Obama's Lowlights (4/8/11)

Polls – The last Reuters / IPSOS poll shows that only 17% of Americans feel Obama is good military leader.

Frank Lautenberg – The New Jersey Democratic Senator is on record saying “Republicans don’t deserve Constitutional freedoms”.

Ethiopia - "Thousands of Christians have been displaced in Ethiopia after Muslim extremists torched Churches and homes," Fox News reports.

Israel - The Israeli government is deploying an "Iron Dome" to protect its southern region from rocket attacks from Gaza.

Canada - "Canada's ruling minority Conservatives were toppled in a no-confidence vote Friday with a historic finding of contempt of parliament against the government, paving the way for the fourth election in seven years," the Wall Street Journal reports.

Obama Administration - The White House has stated that the Libya Fight is not a war, but a 'kinetic military action'.

Syria - Violence erupted across Syria as troops opened fire on protesters in several cities. The Syrian government has resigned after a wave of protests.

Illinois – The state has once again raised taxes to deal with its budget shortfall. When will they learn that this will only lead to more people and businesses fleeing the state for greener pastures?

CBS News – Katie Couric is leaving and she will probably be replaced by another liberal such as Scott Pelley.

Illegal Aliens – Obama is on record saying he wants illegal aliens to succeed. Everyone wants them to succeed, but should they succeed here or in their native land is the question.

Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) - He led a conference call last week with four other Democratic senators, unaware that reporters had already been placed on the call. He instructed these Senators to paint the GOP spending cut plan as "extreme" and insist that Republicans refused to negotiate.

NY Transit - The cash-poor New York Metropolitan Transit Authority is debating reviving the Work Experience Program - which makes the unemployed work for their benefit checks by cleaning the subway.

Libya - The Guardian reports "Hillary Clinton has paved the way for the United States to arm the Libyan rebels by declaring that the recent UN security council resolution relaxed an arms embargo on the country."

Facebook - After a month of protests, Facebook has removed a page meant to organize a third Palestinian intifada against Israel.

AARP – The organization is scheduled to receive nearly 1 billion dollars from Obamacare over the next decade. AARP is also a tax exempt organization. It seems the organization sold out its members to pass this horrible legislation.

DOJ – An investigation into the DOJ handling of the Black Panther case, by the DOJ, found no wrongdoing. Maybe they should have an independent company investigate the case?

The Economy – Unemployment fell to 8.8%, but the labor force continues to shrink as less people are looking for work. Inflation continues to be a chief concern.