Obama: Seven Years....Do Your Job Already!

[PoliticalChic]

Words to live by: take your choice:

a. Reality is defined by actions, not by words.

b. You can identify them by their fruit, that is, by the way they act. Matthew 7:16




First.....let's set the stage:

1. "On March 17, Secretary of State Kerryannounced that the Islamic ... “is responsible for genocide against groups in areas under its control, including Yezidis, Christians, and Shia Muslims.”

2. Said Mr. Kerry: “The fact is that Daesh kills Christians because they are Christians; Yezidis because they are Yezidis; Shia because they are Shia.”

3. [Kerry continued:] “We know, for example, that in August of 2014 Daesh killed hundreds of Yezidi men and older women in the town of Kocho and trapped tens of thousands of Yezidis on Mount Sinjar without allowing access to food, water, or medical care....

We know that in Mosul, Qaraqosh, and elsewhere, Daesh has executed Christians solely because of their faith; that it executed 49 Coptic and Ethiopian Christians in Libya; and that it has also forced Christian women and girls into sexual slavery.”

4. [And] if genocide weren’t bad enough, the group and its sympathizers have also been launching terrorist attacks that killed32 peopleat the airport and a subway station in Brussels last month,130 peoplein Paris in November, and 14 people atSan Bernardino, Calif., in December." Strange Silence Settles Over Obama’s Call For War on Islamic State - The New York Sun




Now.....where to apply those two axioms:

5. "President Obama is signaling his plans for an extensive effort aimed at getting Merrick Garland confirmed to the Supreme Court. A front-page New York Timesarticlelays out what it describes as “a deliberate White House strategy,” consisting of three phases, including “speeches, interviews and other public events” by Mr. Obama, and “targeted advertising” by supportive outside groups. It will be an “all-out public relations campaign aimed at demanding a final, up-or-down vote.”

6. Where, one wonders, is the equivalent and parallel effort from the president and his administration aimed at winning an authorization from Congress to use military force against the Islamic State? One might think — or at least hope — that it would be a priority for the administration."
Ibid.




What is the explanation for Obama's affection for this heinous organization, ISIS????

Can it be that this undeserving President can't bring himself to harm the group he facilitated, and helped create?

He provided the vacuum for ISIS to fill by removing any US troops that might have presented a bar to their growth....

....and he carefully misdirected the public's attention away from ISIS by pooh-poohing them as 'simply the JayVee.'




a. Reality is defined by actions, not by words.

b. You can identify them by their fruit, that is, by the way they act. Matthew 7:16


Judge this President by the way he acts....
....and the ways he doesn't.

 

[NYcarbineer]

Is it the job of the US president to use our military to protect Christians everywhere in the world?

Maybe if the Republican Congress wants another war, they should send the president his orders.

 

[Wildman]

Maybe if the Republican Congress wants another war, they should send the president his orders.

they should send the president in first!! being as he is so fucking brave.., or is it his

 

[NYcarbineer]

Maybe if the Republican Congress wants another war, they should send the president his orders.

they should send the president in first!! being as he is so fucking brave.., or is it his

Is the job of the US president to stop random terror attacks in places like France and Belgium?

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Words to live by: take your choice:

a. Reality is defined by actions, not by words.

b. You can identify them by their fruit, that is, by the way they act. Matthew 7:16




First.....let's set the stage:

1. "On March 17, Secretary of State Kerryannounced that the Islamic ... “is responsible for genocide against groups in areas under its control, including Yezidis, Christians, and Shia Muslims.”

2. Said Mr. Kerry: “The fact is that Daesh kills Christians because they are Christians; Yezidis because they are Yezidis; Shia because they are Shia.”

3. [Kerry continued:] “We know, for example, that in August of 2014 Daesh killed hundreds of Yezidi men and older women in the town of Kocho and trapped tens of thousands of Yezidis on Mount Sinjar without allowing access to food, water, or medical care....

We know that in Mosul, Qaraqosh, and elsewhere, Daesh has executed Christians solely because of their faith; that it executed 49 Coptic and Ethiopian Christians in Libya; and that it has also forced Christian women and girls into sexual slavery.”

4. [And] if genocide weren’t bad enough, the group and its sympathizers have also been launching terrorist attacks that killed32 peopleat the airport and a subway station in Brussels last month,130 peoplein Paris in November, and 14 people atSan Bernardino, Calif., in December." Strange Silence Settles Over Obama’s Call For War on Islamic State - The New York Sun




Now.....where to apply those two axioms:

5. "President Obama is signaling his plans for an extensive effort aimed at getting Merrick Garland confirmed to the Supreme Court. A front-page New York Timesarticlelays out what it describes as “a deliberate White House strategy,” consisting of three phases, including “speeches, interviews and other public events” by Mr. Obama, and “targeted advertising” by supportive outside groups. It will be an “all-out public relations campaign aimed at demanding a final, up-or-down vote.”

6. Where, one wonders, is the equivalent and parallel effort from the president and his administration aimed at winning an authorization from Congress to use military force against the Islamic State? One might think — or at least hope — that it would be a priority for the administration."
Ibid.




What is the explanation for Obama's affection for this heinous organization, ISIS????

Can it be that this undeserving President can't bring himself to harm the group he facilitated, and helped create?

He provided the vacuum for ISIS to fill by removing any US troops that might have presented a bar to their growth....

....and he carefully misdirected the public's attention away from ISIS by pooh-poohing them as 'simply the JayVee.'




a. Reality is defined by actions, not by words.

b. You can identify them by their fruit, that is, by the way they act. Matthew 7:16


Judge this President by the way he acts....
....and the ways he doesn't.

"Judge this President by the way he acts....
...and the ways he doesn't."

 

[Luddly Neddite]

RWNJ traitors want more and more wars.

 

[PoliticalChic]

Words to live by: take your choice:

a. Reality is defined by actions, not by words.

b. You can identify them by their fruit, that is, by the way they act. Matthew 7:16




First.....let's set the stage:

1. "On March 17, Secretary of State Kerryannounced that the Islamic ... “is responsible for genocide against groups in areas under its control, including Yezidis, Christians, and Shia Muslims.”

2. Said Mr. Kerry: “The fact is that Daesh kills Christians because they are Christians; Yezidis because they are Yezidis; Shia because they are Shia.”

3. [Kerry continued:] “We know, for example, that in August of 2014 Daesh killed hundreds of Yezidi men and older women in the town of Kocho and trapped tens of thousands of Yezidis on Mount Sinjar without allowing access to food, water, or medical care....

We know that in Mosul, Qaraqosh, and elsewhere, Daesh has executed Christians solely because of their faith; that it executed 49 Coptic and Ethiopian Christians in Libya; and that it has also forced Christian women and girls into sexual slavery.”

4. [And] if genocide weren’t bad enough, the group and its sympathizers have also been launching terrorist attacks that killed32 peopleat the airport and a subway station in Brussels last month,130 peoplein Paris in November, and 14 people atSan Bernardino, Calif., in December." Strange Silence Settles Over Obama’s Call For War on Islamic State - The New York Sun




Now.....where to apply those two axioms:

5. "President Obama is signaling his plans for an extensive effort aimed at getting Merrick Garland confirmed to the Supreme Court. A front-page New York Timesarticlelays out what it describes as “a deliberate White House strategy,” consisting of three phases, including “speeches, interviews and other public events” by Mr. Obama, and “targeted advertising” by supportive outside groups. It will be an “all-out public relations campaign aimed at demanding a final, up-or-down vote.”

6. Where, one wonders, is the equivalent and parallel effort from the president and his administration aimed at winning an authorization from Congress to use military force against the Islamic State? One might think — or at least hope — that it would be a priority for the administration."
Ibid.




What is the explanation for Obama's affection for this heinous organization, ISIS????

Can it be that this undeserving President can't bring himself to harm the group he facilitated, and helped create?

He provided the vacuum for ISIS to fill by removing any US troops that might have presented a bar to their growth....

....and he carefully misdirected the public's attention away from ISIS by pooh-poohing them as 'simply the JayVee.'




a. Reality is defined by actions, not by words.

b. You can identify them by their fruit, that is, by the way they act. Matthew 7:16


Judge this President by the way he acts....
....and the ways he doesn't.

"Judge this President by the way he acts....
...and the ways he doesn't."

"Judge this President by the way he acts....
...and the ways he doesn't."


Perhaps you should pick up a newspaper once in a while....


1. "...take-home pay for many American workers has effectively fallen since the economic recovery began in 2009, according to a new study by an advocacy group that is to be released on Thursday.
The declines were greatest for the lowest-paid workers in sectors where hiring has been strong — home health care, food preparation and retailing — even though wages were already below average to begin with in those service industries.
“Stagnant wages are a problem for everyone at this point, but the imbalance in the economy has become more pronounced since the recession,”..."http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/03/b...rkers-see-biggest-drop-in-paychecks.html?_r=0


2."....US hourly wages have not only not increased for the past 7 years,but for thevast majority of the labor force continue to decline,.... just the month of August will be enough to provide the Trump - and every other - campaign with enough soundbites and pivot points to last it for weeks on end: namely,that in August a whopping 698,000 native-born Americans lost their job.This drop was offset by 204,000 foreign-born Americans, who got a job in the month of August. ....since December 2007, according to the Household Survey,only 790,000 native born Americanjobs have been added.Contrast that withthe 2.1 million foreign-born Americanswho have found a job over the same time period..."698K Native-Born Americans Lost Their Job In August: Why This Suddenly Is The Most Important Jobs Chart | Zero Hedge


3. October 2015: "Payrolls Disaster: Only 142K Jobs Added In September With Zero Wage Growth; August Revised Much Lower"Payrolls Disaster: Only 142K Jobs Added In September With Zero Wage Growth; August Revised Much Lower | Zero Hedge




4. "Obamacare health insurance co-ops surged past the $1 billion mark in losses this week, making history of sorts.The insolvencies, totaling $1.36 billion, mean that the co-ops have burned through more than half of theoriginal $2 billion appropriatedin 2010 for the program under the Affordable Care Act. The funds were loaned to the start-up co-ops in 2012 and were to be repaid in 15 years, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which manages Obamacare.
...13 of the 23 federally-financed Obamacare co-ops have officially failed in only two years. Most are in the process of default as insurance regulators attempt to pay customer’s medical bills, cover medical providers and pay other creditors.
Obamacare Co-Op Mess Causes $1.3 Billion In Losses


5."Obama Administration Announces 144 Big Regulations Right Before Thanksgiving
This is a new record, beating the previous high of 136 set by President Obama this spring."
Obama Administration Announces 144 Big Regulations Right Before Thanksgiving


6. "...ObamaCare experiment costing taxpayers $2.4 billionis failing. The co-ops were founded on the idealistic belief that community members could band together to create health insurance companies that would be member-driven, service-oriented, and would not have to answer to shareholders or turn a profit."
400,000 Citizens To Lose Health Insurance (Again) Because Of Obamacare Co-Op Failures



7. "The U.S. expanded at a 2.2% rate through the first nine months of the year, and the economy is projected to grow at a similar pace in the fourth quarter that ends on Dec. 31. If so, the economy will have failed to reach 3% growth for the 10th straight year, marking the slowest stretch since the end of World War II.
Historically the economy has expanded at a 3.3% rate."U.S. economy set to grow less than 3% for the 10th straight year


8. "Congress has now cleared the way for federal debt to pass$20 trillionby the end of the president’s second term. President Obama said the new budget deal will be paid for in a “balanced” and “responsible” way, but on the day the deal was signed, the federal debt jumped $339 billion—a third of a trillion dollars in one day."Societywatch


9.The GDPNow model forecast for real GDP growth (seasonally adjusted annual rate) in the fourth quarter of 2015 is 0.8 percent on January 8, down from 1.0 percent on January 6. The forecast for the contribution of inventory investment to fourth-quarter real GDP growth declined 0.2 percentage points to -0.8 percentage points after this morning's wholesale trade report from the U.S. Census Bureau.GDPNow


10. "Retail Sales in U.S. Decrease to End Weakest Year Since 2009Sales at U.S. retailers declined in December to wrap the weakest year since 2009, raising concern about the momentum in consumer spending heading into 2016. The 0.1 percent drop matched the median forecast of 84 economists surveyed by Bloomberg and followed a 0.4 percent gain in November, Commerce Department figures showed Friday in Washington. For all of 2015, purchases climbed 2.1 percent, the smallest advance of the current economic expansion."Retail Sales in U.S. Decrease to End Weakest Year Since 2009

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11. " The federal government heavily subsidizes higher education through a complex system of grants and loans. While the programs are great for colleges — they haveenabledan astronomical increase in tuition — they contain few measures holding the institutions accountable to their students. As a result, only59 percentof students graduate from four-year colleges and universities within six years. Those lucky enough to graduate face another hurdle:44 percentof recent college graduates occupy jobs which do not require a college degree. Taken together, these numbers suggest that only one-third of college enrollees emerge from the system with both a degree and a relevant job." What "Free" College Can't Fix | Preston Cooper

12. Obama is the first President never to have had a year of 3% or better economic growth: "...annual growth during Obama’s “recovery” has never topped 3%. By comparison, it never fell below 3% during the Reagan recovery. And in the nine years following the 1990-91 recession, GDP grew faster than 3% in all but two. Heck, even Jimmy Carter had some strong growth years." President Obama’s Growth Gap Hits $1.31 Trillion

a. "The years since 2007 have been a macroeconomic disaster for the United States of a magnitude unprecedented since the Great Depression." Obama: Always Wrong, Never In Doubt

b. "....first president since Hoover to never have a single year above 3% GDP growth." Obama economy is 'amazing,' says hedge fund billionaire



13. According to the2016 Index of Economic Freedom, an annual publication by The Heritage Foundation, America’s economic freedom has tumbled. With losses of economic freedom in eight of the past nine years, the U.S. has tied its worst score ever, wiping out a decade of progress. Since early2009:

· Government spending has exploded, amounting to $29,867 per household in 2015.

· The national debt has risen to $125,000 for every tax filing household in America—a total over $18 trillion.

· The government takeover of health care is raising prices and disrupting markets.

· Bailouts and new government regulations have increased uncertainty, stifling investment and job creation. America’s Economic Freedom Has Rapidly Declined Under Obama

14 "Despite the unemployment rate being at an eight-year low (4.9 percent as of January 2016), the number of people on food stampsremains near an all-time highwhich was 47,636,000 in 2013.

Why the disparity in the numbers? Well, the unemployment rate does not take into account people who are not in, or have dropped out of, the workforce altogether.

The Bureau of Labor Statisticsreportedin January of this year that approximately 94 million Americans are not participating in the workforce.

We now have a country based on government dependence." Food Stamp Users Near Record High Despite Low Unemployment Rate

15. "CHICAGO (Reuters) - Predominantly African-American neighborhoods in Chicago have seen poverty rise and services diminish even as the nation's third largest city has become less racially segregated,.... black areas are seeing economic stagnation or decline,.... mostly black areas have lost health clinics, social service agencies and other areas of support..." Exclusive: Poverty up, services diminished in Chicago's black neighborhoods - study


16. "Employers added more workers in February than projected but wages unexpectedly declined, dashing hopes that reduced slack in the labor market was starting to benefit all Americans..... Average hourly earnings dropped by 0.1 percent from the prior month, the first decline since December 2014 the Labor Department’s figures showed. Worker pay increased 2.2 percent over the 12 months ended in February, less than the 2.5 percent forecast in the Bloomberg survey. Wage growth has been hovering just above 2 percent year-over-year on average since the current expansion began in mid-2009." Payrolls in U.S. Surge While Wages Drop in Mixed Jobs Report

17. New Obama regulation will deprive middle class investors of access to financial information. "...the controversial pending Department of Labor regulation that would impose new restrictions on a vast swath of financial professionals... a newreportfor the Competitive Enterprise Institute, similar restrictions in Great Britain have caused a “guidance gap” in which brokers have largely stopped serving customers with assets less than £150,000 ($240,000).... Such limits on financial discussion may seem to violate the First Amendment..." How Fiduciary Rule May Censor Financial Broadcasters Like Dave Ramsey

“this Obama rule will kill the Middle Class and below ability to access personal advice.”

18. "U.S. retail sales dropped in February and the prior month’s gain was revised to a decline, calling into question the narrative that bigger gains in consumer spending would propel economic growth at the start of 2016. The 0.1 percent decline in purchases followed a revised 0.4 percent January decrease, Commerce Department figures showed Tuesday.... “We’re seeing higher rents, higher healthcare expenses,.... Retail sales excluding autos fell 0.1 percent after a 0.4 percent decrease in January, according to Tuesday’s report." Retail Sales in U.S. Decline After January Revised Down

19. "That basic math is why middle class incomes have been in decline under Obama. The Census Bureau reports that since Obama became President 7 years ago, real median household income has fallen by $1,300 a year. Heritage Foundation Chief Economist Steve Moore explained in testimony before the Ways and Means Committee, “At 2 percent growth the economy doesn’t spin off enough jobs to increase wages, and tax revenues grow much too slowly to balance the budget.”

The recession officially ended more than 6 years ago. Wages and incomes have always grown in recoveries, not declined. Moreover, the American historical record is the deeper the recession, the stronger the recovery. The economy is supposed to boom in a recovery to catch up with its long term economic growth trendline. But over 6 years after the recession ended, that still has not happened. Instead, what we have gotten under President Obama is the worst recovery from a recession since the Great Depression." http://limittaxes.org/2016/02/realizing-the-super-bowl-of-american-economic-growth/






"OBAMA: Anyone claiming that America's economy is in decline is peddling fiction.” http://www.realclearpolitics.com/vi...conomy_is_in_decline_is_peddling_fiction.html


OMG!!!!

You probably imagine that ObamaCare is still a great idea, too.....

 

[PoliticalChic]

RWNJ traitors want more and more wars.

Here are some of his statements on the subject, going back to his first campaign for the presidency...

....before he bowed at the feet of the Mullahs......


June 5, 2008, in Cairo: "I will continue to be clear on the fact that an Iranian nuclear weapon would be profoundly destabilizing for the entire region.It is strongly in America's interest to prevent such a scenario."


June 8, 2008, to AIPAC: "The danger from Iran is grave, it is real, and my goal will be to eliminate this threat.... Finally, let there be no doubt: I will always keep the threat of military action on the table to defend our security and our ally Israel."


October 7 2008, in the second presidential debate: "We cannot allow Iran to get a nuclear weapon. It would be a game-changer in the region. Not only would it threaten Israel, our strongest ally in the region and one of our strongest allies in the world, but it would also create a possibility of nuclear weapons falling into the hands of terrorists. And so it's unacceptable. And I will do everything that's required to prevent it. And we will never take military options off the table,"


November 7, 2008, press conference: "Iran's development of a nuclear weapon, I believe, is unacceptable. And we have to mount an international effort to prevent that from happening."


February 27, 2009, speech at Camp Lejeune: "(W)e are focusing on al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan; developing a strategy to use all elements of American power to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon; and actively seeking a lasting peace between Israel and the Arab world."


January 27, 2010, State of the Union address: "And as Iran's leaders continue to ignore their obligations, there should be no doubt: They, too, will face growing consequences. That is a promise."


July 1, /2010, at the signing of the Iran Sanctions Act: "There should be no doubt -- the United States and the international community are determined to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons."


May 19, 2011, speech on the Middle East: "Now, our opposition to Iran's intolerance and Iran's repressive measures, as well as its illicit nuclear program and its support of terror, is well known."


May 22, 2011, in an address to AIPAC: "You also see our commitment to our shared security in our determination to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.... So let me be absolutely clear -- we remain committed to preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons."


October 13,2011, press conference after meeting with South Korean president:"Now, we don't take any options off the table in terms of how we operate with Iran."


November 14, 2011, press conference: "So what I did was to speak with President Medvedev, as well as President Hu, and all three of us entirely agree on the objective, which is making sure that Iran does not weaponize nuclear power and that we don't trigger a nuclear arms race in the region. That's in the interests of all of us... I have said repeatedly and I will say it today, we are not taking any options off the table, because it's my firm belief that an Iran with a nuclear weapon would pose a security threat not only to the region but also to the United States."


December 8, 2011, press conference: (In response to question about pressuring Iran): "No options off the table means I'm considering all options."


December 16, 2011, speech to the General Assembly of the Union for Reform Judaism: "Another grave concern -- and a threat to the security of Israel, the United States and the world -- is Iran's nuclear program. And that's why our policy has been absolutely clear: We are determined to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons...and that's why, rest assured, we will take no options off the table. We have been clear."


January 24, 2012, State of the Union address: "Let there be no doubt: America is determined to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, and I will take no options off the table to achieve that goal."


March 2, 2012, interview with Goldblog: "I... don't, as a matter of sound policy, go around advertising exactly what our intentions are. But I think both the Iranian and the Israeli governments recognize that when the United States says it is unacceptable for Iran to have a nuclear weapon, we mean what we say."


March 4, 2012, speech to AIPAC: "I have said that when it comes to preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, I will take no options off the table, and I mean what I say That includes all elements of American power: A political effort aimed at isolating Iran; a diplomatic effort to sustain our coalition and ensure that the Iranian program is monitored; an economic effort that imposes crippling sanctions; and, yes, a military effort to be prepared for any contingency."


March 5, 2012, remarks after meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu: "... I reserve all options, and my policy here is not going to be one of containment. My policy is prevention of Iran obtaining nuclear weapons. And as I indicated yesterday in my speech, when I say all options are at the table, I mean it."


March 6, 2012, press conference: "And what I have said is, is that we will not countenance Iran getting a nuclear weapon. My policy is not containment; my policy is to prevent them from getting a nuclear weapon -- because if they get a nuclear weapon that could trigger an arms race in the region, it would undermine our non-proliferation goals, it could potentially fall into the hands of terrorists.


March 14, 2012, remarks after meeting with David Cameron: "...And as I said in a speech just a couple of weeks ago, I am determined not simply to contain Iran that is in possession of a nuclear weapon; I am determined to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon -- in part for the reasons that David mentioned... We will do everything we can to resolve this diplomatically, but ultimately, we've got to have somebody on the other side of the table who's taking this seriously."http://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...bc1fce-071d-11e2-afff-d6c7f20a83bf_print.html


September 25, 2012, speech to the United Nations General Assembly: "Make no mistake: A nuclear-armed Iran is not a challenge that can be contained...the United States will do what we must to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon."

Obama's Crystal-Clear Promise to Stop Iran From Getting a Nuclear Weapon




Obama's Crystal-Clear Promise to Stop Iran From Getting a Nuclear Weapon

 

[PoliticalChic]

Obama...not known as a man able to keep his word, or even keep is own thoughts straight.....


"President Obama, in a December 6, 2015, Oval Office speech following the San Bernardino shooting, said, “if Congress believes, as I do, that we are at war with ISIL, it should go ahead and vote to authorize the continued use of military force against these terrorists. For over a year, I have ordered our military to take thousands of airstrikes against ISIL targets. I think it’s time for Congress to vote to demonstrate that the American people are united, and committed, to this fight.”
Op.Cit.

 

[ZackB]

Oh God. When the op states "First..... Let's set the stage" I want to slit my wrists. It's another colossal cluster fuck of stupidity from the Chief Chink herself. Yes, Obama is a piece of shit. We ought to be murdering the fuck out of Isis right now. I get that, and I don't need some noodle sucking internet child bride to point that out. Get it straight, Dung Heep: you are a visitor in the Land of the Free. This is not your homeland nor is it your culture. You are not one of us, nor will you ever be. At best you are some kind of service industry ni**er. If I had my way I would have your ass deported.

So let me abbreviate your post so that others will not have to suffer through what I just suffered through:

Obama is a prick who does not act strongly enough in the international arena to sufficiently ensure that American national security will be preserved.

There. What in the hell is so hard about saying it THAT way?

PC, you need to find your ESL instructor and punch him in the fucking face because he ripped you off!!

 

[PoliticalChic]

The windbag in the White House must either be on some serious illegal drugs...or is eligible for some via psychiatric intervention.

He demands Congress give him the authority to act against his creation, ISIS.....

"Resolutions to authorize force against the Islamic State have been introduced in the Senate by Republicans Mitch McConnell, Lindsey Graham, Orrin Hatch, Joni Ernst, and Marco Rubio, and in the House by a senior Republican lawmaker, Tom Cole. In November, a group of 35 members of Congress, including Mr. Cole, Justin Amash, John Conyers, John Lewis, and Charles Rangel, wrote a letter to the speaker of the House, Paul Ryan, asking him to schedule a debate and vote on an Authorization for the Use of Military Force — or “AUMF,” in Beltway lingo — “as quickly as possible.”
Op. Cit.


What happened to this:
"Obama On Executive Actions: ‘I’ve Got A Pen And I’ve Got A Phone’"
Obama On Executive Actions: 'I've Got A Pen And I've Got A Phone'

 

[NYcarbineer]

The windbag in the White House must either be on some serious illegal drugs...or is eligible for some via psychiatric intervention.

He demands Congress give him the authority to act against his creation, ISIS.....

"Resolutions to authorize force against the Islamic State have been introduced in the Senate by Republicans Mitch McConnell, Lindsey Graham, Orrin Hatch, Joni Ernst, and Marco Rubio, and in the House by a senior Republican lawmaker, Tom Cole. In November, a group of 35 members of Congress, including Mr. Cole, Justin Amash, John Conyers, John Lewis, and Charles Rangel, wrote a letter to the speaker of the House, Paul Ryan, asking him to schedule a debate and vote on an Authorization for the Use of Military Force — or “AUMF,” in Beltway lingo — “as quickly as possible.”
Op. Cit.


What happened to this:
"Obama On Executive Actions: ‘I’ve Got A Pen And I’ve Got A Phone’"
Obama On Executive Actions: 'I've Got A Pen And I've Got A Phone'

So you support the President simply usurping the Congress's constitutional power to declare war,

and you'll endorse that?

Funny.

 

[NYcarbineer]

Words to live by: take your choice:

a. Reality is defined by actions, not by words.

b. You can identify them by their fruit, that is, by the way they act. Matthew 7:16




First.....let's set the stage:

1. "On March 17, Secretary of State Kerryannounced that the Islamic ... “is responsible for genocide against groups in areas under its control, including Yezidis, Christians, and Shia Muslims.”

2. Said Mr. Kerry: “The fact is that Daesh kills Christians because they are Christians; Yezidis because they are Yezidis; Shia because they are Shia.”

3. [Kerry continued:] “We know, for example, that in August of 2014 Daesh killed hundreds of Yezidi men and older women in the town of Kocho and trapped tens of thousands of Yezidis on Mount Sinjar without allowing access to food, water, or medical care....

We know that in Mosul, Qaraqosh, and elsewhere, Daesh has executed Christians solely because of their faith; that it executed 49 Coptic and Ethiopian Christians in Libya; and that it has also forced Christian women and girls into sexual slavery.”

4. [And] if genocide weren’t bad enough, the group and its sympathizers have also been launching terrorist attacks that killed32 peopleat the airport and a subway station in Brussels last month,130 peoplein Paris in November, and 14 people atSan Bernardino, Calif., in December." Strange Silence Settles Over Obama’s Call For War on Islamic State - The New York Sun




Now.....where to apply those two axioms:

5. "President Obama is signaling his plans for an extensive effort aimed at getting Merrick Garland confirmed to the Supreme Court. A front-page New York Timesarticlelays out what it describes as “a deliberate White House strategy,” consisting of three phases, including “speeches, interviews and other public events” by Mr. Obama, and “targeted advertising” by supportive outside groups. It will be an “all-out public relations campaign aimed at demanding a final, up-or-down vote.”

6. Where, one wonders, is the equivalent and parallel effort from the president and his administration aimed at winning an authorization from Congress to use military force against the Islamic State? One might think — or at least hope — that it would be a priority for the administration."
Ibid.




What is the explanation for Obama's affection for this heinous organization, ISIS????

Can it be that this undeserving President can't bring himself to harm the group he facilitated, and helped create?

He provided the vacuum for ISIS to fill by removing any US troops that might have presented a bar to their growth....

....and he carefully misdirected the public's attention away from ISIS by pooh-poohing them as 'simply the JayVee.'




a. Reality is defined by actions, not by words.

b. You can identify them by their fruit, that is, by the way they act. Matthew 7:16


Judge this President by the way he acts....
....and the ways he doesn't.

"Judge this President by the way he acts....
...and the ways he doesn't."

"Judge this President by the way he acts....
...and the ways he doesn't."


Perhaps you should pick up a newspaper once in a while....


1. "...take-home pay for many American workers has effectively fallen since the economic recovery began in 2009, according to a new study by an advocacy group that is to be released on Thursday.
The declines were greatest for the lowest-paid workers in sectors where hiring has been strong — home health care, food preparation and retailing — even though wages were already below average to begin with in those service industries.
“Stagnant wages are a problem for everyone at this point, but the imbalance in the economy has become more pronounced since the recession,”..."http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/03/b...rkers-see-biggest-drop-in-paychecks.html?_r=0


2."....US hourly wages have not only not increased for the past 7 years,but for thevast majority of the labor force continue to decline,.... just the month of August will be enough to provide the Trump - and every other - campaign with enough soundbites and pivot points to last it for weeks on end: namely,that in August a whopping 698,000 native-born Americans lost their job.This drop was offset by 204,000 foreign-born Americans, who got a job in the month of August. ....since December 2007, according to the Household Survey,only 790,000 native born Americanjobs have been added.Contrast that withthe 2.1 million foreign-born Americanswho have found a job over the same time period..."698K Native-Born Americans Lost Their Job In August: Why This Suddenly Is The Most Important Jobs Chart | Zero Hedge


3. October 2015: "Payrolls Disaster: Only 142K Jobs Added In September With Zero Wage Growth; August Revised Much Lower"Payrolls Disaster: Only 142K Jobs Added In September With Zero Wage Growth; August Revised Much Lower | Zero Hedge




4. "Obamacare health insurance co-ops surged past the $1 billion mark in losses this week, making history of sorts.The insolvencies, totaling $1.36 billion, mean that the co-ops have burned through more than half of theoriginal $2 billion appropriatedin 2010 for the program under the Affordable Care Act. The funds were loaned to the start-up co-ops in 2012 and were to be repaid in 15 years, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which manages Obamacare.
...13 of the 23 federally-financed Obamacare co-ops have officially failed in only two years. Most are in the process of default as insurance regulators attempt to pay customer’s medical bills, cover medical providers and pay other creditors.
Obamacare Co-Op Mess Causes $1.3 Billion In Losses


5."Obama Administration Announces 144 Big Regulations Right Before Thanksgiving
This is a new record, beating the previous high of 136 set by President Obama this spring."
Obama Administration Announces 144 Big Regulations Right Before Thanksgiving


6. "...ObamaCare experiment costing taxpayers $2.4 billionis failing. The co-ops were founded on the idealistic belief that community members could band together to create health insurance companies that would be member-driven, service-oriented, and would not have to answer to shareholders or turn a profit."
400,000 Citizens To Lose Health Insurance (Again) Because Of Obamacare Co-Op Failures



7. "The U.S. expanded at a 2.2% rate through the first nine months of the year, and the economy is projected to grow at a similar pace in the fourth quarter that ends on Dec. 31. If so, the economy will have failed to reach 3% growth for the 10th straight year, marking the slowest stretch since the end of World War II.
Historically the economy has expanded at a 3.3% rate."U.S. economy set to grow less than 3% for the 10th straight year


8. "Congress has now cleared the way for federal debt to pass$20 trillionby the end of the president’s second term. President Obama said the new budget deal will be paid for in a “balanced” and “responsible” way, but on the day the deal was signed, the federal debt jumped $339 billion—a third of a trillion dollars in one day."Societywatch


9.The GDPNow model forecast for real GDP growth (seasonally adjusted annual rate) in the fourth quarter of 2015 is 0.8 percent on January 8, down from 1.0 percent on January 6. The forecast for the contribution of inventory investment to fourth-quarter real GDP growth declined 0.2 percentage points to -0.8 percentage points after this morning's wholesale trade report from the U.S. Census Bureau.GDPNow


10. "Retail Sales in U.S. Decrease to End Weakest Year Since 2009Sales at U.S. retailers declined in December to wrap the weakest year since 2009, raising concern about the momentum in consumer spending heading into 2016. The 0.1 percent drop matched the median forecast of 84 economists surveyed by Bloomberg and followed a 0.4 percent gain in November, Commerce Department figures showed Friday in Washington. For all of 2015, purchases climbed 2.1 percent, the smallest advance of the current economic expansion."Retail Sales in U.S. Decrease to End Weakest Year Since 2009

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11. " The federal government heavily subsidizes higher education through a complex system of grants and loans. While the programs are great for colleges — they haveenabledan astronomical increase in tuition — they contain few measures holding the institutions accountable to their students. As a result, only59 percentof students graduate from four-year colleges and universities within six years. Those lucky enough to graduate face another hurdle:44 percentof recent college graduates occupy jobs which do not require a college degree. Taken together, these numbers suggest that only one-third of college enrollees emerge from the system with both a degree and a relevant job." What "Free" College Can't Fix | Preston Cooper

12. Obama is the first President never to have had a year of 3% or better economic growth: "...annual growth during Obama’s “recovery” has never topped 3%. By comparison, it never fell below 3% during the Reagan recovery. And in the nine years following the 1990-91 recession, GDP grew faster than 3% in all but two. Heck, even Jimmy Carter had some strong growth years." President Obama’s Growth Gap Hits $1.31 Trillion

a. "The years since 2007 have been a macroeconomic disaster for the United States of a magnitude unprecedented since the Great Depression." Obama: Always Wrong, Never In Doubt

b. "....first president since Hoover to never have a single year above 3% GDP growth." Obama economy is 'amazing,' says hedge fund billionaire



13. According to the2016 Index of Economic Freedom, an annual publication by The Heritage Foundation, America’s economic freedom has tumbled. With losses of economic freedom in eight of the past nine years, the U.S. has tied its worst score ever, wiping out a decade of progress. Since early2009:

· Government spending has exploded, amounting to $29,867 per household in 2015.

· The national debt has risen to $125,000 for every tax filing household in America—a total over $18 trillion.

· The government takeover of health care is raising prices and disrupting markets.

· Bailouts and new government regulations have increased uncertainty, stifling investment and job creation. America’s Economic Freedom Has Rapidly Declined Under Obama

14 "Despite the unemployment rate being at an eight-year low (4.9 percent as of January 2016), the number of people on food stampsremains near an all-time highwhich was 47,636,000 in 2013.

Why the disparity in the numbers? Well, the unemployment rate does not take into account people who are not in, or have dropped out of, the workforce altogether.

The Bureau of Labor Statisticsreportedin January of this year that approximately 94 million Americans are not participating in the workforce.

We now have a country based on government dependence." Food Stamp Users Near Record High Despite Low Unemployment Rate

15. "CHICAGO (Reuters) - Predominantly African-American neighborhoods in Chicago have seen poverty rise and services diminish even as the nation's third largest city has become less racially segregated,.... black areas are seeing economic stagnation or decline,.... mostly black areas have lost health clinics, social service agencies and other areas of support..." Exclusive: Poverty up, services diminished in Chicago's black neighborhoods - study


16. "Employers added more workers in February than projected but wages unexpectedly declined, dashing hopes that reduced slack in the labor market was starting to benefit all Americans..... Average hourly earnings dropped by 0.1 percent from the prior month, the first decline since December 2014 the Labor Department’s figures showed. Worker pay increased 2.2 percent over the 12 months ended in February, less than the 2.5 percent forecast in the Bloomberg survey. Wage growth has been hovering just above 2 percent year-over-year on average since the current expansion began in mid-2009." Payrolls in U.S. Surge While Wages Drop in Mixed Jobs Report

17. New Obama regulation will deprive middle class investors of access to financial information. "...the controversial pending Department of Labor regulation that would impose new restrictions on a vast swath of financial professionals... a newreportfor the Competitive Enterprise Institute, similar restrictions in Great Britain have caused a “guidance gap” in which brokers have largely stopped serving customers with assets less than £150,000 ($240,000).... Such limits on financial discussion may seem to violate the First Amendment..." How Fiduciary Rule May Censor Financial Broadcasters Like Dave Ramsey

“this Obama rule will kill the Middle Class and below ability to access personal advice.”

18. "U.S. retail sales dropped in February and the prior month’s gain was revised to a decline, calling into question the narrative that bigger gains in consumer spending would propel economic growth at the start of 2016. The 0.1 percent decline in purchases followed a revised 0.4 percent January decrease, Commerce Department figures showed Tuesday.... “We’re seeing higher rents, higher healthcare expenses,.... Retail sales excluding autos fell 0.1 percent after a 0.4 percent decrease in January, according to Tuesday’s report." Retail Sales in U.S. Decline After January Revised Down

19. "That basic math is why middle class incomes have been in decline under Obama. The Census Bureau reports that since Obama became President 7 years ago, real median household income has fallen by $1,300 a year. Heritage Foundation Chief Economist Steve Moore explained in testimony before the Ways and Means Committee, “At 2 percent growth the economy doesn’t spin off enough jobs to increase wages, and tax revenues grow much too slowly to balance the budget.”

The recession officially ended more than 6 years ago. Wages and incomes have always grown in recoveries, not declined. Moreover, the American historical record is the deeper the recession, the stronger the recovery. The economy is supposed to boom in a recovery to catch up with its long term economic growth trendline. But over 6 years after the recession ended, that still has not happened. Instead, what we have gotten under President Obama is the worst recovery from a recession since the Great Depression." http://limittaxes.org/2016/02/realizing-the-super-bowl-of-american-economic-growth/






"OBAMA: Anyone claiming that America's economy is in decline is peddling fiction.” Obama: Anyone Claiming America's Economy Is In Decline Is Peddling Fiction


OMG!!!!

You probably imagine that ObamaCare is still a great idea, too.....

I'll bet she thinks that posters actually read her interminable rants of propaganda.

 

[Timmy]

God, no one reads those endless cut n pAste jobs!

Why don't u blame putin for ISIS? It's all his fault !

 

[easyt65]

As his 'job' was to 'fundamentally change' this country, more in line with his daddy's wishes of eliminating the US as a world influence and power, I would say he has done a pretty good job of 'doing his job'.

 

[PoliticalChic]

"....Obama already has all the warmaking authority he needs, under either his Constitutional Article II power as commander in chief or the post-September 11 authorization of the use of force against “against those nations, organizations, or persons he determines planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, or harbored such organizations or persons.” The administration has deployed5,000 troopsto Iraq and used drones and air strikes across the Mideast even without additional overt authorization from Congress.

..... Obama’s own reluctance to launch a Supreme Court-nomination-style political offensive on the topic is typical of his own “reticence about intervention” — as Jeffrey Goldberg puts it — and also a sign of his belief that, as he told Mr. Goldberg for anarticlein the Atlantic, “ISIS is not an existential threat to the United States.”

Readers ...: Do you support President Obama’s request, and Senate Majority Leader McConnell’s resolution, for authorizing the use of military force against the Islamic State? And if not, precisely what number of additional deaths, in what combination of genocide and terrorist attacks, would it take for you to support such an authorization?" Strange Silence Settles Over Obama’s Call For War on Islamic State - The New York Sun

 

[alang1216]

6. Where, one wonders, is the equivalent and parallel effort from the president and his administration aimed at winning an authorization from Congress to use military force against the Islamic State? One might think — or at least hope — that it would be a priority for the administration."

Congress is dysfunctional but Obama has been using force against IS for years without their formal authorization. That is called action.

What is the explanation for Obama's affection for this heinous organization, ISIS????

I'm sure the IS leaders he's killed and the fighters he's had bombed appreciate his affections.

Can it be that this undeserving President can't bring himself to harm the group he facilitated, and helped create?

He provided the vacuum for ISIS to fill by removing any US troops that might have presented a bar to their growth....

The vacuum was created when Bush removed Saddam, a Sunni leader of a majority Shiite country. Only the neo-con ideologues couldn't foresee the obvious rising of influence of Iran in Iraq. Once the Shiites were in power they mistreated the Sunni's so they allowed the IS to move from Syria to Iraq. Sure we could have keep our troops in Iraq but only against the wishes of the gov't we ourselves set up.

 

[NYcarbineer]

As his 'job' was to 'fundamentally change' this country, more in line with his daddy's wishes of eliminating the US as a world influence and power, I would say he has done a pretty good job of 'doing his job'.

What do we get out of being a world power?

Besides excessive unnecessary defense spending, almost perpetual war,

and a massive national debt we'll never pay off?

 

[NYcarbineer]

ISIS has been reduced to little more than an inspiration for occasional small scale terror attacks outside the Middle East.

ISIS's territorial hold has been significantly reduced. The coalition has killed 20,000 or more ISIS fighters.

...and the US combat deaths amount to 2.

 

[TheGreatGatsby]

Is it the job of the US president to use our military to protect Christians everywhere in the world?

Maybe if the Republican Congress wants another war, they should send the president his orders.

No excuse for the silence. None. But Hussein is a MUSLIM president.