Obama and Morality, The Boy and The Bike, An Analogy

Pelosi: Tax Cut Legislation Gives Middle-Income Families Fairness and the Economic Opportunity to Create Jobs - Rep. Pelosi
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke on the House floor this afternoon in support of the Middle Class Tax Relief Act of 2010, which passed the House by a Bipartisan vote of 234 to 188. Below are the Speaker’s remarks. “Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I thank the gentleman [Mr. Levin] for yielding. I commend him for his great leadership in terms of working and being a champion for America’s Working Families, for America’s middle-income families who need so...

This Exists: A Presidential Appointment For Jon Bon Jovi
President Obama signed an Executive Order Tuesday, creating a 25 member White House Council for Community Solutions. Among the members hand-picked by the president: eBay president and CEO John Donahue , Starbucks executive Vice President Paula Boggs , and-obviously-rocker Jon Bon Jovi. How’d that happen, you ask? According to CNN White House correspondent Dan Lothian, it’s not about Bon Jovi’s ability to “rock the house.” Rather, it’s due to his...

After asking Hollywood director James Cameron to help plug Gulf oil leak, Obama appoints singer Bon Jovi to "White House Council
Obama is not only incompetent, he stupid. And in that stupidity he is indeed creating a kakistocracy (a government run by the most unqualified among citizens). Indeed, Obama appropriately sits at the head of the kakistocracy. In the summer, he had Hollywood director James Cameron make suggestions to plug the Gulf oil leak: Top 10 suggestions James Cameron gave BP to stop the oil leak. And now our Community Organizer-in-chief is appointing Bon Jovi - a singer and nothing more. From the Politico ...

Last Call
And here's President Obama's reward for working with the Republicans on that Tax Cut deal. The $858 billion tax deal approved by Congress Thursday is "all candy and no spinach," but at least it shows that President Barack Obama and Republicans can cooperate on fiscal issues. But their new detente will be tested early next year when the Budget Deficit looms larger on the political landscape. Analysts are skeptical this week's pact can be leveraged into a broad deficit-cutting program, and fear th...

Bon Jovi Gets White House Appointment
Jon Bon Jovi ain’t gonna be just a face in the crowd. You’re gonna hear his voice, when he shouts it out loud — at the White House Council for Community Solutions. On Tuesday, President Obama announced his intent to appoint Mr. Bon Jovi, along with 24 others, to the newly established Council for Community Solutions, a group that, according to the administration’s Press Release, “will prove advice to the President on the best ways to mobilize citizens, nonprofits, businesses an

A link round-up of ME!
Like everyone else, I’ve been busy and distracted.  Here’s my first post at Pundit League. It’s about the doctor from Connecticut who was the soul survivor of a purely evil Home Invasion 3 years ago.  If you can get through the sadness he offers perspective.  My goal at PL is to do a weekly blog about politics where I never actually blog about politics. I don’t know why, but Treacher asked me back to guest blog during his surgery and recovery.  This is...

Neil Diamond, Alice Cooper, Dr. John, Darlene Love, Tom Waits.
New inductees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Passed over this year: Bon Jovi, LL Cool J, the J. Geils Band, the Beastie Boys, Donna Summer. But as "Rock Hall says no; White House says yes": The humble band from Sayreville will not be among the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees... In brighter news, President Barack Obama on Tuesday named Jon Bon Jovi, a staunch Democratic supporter, to the White House Council for Community Solutions.... Bon Jovi, who performed during Obama's inaugural c...

Jon Bon Jovi Named To White House Panel
NEPTUNE, N.J. (AP) - Jon Bon Jovi won’t need a ticket to Cleveland this year. But the New Jersey-born rocker can expect to spend some time in Washington. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame failed to induct the band from Sayreville into the 2011 class on its first nomination. The hall instead picked Neil Diamond, Alice Cooper Band, New Orleans musician Dr. John, Darlene Love and singer-songwriter Tom Waits. President Barack Obama named Jon Bon Jovi to the White House Council for Community...

Bon Jovi Gets White House Appointment
Jon Bon Jovi ain’t gonna be just a face in the crowd. You’re gonna hear his voice, when he shouts it out loud — at the White House Council for Community Solutions. On Tuesday, President Obama announced his intent to appoint Mr. Bon Jovi, along with 24 others, to the newly established Council for Community Solutions, a group that, according to the administration’s Press Release, “will prove advice to the President on the best ways to mobilize citizens, nonprofits, businesses an

You Give the White House Council for Community Solutions a Good Name
President Obama has appointed Jon Bon Jovi to the newly established White House Council for Community Solutions, which is tasked with "provid[ing] advice to the President on the best ways to mobilize citizens, nonprofits, businesses and government to work more effectively together to solve specific community needs." The bio of Bon Jovi provided by the White House highlights his work as chairman of the Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation, "a non-profit organization dedicated to helping the lives of thos...

Bohnett Foundations Fleming Named to New White House Council for Community Solutions
Michael Fleming, Executive Director of the David Bohnett Foundation, has been named to a new White House Council for Community Solutions. In a Press Release announcing the appointment, the White House said the goal of the Council - made up of leaders in the nonprofit, philanthropic and Private Sectors - is to “provide strategic input and recommendations to help the Federal Government promote greater innovation and cross-sector collaboration to realize solutions to our nation...

Nancy Pelosi: A Ruler of Fools
Nancy Pelosi doesn't have much longer as Speaker of the House. But if there's one constant in our ever-changing world, it's that Pelosi will remain unconscionable until the gavel is wrested from her hand. During a recent Speech on the House floor, she expressed opinions about Unemployment Insurance and tax policy that seem irrational even for her. Pelosi supports extending Unemployment Insurance beyond the current 99-week limit. To substantiate her position, she touted Unemployment Benefits as a...

Congress votes to extend government funding
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congress gave final approval on Friday to extending government funding through Tuesday to avoid a shutdown after lawmakers failed to agree on a long-term solution to a stark partisan divide overspending. The measure would pay for government operations beyond Saturday night, when current funding expires. But it merely postpones a fight over spending that is expected to loom large next year, when Republicans will wield greater clout in Washington. Lawmakers have failed to pa...

Meet your new Republican overlords
On Thursday, the House took up the International Protecting Girls by Preventing Child Marriage Act of 2010. The bill would ensure that child marriage is recognized as a Human Rights violation, and develop comprehensive strategies to prevent such marriages around the world. The Legislation seemed likely to garner strong Bipartisan support in Congress, and in the Senate, it did. But last night, the bill was voted down in the House by Republicans who argued the bill is too costly and could lead to ...

Fleur De Lis Film Studios Calls for Correction of Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act
Anyone who reviews the shamefully lopsided track record of the MSPB will conclude that the vast majority of cases will be summarily dismissed without Whistleblowers ever getting their day in court. Since the creation of the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 the Federal Circuit has rejected numerous requests from the Executive Branch for a judicial creation of the authority to dismiss cases summarily. Section 118 of S. 372 will largely extinguish any hope of legal recourse for most whistleblower...

Change! After Pelosis Socialist Reign of Terror, GOP Will Require Each Bill to Cite Constitutional Authority
After four years of Pelosi’s Socialist big-government reign of terror, Republicans will require each bill submitted in the House to cite its specific Constitutional Authority. Speaker Pelosi will turn over her gavel on January 5th. (New Editor) Fulfilling one of their most prominent campaign promises, House Republican leaders have unveiled a new rule to require that each bill filed in the House “cite its specific Constitutional Authority.” And for those who may have skipped tha...

Four House members from Va. voted against tax compromise
Four members of Virginia's House delegation — two Democrats and two Republicans — voted against the tax-cut Compromise late Thursday night. Voting against the package were Reps. Robert C. "Bobby" Scott, D-3rd; J. Randy Forbes, R-4th; James P. Moran, D-8th; and Frank R. Wolf, R-10th. The seven Virginia House members voting in favor of the measure were Reps. Robert J. Wittman, R-1st; Glenn Nye, D-2nd; Tom Perriello, D-5th; Robert W. Goodlatte, R-6th; Eric Cantor, R-7th; Rick Boucher, D...

US tax deal, budget feud set stage for 2011 cuts
The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. To nations suffering Austerity, it must seem as if Washington has gone mad. First, the U.S. Congress fails to agree on a 2011 Budget. Then lawmakers overwhelmingly pass another giant stimulus. But both events actually hint at some chance of more disciplined fiscal action next year. President Barack Obama will quickly sign the $858 billion stimulus/Tax Cut bill that funds Unemployment Benefits for 13 months and...

Deficit reduction: Why it may not be dead despite the costly tax cut deal
The Tax Cut deal that President Obama signed Friday costs $858 billion, making the cause of Deficit reduction that much more challenging. But Deficit hawks still see some hopeful signs. President Barack Obama smiles after signing into law a bill extending Bush-era tax cuts at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington Friday. With President Obama's signing of a historic tax-cut agreement Friday, Deficit hawks may be in mourning. The deal costs $858 billion, and it’s all paid fo...

Obama, Like GOP, Wins, Loses In Tax-Cut Deal
What is this? President Barack Obama signs the extension of the Bush-era Tax Cuts and jobless benefits. President Barack Obama signs the extension of the Bush-era Tax Cuts and jobless benefits. With his signing of the $859 billion package that extends the Bush-era Tax Cuts and jobless benefits, President Obama did something that seemed impossible only a few weeks ago. He got an economic stimulus bill through Congress when conventional wisdom said there would be no more such spending, especially ...

The Leveraged Buy Out of America by its Kleptocratic Elite
Some other startling things reported by David Stockman: In 2000, there were 72 million middle-class jobs: Manufacturing, construction, Insurance, Real Estate, transportation, etc; today, there are 65 million jobs. In other words, in the span of a decade we have lost a full 10% of our middleclass-supporting jobs. We have replaced these with part-time jobs of a kind often referred to as "McJobs." In 1981 the National Debt was $1 Trillion. Today, it is $14 Trillion. While The Economy over the sam...

Union Leaders Get Their Presidential Meeting
By Melanie Trottman Two days after President Barack Obama met with 20 corporate chief executives at the Blair House, he sat down Friday with a dozen influential Labor Leaders, listening to their concerns about The Economy and assuring them that he remains supportive of Unions, according to people who attended the White House meeting. One labor official who attended the meeting described it as a listening tour around the Roosevelt Room. Mr. Obama gave everyone an opportunity to speak. Several la...

Kennedy Institute funding denied
The founding president of the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate yesterday said he is giving up on seeking federal funds for the legacy project, $30 million short of the total the institute has requested from Congress. “We had this request in and we felt that either we get it this year or we don’t, and we’re not going to go back,” said Peter Meade, president of the institute. “I doubt we’re going back to ask for any more. The institute, a ...

Senate nears repeal of military's curbs on gays (AP)
WASHINGTON – Congress is one step away from ending the ban on gays serving openly in the Military, with the Senate ready for a landmark vote that could deliver a major victory to the Homosexual community, liberals and President Barack Obama. Senators planned a procedural vote Saturday on a bill ending the Pentagon's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy as lawmakers held an unusual weekend session in their race to finish the year's legislative business. If at least 60 senators vote to advance t...

Bipartisan Support Building Around Three Changes To Senate Rules In New Congress
WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats met for their second Caucus meeting about reforming chamber rules Friday, beginning to converge on three changes that supporters hope will increase transparency and prevent a small minority from blocking an up-or-down vote on measures. "This is a two-step process," Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.), one of the leaders of the effort, told The Huffington Post in an interview after the Caucus meeting. "The first step is that we need to recognize that under the Constitution, w...