[besson3c]

VIDEO: Obama's weekly address - The Hill's Blog Briefing Room

Why is it that our tax payers are paying for him to make these videos every week? Does he think that he lives in Hollywood or something? All this is doing is providing "stimulus" to his teleprompter and video guy.

At the very least he could show an ounce of concern for our debt by skipping the subtitles. WTF? Deaf people can read the transcripts that accompany the video or just read his lips. Most likely he's concerned about people overdubbing their own audio with this video. Well, it's a free country, our first amendment rights allow for free speech, he is not our Dear Leader, we do not live in Communist Russia!

Don't you think that instead of him making these videos that he should be solving the problems facing this nation? It won't be long before all of our videos are taken over by Mr. Hollywood telling us all how it is and what to think and do, and us paying for him to make these videos.

[Chuckit]

Wow, sarcasm. That's original.

[besson3c]

Chuckit: what you wrote sounded pretty sarcastic to me, not to mention off-topic.

[besson3c]

See, the thing I notice about Obama is that he likes to push the envelope to see what he can get away with spending wise. If this goes unchecked, today he is making videos with only subtitles, tomorrow he is blowing our budget on even more effects for his videos we are paying him to make and slowly transforming his videos into Transformers 2.

[besson3c]

I predict that within a month his subtitles will start exploding.

[Shaddim]

Even most libs are tired of looking at this guy, he's wearing out his welcome.

[turtle777]

Besson, do you like entertaining yourself ?

-t

[lpkmckenna]

I gotta say, if I had to listen to a weekly radio address, podcast, or whatever from Canada's PMs, I'd end it all. Silliest political stunt ever.

[besson3c]

Originally Posted by turtle777 

Besson, do you like entertaining yourself ?

-t

Sexually?

[ebuddy]

gay sexually? here we go. Failed threads, the great American pastime.

besson: I was giving you some credit and even some affirmation for your "parenting takeover" thread because another poster issued a thread on how Obama bows before leadership, but now you're pushing it.

Obama believes (or has been told) that if he is the one to carry the message, it works. Unfortunately, the more he talks the less he's taken seriously. You should learn from his lead.

[Doofy]

Originally Posted by besson3c 

Why is it that our tax payers are paying for him to make these videos every week? Does he think that he lives in Hollywood or something?

So your prez is getting in your face every week?
That's how Blair used to operate - get in the public's face and stay there.

TBH, if your prez can't say all he's got to say in 140 characters per week, then he needs a better PR team.

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by besson3c 

Sexually?

Oh, I didn't know posts about Obama fell into that category.

-t

[BadKosh]

I'm waiting for the Congressional Investigation.

[besson3c]

gay sexually? Stay on topic please ebuddy, this thread has nothing to do with gay people.

You guys have your fun, you'll see.

[SpaceMonkey]

Originally Posted by Doofy 

So your prez is getting in your face every week?
That's how Blair used to operate - get in the public's face and stay there.

If by "in your face" you mean, appear in obscure videos that nobody watches, then yes.

[besson3c]

Were Blair's videos as fancy and expensive as Obama's?

[BadKosh]

will Obama be back pedaling on the number of jobs created (which didn't happen) or where those jobs were created ( in congressional jurisdictions that don't exist). This admin is having some serious credibility issues!

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009...ite-849363506/

The Democratic chairman of the House Appropriations Committee is demanding greater accountability from the the Obama administration after gross inaccuracies were found on a government Web site that tracks jobs purportedly saved or created by the $787 billion stimulus plan.

In a statement late Monday, Rep. David Obey of Wisconsin, chairman of the House committee, called the inaccuracies "outrageous" and said the administration owes the American public "a commitment to work night and day to correct the ludicrous mistakes."

"Credibility counts in government and stupid mistakes like this undermine it," Obey said. "We designed the Recovery Act to be open and transparent and I expect the the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, who oversees the recovery act Web site and data to have information that is accurate, reliable and understandable to the American public."

The site -- Recovery.gov -- is under fire for posting a number of jobs created in congressional districts that don't exist and for accepting unrealistic data from several reporting outlets.

For instance, the Web site reported that 30 jobs were saved or created with $761,420 of federal stimulus spending in Arizona's 15th Congressional District. One problem with the claim -- the state has only eight districts

The site also lists 12 other non-existent districts in Arizona where jobs were reportedly saved or created. It also lists imaginary districts in at least three other states, including Oklahoma, Iowa, and Connecticut.

One recipient of stimulus funds, Talladega County of Alabama, claimed that it had saved or created 5,000 jobs from only $42,000 in government money -- which would amount to $8.40 in annual income per job if each position received an equal amount of funding.

ABC News reported Monday that the White House slashed 60,000 jobs from its most recent report on the recovery program as a result of the faulty data.

Officials with the Recovery Board reportedly told the network that the mistakes were caused by human error.

"We report what the recipients submit to us," Ed Pound, communications director for the board, told ABC.

Meanwhile, groups like the NAACP and Hispanic advocacy group National Council of La Raza are expected to speak on Capitol Hill Tuesday to urge President Obama and Congress to pass a new jobs creation package aimed at minority communities. Unemployment among African Americans is at 15 percent, higher than the 10.2 percent nationwide.

[olePigeon]

Originally Posted by BadKosh 

In a statement late Monday, Rep. David Obey of Wisconsin, chairman of the House committee, called the inaccuracies "outrageous" and said the administration owes the American public "a commitment to work night and day to correct the ludicrous mistakes."

He could hold a beauty pageant with all those drama queens.