Jake Tapper pins Robert Gibbs like a butterfly.


As the guest host on Sunday’s “This Morning with George Stephanopoulos” show, Jake Tapper tried to school Robert Gibbs on the meaning of the word “transparency,” as well as the difference between public “voting” and secret “negotiations” on health care reform, but Gibbs was having none of it.

By his own admission, Tapper — “in the spirit of the Christmas season” — gave Gibbs more than one chance to explain away why President Obama is choosing to ignore his campaign pledge to “‘have the negotiations televised on C-SPAN, so the people can see who is making arguments on behalf of their constituents and who is making arguments on behalf of the drug companies or the insurance companies.’” And even though Tapper used a wry restraint throughout his post about the verbal exchange, the title for the article says it all:

Gibbs Passes On One Last Chance to Make Health

Care Negotiations Transparent

Seeing at least one member of the mainstream media bring attention to the crucial intersection between Obama’s campaign promises and the health care mess? . . . Encouraging.

Watching him make fun of Gibbs in the process? . . . A late Christmas present.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/12/gibbs-passes-on-one-last-chance-to-make-health-care-negotiations-transparent.html


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Mr. Tapper also needs to ask Mr. Gibbs about that teeny little Interpol thing.

Kenny Solomon (Diary) Monday, December 28th at 8:12PM EST (link)

What little Interpol thing ?

This one……. The newly amended Exec. Order 12425.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/executive-order-amending-executive-order-12425

What the heck is that, Kenny ?

Easy…. It’s called, “Obama says to Interpol, C’mon in, the water’s fine. Don’t worry about anything…… not a single thing…… not even The Constitution and The Bill of Rights.”

Huh ?

Read………

http://www.examiner.com/x-3132-Philadelphia-Conservative-Examiner~y2009m12d22-Obama-exempts-INTERPOL-from-search-and-seizure-on-US-lands

What the he…… ?

Read more…….

http://www.examiner.com/x-3704-Columbia-Conservative-Examiner~y2009m12d26-US-placed-under-international-policestate

Y’all got that look on your face thinkin’ I shouldn’t go to the deep end of the pool anymore….. Either that,or you still don’t get it, do you ?

Read this part again…… it’s in plain American English:

INTERPOL, an international criminal police organization, is now poised to reside above the United States Constitution – in a place of sanctity beyond our FBI, CIA, DIA, and all other criminal investigatory domestic organizations.

President Obama has just placed our Constitutional rights under international law.

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Are we having fun yet ?

Remember…. Stop watching what they’re saying because it’s all a smokescreen……. Watch what they’re doing.

………….and Cass Sunstein has yet begun to “nudge”.

Thank you, Kenny, for bringing this up tonight!

janis (Diary) Monday, December 28th at 8:20PM EST (link)

I’ve been reading about this Interpol thing for the last few days and having cold sweats over it. I’m starting to see not only the possibility of George Bush and Dick Cheney being charged with war crimes, but any of us who stand up and start shouting for our freedom like the Iranians are doing being “disappeared”.

While we are worrying about what they are doing to us on health care, they are busy moving 50 steps ahead of us to guarantee their continuing power.

 

Hey toughintn.... apologies for the 'jack.

Kenny Solomon (Diary) Monday, December 28th at 8:54PM EST (link)

I’ll pop this up on it’s own.

No worries, Kenny...

toughintn (Diary) Monday, December 28th at 8:57PM EST (link)

But you’re right; it deserves its own thread!

Thanks

momofthecastle (Diary) Tuesday, December 29th at 12:54PM EST (link)

I will be forwarding these articles to my book study group!!

 
 
 

INTERPOL Thread

scubadiver49er Tuesday, December 29th at 10:16AM EST (link)

Yes, this DOES need its own thread. This is way too important to ignore!! Erick, how about it????

“I Just Can’t Wait to be King” – Simba from “The Lion King”, 1994
Barry Soetoro – ???

scubadiver, check out the diary over on the right side of the page.

janis (Diary) Tuesday, December 29th at 10:21AM EST (link)

“Interpol Given the Green Light for Unfettered Operations in the United States of America.” Author is Kenny Solomon. I stink at linking or I’d link it for you.

Here you go:

larueladue (Diary) Tuesday, December 29th at 11:36AM EST (link)

INTERPOL Thread - Executive Order #12425

scubadiver49er Tuesday, December 29th at 12:08PM EST (link)

I got it……..Thanks. This is just great. Barry does it again!!! As follows from the posting:

“What does this mean? It means that we have an international police force authorized to act within the United States that is no longer subject to 4th Amendment Search and Seizure. The “property and assets of [INTERPOL], wherever located and by whomsoever held, shall be immune from search, unless such immunity be expressly waived, and from confiscation.”

“INTERPOL, an international criminal police organization, is now poised to reside above the United States Constitution – in a place of sanctity beyond our FBI, CIA, DIA, and all other criminal investigatory domestic organizations”.

“President Obama has just placed our Constitutional rights under international law”.

Me again. It’s great that Barry understands the Constitution that he swore to uphold & defend. Great, Barry, just great!!!! See thread below.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/executive-order-amending-executive-order-12425

“I Just Can’t Wait to be King” – Simba from “The Lion King”, 1994
Barry Soetoro – ???

 
 
 
 

definition of "transparent"

bk (Diary) Monday, December 28th at 8:53PM EST (link)

My favorite third-line manager at work many years ago gave me a great definition. “When (this other group) says that a change is transparent, it means you can’t see what it is that hit you.”

 

They need to give Jake that gig, permanently.

Jeff Weimer (Diary) Monday, December 28th at 8:56PM EST (link)

Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.
-Voltaire

 

video of the exchange with Jake Tapper

partyof1 Tuesday, December 29th at 6:04AM EST (link)

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=9428667

for extra credit, count how many times Gibbs says “550,000″

 

Tapper

letswinsomeelections Tuesday, December 29th at 7:56AM EST (link)

Tapper seems to be one of the few journalists in DC who actually holds all politicians accountable, including Obama, regardless of party affiliation or background. Hmmm, sounds like “journalism.”

I agree, and let me also add

partyof1 Tuesday, December 29th at 8:13AM EST (link)

that I like Jake Tapper and yes he deserves this gig or any high profile gig permanently.

However, the broken promises of the Obamacare cramdown deserve more than a two minute segment. There are really obvious things that I don’t hear getting asked, namely:

1.) Obama never campaigned on forced insurance and fines, he said just the opposite. Where is his electoral mandate for something this radical? Where is a basic respect for democracy? And the people haven’t even grown to love it, in fact just the opposite if you notice the polls.

2.) CBO’s budget forecasts for Obamacare are based on the first ten years, 2009-2019, but the first 3 or so years are all taxes and almost no benefit payouts. This has the effect of making it look much cheaper that it really is. Media? Hello? (Fox news has pointed this out yes). Will the 2nd decade of Obamacare also have no payouts and all taxes during the first 3 years? Third decade? Fourth?

2.) Obamacare will turn in to an unfunded mandate in 2017. That’s when the federal government’s funding for the huge Medicaid expansion expires for the states (except Nebraska of course). At that point, state budgets would begin to fall like dominoes to pay for the Medicaid monster. State taxes will go up, services like education, police, roads will go down. This would be a good time for the Media to bring up Obama’s no new taxes pledge…

But the reality is even worse. The real plan is to just pass the bill now with all the aforementioned budget gimmicks so it doesn’t look as hugely expensive as it really is. Then around 2017, the deal Nebraska got will be expanded to all 50 states, thus exploding the cost of Obamacare but by then it will be too late.

 
 

2017? Possibly...

voxoreason Tuesday, December 29th at 11:52AM EST (link)

…but maybe not!

Obama made the rather odd statement that he wouldn’t mind being a one-term president (pause for reality check!) if it meant that he could pass health care. If you use the simple and effective device of assuming that everything Obama is a lie, the best possible translation would be that he may be a one-term president… for life.

He’s already lined up his secret police (Interpol).

Is “Obama Youth” in its planning stages? (I’m being optimistic, not jumping to the possibility that it’s already being implemented. Does your young son or daughter have STRONG feelings about Global Warming…and believe in it? Were I a gambling man…)

 

INTERPOL Thread - Executive Order #12425 (again)

scubadiver49er Tuesday, December 29th at 12:43PM EST (link)

Barry did say while campaigning that he wanted an “internal military” inside the US, just as powerful as the 5 service branches (includes the Coast Guard here – don’t want to forget them!) that we have. INTERPOL could just be it! From the Kansas City Examiner:

“What, exactly does this mean? It means that INTERPOL now has the full authority to conduct investigations and other law enforcement activities on U.S. soil, with full immunity from U.S. laws such as the Freedom of Information Act and with complete independence from oversight from the FBI”. “In short, a global law enforcement entity now has full law-enforcement authority in the U.S. without any check on its power afforded by U.S. law and U.S. law enforcement agencies”.

Unbelievable!!!!!!!

“At least one answer to these questions is very clear. A coup is underway in the United States of America, the goal of which is to establish complete, unquestioned authority over the citizens–a ‘fundamental change’ to the United States where citizens have no legal recourse against an authoritarian central government”.

“I Just Can’t Wait to be King” – Simba from “The Lion King”, 1994
Barry Soetoro – ???

 

We The People

ecroper Wednesday, December 30th at 1:02PM EST (link)

need to enlighten the enemy withen, the are already here, they are many.We are still a Free People. We are about to loose that. because of a musilim trying to act like an American President.I have always said to be ready, be alert.There is alot wrong with this administration. They are setting things up so they are protected and we go without.Hows about we create our own CHANGE. This musilim has attacked every fascet of bmy belief system. I have been FREE all my life, now he (they) Are threatening that, and that of my childrens freedom. On US soil.

 

dharc

dharc Wednesday, December 30th at 9:09PM EST (link)

I’ve never seen these democrats try to cut we the peoples throats so fast.If the good guys ever get into power again they need to burn and cleanse every socialist threat to our nation so it will never get this chance again.Because the left has no mercy.