Long distance love
07 Sunday Feb 2010
Posted in Colts, media lizzy
Monthly Archives: February 2010
President Obama strikes a conciliatory note on Healthcare?
07 Sunday Feb 2010
Posted in democrat, media lizzy, obama, politico, politics, president, republican
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barack, Cantor, conservative, GOP, House GOP, media lizzy, obama, republican, White House
Via Politico:
President Barack Obama told Katie Couric during a Super Bowl pregame interview that he plans to hold a health-reform summit with congressional leaders later this month. “I want to come back [after the Presidents’ Day congressional recess] and have a large meeting — Republicans and Democrats — to go through, systematically, all the best ideas that are out there, and move it forward,” Obama said.
Apparently he doesn’t want to be tone deaf anymore. Too little, too late in my estimation – but lucky for him, GOP Whip Eric Cantor cares enough about the nation to take Obama’s call.
—Media Lizzy
By the numbers
04 Thursday Feb 2010
Posted in afghanistan, democrat, media lizzy, obama, politics, president, presidential, republican
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congress, conservatism, debt ceiling, deficit, Eric Cantor, F5 tornado, fiscal conservative, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricanes, Majority Leader, media lizzy, obama, president, republican, spending, trillion, White House
On January 20, 2001 George W. Bush was sworn-in as President of the United States. The total federal debt ceiling (per NPR & CRS) stood at $5.6 Trillion. Then came the terror attacks on September 11, 2001. The war in Iraq. Afghanistan. Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and much of the Gulf Coast. Hurricanes Rita and Ike drove the dagger home. An F-5 tornado destroyed Greenburg, Kansas.
Combined with then-Speaker Hastert, Majority Leader DeLay and a ridiculously self-absorbed Congress… the total federal debt ceiling stood at $9.1 Trillion when Barack Obama was elected in November 2008. Not to be outdone by her predecessor, whose shoes she filled in January 2007 – two years before Obama would be sworn in – Speaker Pelosi and her fellow Democrats gorged themselves at the public trough by raising the debt ceiling almost another Trillion before Obama could put his hand on the Bible and take the wheel. Hadn’t even taken his tie off in the Oval Office yet.
Today, they voted to raise it again. To $14.3 Trillion. Seriously.
To make it plain, that’s an increase of $5.2 Trillion in fourteen months – with Democrats in a supermajority. Obama supported all of this. As a Senator. As a candidate. As Democratic nominee for President. And as President. He has paid lip service to deficit-reduction, but the truth is this: He & Speaker Pelosi have spent raised the debt ceiling $1.7 Trillion more in fourteen months than it was spent raised during the totality of George W. Bush’s term. Or the previous 235 years.
Since 2007, Democrats have held a super-majority in the US Congress. They controlled and continue to control the purse. Americans have seen our total federal debt explode, taxes are increasing, we have had a near-economic collapse, and eight million Americans have lost their jobs.
By the numbers, both parties can and should improve their performance. But since President Obama was elected in November 2008 – the US Congress has committed you and every other American to pay of $5.2 trillion in NEW DEBT – and that’s before we pay one dime of interest.
Forget campaign pledges. President Obama told the American people, from the well of the US House of Representatives, during a Joint Session of Congress that he would not add “one dime” to the deficit.
That is one broken promise we shall not forget.
—Media Lizzy
ps: many thanks to Republican Whip Eric Cantor for his leadership, and to his office for the photo above. Also, I recommend reading his plan for creating more JOBS!
Respect
04 Thursday Feb 2010
Posted in democrat, media lizzy, military bearing, obama, politics, president, presidential, republican
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This is a quick note to Democrats, Liberals, anti-war folks and others with whom I generally disagree on policy. While I have friends who sit on the Left side of the aisle, for whatever reason – they never participated in the hatemongering or violent protests that were a staple of the Bush-Cheney years. Perhaps that is because they’re journalists or grownups capable of civil discourse, so to my friends – you are excluded from the tirade about to erupt.
For eight years, protesters and operatives vehemently disapproved of then-President George W. Bush. They opposed the war in Iraq. There was name calling. There were “BusHitler” signs at the protest rallies. There were the incidents at the GOP Convention in Minneapolis where bleach was poured upon attendees. Elderly women were taunted and physically assaulted. There were calls for the death of Dick Cheney. There were many, many disgusting behaviors.
Unsubstantiated charges of racism and insane accusations – too numerous to list. I get it, you hate the Grand Ol’ Party. That’s cool. But let us not pretend that being an antiwar or anti-Bush protester makes you more dignified, or a better person than anyone who registers Republican.
In November 2008, Americans elected Barack Obama as President. In a landslide. Unfortunately, many of his supporters could not find it in their hearts to be gracious winners. To respect the millions of Americans who were persuaded by Obama’s ‘Hope and Change’ – post-Partisan, post-racial appeal. Independents and centrist Republicans voted for him.
One year after his inauguration, President Obama’s support continues to erode and yet… his adminstration, his political supporters, and many journalists wonder why.
It’s simple. Respect.
Republic
ans, independents and Democrats want some dignity in the Oval Office. We expect “Presidential timbre.” We expect something more than military bearing from the president – though that would be an excellent place to start.
Much as US Senator Scott Brown closed the deal with Massachusetts voters by declaring the seat vacated by the recent death of Ted Kennedy as the “People’s Seat,” President Obama would be wise to recall the White House is the “People’s House.” And that desk, that is the Resolute Desk. That is ours too.
You want to heal the divisions between the parties, Mr. President? Good. Start by putting your tie on, take your feet off our desk and act like a President instead of the cool law professor who doesn’t give a damn about authority, propriety or the People who pay your salary.
Then we’ll talk policy.
—Media Lizzy
Haiti
04 Thursday Feb 2010
Posted in Jonathan Hunt
Before the 12 January earthquake, this country and its beautiful people were the poorest, most neglected in the Western Hemisphere. What more than love can we give?
Please consider a donation to For His Glory Adoption Outreach, a group highlighted by Jonathan Hunt in this heartbreaking 18 January Fox News report. Granted, there has been much good news of late – as many of the children from the FHGAO-run orphanage Maison des Enfants de Dieu who awaited transport to the United States have now been reunited with their American families. But because of the extreme situation in Haiti, many more children are now orphaned as a result of the catastrophic earthquake which took more than 200,000 lives. Getting food, water, medicine, diapers and other basic supplies are desperately needed.
If you prefer, please text HAITI to 90999 – to make a $10 donation to the American Red Cross‘ fund to help in Haiti.
—Media Lizzy
