Posts about Politico as of August 17, 2009

08/18/2009
Washington Times Obama Says Marriage Law Should Be Repealed Washington Post The Obama administration distanced itself Monday from legal arguments it had made earlier this summer, taking pains to remove and renounce language that had outraged advocates in the gay community in a case that centers on the … US walks fine line on anti-gay marriage law San Francisco Chronicle Obama ’supports repeal’ of same-sex marriage ban, lawyers say Christian Science Monitor Obama administration
America Is This What Y0u Want?netmarketzine.com
08/18/2009
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT YOU WILL GET IF MCCAIN BECOMES PRESIDENT. John McCain’s New Mortgage Plan Is Worse than I Had Imagined Possibly, Even Given What I Know About John McCain Douglas Holtz-Eakin says, this morning: [W]e would in fact be taking the negative equity position and putting it on the taxpayers books instead of putting it on the private lenders books or the homeowners books. We think the balance of risk has shifted to the point where this is the way to go…
08/18/2009
Rahm Emanuel. T vå av president Obamas främsta rådgivare, Rahm Emanuel och David Axelrod är av judisk börd. Emanuel talar flytande hebreiska, har mycket starka band med Israel och tjänstgjorde som civil på en israelisk bas under Gulfkriget 1991. Ingen av dom är israeliska medborgare. Trots detta verkar många Israeler i regeringsställning ha trott att de båda skulle styra Obama till en utpräglad Israel-trogen politik. Kanske t.o.m. mer Israel-trogen än den under George Bush.
Dumpster Dining Etiquette 101robertjerome.wordpress.com
08/18/2009
BY: KATIE AND STEPH Tired of the same old salmonella served at the local “mom n’ pop” junk joints which they try to pass off as food? You know, strange foods with made-up names like the Holy Connoli, which basically looks and tastes like a turd wrapped in a wet paper towel. Or the Burrito Blue, which looks like a horses throbbing penis and is about as tasty as a 3-day old dead guy’s large intestine.
08/18/2009
Rep. Eric Massa (D-NY) addressed an intimate gathering of Net Roots activists during a round table discussion at the annual Netroots Nation conference in Pittsburgh this weekend. He discussed his support of a single payer health care system and the risk his vote may have to holding down his congressional seat. Say Good Bye Congressman. Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) addressed an intimate group of Netroots activists during their annual Netroots Nation gathering in Pittsburgh this weekend. Mr.
Big BrObama backs off…a littlerightofcourse.com
08/18/2009
     About two weeks ago, the Obama administration launched their version of Orwell’s thought police ( 2084 – Obamacare and the thought police ).  People were encouraged to report any “disinformation” they may have received, or read, or heard in casual conversation, about healthcare.  They were to send this information to the ominous adress of Flag@whitehouse.gov .  I am not sure if the flag refers to the U.S.
08/18/2009
AFP E-Mailers Contacted by White House Through Variety of Online Services FOXNews The White House tells FOX News that third-party groups sending online petitions to the official administration Web site could be to blame for a rash of e-mails that have gone out to people who never requested them.
08/18/2009
Down Goes flag@whitehouse.com By Joseph Lawler | The American Spectator …and not a moment too soon. Politico reports that the email address the White House had set up to collect “fishy” claims about Obamacare, for who knows what purpose, has been shut down.
08/18/2009
Don’t Believe The Hype: Single Payer Option Edition Right Soup This weekend, various Obama players were in the media playing down the chances of a “public option” component becoming part of Obamacare. Abortion cheerleader HHS Kathleen Sebelius told CNN that the government option was “not the essential element” to ensure competition in the health insurance market. Politico says the Administration has “backed down” on the issue.
08/17/2009
Mike Allen / The Politico : Health concession fuels blowback   —  House Democratic officials say a public option will remain in their version of a health reform bill, even now that the White House has acknowledged it may be dropped later.  —  “This is just for the Senate,” a House leadership official said about the administration’s concession on a public option.