It's hard to be too harsh on Obama about the dinner. He's a politician, and they all have to fundraise. But this particular dinner was so ostentatious -- from the guest list, to the ticket price, to the advertising campaign -- that it likely grated on the public's nerves in a way that typical fundraisers don't. Obama's own star power has faded significantly since 2008, and it made the dinner party seem sadder and tackier than it would have four years ago -- like a middle-aged person trying just a little too hard to hold onto his youth.
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He has outdone the last four presidents in the number of dinners already. He may turn out to be a chubby hubby yet. DC loves a party type.
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As Shakespeare said in King John, 1595:
SALISBURY:
Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp,
To guard a title that was rich before,
To gild refined gold, to paint the lily,
To throw a perfume on the violet,
To smooth the ice, or add another hue
Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light
To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish,
Is wasteful and ridiculous excess.
[Iran Press TV] US President Barack Obama My friends, we live in the greatest nation in the history of the world. I hope you'll join with me as we try to change it... has been heckled by a news hound during a presser about granting work permits to many young undocumented Democrats.
Neil Munro of the Daily Caller website interrupted Obama as he was saying some undocumented Democrats brought to the US by their parents could gain temporary legal status through work permits.
When Munro was shouting something in the Rose Garden of the White House on Friday, Obama responded him, saying, "Excuse me, sir. It's not time for questions, sir."
The news hound asked if Obama would take questions and the US president replied, "Not while I'm speaking."
After telling the news hound it was not the time to be asking questions, Obama said, "The answer to your question, sir -- and the next time I'd prefer you let me finish my statements before you ask that question -- is this is the right thing to do for the American people."
"I didn't... I didn't ask for an argument. I'm answering your question. It is the right thing to do for the American people, and here's why... Because these young people are gonna make extraordinary contributions and are already making contributions to our society," he added.
It is rare for journalists to interrupt the president during official statements.
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No mention in the article that Obama heckled the constitution.
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The kids of illegals now have the Dream Act by executive order. Of course, now the U.S. can't deport the parents because it would be inhumane to separate the kids from the parents and break up the family. It's not amnesty but it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck. And there is the possibility the ploy might result in a few Hispanic votes. Of course it just might tick off many voters who still value our Constitution.
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Never mind the Constitution. It's for the children. /sarc
They're always putting forth some bullcrap that is carefully crafted to play on our sympathy for the children or the elderly or the downtrodden. This is a common tactic they use to excuse their cheating and stealing.
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This guy can't even carry Jimmy Carter's jockstrap much less Ronald Reagan or Harry Truman.
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Ironically, that's how President Clinton feels too.
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Unfortunately, iff the Congress or US Govt. is not going to be serious about resolving the Borders or Illegal Immigration, then they might as well be honest about it + offer these illegals a formal path to legal Citizenship-Residency. STOP BEATING AROUND THE BUSH + GIVING AMER VOTERS "LIP SERVICE" WHILE PRETENDING THAT THEY AREN'T!?
Illegals aren't fools - WHY SHOULD THEY FEAR DHS-ICE, ETC. GOVT. AGENCIES, PERSONNEL OR GUNS, WHEN ITS CLEAR ITO THE FED ITSELF ISN'T SERIOUS.
All the Fed has to do is go back to its corner + try not to shoot itself wid its own gun.
Greek political leaders made their final campaign pleas before elections tomorrow that may determine whether the country becomes the first member of the euro to leave the currency union.
The first thing we must determine in the elections on June 17 is to choose between the euro or drachma, New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras told a crowd of flag-waving supporters in central Syntagma square last night. He faced the Parliament building in Athens, the site of protests against austerity measures demanded in return for 240 billion euros ($303 billion) of emergency aid pledges. A vote for the anti- bailout Syriza party means Greece out of the euro, he said.
The vote will turn on whether Greeks, in a fifth year of recession, accept open-ended austerity to stay in the euro or reject the bailout conditions and risk the turmoil of exiting the 17-nation currency. World leaders, who gather for a summit in Mexico June 18, have said theyd prefer a pro-euro result, underscoring concern over global repercussions.
Almost 10 million Greeks are eligible to vote for the second time in six weeks after a May 6 ballot failed to yield a government.
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The Greek economy isn't all that big and we don't trade much with Greece. However, the psychology of the market tends to become reality and Wall Street reacts when someone sneezes across the world. "PIGS"; Portugal, Italy, Greece, and Spain economies are in poor shape. There could be economic dominoes in these countries. Globalization has caused economies to be far too inter-connected. However, it is possible that a weakening of the Euro could strengthen the dollar, yen, pound, and Canadian dollar since investors will be looking for safe havens for investments. Should be an interesting couple of weeks with SCOTUS issuing an ObamaCare decision, Congress deciding whether to cite Holder for contempt, a hearing in Florida to determine whether Obama's documents are forged, and the fall out from Obama's decree on immigration.
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The underlying issue is not politics but the insolvency of the global economy/banking industry. Politicians have been bailing frantically to prevent the ship from sinking, but have only papered over the defect (with paper money, of course). Taxpayers & bondholders worldwide have been burdened with an ever-increasing load of bad debt.
The Greek crisis is merely a canary dying in a mine shaft.
From This Time Is Different, by Carmen Reinhart and Ken Rogoff: Highly indebted governments, banks, or corporations can seem to be merrily rolling along for an extended period, when bang confidence collapses, lenders disappear, and a crisis hits...What one does see, again and again, in the history of financial crises is that when an accident is waiting to happen, it eventually does. When countries become too deeply indebted, they are headed for trouble. When debt-fueled asset price explosions seem too good to be true, they probably are. But the exact timing can be very difficult to guess, and a crisis that seems imminent can sometimes take years to ignite."
It has been almost 5 years since this crisis started. I am just surprised things haven't gotten worse.
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AH, I think that you're wrong here. The underlying issue is very much politics, just not Greek politics.
The EU is poised on the point of making or breaking. The politics is all about the European Project, the total union of Europe into one gov't. This week will see the revelation of the "new" treaty that will basically give virtually all sovereignty to the un-elected bureaucracy in Brussels. Total economic control over borrowing, taxes, spending, etc. will devolve to the EU under the guise of fiscal and banking union. This will be Europes "Commerce Clause", the justification for any imposition of control they choose to invoke.
So this will be it. Will there be a free country left in Europe? The non-Euro countries (UK, Sweden, etc.) might opt out but we will see.
Oh, BTW, I've started to see the acronym PFIGS. Seems that France under the Socialists are vying for a spot in the bailout. Can Germany bailout everyone?
A vote for the anti- bailout Syriza party "means Greece out of the euro," he said.
Yes, and it means throwing off the shackles - not to mention setting an example for the rest. The EU needs [member state X] a lot more than [member state X] needs the EU. Syriza is "radical" because they recognize this - that Greece has a gigantic bargaining chip. They're not so much radical or anti-bailout as anti-establishment. Good for them.
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