Authorities Rough Up Reporters Covering Obama

Obama craves familiarity on Hawaiian vacation
Honolulu — There are those who crave adventure and spontaneity during their Vacations. Then, there’s President Barack Obama. More than a week into his Hawaiian holiday, Obama is proving to be a creature of habit, seeking refuge in the comfort and consistency of a familiar routine. The president’s itinerary during his annual trip to Oahu, the island where he was born and mostly raised, is downright predictable. He’s almost certain to spend his mornings working out at Mari...

Resolute revisions: DIYers pen home to-do lists for 2011
WORD ON THE ROOFTOPS is that Hampton Roads is buzzing with New Year's resolutions of the home-improvement type. Suckers for a good hammer-and-nail tale or spruce-it-up story, you know we just had to inquire. And these adventuresome folks - do-it-youself handymen and women and domestic divas - gave it up: Preserving the past In 2010, Christopher Bridgeman, 32, and Martin Borger, 33, gutted the Cape Charles Vacation Home they bought four years ago. The 1,281-square-foot brick dwelling, built circ...

TV Crew Covering Obama Claims Mistreatment...
HONOLULU -- A public access television crew complained of police mistreatment Thursday, after trying to get a picture of President Barack Obama. Just after dawn Wednesday, the three-woman crew for a Big Island public access program called "We Are Change Hawaii" drove up to the barricade near the president's Vacation Home in Kailua. Host R.J. Hampton was told they couldn't stay, so she spoke into the video camera as she returned to the car. "OK, you know it Obama we're OK with you, you OK with us...

Snap! Obama Says To Hold Him Accountable In 2011
Well, not so much himself, but, a nebulous "us" should be held accountable. I wonder if that includes hitting him in the face with a pie? Well, if you hit Boehner with a pie, you probably won't get charged. If you hit a Democrat, it might take 4 months to be charged with assault. Anyhow, let's delve into Barry's WorldPresident Obama promised an effort to work with the other side of the aisle in his weekly address on New Year's Day, just days before the 112th Congress and a new GOP House majority...

Obama Strikes Bipartisan Tone In Message
(NewsCore) - US President Barack Obama spoke with a tone of Bipartisanship in his weekly address Saturday, as he prepares for the possibility of a more hostile Congress in 2011. After wishing US citizens a Happy New Year, the president said his New Year's resolution was to do everything he could to ensure jobs were created and The Economy grows in the coming year. Obama, speaking while on Vacation with his family in Hawaii, said there were indicators that the US economy was gaining traction and ...

Open Thread: Obama's Talent, iPhone Defections and the Warmists' Ice Core Dilemma
• The Hill reports that the President will convene a talent show to celebrate the new year. President Obama is ringing in 2011 by hosting a talent show on his Hawaii Vacation, according to the White House... Burton said that the president had also spent time reading "President Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime" by Lou Cannon, "The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet" by David Mitchell, and "Our Kind of Traitor" by John le Carre... The president spent Friday morning working out and then went to p...

Infidel Bloggers Alliance
Washington Examiner : President and family on multi-million dollar Christmas Vacation in Hawaii By: Mark Tapscott 12/29/10 5:04 PM Editorial Page Editor President Obama and his family are enjoying a delightful Christmas Vacation with friends and family in the chief executive's home state of Hawaii. Nobody questions a president's right or need to take take away from the White House, but an investigation by Hawaii Reporter has turned up some eye-opening information about the costs and other asp...

Does Obama have hidden talents? New Years Eve may bring em to light
Barack Obama may have some talents that the rest of the world doesn’t know about but only a few friends and family members are going to see them. The Obamas and their friends were to hold an annual talent show Friday night to celebrate New Year’s Eve, a White House spokesman said. No word on what talents would be on display. Thoughts, anyone? Does Obama’s famous speaking voice also carry a tune? Meanwhile, the president has been busy golfing, dining out and reading on his vacat...

First family sets N.Y. Eve talent show
KAILUA, Hawaii, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The first family planned to spend Friday evening with family and friends in Hawaii and hold their annual New Year's Eve Talent Show, the White House said. President Barack Obama worked out Friday morning and White House spokesman Bill Burton said the president and First Lady Michelle Obama will spend New Year's Eve with family and friends. The White House released the list of books the president is reading during his Vacation - "President Reagan -- The Role...

Obamas R&R;: Marine Corps Base Hawaii
Yahoo! Buzz A Marine base where young men are trained for war might not sound like an inviting place for President Barack Obama and his family to relax. But the First Family has spent many hours of their Hawaiian Vacation at the picturesque Marine Corps Base Hawaii on the windward Kaneohe Bay. The commander in chief has visited the base daily since his arrival just before Christmas, working out at its gym, taking his young daughters bowling, and palling around with friends on the base’s c...

Texas Warns Holiday Travelers To Stay Out Of Mexico
AUSTIN (AP) - The Texas Department of Public Safety is warning Texans to avoid traveling to Mexico during the holidays. DPS Director Steven C. McCraw says Mexican Drug Cartel-related violence continues in northern Mexico Border cities as well as in popular tourist towns, such as Acapulco and Monterrey. Authorities say kidnappings, cartel turf wars and battles between cartels and Law Enforcement have escalated in recent years. Although McCraw says his agency knows that people safely travel ...

Obama craves familiarity on Hawaiian vacation (AP)
Honolulu – More than a week into his Hawaiian holiday, President Barack Obama is proving to be a creature of habit. While some travelers seek adventure and spontaneity, Obama seeks comfort and consistency. His routine here in Oahu, the island where he was born and mostly raised, is by now patently familiar to the locals trying to catch a glimpse of their hometown president, and the reporters who come here to cover him. Obama is almost certain to spend his mornings working out at Marine C...

Obama craves familiarity on Hawaiian vacation
FILE - In this Dec. 28, 2010 file photo, President Barack Obama waves from... Honolulu (AP) - More than a week into his Hawaiian holiday, President Barack Obama is proving to be a creature of habit. While some travelers seek adventure and spontaneity, Obama seeks comfort and consistency. His routine here in Oahu, the island where he was born and mostly raised, is by now patently familiar to the locals trying to catch a glimpse of their hometown president, and the reporters who come here to cove...

Obama craves familiarity on Hawaiian vacation
More than a week into his Hawaiian holiday, President Barack Obama is proving to be a creature of habit. While some travelers seek adventure and spontaneity, Obama seeks comfort and consistency. His routine here in Oahu, the island where he was born and mostly raised, is by now patently familiar to the locals trying to catch a glimpse of their hometown president, and the reporters who come here to cover him. Obama is almost certain to spend his mornings working out at Marine Corps Base Hawaii. A...

Hawaii Vacation Shows Obama as Creature of Habit
Bob Schieffer is joined by Lara Logan, Nancy Cordes, Sharyl Attkisson, and Chip Reid for a CBS News correspondents' round table to discuss the biggest problem President Obama will face in 2011, a possible shakeup within the White House, and who will have the hardest job throughout the next year. (AP) There are those who crave adventure and spontaneity during their Vacations. Then, there's President Barack Obama. More than a week into his Hawaiian holiday, Mr. Obama is proving to be a creature o...

Wild. TV Truther Crew Bloodied By Cops Near Obama Vacation Home (Video)
A Truther TV Crew was roughed up and bloodied by cops down the street from Obama’s $1.4 million Vacation Home. Five cars of police officers trailed them, harassed them at a gas station and smashed their camera on the car. St. Louis Post-Dispatch St. Louis Globe-Democrat FOX 2 St. Louis...

Happy New Year 2011!
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Obama's New Year's resolution? Fix the economy
President Barack Obama has set his New Year's resolution high for 2011: repair the struggling US economy. In his weekly radio and Internet address today, the vacationing president said recent data showed the Economic Recovery was gaining traction even as millions of Americans are still out of work. "Our most important task now is to keep that recovery going," Obama said. "As president, that's my commitment to you: to do everything I can to make sure our economy is growing, creat...

Obamas Celebrate New Year With Talent Show
See the White House's Year in Photos. This one was taken last February On Vacation, Obama's been reading: President Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, and Our Kind of Traitor. The Obamas start the New Year with family tradition: President Barack Obama rang in 2011 with friendly competition at his family's annual New Year's Eve talent show. The White House is keeping Obama's talent a closely guarded secret. Several friends and family members joined the Obamas...

Obama resolves to fix economy in 2011
Stumble This! Honolulu - President Barack Obama has set his New Year's resolution high for 2011: repair the struggling economy. In his weekly radio and Internet address on Saturday, the vacationing president said recent data showed the Economic Recovery was gaining traction even as millions of Americans are still out of work. "Our most important task now is to keep that recovery going," Obama said. "As president, that's my commitment to you: to do everything I can to make sure our economy is gr...

What President Obama Faces In 2011
(NewsCore) - US President Barack Obama has vowed to make jobs and The Economy his top priority in 2011, and while that will probably dominate his agenda, there are a whole host of other issues that will be in the mix, FOXNews.com reported late Friday. Obama is taking time on his Hawaiian Vacation to work on his State of the Union Speech, which will formally set the agenda for the year, but he already hinted at his focus before he left -- he will hone in turning around the economy. He is hoping i...

Obama: Democrats and Republicans Have 'Shared' Duty to Boost Economy in 2011
President Obama said Saturday Republicans and Democrats in Congress have a "shared responsibility" to work together in advancing the nation's improving economy in 2011. In his weekly address, posted on New Year's Day, the president said recent economic reports suggest "our recovery is gaining traction -- and our most important task now is to keep that recovery going." Obama, who is spending the holidays in Hawaii, said he is "willing to work with anyone of either party who's got a good idea and ...

New Years Resolutions, 2011
Here are some of my New Year’s resolutions: Talk less, listen more. Eat less, savor more. Edit less, write more. Skim less, read more. Work less, birdwatch more. Spectate less, play more. Criticize less, empathize more. Hate less, love more. Frown less, smile more. Worry less, laugh more. Swear less, breathe more. Eat out less, cook more. Whine less, Protest more. And I’m sure there will be plenty to protest, with the Republicans evicting the Democrats from the House, and with Obama now wagi...

Supporting a hero like Frank Kameny
CNN caption: "President Obama shakes hands with Frank Kameny after extending benefits to same-sex partners of federal workers in 2009." by Ken There aren't many contexts in which I can think of myself as "young," but I guess I can say that I'm too young to remember what the world looked like when Frank Kameny, as an Openly Gay man, began his long career as an Activist seeking equality of treatment. One limitlessly heart-warming side note to President Obama's signing of the DADT Repeal act was ...

Retired firefighter wins $8.4 million at casino
(12-30) 21:51 PST Santa Rosa, Calif. (AP) -- A retired San Leandro Firefighter will be starting the new year off as a Millionaire after a trip to a Lake County casino. Officials at the Twin Pine Casino say Dale Valentine won $8.4 million playing a Megabucks slot machine at the casino Tuesday night. The casino's marketing director, Tim McGlynn, told the Press Democrat that Valentine owns a Vacation Home in Lake County, and is a frequent visitor to the casino. McGlynn say statewide the Megabucks...