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Baldy wrote:It's great to have Joe looking out for us middle classers.

Biden hails middle class at wealthy fundraiser

"Vice President Joe Biden addressed 87 wealthy Democrats last night attending a fundraiser at the home of Sen. John Kerry in Georgetown. As they dined on grass-fed New York strip steaks and white truffle mashed potatos underneath a outdoor tent, Biden criticized Republicans for being out of touch.

“These guys don’t have a sense of the average folks out there,” Biden said according to the pool report, “They don’t know what it means to be middle class.”

87 guests paid a minimum of $10,000-per-couple to attend the dinner."

Baldy wrote:It's great to have Joe looking out for us middle classers.

Biden hails middle class at wealthy fundraiser

"Vice President Joe Biden addressed 87 wealthy Democrats last night attending a fundraiser at the home of Sen. John Kerry in Georgetown. As they dined on grass-fed New York strip steaks and white truffle mashed potatos underneath a outdoor tent, Biden criticized Republicans for being out of touch.

“These guys don’t have a sense of the average folks out there,” Biden said according to the pool report, “They don’t know what it means to be middle class.”

87 guests paid a minimum of $10,000-per-couple to attend the dinner."

UD77 wrote:Biden is such a bad joke.

Via Politico:

Spot the irony in Vice President Biden’s schedule today, from the White House’s daily guidance:

“At 1:00 PM, the Vice President will attend a meeting of the Government Accountability and Transparency Board in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. At 2:30 PM, the Vice President will meet with representatives of the National Sheriffs’ Association in the Roosevelt Room. These meetings are closed press.”

Bronco wrote:Any wonder why the country is in trouble with this gang in power

Via Politico:

Spot the irony in Vice President Biden’s schedule today, from the White House’s daily guidance:

“At 1:00 PM, the Vice President will attend a meeting of the Government Accountability and Transparency Board in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. At 2:30 PM, the Vice President will meet with representatives of the National Sheriffs’ Association in the Roosevelt Room. These meetings are closed press.”

Cap'n Cat wrote:

Bronco wrote:Any wonder why the country is in trouble with this gang in power

Dumbass, Bronco. This is old as shit. I remember people joking about this when Reagan was in power...and every president after him....

INDIANAPOLIS – A report released today during national Sunshine Week by the Society of Professional Journalists found that reporters who cover federal government agencies say they face impediments to getting information to the public because of interference from public affairs officers.

An online survey of 146 Washington, D.C.-area reporters in February indicated overwhelming frustration from journalists trying to interview federal employees or get basic information for the public.

Download the full report here.

The survey was conducted by the Freedom of Information Committee of SPJ. Key highlights of the study include:

• Pre-approval: Three-quarters of the working journalists reported that they have to get approval from public affairs officers before interviewing agency employees.

• Prohibition: Two-thirds of reporters said agencies outright prohibit reporters from interviewing agency employees some or most of the time.

• Monitoring: About 84 percent said their interviews have been monitored in person or over the phone by government public information officers. “They sit right next to the person I am interviewing and often times jump in to make a comment or interfere with the conversation,” one respondent stated.

• Censorship: Seven out of 10 reporters agreed with the statement, “I consider government agency controls over who I interview a form of censorship.”

• Public hurt: About 85 percent of the journalists agreed with the statement, “The public is not getting the information it needs because of barriers agencies are imposing on journalists’ reporting practices.”

Carolyn S. Carlson, a former SPJ president and lead author of the study, said the results were alarming. “Reporters in Washington are struggling to give the public an objective view of the federal government, but are running into interference rather than assistance from the very people hired by the government to help them. Public affairs officers need to facilitate media coverage, not interfere or block it,” she said.

SPJ President John Ensslin agreed, saying, “The findings in this report, while not surprising, are a dismaying trend. Government works best when there’s a free flow of information at all levels. The strategy of spokespeople acting as the spigots of that information inevitably backfires by fostering leaks and intrigue instead of the sunshine of full disclosure.”

On a good note, about 70 percent of the surveyed journalists said they had a positive relationship with the public information officers with whom they work, and most reported that officers quickly respond to their queries most of the time.

However, overwhelmingly, comments from the surveyed journalists indicated increasing frustration at what they perceive as efforts by agencies to control the message to the public. “PAOs tend to make up information,” stated one respondent. “You can never trust the information they provide. They make our jobs almost impossible and they treat journalists with barely any professionalism.”

Another respondent: “They act as gatekeepers. And they are very rarely completely helpful or forthcoming.”

The survey was conducted online Jan. 23 through Feb. 24. A sample of 776 journalists identified by SPJ as covering federal agencies were contacted, and 146 responded (19 percent). Most (91 percent) were reporters and worked for wire services (32 percent) or large newspapers (32 percent). The survey has a margin of error of plus or minus 7 percent.

The survey was conducted by Carolyn S. Carlson, an assistant professor of communication at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Ga., and David Cuillier, director of the School of Journalism at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Ariz., on behalf of the SPJ Freedom of Information Committee, of which both are members. Carlson is a former national SPJ president. Cuillier is a former chairman of the FOI Committee and is currently secretary-treasurer of SPJ’s national board of directors. They were assisted by Kennesaw journalism student Lindsay Tulkoff.

DUbackjon wrote:"Dair fun-deed by duh Kochs....DERT!"

Osama bin Laden put out a hit on President Obama because he thought Vice President Joe Biden was “totally unprepared” to lead the U.S., it was revealed Friday.

Washington Post Columnist David Ignatius reported the late terror leader’s scheme based on a leak of documents seized at the hideout in Pakistan where Seal Team 6 killed bin Laden last May.

Bin Laden tasked Ilyas Kashmiri, a one-eyed, battle-hardened Pakistani, with killing both Obama and CIA director Gen. David Petraeus, who was then head of the war effort in Afghanistan, the documents show.

According to Ignatius’ report, the Al Qaeda leader explained to his top lieutenant: “The reason for concentrating on them is that Obama is the head of infidelity and killing him automatically will make (Vice President Joe) Biden take over the presidency .... Biden is totally unprepared for that post, which will lead the U.S. into a crisis.”

Cap'n Cat wrote:

Baldy wrote:It's great to have Joe looking out for us middle classers.

Biden hails middle class at wealthy fundraiser

"Vice President Joe Biden addressed 87 wealthy Democrats last night attending a fundraiser at the home of Sen. John Kerry in Georgetown. As they dined on grass-fed New York strip steaks and white truffle mashed potatos underneath a outdoor tent, Biden criticized Republicans for being out of touch.

“These guys don’t have a sense of the average folks out there,” Biden said according to the pool report, “They don’t know what it means to be middle class.”

87 guests paid a minimum of $10,000-per-couple to attend the dinner."

Gotta admit, Brother Bald One, that is hilarious and ironic!!!!



On the other hand, it warms the Cap'ns heart that these folks, obviously 1%rs, are willing and able to sacrifice their windfall Exxon dividends to help Joe, Mary, Susie and Tommy Six Pack!

Biden Endorses 'One Child' Policy
IBD Editorials ^ |

Population: The vice president gives a thumbs up to Beijing's policy of sustainable growth through forced population control. This is no gaffe. The White House endorses this policy. Just ask the president's science adviser.
We are used to the "mouth that roared" putting his foot in it. But Vice President Joe Biden's remarks at Sichuan University in China clearly embrace the progressive belief that people are a plague on the Earth — not its greatest resource.
"Your policy has been one which I fully understand — I'm not second-guessing — of one child per family. The result being that you're in a position where one wage earner will be taking care of four retired people. Not sustainable," Biden opined, embracing entitlement reform, Beijing-style.

(Excerpt) Read more at investors.com ...

TheDC) —
In the wake of an onslaught of criticism for Vice President Joe Biden’s comments in China about “not second guessing” the country’s one-child policy, the Obama administration has issued a statement of clarification.

“The Obama Administration strongly opposes all aspects of China’s coercive birth limitation policies, including forced abortion and sterilization,” Biden’s spokeswoman Kendra Barkoff told The Daily Caller in an email. “The Vice President believes such practices are repugnant.”

SuperHornet wrote:Biden is a freaking ignoramus. He claims that a Republican President will ruin the middle class. As if the Donkeys haven't already done that.

CitadelGrad wrote:I believe this is the most punchable face I have ever seen. Maybe it's only because I haven't seen jellybelly's face.

kalm wrote:

SuperHornet wrote:Biden is a freaking ignoramus. He claims that a Republican President will ruin the middle class. As if the Donkeys haven't already done that.

Which economic policies have ruined the middle class?

travelinman67 wrote:

kalm wrote:
Which economic policies have ruined the middle class?

Starting with the New Deal...


Entitlement America is an economic paradigm, not a social paradigm.