Posts Tagged ‘White House’

NAACP head says IRS justified in singling out conservative groups

by Peter Grady –   While there has been bipartisan outrage and concern over revelations the IRS has been singling out conservative groups for extra scrutiny, a former head  of the NAACP has praised the move saying it was perfectly legitimate to single out such groups.   “I think it’s entirely legitimate to look at the tea [...]

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Colorado facing economic backlash on multiple fronts over Dems “war on guns”

Colorado Democrats have control of the state Senate, House and governor’s  office. So this year, under pressure from the White House, they launched into a  war on guns, adopting one regulation, restriction and rule after another.   Now the piper has come calling for his pay. It was following public hearings on a series of [...]

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Fed’s “Recession Index” Trumps Sequester

by Michael McCune –   Attention, class: The word of the day is “Sequester.”   Isn’t it funny how a word you really never heard before 2013 is now threatening to topple our economy? At least it is if you listen to the major media outlets you’d get that impression.   But they are wrong, [...]

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“What difference does it make?”

by Craig Masters For most Americans the headline here says it all about what’s been going on in Washington these past few years. But to those who have kept informed, Hillary’s contempt for accountability, as demonstrated by that quote, is typical of both the Obama administration she has run interference for and her open disregard [...]

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Obama uses Newtown tragedy to raise campaign funds

by Peter Grady –   An email by the Obama campaign about the Newtown school shooting directs people to a page featuring a button asking for donations.   On Dec. 14, Adam Lanza, 20, breaking multiple gun laws, murdered 20 children and six adults at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Following the [...]

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Was Petraeus blackmailed by Obama administration?

by Peter Grady –   Following news of an affair by CIA director David Petraeus just a few days after the election, some have speculated Petraeus may have been blackmailed into giving false testimony before Congress about the terrorist attacks in Benghazi.   Talk show host Ben Barrack and author of the book Unsung Davids [...]

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Petraeus affair forces media to finally cover Benghazi

by Peter Grady –   Now that the election is over, members of the media appear to be waking up and deciding to look into the contradictory stories presented by the White House, which could prove problematic for President Obama.   Prior to the presidential election, the media, with the exception of Fox News, mostly [...]

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Obama ups ante; demands $1.6 trillion in tax increases

by Peter Grady –   In what could be a troubling sign as lawmakers begin discussions on avoiding the so-called “fiscal cliff”, the President has called for tax increases that are nearly double what was previously agreed on between the administration and House Republicans.   Jay Carney, the White House Press Secretary, said the President has [...]

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Obama gets testy at press conference over Rice question

by Jack Minor –   President Obama appeared visibly irritated at being asked difficult questions about his role in the Benghazi attack as he dared Republican senators to “come after” him over his handling of the incident.   During the President’s first press conference since March, Obama was asked about a press meeting earlier that [...]

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Obama refuses to say he ordered military support in Benghazi

by Peter Grady –   President Obama refused to answer a simple yes or no question on whether he issued an immediate order to support diplomats who made multiple requests for aid after they were attacked by terrorist elements in Libya on Sept. 11.   In his first press conference since his reelection last week, [...]

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Unanimous: Obama gets secession petitions from all 50 states

by Matt Lacy –   Hawaiian residents have also filed a secession petition with the Obama administration, effectively making the requests unanimous among all 50 states.   The petitions have been filed on the White House web site under “We the People” which is designed to permit individuals to exercise their constitutional right to petition [...]

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Colorado,21 other states calling for secession following Obama reelection

  by Matt Lacy –   Colorado along with 21 other states have filed a petition with the administration requesting the right to secede from the United States and form a new government following President Obama’s reelection last week.   Following Obama’s victory over Mitt Romney last week, the president and his supporters have said [...]

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White House parses Biden statement administration did not know about embassy security concerns

Contradicts testimony State Department gave before Congress by Peter Grady –   Following a statement by Joe Biden that the administration had no idea embassy officials were asking for increased security in Libya, despite testimony to the contrary, the White House is now saying Biden was only referring to himself and the President.   During [...]

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Biden laughs while Ryan talks Nuclear Iran

Interrupts candidate 82 times in 90 minutes by Peter Grady –   Vice-president Joe Biden has received criticism after he was laughing while the subject of a nuclear Iran was being discussed in this week’s vice-presidential debate.   During the debate in Danville, Kentucky, which was seen by an estimated 43 million viewers vice-president Joe [...]

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Biden admits middles class “buried” during Obama presidency

by Peter Grady –   Vice-President Joe Biden made an interesting confession when he stated at a recent campaign rally that during President Obama’s term of office the middle class has been “buried” for the past four years.   The statement was made by Biden at a campaign rally in Charlotte, N.C., Biden attempted to [...]

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Would Martin Luther King have preached this?

Why is the NEA teaching races to stay different?by Craig Masters The NEA is ‘teaching’ from the race card Jesse Jackson was a popular chorus leader at least week’s Chicago Teachers’ Union rally. The video available online shows a crowd of people (teachers?) being led in meaningless, senseless chants. Jackson then reverts to his worn [...]

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Double standard: White House silent on Imam burning Bible, condemns anti-Islam film

by Jack Minor –   While the Obama administration has issued multiple statements over an anti-Islam film that it claims are responsible for all of the violence currently raging in the Middle East, officials have remained silent over a bible being burned by an Egyptian cleric.   Continental News reported that Muslim cleric Abu Islam [...]

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White House blames staffers for Egypt not ally statement

by Peter Grady –   Following a statement by President Barack Obama declaring that Egypt in not an ally, the White House explained that  his remark was not prepared by staffers and the government still considers the government to be a partner with the United States.   In an interview with the Spanish language network [...]

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Obama skipped intel briefings week prior to embassy attacks

by Matt Lacy –   The White House calendar reveals there is no public record of President Barack Obama attending the Presidential Daily Brief (PDB) in the entire week leading up to the attacks on U.S. diplomatic stations that resulted in the death of U.S. Libyan Ambassador Chris Stevens and three members of his staff. [...]

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Obama to Netanyahu: Campaigning takes precedence over meeting

No time to meet, but has time to come to Golden by Peter Grady –   President Barack Obama has refused to have a meeting with Israeli Benjamin Netanyahu later this month because he is reportedly too busy with his re-election campaign which includes a campaign stop in Colorado this week.   Bloomberg.com reported that [...]

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Record number of Americans “not in labor force”

Administration cautions against “reading too much” into dismal report  by Jack Minor –       Last week’s unemployment numbers revealed the dire straits facing the U.S. economy after it was revealed that almost 89 million Americans are not in the workforce, a record high.       While many have noted the drop in [...]

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Records show Obama administration played “fast and loose” with bin Laden access

  by Matt Lacy –       A government watchdog agency has revealed it has obtained documents regarding cooperation from the White House with a Hollywood filmmaker to help produce a film about the death of Osama bin Laden that was originally scheduled to be released in time for the November presidential election.   [...]

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Top Obama advisor gets big payday tied to Iran

by Craig Masters August 5, 2012, the Washington Post reported that senior Obama advisor, David Plouffe, had received $100,000 from a company that owns the multi-billion dollar Iranian cellular phone company Irancell. If your bank or business would do this they would face serious punishment! The story seemed to be ignored by the mainstream and [...]

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Campaign 2012 – searching for facts

by Craig Masters The next Presidential election will very possibly set the course for the Unites States to remain as 50 united states or follow the course of the former Soviet Union which broke into several smaller nations just a short 20 years ago. It is clear to many astute observers that the current President [...]

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Hunting for details of a campaign appearance?

by Craig Masters It is being reported that the President will make another college/high school campaign stop here in Colorado next Tuesday. According to the reports in local media, Obama will be at Colorado State August 28. I wanted to confirm location and time about this information for readers of the Northern Colorado Gazette. You [...]

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Pelosi: White House haunted

Susan B. Anthony by Peter Grady –   In meetings around the country, House Minority Leader, Nancy Pelosi has said she has talked to ghosts in the White House.   In May, Pelosi was speaking to a gathering of the Women’s Political Committee and told those attending that while at the White House for a [...]

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Romney calls for Boy Scouts to admit “gays”

by Peter Grady –   The Romney campaign has given skeptical conservative voters another reason for concern by recently saying the Republican presidential candidate wants the Boy Scouts to permit “gays” to serve and openly participate in the organization.   In 1994, during a political debate Romney said, “”I support the right of the Boy [...]

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Obama administration told officials to back off Occupy protesters

by Peter Grady –   Despite repeated claims to the contrary, newly released documents reveal that the administration told the General Services Administration (GSA) to go easy on Occupy Wall Street protesters in Portland last year. The documents include an e-mail exchange between DHS/National Protection and Programs Directorate Chief of Staff Caitlin Durkovich and GSA [...]

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Federal money may have bought Aurora shooter’s ammo

by Matt Lacy –   While some have blamed lax gun laws for suspect James Holmes’ massacre at an Aurora Cinemark theatre last week, it now appears federal money may have been used to purchase his ammunition.   On Monday, officials at the University of Colorado disclosed that the unemployed Holmes was being paid $26,000 [...]

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King Obama I: President uses executive power

WASHINGTON — One Saturday last fall, President Obama interrupted a White House strategy meeting to raise an issue not on the agenda. He declared, aides recalled, that the administration needed to more aggressively use executive power to govern in the face of Congressional obstructionism. “We had been attempting to highlight the inability of Congress to do [...]

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Stay-at-home moms on warpath following Dem strategist comments

by Peter Grady – Stay-at-home moms have condemned a verbal attack on Ann Romney made by a Democratic strategist with ties to the White House. The strategist strongly criticized Romney for choosing to be a full-time stay-at-home mom while raising her children. Hilary Rosen, a Democratic strategist who has worked for both the DNC and the Obama administration, [...]

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America’s Most Biblically-Hostile U. S. President

When one observes President Obama’s unwillingness to accommodate America’s four-century long religious conscience protection through his attempts to require Catholics to go against their own doctrines and beliefs, one is tempted to say that he is anti-Catholic. But that characterization would not be correct. Although he has recently singled out Catholics, he has equally targeted [...]

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Obama called most “thin-skinned” president ever

by Jack Minor – A conservative media watchdog says President Barack Obama’s claim that the Fox News Channel is responsible for his low approval ratings and other political woes is “ludicrous.” “According to Politico, in journalist David Corn’s new book, Showdown: The Inside Story of How Obama Fought Back Against Boehner, Cantor, and the Tea [...]

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Obama campaign expresses worry over losing election

by Matt Lacy – A new e-mail sent out by the Obama campaign is expressing concerns that the President could actually lose the election. The e-mail was sent out last evening during the Republican primaries in Alabama and Mississippi by Jim Messina, the President’s campaign manager. “According to a new poll, if the general election [...]

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Private Oil upsets Obama energy plan

By Craig Masters Washington Post today reports that gasoline prices have now exceeded $4.00 per gallon in at least four states. Prices at the pump are expected to continue to rise. But while President Obama is publicly blaming mid-east tensions, big-oil price gouging, and economic factors he inherited from George Bush, his Energy Secretary Steven [...]

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