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Rhetoric heats up on debt ceiling

Washington Times, by Susan Crabtree Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/14/2013 10:05:06 PM Post Reply

Republicans and conservative groups rebuffed President Obama’s latest attempt to pressure GOP lawmakers to back down from using the debt ceiling as leverage to extract serious, long-term spending cuts from Democrats. After a White House news conference Monday in which the president called Republican threats to hold the line on the nation’s borrowing “irresponsible,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, said he couldn’t think of a better opportunity than the upcoming fight over raising the debt limit to force Democrats to address the deficit.

President Congeniality talks tough

Washington Post, by Dana Milbank Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/14/2013 10:02:17 PM Post Reply

“I’m a pretty friendly guy,” President Obama said near the end of his White House news conference Monday afternoon. The claim might have been a touch more plausible if he hadn’t spent the bulk of the previous hour demonstrating just how adversarial he could be. Indeed, there was no precipitating event that led him to schedule the last-minute session in the East Room — lending credibility to the theory that he summoned reporters so he could bait Republicans. “If congressional Republicans refuse to pay America’s bills on time, Social Security checks and veterans benefits will be delayed,”

Obama: No negotiations with
GOP over debt ceiling

Washington Post, by Zachary A. Goldfarb & Philip Rucker Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/14/2013 9:59:00 PM Post Reply

President Obama vowed Monday that he would not negotiate with Republicans over the federal debt ceiling, warning that Social Security checks would be delayed and the nation could enter a new recession if Republicans do not agree to raise the limit on government borrowing. In the final news conference of his first term, Obama said Republicans were threatening to hold “a gun at the head of the American people” and that he would not trade spending cuts, as Republicans demand, for an agreement to raise the federal debt ceiling. “If congressional Republicans refuse to pay America’s bills on time,

On inaugural eve, Obama’s
most virulent foes want
the celebration stopped

Washington Post, by Marc Fisher Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/14/2013 9:56:17 PM Post Reply

Eldon Bell, a retired Air Force officer and physician, is making no plans to see Barack Obama’s second inauguration, in part because Bell considers the president arrogant and dishonest, but more so because Bell is not yet persuaded that the swearing-in will occur at all. “Whether I watch depends on who’s being inaugurated,” says Bell, 78. “If it’s this guy, probably not, because I don’t pay much attention to illegitimate things.” At this late date, Bell and his fellow believers in the notion that Obama was born overseas or is otherwise ineligible to be president still expect some court somewhere to

Our Mean-Spirited President
Gives a Press Conference
and Talks About Guns

Power Line, by John Hinderaker Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/14/2013 9:24:50 PM Post Reply

Barack Obama gave a press conference today; Paul reported on Obama’s discussion of the debt ceiling a little while ago. Obama’s comments on the debt ceiling were breathtakingly dishonest: he admitted that there is a long history of budget negotiations accompanying past increases in the ceiling, and acknowledged that he himself voted against increasing the debt limit as a senator, even though it would have led to the same supposedly awful consequences he complained about today. But Obama said, at least three or four times, that this year is different

Obama’s Latest Political Slander

Commentary Magazine, by Peter Wehner Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/14/2013 9:21:39 PM Post Reply

During his press conference earlier today, we witnessed President Obama’s persistent habit of engaging in a form of political libel. When the president was asked about a possible government shutdown, Mr. Obama said this: But it seems as if what’s motivating and propelling at this point some of the House Republicans is more than simply deficit reduction. They have a particular vision about what government should and should not do, so they are suspicious about government’s commitments, for example, to make sure that seniors have decent health

Biden: W.H. readies 19
executive actions on guns

Politico, by Reid J. Epstein Original Article

Posted By: BaseballFan- 1/14/2013 9:03:52 PM Post Reply

The White House has identified 19 executive actions for President Barack Obama to move unilaterally on gun control, Vice President Joe Biden told a group of House Democrats on Monday, the administration’s first definitive statements about its response to last month’s mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. (Snip) The focus on executive orders is the result of the White House and other Democrats acknowledging the political difficulty of enacting any new gun legislation, a topic Biden did not address in Monday’s meeting. The executive actions could include giving the Centers

GOPs Say Obama
Won’t Get Carte
Blanche on Debt Ceiling

PJ Media, by Bridget Johnson Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/14/2013 8:53:53 PM Post Reply

Republicans reacted with predictable frustration and annoyance to President Obama’s term-ending press conference in which he warned the GOP that it will “not collect a ransom in return for not crashing the economy.” GOP lawmakers had reasoned that agreeing to the fiscal cliff deal meant that they could come back to demand spending cuts in order to once again approve raising the debt ceiling. “You don’t go out to dinner and then eat all you want and then leave without paying the check—and if you do you’re breaking the law,” Obama said. “If Congress wants to have a debate

Obama: We Must Borrow
More to Pay Our Debts!

National Review Online, by Jim Geraghty Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/14/2013 8:47:25 PM Post Reply

Obama’s press conference today confirmed that he believes the only way the U.S. government can reassure the world about its ability to repay its debts is to raise the debt ceiling more, so they can borrow more. America, you cannot complain about “partisan divisions” when you have two parties who assess our finances in such a diametrically opposed manner. To hear Obama and some Democrats tell it, there just isn’t any spending that can be cut outside of the Pentagon. Fresh off raising income taxes on the rich and a payroll-tax hike (expiration of a cut, really) that hit everyone

Jerry Brown -- for president

Los Angeles Times, by Paul Whitefield Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 1/14/2013 8:43:04 PM Post Reply

Is it too soon to talk about the 2016 presidential election? Because I have the perfect candidate for the Democrats. Jerry Brown. That’s right. Our governor. Forget that Gov. Moonbeam nonsense. He’s now the Sage of Sacramento. OK, “perfect candidate” may be a bit strong. Brown does have one major, well, flaw (more on that later). But heck, no one’s perfect, especially these days. Republicans are already crowing about the great job that Governors Chris Christie of New Jersey and Scott Walker of Wisconsin have done in their states, and touting them as presidential material.

Obama: Republicans Don´t Care
About Poor Kids, Elderly

Breitbart´s Big Government, by Ben Shapiro Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/14/2013 8:36:55 PM Post Reply

Just in case you doubted whether President Obama is a thug on the debt ceiling, he reiterated his bully tactics this morning at his press conference. Discussing the Republican Party’s desire to cut spending, Obama did not lay out a rational proposal on how to achieve fiscal responsibility. Instead, he moved directly to attack Republicans as morally deficient: But it seems as if what’s motivating and propelling at this point some of the House Republicans is more than simply deficit reduction. They have a particular vision about what government should and should not do. So they are suspicious

Obama: Conservative
media ‘demonizes me’

Washington Examiner [DC], by Charlie Spiering Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/14/2013 8:31:23 PM Post Reply

During his press conference today, President Obama explained that although he is always willing to spend time socializing with Republicans, conservative media outlets have demonized him – making him unpopular. “Republicans feel like given how much energy has been devoted by some of the media preferred by Republican constituencies to demonize me, that it doesn’t look real good socializing with me,” Obama said, pointing to former Florida Governor Charlie Crist as an example. “I think a lot of folks say

Democratic Party Becomes
Party Of Corruption

Investors Business Daily, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Desert Fox- 1/14/2013 8:27:48 PM Post Reply

Impunity: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was accused of bribery last weekend, while two Obama Cabinet officials are leaving amid a trail of broken laws and squandered cash. Which, again, is the party of corruption? Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. So with a White House that rules by executive order and blithely ignores budget deadlines as its divine right, it´s no surprise that a culture of impunity has taken hold through the Democratic Party in the Obama economy. We´re not talking about incompetence, or about policy errors, which are abundant as well in

Obama: Absolutely No
Entitlement Cuts in
Deal with ´Absolutist´ GOP

Breitbart´s Big Government, by John Sexton Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/14/2013 8:27:36 PM Post Reply

At his press conference Monday morning, President Obama got a tough question from Major Garrett about the politics of debt-ceiling negotiations. In his response, the President blamed GOP absolutism for the crisis; then, as if missing his own point, offered a list of compromises he absolutely would not consider. In his question, Major Garrett pointed out that Obama himself once made a vote against raising the debt limit and suggested that resolving the situation might require both sides to talk rather than posture. Obama responded: Well, no, Major.

Bernanke: Debt ceiling only ‘symbolic’

Washington Post, by Ylan Q. Mui Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 1/14/2013 8:25:22 PM Post Reply

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke called on lawmakers Monday to “take care of their job” and raise the nation’s debt ceiling, warning that default could derail the still-fragile economic recovery. In a free-wheeling conversation at the University of Michigan’s Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, Bernanke said the debt limit has only “symbolic value” and advocated eliminating it. But he dismissed suggestions that the Fed’s policy of keeping interest rates low is taking pressure off Congress to act. “We’re not going to be playing games with that. We’re going to follow our mandate,”

Americans misunderstand point
of the Second Amendment [Video]

Daily Caller, by Ginni Thomas Original Article

Posted By: JoElla Bee- 1/14/2013 8:23:43 PM Post Reply

Author and economist Walter Williams told The Daily Caller that the purpose of the Second Amendment is to protect Americans from their own government — not simply to ensure hunting rights. Williams, a syndicated columnist and the John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics at George Mason University, suggested that common misconceptions about the Second Amendment undermine the gun control debate. “[The Founding Fathers´] stated reason was to allow the American people to protect themselves from the United States Congress — that is, government.

Meet the softball: David
Gregory and Colin Powell

Washington Post, by Jennifer Rubin Original Article

Posted By: SoCalGal- 1/14/2013 8:22:16 PM Post Reply

“Meet the Press” isn’t what it used to be. After a remarkably softball interview with President Obama on New Year’s Day, moderator David Gregory on Sunday let former secretary of state Colin Powell filibuster through one question after another, never following up or, as they used to do in the good old days, confronting the interviewee with statements that directly contradict his spin.(Snip) Powell asserted that Chuck Hagel is “superbly qualified” to be defense secretary. Umm. You would think an interviewer would ask: But doesn’t he lack executive experience? Wouldn’t someone interested in

Gore’s Al Jazeera sale suspect

New York Post, by Phil Mushnick Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/14/2013 8:21:38 PM Post Reply

Former US Vice President and still fully devoted global environmentalist Al Gore last week took a lot of heat and ridicule for dumping his viewer-starved Current TV cable network for $500 million. He sold it to Al Jazeera, owned by the oil-rich Islamic monarchy and global environment-polluter Qatar. Gore’s money-first hypocrisy in this matter is so self-evident that it’s hardly worth further ink. For $500 million he chose to fasten a “Kick Me” sign to both his back and front. At least he didn’t go for cheap, ya know? But there has been an important element to

GOP congressman threatens
impeachment if Obama uses
executive action for gun control

Daily Caller, by Caroline May Original Article

Posted By: JoElla Bee- 1/14/2013 8:20:54 PM Post Reply

Texas Republican Rep. Steve Stockman threatened Monday afternoon that he would file articles of impeachment against President Barack Obama if he institutes gun control measures with an executive order. Stockman warned that such executive orders would be “unconstitutional” and “infringe on our constitutionally-protected right to keep and bear arms.” “I will seek to thwart this action by any means necessary, including but not limited to eliminating funding for implementation, defunding the White House, and even filing articles of impeachment,” Stockman said in a statement.

Obama to Congress: If
Newtown moved you, act on guns

CBS News, by Major Garrett Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 1/14/2013 8:19:48 PM Post Reply

The president was given a list of recommendations on Monday, addressing how to make mass shootings less likely. The list was developed by Vice President Biden. One idea is banning assault weapons of the kind used in Newtown and in the Colorado movie theater massacre. The president said Monday he doesn´t know if Congress will reinstate the assault weapons ban that expired in 2004 after 10 years on the books. And it´s unclear how hard Mr. Obama will fight for that ban -- politics may argue against it. However, at a press conference, Mr. Obama said lawmakers will have to

Colin Powell´s Double Standard

Wall Street Journal, by Bret Stephens Original Article

Posted By: Desert Fox- 1/14/2013 8:13:40 PM Post Reply

Colin Powell thinks Chuck Hagel´s use of the term "Jewish lobby" was an innocent mistake, for which he should atone by writing "Israel lobby" 100 times on a blackboard. "That term slips out from time to time," the former secretary of state told David Gregory on Sunday´s "Meet the Press." Mr. Powell also thinks that when Mr. Hagel´s critics "go over the edge and say because Chuck said ´Jewish lobby,´ he is anti-Semitic, that´s disgraceful. We shouldn´t have that kind of language in our dialogue." OK, I get it. An errant slip of the tongue isn´t proof of prejudice.

Charity´s Unseen Benefit: It Protects
Civil Society From The State

Investors Business Daily, by Benjamin Zycher Original Article

Posted By: Desert Fox- 1/14/2013 8:11:48 PM Post Reply

Charities and other nonprofit institutions perform a vast array of altruistic works yielding benefits for both the direct beneficiaries and for society writ large. Most such activities are obvious: medical services for the indigent, educational services for the disadvantaged, support for the arts, and the like. But such organizations serve a deeper function as well: They act as an important buffer between the citizenry and the state. Government by its very nature is coercive: Tax, spending and regulatory policies inexorably generate wealth transfers among groups, thus creating winners and losers.

As Europe Shows, Real Debt
Danger Is From People´s
Sense Of Entitlement

Investors Business Daily, by Samuel Gregg Original Article

Posted By: Desert Fox- 1/14/2013 7:59:55 PM Post Reply

If there´s anything that sums up the brokenness of America´s political class, it is the recent fiscal cliff fiasco. After all the sound and fury, we´ve ended up with yet another refusal to make the hard choices concerning how the U.S. disciplines its apparently insatiable appetite for public spending. In a way, however, the fiscal cliff circus was always a side-show to the main game. And this is the deeper existential problem that many Western European nations have long failed to master, but which America also now seems unable to address.

Obama to take on Republicans over
immigration within weeks with plan
to attract skilled workers and
give illegal immigrants amnesty

Daily Mail [UK], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 1/14/2013 7:46:35 PM Post Reply

Barack Obama is set to make a new push for immigration reform - and hopes to solve a number of tricky issues at once. The U.S. President plans to introduce a comprehensive reform bill which will enable illegal immigrants to earn citizenship, attract highly skilled workers and establish a guest-worker programme for temporary immigrants. The immigration agenda represents a significant political risk for Mr Obama, who is also battling with Congress over gun control and fiscal policy. However, the President may seek to demonstrate the importance of the issue by featuring it as a key part of his State of

Report: Obama officials issued
$216 billion in regulations last year

The Hill [Washington,DC], by Megan R. Wilson Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 1/14/2013 7:29:02 PM Post Reply

The Obama administration issued $236 billion worth of new regulations last year, according to a report from a conservative think tank. The analysis from the American Action Forum, led by former Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Holtz-Eakin, found that the administration added $216 billion in rules and more than $20 billion in regulatory proposals in 2012. Complying with those rules will require an additional 87 million hours of paperwork, the report said. The group put the total price tag from regulations during Obama’s first term at more than $518 billion.

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