Stephanie
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this article says a lot, Obama doesn't give two hoots for us and ALL his policies he has foisted on us IS for HIS SPECIAL INTREST BUDDIES. you people who voted for him should be ASHAMED.
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Posted 06:41 PM ET
Leadership: Obama critics were quick to link U.S. loans for Brazil oil to benefits for his investor pal George Soros. There was no link in this case, but considering how this president operates, it's no wonder suspicions ran high.
The president's announcement that his administration would lend billions of dollars to develop Brazil's offshore oil reserves left many Americans flabbergasted.
After all, he had issued two drilling moratoriums in U.S. waters and then was declared in contempt of court for defying a federal judge who ordered the moratoriums reversed. Some wondered if the president wasn't intentionally acting against U.S. interests.
Others wanted to know if pleasing political campaign contributors was the idea. The name of Soros, the leftist billionaire, came up because he'd held stock in Petrobras, the Brazilian state oil company. But he dumped the shares six months ago.
Our disengaged president has said little as the Arab world is engulfed in revolution and has been absent as a huge budget battle plays out in Congress. But some lines can be drawn between his more inexplicable decisions and cronyism.
Indeed, many of Obama's decisions have been all about benefiting special interests and political friends what's been called the Chicago Way. Whatever it's called, it's in the interests of the few at the expense of the whole. Some examples:
read them and the rest of the article here.
Editorial: President Obama?s Crony Capitalism - Investors.com
SNIP:
Posted 06:41 PM ET
Leadership: Obama critics were quick to link U.S. loans for Brazil oil to benefits for his investor pal George Soros. There was no link in this case, but considering how this president operates, it's no wonder suspicions ran high.
The president's announcement that his administration would lend billions of dollars to develop Brazil's offshore oil reserves left many Americans flabbergasted.
After all, he had issued two drilling moratoriums in U.S. waters and then was declared in contempt of court for defying a federal judge who ordered the moratoriums reversed. Some wondered if the president wasn't intentionally acting against U.S. interests.
Others wanted to know if pleasing political campaign contributors was the idea. The name of Soros, the leftist billionaire, came up because he'd held stock in Petrobras, the Brazilian state oil company. But he dumped the shares six months ago.
Our disengaged president has said little as the Arab world is engulfed in revolution and has been absent as a huge budget battle plays out in Congress. But some lines can be drawn between his more inexplicable decisions and cronyism.
Indeed, many of Obama's decisions have been all about benefiting special interests and political friends what's been called the Chicago Way. Whatever it's called, it's in the interests of the few at the expense of the whole. Some examples:
read them and the rest of the article here.
Editorial: President Obama?s Crony Capitalism - Investors.com
.. True.
