Below is a video of Obama’s Press Secretary Jay Carney repeatedly suppressing attempts by Fox News’s White House correspondent Ed Henry to ask a question, which resulted in him leaving the press room. Do you believe it is justified to ignore reporters who might ask difficult questions, the administration might not want to answer?
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House conservatives lash out at moderate Republicans
A lot of blame is going around in Washington after Congress passed a deal that reopened the federal government and increase the statutory debt limit for several months. Senate Republicans quickly accused the Republican conference in the House of Representatives for their behavior, while conservatives in the House blamed their moderate colleagues for eroding Speaker…
Does the debt limit make default inevitable?
On October 1st Secretary Lew wrote in a letter to Speaker Boehner, reminding that the Treasury Department would no longer be able to fund the Federal Government, come October 17. The statutory debt limit, commonly referred to as the debt ceiling, has been reached in May of this year, forcing the Treasury to exert extraordinary…
Boehner Wants Super Congress To Solve Debt Problem
Reading about Boehner’s latest debt ceiling proposal many things come to mind, unconstitutional, rendering Congress powerless, creating a nearly almighty legislative body, which consist of only a dozen people. But let us take a look at what started the discussion about this outrageous plan. The Huffington Post reported yesterday evening, that House Speaker John Boehner…
Herman Cain’s Mosque Banning First Amendment Issue
Everyone with a basic understanding of the Bill of Rights should be quite amused about the way Herman Cain tries to attract new voters. Cain said on Fox News, that he thinks that the American people have the right to ban mosques. He even stated, that this can be done in accordance with the First…
Why Obama Must Not Make Peace With the Taliban
Afghan President Hamid Karzai announced two weeks ago, that the United States is engaging in peace negotiations with the Taliban. From a western point of view, the Taliban is an ethnic group, which practices one of the strictest interpretations of Islam, denounce women their most basic rights. They also harbored al Qaeda and made sure…
Iran And The Flying Saucer Story
Ever wondered, whether all those people, who see UFO’s in the sky, are either lucky, hallucinating or even lying? It actually does not matter any more, because the Iranian government recently revealed their first flying saucer. Yes, they really developed a device that kind of looks like all those pictures, you might associate with flying…
Governor Walker Screws Wisconsin’s Working Class
In an undemocratic scheme, Wisconsin Republican Senators voted on eliminating collective bargaining rights from public employees, in absence of the 14 Democratic State Senators who still hide out in Illinois. The 14 Democrats left Wisconsin to prevent the Senate from voting on the controversial budget Governor Walker proposed. While the bill sparked massive protests in…
Fair Politics USA – Changed Banner/BBM Group
Earlier this week, I promised to various changes, some were already implemented, when I posted the news, while others were too complex to add right away. The most important feature of this updated is the new banner for the blog. The idea behind this is the simplicity, which corresponds very well with the general theme.…
NATO Troops Gather Near Libya – Attack Imminent?
Most recent reports from Libya describe a dire situation, which suggests a civil war is looming. Rebel troops and Gaddafi supporters are constantly fighting for key towns close to the capital Tripoli. The uprising was most successful in the eastern parts of the country, far away from the capital, which can be explained by the…