Just how afraid of Glenn Beck are Barack Obama and Company?
So afraid they've actually started blogging about him to refute statements made on his program by either himself OR his guests.
Somewhat humorously, the offending guest on this occason was a senior advisor to former President Jimmy Carter.
Without further ado, the following was posted Wednesday by Jesse Lee, Obama's Online Programs Director:
Last night Fox News continued its disregard for the facts in an attempt to smear the Administration's efforts to win the Olympics for the United States. In the past, hosting the Olympics has been a source of pride and unity for the country, but once again Fox News' Glenn Beck program has shown that nothing is worthy of respect if it can be used as part of a partisan attack to boost ratings.
Isn't that nice? Unemployment is approaching double digits, the war in Afghanistan is going poorly, and our President is worried about what's being said about him on Fox News!
Regardless, let's look at some of the carping and whining:
RHETORIC: BECK SAID VANCOUVER LOST $1 BILLION WHEN IT "HAD THE OLYMPICS." Glenn Beck said, "Vancouver lost, how much was it? they lost a billion dollars when they had the Olympics." [Transcript, Glenn Beck Show, 9/29/09]REALITY: VANCOUVER'S OLYMPICS WILL NOT TAKE PLACE UNTIL 2010. Vancouver will host the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games from February 12 – 28, 2010 and March 12-21, 2010, respectively. [Vancouver2010.com, accessed 9/29/09]
The City of Vancouver's liabilities to construction of the 2010 Olympic Athletes Village may cost it its favourable credit rating with Standard & Poor's, the rating agency said today.
Standard & Poor's, in a statement, said it has placed Vancouver's AA+ rating on creditwatch in light of revelations that the city may need to step in and finance the Olympic village's remaining construction.
"Depending on the scope of the city's financial obligation, we believe Vancouver's potential debt burden might not be consistent with the AA+ rating," Steven Ogilvie, director of public-finance ratings for Standard & Poor's office in Toronto, said in the statement.
In the statement, Ogilvie said the agency's concern is that without financing from the Olympic village project's main lender, Fortress Investment Group, Vancouver could be on the hook for up to $850 million and may have to borrow a large part of that to shore up the project's finance.
Fortress stopped advancing funds to the project in September in part because of cost overruns.
Closer to home, the New York Times reported last November:
When Montreal announced that it would be the host of the 1976 Summer Olympics, Mayor Jean Drapeau promised that the Games could “no more have a deficit than a man can have a baby.” Ultimately the Games left behind about $1.5 billion in unexpected debt that was paid off only two years ago.
Now, Vancouver residents prepare to vote in a municipal election on Saturday, the freeze in credit markets and a collapse of the city’s real estate market have made the financing of the 2010 Winter Games a critical issue.
Looming over the debate are the fortunes of the Fortress Investment Group, the hedge fund and private equity firm that controls the main Olympic skiing site, Whistler Blackcomb, and is the primary source of financing for a $1 billion athletes’ village now under construction downtown. On Thursday, Fortress reported a third-quarter loss of $20 million, in contrast to earnings of $111 million in the period a year earlier.
As such, Vancouver is indeed having serious financial issues in preparation for its upcoming Olympics, a reality Lee chose not to check.
As for his other concerns, they were all dealing with what was said by Beck's guest Pat Caddell. Maybe the White House should address this matter directly with the former senior advisor to President Carter.
On the other hand, it would be more interesting to see Lee fact-check MSNBCers and their guests.
Now THAT would be entertainment!
Stay tuned.
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LOL! The White House is
October 1, 2009 - 09:12 ET by FeynmanFanLOL! The White House is afraid of Glenn Beck!
That, more than anything else, tells you how close he is to the truth about what's going on.
What a hoot.
"Reason and persuasion are the only practical instruments against error. To make way for these, free inquiry must be indulged" - Thomas Jefferson
Pointing out factual errors
October 1, 2009 - 09:26 ET by JesseJacksonIVPointing out factual errors he or his guests made is not realy being afraid. It's just informing some of the people who may choose to get their news from one source.
Saying Vancouver had lost a billion from the Olympics they HAD, is a pretty stupid statement and Beck should be called out on it.
Oh yes, that's right!
October 1, 2009 - 09:35 ET by Sonia HLet's make sure the point gets lost in the details.
Sonia in Las Vegas
Nice, Sonia!
October 1, 2009 - 09:40 ET by BlondeThat statement is good enough to use interchangably with "We need a better class of troll, here. ©" when the clowns show up.
Besides, Beck said this live, yesterday....say JJIV....care to speculate as to whether he'll correct himself? Or will he go on the air, in all 57 states, and ignore his mistake like certain other people who routinely misstate things.
Sheesh.
I hope he fails, too.
People on the right have
October 1, 2009 - 09:49 ET by JesseJacksonIVPeople on the right have pointed out Obamas mistakes, now the left is pointing out Beck's. If Beck can dish it out, he should be able to take it.
No, JJIV
October 1, 2009 - 10:04 ET by BlondeThe point, which once again sailed over your perfectly clueless head, is this:
Conservatives (and in Beck's case, libertarians) publicly correct their own mistakes. Liberal liars like Obama never, ever do. Like smearing a good cop without knowing the facts. That was one of the more idiotic things Obama's done, and he never apologized or said he was wrong.
We need a better class of troll, here. ©
I hope he fails, too.
Yeah!
October 1, 2009 - 16:38 ET by RukusWhat Blonde said! ©
: )
Gary
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Beck ain't the president.
October 1, 2009 - 10:06 ET by mattmBeck ain't the president.
JesseJacksonIV, Obama IS
October 1, 2009 - 10:42 ET by LiberalliesJesseJacksonIV,
Obama IS the Preisdent, Beck is a host at a television show!
Why is Obama so worried about Beck that he feels his rantings most be replied to? WOW!! Talk about weak.
AND the FACTS are on Glen Beck's side.
1) He already corrected himself
2) Vancouver WILL be losing money and will have lost at least a billion dollars after the Olympics are done.
3) As it was pointed out, with the war in Afghanistan AND Iraq (which the media is now ignoring as they ignored Afghanistan during the Bush years), unemployment going through the roof. With inflation about to go through the roof, with the dollar getting weaker, with Iran ready to build nuclear bombs....The White House, the Obama administration feels that responding to Beck about the Olympics is important?! wow!!! No wonder Obama is losing the support of the American people so fast.
The problem with Obama is that he doesn't know how to act Presidential.
I am curious, has any previous President in American history ever replied to its critics while he holds the Presidency? Not a rhetorical question, I am asking in all seriousness. I know Clinont attempted to go after Rush Limbaugh, but I don't think in this manner.
Hmmm...I wonder, will the White House go after CNN, MSNBC, DailyKos, Democratic Underground, Huffington Post, etc?
I am curious, has any
October 1, 2009 - 16:51 ET by Dan The Man 2I am curious, has any previous President in American history ever replied to its critics while he holds the Presidency?
I think it has to do with perception also Duh One has a thin skin. Some of the trolls around have thin skins and they react in a similar manner. Duh One wants to control the publics perception of him, therefore the control of the SCM and the fear of a network he does not have control over.
SloganMasterIV,
October 1, 2009 - 11:32 ET by R D Helm-And lets face it, that is all that useless, pathetic loser of a race pimp of a hustler Jesse Jackson is really any good at, coming up with simple slogans that can be easily remembered by the uneducated societal dregs and leeches among us - that, and extorting money from America's corporations.
Glenn Beck isn't POTUS, Obama is, which means he, not Beck, essentially has the power of life and death over us.
Beck made a mistake. Obama lies deliberately and repeatedly, yet you are in here defending him.
Methinks you have a problem properly ordering your priorities.
-Dave
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Yes
October 1, 2009 - 14:26 ET by theduck6those 2 inaccuracies are the same...???WHAT?
Beck will correct it and has done so on more than one occasion.
Again, missing the point and obsessing on the minutia. Either OCD or a sycophant.
Could it be?
October 1, 2009 - 21:06 ET by jdlybrandJesseJacksonIV is actually BarryBonds2 reincarnate? What's next? AlSharptonVI? Followed by JeremiahWright4+4?
A troll by any other name would be as disingenuous.
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By choosing to lionize Jesse
October 1, 2009 - 23:27 ET by marvlBy choosing to lionize Jesse Jackson with your moniker, you invite all humankind to dismiss anything you say as drivel. Your posts here are a case in point.
Already done, Blonde. At
October 1, 2009 - 10:05 ET by HermanoAlready done, Blonde. At the top of his show this morning. He did admit her erred in saying Vancouver, but then put the numbers up for Calgary and the projected overspending on many parts of the Vancouver project.
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Thanks, Hermano.
October 1, 2009 - 10:09 ET by BlondeSome things are so predictable. Like JJIV will continue to spam this thread with his trollishness.
And I hope your update gets added to the main part of this thread, too!
All is well, thanks! I'll send you a pm.
I hope he fails, too.
Okay, call him out on his
October 1, 2009 - 09:40 ET by FeynmanFanOkay, call him out on his mistake - but there are plenty of White House minions in the MSM who can take care of that for them, and be a lot meaner about it.
It's a mistake for the White House to get down in the dirt (so to speak) with a tv commentator. It confirms that Beck has a significant amount of influence with the American people and that they are worried about it.
"Reason and persuasion are the only practical instruments against error. To make way for these, free inquiry must be indulged" - Thomas Jefferson
He simply misspoke - he
October 1, 2009 - 09:42 ET by mattmHe simply misspoke - he meant Montreal -where they DID lose $1 Billion. http://www.lilith-ezine.com/articles/health/Olympics-Profiteerism.html (2nd Paragraph)
It's easy to misspeak on a live broadcast. Besides, the point is correct: Hosting the Olympics is a net money loser.
For the Beck-Haters to jump on a rhetorical error as a way of tricking people into believing the opposite of the truth is lying.
And Beck is merely a talk-show host, yet it's no big deal if the President (or at the time, candidate) refers to 57 states, says the U.S. is the largest Muslim country in the world, says the cops were stupid even though he didn't even know the whole story yet, and a hundred other things....
And when you compare the thousands of deliberate distortions per day in the mainstream media to the occasional gaffe of right wing talkers, they aren't even worth mentioning.
Beck should start his own blog
October 1, 2009 - 09:55 ET by OxyCon...pointing out all the lies Obama tells. At the end of the hundreds of postings should be a sound file of Congressman Wilson yelling "You Lie".
the left is still
October 1, 2009 - 10:10 ET by Sonia Hfocused on the "You LIE!" outrage instead of the fact Obama WAS lying.
*special note to trolls: Otherwise, how would you explain his decision and attempt to 'make sure' illegals aren't covered after the outburst?
Sonia in Las Vegas
That is a great idea
October 1, 2009 - 10:16 ET by Scuba DudeThat is a great idea OxyCon. And with the amount of speeches that the LOTUS gives there will be no problem with updating it daily.
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White House.
October 1, 2009 - 13:12 ET by CobraMan"It's just informing some of the people who may choose to get their news from one source."
Since when is it the responsibility of the White House to refute people like Glen Beck?
You may not understand this, but the Presidency is NOT supposed to a news source. It's supposed to be a news SUBJECT!
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FF.. and these WH bloggers
October 1, 2009 - 13:21 ET by celatorFF.. and these WH bloggers who are trying to destroy a private citizens's voice of political opposition and his exposure of the criminality of the WH goons are being paid with taxpayer money, I would think.
Oh, yeah. That's a good use of the public treasury.
No citizen's right to life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, or property is safe as long as Obama is President of the United States.
I'd forgotten about Vancouver
October 1, 2009 - 09:20 ET by BlondeWhat a terrific place to have the Olympics.
If I weren't a warm bunny, I'd go.
Vancouver Island, BC, is one of the most beautiful places I've ever been. I'd love to go back, and to anyone who is thinking of going, do it! You won't regret it. It was fabulous.
I hope he fails, too.
check your maps
October 1, 2009 - 11:22 ET by JeffC...I'm sure Vancouver Island is lovely, but the Olympics are in Vancouver and Vancouver is not on Vancouver Island. The venues are located in Vancouver and its suburbs, and on Whistler Mountain.
Yes I know that
October 1, 2009 - 15:55 ET by BlondeBut it's a short ferry ride from one to the other, and that's a fun thing to do too. Personally, I'd rather stay in Campbell River and not the city proper, even for the Olympics if I were to go.
I hope he fails, too.
I would be afraid to go..
October 1, 2009 - 12:48 ET by DragonsbreathWith all the killings and assaults that go on there now just think what it will be like with all the outside gang members coming it.
I think everyone should email the Olympic people the daily news stories from there, then they would not want to go either..
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They take things out of
October 1, 2009 - 09:22 ET by mattmThey take things out of context, make things up and deliberately miss the point all to discredit someone whose arguments they can't refute.
The media, Liberal and
October 1, 2009 - 09:43 ET by JesseJacksonIVThe media, Liberal and Conservative, does the same thing
What conservative
October 1, 2009 - 09:54 ET by mattmWhat conservative media?
There is one network that is balanced. FOX. ALL of the rest, including taxpayer-funded PBS are far left propaganda outlets.
The same goes for the print media and the entertainment media.
Conservative media people like Beck, Limbaugh, Levin, etc. back up their points with facts. The Liberal Media spreads lies and distotrtion on a continual basis.
The "they all do it" argument is cop out. They don't all do it.
Conservatives make mistakes on occasion.
Liberals lie on purpose.
Obviously Beck didn't back
October 1, 2009 - 10:02 ET by JesseJacksonIVObviously Beck didn't back it up with facts, since the Vancouver Olympics have not happened yet
He did mention several
October 1, 2009 - 10:12 ET by HermanoHe did mention several projects in Vancouver that were 4-5 times OVER budget. A $150M project costing over $800M is pretty bad. But maybe this administration should bring up the fact that SLC came in on budget in 2002. D'oh! They won't because after Romney took over, they erased $250M in overspending and got the corruption out of the games. SLC probably still did not make much money, if they even turned a profit.
If Chi wins, I would be willing to bet there are a few people associated with 0bama who get really rich. Valerie Jarret, perhaps?
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JJIV - You've Convinced Me
October 1, 2009 - 10:16 ET by HoosierEmI must immediately stop watching and listening to Glenn Beck since he misspoke.
Everyone else is right - you are a troll. Let me guess, you belong to the democratic underground, doncha?
JesseJacksonIV, Hmmm....I
October 1, 2009 - 10:45 ET by LiberalliesJesseJacksonIV,
Hmmm....I wonder, were you so worried about the details when President Obama said as a candidate that he had travel to 57 States?
Or how about when he said in a speech that there were dead veterans in the crowd?
Or when he said that in Austria the people speak Austrian?
do you really want to talk about the details, facts and President Obama. I can be here all day.
Funny how now you care about the details of Glen Beck who ALREADY corrected himself!
lies and damn lies
October 1, 2009 - 12:32 ET by jon_torlinIsn't there a *slight* difference between making a mistaken statement versus an outright lie? I know I make my share of mistaken statements(and I own up to it) but I've never lied on here.
-Jon
For Those In The DNC
October 1, 2009 - 09:27 ET by GeneralAlFor those in the DNC who get their feathers ruffled when we critisize the Tele-Prez Messiah, just pretend Bush is still President! You won't have any problems accepting the critique!
The President visited 57 states
October 1, 2009 - 09:41 ET by redheartFact: There are 50 states
GMTA
October 1, 2009 - 09:45 ET by Blonde3 of us have already posted the 57 states....at about the same time in different parts of this thread....I think that must be some sort of NB record, LOL.
I hope he fails, too.
SO THEN>>>
October 1, 2009 - 09:44 ET by Bighead227THE WHITE AGREES THAT ALL THE OTHER DAMNING AND INCRIMINATING INFORMATION WAS SPOT ON...NICE WORK MR. BECK
This shows that the WH watches Beck carefully
October 1, 2009 - 09:51 ET by carolina09I'm laughing as the anti-Becks huff and puff righteously as Beck gets caught in a minor error. I'm sure Beck is delighted at this, as well, as it adds enormously to his prestige at this evidence the WH is a "fan."
Vancouver is suffering financially at the preparations that they have already been making. But they haven't actually hosted the event as yet. All this about "had." Wonderful!
Let 'em get all wee-wee'd up.
Obama arrogantly claimed he didn't read blogs
October 1, 2009 - 09:52 ET by OxyCon...during the primaries, even though he is a member of DailyKos and wrote several blog postings for that left wing hate speech website.
Why, somone could possibly have shouted "you lie" after his obvious untruth was told.
But now the annointed one who "doesn't read blogs" is lowering the highest office in the land by running his very own DailyKos style blog. He probably even has DailyKos lunatics writing his material for him.
As for Beck, yeah I've criticised him here before about his antics because I know first hand how easily it would be for the left to take him down based on those antics. It's hard to be taken seriously when you're behaving like a clown.
But I will say this. Beck is beating the lefties at their own game right now. This is why he's drawing their ire. He's taken the lefty playbook and he's beating them over the head with it and there ain't a damned thing they can do about it except get all wee weed up about it and look miserable the way Behar does.
No doubt Beck has a giant target painted on his back right now and the White House and all the lefty blogs are looking to take him out. Especially the White House since Beck is now targeting Obama's inner circle. I'm sure they didn't enjoy yesterdays show which highligheted Valerie Jarrett, the Obama kingmaker.
"Isn't that nice?
October 1, 2009 - 09:57 ET by 24enak"Isn't that nice? Unemployment is approaching double digits, the war in Afghanistan is going poorly, and our President is worried about what's being said about him on Fox News!"
The President didn't write anything on the page to correct Beck. If fact the person who wrote it was Jesse Lee.
"Yes, Beck was clearly in error about when the Vancouver Olympics will be held. However, his point about that city's financial problems as a result was nevertheless valid and relevant as it pertains to the question about Chicago getting the Olympics in 2016."
If you notice the White House Blog only corrected Beck's blatant falsehood. They didn't refute his point about the city's financial problems as it pertains to the question about Chicago getting the Olympics in 2016.
24enak, Jesse Lee works
October 1, 2009 - 10:52 ET by Liberallies24enak,
Jesse Lee works for who? I thought you liberals were all about a President taking resonsability for anyone that worked for him. At least that was the mantra that you spewed out during the Bush years! Well, I guess like with everything else, things have changed and we can't measure Obama with the same stick that you Liberals were measuring Bush, right? It was patriotic to protest the Bush administration, today is unpatriotic and racist, right? get a clue!
AND a blatant falsehood is one that is purposedly done. Glen Beck already corrected himself AND please name how many cities around the world that have held the Olympics which have come out on the Black. Prove that Beck is wrong about his point that Chicago will be losing millions if not billions? and who will get stuck with the bill? the tax payers! my family, me, my children.
The blalant lies are coming from your President and those that adore him, support him and are helping him peddle misinformation.
Funny how you care about Beck allegedly lying, he is NOT our President. But you could careless that President Obama lied when he promised that if the stimulus bill became law the USA's unemployment would never go above 8%. Hmmm...at what percentage of unemployment are we today? a blalant lie that you do not care about.
Did Jesse Lee lie when he
October 1, 2009 - 12:43 ET by 24enakDid Jesse Lee lie when he corrected Beck on his mistake? No he corrected him. The president and his advisors miscalculated how high the unemployment rate would get, but I wouldn't call that a blatant lie. A blatant lie is saying Iraq and Al Qaeda are connected, or Iraq had WMD's, or saying we do not torture. And how high would the unemployment rate be if the republicans were in office with their do nothing approach?
The president and his
October 1, 2009 - 12:55 ET by HermanoThe president and his advisors miscalculated A 20% miscalculation?!? 0bama is the messiah and is incapable of miscalculations. Take that back 24enak or you will be punished.
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This is your argument?
October 1, 2009 - 13:43 ET by onewiseguy"...A blatant lie is saying Iraq and Al Qaeda are connected, or Iraq had WMD's, or saying we do not torture"
1. The Iraq and Al Qaeda connections were proven (though the SRM attempted top bury the evidence and liberals routinely deny that the evidence was there).
2. Again, it was proven that WMD did exist and even one of Hussein's former top generals confirmed it and the fact that most of it was shipped to Syria before the invasion (another fact the SRM tried to bury and liberals continually ignore/deny).
3. We don't really torture. We may make them uncomfortable but what we do is far from torture....no matter how many times liberals or even John McShame claim to the contrary. What the terrorists do......beheadings, beatings, blowing up innocent civilians...THAT is torture.
The only blatant lie in your response were your claims.
I heard Beck's show on the
October 1, 2009 - 10:01 ET by BKeyserI heard Beck's show on the radio, then saw something about this White House backlash yesterday. Reading the site is like grading a third-graders social studies paper; just getting past the nanny-nanny-boo-boo stuff is difficult enough.
Simply put this is like like someone here posting "That Bob Keiser does some really rotten photoshop stuff," and someone firing back, "You lie, you're misinforming all of the posters and readers here! His name is spelled k-e-Y-s-e-r, not k-e-I-s-e-r!" Clearly the larger point is how bad my photoshops are...
However, did you see the White House page dedicated to all the errors in the NYT?
...me either.
Touche, Bob!
October 1, 2009 - 10:07 ET by BlondeHowever, did you see the White House page dedicated to all the errors in the NYT?
ROTFLMAO.
I hope he fails, too.
*BOL*
October 1, 2009 - 10:24 ET by BondPlainBondIs the White House kidding? A misspeak and the White House goes to the keyboards?
Everything else they "refute" is pure spin, and badly performed. The White House is parsing its own parsing! Splitting every last hair they can sweep up off the floor, and with very dull scissors.
What was it Obama said? The healthcare bill will NOT cover illegal aliens? LIAR. The healthcare bill will NOT fund abortions? LIAR. That billions of "savings" will be found by initiating the corrections on fraud, waste, and abuse? LIAR. That all legislation will be available for public review, via the internet, with a minimum of five days for that public review? LIAR.
Hypocrits Abound
October 1, 2009 - 10:26 ET by Mr.BohHow about the White House going over Obama's "facts" in his Congressional speech a few weeks ago instead of worring about Beck? Senator Joe Wilson certainly called him out on one wrong fact.
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still doing that thing
October 1, 2009 - 11:19 ET by jon_torlinSo the White House is going after another private citizen again? I'm waiting for someone from there to say "don't listen to Glenn Beck" like they did for Rush.
-Jon
The White house should fact check the healthcare bill
October 1, 2009 - 10:30 ET by c5thenNow THAT would be something that the voters would be getting a return on their investment on.
Throw 'da bums out!!!
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this is so beneath the office of the Presidency...
October 1, 2009 - 10:39 ET by traderjamesWhen a political commentator blogs we call it opinion...
When the President of the United States blogs, it is called propaganda.
I was astonished to see this last night. I'm glad NB picked up on it.
So the White House is
October 1, 2009 - 10:41 ET by Scuba DudeSo the White House is attacking yet another private citizen. LOTUS's narcissism has obviously infected the rest of the staff.
Their time would be better spent fact checking the speeches that the LOTUS gives; a whole lotta misinformation is in there.
I bet the trolls are getting really peeved having to defend the dumbest President that the SRM has selected.
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meanwhile
October 1, 2009 - 10:46 ET by candanceGen McChrystal recieving text replies of OMG! and TTFN from Obama's blackberry.
When MSNBC cropped a photo to lie about it
October 1, 2009 - 10:42 ET by candancethe White House was all over that with internet smack downs and Linda Douglas propaganda videos.
And when WaPo accused James OKeefe of saying minorities shouldn't vote for Democrats, the White House published a rebuke of it.
Cause, you know, Obama's staff is all about stopping the partisan games.
So the WH has blogged about
October 1, 2009 - 10:48 ET by black47211So the WH has blogged about a private citizen and his opinions.
And the liberals still maintain Obama isn't a Socialist with a Socialist agenda?
Surreal.
This doesn't help Obama convince folks he isn't looking to control everything. But I'm only stating the obvious.
I must wonder, however, if these actions on the part of the WH don't justify and validate my "right-wing paranoia" that all is not golden in New Camelot, and that Obama and his minions are in reality enemies of freedom.
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Never mind the Jarret
October 1, 2009 - 10:59 ET by KJ_sezNever mind the Jarret connection to the hopefully-never-will-happen ChiLympics, or the U.S. servicemen and women who may die needlessly in Afghanistan because of LOTUS' inability to understand his function as CinC - Beck made a mistake! Bring out the tar and feathers!
The liars, thieves, and whores in D.C. keep trying to play the same old shell game. I wonder when they'll notice we're not falling for it anymore.
White House Avoids The Issue
October 1, 2009 - 11:09 ET by dboNoel,
As a resident of Vancouver, while Beck may of misspoke on when the games take place he has, if anything, underestimated the financial liability. The story that you reference is strictly for the City of Vancouver. The $850 million liability for the athlete's village is just the tip of the iceberg. The main player in all this is the Province of British Columbia. Their original budget of 1.75 billion is now in the neighbourhood of $6 billion depending on how you calculate it. In addition, the federal government is on the hook for the bulk of the security budget that started at $175 million and now is rumored to be around $900 million.There are also many districts around Vancouver that occurred significant expenses as well.
So Beck, who just received the key to his hometown city 50 miles south of here, is perfectly right to raise the issue.
Incidentally, on a personal note, I have been selected as an official Olympic torchbearer. I will be running with the Olympic torch on February 09, 2010 just 3 days before the games start. So I don`t care how much they cost...6,8,10 billion is worth it to me. :-))
you are so lucky to live in Vancouver
October 1, 2009 - 11:39 ET by candanceI went there once and it was amazing!
Beck was right on point last night. Hosting the Olympics has more to do with earmark spending for friends who "manage" the funding, and less to do with what the ordinary citizens actually get from it.
NBC alone just paid over $2 billion to secure broadcasting of Olympic games. If they can't turn a profit and pay for their own stadiums, maybe they should change their business model. Being popular shouldn't be a license to feel entitled to welfare.
Run Strong, Run Proud
October 2, 2009 - 02:37 ET by stratmanQuite the honor. I am in awe.
According to Howstuffworks:
Once you carry the flame you can then trace your provenance back through every Olympics in history to Zeus and the first Olympics in 776 BC! How cool is that!
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S !
torch bearer
October 2, 2009 - 04:47 ET by ChattychitoWow that pretty good. see you on the news. or again maybe not the way the MSM has been reporting lately.
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Can you imagine if Bush had a blog..
October 1, 2009 - 11:30 ET by Paul Gabout, say.......Olberidiot, Every MSM would be all over it. Again thank God for NBs
The Silence of the Trolls
October 1, 2009 - 12:47 ET by Scuba DudeIt is amazing how quiet this place gets when the trolls have no response. Goes to show, showing them the truth shuts them up most of the time.
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Big Daddy Obama
October 1, 2009 - 13:29 ET by CobraManIt is very apparent that Obama considers himself as America's Big Daddy and that his administration exists to inform and educate us all, for our own good, of course.. From this blog, to his speeches, to his actions in the various debates, Obama constantly projects his belief that he is Big Daddy and that he has the responsibility, nay the right, to correct and admonish anything or anyone he sees as "false"," "incorrect," or "misleading."
Of course, Obama isn't Big Daddy, He shouldn't spend so much time, and tax payer's money (which is something the liberals don't admit. WHO'S paying for this blog, for example?), "correcting" people. He should, and better, get BACK TO WORK administering the federal government, his one and only job.
Yes, administering the federal government is a very big, and very important, job, but being Big Daddy to America is not a part of his job description. As a matter of fact, it's above his pay grade. We, the People, are Big Daddy here. Obama would be wise to remember this.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.
The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus.
The US Supreme Court
Obama is not Governing anyway
October 2, 2009 - 04:44 ET by ChattychitoHe is the ultimate in puppet POTUS. He thinks he a sugar daddy and he can fix everything with smooth words, a smile and a little sugar.
Rahm, who is that lady her name slips me, his number one czar clearer who liked Van Jone, and Soros those are the ones really running the govt right now. the Big O is just another pretty face.
"The ultimate result of shielding men from the effect of folly is to fill the world with fools."
Herbert Spencer's "State Tamperings with Money Banks"
Wow, bad form on Obama's part
October 1, 2009 - 13:45 ET by Captain KirockWhy elevate Beck to the point where the White House is now dealing with him one on one? There are literally thousands of Democratic hacks on the web, on tv, in the papers, who would gladly do the White House's bidding on this. Heck, those Obamatons don't even need to be asked, they just do it out of loyalty to their Great Leader.
This just shows that Chris Wallace was right: this White House is made up of the biggest bunch of crybabies in the world. They cannot handle ANY criticism and feel a need to crush all dissent.
"These guys [the Obama
October 1, 2009 - 17:09 ET by stratmanPrecisely.
someone call the whaaaa-mbulance
October 1, 2009 - 14:45 ET by katainkentNow WhiteHouse.gov is partnered with Media Matters? Who knew.
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The Emperor, he has no clothes
And they still claim they represent the "little guy"?
October 1, 2009 - 15:41 ET by Sestren_NKIt's kind of funny in a way considering that in Bush's administration, I remember some people wanted to know why he didn't fight back against his critics and totally go after them. Now that we've seen Obama and his administration go after Rush, Hannity and Beck, and look completely ridiculous doing it, it's no wonder why.
Of course, had Bush done it people would have been screaming "dictator" for silencing his critics, but they were already calling him that anyway but don't seem to recognize Chavez, Achmedenijad and Castro as ones, not to mention they can't name what rights they thought they lost because they weren't ripped of any. But hey, Obama's staff tries to silence their critics and it's fair game. Go figure.
Ha...Beck's corrected at the top of his show
October 1, 2009 - 16:02 ET by Blondeand even played the tape. Now he's going to go through the financial facts.....per dbo above.
Nice town, fella! And congrats on the torch, too.
I hope he fails, too.
Yeah, come on Beck, where's
October 1, 2009 - 21:26 ET by RR GOPYeah, come on Beck, where's your American pride? Dontcha know that America is only great if it wins gold medals in tiddly winks?
The U.S. should have boycotted these games long ago...but our caviar nibbling, wine-sipping a-hole elitists over here prefer to be "citizens of the world" and hob nob with stuck up Old World types.
Besides, there's tons of money that can be made...a lot of it off the taxpayer, but that's beside the point.
One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 86% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory.
Reminds Me Of "We Bought Alaska In The 1950s..."
October 1, 2009 - 23:02 ET by The7SticksI hate to break it to you, but as much of a talented entertainer he may be, he is no intellectual giant. First, he rips off a lot of his material from Phil Hendrie, whom I believe to be a superior broadcaster and entertainer and he backs up his facts all the time. Did you know that if we did the kind of truth digging Hendrie did, we'd find out that the healthcare plan that Obama is proposing would only cost $2.5 Trillion? That's not chump change there.
Sticks sometimes if you will
October 2, 2009 - 00:31 ET by Dan The Man 2Sticks sometimes if you will be more coherent with your arguments you might make more sense.
This whole Olymoic Village thing
October 2, 2009 - 04:48 ET by Chattychitois it really necessary for every City that hosts the Olympics whether summer or winter to create an Olympic Village?
Has this always been the case?
I am not to suave on the Olympic politics but is all that spending to build a whole village really needed?
What happens to the village afterward?
Is it converted into something beneficial for the community or is it torn down and something else built where it stood?
or does it become like a ghost town?
Will someone explain this to me so I can have a better Idea of what this Olympic village thing is all about.
"The ultimate result of shielding men from the effect of folly is to fill the world with fools."
Herbert Spencer's "State Tamperings with Money Banks"