Obama Orders Pay Raise for Biden, Members of Congress, Federal Workers. President Barack Obama issued an executive order to end the pay freeze on federal employees, in effect giving some federal workers a raise.
One federal worker now to receive a pay increase is Vice President Joe Biden. Obama's Libya Lies Collapse: Senate Democrats Demand Answers. Not only has the scandal picked up steam in the mainstream press (Jake Tapper's ABC News report tonight is a must-watch), but high-ranking members of the President's own party are now demanding answers.
This includes the man most often cited as a likely Secretary of State should Obama win a second term, Senator John Kerry: Senate Democrats joined Republicans Thursday in questioning the Obama administration's handling of the fatal Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya and why the administration refused for days to acknowledge that it was a terrorist attack linked to al Qaeda. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee, chaired by Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., circulated a bipartisan letter addressed to Deputy Secretary of State Thomas Nides, asking for an "accounting of the attacks against U.S. missions in Egypt, Libya and Yemen," according to a copy obtained by The Washington Examiner.
Obama: Detention OK for 1st Amendment ‘activities’ Text smaller Text bigger The Obama administration is battling to restore a controversial provision of a new federal law that it admits could have been used to arrest and detain citizens indefinitely – even if their actions were protected by the First Amendment.
A federal judge this week made permanent an injunction against enforcement of Section 1021 of the most recent National Defense Authorization Act, which was declared unconstitutional. Secret Service Shuts Down Conservative 'Fire Holder' Protest At White House Over 'Bomb Scare' 2012 Annual Report to Congress on White House Staff. Bin Laden Movie Generates Controversy.
GOP Rep. King says Obama officials disclosed identity of jailed Pakistani doctor. GOP Rep.
Seriously, what is Joe Biden even talking about? Not one to ever make much sense, Vice President Joe Biden has delivered yet another head-scratching speech.
Really? Michelle Obama: We need to build more sidewalks. On radio this morning, Glenn, Pat, and Stu had a field day picking apart Michelle Obama’s recent Good Morning America interview.
The First Lady visited the program to promote her new cookbook, but could not refrain from imparting her wisdom. Mrs. Obama came out in support of New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg’s proposed soda ban. Obama: ‘Google, Facebook Would Not Exist’ Without Government Funding. President Barack Obama speaks during the Easter Prayer Breakfast in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, April 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (CNSNews.com) – President Barack Obama insisted Thursday that without government spending, “Google, Facebook would not exist.”
Obama made the remark at a campaign fundraiser while criticizing the budget passed by House Republicans. Obama said the Rep. Former Dem. Congressman Kennedy Alleges 'Quid Pro Quo' for Access to White House. Access to the Obama White House is in direct correlation to the amount of money donated to the president's reelection effort and the Democratic party, the New York Times reports today.
The Times reports: "those who donated the most to Mr. Obama and the Democratic Party since he started running for president were far more likely to visit the White House than others. New York Times – Obama White House Bought and Paid For By Highest Bidders (WSI RELATED) White House Doors Open for Big Donors. Offensive: Obama Bypasses Congress to Give $192M in Aid to the Palestinians. Great news: “Too big to fail” banks even bigger now. Posted at 9:51 am on April 16, 2012 by Ed Morrissey More than two years ago, Barack Obama railed against “too big to fail” banks and pledged to prevent the “further consolidation” of the banking system.
Did Obama succeed? According to Bloomberg, the five banks that held assets equal to 43% of the US economy in 2007 before the financial crisis and the bank bailout now control assets that equal 56% of the US economy: Two years after President Barack Obama vowed to eliminate the danger of financial institutions becoming “too big to fail,” the nation’s largest banks are bigger than they were before the credit crisis.Five banks – JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Bank of America Corp., Citigroup Inc., Wells Fargo & Co., and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. — held $8.5 trillion in assets at the end of 2011, equal to 56 percent of the U.S. economy, according to the Federal Reserve.Five years earlier, before the financial crisis, the largest banks’ assets amounted to 43 percent of U.S. output. Related Posts: Blind Chinese activist headed to US, closing nearly month long US-China diplomatic tussle. What is Poor Judgement?
What counts as poor judgement or lack of discretion these days such that Federal employment is no longer suitable?
It is a good question, because the State Department is proposing to fire me in part for my “poor judgement” as shown, they say, by these two blog posts, about Hillary Clinton laughing at someone’s death and about Michelle Bachmann being, well, insane. Meanwhile, a State Department VIP apparently has had sex on an Embassy roof, captured on video, not that that matters.Now of course both the White House and Embassy Kabul on Twitter chortled over the deaths of other people, so we know that laughing about others’ deaths is not “poor judgement.” Point noted.We have learned that having posed for Playboy doesn’t count as poor judgement for a Foreign Service Officer. Point noted. Doing Fine? Obama can’t fix a problem he can’t see.
No, you heard him right. At a press conference this morning, the President of the United States actually said, “The private sector is doing fine.” Mr. President, are you paying attention?