[VIDEO] REWIND: George W. Bush Full Speech on Katrina from Jackson Square
Posted: August 19, 2016 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Health and Social Issues, History, Mediasphere, Politics, White House | Tags: 2005 levee failures in Greater New Orleans, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana, Martha's Vineyard, New Orleans, United States | 1 Comment
President George W. Bush responds to criticism for the Federal response to Hurricane Katrina in Jackson Square, New Orleans on September 15, 2005.
Will the media hold @POTUS Barack Obama to his own standard? This is tragic, daft leadership. #LouisianaFlood pic.twitter.com/oEljwu0S1e
— Ali Akbar (@ali) August 19, 2016
Obama to Complete Vacation Before Visiting Louisiana Next Week
While in Martha’s Vineyard, the President has received updates on the situation in Louisiana, including from the DHS Secretary and the FEMA Administrator, who took separate trips there. The President today directed his team to coordinate with Louisiana officials to determine an appropriate time for him to visit, and together they have determined that the President will visit Baton Rouge, Louisiana on Tuesday, August 23rd. Additional details will be announced in the coming days. The President is mindful of the impact that his travel has on first responders and wants to ensure that his presence does not interfere with ongoing recovery efforts. Read the rest of this entry »
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Obama Promises Hillary the Kiss of Death
Posted: June 9, 2016 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Breaking News, Crime & Corruption, Mediasphere, White House | Tags: Barack Obama, Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, Hillary Clinton, Los Angeles Times, Martha's Vineyard, The Pantsuit Report, The Washington Post, United States, White House | Leave a comment
John Wagner, Robert Costa and Juliet Eilperin report: President Obama will offer his formal endorsement of Hillary Clinton with a video to be released later on Thursday and plans to campaign with the former secretary of state in Wisconsin next week, according to two sources familiar with the plans.
The swift endorsement comes after the president met with Sen. Bernie Sanders at the White House earlier Thursday as the Vermont senator indicated he is preparing to exit the Democratic nominating battle.
Sanders is under pressure to stand down and help unify the party after a long and contentious battle with Clinton for the nomination. Obama’s endorsement will add to that pressure, although most party leaders, including the president, have urged that he be allowed to decide his future plans on his own timetable.An afternoon meeting with Vice President Biden was also added to Sanders’s schedule for Thursday. The two are set to meet at the vice president’s residence at the Naval Observatory, said Sanders spokesman Michael Briggs. Read the rest of this entry »
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New York Post Cover for Aug 30, 2014: ‘Greek Tragedy: Bittersweet Suit Hits Whole Foods’
Posted: August 30, 2014 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Mediasphere, U.S. News | Tags: Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Chelsea Clinton, Martha's Vineyard, New York, New York Post, Whole Foods | Leave a commentRate this:
The Hill: Asking the Wrong Question
Posted: August 14, 2014 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Mediasphere, Politics, The Butcher's Notebook, White House | Tags: Barack Obama, Global Panic of 2014, Martha's Vineyard, President Obama, The Hill | 1 CommentIt looks like The Hill made a headline error.
Here it is again, with the headline corrected.
Why is Obama returning to Washington? – TheHill
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[VIDEO] REWIND: Remember When Obama Promised That He Would Not Take Vacations If Elected President?
Posted: August 11, 2014 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: History, Mediasphere, Politics, White House | Tags: Autocracy, Barack Obama, Campaign Promise, celebrity, corruption, Facsism, Golf, lame duck, Luxury, Martha's Vineyard, Michelle Obama, Monarch, Monarchy, Obama, Retirement, Royal Palace, SCOAMF, White House | 1 Comment“Uh umm, you give me this office and in turn my, fears, doubts, insecurities, foibles, need for sleep, family life, vacations, leisure is gone. I am giving myself to you.“
Full in-context video here
via YouTube
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Global Panic of July 2014: TV Breaking News Presidential Screen Cap of the Week
Posted: July 18, 2014 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Breaking News, Food & Drink, Humor, Politics, Russia, White House | Tags: Barack Obama, Global Panic of July 2014, Malaysia Airlines, Martha's Vineyard, Moscow, Obama, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin, White House | 1 Comment- Video: Pretty much everyone expressing dismay over White House response to world falling apart
- Video: Semi-retired president interrupts burger run to issue brief statement on plane being blown up
- BEAR IS LOOSE: Obama fundraises while Putin runs amok…
- KREMLIN: Putin ‘Informed’ Obama About Crash…
- REPORT: 23 Americans Killed…
- Obama gives crash 40 seconds before telling jokes…
- When Crisis Strikes, You Can Count On Obama To Grab A Delicious Snack
- Democrats are distancing themselves from our detached, unpopular president
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America the Trivial
Posted: August 22, 2013 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Mediasphere | Tags: Anthony Weiner, August Cellars, Barack Obama, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, United States, Victor Davis Hanson | Leave a commentThe Kardashians and Anthony Weiner are deemed more worthy of attention than what affects the security and prosperity of our nation.

Victor Davis Hanson
Two quite different 21st-century Americas are emerging. The nation is not so much divided by “wars” between the rich and poor, men and women, or white and non-white. Instead, there is the world of reality versus that of triviality.
In the vast plains of the Dakotas and the American West, thousands of men and women of all classes and colors are fracking oil and gas to create new energy for millions of homeowners and commuters — while giving America a second chance at strategic energy independence.
Yet the beneficiaries mostly ignore these elemental efforts. They instead prefer to fixate on the alleged sexual creepiness of big-city political mediocrities like Bob Filner and Anthony Weiner.
As we sleep, 7,000 miles away there are still thousands of American soldiers of all races, ages, classes, and genders in godforsaken conditions fighting the Taliban to allow millions in Afghanistan the chance for an alternative to medieval theocracy and to deter terrorists.
Meanwhile, back home, the nation is focused not on such existential struggles but is transfixed by racial melodramas.
Was Oprah victimized by racial insensitivity in a Swiss boutique when inquiring about purchasing a $38,000 crocodile purse? Were ten black American Idolcontestants really victims of “cruel and inhumane” treatment because their arrest records were brought up on the show? Should a rodeo clown — whose stock in trade is humor — be sent to “sensitivity training” for wearing an Obama mask?
At the end of two years of near-record drought in California, the fate of hundreds of thousands of acres of irrigated farmlands, which feed millions of Americans and earn billions of dollars in critical foreign exchange, hinges on a snow-filled winter in the Sierra Nevada. You might never know of that razor’s edge from the state legislature. Rather than discussing new dams and canals, it debated whether transgendered youth in public schools could use the bathrooms of their choice and whether residents should need a permit to buy ammunition.
The historic role of government is changing before our eyes. President Obama is making the argument that the executive branch by presidential fiat can pick and choose which laws should and should not be faithfully executed — whether Obamacare, immigration amnesties, or No Child Left Behind statutes.
The fate of the entire concept of voluntary tax compliance is currently endangered by the politicization of the Internal Revenue Service. Whether the government can monitor the communications of either reporters or average citizens depends on getting to the bottom of the National Security Agency and Justice Department/Associated Press scandals.
Instead, the media seem more interested in whether Obama is playing golf on Martha’s Vineyard. Read the rest of this entry »
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First dog Bo is airlifted to Obama holiday home
Posted: August 11, 2013 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Mediasphere | Tags: Barack Obama, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, Nick Allen, United States Environmental Protection Agency, United States Secret Service, Washington DC, White House | Leave a commentWhen President Barack Obama goes on holiday to the seaside things can get complicated.
By Nick Allen
Rooms have to be found for dozens of Secret Service agents, someone has to carry a selection of presidential basketballs, and of course the family dog needs his own state-of-the-art aircraft.
Arriving in the idyllic coastal retreat of Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts, Mr Obama left behind him in Washington DC high profile debates over the budget, government surveillance and his health care reforms. Instead, he will spend the next eight days playing golf, going to the beach, and buying books from the Bunch of Grapes bookstore.
In the air he swapped his suit and tie for khakis and a blue shirt with rolled-up sleeves, while Mrs Obama wore a yellow-and-white summer dress.
Bo, the president’s Portuguese Water Dog, arrived separately on one of two MV-22 Ospreys, a hybrid aircraft which takes off like a helicopter but flies like a plane.
It was the first time the Ospreys have been taken on holiday by a US president.