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Obama: Leadership Led To GM, Chrysler Ills
Saying Detroit’s automakers had “papered over problems” for decades, President Barack Obama unveiled his ultimatums this morning for General Motors Corp. And Chrysler LLC to reform or shut down.
While taking a tough line with the automakers, and raising the chances of bankruptcy as part of the process, Obama said he understood the pain felt by [...]
Mexico’s Army Ready & Willing To Take On Drug Cartels
REYNOSA, Mexico – Acting on a tip, 30 masked soldiers in combat gear bust down the door of a boarded-up house to find 55 terrified migrants, hostages of the Gulf drug cartel .
Amid screams and the smell of urine and sweat, they find a blood-spattered room and a nail-encrusted log used to beat the captives [...]
Obama’s Union Reform Bill Is In Trouble As Dems & GOP Look For Alternatives
With the prospects for a landmark pro-union proposal looking increasingly shaky in Congress, senators in both parties are seeking other ways to reform labor laws, potentially reshaping what many expected to be a defining showdown of Barack Obama’s presidency.
The Employee Free Choice Act, also called “card check,” was dealt two blows last week. Whole Foods, [...]
Endorsement: H.R. 676, “The United States National Health Care Act,” Or “Expanded & Improved Medicare For All” Introduced by Rep. John Conyers, Jr.
Editors note: Helpthemiddleclass .com is endorsing H.R. 676 a bill before Congress, known as the United States National Health Insurance Act. A superior proposal to the Obama Universal Health care plan, H.R. 676 would provide more comprehensive coverage for all. The bill includes doctor, hospital, long-term, mental health, dental, and vision care, prescription drugs, and [...]
Ret. Seattle Police Chief To Obama: Marijuana No Laughing Matter, Mr. President
The president’s busy. He’s got important things to do, like rescuing the economy, saving jobs and mortgages and industries. But we ought not to let him off the hook for his frivolous dismissal of a widely popular question he faced in Thursday’s Online Town Hall.
At the top of the televised event, the president announced that [...]
Nobel Prize Winning Economist says Obama-Geithner Plan Like The ‘Titanic’
The high-profile policy duel between Tim Geithner and Paul Krugman came to a head on Sunday. Following the Treasury Secretary’s appearance on ABC’s “This Week (read/watch that interview here), Krugman participated in the panel session and made clear that he hadn’t yet been convinced.
“It’s a plan to rearrange the deck chairs and hope that that [...]
Obama Administration Gets Tough On GM – Tells CEO To Resign
His departure is at the request of the Obama administration, a government official says. The news comes on the eve of the president’s address on the future needs of automakers.
General Motors Corp. Chief Executive Rick Wagoner will step down after more than eight years running the largest U.S. automaker, people familiar with the situation said.
The [...]
Opinion: Take the Limbaugh Challenge – Los Angeles Times
If you are reading this newspaper, the likelihood is that you agree with the Obama administration’s recent attacks on conservative radio talker Rush Limbaugh. That’s the likelihood; here’s the certainty: You’ve never listened to Rush Limbaugh.
Oh no, you haven’t. Whenever I interrupt a liberal’s anti-Limbaugh rant to point out that the ranter has never actually [...]
Obama Justifies Military Build-Up In Afghanistan
The greatly expanded U.S. military effort in Afghanistan is necessary to root out Al Qaeda but is not open-ended and will be monitored carefully for signs of progress, President Obama said in television interview this morning.
Obama said “we needed to ramp up from the greatly under-resourced level” in the region, but that doesn’t mean “that [...]
Obama Rules Out US Troop Raids Into Pakistan
As he carries out a retooled strategy in Afghanistan, President Barack Obama says he will consult with Pakistan’s leaders before pursuing terrorist hideouts in that country.
Obama said U.S. ally Pakistan needs to be more accountable, but ruled out deploying U.S. troops there. “Our plan does not change the recognition of Pakistan as a sovereign government,” [...]
