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Thursday, September 1, 2011
FEMA'S use of term 'federal family' for government expands under Obama
September 1, 2011
ByGeorge Bennett
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Don’t think of it as the federal government but as your “federal family.”
In a Category 4 torrent of official communications during the approach and aftermath of Hurricane Irene, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has repeatedly used the phrase “federal family” when describing the Obama administration’s response to the storm.
The Obama administration didn’t invent the phrase but has taken it to new heights.
“Under the direction of President Obama and Secretary Janet Napolitano, the entire federal family is leaning forward to support our state, tribal and territorial partners along the East Coast,” a FEMA news release declared Friday as Irene churned toward landfall.
The G-word — “government” — has been nearly banished, with FEMA instead referring to federal, state and local “partners” as well as “offices” and “personnel.”
“'Government’ is such a dirty word right now,” says Florida State University communication professor Davis Houck. “Part of what the federal government does and any elected official does is change the terms of the language game into terms that are favorable to them.”
“Family” can evoke favorable thoughts of motherhood and security. But it can also conjure images of Big Brother and organized crime.
The phrase “federal family” has been used in connection with FEMA at least as far back as 1999.
Under President George W. Bush, FEMA officials sprinkled the alliterative euphemism into congressional testimony and statements. When former FEMA Director Michael Brown promised help to hurricane-battered Floridians in 2004, he vowed that “the federal family is dedicated to staying for as long as it takes.”
During the Clinton administration, Vice President Al Gore responded to 1999 flooding in Iowa by pledging that “the federal family is committed to providing the necessary resources to comfort every person and family devastated by this disaster and to help them return to their normal way of living as fast as possible.”
A Google search shows the phrase appearing 10 times on FEMA’s website during the Bush years. Since Obama took office, “federal family” has turned up 118 times on fema.gov, including 50 Irene-related references.
Among them: statements that the Obama administration “is committed to bringing all of the resources of the federal family to bear” for storm assistance and that “the entire federal family continues to lean forward to support the states in their ongoing response efforts.”
Houck doubts all the “family” references will give the public a warm and fuzzy view of FEMA and the federal government.
“That one is so blatantly obvious that I think people’s rhetorical radar is going to go off,” Houck says.
On the other hand, Houck says, “If FEMA can come in and really do a great job, maybe that 'federal family’ thing would stick with the people on the ground.”
FEMA did not respond to a request for comment Wednesday.
Staff researcher Niels Heimeriks contributed to this story.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
White House Insider: The Obama Plan
" How far is Barack Obama willing to go to secure re-election victory in 2012? According to a longtime Washington D.C. political insider – as far as it takes."
August 31, 2011
Published by Ulsterman on August 31, 2011 in World Politics
Author’s Note: This interview was originally divided into three parts. Due to repeated requests, we are now making it available here in its entirety. This interview is the first face to face sit down in months with our longtime D.C. political operative we have come to simply call “Insider”. They offer up a unique perspective and insight based upon their decades-long experience as a D.C. insider working within the highest levels of government – including helping to elect Barack Obama in 2008. Here now are the words of Insider, unedited and published in their entirety per their request. This is part one of the interview. WARNING: Adult Content
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August 31, 2011
Published by Ulsterman on August 31, 2011 in World Politics
Author’s Note: This interview was originally divided into three parts. Due to repeated requests, we are now making it available here in its entirety. This interview is the first face to face sit down in months with our longtime D.C. political operative we have come to simply call “Insider”. They offer up a unique perspective and insight based upon their decades-long experience as a D.C. insider working within the highest levels of government – including helping to elect Barack Obama in 2008. Here now are the words of Insider, unedited and published in their entirety per their request. This is part one of the interview. WARNING: Adult Content
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Paul Ryan on why he chose not to run for president
August 31, 2011
MacIver Institute landed and exclusive interview with Paul Ryan to find out why he decided not to run for president in 2012:
MacIver Institute landed and exclusive interview with Paul Ryan to find out why he decided not to run for president in 2012:
Another Disaster… Obama’s Gleaming Example of Green Technology – Solyndra – Files For Bankruptcy
August 31, 2011
By Jim Hoft
The Gateway Pundit
The hits keep on coming — Barack Obama’s gleaming example of green technology – Solyndra – filed for bankruptcy today. The Obama Administration gave the solar startup $535 million in federal promises from the Department of Energy.
Obama visited the plant in 2010 and said the factory is just a testament to American ingenuity and dynamism.
“You at Solyndra are leading the way."
NBC Bay Area reported, via Free Republic
President Obama faces political catastrophe in the form of Solyndra — a San Francisco Bay area solar company that he touted as a gleaming example of green technology. It has announced it will declare Chapter 11 bankruptcy. More than 1,100 people will lose their jobs.
During a visit to the Fremont facility in spring of 2010, the President said the factory “is just a testament to American ingenuity and dynamism and the fact that we continue to have the best universities in the world, the best technology in the world, and most importantly the best workers in the world. ”
It’s not his statements the administration will regret; it’s the loan guarantees. The President was celebrating $535 million in federal promises from the Department of Energy to the solar startup. The administration didn’t do its due diligence, says the Government Accountability Office. “There’s a consequence if you don’t follow a rigorous process that’s transparent,” Franklin Rusco of GAO told the website iWatch News.
The President touted the federally back money as a way to create jobs. The President’s opponents immediately jumped on the deal as Solyndra made its first layoffs.
Another Obama disaster. At least this one only cost us $535 million.
By Jim Hoft
The Gateway Pundit
The hits keep on coming — Barack Obama’s gleaming example of green technology – Solyndra – filed for bankruptcy today. The Obama Administration gave the solar startup $535 million in federal promises from the Department of Energy.
Obama visited the plant in 2010 and said the factory is just a testament to American ingenuity and dynamism.
“You at Solyndra are leading the way."
NBC Bay Area reported, via Free Republic
President Obama faces political catastrophe in the form of Solyndra — a San Francisco Bay area solar company that he touted as a gleaming example of green technology. It has announced it will declare Chapter 11 bankruptcy. More than 1,100 people will lose their jobs.
During a visit to the Fremont facility in spring of 2010, the President said the factory “is just a testament to American ingenuity and dynamism and the fact that we continue to have the best universities in the world, the best technology in the world, and most importantly the best workers in the world. ”
It’s not his statements the administration will regret; it’s the loan guarantees. The President was celebrating $535 million in federal promises from the Department of Energy to the solar startup. The administration didn’t do its due diligence, says the Government Accountability Office. “There’s a consequence if you don’t follow a rigorous process that’s transparent,” Franklin Rusco of GAO told the website iWatch News.
The President touted the federally back money as a way to create jobs. The President’s opponents immediately jumped on the deal as Solyndra made its first layoffs.
Another Obama disaster. At least this one only cost us $535 million.
Boehner Rebuffs Obama’s Juvenile Stunt: Says No To Speech On Night Of GOP Debate…
August 31,2011Via National Journal:
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, is rebuffing President Obama’s request to appear before a Joint Session of Congress on Sept. 7, instead “respectfully” inviting him to address a Joint Session on Sept. 8. Boehner cites logistical and security concerns.
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, is rebuffing President Obama’s request to appear before a Joint Session of Congress on Sept. 7, instead “respectfully” inviting him to address a Joint Session on Sept. 8. Boehner cites logistical and security concerns.
Immigration Reform Yielding Results in Alabama
August 31, 2011
By John Loudon, Breitbart
8/29/2011
There are some very interesting numbers coming out of Alabama since their passing landmark immigration reform in June. How about decreasing unemployment and increasing passport applications? Yes, Mexican nationals are overwhelming passport offices to secure passage for themselves and their “anchor” children BACK to Mexico.
While radical leftist groups have joined with the Obama Administration Justice Department to assail Alabama for doing locally the job the Feds refuse to do, common sense law and order types now have numbers to show who is right. Read More
By John Loudon, Breitbart
8/29/2011
There are some very interesting numbers coming out of Alabama since their passing landmark immigration reform in June. How about decreasing unemployment and increasing passport applications? Yes, Mexican nationals are overwhelming passport offices to secure passage for themselves and their “anchor” children BACK to Mexico.
While radical leftist groups have joined with the Obama Administration Justice Department to assail Alabama for doing locally the job the Feds refuse to do, common sense law and order types now have numbers to show who is right. Read More
A Conspiracy of Counterfeiters
August 31, 2011
By Patrick J. Buchanan
8/30/2011
“Lenin is said to have declared that the best way to destroy the Capitalist System was to debauch the currency. By a continuing process of inflation, governments can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens.”
“Lenin was certainly right,” John Maynard Keynes continued in his 1919 classic, “The Economic Consequences of the Peace.”
“There is no subtler, no surer means of overturning the existing basis of society than to debauch the currency. The process engages all the hidden forces of economic law on the side of destruction, and does it in a manner which not one man in a million is able to diagnose.”
Keynes warned that terrible hatreds would be unleashed against “profiteers” who enriched themselves through inflation as the middle class was wiped out. And he pointed with alarm to Germany, where the mark had lost most of its international value. Read More
Monday, August 29, 2011
Limbaugh: Hurricane hype part of “the reelection effort”
Leave it to Limbaugh to not mince words. The radio host today sounded off about the overpowering media hype that preceded Hurricane Irene:
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Obama’s Lies About Our Energy Resources Exposed
August 28, 2011
Moonbattery.com
Our rulers often bleat piously about energy independence. But the government they run is all that prevents us from achieving it:
Moonbattery.com
Our rulers often bleat piously about energy independence. But the government they run is all that prevents us from achieving it:
The Story of Your Enslavement
August 28, 2011
Moonbattery.com
The government can help itself to as much of your property (and therefore time) as it pleases. This means that you are a slave. Here’s a brief history explaining the rise of the modern system of mass enslavement:
Our soft tyranny is dying, having spent itself to the point of implosion. Whether it is replaced by a hard tyranny or by liberty will be determined by whether liberals or patriots prevail.
Moonbattery.com
The government can help itself to as much of your property (and therefore time) as it pleases. This means that you are a slave. Here’s a brief history explaining the rise of the modern system of mass enslavement:
Our soft tyranny is dying, having spent itself to the point of implosion. Whether it is replaced by a hard tyranny or by liberty will be determined by whether liberals or patriots prevail.
Friday, August 26, 2011
Heartache: Obama Forced To Cut Vacation Short By One Day Because Of Hurricane Irene…
National day of mourning.
August 26, 2011
Weasel Zippers
(ABC News) — President Obama will return to Washington, D.C., tonight, one day earlier than originally planned, White House officials said.
The president made the decision to cut short his family vacation on Martha’s Vineyard shortly after addressing the nation about the impending danger of Hurricane Irene, which he said has the potential to be “historic.”
Obama is expected to arrive back at the White House on Friday evening. His family will remain on the Vineyard through Saturday morning.
The family had been scheduled to return to Washington together tomorrow afternoon.
(ABC News) — President Obama will return to Washington, D.C., tonight, one day earlier than originally planned, White House officials said.
The president made the decision to cut short his family vacation on Martha’s Vineyard shortly after addressing the nation about the impending danger of Hurricane Irene, which he said has the potential to be “historic.”
Obama is expected to arrive back at the White House on Friday evening. His family will remain on the Vineyard through Saturday morning.
The family had been scheduled to return to Washington together tomorrow afternoon.
Stunning Map: Want to See Where the World’s Unrest is Spreading?
August 26, 2011
The Blaze
Business Insider published a map on Friday that caught the attention of Glenn Beck. And it should catch yours.
Below you’ll be able to see where in the world food riots are taking place. But not just food riots, you’ll also see where governments have been overthrown, where protests and other riots are occurring, where there’s inflation, and even where social media has been shut down. It’s a fascinating map.
But what may be the most interesting is that it seems like the unrest is spreading.
“Most of the inflation riots and protests are concentrated in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region,” EconoMatters writes on the Business Insider site, “but as you can see on the Google map, they are starting to migrate into Europe, as well as China and India.”
It continues:
In the U.S., anemic growth, an ongoing housing depression, high unemployment and two rounds of quantitative easing (QE) probably have laid a pretty solid foundation for a similar riot map if Chairman Bernanke decides to grace us with QE3.
No longer, then, is the unrest localized to the “Arab Spring” countries from a few months ago. As Beck has talked about for a while, this could be the start of the “coming insurrection.”
Here’s the map:
The Blaze
Business Insider published a map on Friday that caught the attention of Glenn Beck. And it should catch yours.
Below you’ll be able to see where in the world food riots are taking place. But not just food riots, you’ll also see where governments have been overthrown, where protests and other riots are occurring, where there’s inflation, and even where social media has been shut down. It’s a fascinating map.
But what may be the most interesting is that it seems like the unrest is spreading.
“Most of the inflation riots and protests are concentrated in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region,” EconoMatters writes on the Business Insider site, “but as you can see on the Google map, they are starting to migrate into Europe, as well as China and India.”
It continues:
In the U.S., anemic growth, an ongoing housing depression, high unemployment and two rounds of quantitative easing (QE) probably have laid a pretty solid foundation for a similar riot map if Chairman Bernanke decides to grace us with QE3.
No longer, then, is the unrest localized to the “Arab Spring” countries from a few months ago. As Beck has talked about for a while, this could be the start of the “coming insurrection.”
Here’s the map:
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