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	<title>Obama&#039;s Enemies List: A Growing List of Obama&#039;s Enemies &#187; president obama</title>
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		<title>Rand, The Better Paul</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>richwas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ At the start of the Conservative Political Action Conference yesterday, American Conservative Union Chairman Al Cardenas said : This week at CPAC, the American Conservative Union is honored to host former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, and Senator Rand Paul, a powerful surrogate for his father Congressman Ron Paul. Cardenas similarly characterized Rand Paul as representing his dad in a press conference before his speech. It's easy to see why; contested primaries inject CPAC with a special energy, attracting large (and lucrative) crowds, and the absence of Paul]]></description>
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		<title>ACLU:State Infringing on Catholic 1st Amendment Somehow Doesn’t Violate the Constitution</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:35:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markisacopyrightthief</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Update from commenter: Here is a petition for all people that believe in the Constitution to sign to let Obama know how we feel about him infringing liberty. ACLU: The American Civil Liberty Union announced today that President Obama’s decision to mandate coverage for birth control does not violate religious liberty. The ACLU’s Alicia Gay warns that See original here: ACLU:State Infringing on Catholic 1st Amendment Somehow Doesn’t Violate the Constitution ]]></description>
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		<title>Exposing &#8216;Truth and Lies&#8217; in Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://www.obamashitlist.com/2012/02/09/exposing-truth-and-lies-in-afghanistan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GlendaAnastasia803</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ A veteran U.S. army officer has broken ranks, and written a scathing article about the war in Afghanistan. In so doing, he's publicly confessed what many American servicemen have been hinting at for years, in private: reports of progress from the Pentagon are little more than window-dressing on a faltering campaign. Davis, a 27 year vet with four combat deployments under his belt, spent the last year assigned to the Army's Rapid Equipping Forces, traveling over 9,000 miles to visit every important area where American soldiers engage the enemy. He now contends that there is a growing inconsistency between official statements offered to the American public and hard truth on the ground. As the mission drags on, and hopes of "victory" wane, this credibility gap is becoming chasmal. LTC Davis reports our Afghan "partners" habitually refuse to fight the Taliban -- hedging their bets against a U.S. drawdown designed to exit the majority of forces over the next 24 months. According to his article for the Armed Forces Journal and a story published in concert with the New York Times , local governments are unable to provide basic services and the Taliban insurgency has free rein in territory outside U.S. eyeshot. At times, Davis plainly observed Afghan Security conspiring with the opposition. According to Davis: In all of the places I visited, the tactical situation was bad to abysmal. If the events I have described — and many, many more I could mention — had been in the first year of war, or even the third or fourth, one might be willing to believe that Afghanistan was just a hard fight, and we should stick it out. Yet these incidents all happened in the 10th year of war. Understandably, American troop morale sits at an all time low. Is any of this so shocking? Probably not. One of the conditions that define American exceptionalism is our stubborn refusal to warm to defeat or failure. We do not casually quit the field. But according to Davis, current perspective and policy is based on illusion, not reality. For his part, Davis is on a mission to see that the military brass quits "cherry-picking" the facts they're feeding us, back home. In his words: What I saw bore no resemblance to rosy official statements by U.S. military leaders about conditions on the ground... No one expects our leaders to always have a successful plan. But we do expect -- and the men who do the living, fighting and dying deserve -- to have our leaders tell us the truth about what's going on. Let's face some facts. Despite the unstinting bravery of American troops, stable, constitutional democracy exists beyond the capacity of our dubious partners in the Afghan government. President Karzai serves his nation as the mayor of Kabul -- and a rapaciously corrupt one, at that. Yet victory in Afghanistan, as we have come to imagine it, requires a stable, liberal democracy that's generally pro-American. At present, such victory is off the table. To expect any Afghan leader -- particularly one clever and strong enough to ply together his country's ragged tapestry of tribal, ethnic and religious identity -- to be pro-American AND to share our evolving goals for South Asia is to abandon prudence. I imagine we can disagree about the strength and purpose of our mission in Afghanistan, how the war should be fought, and when it's time to pull up stakes. LTC Davis's report from the field shouldn't shock us… Afghanistan isn't a pleasant place to fight a war. And far be it from me, from the comfort of my desk in Washington, to accuse senior military leaders of lying about what is going on in Afghanistan. More likely, we're receiving overly optimistic missives from military higher-ups who are famously reluctant to admit an unfavorable outcome. But, Davis raises an important question: Is American military leadership changing its strategic logic to survive and win on the battlefield…or are they responding to pressures -- perhaps leveraged by President Obama and his staff -- to outlive opposition inside the Beltway and in next year's general election? ]]></description>
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		<title>Obama WH Doesn&#8217;t Care if the Senate Passes a Budget</title>
		<link>http://www.obamashitlist.com/2012/02/09/obama-wh-doesnt-care-if-the-senate-passes-a-budget/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>WhittleseyObyrne184</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Mark Hemingway of The Weekly Standard draws our attention to this exchange yesterday between ABC White House correspondent Jake Tapper and White House Press Secretary Jay Carney. Tapper asked Carney if he agreed with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid that the Senate did not need to pass a budget or if he agreed with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke that the Senate not passing a budget has created uncertainty and affected growth: Tapper: So therefore, the Senate should pass a budget as well. Carney: I don't have a -- Tapper: I'm asking. Carney: Well, I don't have an opinion to express on how the Senate does its business with regards to this issue. The fact is because of the negotiations over the debt ceiling that resulted in the Budget Control Act, we have an unusual situation here in that the top lines for the budget going forward have already been set and agreed to by Republicans and Democrats alike. Tapper: So the -- I'm not actually asking your opinion, but the White House's opinion, because it's the White House's -- Carney: Well, I mean, I don't have a -- Tapper: The White House has no opinion about whether or not the Senate should pass a budget? The president's going to introduce one. The Fed chair says not having one is bad for growth. But the White House has no opinion about whether -- Carney: I have no opinion -- the White House has no opinion on Chairman Bernanke's assessment of how the Senate ought to do its business. So there you have it. The Obama Administration does not have an opinion on how the Democrat controlled Senate "does its business with regards to this issue." Is it any wonder that the aforementioned Democrat controlled Senate has not passed a budget in 1,016 days and counting? If the Senate were in Republican hands and had not passed a budget in over a 1,000 days, I doubt Mr. Carney would reply in such a sanguine manner. I dare say Mr. Carney would accuse Senate Republicans of being "obstructionist" as he has ]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Dems Say Obama “Reinforced” His Stance On Contraception Mandate To Them At Democratic Retreat…</title>
		<link>http://www.obamashitlist.com/2012/02/09/senate-dems-say-obama-reinforced-his-stance-on-contraception-mandate-to-them-at-democratic-retreat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:50:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob R</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[He&#8217;s digging his own political grave and they&#8217;re cheering him on. Not that I&#8217;m complaining. (ABC News) — President Obama “reinforced” his stance on the controversial contraception mandate while speaking at the Democrats’ annual retreat at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. today, Senate Democrats said. The retreat was closed to media. Following President Obama’s speech at ]]></description>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s Not Measure Oval Office Drapes for Santorum Just Yet</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>richwas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ At present, Quin Hillyer is in a state of euphoria and could probably leap across the]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s Amazing Energy Spin Machine</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LautzVanderbeck393</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The bankruptcy of Ener1, a "green energy" firm that got a $118 million stimulus grant, has brought the Obama administration's commitment to sinking billions of dollars into alternative energy boondoggles back into the spotlight. Unfortunately, President Obama remains committed to continuing down this wasteful path, as his statements about energy in his recent State of the Union Address made clear. While the president spent more time on the topic than any other policy area, he distorted the facts, misrepresented his plans, and ignored his record. Obama announced that "tonight, I'm directing my Administration to open more than 75 percent of our potential offshore oil and gas resources." For those who favor energy production, this sounds great, but a close inspection reveals that this announcement was nothing new -- the sale should have been scheduled last year, and the only reason the administration is planning it now is that it is required under the]]></description>
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		<title>Dems: Republicans “Have Their Panties In a Wad” Over Obama’s Super PAC Flip-Flop…</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:44:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>concernedcoloradoan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Via DC Examiner: Republicans are seizing on President Obama’s flip-flop on so-called Super PACS, calling it his Kerry moment. “He was against them before he was for them,” said a GOP official. Republicans predictably sneered, but that only brought shrugs from the Democrats who argued that by not aiding their own Super PAC, they ]]></description>
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		<title>In Defense of Clint Eastwood</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LautzVanderbeck393</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ As I wrote here shortly after it aired on Sunday night, I really liked the Clint Eastwood Chrysler Super Bowl ad ]]></description>
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		<title>Jimmy Carter II Plays into Iran&#8217;s Hands</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LanaGalloway</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ In an interview with the Today show's Matt Lauer recorded on Superbowl Sunday, President Obama said that "Our preferred solution (to the Iranian efforts to develop a nuclear weapon) is diplomatic." Although he also stated "we're not taking any options off the table," it's hard to imagine the mullahs who rule Iran thinking that military action by the US has ever been on the table during this president's administration. So it's hard to believe that Obama thinks he is accomplishing anything of significance with his Monday order to freeze all financial assets (which are under American control) of the Iranian government or Iranian banks. A British attorney quoted in a Bloomberg News article on the policy shift said "It’s a declaration of economic warfare, to the extent that it’s not already been declared." But do the mullahs actually care about "warfare" that doesn't include weapons capable of destroying their uranium enrichment or missile production capabilities? Iran might rattle some sabres regarding disrupting shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, but they probably won't go far enough to start actual fighting because they know that as long as Obama feels like he's doing something, or fooling people into believing he's doing something, they can keep on working full-speed-ahead on a weapon intended to turn a major Israeli city into rubble. Furthermore, everybody talks about how much oil goes through that ocean passageway, but it must also be remembered that Iran is a large importer of gasoline. Thus interrupting shipping through the Strait would not be without major domestic economic and political consequences. The only reason they might pick a fight on the ocean is to rally internal support for their regime, creating the external enemy to blame for the nation's problems. It's a time-tested tactic, but one I doubt the mullahs will use. David A. Harris, president of the National Jewish Democratic Council, is also quoted by Bloomberg as saying that Obama's move “should end any doubt about the president’s singular commitment to ensuring Iran does not obtain a nuclear weapon." Actually, Harris has it exactly wrong. Obama's move, while welcome, coming in the context of his reiteration that he wants and expects a diplomatic solution where it is increasingly obvious that none is possible, ends any doubt that the mullahs are laughing at the reign of Jimmy Carter II. The mullahs reaction will be "Obama just pulled the biggest weapon he's actually willing to use. He is now toothless. We'll pretend to be perturbed, but we feel little worse about this than Br'er Rabbit felt about being thrown into the briar patch." Their view is all the more accurate given this president's internationalist mindset, wanting to use the UN for every hard decision, now that we have seen Russia and China defend the indefensible Bashar al Assad, the murderous dictator of Syria. Barack Obama is out of his depth, and the world is a much more dangerous place for it. Israel is indeed, as Jed Babbin explained so well yesterday, sadly and perilously alone. ]]></description>
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