President Obama on Breathing New Life into Chrysler
April 30, 2009
President Obama announced earlier today a plan to resuscitate Chrysler through bankruptcy protection and a deal with Fiat.
After consulting with my Auto Task Force, I can report that the necessary steps have been taken to give one of America’s most storied automakers, Chrysler, a new lease on life.
This is a company that has a particular claim on our American identity. It’s a company founded in the early years of the American automobile industry; a company that helped make the 20th century an American Century; and that came to embody, along with the two other members of the Big Three, the ingenuity, the industriousness, and the indomitable spirit of the American people.
President Obama on Breathing New Life into Chrysler
Video: President Obama on His 100th Day in Office
April 30, 2009
Yesterday President Obama reflected on the foundation for change he has laid in his first 100 days in Arnold, MO, and later at a White House press conference. Watch a video of highlights from yesterday or read the transcript from the press conference…
Video: President Obama on His 100th Day in Office
Foundation for Change: Stories from Around the Country
April 30, 2009
Everyday Americans from all over are beginning to feel the impact of President Obama’s first 100 days in office. If you’ve been personally affected, share your story with us.
Dan from Gastonia, NC:
I worked for Freightliner Truck Manufacturing plant for 22 years. I was laid off in November 2008 and am currently going to college thanks to the TAA program. I do wish to thank President OBama for the extra’s on my unemployment and my Health Coverage Tax Credit paying 80% of my insurance. With two young adults in college along with myself, this is a blessing.
Felicia from Southfield, MI:
Thanks to President Osama’s March 9th signing of an executive order lifting the ban on federally-funded embryonic stem cell research, we can see real hope for my daughter and others like her to one day live a life free from this life-threatening disease.
Jerome from Knoxville, TN:
I have never in my adulthood life witnessed the work and courage of a president. The only time that I would hear of a president is when they had to make decisions on a tremendous storm that required their approval. This is sad to say; I have never known what Wall Street was all about or even what it represented; it was not until the newly elected president was sworn in and boldly took a stand against the action on Wall Street that were considered inappropriate. I am impressed to actually have a president who is truly working for the advancement of all people…
I teach for the largest school system in Knoxville, TN, and noticed on my last check I received a tax increase which has blessed my family tremendously. It appeared to be about a $75-$100 increase; this seems small, however, it’s very large when you now can go to the grocery store without wondering if you will have enough money to pay for your groceries or will you experience another embarrassing situation, not having enough money to purchase your goods.
My husband works for PBR, a factory that makes brakes for cars. They have been laid off throughout this economy crunch off and on every three to four months in a time span of four to five weeks. Therefore the tax increase that seem so small has become a major help for our finances.
Foundation for Change: Stories from Around the Country
NY Times: Obama health plan denies care to the terminally ill
April 30, 2009
Is this "cruelty you can believe in?"
In an interview with the New York Times, Barack Obama commented on one of the more controversial aspects of his plan to eventually end all private health insurance plans and have the government run health care — the fact that much of his promised savings would be realized simply by denying most medical procedures to the terminally ill.
NY Times: Obama health plan denies care to the terminally ill
President Obama on Credit Cardholders’ Bill of Rights
April 30, 2009
A consumer protection bill freezing interest rate hikes on existing credit card balances cleared the House earlier today. President Obama, who has advocated for tighter credit card regulation, released the following statement:
Today, under the leadership of Representatives Barney Frank, Carolyn Maloney, and Luis Gutierrez, members of both parties in the House of Representatives came together to protect American consumers, paving the way toward real, meaningful credit card reform. While Americans have a responsibility to live within their means and pay what they owe, credit card companies have a responsibility to set rules that are fair and transparent. The principles I have long supported would help ensure that these responsibilities are met: strong and reliable consumer protections; credit card forms and statements that have plain language in plain sight; tools that can help people make an informed choice about what credit card to use; and beefed up monitoring, enforcement, and penalties. And building on what we have achieved today, I will work with Congress in the weeks to come so that I can sign a credit card reform bill into law that upholds these principles and upholds the interests of the American people.
President Obama on Credit Cardholders’ Bill of Rights
Obama & Biden- More Weapons of Mass Distraction:
April 30, 2009
Biden Says "No Planes, Trains, or Automobiles."
But Take Control of the Border with Mexico- "Why Would We Do That?"
By Wayne Allyn Root, 2008 Libertarian Vice Presidential nominee
The Obama Administration loves WMD's: Weapons of Mass Distraction. Swine flu is yet another opportunity to distract the public. While the public is panicking and fearing for their lives, perhaps they won't notice that Obama is misleading us about…everything.
Yesterday was a great example. Obama bragged about the success of his economic program and the 150,000 jobs he has single-handedly "created or saved." Meanwhile it was announced on the same day that our economy shrunk by a staggering 6.1% in the first quarter; job losses continued to set records (with a total of 1.2 million lost since Obama took office); and Obama's own budget projects a national debt of $17 trillion by the time he leaves office (over $7 trillion more than when he took over). Now that's what I call success. Happy Days are here again!
To make sure the public doesn't notice that our economy has fallen into the abyss, Vice President Biden in the face of a few dozen cases of the flu (all mild so far in the USA), publicly stated that he told his family to stay away from confined spaces- planes, trains, subways, automobiles and how about this one- classrooms. In a nation of 300 million people, with a few dozen cases of the flu, our confident and courageous Vice President recommends closing shop in America. None of us should go anywhere. School? Who needs school? Not our children. Travel? Who needs travel? From now on, planes, trains or automobiles are out. Our own Vice President believes we should cower in fear inside our homes in the face of a few cases of the flu.
In response to this possible flu pandemic we face, the Vice President has no answers, no solutions- just that we stop doing anything that might put us in contact with…people. That's his one bright idea. Yet the one thing that anyone with common sense would do, we don't. I understand that closing the border with Mexico is not a good option (although it is an option if things get worse); there is simply too much commerce that would be disrupted (such as much of this country's fruits and vegetables).
HOWEVER, there is one thing that Obama, Biden, and Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano refuse to do that could stop or slow any fears of a pandemic: that is to give our border authorities the right to refuse entry to anyone who has flu symptoms and is not a U.S. citizen. The current policy is: sneeze all you want, get sick right in front of a border agent, and yet we'll let you through the border so that our taxpayers can pay for your medical needs. Virtually every country in the world is telling their citizens not to go near Mexico- the epicenter of the possible pandemic. Yet our country sits on a border with Mexico and does…NOTHING.
All Biden can recommend is to stop traveling, stop using transportation, stop buying. Biden's advice will bankrupt the nation. Biden's advice will bankrupt airlines and train companies. Biden's advice will bankrupt tourist destinations like Las Vegas, Orlando, Disneyland, Manhattan and Hawaii. But turn back foreigners who show signs of the virus from ever entering America in the first place? “We can't do that!” That might offend Hispanic voters. Politically correct liberals can't offend any group of minority voters. That is not an option. Better to stop traveling and close the American economy than offend any group of Democratic voters.
Is our country stark raving mad? We've put idiots in charge of the United States economy. Complete and utter fools who think nothing of causing panic among the populace; destroying American business with a few careless words; and refuse to control our border with the country where virtually every single case of the flu has emanated. But using WMD's (Weapons of Mass Distraction) to confuse and panic the voters- on that topic Obama and his friends are as good as anyone in the history of politics.
Wayne Allyn Root was the 2008 Libertarian Vice Presidential candidate. His new book will be released by John Wiley & Sons this July entitled, “The Conscience of a Libertarian: Empowering the Citizen Revolution with God, Guns, Gambling & Tax Cuts.” The book is available now for pre-sale at Amazon.com. For more of Wayne's views, commentaries, or to watch his many media interviews, please visit his web site at: www.ROOTforAmerica.com
Obama & Biden- More Weapons of Mass Distraction:
Caught on tape: Radical congresswoman admits Obama health plan ends all private insurance
April 30, 2009
Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a radical Illinois Democrat and congressional colleague of Barack Obama, was caught on tape during an April 18 speech telling a cheering crowd of socialist activists that the Obama health care plan would eventually terminate every private health insurance plan in America and that supporters of the free market "have every reason to be afraid."
Caught on tape: Radical congresswoman admits Obama health plan ends all private insurance
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