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Jonathan Capehart article here (and another here)
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President Barack Obama bends over so the son of a White House staff member can pat his head during a family visit to the Oval Office May 8, 2009. The youngster wanted to see if the President’s haircut felt like his own. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
ThinkProgress: Rep. John Fleming (R-LA) appeared on MSNBC with Chris Jansing this morning to attack President Obama’s new deficit reduction plan, which includes some tax increases on the wealthy…..
Fleming is himself a businesses owner, so Jansing asked, “If you have to pay more in taxes, you would get rid of some of those employees?” Fleming responded by saying that while his businesses made $6.3 million last year, after you “pay 500 employees, you pay rent, you pay equipment, and food,” his profits “a mere fraction of that” – “by the time I feed my family, I have maybe $400,000 left over…..”
More here
Meanwhile….
….and:
You can see the full National Geographic documentary here
President Barack Obama bends over so the son of a White House staff member can pat his head during a family visit to the Oval Office May 8, 2009. The youngster wanted to see if the President’s haircut felt like his own. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Oooops, these two headlines appear side by side on The Page (Time magazine) today:
Halperin probably hasn’t spotted the problem yet, he’s too busy writing yet another ‘PALIN 2012 – WHOOOOO HOOOO!’ story
President Barack Obama signs the Reducing Over Classification Bill as Rep. Jane Harman, D-CA, looks on in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on October 7
President Barack Obama signs the Intel Authorization Bill as Rep. Silvestre Reyes, D-TX, the House Select Intelligence Committee chairman, looks on in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on October 7
President Barack Obama takes a giant step over a row of potted ferns as he meets members of the audience after signing the Small Business Jobs Act at a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, September 27, 2010. Obama signed a $30 billion small business lending bill into law on Monday, claiming a victory on economic policy for his fellow Democrats ahead of November congressional elections
President Obama steps over plants to shake hands after signing the Iran Sanctions Act at the White House, July 1, 2010
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