Posted in News by Donna, tagged Andrew Cuomo, Barack Obama, Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, Hurricane Sandy, Katrina on the Hudson, New York, New York City, Obama, Queens, Rockaway Peninsula, Staten Island, United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development on November 15, 2012| 4 Comments »
Obama visits Hurricane Sandy, storm-hit New York. That’s right New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and back up entourage give your Democrat reelected President praise for putting the lights back on. Get those Photo ops.
Distraught homeowners take post-Sandy Obama visit with grain of salt.
Sandy Victim on Obama’s Visit: ‘He Should [Have] Been Here a Long Time Ago
Posted in News by Donna, tagged $187 605, (CFPB)., assistant director, Bureau, Consumer, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Financial, Gave, Holly, Holly Petraeus, Job, Obama Administration, Petraeus's Wife, Protection, Senate on November 15, 2012| 7 Comments »
Obama Administration gave Holly Petraeus, wife of General Petraeus a $187,605-per-year job in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
Holly Petraeus is the assistant director for the Office of Servicemember Affairs with an annual income of $187,605, a created position in January 2011 under Dodd-Frank and is paid by the Federal Reserve.
The position is not subject to congressional oversight nor did the job require Senate confirmation. The appointment was made by Elizabeth Warren, who was elected to the Senate.
A letter from Holly Petraeus from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Holly Petraeus ‘gets it’ says the Whitehouse Vice President Joe Biden
Posted in News by Donna, tagged Bill Clinton, Bono, Georgetown, Global Social Enterprise Initiative, Impersonation, U2 on November 15, 2012| 2 Comments »
Bono of U2 does his best Bill Clinton impersonation at Georgetown University. Bono was speaking at the Global Social Enterprise Initiative.
I am a huge U2 fan from the 80’s, Under a Blood Red Sky and The Joshua Tree.
Posted in News by Donna, tagged "Metaphor", aggressive, aggressive and strong and fast and robust, American Red Cross, Barack Obama, fast, Federal Emergency Management Agency, federal government, FEMA, First Press Conference, Hurricane Sandy, New York City, NYC, Obama, President, press conference, reelection 2012, response, robust, strong, United States on November 14, 2012| 6 Comments »
Obama: Hurricane Sandy response a “metaphor” for how government should work at first press conference after 2012 reelection.
Obama exclaimed,
“It’s been aggressive and strong and fast and robust and a lot of people have been helped because of it. That’s a pretty good metaphor for how I want federal government to operate generally, and I’m going to do everything I can to make sure it does.”
In Sandy response, some Red Cross, FEMA workers stayed in plush NYC hotel
In Sandy, NYC rescuers find themselves the victims
Why Did Hurricane Sandy Knock Out New York City’s Power Grid?
Posted in News by Donna, tagged Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Democratic House leader, House minority leader, Luke Russert, Minority, Mitch McConnell, Namcy Pelosi, Nancy Pelosi, Pelosi:, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Term limit, United States Congress, younger leadership. on November 14, 2012| 4 Comments »
Nancy Pelosi, House minority leader mocks reporter Luke Russert for offensive question for younger leadership.
I assume Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla) isn’t in line for your job. Go get some more plastic surgery Ms. Nancy so your face can’t move.
Yes to term limits in Congress.
Why Nancy Pelosi stayed Click here
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