: President Obama on Wednesday will talk about new guidelines aimed at cutting down the number of earmarks in appropriations legislation, one day after the Senate passed a spending bill with nearly 9,000 earmarks, his administration said. He had a perfect opportunity yesterday to keep his promise, but he choose to break his campaign promise, and then make it again....
Critics Question Obama's 'Fuzzy Math' on War Funding Estimates: "It's like a family trying to claim savings of $10,000 by assuming a family vacation and not taking it,".....

Nancy Pelosi, Air Diva: And, of course, it's the double-barreled hypocrisy. There's the eco-hypocrisy of the Democratic leader who wags her finger at the rest of us for our too-big carbon footprints, and crusades for massive taxes and regulation to reduce global warming. Then there's the Bay Area hypocrisy of the woman who represents one of the most anti-military areas of the country soaking up military resources to shuttle her (and her many family members) across the country almost every weekend.

NBC: Saturday Night Live Perfect for Kids: NBC Breaks Family Hour Pledge with Raunchy Shows

President Barack Obama Dislikes Britain, But He's Keen To Meet The Queen: Obama looked like he would rather have been anywhere else than welcoming the British leader to his office and topped it all with his choice of present for the Prime Minister. A box of 25 DVDS including ET, the Wizard of Oz and Star Wars?

Trade Nominee Ron Kirk to Pay $10,000 in Back Taxes: Ron Kirk, nominated as U.S. Trade Representative in the Obama administration, owes an estimated $10,000 in back taxes from earlier in the decade.
Democrats Self-Destructing Over Ethics:The political mess for the Democratic Party, however, isn't Burris' conduct alone; it's the pattern that has developed so quickly over the past few months.

SURPRISE! Dems Break Promise: Stimulus Bill to Floor Friday: ... as of 5:15 pm, the Democrats had broken their word. The stimulus bill -- which we still haven’t seen -- will be released late tonight and will be brought up on the House floor at 9 am tomorrow.

Fact Check: Obama's Words on Home Aid Ring Hollow: Obama glossed over a number of complex realities in delivering his speech to Congress and a nation hungry for economic salvation.

Jewish Leaders Blast Clinton Over Israel Criticism: In a swift about face from her views as New York's senator, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is now hammering Israel over its treatment of Palestinians in Gaza.

No lobbyists at WH, except .... From the start, he made exceptions to his no-lobbyist rule. And now, embarrassing details about Cabinet-nominee Tom Daschle's tax problems and big paychecks from special interest groups are raising new questions about the reach and sweep of the new president's promised reforms.

The List Of Lobbyists In The Obama Administration: Do you recall that moment of Hope and ChangeTM when Barack Obama barred lobbyists from the federal government by executive order?  By golly, Obama would clean up government and keep lobbyists out of policy-making positions, or else … he wouldn’t. It’s been less than two weeks since Obama took office, and he’s appointed a lobbyist a day to a government position. 

Obama's Promise Of Ethics Reform Faces Early Test: "Is this really the message he wants to convey to voters in just his first month in office, a message that it's O.K. to break or skirt the law just as long as you're a good guy with a special skill set?"

Hilda Solis - Another 'Taxing' Embarrassment For Obama? USA Today reports that the husband of Labor Secretary-nominee Hilda Solis settled more than $6,000 in tax liens Wednesday. The liens were outstanding for up to 16 years against his auto repair business.

Obama Getting Heat for Turning Up the Oval Office Thermostat: During a campaign event in Oregon in May, Obama said we have to "lead by example." "We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times," he said. "That's not leadership. That's not going to happen." But for the first few weeks of his presidency, that's precisely what has happened in the White House.