Obama’s Most Ironic Commencement Speech Yet
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on June 9th, 2010 4:31 am by HL
Obama’s Most Ironic Commencement Speech Yet
Andrew Malcolm, LAT
It was a big deal for the excited about-to-be graduates of Kalamazoo's Central High School. They had won a White House competition against 1,000 other schools, not for payoff jobs in the Obama administration.But to see and hear the Real Great Talker himself. President Barack Obama went all the way to Michigan Monday to congratulate the teenagers and their proud families:
Where Are the Jobs?
Rich Lowry, New York Post
Who needs a debt commission when White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is on the case?He wants to allow federal agencies to redirect half of any unnecessary, unspent money in their budgets to other initiatives and half to deficit reduction. Currently, agencies must return all money they don't spend, giving them an incentive to spend it all.Let's say Congress goes along: The move would affect all of about $25 billion a year, according to The Wall Street Journal. In May alone, the deficit was $142 billion. In the first eight months of the fiscal year, it was $941 billion….
