K Street.
Yeah, so what about it? you might ask.
Geographically; K Street is a major thoroughfare in the United States capital of Washington, D.C.. Universally; K Street known as a center for numerous think tanks, lobbyists, and advocacy groups.
K Street lobbyists and advocacy groups.
Hmmm ... hasn't Pres. Obama said they were nasty people?
Why yes, he did. A number of times. One time was January 2006, at the Lobbying Reform Summit where he was making it a point to name Republicans for having dealings with lobbyists and special interest groups..
In his speech, Obama was extolling the virtues of Pres. Theodore Roosevelt as he "put party and politics aside in order to battle corruption and give people an open, honest government that would fight for their interests and uphold their values."
Obama continued with, "The American people are tired of a Washington that's only open to those with the most cash and the right connections. They're tired of a political process where the vote you cast isn't as important as the favors you can do. And they're tired of trusting us with their tax dollars when they see them spent on frivolous pet projects and corporate giveaways.
It's not that the games that are played in this town are new or surprising to the public. People are not naive to the existence of corruption and they know it has worn the face of both Republicans and Democrats over the years."
Later in the speech, he says, "The well-connected CEOs and hired guns on K Street who've helped write our laws have gotten what they paid for. They got all the tax breaks and loopholes and access they could ever want. But outside this city, the people who can't afford the high-priced lobbyists and don't want to break the law are wondering, "When is it our turn? When will someone in Washington stand up for me?"
http://obamaspeeches.com/047-Lobbying-Reform-Summit-National-Press-Club-Obama-Speech.htm
After he was elected, it seemed as if Obama was going to really walk the talk. But a reporter in 2009 noticing White House senior adviser David Axelrod meeting with Fox News chairman and chief executive officer Roger Ailes privately in Manhattan for 'a cup of coffee', started some to take notice of what was going on. This was about the time that the White House was beginning the rhetoric on how Fox News wasn't playing nice in the Obama sand box.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1009/27982.html
Reports of certain visitors using side door entrances to the White House began to surface. The presence of a military guard who would then take post at that door, told the reporters that the President was nearby or in the room. In 2009, Judicial Watch, under a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, filed for access to Obama White House visitor logs from January 20, 2009 forward. The Secret Service claimed that the records belong to the Obama White House and denied Judicial Watch access to them. A federal district court has ruled twice that all visitor records belong to the Secret Service and therefore should be available under the Freedom of Information Act.
An October 8 letter from the Department of Homeland Security related to Judicial Watch's request: "It is the government's position that the categories of records that you requested are not agency records subject to the FOIA. Rather, these records are governed by the Presidential Records Act…". Funny, Obama's first Executive Order was was to squelch what would be released and defined as Presidential papers.
http://www.judicialwatch.org/news/2009/oct/obama-administration-denies-judicial-watch-foia-request-white-house-visitor-logs
Remember , "When will someone in Washington stand up for me?" Well, don't hold your breath waiting for it and don't be naive enough to think that Obama is all that invested in 'truth, openess and transparency'.
In his report, New York Times’s Eric Lichtblau blows the lid off the whole pot of coffee being shared by the White House and lobbyists. Geographically, White House administration, with Secret service agents in tow, are not meeting with lobbyists in the White House. Technically, they don't have to be listed in White House visitors’ logs and lobbying registration records.
Lichtblau report covers a lot of area as to how and where the White House administration and lobbyists are meeting. Do I hear 'plausible deniability' floating around in Obama's lawyer mind? Or maybe as a senior White House official said, “We don’t believe there’s anything untoward about these meetings, and we don’t think that represents any special access for lobbyists.” Adding that “folks are allowed to get a cup of coffee, and we’re not going to bar patronage at any of the area’s fine coffeehouses.”
I'm waiting to find out who is Obama's Abramoff.
Read Lichtblau report
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/25/us/politics/25caribou.html?sq=caribou coffee&st=cse&scp=2&pagewanted=print
Friday, June 25, 2010
Obama's K Street connections
K Street.
Yeah, so what about it? you might ask.
Geographically; K Street is a major thoroughfare in the United States capital of Washington, D.C.. Universally; K Street known as a center for numerous think tanks, lobbyists, and advocacy groups.
K Street lobbyists and advocacy groups.
Hmmm ... hasn't Pres. Obama said they were nasty people?
Why yes, he did. A number of times. One time was January 2006, at the Lobbying Reform Summit where he was making it a point to name Republicans for having dealings with lobbyists and special interest groups..
In his speech, Obama was extolling the virtues of Pres. Theodore Roosevelt as he "put party and politics aside in order to battle corruption and give people an open, honest government that would fight for their interests and uphold their values."
Obama continued with, "The American people are tired of a Washington that's only open to those with the most cash and the right connections. They're tired of a political process where the vote you cast isn't as important as the favors you can do. And they're tired of trusting us with their tax dollars when they see them spent on frivolous pet projects and corporate giveaways.
It's not that the games that are played in this town are new or surprising to the public. People are not naive to the existence of corruption and they know it has worn the face of both Republicans and Democrats over the years."
Later in the speech, he says, "The well-connected CEOs and hired guns on K Street who've helped write our laws have gotten what they paid for. They got all the tax breaks and loopholes and access they could ever want. But outside this city, the people who can't afford the high-priced lobbyists and don't want to break the law are wondering, "When is it our turn? When will someone in Washington stand up for me?"
http://obamaspeeches.com/047-Lobbying-Reform-Summit-National-Press-Club-Obama-Speech.htm
After he was elected, it seemed as if Obama was going to really walk the talk. But a reporter in 2009 noticing White House senior adviser David Axelrod meeting with Fox News chairman and chief executive officer Roger Ailes privately in Manhattan for 'a cup of coffee', started some to take notice of what was going on. This was about the time that the White House was beginning the rhetoric on how Fox News wasn't playing nice in the Obama sand box.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1009/27982.html
Reports of certain visitors using side door entrances to the White House began to surface. The presence of a military guard who would then take post at that door, told the reporters that the President was nearby or in the room. In 2009, Judicial Watch, under a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, filed for access to Obama White House visitor logs from January 20, 2009 forward. The Secret Service claimed that the records belong to the Obama White House and denied Judicial Watch access to them. A federal district court has ruled twice that all visitor records belong to the Secret Service and therefore should be available under the Freedom of Information Act.
An October 8 letter from the Department of Homeland Security related to Judicial Watch's request: "It is the government's position that the categories of records that you requested are not agency records subject to the FOIA. Rather, these records are governed by the Presidential Records Act…". Funny, Obama's first Executive Order was was to squelch what would be released and defined as Presidential papers.
http://www.judicialwatch.org/news/2009/oct/obama-administration-denies-judicial-watch-foia-request-white-house-visitor-logs
Remember , "When will someone in Washington stand up for me?" Well, don't hold your breath waiting for it and don't be naive enough to think that Obama is all that invested in 'truth, openess and transparency'.
In his report, New York Times’s Eric Lichtblau blows the lid off the whole pot of coffee being shared by the White House and lobbyists. Geographically, White House administration, with Secret service agents in tow, are not meeting with lobbyists in the White House. Technically, they don't have to be listed in White House visitors’ logs and lobbying registration records.
Lichtblau report covers a lot of area as to how and where the White House administration and lobbyists are meeting. Do I hear 'plausible deniability' floating around in Obama's lawyer mind? Or maybe as a senior White House official said, “We don’t believe there’s anything untoward about these meetings, and we don’t think that represents any special access for lobbyists.” Adding that “folks are allowed to get a cup of coffee, and we’re not going to bar patronage at any of the area’s fine coffeehouses.”
I'm waiting to find out who is Obama's Abramoff.
Read Lichtblau report
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/25/us/politics/25caribou.html?sq=caribou coffee&st=cse&scp=2&pagewanted=print
Yeah, so what about it? you might ask.
Geographically; K Street is a major thoroughfare in the United States capital of Washington, D.C.. Universally; K Street known as a center for numerous think tanks, lobbyists, and advocacy groups.
K Street lobbyists and advocacy groups.
Hmmm ... hasn't Pres. Obama said they were nasty people?
Why yes, he did. A number of times. One time was January 2006, at the Lobbying Reform Summit where he was making it a point to name Republicans for having dealings with lobbyists and special interest groups..
In his speech, Obama was extolling the virtues of Pres. Theodore Roosevelt as he "put party and politics aside in order to battle corruption and give people an open, honest government that would fight for their interests and uphold their values."
Obama continued with, "The American people are tired of a Washington that's only open to those with the most cash and the right connections. They're tired of a political process where the vote you cast isn't as important as the favors you can do. And they're tired of trusting us with their tax dollars when they see them spent on frivolous pet projects and corporate giveaways.
It's not that the games that are played in this town are new or surprising to the public. People are not naive to the existence of corruption and they know it has worn the face of both Republicans and Democrats over the years."
Later in the speech, he says, "The well-connected CEOs and hired guns on K Street who've helped write our laws have gotten what they paid for. They got all the tax breaks and loopholes and access they could ever want. But outside this city, the people who can't afford the high-priced lobbyists and don't want to break the law are wondering, "When is it our turn? When will someone in Washington stand up for me?"
http://obamaspeeches.com/047-Lobbying-Reform-Summit-National-Press-Club-Obama-Speech.htm
After he was elected, it seemed as if Obama was going to really walk the talk. But a reporter in 2009 noticing White House senior adviser David Axelrod meeting with Fox News chairman and chief executive officer Roger Ailes privately in Manhattan for 'a cup of coffee', started some to take notice of what was going on. This was about the time that the White House was beginning the rhetoric on how Fox News wasn't playing nice in the Obama sand box.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1009/27982.html
Reports of certain visitors using side door entrances to the White House began to surface. The presence of a military guard who would then take post at that door, told the reporters that the President was nearby or in the room. In 2009, Judicial Watch, under a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, filed for access to Obama White House visitor logs from January 20, 2009 forward. The Secret Service claimed that the records belong to the Obama White House and denied Judicial Watch access to them. A federal district court has ruled twice that all visitor records belong to the Secret Service and therefore should be available under the Freedom of Information Act.
An October 8 letter from the Department of Homeland Security related to Judicial Watch's request: "It is the government's position that the categories of records that you requested are not agency records subject to the FOIA. Rather, these records are governed by the Presidential Records Act…". Funny, Obama's first Executive Order was was to squelch what would be released and defined as Presidential papers.
http://www.judicialwatch.org/news/2009/oct/obama-administration-denies-judicial-watch-foia-request-white-house-visitor-logs
Remember , "When will someone in Washington stand up for me?" Well, don't hold your breath waiting for it and don't be naive enough to think that Obama is all that invested in 'truth, openess and transparency'.
In his report, New York Times’s Eric Lichtblau blows the lid off the whole pot of coffee being shared by the White House and lobbyists. Geographically, White House administration, with Secret service agents in tow, are not meeting with lobbyists in the White House. Technically, they don't have to be listed in White House visitors’ logs and lobbying registration records.
Lichtblau report covers a lot of area as to how and where the White House administration and lobbyists are meeting. Do I hear 'plausible deniability' floating around in Obama's lawyer mind? Or maybe as a senior White House official said, “We don’t believe there’s anything untoward about these meetings, and we don’t think that represents any special access for lobbyists.” Adding that “folks are allowed to get a cup of coffee, and we’re not going to bar patronage at any of the area’s fine coffeehouses.”
I'm waiting to find out who is Obama's Abramoff.
Read Lichtblau report
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/25/us/politics/25caribou.html?sq=caribou coffee&st=cse&scp=2&pagewanted=print
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Is Obama and MSM telling all about BP efforts?
If you have been following news about the oil leak in the Gulf, do you think you have been getting the real information of what occurs? I think if you want to know about a neighborhood; you ask the people who live there. So, I read the news sites from the states surrounding the Gulf.
Press-Register Mobile Real-time News http://www.al.com/news/mobile/
Baton Rouge Business Report http://www.businessreport.com/
Gambit Weekly http://bestofneworleans.com/gyrobase/
Times-Picayune http://www.nola.com/
Sun-Herald http://www.sunherald.com/
The Mississippi Press http://www.gulflive.com/mississippipress/
I've added a few other reports I have read below.
I am not being an apologist for BP when I say it doesn't seem as if the main stream media is giving out the full reports of what is happening. And Obama now wants to know who ass he is going to kick.
While we are all outraged and frustrated at BP's failed attempts to cap the well, or at least significantly slow the flow; the reality of it is BP's executives didn't cut and run. BP has been quick to admit its responsibility and has been writing checks to business owners affected by the spill and hiring out of work fishermen for cleaning up and other related oil spill work. They are paying 'Loss of Income' claims to the fishermen. They are paying for the cleanup. It estimates its costs for the cleanup at almost $1 billion so far.
They also have been open to and trying different methods to cleanup the oil. An unidentified BP worker said that a number of new and unconventional methods have been looked at but that they have to receive the go-ahead from federal officials in charge. The BP worker said they were trying to get the federal officials to look at the methods, and then get approval to at least do a testing area.
If they determined the method was successful in the test area, then they would implement it on a larger scale. Since some of the methods would require immediate stepup in production to aquire enough material or product for a large area, it was necessary for the federal officials to quickly review the methods and approve them. However, the worker said just getting the federal officials to look at the methods was proving to be a task in itself. It seems the federal officials are stuck on the 'experimental' aspects of the methods.
Go ahead - say it, because I did.
Duh!
We have never had a leak at the depth of a mile down, it's never happened before. Of course everything that is being done is experimental.
BP has an ugly track record, a history of worker deaths, previous fines and other safety violations. Plus, it's spokespeople have terminal foot in mouth disease. And after all is said and done; they will probably be the most government monitored oil company in the World. But why is the MSM not reporting the truth of what is happening? And why is Obama trying to come off like Jesse Ventura?
He keeps repeating that BP will be held responsible for the spill and its aftermath. It looks as if BP is taking, and has taken, responsibility to get the job done. I keep hearing Emanuel's adage, 'You never want a serious crisis to go to waste'. It would be an extremely sad human being who would use this oil spill to put a feather in their cap.
Well near Deepwater Horizon has leaked since at least April 30
http://blog.al.com/live/2010/06/another_gulf_oil_spill_well_ne.html
A nearby drilling rig, the Ocean Saratoga, has been leaking since at least April 30, according to a federal document
Calm no more, Obama lashes out at BP on Gulf visit
Dogged for being too calm in crisis, President Barack Obama unleashed frustration for all to see Friday, warning BP it had better do right by the people whose lives it has wrecked.
http://www.wlbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=12594279
BP to pay a second month of 'Loss of Income' claims
Updated: Jun 04, 2010 4:01 PM CDT Businesses and individuals who have lost income due to the Gulf oil leak will soon receive a second advance payment from BP. The company said in Mississippi about 1900 individuals and businesses will have received about $10 million once these latest checks are sent.
http://www.wlbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=12597464
BP gave Florida $50 million
BP last month gave Florida $25 million for advertising to get that message out to the rest of the country, as well as another $25 million for spill preparedness..
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1994640,00.html#ixzz0qEY4c71V
Ocean Springs prepping new product to fight oil
Updated: Jun 03, 2010 8:47 AM CDT Instead of boom, Ocean Springs is relying on a new line of defense to keep the oil out. Krystal Allan reports on how it works and how it will be used along Ocean Springs' shoreline.
http://www.wlbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=12586178
BP Announces First Payment on Barrier Islands Project for State of Louisiana
BP: $60 Million Payment To Louisiana Is First Installment Of Six
HOUSTON -- As part of the previously announced commitment to fund the entire $360 million cost of six berms in the Louisiana barrier islands project, BP today announced that it will make an immediate payment of $60 million to the State of Louisiana. In a letter to Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and as previously announced, BP detailed its plans to make payments in stages based on the project’s completion milestones
http://www.tradesignalonline.com/Markets/Story.aspx?id=637063&cat=18
Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
http://www.wlbt.com/Global/category.asp?C=186625
Deepwater Horizon Response
http://www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/site/2931/
Press-Register Mobile Real-time News http://www.al.com/news/mobile/
Baton Rouge Business Report http://www.businessreport.com/
Gambit Weekly http://bestofneworleans.com/gyrobase/
Times-Picayune http://www.nola.com/
Sun-Herald http://www.sunherald.com/
The Mississippi Press http://www.gulflive.com/mississippipress/
I've added a few other reports I have read below.
I am not being an apologist for BP when I say it doesn't seem as if the main stream media is giving out the full reports of what is happening. And Obama now wants to know who ass he is going to kick.
While we are all outraged and frustrated at BP's failed attempts to cap the well, or at least significantly slow the flow; the reality of it is BP's executives didn't cut and run. BP has been quick to admit its responsibility and has been writing checks to business owners affected by the spill and hiring out of work fishermen for cleaning up and other related oil spill work. They are paying 'Loss of Income' claims to the fishermen. They are paying for the cleanup. It estimates its costs for the cleanup at almost $1 billion so far.
They also have been open to and trying different methods to cleanup the oil. An unidentified BP worker said that a number of new and unconventional methods have been looked at but that they have to receive the go-ahead from federal officials in charge. The BP worker said they were trying to get the federal officials to look at the methods, and then get approval to at least do a testing area.
If they determined the method was successful in the test area, then they would implement it on a larger scale. Since some of the methods would require immediate stepup in production to aquire enough material or product for a large area, it was necessary for the federal officials to quickly review the methods and approve them. However, the worker said just getting the federal officials to look at the methods was proving to be a task in itself. It seems the federal officials are stuck on the 'experimental' aspects of the methods.
Go ahead - say it, because I did.
Duh!
We have never had a leak at the depth of a mile down, it's never happened before. Of course everything that is being done is experimental.
BP has an ugly track record, a history of worker deaths, previous fines and other safety violations. Plus, it's spokespeople have terminal foot in mouth disease. And after all is said and done; they will probably be the most government monitored oil company in the World. But why is the MSM not reporting the truth of what is happening? And why is Obama trying to come off like Jesse Ventura?
He keeps repeating that BP will be held responsible for the spill and its aftermath. It looks as if BP is taking, and has taken, responsibility to get the job done. I keep hearing Emanuel's adage, 'You never want a serious crisis to go to waste'. It would be an extremely sad human being who would use this oil spill to put a feather in their cap.
Well near Deepwater Horizon has leaked since at least April 30
http://blog.al.com/live/2010/06/another_gulf_oil_spill_well_ne.html
A nearby drilling rig, the Ocean Saratoga, has been leaking since at least April 30, according to a federal document
Calm no more, Obama lashes out at BP on Gulf visit
Dogged for being too calm in crisis, President Barack Obama unleashed frustration for all to see Friday, warning BP it had better do right by the people whose lives it has wrecked.
http://www.wlbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=12594279
BP to pay a second month of 'Loss of Income' claims
Updated: Jun 04, 2010 4:01 PM CDT Businesses and individuals who have lost income due to the Gulf oil leak will soon receive a second advance payment from BP. The company said in Mississippi about 1900 individuals and businesses will have received about $10 million once these latest checks are sent.
http://www.wlbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=12597464
BP gave Florida $50 million
BP last month gave Florida $25 million for advertising to get that message out to the rest of the country, as well as another $25 million for spill preparedness..
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1994640,00.html#ixzz0qEY4c71V
Ocean Springs prepping new product to fight oil
Updated: Jun 03, 2010 8:47 AM CDT Instead of boom, Ocean Springs is relying on a new line of defense to keep the oil out. Krystal Allan reports on how it works and how it will be used along Ocean Springs' shoreline.
http://www.wlbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=12586178
BP Announces First Payment on Barrier Islands Project for State of Louisiana
BP: $60 Million Payment To Louisiana Is First Installment Of Six
HOUSTON -- As part of the previously announced commitment to fund the entire $360 million cost of six berms in the Louisiana barrier islands project, BP today announced that it will make an immediate payment of $60 million to the State of Louisiana. In a letter to Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and as previously announced, BP detailed its plans to make payments in stages based on the project’s completion milestones
http://www.tradesignalonline.com/Markets/Story.aspx?id=637063&cat=18
Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
http://www.wlbt.com/Global/category.asp?C=186625
Deepwater Horizon Response
http://www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/site/2931/
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