the.outer.marker (v3.0!)

In Obama’s decision-making, a wide range of influences

Washington Post.com

“As for what Obama reads online, his advisers said he looks for offbeat blogs and news stories, tracking down firsthand reporting and seeking out writers with opinions about his policies.”

Really?

Because if that is the case, maybe he might have gotten the message by now that Americans are a little angry by the way he is making decisions as leader of the free world.

In case you happen to stumble upon my blog in all your spare time, President Barack Hussein Obama, let me once again run down IN DETAIL 25 Reasons why we don’t like how your leading our country (Reasons 1-5):

Administrative

1.  Your Broken Promise To Keep Lobbyists Out of Your Administration. Thus far, you have made around 40 “exceptions.”

“President Obama has more than 40 former lobbyists working in senior positions in his administration despite his statement during the State of the Union that he has, “excluded lobbyists from policymaking jobs.”

Here is a list of lobbyists you have retained in your administration, in case you have already forgotten.  The list is long and distinguished.

2.  Two Words: Eric Holder.  Who said this:

“Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, in things racial we have always been and continue to be, in too many ways, essentially a nation of cowards.”

Oh yeah?  Watch this video, then tell me that again.

…I’m not done with Holder…more to come on him.

3. Skipping the Ball Honoring the Medal of Honor Recipients. UNACCEPTABLE.

“Barack Obama became the first U.S. president to skip out on the Salute to Heroes Inaugural Ball since its inception in 1953.”

And your the “Commander-In-Chief.”  Sad.

4. Using Czars for EVERYTHING. Your use of Executive-appointed Czars is a blatant disregard for the Constitutionality of these positions.  By comparison, President Reagan only had one Czar.  These people are accountable only to you, able to make policy decisions that affects the lives of every U.S. citizen, and collects huge salaries compliments of me, the taxpayer.

• Afghanistan Czar – Richard Holbrooke
• AIDS Czar  - Jeffrey Crowley
• Auto Czar – Steve Rattner
• Auto Recovery Czar – Ed Montgomery
• Border Czar  - Alan Bersin
• California Water Czar – David J. Hayes
• Car Czar – Ron Bloom
• Central Region Czar – Dennis Ross
• Climate Czar – Todd Stern
• Cyber Czar – TBD
• Domestic Violence Czar – Lynn Rosenthal
• Drug Czar  - Gil Kerlikowske
• Economic Czar  - Paul Volcker
• Energy and Environment Czar – Carol Browner
• Faith-Based Czar  - Joshua DuBois
• Government Performance Czar – Jeffrey Zients
• Green Jobs Czar – TBD (Formerly Van Jones)
• Great Lakes Czar – Cameron Davis
• Guantanamo Closure Czar – Daniel Fried
• Health Czar  - Nancy-Ann DeParle
• Information Czar – Vivek Kundra
• Intelligence Czar  - Dennis Blair
• Mideast Peace Czar – George Mitchell
• Pay Czar – Kenneth R. Feinberg
• Regulatory Czar – Cass R. Sunstein
• Science Czar – John Holdren
• Stimulus Accountability Czar – Earl Devaney
• Sudan Czar – J. Scott Gration
• TARP Czar – Herb Allison
• Technology Czar – Aneesh Chopra
• Terrorism Czar – John Brennan
• Urban Affairs Czar – Adolfo Carrion Jr.
• War Czar – Douglas Lute
• Weapons Czar – Ashton Carter
• WMD Policy Czar – Gary Samore

Where is the Gone-to-Far Czar?

5. Transparency and Open Government.

“My Administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in Government.  We will work together to ensure the public trust and establish a system of transparency, public participation, and collaboration. Openness will strengthen our democracy and promote efficiency and effectiveness in Government.” (www.whitehouse.gov)

Really? Let’s Break it down:

- Personal Records

I guess your exempt from this order. If I tried hiding my birth certificate, criminal records and school records when I look for my next job I doubt I would get hired. I guess if your the President of the United States your exempt from having to produce your records.

- Healthcare Legislation

“In recent days, Obama made a surprising admission: the healthcare negotiations have fallen short of his standard for openness. He told ABC’s Diane Sawyer that healthcare was an ‘ugly process and it looks like there are a bunch of backroom deals’.”

Maybe Robert Gibbs can shed some light on how you really feel about the transparency in the Administration during the Healthcare Debate:

“The president feels very comfortable with the amount of transparency that we’ve had,” White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said in July.

-Scare Force One Flyover

“The $328,835 snapshots of an Air Force One backup plane buzzing lower Manhattan last week will not be shown to the public, the White House said yesterday.”

“We have no plans to release them,” an aide to President Obama told The Post, refusing to comment further.

-White House Visitor Logs

“President Obama has embraced Bush administration justifications for denying public access to White House visitor logs even as advisers say they are reviewing the policy of keeping secret the official record of comings and goings.”

-Firing of Inspector General Gerald Walpin

“After being briefed today on President Obama’s firing last week of Gerald Walpin, Inspector General of the Corporation for National and Community Service, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., said the president did not abide by the same law that he co-sponsored – and she wrote – about firing Inspectors General. . . . “The legislation which was passed last year requires that thepresident give a reason for the removal,” [McCaskill said]. McCaskill, a key Obama ally, said that the president’s stated reason for the termination, “Loss of confidence’ is not a sufficient reason.”

This is a long (but not by any means comprehensive) list of opportunities you had to be transparent, but weren’t.

So much for transparency in your administration.

NEXT We Will discuss your Domestic Policy Decisions….it’s an even longer list of usurpations!!

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