Who's visiting the White House?
2009-11-02 15:12:00 By Ariel Alexovich, RedEye Who's visiting the Obama White House? A-listers like Common, John Legend and Scarlett Johansson lent their famous faces to support President Obama during the presidential election. But a new White House initiative to disclose its visitors shows that not all celebrity favors are created equal. The Obama administration has rolled out a list of 110 people who visited the White House between Inauguration Day last January through July 31. Not all the names have been released due to security reasons, so if ScarJo did, in fact, hit up the Oval Office, her name could be released in the next batch of visitor logs. But until then, here's a look at the celebs who we know DID...
Obama today: Documentary travels road to White House
2009-10-29 04:28:00 Getty Images photoBy Alexia Elejalde-RuizRedEyeEarly on in "By the People," a behind-the-scenes documentary chronicling Barack Obama's presidential campaign, viewers meet Ronnie Cho, a field organizer making calls from a cubicle in an Iowa campaign office.The office is almost empty, reflecting a time, at the start of the Democratic primary, when many had never heard Obama's name."It's surreal to think that at one point I had to beg and plead for people to come to a house party in Iowa to meet him," Cho said. "That actually took real convincing."...
Journalistic Twist: Obama Administration Takes On The [ahem... so-called] ?
2009-10-09 05:51:00 What Happened To The So-Called “Liberal MSM” And Why Did They Turn On President Obama And Vice-A-Versa? H/T goes out to both Time And MemeOrandum for The Pull… old UP a minute — what’s going on here? Apparently, President Barack Hussein’s White House and its... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
Book Review: Speech-less: Tales Of A White House Survivor By Matt Latimer
2009-09-23 02:37:00 By Loyd Eskildson Finding himself with a law degree and lured by the upbeat themes of the Reagan revolution, Matt heads to Washington, D.C. and snares a series of jobs with powerful figures on Capitol Hill, beginning as an assistant for Senator Spencer Abraham (R, MI) for $25,000 in 1996. Two moves later Matt was with Senator Kyl (R, AZ), and then off to Secretary Rumsfeld's office as a speech writer. En route, Matt drops dirt on several prominent senators (Abraham, E. Dole, McCain) for various reasons - detached/MIA, dumb, terrifying temper, and briefly comments on Ann Coulter (likes). Latimer was surprised to find Rumsfeld's hands tied on hiring decisions involving relatively low-level and reportedly less than stellar performers - the White House (Karl Rove) apparently had a long reach. Latimer was frustrated for a time by their Machiavellian machinations blocking him from meeting regularly with Sec. Rumsfeld. Latimer reports that he could have stayed with incoming Se...
By: BasilandSpice
White House Directs Artists to Tell Country “What to do & What to be
2009-09-22 16:22:00 “You are the thought leaders,” the artists were told. “You are the ones that, if you create a piece of art or promote a piece of art or create a campaign for a company, and tell our country and our young people sort of what to do and what to be in to; and what’s ...
Time for Buffy to Bid the White House Adieu
2009-09-22 11:36:00 As I have been reading the transcript of the conference call coordinated by the White House and the supposedly non-partisan National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), various bloggers’ reactions to this attempt to use art to promote the president’s agenda, I have scribbled a number of notes for a potential on the topic. But, the ...
By: GayPatriot
Bill Clinton Secret White House Tapes
2009-09-21 22:41:00 Taylor Branch, a historian best known for his books on the civil rights era, had a secret that he kept for years: 79 interviews ? mostly late-night conversations at the White House ? that he conducted with Bill Clinton over the course of his presidency. The interviews are the basis for Branch’s new book, ‘The Clinton ...
By: Gone Hollywood
BIGHOLLYWOOD.com: White House Uses Nat?l Endowment for the Arts To Advance
2009-09-21 20:42:00 Here’s the news Dan was referring to earlier today. The NEA [National Endowment for the Arts] and the White House did encourage a handpicked, pro-Obama arts group to address politically controversial issues under contentious national debate. That fact is irrefutable. This practice has never been the historical role of the NEA. The NEA?s role is to support ...
By: GayPatriot
New Moon chart 25Vir59 on 9.18.09
2009-09-18 06:37:00 Horoscope of the New Moon @ 25Vir59, Sept 18, 2009, 2:44 pm edt, White House; New Moon conjunct Saturn 25Vir07, in 9th house; Hour of Venus @ 27Leo50 in 8th house; chart-ruler is karmic Saturn, direct and in control of Sun and Moon with nearby Mercury's aid in its own sign of Virgo - and a new cycle begins.ASC 1Cap16>> Pluto 00Cap40 rising (@ the god of the Underworld's Direct Station degree/minute 00:40 on Sept 11, 2009), opposing asteroid, Atlantis 1Can06, a significator for America, and reminder of those reputed and mysterious ancient teachings that every one's so crazy about. Are the melting polar ice caps uncovering an Atlantean trove of precious manuscripts? Are they too soggy to read?Midpoint pictures (from Noel Tyl) include:Sun/Moon = Saturn: weakened system; addressing problems; Sun/Saturn = Moon: feeling inferior, hurt; personal needs under wraps; separation; Moon/Saturn = Sun: sobering times; feelings of enforced controls; separation in relationship.Neptune/Pluto = NN:...
September 17, A Wrong Date for Obama White House to Snub Poland
2009-09-17 21:49:00 President Obama’s announcement on September 17 that the US is shelving its plans to build a ballistic missile defense (BMD) system in Central Europe is likely to raise painful historical memories in Poland. President Barack Obama bids farewell to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev backstage after the two spoke at the Parallel Business Summit at the ...
White House Trying To Distance Itself From ACORN
2009-09-17 18:39:00 Obama is trying to distance himself from the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) after undercover videos show the group giving advice on how to conceal the smuggling of illegal alien children across the border to be used...
By: Diggers Realm
Tweeters, the White House is watching
2009-09-17 02:55:00 You're in the archivesSocial networkers take note: "The White House is collecting and storing comments and videos placed on its social-networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube without notifying or asking the consent of the site users, a failure that appears to run counter to President Obama's promise of a transparent government and his pledge to protect privacy on the Internet," according to the Washington Times.If you communicate with the White House, to support or oppose what the administration is doing, you go into the archives.Here, according to the story, is what the Obama administration has in mind: The proposal issued Aug. 21 calls for a contractor to "crawl and archive" social-networking Web sites where the White House maintains...
NC crash kills ex-White House photog Kightlinger
(AP)
2009-09-16 18:57:00 AP - Jack Kightlinger, a retired White House photographer who worked for five U.S. presidents, was killed along with his wife following a fiery wreck, his son-in-law said Wednesday. He was 77.
Statement of U.S. Rep. Judy Biggert on White House Address Planned for Clas
2009-09-04 00:46:00 U.S. Representative Judy Biggert (R-IL-13th)Washington, DC ? U.S. Representative Judy Biggert (R-IL-13th) today issued the following statement regarding the President?s upcoming speech, and accompanying classroom activities and lesson plans, to be broadcast into classrooms around the country on September 8th:?It?s important to teach our children about the value of learning and setting goals for their future. However, as a former school board president, I also believe strongly in local control when it comes to creating curriculum and guiding our children in the classroom.That?s why I share the concerns raised by parents in my district about the President?s plans to address our students next week in public classrooms around the country.?There simply hasn?t been any open discussion or transparency of what our kids will be asked to view and study. Many parents don?t even know that their child may be evaluated academically on how well they absorb an elected official?s remarks. In this ...
On health care, White House wooed special interests, bypassed people
2009-09-03 20:18:00 In another excellent article on the health care debate, the Wall Street Journal’s Jonathan Weisman and Janet Adamy, together with Neil King get at the essence how, in the Journal’s words, Obama’s Health-Care Push Went Astray (Via Instapundit). In brief, the Administration went after the groups Obama decried in the campaign–and whom he (and his allies) continue to ...
By: GayPatriot
White House to shift civil rights efforts
2009-09-01 23:54:00 White House to shift civil rights efforts WASHINGTON – Seven months after taking office, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. is reshaping the Justice Department?s Civil Rights Division by pushing it back into some of the most important areas of American political life, including voting rights, housing, employment, bank lending practices and redistricting after the ...
By: TexasFred's
President George W. Bush II President Barack Hussein Obama Wishes To Take O
2009-08-29 05:27:00 Troubling Thought — What, EXACTLY, Constitutes A “Cyber Emergency”? That’s correct, folks — many of we “Civil Libertarian Liberal” types are more than a LITTLE bit concerned over a newly-proposed Senate bill (55 pages — S.773) designed to give the... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
President Obama’s White House Advisers: Swine Flu Might Infect At Least H
2009-08-25 03:22:00 Everybody Freak OUT — The Least Deadly Strain Of Flu Virus Known To Man Will Wipe Out 90,000 Before It Becomes Harmless And Subdued Don’t take it from me, take it from “The Prez” himself, folks: Swine Flu May Cause 90,000 U.S. Deaths, Report Says Aug. 24 (Bloomberg) —... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
Obama?s Soaring Rhetoric Meets White House Reality
2009-08-19 18:38:00 And one of the things that I’m trying to break is a pattern in Washington where everybody is always looking for somebody else to blame. President Barack Obama The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (March 2009) New White House Strategy: Blame Everybody Else Matthew Continetti, The Weekly Standard RELATED: Democrats: We Can?t Pass Health Care Because of Those Damn Republicans
By: GayPatriot
White House appears ready to drop ?public option?
2009-08-16 21:07:00 White House appears ready to drop ‘public option’ WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama’s administration signaled on Sunday it is ready to abandon the idea of giving Americans the option of government-run health insurance as part of his ambitious health care proposal. Facing mounting opposition to the overhaul, administration officials left open the chance for a ...
By: TexasFred's
White House uses e-mail to counter health critics
2009-08-14 03:43:00 White House uses e-mail to counter health critics WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama’s push to revamp health care got a boost Thursday as a new coalition of drug makers, unions, hospitals and others launched a $12 million pro-overhaul ad campaign. Meanwhile, the administration sought to regain control of the health care debate by asking ...
By: TexasFred's
White House still warns of 10 percent jobless rate
2009-08-07 22:14:00 White House still warns of 10 percent jobless rate WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama on Friday welcomed a dip in unemployment as evidence “the worst may be behind us” with the recession well into its second year. Earlier, however, the White House said that the president still expects unemployment to hit 10 percent sometime ...
By: TexasFred's
Cornyn accuses White House of compiling ?enemies list?
2009-08-06 22:01:00 Cornyn accuses White House of compiling ‘enemies list’ Texas Sen. John Cornyn, accusing the White House of compiling an “enemies list,” has asked President Barack Obama to stop an effort to collect “fishy” information Americans see about a health care overhaul. Cornyn, who leads the Republicans’ Senate campaign effort, said Wednesday in a letter to Obama ...
By: TexasFred's
My ?Fishy? Letter To The White House Today
2009-08-06 18:33:00 Reprinted in full: Hi Ms. Douglas & Secretary Napolitano (since you are reading these, too): I figured I would save you the trouble and send you an email right now so you can put me on your “Healthcare Enemies List” right away. No fuss, no muss, no fishy-ness. You see, I have read the legislation… I do know ...
By: GayPatriot
White House Avoids The Point?Once Again
2009-08-05 02:05:00 Communications Director for the White House Office of Health Reform Linda Douglass bemoans in her rebuttal (awkwardly and without explanation entitled “Facts Are Stubborn Things”…what does that even mean?!) to the video I posted yesterday that the president’s words about the Stalinization of health care were (all together now) “taken out of context” but then ...
By: GayPatriot
White House Beer Garden
2009-07-31 02:01:00 Today, the White House garden turned into a beer garden as President Obama hosted Professor Gates and Sgt. James Crowley. Who cares what they talked about and who cares what they drank. Look at what they're sitting on. The outdoor furniture looks like something my mom would have bought from Kmart growing up. I'm talking Kmart before Martha Stewart.In this video from CBSNews you can clearly see what looks like garden furniture behind Sgt. James Crowley. Is that cast iron? Vintage? It looks nice. A lot nicer than the flimsy looking patio set they put on display for the photo op. I love the visual of the bartender walking up to four men sitting in furniture that looks like it...
Poor, Poor Sarah Palin ? Where?s The White House?s ?Department Of Law? When
2009-07-08 04:12:00 Sarah “The Barracuda” Invents A New White House Department While Attempting To Explain Her Lightning-Quick Resignation As Alaska Governor To The Mainstream Media (”MSM”)… font face=”palatino linotype”>In her interview with Kate Snow of ABCNews today, The... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
White House Names - Astri, Mariano-Florentino, Rahm, Trooper
2009-07-03 21:23:00 Several days ago, a list of nearly 500 White House employees (and their salaries!) was posted at the official White House blog. I thought these twenty employee-names were the most interesting: Astri B. Kimball (75k) Dagoberto Vega (75k) Ferial Govashiri (45k) Gannet L. Tseggai (65k) Howli J. Ledbetter (36k) Jamia S. Jowers (50k) Karine Jean-Pierre (75k) Mariano-Florentino Cuellar ...
Nixon White House Tapes: January 1973 PODCAST MP3
2009-06-29 00:34:00 The Nixon Presidential Library has opened approximately 154 hours of tape recordings from the Nixon White House recorded in January and February 1973 and consisting of approximately 994 conversations. The conversations cover topics such as the conclusion of a peace settlement between the United States and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the return of American POWs, President Nixon?s second inauguration, the U.S. and Europe, the Supreme Court?s Roe v. Wade decision, energy policy, the reorganization of the executive branch, the creation of a ?New Majority? for a reinvigorated Republican Party, and the first Watergate trial.Candid photo of President Nixon at his desk in the Oval Office. Date: June 23, 1972, Roll-Frame number: WHPO C9461(18)This release comprises conversations involving the President and a variety of participants primarily in January 1973. The most frequent participants are White House staff members H. R. Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, Charles W. Colson, Ronald L...
Obama Invites Gay Leaders to White House
2009-06-23 09:46:00 Although the “White House has not publicized” it, . . . President Obama has invited some [gay and lesbian] leaders to an East Room reception next Monday to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion, the 1969 Greenwich Village demonstrations that gave birth to the modern gay rights movement. I’m just guessing gay Republicans didn’t make ...
By: GayPatriot
White House To California, ?You?re On Your Own?
2009-06-16 22:52:00 Send in by Steve (thanks!) — What a riot. And so very very predictable. The White House has told California (for now), that they are on their own. In other words, we’re not bailing you out. So, another prediction comes true for what, 20+ million people? I’ve lost track of their population stats. But don’t pay ...
American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House (Hardcover)
2009-06-02 21:25:00 From Publishers WeeklyNewsweek editor and bestselling author Meacham (Franklin and Winston) offers a lively take on the seventh president’s White House years. We get the Indian fighter and hero of New Orleans facing down South Carolina radicals’ efforts to nullify federal laws they found unacceptable, speaking the words of ...
Amateurs At The White House
2009-05-30 06:00:00 By now I'm sure that you have heard all about our president's trip to London for the G20. Published reports have told us that the staff that made the trip was 500 strong. He took his own chef, specialized O-mobile, 200 secret service agents and several decoy helicopters. No wonder the rest of the world looks at spoiled Americans with disdain. Do you remember when then Democrat candidate Obama chastised the country for being comfortable? His exact words were, "We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times...and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK." We can't, but he can. Yes, he can! Yes, he can! Anyway, when you're the President of the United States of America, it is a different story. We can't do those things, but he can. According to David Axelrod, he keeps it so balmy in the Oval Office that he could grow orchids. He can transport all of his presidential toys across the Atlantic for a few meetings. He ...
By: The Watchman
Don't Take Your Effing Cellphone to the White House, OK?
2009-05-14 23:46:00 From Gizmodo: Oh, those White House press corps kids and their baggie pants and rap music and ringing cellphones. You can tell that—behind that smile—principal Press Secretary Robert Gibbs is pissed off. (Click Read Full Story For Video) Read the whole arti
Wanda Sykes Slays the Old Demons and Ribs the New Ones at White House Corre
2009-05-12 00:21:00 If you haven't seen this yet, hold everything, check it out, and then resume normal life with a smirk on your face. She's brilliant. Scary good.
By: Tumerica
2009 White House Correspondents' Dinner VIDEO
2009-05-10 21:34:00 Almost 3000 journalists, politicians and celebrities gathered at the Washington Hilton for the White House Correspondents' Association Annual Dinner. The current White House Correspondents' Association president Jennifer Loven served as master of ceremonies. Michelle Obama presented youth scholarships and Brian Williams presented the White House Correspondents' Association Awards to journalists. President Obama gave humorous after-dinner remarks in his first speech to the organization. He was followed by comedienne Wanda Sykes who made humorous observations about President Obama and the political climate in Washington.Live coverage of guests arriving at the Washington Hilton Hotel for the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner.President Obama gave humorous remarks about current events and the political climate in Washington. Wanda Sykes made humorous observations about President Obama and the political climate in Washington.
White House aide resigns over NYC flyover
2009-05-09 00:09:00 White House aide resigns over NYC flyover WASHINGTON (AP) - A top White House aide resigned Friday for his role in Air Force One’s $328,835 photo-op flyover above New York City that sparked panic and flashbacks to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Louis Caldera said the controversy had made it impossible for him to effectively lead ...
By: TexasFred's
OOPS: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Should Have Joined ?Shotgun? Cheney In Shr
2009-05-08 03:44:00 New Intelligence Report: Nancy Legosi Was An Active Participant In The Cheney-Bush Torture “Program” Just yesterday, we learned Dick “Shotgun” Cheney “The Sleeping Veep” had shredded an administration lawyer’s memo to the effect of “This torture stuff... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
Cheney-Bush White House Whistleblower: My Counterpoint To Legality Of Chene
2009-05-07 05:28:00 That’s Right, Folks — Former Counselor To Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Philip Zelikow Was Convinced Dick “Shotgun” Cheney Was “The Evil Shredder” Mother Jones is reporting Mr. Zelikow’s memo, which never appeared in the Cheney-Bush documents... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
Anti-torture activists march to White House
2009-04-30 22:47:00 Anti-torture activists march to White House WASHINGTON (AP) ? More than 100 anti-torture activists are marching from the U.S. Capitol building to the White House. Protesters gathered at the Capitol on Thursday. They say they are protesting detention policies in the United States and what they call the government’s refusal to prosecute torture. The marchers are wearing ...
By: TexasFred's
The White House: Obamanomics has Failed
2009-04-27 14:05:00 The Barack Obama economic plan, Obamanomics, has failed. So says the White House, April 26 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. economy will continue to contract “for some time to come,” said Lawrence Summers, director of the White House National Economic Council. “I expect the economy will continue to decline,” with “sharp declines in employment for quite some time this year,” Summers said today on “Fox News Sunday.” Before Barack Obama enacted his massive intergenerational debt plan, his so-called Stimulus, we had a weak economy.   Now we both a weak economy and a over a trillion dollars of debt.     We have change but where is the hope. BitsBlog Tags: lawrence summers, economic plan, trillion, stimulus, Barack Obama Related posts It’s an Attack on US. (5) Governor Rudi? (1) Trying to Pigeon Hole Ron Paul… There’s Only One Conclusion (0) Snark of the Day: William Kristol (0) Daily Dope (0)
By: BitsBlog
White House, Senate Dems Oppose Torture Commission
2009-04-24 16:24:00 The White House is joining Senate Democratic leaders in rejecting calls for a special commission to investigate the Bush administration?s torture of foreign prisoners. At a meeting with top Democrats, President Obama said he opposes House Speaker Nancy Pelosi?s call for establishing a torture panel. On Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid endorsed Obama?s view, ...
By: Today's Talk
White House Quivers At Tossed Tea Bag
2009-04-16 05:40:00 A demonstration against government waste and high taxes outside the White House on Wednesday was halted after a suspicious package was thrown over the White House fence. U.S. Secret Service officers immediately cleared Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest and Lafayette Park just north of the White House shortly after 2 p.m., forcing about 2,000 protesters to the sidewalks ...
TIME Quotes White House Official to Praise Obama?s Success
2009-04-03 01:18:00 In a “news” article on the success of the G20 summit, Time magazine called it a success, lavishing praise of the President of the United States: Yet as American officials tell it, the real hero of the hour, proving his mettle at his first summit, was President Barack Obama. The remaining point of disagreement, which threatened ...
By: GayPatriot
Kremlin (oops) White House Says Auto Exec Must Resign
2009-03-30 04:20:00 Mike Allen and Josh Gerstien at The Politico: The Obama administration asked Rick Wagoner, the chairman and CEO of General Motors, to step down and he agreed, a White House official said. On Monday, President Barack Obama is to unveil his plans for the auto industry, including a response to a request for additional funds by GM and Chrysler. The plan is based on recommendations from the Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry, headed by the Treasury Department. The White House confirmed Wagoner was leaving at the government’s behest after The Associated Press reported his immediate departure, without giving a reason. General Motors issued a vague statement Sunday night that did not officially confirm Wagoner’s departure. “We are anticipating an announcement soon from the Administration regarding the restructuring of the U.S. auto industry. We continue to work closely with members of the Task Force and it would not be appropriate for us to speculate on the conte...
By: BitsBlog
White House planning more auto financial aid
2009-03-29 14:40:00 White House planning more auto financial aid WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration was finishing work on a plan to give more financial aid to two Detroit automakers in return for tough cost-cutting measures that will ensure the companies’ survival. President Barack Obama’s auto industry task force was expected to offer additional aid to General Motors ...
By: TexasFred's
Christine Quinn Invited to White House for St. Patrick’s Day Celebration
2009-03-16 23:33:00 New York City Council speaker Christine Quinn has yet to attend the city’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade down Fifth Avenue. The reason? She’s openly gay. But you can add Irish to that list as...
By: Celebrity Smack!
INK BLAST | CHEERS FOR BLACK AND BROWN WOMEN ROLE MODELS IN PUBLIC LIFE
2009-03-16 19:33:00 Happy Women?s History Month. We?re making it as we live and breathe. Women_history Starting with First Lady Michelle Obama, prominent intelligent, educated and powerful black and brown women will inspire, validate, reassure and motivate young women who have lacked viable role models in key areas like politics, corporate America and social leadership.
White House Health Care Summit
2009-03-05 11:31:00 On Thursday, the White House will be conducting a "summit" to discuss health care issues. As he mentioned in his remarks to the join session of Congress, the president has placed health care reform near the top of his list of agenda items. Some, including myself, are concerned about the vision that the White House and Congress have for the US Health Care System. You can check out more in my video commentary above.Update: Thanks so much to MedCityNews for linking to this blog post today. I appreciate it!
By: Doctor Anonymous
White House Health Care Summit
2009-03-05 11:31:00 On Thursday, the White House will be conducting a "summit" to discuss health care issues. As he mentioned in his remarks to the join session of Congress, the president has placed health care reform near the top of his list of agenda items. Some, including myself, are concerned about the vision that the White House and Congress have for the US Health Care System. You can check out more in my video commentary above.Update: Thanks so much to MedCityNews for linking to this blog post today. I appreciate it!
By: Doctor Anonymous
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