Irresponsible metaphor alert! During a press conference President Barack Obama was asked about newly out of the closet NBA player Jason Collins, only someone must have stolen his teleprompter page with approved similes and metaphors.
It’s not everyday you see Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) opposing the same policy. But President Obama’s budget has done just that.
Both Norquist and Sanders have issues with the proposed change to a chained CPI. This change would reduce federal payments to beneficiaries including veterans and those who collect Social Security. It would also cause the rare phenomenon of an “tax bracket creep”.
The Chicago Sun-Times reported last night that the daughter of controversial Obama surrogate and pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s daughter, Jeri Wright, 47, has been indicted on charges of money laundering and lying to federal investigators in a 2009 state grant fraud case.
In a released statement this morning, Congressional candidate Elizabeth Colbert-Busch rejected President Obama’s proposed budget.
I respectfully disagree with the budget that President Obama is expected to present today because it simply doesn’t take the right steps to putting our fiscal house back in order – especially from my perspective as a businesswoman. The fact is, we have to balance our budget, cut our spending and lower taxes for small businesses to create jobs. Unfortunately, this budget takes the opposite approach; it raises taxes, doesn’t balance and doesn’t cut enough – when we should be laser-focused on slashing wasteful and duplicative spending.
Most notably, Colbert-Busch, took aim at the President’s proposed change to a chained CPI. The change would slow the growth rate in federal payments, including Social Security disbursements. Chained CPI would also slow tax credits/deductions that generally increase with inflation. This could mean higher taxes for many filers and affect income brackets, 401K contributions, standard deductions, and other tax credits.
On February 26 and 27, exactly 11 months after President’s Obama’s now infamous comments to Russia President Dimitry Medvedev (explaining that he’d have more “flexibility” after the election), Russia conducted military drills meant to simulate attacks on US missile defense systems. The US military operates X-Band missile defense systems in Northern Japan, the syle of system used in the attack drill. FreeBeacon.com has an in-depth report on the situation:
Campbell Brown, former CNN and NBC news anchor took to the Wall Street Journal today to address President Obama’s gun control speech in Colorado.
There was something missing from President Obama’s Wednesday speech in Denver about gun violence. He focused almost exclusively on passing gun-control laws, and not at all on one of the nation’s biggest promoters of violence: the entertainment industry.
Since the shooting at Newtown, President Obama has put the NRA in his crosshairs while barely addressing media violence. Ms. Brown points out that according to medical and mental health professionals there is consensus about the dangers of exposure to media violence on children. Of course, if the President goes after Hollywood, he could lose his biggest supporters.
The recently “elected” leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Kim Jong-un, revealed to the world that the North Korea is at a State of War with the United States, specifically targeting cities in the U.S., like New York City, Austin, and Los Angeles. This sent the interwebs into a frenzy creating memes, GIFs, and other pictures as a retort to North Korea’s supposed assault plan. We’ve compiled a list of some of the best.
Apparently, POTUS is as challenged at hoops as he is at convincing Congress to pass a bi-partisan budget. At the annual Easter Egg Roll at the White House, President Obama shot 2 for 22.
First, President Obama’s limo, known as “The Beast,” broke down when it was filled with gasoline instead of diesel. Silly Israelis. But what do you expect from the only Middle Easterns who just don’t “get” oil?
Now, they don’t even want his tree:
The tree brought as a gift to Israel by Obama, and planted earlier on Wednesday, is now said to have been dug up.
The Times of Israel quotes the Israeli news website Ynet saying that the magnolia tree, planted by Obama and Israeli president Shimon Peres, had not undergone the requisite checks.
After all, Israeli security is world-class and makes no exceptions, surprisingly even for President Obama. Also, they don’t want anyone infringing on their record-holding lemons.
President Barack Obama is set to arrive in Israel Wednesday morning. This trip marks Obama’s first official visit to the Jewish state as President of the United States. He last traveled to Israel in 2008 during his first run for the presidency.
