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Ralph Nader: Obama’s a ‘war criminal’

Politico, by Patrick Gavin Original Article

Posted By: Pluperfect- 9/26/2012 4:57:49 AM Post Reply

It’s no surprise that Ralph Nader isn’t a fan of former President George W. Bush. After all, the longtime activist ran against him in both 2000 and 2004. But Nader’s even less a fan of President Barack Obama, if only because he thinks Obama was capable of so much more. On issues related to the military and foreign policy, Obama’s worse than Bush, “in the sense that he’s more aggressive, more illegal worldwide,” Nader told POLITICO, going so far as to call Obama a “war criminal.” “He’s gone beyond George W. Bush in drones, for example.

Romney on Libya: Why doesn’t
Obama want the American people
to know what happened?

Hot Air, by Allahpundit Original Article

Posted By: Pluperfect- 9/26/2012 4:46:19 AM Post Reply

He doesn’t use the phrase “cover up” — but Ryan does, in saying that it’s up to Americans to decide why The One is reluctant to use the word “terrorism” to describe what happened in Benghazi even though some of his underlings aren’t. And yes, this talking point is officially part of the Romney/Ryan message on the trail today. CNN asked the same question that Carl Cameron did and got a similar answer: When pressed on whether he stood by the attack, Romney said, “I’m not sure which developments

Obama's Struggle

American Thinker, by Cindy Simpson Original Article

Posted By: DW626- 9/26/2012 3:07:48 AM Post Reply

On the campaign trail, Michelle Obama often employs the word "struggle." It was actually Mrs. Obama's peculiar pronunciation -- "shtruggle" -- that first drew my attention to the frequency of her usage. At the 2012 Democratic National Convention, her speech referred to some form of "struggle" nine times. Last week, speaking in Durham, Michelle referred to "struggle" five times and as a theme of her address, prompting BuzzFeed to title its report "Michelle Obama: Barack 'Has Been Struggling With Us.'" Mrs. Obama said her husband has struggled each and every day since he took

Obama getting less debate practice
than Romney

LA Times, by Christi Parsons Original Article

Posted By: ketchuplover- 9/26/2012 1:33:51 AM Post Reply

Washington — President Obama has blocked out three days to prepare for the October debates, but with the constant pressures that come with one of the world's most important jobs, aides worry he may not get enough practice at the podium. (snip) Obama has already canceled some debate preparation because of events in the Middle East, said Jen Psaki, his campaign press secretary. "He has had to balance the management of world events, governing, time out campaigning," she said. "He'll have less time than we anticipated to sharpen and cut down his tendency to give long, substantive answers."

Group sues Secret Service for cost of
Malia Obama’s spring break trip to Mexico

Daily Caller, by Alex Pappas Original Article

Posted By: ketchuplover- 9/26/2012 1:18:24 AM Post Reply

A watchdog group with a history of exposing the taxpayer costs of President Obama’s vacations is now suing the Secret Service for records detailing how much it cost the agency to protect first daughter Malia Obama when she traveled to Mexico for spring break earlier this year. It’s a trip that the White House has famously tried to keep out of the news. The group Judicial Watch announced on Tuesday that it has filed the lawsuit, known as Judicial Watch v. U.S. Secret Service, for the records. The agency has so far, according to the group, not responded to a

Obama, the greedy boss

American Thinker, by Tom Trinko Original Article

Posted By: ketchuplover- 9/26/2012 1:02:31 AM Post Reply

The LA Times just revealed that it appears that Obama pays his campaign workers less than the national average wage and Romney pays his campaign workers more than the national average wage. In 2010 the national average wage was roughly $42,000 a year. Yet Obama is only paying his campaign workers $36,886 a year. The greedy, evil Romney however is paying his campaign workers $51,500 a year. (snip) Obama consistently supports high government employee salaries and pensions, but when it's his own money, the money he raises in his incessant fund raising events, he prefers to exploit his workers and

Rand Paul aids Romney
and Ryan in Ohio

USA Today, by Jackie Kucinich Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/26/2012 12:48:22 AM Post Reply

Dayton, Ohio - Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan arrived in Ohio this week to news of dropping poll numbers and a widening gap in the Buckeye state between the Republican nominee and President Obama. Luckily, they brought back up. Sen. Rand Paul,R-Ky., joined the pair on the road Tuesday, and while he had planned to campaign for Romney, his appearance on the trail couldn't have come at a better time. The libertarian worldview that made him and his father -- Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas -- populist heroes was on full display in his brief remarks before he introduced Romney and

Report details Waters
ethics case debacle

Politico, by John Bresnahan Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/26/2012 12:35:42 AM Post Reply

The long saga of the Maxine Waters ethics investigation is a chronicle of mistakes, partisan and intraparty squabbles, allegations of racism, bitter personal rivalries and failed attempts to bring the investigation to a close months and even years before it ended. (Snip) In the end, Waters emerged unscathed. The only person found to have committed any wrongdoing was her top aide. On Tuesday, the House Ethics Committee issued its final report in the case. Waters will not be charged with any violations of House ethics rules. That decision is a big win for the California Democrat and clears the way

CNN's Acosta to Romney: 'If You Somehow
Win,' How Would You 'Assure Blacks
You'd Be Their President Also?'

Newsbusters, by Noel Sheppard Original Article

Posted By: ketchuplover- 9/26/2012 12:32:52 AM Post Reply

CNN's Jim Acosta on Tuesday's Situation Room asked what many will think was a truly offensive question. "If you were to somehow beat the first African-American president, what would you say to the black community to assure them that you would be their president also?" (video follows with transcript and commentary): JIM ACOSTA, CNN: African-Americans have a tremendous sense of pride that there is the first African-American president in the White House. If you were to somehow beat the first African-American president, what would you say to the black community to assure them that you would be their president also?

Retired military chiefs: Obesity
levels mean US is 'too fat to fight'

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Elise Viebeck Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/26/2012 12:29:57 AM Post Reply

Spiking rates of childhood obesity are a threat to national security and demand government intervention, according to retired military leaders. In a report entitled "Still Too Fat to Fight" that was released Tuesday, the advocacy group "Mission: Readiness" described obesity as an epidemic that poses a direct challenge to military effectiveness. The group called on Congress to continue supporting stricter nutrition standards for school lunches — the kind that have become controversial among small-government conservatives.

Gingrich disparages Obama, calls
him 'not a real president'

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Jonathan Easley Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/26/2012 12:27:01 AM Post Reply

Former House speaker Newt Gingrich ripped President Obama for not meeting with world leaders on his trip to the United Nations on Friday, saying Obama is “not a real president.”   “[Obama] really is like the substitute [National Football League] referees in the sense that he’s not a real president,” Gingrich told Greta Van Susteren on Fox News Tuesday night. “He doesn’t do anything that presidents do, he doesn’t worry about any of the things the presidents do, but he has the White House, he has enormous power, and he’ll go down in history as the president, and I suspect that

Mitt Romney Lowers
Debate Expectations

ABC News, by Sunlen Miller Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/26/2012 12:24:13 AM Post Reply

With just over a week to go before he faces President Obama in their first debate, Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney lowered expectations a hair, noting it is his first time in a presidential debate and his opponent is an “eloquent, gifted speaker.” “The president is obviously a very eloquent, gifted speaker — he’ll do just fine,” Romney told Fox News in an interview from Dayton, Ohio. “I’ve, you know, I’ve never been in a presidential debate like this and it will be a new experience.” Romney said the American people will make “their assessment as to who’s the better

Obama Says ‘Goofed Off Way
Too Much’ in Grade School

ABC News, by Devin Dwyer Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/26/2012 12:22:34 AM Post Reply

At a forum on education issues in New York City today, President Obama was asked whether he had ever failed a test in grade school, to which he replied, “Oh, yes.” “Absolutely,” Obama said. “You know, I would say I was a mediocre student until I got to college. I goofed off way too much.” Obama first attended school in Indonesia in the early 1970s before he moved to Hawaii, where he attended the prestigious Punahou Academy through high school. He started college at Occidental College in Los Angeles and finished his undergraduate degree at Columbia University in New York

Obama donor wrote ‘nonpartisan’
congressional report backing
liberal tax policy

Daily Caller, by Matthew Boyle Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/26/2012 12:12:12 AM Post Reply

The author of a new nonpartisan Congressional Research Service (CRS) report concluding that tax cuts for upper-income earners in America don’t spur economic growth is a frequent donor to the Democratic Party and President Barack Obama, political donation records show. Thomas Hungerford authored “Taxes and the Economy: An Economic Analysis of the Top Tax Rates Since 1945″ for CRS. The report, published Sept. 14, came to a conclusion that supports Obama’s tax policy. (Snip) The CRS is billed as a nonpartisan arbiter of facts and, like the Congressional Budget Office and Government Accountability Office, exists to help members of Congress

Knee Replacements Double
as Aging Patients Stay Active

Bloomberg Businessweek, by Nicole Ostrow Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/26/2012 12:08:35 AM Post Reply

The number of older Americans getting knee replacement surgery more than doubled over the past two decades as an aging population is driven by a desire to stay fit later in life, a study found. Total knee replacement procedures rose 162 percent from 1991 to 2010 while the number of procedures to repair a previously implanted artificial knee joint, called revision, jumped 106 percent (Snip) About 60 percent of those procedures are paid for by Medicare, the federal government health program for the elderly and disabled, said Peter Cram, the lead study author. The study suggests the success of the

Merkel: Europe must stay the
course with painful reform

Independent [UK], by Tony Paterson Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/25/2012 11:18:09 PM Post Reply

Angela Merkel issued a blunt warning to Germany's ailing eurozone neighbours yesterday, telling them that pressing ahead with painful reforms and tough budget policies was the only way of resolving Europe's intractable and deepening economic crisis. (Snip) Against such a gloomy backdrop, Ms Merkel insisted: "We need to take a deep breath to overcome this crisis. We must make the efforts that will allow Europe to emerge from the crisis stronger than it went in." The German leader conceded that hard-won reforms in southern Europe had helped, but said there was still work to do. The markets, she added, had

Madonna: Obama remark
was 'ironic'

Politico, by Caitlin McDevitt Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 9/25/2012 11:09:50 PM Post Reply

Madonna was “being ironic” when she called President Barack Obama a Muslim during a concert last night, she clarified on Tuesday. “I was being ironic on stage,” the singer said in a statement via Perez Hilton. “Yes I know Obama is not a Muslim (though I know that plenty of people in this country think he is.)” “And what if he were?” Madonna, who’s a supporter of the president, added. “The point I was making is that a good man is a good man no matter who he prays to. I don’t care what religion Obama is –

Numbers indicate veterans
feel alienated by Obama

Human Events, by Hope Hodge Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 9/25/2012 10:59:37 PM Post Reply

New poll data shows that while President Barack Obama maintains a slight lead in the overall race, he can’t hope to catch challenger Mitt Romney in support among military veterans. Obama trailed by margins of between 12 and 20 percent in the swing states of Virginia, Ohio, and Florida, according to NBC/Wall Street Journal/Marist surveys conducted earlier this month. The widest gap, with Romney leading 58 percent to 38 percent among veterans, is in the swing state of Florida, a state crucial for Romney to carry in the general election.

6.2 earthquake off Baja is
quickly followed by aftershocks

Los Angeles Times, by Howard Blume Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 9/25/2012 10:52:51 PM Post Reply

A 6.2 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Baja California has quickly been followed by at least two others. The earthquake occurred in the ocean, 47 miles north-northeast of La Paz, off the coast of Baja California Peninsula in Mexico, the U.S. Geological Service reported Tuesday. That’s also about 604 miles south-southeast of Phoenix. The shaker struck about 4:45 p.m Los Angeles time at a depth of 6.3 miles. Twenty minutes later, a second quake of magnitude 4.2 was recorded. A third quake, with a magnitude of 4.8, occurred 12 minutes after the second.

Live On Tape From Omaha

Washington Free Beacon, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 9/25/2012 10:48:39 PM Post Reply

Democratic Nebraska Senate candidate Bob Kerrey invoked 1970s late-night talk show host Dick Cavett to defend himself against accusations that his years living in New York City now render him a non-Nebraskan. According to Politico: “Nobody said that Johnny Carson wasn’t a Nebraskan. Nobody said that Dick Cavett isn’t a Nebraskan. Nobody accused Marlon Brando or Henry Fonda, after they left and found opportunity someplace else, of not being a Nebraskan,” Kerrey said to more applause. Cavett mocked the “big, dumb, beergut white-trash mentality” of the “rednecks at the gas station in Tuscaloosa”

Drone attacks in Pakistan are
counterproductive, says report

Guardian [UK], by Owen Bowcott Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/25/2012 10:41:05 PM Post Reply

The CIA's programme of "targeted" drone killings in Pakistan's tribal heartlands is politically counterproductive, kills large numbers of civilians and undermines respect for international law, according to a report by US academics. The study by Stanford and New York universities' law schools, based on interviews with victims, witnesses and experts, blames the US president, Barack Obama, for the escalation of "signature strikes" in which groups are selected merely through remote "pattern of life" analysis. Families are afraid to attend weddings or funerals, it says, in case US ground operators guiding drones misinterpret them as gatherings of Taliban or al-Qaida militants.

New book raises questions
about Obama's handling of Iraq

Foreign Policy [Washington, DC], by Peter Feaver Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/25/2012 10:37:34 PM Post Reply

Has Obama fulfilled his most famous national security campaign commitment from 2008: to end the Iraq war "more responsibly" than he says we began it? According to this excerpt from Michael Gordon's new book on Iraq, the answer may well turn out to be no. Gordon is considered by many to be the best reporter on the Iraq war (Snip) As an unnamed U.S. diplomat told the NYT: "He's not good with personal relationships; that's not what interests him...But in the Middle East, those relationships are essential. The lack of them deprives D.C. of the ability to influence leadership decisions."

How to Save the Regime in Tehran

Foreign Policy [Washington, DC], by Nazila Fathi Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/25/2012 10:34:43 PM Post Reply

Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi has a lot on her mind these days. She's spent her life working for the defense of human rights in her home country of Iran, but the reformists she sympathizes with are on the defensive, reeling from years of harsh repression. For the past three years she's been living in virtual exile in an undisclosed location in Western Europe (Snip) War with Israel, she says, may rescue the Iranian regime at a time when it is extremely unpopular at home and is clinging to power with an iron fist. "It is the only thing that can

Niece of controversial Scientology
leader planning tell-all memoir

New York Post, by Emily Smith Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/25/2012 10:22:17 PM Post Reply

Jenna Miscavige Hill opens up about how she left the church of Scientology in her memoir “Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape.” In the book, she reveals “strange and disturbing details” about how she grew up in the church and provides her first-hand account of its upper ranks, according to the Associated Press. Miscavige Hill, whose uncle is Scientology leader David Miscavige, has frequently criticized the religion since she publically broke with it in 2005.

Iran Test Fires Missiles
as Obama Speaks at UN

Breitbart's Big Peace, by Ben Shapiro Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 9/25/2012 10:21:19 PM Post Reply

Today, as President Barack Obama spoke at the United Nations, Iran test-fired a series of four missiles specifically created to hit warships in the Strait of Hormuz. According to the Iranian government, the missiles hit a target the size of a ship, sinking it within 50 seconds. Iranian media also reported that the military exercise was designed to occur coincident with US naval maneuvers in the Persian Gulf. The Iranian military stated that their navy would be holding a “massive” maneuver shortly. Meanwhile, the only anti-missile system in development by the United States is under fire from

It's time to break up the Euro

Fortune, by Shawn Tully Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/25/2012 10:17:42 PM Post Reply

Roger Bootle prides himself on being something of a modern-day Nostradamus -- with good reason. In 1999 the British economist predicted a bursting of the dotcom bubble, and in his 2003 book, Money for Nothing, he forecast a worldwide crash in housing that would prove dire for the financial system. (Snip) Today Bootle is betting his professional reputation on another bold contrarian call, one with long-term ramifications for the world economy and global stock markets: He strongly believes that at least a partial breakup of the eurozone is inevitable and that massive changes are coming for the euro, the currency

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