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Impending government shutdown
As of noon EDT, there is no budget agreement and it appears very possible that a government shutdown will occur at midnight tonight. The term "shutdown" is not completely accurate as the government will not completely cease operations. Essential services will continue, but many other Federal services will not continue.
Curious if any of you will be affected by this stoppage.# # # #
Update: With an hour left to go, Democrats and Republicans reached a deal to fund the government through the end of the fiscal year.
President Obama on cars
From the San Fransisco Chronicle:
At Friday's news conference, President Obama tried to connect with the common man coping with rising gasoline prices. Instead, the president left little doubt that he is clueless about cars.
"You may want to buy a fuel-efficient car," quoth Obama, "but you may not be able to afford it. And so you're stuck with the old clunker that's getting 8 or 10 miles a gallon."Eight to 10 mpg? Which clunker would that be? I wondered. An old Hummer? Your father's father's Oldsmobile? A late-model Lamborghini? It takes a luxury brand, a boat-sized machine and/or a few decades to approach those dismal mileage numbers.
Perhaps the president is laying the groundwork for "Cash for Clunkers Part Deux."
Obama against defunding of public broadcasting
President Obama came out today against defunding of public broadcasting.
President Obama
defended public broadcasting from cuts on Friday, emphasizing that defunding networks like NPR and PBS would do little to rein in spending.
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"I think it's going to be important for us to have a conversation after we get the short-term budget done, about how do we really tackle the problem in a comprehensive way," Obama said at a press conference on Friday.
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Republicans included in their continuing resolution to fund government the rest of this year provisions that would severely cut support for public broadcasting. Calls to defund those networks have only intensified after a conservative activist's video emerged this week showing a former NPR executive referring to the Tea Party movement in harsh terms. Democrats, in turn, have accused Republicans of trying to defund "Sesame Street," the popular children's program on PBS.
I wonder if he would feel the same if Fox News received Federal support!
It appears Speaker Boehner needs grammar lessons!
I'm assuming one of his staff posted this Tweet!
Gallup Poll: Democratic Party ID Drops in 2010, Tying 22-Year Low
In 2010, 31% of Americans identified as Democrats, down five percentage points from just two years ago and tied for the lowest annual average the Gallup Poll has measured in the last 22 years. While Democrats still outnumber Republicans by two points, the percentage identifying as independents increased to 38%, on the high end of what Gallup has measured in the last two decades.
Obama vs. Palin
President Obama recently responded to Sarah Palin's criticism about his nuclear policy. “I really have no response,” he told ABC News. “Because last I checked, Sarah Palin’s not much of an expert on nuclear issues.”
A video has now surfaced (they always do!) in which Candidate Obama admitted in 2008 to not fully understanding America's nuclear policy.
Late Show video: Rod Blagojevich Top Ten
Former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich appeared on David Letterman's show and presented the "Top Ten Questions Rod Blagojevich Asked Himself Before Appearing on 'Celebrity Apprentice.'"
Funny or Die's Presidential Reunion
Barack Obama gets a surprise visit in the night from ex-Presidents Bush Sr., Bush Jr., Clinton, Ford, Reagan and Carter to get a few pointers about the Consumer Financial Protection Agency.
Funny political cartoon!
From the Houston Chronicle.
SNL chides Obama
This never would have happened a few short months ago!
