
Talk about being caught in the middle.
Just one day after releasing his federal budget, President Barack Obama is getting pinched by Republicans on the right who say he's spending too much and being pinched on the left by core supporters like Congressional Black Caucus Chair Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (pictured) who say planned cuts to educational and housing programs will hurt the poor.
Cleaver has also said that the budget doesn't reflect President Obama's values, and he is right.
If the president could wave a magic wand and make the Republican majority in the House of Representatives go away, we would probably be looking at a very different budget from the one Obama sent to Congress earlier this week.
The Republican majority in the House, though, is an all-too-real hurdle for Obama to clear in passing the budget. Therefore, he has to make budget cuts to items we all know he would rather preserve like the Community Development Block Grant.
It's called politics.
You have to give a little to get a little - even if the giving goes against everything you stand for. It's a dirty business, and its not for the squeamish, but it is how politics operates.
Cleaver is right to complain the president's budget will further hurt people who can least afford it.
But that is why Obama pushed so hard last November and even had the First Lady on the campaign trail during the congressional elections.
President Obama warned that if Democrats lost either the House or the Senate, his hands could be tied down the road when pushing for legislation supported by his core constituency.
His worst nightmare was realized election night, and now poor Americans are paying the price.
Some folks on the left might say it would be better to put up the good fight even if you lose. They would want to see Obama put forward a budget full of goodies for the poor and heavy cuts to items traditionally supported by the right like the military.
Just one problem with that notion.
It won't work. In fact, any hope for cooperation between the parties would end. The budget impasse would cause government to grind to a halt in a federal shutdown, and guess who would be public enemy No. 1 when the presidential election rolled around in 2012?
President Barack Obama.
So instead of complaining, the CBC would better spend its time letting the president cut the deals it will take to keep the country moving forward to some degree and concentrate on getting the House back in 2011.



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By: blkwrestl on 2/17/2011 2:49PM
Isn't cleaver the punk who let a man spit on him? Also, he was on GW on the hill a program on Sirrus and the callers lit into him for his and the CBC's ineffective role on capitol hill to include theri lukewarm support of the black farm bill. Just an uncle tom
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By: truth on 2/17/2011 7:22PM
The true Barack Obama: Pedestrian political hack
Jack Cashill, in writing "Deconstructing Obama: The Life, Loves, and Letters of the First Postmodern President," has established a solid case that Weather Underground radical bomber Bill Ayers, not Barack Obama, is the author of the president's autobiography, "Dreams from My Father."
Why is this important?
Because, as Cashill points out, the "foundational myth" of Barack Obama's persona is built upon his "presumed literary genius."
If it turns out Obama did not author his own autobiography, then the façade that is Barack Obama may crack open beyond repair, disillusioning a public first enamored with his prose, in the realization Obama did not craft the words himself. Great authors do not need ghostwriters.
Cashill challenges readers to understand that Obama promoters have offered a gullible public a fictionalized persona in an autobiography written by Bill Ayers, a bomb-throwing leftist radical.
What happens if the image carefully crafted for Obama of the community leader who began his public career dedicated to the poor turns out to crumble, revealing the reality that Obama is just another ambitious Chicago-style politician willing to use any edge, including lying, to get ahead?
The truth Ayers tries to mask with the soaring prose of "Dreams from My Father" is this:
Obama is a relatively inexperienced Chicago-style corrupt political hack who was trained by communists, including his mentor Frank Marshall Davis;
in his formative years, Obama read angry black revolutionary authors and proceeded through two colleges with mediocre grades at best, submerged in a haze of marijuana smoke peppered by cocaine use; and
Obama, with the active promotion of an uncritical mainstream media, emerged to be president of the United States, even though he cannot yet seem to locate his long-form, hospital-generated birth certificate.
Cashill's book is required reading for anyone who wants to understand how far myth-making propagandists such as Obama advisers David Axelrod and David Plouffe have gone to advance principles of political propaganda first developed by Edward Bernays into techniques capable of transforming relatively pedestrian political hacks into the legendary stuff of rap-lyric rhapsodized "Yes, we can" chimeras.
In deconstructing Obama, Cashill discovered "the story that Obama has been telling all his life varies from the true story in ways big and small."
Put more simply, Cashill's core thesis is that Obama himself is a lie.
Cashill proves critical events Obama tells us about himself in his autobiography have been fabricated, such that his life story is constructed of half-truths, beginning with his fraudulent nativity story.
Why is it important that Ayers is the ghostwriter of Obama's autobiography?
The answer is simple.
Ayers crafted "Dreams of My Father" not to tell a chronological story of Obama's life, but to spin a psychological narrative of personal discovery designed to evoke for Obama a positive political response from the reader.
When necessary, Ayers invented dates; events and people are intentionally hidden from view or, when possible, erased entirely, so as to preserve the political narrative, despite the damage done to the truth.
In other words, throwing Rev. Jeremiah Wright under the bus during the 2008 presidential campaign was not only characteristic of the Obama persona, it was necessary to preserve intact the Ayers-Axelrod-Plouffe hero-narrative being fed to a gullible and uncritical American people by an equally gullible and uncritical mainstream media.
Axelrod and Plouffe could not tolerate the risk their mythical Obama-persona might be shattered if the American people were permitted to realize the truth – namely, that Obama selected Rev. Wright and remained in Trinity United Church for 20 years because of what Trinity United Church was.
Ayers, Axelrod and Plouffe would go to any length, including lying, to hide the reality that Black Liberation Theology is a Marxist-derived revolutionary religion predicated on racist prejudices.
The reader could never know that Rev. Wright and Trinity United Church of Christ championed Muslims like Louis Farrakhan and welcomed into its ranks homosexuals such as choirmaster David Young.
Equally toxic was the mystery that Young was one of three Trinity United Church openly professed homosexuals brutally killed in yet-unsolved murders that occurred within a 40-day time span between November and December 2007, as Obama's handlers were preparing to take his presidential campaign to the national stage.
Jack Cashill's book will be excoriated by Obama hard-liners, just as I was excoriated in 2008 for publishing "The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality."
Still, I defy the Obama true believers to produce more than ad hominem arguments to demonstrate that anything Cashill wrote isn't exactly true as Cashill wrote it.
The "media gatekeepers" Cashill describes include the likes of Politico, the Washington Post, the Soros-funded Media Matters, "the recovering Troopergate author David Brock," and the 400-strong members of "JournoList."
These Obama enablers will first attempt to ignore Cashill's new work.
But, as "Deconstructing Obama" gains an audience, the Obama enablers will dedicate themselves to trashing the book.
Inevitably, Obama hard-liners will attempt to classify Cashill and his book as "racist," to make it politically inappropriate for reviewers to praise it – again, in the hope of minimizing the book's audience.
Despite these efforts to block Cashill's message, readers awakened to the truth that Obama is a lie created by leftist propagandists to advance their socialist agenda will press the book forward to gain the widespread attention "Deconstructing Obama" deserves.
"Had Obama's teleprompter malfunctioned at the 2004 convention, he would not be president," Cashill astutely observes, acknowledging that Obama absent his Ayers-Axelrod-Plouffe muses is at best pedestrian.
Cashill notes that Ayers, a typical postmodern, not only has disregard for the United States of America, he has disregard for the truth.
"The postmodern posturing leads to the frequent manipulation of dates and numbers to score political points, a sleight of hand that Ayers justifies in 'Fugitive Days': 'I've come to see, in any case, that fiction does a better job with the truth in almost every instance,'" Cashill writes on page 93.
As Cashill argues convincingly, beyond the Obama myth-making there is a disappointing Obama reality.
Barack Hussein Obama (or is it Barry Soetoro?) was selected by Ayers, Axelrod and Plouffe to preside over a post-modern era in which the United States slides into second place behind China.
Now, it is Obama's fate to preside over a troubled U.S. economy dominated by high unemployment, growing inflation and slowed growth, in a world where radical Islam is on the rise and our traditional allies like Israel face heightened existential threats.
Perhaps Obama is discovering that Harry Truman was right, and the buck does stop at his desk in the Oval Office.
In the final analysis, Cashill's analysis is potentially devastating to Obama.
Why?
Because Obama will not rise or fall on the story of his life that Ayers, Axelrod and Plouffe fabricated.
As president, Obama is destined to rise or fall on his accomplishments, or lack of accomplishments, in a White House that grows increasingly long on loneliness in an administration that grows increasingly short on successes.
Cashill, in a compelling read, proves what he set out to prove – that behind the socialist mask stands a thin community-organizing rabble-rouser turned lawyer who dares not tell the truth, not even about who he truly is.
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By: huge_bullbone on 2/17/2011 10:37PM
Truth is a statement or belief which corresponds to the reality. Jack Cashill desires to sell books -- not tell the truth. Your self-serving, idiotic diatribe against President Obama is worthless trash. Period.
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By: clinton on 2/19/2011 12:59AM
TRUTH: Until you and Jack Cashill write something concerning the run-up and engagement of the war in Iraq that includes the involvement of Rumsfield, Chaney, George Bush and others that ultimately caused us to loose 4000+ lives in that war and the huge debt that occured because of it; it's going to be hard for me and any other thinking person to belive you. You people have not been "GOODY TWO-SHOES for sure. George Bush was put into office by the Supreme Court the first time and not the people. So why do you keep trying to denigrate Obama? I really know why. BECAUSE HE'S BLACK and if he succeeds in any way too many minorities will aspire to be president. Maybe next time it'll be a Latino or an Asian; maybe even an American Indian And THAT SCARES THE HELL OUT OF YOU.
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By: truth on 2/17/2011 7:31PM
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By: michael lofton on 2/17/2011 7:50PM
http://againstallodds.blogtownhall.com/
The Black Community's New Slave Masters are its’ Own Incompetent and treasonous Black leaders, elected officials such as Supervisor Mark Ridley Thomas who have contempt for the Rule of Law, Oath of Office, the Constitution, etc.
2nd District Supervisor Mark Ridley Thomas Disregards the Rule of Law, the Constitution and Oath of Office!
Date: February 15, 2011, Testimony to LA County Board of Supervisors
My 30 year employment with the LADWP as Senior Electrical Mechanic ended on March 12, 2009, minus all LADWP retirement benefits. Any man with less than independent means must have income.
On December 12, 2010, I was served a summons by one of my creditors for the money I owed him in Limited Liability Case 10K18049. I filed in court and served on the plaintiff my answer to the complaint acknowledging the debt, which I cannot pay unless I receive my LADWP retirement benefits. That same service contained a document asking the court to take judicial notice of Los Angeles Superior Court case #895188: Lofton v. LAUSD, another case to which the defendants have admitted to guilt to each and every allegation.
The court set January 27, 2011 as the date to appear with my answer, case #10K18049.
On January 19, 2011 the plaintiff in case #10K18049, and the interested parties- Supervisor Mark Ridley Thomas and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa- were served with the notice of hearing on January 27, 2011 at 9:00 AM in department 77 of the court house located at 111 N. Hill Street; Los Angeles, CA.
Sometime between 8:00 AM and 11:00 AM on January 19, 2011, LADWP water utility workers removed LADWP’s water meter and installed a tamper-proof plug on the utility source, leaving me without a source of water to my residence.
On January 27, 2011, neither the plaintiff nor the interested parties appeared in court in case 10K18049, where there are no issues in dispute.
Consequently, on January 30, 2011, I forwarded by first-class mail my (proposed) Judgment and Order, case #10K18049 to the judge of the court, the Honorable Steven Kleifield.
On February 8, 2011, I served my proposed judgment and order by first-class mail on the plaintiff and the interested parties Supervisor Mark Ridley Thomas and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.
Michael L. Lofton
P.S. (I made one mistake in the delivery by stating Department 7, instead of 77, but everything else is accurate)
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(not included in the testimony presented, but also related case BC 385899 vs the perjured testimony of Deputy City Attorney Lisa Berger, Senior Electrical Mechanic, Electrical Mechanic, Apprentice Electrical Repairer, Electrical Craft Helper, and Steam Plant Assistant, are not commercial truck driving positions. Throughout my 30 year career with the LADWP I have yet to hold any position as a commercial truck driver)
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“The Job of the Congressman”
“There are cases where an individual has been wrongfully treated by his government and about the only way, unless the individual resorts to court, and even in some cases the courts are not able to give proper relief, the only area or avenue open to the individual is through his representative. When you find a bona fide error has been made, I suggest that you make a maximum effort to remedy it. This I feel is a vital and important function of those of us in the House of Representatives”.
Authors: Donald G. Tacheron and Morris Udall, from the book entitled, “The Job of the Congressman”, pages 65 and 66.
(The above excerpt “The Job of the Congressman” holds true for any elected office holder, and/or U.S. citizen.)
Los Angeles County Charter, ARTICLE I, NAME AND RIGHTS OF THE COUNTY, Section 1:
“The County of Los Angeles, as it now exists, is a body corporate and politic,and as such has all the powers specified by the constitution and laws of the State of California, and by this Charter,and such other powers as are necessarily implied.”
2nd District Supervisor Mark Ridley Thomas is mandated by law and sworn under oath to uphold the LA County Charter and the California Constitution, to serve law abiding taxpaying residents within the 2nd District.
The testimony of February 15, 2011 and the “Job of a Congressman” was read by Michael L. Lofton during the LA County Board of Supervisor’s meeting on Tuesday, February 15, 2011, Item 61, Public Comments, specifically targeting 2nd District Supervisor Mark Ridley Thomas.
Thus far, be it written correspondence, formal verbal statements to 2nd District LA County Supervisor Mark Ridley Thomas at board meetings 2nd District Supervisor Mark Ridley Thomas has yet to respond, function, and/or competently serve his constituency!
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U.S. Constitution:
14th Amendment: All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
California Constitution: Article 1, Declaration of Rights
Section 1: All men are by nature free and independent, and have certain inalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty; acquiring, possessing, and protecting property; and pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness.
Section. 2: All political power is inherent in the people. Government is instituted for the protection, security, and benefit of the people, and they have the right to alter or reform the same whenever the public good may require it.
Section 3: The State of California is an inseparable part of the American Union, and the Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land.
Section 10: The people shall have the right to freely assemble together to consult for the common good, to instruct their Representatives, and petition the Legislature (any and every elected official) for redress of grievances.
Etc...
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By: bugs hunter on 2/17/2011 9:22PM
" It's a dirty business, and its not for the squeamish, but it is how politics operates."
"It's a dirty business"!!!
Have you become so weak you have to play dirty like whitey?
That's our problem! Playing whitey's game!!
Never trust an "American" politician!, Black or White!
Mlk wasn't no politician!, nor was Garvey, X, McDade-Bey, Frederick Douglas, Stokeley Carmichael or any other leaders of the revolution!
We used to stand morally above these white savages! Too many have been fooled to think they're "equal", and started thinking and talking queer like the sordid whites!!Like "Animal Farm"!
The era of Obama has rendered it politically incorrect to think "Black Nationalism"!He represents "All Americans", and Blacks have no agenda, and make no demands of him. Let's hope when they find out who's on the chopping block, maybe they'll change religion!
Obama can't give a dignified budget because he won't quit whitey's death campaign in the Middle East and Africa! He's in bed with these white warmongers who broke the bank with their illegal wars in the first place!
Now that main street is facing cutbacks and more layoffs, maybe these heathens will demand these the plutocracy stop their bloody wars, and worry about their bellies!! That would be nice!
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By: Rene on 2/18/2011 6:46PM
Why don't you racist get off this site! No one wants to hear what lies you have to tell.
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By: michael lofton on 2/18/2011 7:51PM
http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-352814
http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-278743
http://uhurunews.com/video/play?resource_name=beyond-obama-and-the-black-misleadership-class-glen-ford-video#
....All U.S. born Black people do not respect President Barack "the Magic Negr@" Obama!
......With good reason, like many other individuals, one being me, is because President Obama is truly incompetent, a hypocrit to the power of infinity, no good, spineless, un-American, a tyrant, a despot, etc., etc.
......and it is beyond reason that so many U.S. born Black people worship President Obama, while President Obama disrespects the U.S. born Black community.
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