Surprise! Obama Is Out Of Touch
Aug 14, 2014 Commentary, Immigration
Barack Obama does two things very well. He campaigns and he vacations and he does both a lot. When he goes on his vacations we are told that he needs downtime and we are assured that he has a lot of technology that keeps him in control and in touch. It seems to me that in our world of technology there is no reason to doubt such a claim. In other words, the president can remain in touch with secure communications no matter where he is.
[note]As for needing downtime, does he really work hard enough to need a vacation? I guess 200 rounds of golf and endless fundraisers tend to take a toll on a body…[/note]
So if Obama is in touch with staff and has all the modern communication devices at his fingertips, why does he need to leave his vacation to return to DC to meet with staff? The Hill is reporting that Obama will return to DC from Martha’s Vineyard for what is described as a face to face with his staff.
Why does he need to have a face to face? He can communicate with them via the secure communications devices and save the taxpayer a lot of money. The cost for the roundtrip travel will exceed a MILLION dollars. If Obama must travel back then he is admitting he is out of touch with his staff. Seems appropriate given his lifestyle and ideology is out of touch with the rest of America
That seems like an awfully lot of money just to have a face to face with his staff particularly when he is able to communicate remotely.
Perhaps Reggie Love will be in DC and this is a million dollar booty call (another kind of face to face).
Or, perhaps Obama is going to announce some executive action on immigration or other issue. Since Congress is in recess now would be an opportune time for him to spring another rogue edict on the people. The Hill story states that Obama’s spokespeople say that they are not anticipating a major announcement but this is the Obama regime and it lies all the time. If it announced some executive action prior to his return to DC Congress would have time to react. If he just shows up for an alleged face to face he can make any announcement he wants and it will grow legs before Congress can react.
It is no secret that Obama intends to use executive action on immigration. He has not gotten his way from Congress and when that happens Obama uses his pen and his phone. The original timeline indicated he would take action after Labor Day but this is an election year and many Democrats facing tough reelection balked at the idea of doing this so close to the election. If he does it a few weeks early it will be old news by the time people start paying attention to campaigns which, by the way, is after Labor Day.
The low information voters will have forgotten all of this by the time they pig out on ribs and beer (no doubt paid for with EBT cards) and members of Congress will be caught flatfooted because they expected to take up the fight next month.
I suspect the face to face is a farce and there will be some major announcement. If that happens you can be sure it will be controversial.
Otherwise he would have waited.
This guy is lawless and he is imposing his will on the country contrary to the founding principles of this nation.
Of course all of this is speculation. For all I know he might just want to get away from that beast he is married to.
I imagine he is not the only one who would blow a million dollars to do so…
Cave canem!
Never surrender, never submit.
Tags: Immigration, martha's vineyard, million dollars, Obama, travel, vacation
Right to Travel?
Nov 19, 2010 Political
So, a simple question — do we, as American citizens, have a right to travel in an airplane? According to the TSA, no. According to Joe Biden, Vice President of the United States, no. According to the head of Homeland Stupidity Security, no. According to US law, yes!
A citizen of the United States has a public right of transit through the navigable airspace.
— US Code Title 49, Subtitle VII, Part A, subpart i, Chapter 401, Section 40103.
Huh. Oh, I guess laws only apply when and where the law enforcement people want them to. And only to people who are not part of the government elite.
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Joe Biden- What can you say?
Apr 30, 2009 Political
Well, the Hundred days was going so well that the White House pet handlers figured that they would let Joe Biden off of his leash for a run. They had been keeping him in that really cool “undisclosed location” that Dick Cheney used to use.
No sooner than they loosed the hound, than he sniffed his way to the Today show, because he couldn’t find a hydrant, and proceeded to reaffirm just why Barama picked him for VP. (Hint: it wasn’t brains). While he was there, getting pats on his head, he went off the reservation, talking candidly, as only Amtrak Joe can.
He was asked about concerns about the swine flu. Now someone in the White House staff fo,rgot to trank Joey with ritalin, and make him repeat the government mantra, so he just answered off the top of his head (hence the bad hairplugs).
Asked about concerns regarding the possible pandemic, he responded that he sure wouldn’t travel in a plane or subway, or bus, because all of these places were close contact places, and if someone sneezed, or coughed, the effects would be far worse than in the open air. He furthered stated that he had told his family not to travel. He was candid, he was fairly truthful, and he was a loose cannon for the administration, in a delicate time. One cannot simply tell the unfiltered truth in this administration- that would set a very bad precedent.
Mr. Emmanuel must have shot coffee out his nose when he saw the Today show. There is a difference between being a Senator where you can booze it up and tell off color jokes, and be excused, to being the second- in – command, someone who could step into the president’s duties ….” In case the winner is unable to perform his / her duties, the first runner- up will proudly wear the sash of Miss(ed) America”.
Now we come to the real reason that Joe Biden was picked for Veep. He is an incompetent, and anyone, or anything, for that matter, looks better by comparison to him. It’s not that he is a bad guy- I mean, I do not like his politics, but I don’t doubt that within his world, he truly believes he IS Joe Six-pack. But he won’t shut up, and that’s a problem for the Democrats in the administration, because they have to do something with him. An unsupervised Joe Biden would be a horror show for liberals as he would deconstruct his party by talking, and talking, and talking. With NO filter.
Oh My God- when all this is over, I am going to have to get his greatest hits- if you Google Joe Biden, you get ten pages of sites that specialize in Joe Biden Gaffes. Does anyone besides me think maybe that might not be the best picture of a Vice- President? Heck, I have trouble seeing him as a fry cook.
I’ll get down to brass tacks here, and say what is the elephant in the room that no one wants to talk about- the real, the true , the ONLY reason Joe Biden was chosen.
Because everyone, and I mean everyone, will make sure that Barama sees the end of his term NO MATTER WHAT, because the possibility of Biden as President scares them to death. Every nation up to and including Belgium would be laughing at us even more than they are now.
And this gives us a view on just how cynical and pragmatic Barama is, that he would choose someone such as Joe – any one else would have based their decision on what would have been good for the country, but Barama chose based on how best could this choice effect him. How narcissistic and effete of him, because let’s face it- if for some unforeseen reason Joe had to be President, his first decision might be to give everyone a toy with their meal. That would be Joe being Joe- a guy you might not mind lending your mower to, but you damn sure do not want to see his finger ANYWHERE near the red button.
You could trust him with your weedeater, but not the country.
And that is exactly why Barama chose him.
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Tags: biden, gaffes, today show, travel