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"WE NOTICED"
President Obama:
Today I read of your administrations' plan to re-define September 11 as
a National Service Day. Sir, it's time we had a talk.
During your campaign, Americans watched as you made mockery of our
tradition of standing and crossing your heart when the Pledge of Allegiance
was spoken. You, out of four people on the stage, were the only one not
honoring our tradition.
YES, "We noticed."
During one of your many speeches, Americans heard you say that you
intended to visit all 57 states. We all know that Islam, not America
has 57 states.
YES, "We noticed."
When President Bush leaned over at Ground Zero and gently placed a
flower on the memorial, while you nonchalantly tossed your flower onto
the pile without leaning over.
YES, "We noticed."
Every time you apologized to other countries for America 's position on
an issue we have wondered why you don't share our pride in this great
country.. When you have heard foreign leaders berate our country and
our beliefs, you have not defended us. In fact, you insulted the
British Crown beyond belief.
YES, "We noticed."
When your pastor of 20 years, "God-damned America " and said that
9/11 was " America 's chickens coming home to roost" and you denied
having heard recriminations of that nature, we wondered how that could
be. You later disassociated yourself from that church and Pastor
Wright because it was politically expedient to do so.
YES, "We noticed."
When you announced that you would transform America , we wondered
why. With all her faults, America is the greatest country on earth.
Sir, KEEP THIS IN MIND, "if not for America and the people who built
her, you wouldn't be sitting in the White House now." Prior to your
election to the highest office in this Country, you were a senator from
Illinois and from what we can glean from the records available, not a
very remarkable one.
YES, "We noticed."
All through your campaign and even now, you have surrounded
yourself with individuals who are basically unqualified for the
positions for which you appointed them. Worse than that, the majority
of them are people who, like you, bear no special allegiance, respect, or
affection for this country and her traditions.
YES, "We noticed."
You are 18 months into your term and every morning millions of
Americans wake up to a new horror heaped on us by you. You seek to
saddle working Americans with a health care/insurance reform package
that, along with cap and trade, will bankrupt this nation.
YES, "We noticed."
We seek, by protesting, to let our representatives know that we are not
in favor of these crippling expenditures and we are labeled
"un-American","racist", "mob". We wonder how we are supposed to let
you know how frustrated we are. You have attempted to make our protests seem
isolated and insignificant. Until your appointment, Americans had the right
to speak out.
YES, "We noticed."
On September 11, 2001 there were no Republicans or Democrats, only
Americans. And we all grieved together and helped each other in
whatever way we could. The attack on 9/11 was carried out because we are
Americans.
And YES, "We noticed."
There were many of us who p ray ed that as a black president you could
help unite this nation. In six months you have done more to destroy
this nation than the attack on 9/11. You have failed us.
YES, "We noticed."
September 11 is a day of remembrance for all Americans. You
propose to make 9/11 a "National Service Day". While we know that you
don't share our reverence for 9/11, we p ray that history will report
your proposal as what it is, a disgrace.
YES, "We noticed."
You have made a mockery of our Constitution and the office that
you hold. You have embarrassed and slighted us in foreign visits
and policy.
YES, "We noticed."
We have noticed all these things. We will deal with you. When Americans
come together again, it will be to remove you from office.
Take notice.
If you agree with this, please pass it on. If not, I'm sorry.
President Obama:
Today I read of your administrations' plan to re-define September 11 as
a National Service Day. Sir, it's time we had a talk.
During your campaign, Americans watched as you made mockery of our
tradition of standing and crossing your heart when the Pledge of Allegiance
was spoken. You, out of four people on the stage, were the only one not
honoring our tradition.
YES, "We noticed."
During one of your many speeches, Americans heard you say that you
intended to visit all 57 states. We all know that Islam, not America
has 57 states.
YES, "We noticed."
When President Bush leaned over at Ground Zero and gently placed a
flower on the memorial, while you nonchalantly tossed your flower onto
the pile without leaning over.
YES, "We noticed."
Every time you apologized to other countries for America 's position on
an issue we have wondered why you don't share our pride in this great
country.. When you have heard foreign leaders berate our country and
our beliefs, you have not defended us. In fact, you insulted the
British Crown beyond belief.
YES, "We noticed."
When your pastor of 20 years, "God-damned America " and said that
9/11 was " America 's chickens coming home to roost" and you denied
having heard recriminations of that nature, we wondered how that could
be. You later disassociated yourself from that church and Pastor
Wright because it was politically expedient to do so.
YES, "We noticed."
When you announced that you would transform America , we wondered
why. With all her faults, America is the greatest country on earth.
Sir, KEEP THIS IN MIND, "if not for America and the people who built
her, you wouldn't be sitting in the White House now." Prior to your
election to the highest office in this Country, you were a senator from
Illinois and from what we can glean from the records available, not a
very remarkable one.
YES, "We noticed."
All through your campaign and even now, you have surrounded
yourself with individuals who are basically unqualified for the
positions for which you appointed them. Worse than that, the majority
of them are people who, like you, bear no special allegiance, respect, or
affection for this country and her traditions.
YES, "We noticed."
You are 18 months into your term and every morning millions of
Americans wake up to a new horror heaped on us by you. You seek to
saddle working Americans with a health care/insurance reform package
that, along with cap and trade, will bankrupt this nation.
YES, "We noticed."
We seek, by protesting, to let our representatives know that we are not
in favor of these crippling expenditures and we are labeled
"un-American","racist", "mob". We wonder how we are supposed to let
you know how frustrated we are. You have attempted to make our protests seem
isolated and insignificant. Until your appointment, Americans had the right
to speak out.
YES, "We noticed."
On September 11, 2001 there were no Republicans or Democrats, only
Americans. And we all grieved together and helped each other in
whatever way we could. The attack on 9/11 was carried out because we are
Americans.
And YES, "We noticed."
There were many of us who p ray ed that as a black president you could
help unite this nation. In six months you have done more to destroy
this nation than the attack on 9/11. You have failed us.
YES, "We noticed."
September 11 is a day of remembrance for all Americans. You
propose to make 9/11 a "National Service Day". While we know that you
don't share our reverence for 9/11, we p ray that history will report
your proposal as what it is, a disgrace.
YES, "We noticed."
You have made a mockery of our Constitution and the office that
you hold. You have embarrassed and slighted us in foreign visits
and policy.
YES, "We noticed."
We have noticed all these things. We will deal with you. When Americans
come together again, it will be to remove you from office.
Take notice.
If you agree with this, please pass it on. If not, I'm sorry.
Associated Press
By CALVIN WOODWARD
Associated Press
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Here's where the 2012 Republican presidential candidates stand on a selection of issues.
They are Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, former Utah Gov. John Huntsman, Texas Rep. Ron Paul, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum.
ABORTION:
Bachmann: Backed efforts to declare the unborn "persons" under the Constitution, the most direct challenge to the Supreme Court's affirmation of abortion rights. Signed pledge to advance only anti-abortion appointees for relevant administration jobs, cut off federal dollars for clinics that perform or finance abortions, and support a ban on abortions after the fetus reaches a certain stage in development. Introduced bill to require pregnant women to see and hear the fetal heartbeat before having an abortion. Promoted other anti-abortion bills, including some that contained exceptions for rape, incest or the life of a mother. Sought to put abortion restrictions into Minnesota's constitution while in state Legislature.
Gingrich: Signed anti-abortion pledge. "Principles to protect life" platform calls for conservative judges and no subsidies for abortion but not for constitutional abortion ban.
Huntsman: Signed abortion restrictions into law as governor, favors constitutional abortion ban.
Paul: Says federal government should have no authority either to legalize or ban abortion. Yet signed pledge to advance only anti-abortion appointees for relevant administration jobs, cut off federal dollars for clinics that perform or finance abortions, and support a ban on abortions after the fetus reaches a certain stage in development.
Perry: Now supports constitutional abortion ban after saying states should decide their own laws on such issues. Backed Texas law that attempts to discourage abortions by making doctors describe the fetus' size limbs and organs to the woman, and make available an image of the fetus and the sound of its heartbeat to her, before she can have the procedure.
Romney: Opposes abortion rights. Previously supported them. Says state law should guide abortion rights, and Roe v. Wade should be reversed by a future Supreme Court. But says Roe vs. Wade is law of the land until that happens and should not be challenged by federal legislation seeking to overturn abortion rights affirmed by that court decision. Would not sign pledge to advance only anti-abortion appointees for relevant administration jobs, cut off federal dollars for clinics that perform or finance abortions, and support a ban on abortions after the fetus reaches a certain stage in development. "So I would live within the law, within the Constitution as I understand it, without creating a constitutional crisis. But I do believe Roe v. Wade should be reversed to allow states to make that decision."
Santorum: Favors constitutional abortion ban and opposes abortion even in cases of rape because "I would absolutely stand and say that one violence is enough." Previously supported right to abortion in cases of rape, incest and to save the life of the mother.
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Thank you for contacting me about incarcerating Guantanamo detainees in Thomson, Illinois. I appreciate hearing from you on this important issue.
Thank you for contacting me about incarcerating Guantanamo detainees in Thomson, Illinois. I appreciate hearing from you on this important issue.
First let me say that I am as concerned about the threat of terrorism as any American who lived through 9/11. I can still recall the black smoke billowing across the National Mall from the fiery crash at the Pentagon. I thank God that while that tragic day increased our vigilance, it did not diminish our commitment to our constitutional values. Each time I visit with soldiers about to be deployed or the wounded warriors at Water Reed, I am heartened by their courage and their unwavering commitment to our nation and its values in spite of the threats they face.
The decision to close the detention facility at Guantanamo, a symbol of the Bush Administration's failed interrogation policies and one of Al-Qaeda's most salient recruitment tools, is supported by Defense Secretary Robert Gates; the CentCom Commander, General David Petraeus; the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Admiral Michael Mullen; and General and former Secretary of State Colin Powell, among others.
According to our national security experts, closing Guantanamo and transferring fewer than 100 detainees to the Thomson facility will not pose a threat to our state or nation. Instead, it will help us show the world that the values we hold dear as Americans - freedom, human dignity, and the rule of law - continue to guide us regardless of the challenges we face, and that staying true to those values will ultimately make our troops and our nation safer.
Opponents have claimed that Guantanamo detainees are too dangerous to be held in a federal prison. The reality is that our prisons are full of violent criminals, including mass murderers, rapists, child molesters, and even international terrorists. In fact, 340 convicted terrorists are being securely held in our prisons today, including more than 25 incarcerated in Illinois.
On December 15, 2009, the Administration announced that the federal government will purchase from the State of Illinois the Thomson Correctional Center, a nearly empty state-of-the-art maximum security prison built in 2001. The Bureau of Prisons will operate the majority of the facility as a new federal prison, and the Defense Department will lease and operate a portion of the facility to incarcerate up to 100 Guantanamo detainees. The bipartisan Illinois Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability has endorsed the sale of the Thomson Correctional Center to the federal government.
The security of the Thomson facility will be the government's top priority. Thomson is already a maximum security facility, and it will be enhanced to exceed the security standards at the supermax prison in Florence, Colorado, by adding an additional perimeter fence. No prisoner has ever escaped from a supermax facility. Also, the facility will be reconfigured to provide the capability of holding military tribunals onsite, so there will be no need to shuttle prisoners in and out of the facility on a regular basis.
Northwest Illinois has been hit hard by our current economic recession. Operation of the Thomson prison will breathe new economic life into that part of Illinois. Local leaders support the move. The White House Council of Economic Advisors estimates that up to 3,800 jobs will be created, including both direct federal jobs at the prison and indirect support jobs in the region. The local economy and region will see an influx of up to $1 billion in economic activity. This is expected to reduce unemployment in the area and increase the earnings of area residents by more than $200 million annually.
Some constituents have contacted my office because they were told, erroneously, that federal prison visitation rules would allow terrorists and others connected to the detainees to visit, causing an influx of dangerous extremists to the area. This will not be the case. The portion of the facility holding Guantanamo detainees will be operated by the Department of Defense, and there are no visitation privileges at military prisons.
In addition, the President has made it clear that none of these detainees will be released into the United States. Federal law explicitly bars their release on U.S. soil. Even if it was determined that detainment of these individuals was no longer warranted, they would have no immigration status in the United States and would be deported. The federal government has broad authority to continue to detain individuals during their deportation proceedings.
I am confident that Guantanamo detainees can be held safely at the Thomson prison. As we have done throughout our history, Illinois has once again responded to our nation's call. All Illinoisans can be proud that our state will play an important role in bringing to justice those who would do us harm. Thank you again for contacting me.
Sincerely,
Richard J. Durbin
United States Senator
POLITICSTALKONLINE.COM
First let me say that I am as concerned about the threat of terrorism as any American who lived through 9/11. I can still recall the black smoke billowing across the National Mall from the fiery crash at the Pentagon. I thank God that while that tragic day increased our vigilance, it did not diminish our commitment to our constitutional values. Each time I visit with soldiers about to be deployed or the wounded warriors at Water Reed, I am heartened by their courage and their unwavering commitment to our nation and its values in spite of the threats they face.
The decision to close the detention facility at Guantanamo, a symbol of the Bush Administration's failed interrogation policies and one of Al-Qaeda's most salient recruitment tools, is supported by Defense Secretary Robert Gates; the CentCom Commander, General David Petraeus; the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Admiral Michael Mullen; and General and former Secretary of State Colin Powell, among others.
According to our national security experts, closing Guantanamo and transferring fewer than 100 detainees to the Thomson facility will not pose a threat to our state or nation. Instead, it will help us show the world that the values we hold dear as Americans - freedom, human dignity, and the rule of law - continue to guide us regardless of the challenges we face, and that staying true to those values will ultimately make our troops and our nation safer.
Opponents have claimed that Guantanamo detainees are too dangerous to be held in a federal prison. The reality is that our prisons are full of violent criminals, including mass murderers, rapists, child molesters, and even international terrorists. In fact, 340 convicted terrorists are being securely held in our prisons today, including more than 25 incarcerated in Illinois.
On December 15, 2009, the Administration announced that the federal government will purchase from the State of Illinois the Thomson Correctional Center, a nearly empty state-of-the-art maximum security prison built in 2001. The Bureau of Prisons will operate the majority of the facility as a new federal prison, and the Defense Department will lease and operate a portion of the facility to incarcerate up to 100 Guantanamo detainees. The bipartisan Illinois Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability has endorsed the sale of the Thomson Correctional Center to the federal government.
The security of the Thomson facility will be the government's top priority. Thomson is already a maximum security facility, and it will be enhanced to exceed the security standards at the supermax prison in Florence, Colorado, by adding an additional perimeter fence. No prisoner has ever escaped from a supermax facility. Also, the facility will be reconfigured to provide the capability of holding military tribunals onsite, so there will be no need to shuttle prisoners in and out of the facility on a regular basis.
Northwest Illinois has been hit hard by our current economic recession. Operation of the Thomson prison will breathe new economic life into that part of Illinois. Local leaders support the move. The White House Council of Economic Advisors estimates that up to 3,800 jobs will be created, including both direct federal jobs at the prison and indirect support jobs in the region. The local economy and region will see an influx of up to $1 billion in economic activity. This is expected to reduce unemployment in the area and increase the earnings of area residents by more than $200 million annually.
Some constituents have contacted my office because they were told, erroneously, that federal prison visitation rules would allow terrorists and others connected to the detainees to visit, causing an influx of dangerous extremists to the area. This will not be the case. The portion of the facility holding Guantanamo detainees will be operated by the Department of Defense, and there are no visitation privileges at military prisons.
In addition, the President has made it clear that none of these detainees will be released into the United States. Federal law explicitly bars their release on U.S. soil. Even if it was determined that detainment of these individuals was no longer warranted, they would have no immigration status in the United States and would be deported. The federal government has broad authority to continue to detain individuals during their deportation proceedings.
I am confident that Guantanamo detainees can be held safely at the Thomson prison. As we have done throughout our history, Illinois has once again responded to our nation's call. All Illinoisans can be proud that our state will play an important role in bringing to justice those who would do us harm. Thank you again for contacting me.
Sincerely,
Richard J. Durbin
United States Senator
POLITICSTALKONLINE.COM
Fw: Capitol Correspond Email
----- Original Message -----
From: correspondence_reply@durbin.senate.gov
To: politicstalk@gmail.com
Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 8:36 AM
Subject: Capitol Correspond Email
March 2, 2010
Mr. Jeffrey Cebas
PO BOX 1751
Rockford, IL 61110
Dear Mr. Cebas:
Thank you for contacting me about incarcerating Guantanamo detainees in Thomson, Illinois. I appreciate hearing from you on this important issue.
First let me say that I am as concerned about the threat of terrorism as any American who lived through 9/11. I can still recall the black smoke billowing across the National Mall from the fiery crash at the Pentagon. I thank God that while that tragic day increased our vigilance, it did not diminish our commitment to our constitutional values. Each time I visit with soldiers about to be deployed or the wounded warriors at Water Reed, I am heartened by their courage and their unwavering commitment to our nation and its values in spite of the threats they face.
The decision to close the detention facility at Guantanamo, a symbol of the Bush Administration's failed interrogation policies and one of Al-Qaeda's most salient recruitment tools, is supported by Defense Secretary Robert Gates; the CentCom Commander, General David Petraeus; the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Admiral Michael Mullen; and General and former Secretary of State Colin Powell, among others.
According to our national security experts, closing Guantanamo and transferring fewer than 100 detainees to the Thomson facility will not pose a threat to our state or nation. Instead, it will help us show the world that the values we hold dear as Americans - freedom, human dignity, and the rule of law - continue to guide us regardless of the challenges we face, and that staying true to those values will ultimately make our troops and our nation safer.
Opponents have claimed that Guantanamo detainees are too dangerous to be held in a federal prison. The reality is that our prisons are full of violent criminals, including mass murderers, rapists, child molesters, and even international terrorists. In fact, 340 convicted terrorists are being securely held in our prisons today, including more than 25 incarcerated in Illinois.
On December 15, 2009, the Administration announced that the federal government will purchase from the State of Illinois the Thomson Correctional Center, a nearly empty state-of-the-art maximum security prison built in 2001. The Bureau of Prisons will operate the majority of the facility as a new federal prison, and the Defense Department will lease and operate a portion of the facility to incarcerate up to 100 Guantanamo detainees. The bipartisan Illinois Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability has endorsed the sale of the Thomson Correctional Center to the federal government.
The security of the Thomson facility will be the government's top priority. Thomson is already a maximum security facility, and it will be enhanced to exceed the security standards at the supermax prison in Florence, Colorado, by adding an additional perimeter fence. No prisoner has ever escaped from a supermax facility. Also, the facility will be reconfigured to provide the capability of holding military tribunals onsite, so there will be no need to shuttle prisoners in and out of the facility on a regular basis.
Northwest Illinois has been hit hard by our current economic recession. Operation of the Thomson prison will breathe new economic life into that part of Illinois. Local leaders support the move. The White House Council of Economic Advisors estimates that up to 3,800 jobs will be created, including both direct federal jobs at the prison and indirect support jobs in the region. The local economy and region will see an influx of up to $1 billion in economic activity. This is expected to reduce unemployment in the area and increase the earnings of area residents by more than $200 million annually.
Some constituents have contacted my office because they were told, erroneously, that federal prison visitation rules would allow terrorists and others connected to the detainees to visit, causing an influx of dangerous extremists to the area. This will not be the case. The portion of the facility holding Guantanamo detainees will be operated by the Department of Defense, and there are no visitation privileges at military prisons.
In addition, the President has made it clear that none of these detainees will be released into the United States. Federal law explicitly bars their release on U.S. soil. Even if it was determined that detainment of these individuals was no longer warranted, they would have no immigration status in the United States and would be deported. The federal government has broad authority to continue to detain individuals during their deportation proceedings.
I am confident that Guantanamo detainees can be held safely at the Thomson prison. As we have done throughout our history, Illinois has once again responded to our nation's call. All Illinoisans can be proud that our state will play an important role in bringing to justice those who would do us harm. Thank you again for contacting me.
Sincerely,
Richard J. Durbin
United States Senator
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TWO SUBJECT LINES of which to be AWARE
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PLEASE INFORM EVERYONE you know!
1.) Emails with pictures of Osama Bin-Laden hanged are being sent and the moment that you open these emails your computer will crash and you will not be able to fix it!
If you get an e-mail along the lines of 'Osama Bin Laden Captured' or 'Osama Hanged', don't open the Attachment!! !!
This e-mail is being distributed through countries around the globe, but mainly in the US and Israel
Be considerate & send this warning to whomever you know.
2.) You should be alert during the next few days:
Do not open any message with an attached file called 'Invitation' regardless of who sent it.
It is a virus that opens an Olympic Torch which 'burns' the whole hard disc C of your computer!!!!
This virus will be received from someone who has your e-mail address in his/her contact list, that is why you should send this E-mail to all your contacts.
It is better to receive this message 25 times than to receive the virus and open it.
If you receive an e-mail called 'invitation' , even though sent by a friend. Do not open it!!!
This is the worst virus announced by CNN, it has been classified by Microsoft as the most destructive virus ever.
This virus was discovered by McAfee yesterday, and there is no repair yet for this kind of virus.
This virus simply destroys the Zero Sector of the Hard Disc, where other vital information is kept.
SEND THIS E-MAIL TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW!!!!
POLITICSTALKONLINE.COM
Just verified this with Snopes and it is REAL. ALSO WENT TO TRUTH OR FICTION, IT'S on their site also.
PLEASE INFORM EVERYONE you know!
1.) Emails with pictures of Osama Bin-Laden hanged are being sent and the moment that you open these emails your computer will crash and you will not be able to fix it!
If you get an e-mail along the lines of 'Osama Bin Laden Captured' or 'Osama Hanged', don't open the Attachment!! !!
This e-mail is being distributed through countries around the globe, but mainly in the US and Israel
Be considerate & send this warning to whomever you know.
2.) You should be alert during the next few days:
Do not open any message with an attached file called 'Invitation' regardless of who sent it.
It is a virus that opens an Olympic Torch which 'burns' the whole hard disc C of your computer!!!!
This virus will be received from someone who has your e-mail address in his/her contact list, that is why you should send this E-mail to all your contacts.
It is better to receive this message 25 times than to receive the virus and open it.
If you receive an e-mail called 'invitation' , even though sent by a friend. Do not open it!!!
This is the worst virus announced by CNN, it has been classified by Microsoft as the most destructive virus ever.
This virus was discovered by McAfee yesterday, and there is no repair yet for this kind of virus.
This virus simply destroys the Zero Sector of the Hard Disc, where other vital information is kept.
SEND THIS E-MAIL TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW!!!!
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ATLAS EXCLUSIVE: Obama Organizing in High School
ATLAS EXCLUSIVE: Obama Organizing in High School
An Atlas reader, Chuck, has a student in the eleventh grade in an Ohio High School. Her government class passed out this propaganda recruiting paper so students could sign up as interns for Obama's Organizing for America (OFA is the former mybarackobama.com site.)
Obama is using our public school system to recruit for his Alinsky-inspired private army. Organizing for America is (and I quote) recruiting in our high schools to "build on the movement that elected President Obama by empowering students across the country to help us bring about our agenda" ............of national socialism.
The Ohio High School is Perry Local in Massillon, Ohio.
This is incredible. And evil. Suffer the little children -- enlisted like SS youth. This is no accident. Obama is poisoning our public school system. He acts as if it's his own private breeding farm. Once again academic learning and achievement is hopelessly abandoned, and supplanted by radical leftist activism from the leftwing Alinsky indoctrinators in the perverse public school system.
Children must be advised to expose this ugly propaganda. Children must tell their parents how they are being used and manipulated. Parents, warn your kids. Better yet, home school.
here the link to the story http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/
POLITICSTALKONLINE.COM
An Atlas reader, Chuck, has a student in the eleventh grade in an Ohio High School. Her government class passed out this propaganda recruiting paper so students could sign up as interns for Obama's Organizing for America (OFA is the former mybarackobama.com site.)
Obama is using our public school system to recruit for his Alinsky-inspired private army. Organizing for America is (and I quote) recruiting in our high schools to "build on the movement that elected President Obama by empowering students across the country to help us bring about our agenda" ............of national socialism.
The Ohio High School is Perry Local in Massillon, Ohio.
This is incredible. And evil. Suffer the little children -- enlisted like SS youth. This is no accident. Obama is poisoning our public school system. He acts as if it's his own private breeding farm. Once again academic learning and achievement is hopelessly abandoned, and supplanted by radical leftist activism from the leftwing Alinsky indoctrinators in the perverse public school system.
Children must be advised to expose this ugly propaganda. Children must tell their parents how they are being used and manipulated. Parents, warn your kids. Better yet, home school.
here the link to the story http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/
POLITICSTALKONLINE.COM
WASHINGTON — Turns out Barack Obama is the bill of goods America thought it was buying.
By Jennifer Loven
The Associated Press
Posted Jan 19, 2010 @ 12:00 PM
Last update Jan 20, 2010 @ 11:20 AM
WASHINGTON â€" Turns out Barack Obama is the bill of goods America thought it was buying.
Little about Obama in his first year as president has come as a shock. The cautious, cerebral, enigmatic man who sought the White House is largely the same one who occupies it. For all the history-changing wonder of the election of the first black president, most of the surprises have come from events, not his approach to them.
From the beginning, with its inaugural excitement, friendlier majorities in Congress than any chief executive since Lyndon Johnson, two wars, a warming planet and economic challenges unrivaled since the era of Franklin D. Roosevelt, and to the end, with fractious partisan sniping, a dramatically fallen approval rating and his first major victory still to come â€" Obama then is basically Obama now, only grayer and more tired.
But 12 months’ worth of watching the president put his signature style to work governing, instead of campaigning, provides a crisper picture. So, what have we learned? For one thing, that he’s a master of nuance with a “but†in his approach to nearly everything.
Ten observations:
He hates labels.
Obama promised a post-racial, post-partisan, post-ideological presidency. While that theory earned him votes, some seeing it in action, such as the liberal Institute for Policy Studies, now more critically call it the “have it both ways†presidency. Could it be that his “Yes, we can†campaign has morphed into a “When we can†administration?
Obama has pursued a radical agenda: fix the economy while attacking long-neglected, related problems such as health care, climate change and education. End one war, overhaul a second and remake America’s image in the world, too.
His way of getting there, though, is incremental, and hardly purist:
He’ll backpedal on positions, as on lobbyists in his administration and money for lawmakers’ pet projects, or be inconsistent, such as dealing with the auto industry more sternly than banks and insurers.
He yields ground. He has lectured Palestinians not to let the perfect be the enemy of the good over Jewish settlement expansion, advice he has followed himself â€" and given Congress, too.
He threads the needle. He settled on an Afghanistan strategy that combined the muscular (adding 30,000 troops) with the political (setting a withdrawal start date as he ordered the unpopular escalation).
He avoids confrontation, choosing in health care and other cases to outline only broad policy goals and stay hands off on specifics until late in the game.
Obama calls it all pragmatic (his own label his only nod to the value of them), a fresh approach in which policy and coalitions are forged on circumstances instead of creed. His critics call it slippery.
He may be on the cusp of a potential game-changer success, with a health care bill, that will show his methods can work. But the process has been confusing and draining, disappointing to right and left alike. He also hasn’t broken Washington’s partisan streak, earning few if any Republican votes on key priorities.
His first reaction isn’t always his best.
When incendiary comments by black minister Jeremiah Wright surfaced during Obama’s campaign, he underestimated and mishandled the issue until it threatened his White House chances. He finally calmed the fuss with a speech on race regarded as a slam dunk.
That pattern of near-failure followed by 11th-hour rescue has repeated itself in the White House. Think economic stimulus. Think health care. Or beer summit â€" another racial tempest gone wrong and then right.
Just recently came another demonstration of Obama’s iffy first instincts. The bombing plot to bring down a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day drew no appearance by the vacationing president for three days, in hopes that a low-profile wouldn’t overly elevate the incident and encourage other would-be terrorists. When he did talk to the public, he was notably flat. It took him a couple more tries to display the urgency and anger the near-disaster seemed to demand.
He’d much prefer not to react immediately in the first place.
Ever the risk-averse, studious lawyer, Obama doesn’t act on his gut but on information â€" reams of it. He collects all the facts and pokes holes in all the angles.
Asked early in the year why his outrage at exorbitant bonuses at bailed-out insurer American International Group was so long in coming, Obama snapped at the reporter: “I like to know what I’m talking about before I speak.â€
Ever scripted, he has been known to use a teleprompter even in news conferences.
He’s the king of reviews. On the Guantanamo Bay military prison, war, the Fort Hood shootings, a new missile defense system, cybersecurity, urban policy, the White House gate-crashers and more, a thorough review is his preferred out-of-the-gate response.
He’ll fire people; he’s no loyalty hound. But when controversy comes calling, don’t look for a hair-trigger scapegoat.
Many in the U.S. and around the world were encouraged at the shift from the instinct-driven style of George W. Bush. But Obama also now faces questions about whether he is a decisive leader â€" or a wavering one.
He has a bit of a cold-fish problem.
He can sometimes appear aloof, cool, emotionally distant.
He’s warm in private settings â€" approachable and funny. But standing before the public on a critical topic, whether it’s corporate bonuses or Somali pirates, he can display a tin ear for the tone people want. Sometimes even when he says he’s mad, he doesn’t look it.
He wears the job easily.
For all his youth and governing inexperience, Obama stepped almost seamlessly into the most powerful post in the world. Outsiders could not detect rookie jitters. Insiders reported him unfazed by the office. “I feel surprisingly comfortable in the job,†said the 44th president a mere two weeks in. “I’m good at this,†he told People magazine just over a week ago.
What could appear arrogant in the campaign looked surefooted in office.
Still, there are times when he seems not to understand â€" or purposely not to harness â€" the vast power he has assumed.
He’s ubiquitous, leading to questions about overexposure. But is he using the presidential bully pulpit to maximum effect? He gives perhaps too much rope at critical times to others, such as to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner amid the unpopular bank bailout.
He favors candor and contrition over sunny optimism.
No Reaganesque “Morning in America†here. Remember Obama’s “I screwed up†acknowledgment after the felling of former Sen. Tom Daschle’s nomination to be health secretary over tax problems, perhaps the most memorable utterance of his first year? It came from the president who had to be persuaded to start talking rosier about the economy to give Americans a little hope. Or the one who said “the buck stops with me†for intelligence failures that led to the attempted airline bombing on Christmas.
And from the leader who told Europe, on European soil no less, that America “may not always have the best answer†or that “all parties have to compromise, and that includes us.†This humility on the world stage â€" welcome abroad and often at home, too â€" has been a hallmark, part of Obama’s goal to emphasize collaboration with allies over orders to them.
He likes to teach.
The constitutional scholar and law professor, a son of a cultural anthropologist, was known as an impressive orator during the campaign. He has turned into something more like a guest lecturer in the White House â€" the wonkish professor-president.
Laying out his policies, say terrorist interrogations at the National Archives, the economic collapse at Wall Street’s Federal Hall, his Afghanistan approach at West Point or the U.S intelligence apparatus in the State Dining Room, he often seems more interested in educating than persuading.
Skilled rhetorically, he still glides through speeches. But there can be a sense that the inspirational element is missing, perhaps a nod to the much trickier task of governing over campaigning. Though the policies may be well thought-out, they sometimes leave people scratching their heads, looking in the carefully reasoned briefs for the red meat lines or the part that makes it simple â€" and relevant to their lives.
He relishes the art of the deal.
Who knew? Obama has proved an enthusiastic and adept mediator, at home and overseas.
The president conducted shuttle diplomacy between France and China at a London economic summit, overcoming a dispute over tax havens. In Strasbourg, France, he helped settle a dispute over the next NATO secretary-general. In Istanbul, he worked on the sidelines to normalize Turkish-Armenian relations. His seat-of-the-pants diplomacy helped produce a limited accord at the climate change meeting in Copenhagen.
As the health care inches toward completion, Obama has presided over marathon White House negotiating sessions to wrangle over sticky provisions.
He’s both hawk and dove.
He ditched a new missile defense system that was threatening Russia’s cooperation in critical areas. He seemed to give more than he got in a much-watched November visit to China. His administration is trying the alleged Sept. 11 mastermind and others in civilian New York courts.
He banned torture and launched a criminal investigation into harsh questioning of detainees under the Bush administration. He has mostly abandoned the phrase “war on terror.†Former Vice President Dick Cheney calls him weak on security.
But there’s a tough side of the ledger, too. Obama is ramping up the war in Afghanistan, increasing unmanned drone strikes against suspected terrorists inside Pakistan, and battling Russia over a new arms-reduction treaty. He’s crafting a tough new package of penalties against Iran and continuing a variety of Bush-era terrorism policies opposed by the left.
“The bubble†bothers him greatly.
Obama has called it the “weird fishbowl,†the nitpicking media scrutiny and 24-7 company that come with every presidency, and particularly his.
There are Secret Service protectors who go everywhere he does. The ever-present entourage.
The news cycle that never sleeps and has tentacles in every corner of the Internet. The unique global phenomenon of his and his family’s popularity. The criticism for whisking his wife to New York for a dinner-theater date promised during the campaign.
In Obama’s book, it adds up to a lack of normalcy, almost no chance for spontaneous living. He gripes about reporters’ in-the-moment mindsets.
He compensates some by keeping his Blackberry, taking his two best friends from Chicago on every trip he can and playing weekend golf.
He also readily admits a huge upside of the home office that former President Harry Truman called a “glamorous prison.†There’s more time with his wife, Michelle, and their two young daughters, than since he entered politics a dozen years ago. That is, when he’s not traveling, as he’s jetted overseas more than any other first-year president.
There’s always a “but†in Obama’s world.
Associated Press writers Charles Babington, Jesse Washington, Tom Raum, Ben Feller, Cal Woodward, Anne Gearan, Nancy Benac, Ron Fournier, and Liz Sidoti contributed to this story.
Jennifer Loven has covered the White House for The Associated Press since 2002.
Copyright 2010 Rockford Register Star. Some rights reserved
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Posted Jan 19, 2010 @ 12:00 PM
Last update Jan 20, 2010 @ 11:20 AM
WASHINGTON â€" Turns out Barack Obama is the bill of goods America thought it was buying.
Little about Obama in his first year as president has come as a shock. The cautious, cerebral, enigmatic man who sought the White House is largely the same one who occupies it. For all the history-changing wonder of the election of the first black president, most of the surprises have come from events, not his approach to them.
From the beginning, with its inaugural excitement, friendlier majorities in Congress than any chief executive since Lyndon Johnson, two wars, a warming planet and economic challenges unrivaled since the era of Franklin D. Roosevelt, and to the end, with fractious partisan sniping, a dramatically fallen approval rating and his first major victory still to come â€" Obama then is basically Obama now, only grayer and more tired.
But 12 months’ worth of watching the president put his signature style to work governing, instead of campaigning, provides a crisper picture. So, what have we learned? For one thing, that he’s a master of nuance with a “but†in his approach to nearly everything.
Ten observations:
He hates labels.
Obama promised a post-racial, post-partisan, post-ideological presidency. While that theory earned him votes, some seeing it in action, such as the liberal Institute for Policy Studies, now more critically call it the “have it both ways†presidency. Could it be that his “Yes, we can†campaign has morphed into a “When we can†administration?
Obama has pursued a radical agenda: fix the economy while attacking long-neglected, related problems such as health care, climate change and education. End one war, overhaul a second and remake America’s image in the world, too.
His way of getting there, though, is incremental, and hardly purist:
He’ll backpedal on positions, as on lobbyists in his administration and money for lawmakers’ pet projects, or be inconsistent, such as dealing with the auto industry more sternly than banks and insurers.
He yields ground. He has lectured Palestinians not to let the perfect be the enemy of the good over Jewish settlement expansion, advice he has followed himself â€" and given Congress, too.
He threads the needle. He settled on an Afghanistan strategy that combined the muscular (adding 30,000 troops) with the political (setting a withdrawal start date as he ordered the unpopular escalation).
He avoids confrontation, choosing in health care and other cases to outline only broad policy goals and stay hands off on specifics until late in the game.
Obama calls it all pragmatic (his own label his only nod to the value of them), a fresh approach in which policy and coalitions are forged on circumstances instead of creed. His critics call it slippery.
He may be on the cusp of a potential game-changer success, with a health care bill, that will show his methods can work. But the process has been confusing and draining, disappointing to right and left alike. He also hasn’t broken Washington’s partisan streak, earning few if any Republican votes on key priorities.
His first reaction isn’t always his best.
When incendiary comments by black minister Jeremiah Wright surfaced during Obama’s campaign, he underestimated and mishandled the issue until it threatened his White House chances. He finally calmed the fuss with a speech on race regarded as a slam dunk.
That pattern of near-failure followed by 11th-hour rescue has repeated itself in the White House. Think economic stimulus. Think health care. Or beer summit â€" another racial tempest gone wrong and then right.
Just recently came another demonstration of Obama’s iffy first instincts. The bombing plot to bring down a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day drew no appearance by the vacationing president for three days, in hopes that a low-profile wouldn’t overly elevate the incident and encourage other would-be terrorists. When he did talk to the public, he was notably flat. It took him a couple more tries to display the urgency and anger the near-disaster seemed to demand.
He’d much prefer not to react immediately in the first place.
Ever the risk-averse, studious lawyer, Obama doesn’t act on his gut but on information â€" reams of it. He collects all the facts and pokes holes in all the angles.
Asked early in the year why his outrage at exorbitant bonuses at bailed-out insurer American International Group was so long in coming, Obama snapped at the reporter: “I like to know what I’m talking about before I speak.â€
Ever scripted, he has been known to use a teleprompter even in news conferences.
He’s the king of reviews. On the Guantanamo Bay military prison, war, the Fort Hood shootings, a new missile defense system, cybersecurity, urban policy, the White House gate-crashers and more, a thorough review is his preferred out-of-the-gate response.
He’ll fire people; he’s no loyalty hound. But when controversy comes calling, don’t look for a hair-trigger scapegoat.
Many in the U.S. and around the world were encouraged at the shift from the instinct-driven style of George W. Bush. But Obama also now faces questions about whether he is a decisive leader â€" or a wavering one.
He has a bit of a cold-fish problem.
He can sometimes appear aloof, cool, emotionally distant.
He’s warm in private settings â€" approachable and funny. But standing before the public on a critical topic, whether it’s corporate bonuses or Somali pirates, he can display a tin ear for the tone people want. Sometimes even when he says he’s mad, he doesn’t look it.
He wears the job easily.
For all his youth and governing inexperience, Obama stepped almost seamlessly into the most powerful post in the world. Outsiders could not detect rookie jitters. Insiders reported him unfazed by the office. “I feel surprisingly comfortable in the job,†said the 44th president a mere two weeks in. “I’m good at this,†he told People magazine just over a week ago.
What could appear arrogant in the campaign looked surefooted in office.
Still, there are times when he seems not to understand â€" or purposely not to harness â€" the vast power he has assumed.
He’s ubiquitous, leading to questions about overexposure. But is he using the presidential bully pulpit to maximum effect? He gives perhaps too much rope at critical times to others, such as to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner amid the unpopular bank bailout.
He favors candor and contrition over sunny optimism.
No Reaganesque “Morning in America†here. Remember Obama’s “I screwed up†acknowledgment after the felling of former Sen. Tom Daschle’s nomination to be health secretary over tax problems, perhaps the most memorable utterance of his first year? It came from the president who had to be persuaded to start talking rosier about the economy to give Americans a little hope. Or the one who said “the buck stops with me†for intelligence failures that led to the attempted airline bombing on Christmas.
And from the leader who told Europe, on European soil no less, that America “may not always have the best answer†or that “all parties have to compromise, and that includes us.†This humility on the world stage â€" welcome abroad and often at home, too â€" has been a hallmark, part of Obama’s goal to emphasize collaboration with allies over orders to them.
He likes to teach.
The constitutional scholar and law professor, a son of a cultural anthropologist, was known as an impressive orator during the campaign. He has turned into something more like a guest lecturer in the White House â€" the wonkish professor-president.
Laying out his policies, say terrorist interrogations at the National Archives, the economic collapse at Wall Street’s Federal Hall, his Afghanistan approach at West Point or the U.S intelligence apparatus in the State Dining Room, he often seems more interested in educating than persuading.
Skilled rhetorically, he still glides through speeches. But there can be a sense that the inspirational element is missing, perhaps a nod to the much trickier task of governing over campaigning. Though the policies may be well thought-out, they sometimes leave people scratching their heads, looking in the carefully reasoned briefs for the red meat lines or the part that makes it simple â€" and relevant to their lives.
He relishes the art of the deal.
Who knew? Obama has proved an enthusiastic and adept mediator, at home and overseas.
The president conducted shuttle diplomacy between France and China at a London economic summit, overcoming a dispute over tax havens. In Strasbourg, France, he helped settle a dispute over the next NATO secretary-general. In Istanbul, he worked on the sidelines to normalize Turkish-Armenian relations. His seat-of-the-pants diplomacy helped produce a limited accord at the climate change meeting in Copenhagen.
As the health care inches toward completion, Obama has presided over marathon White House negotiating sessions to wrangle over sticky provisions.
He’s both hawk and dove.
He ditched a new missile defense system that was threatening Russia’s cooperation in critical areas. He seemed to give more than he got in a much-watched November visit to China. His administration is trying the alleged Sept. 11 mastermind and others in civilian New York courts.
He banned torture and launched a criminal investigation into harsh questioning of detainees under the Bush administration. He has mostly abandoned the phrase “war on terror.†Former Vice President Dick Cheney calls him weak on security.
But there’s a tough side of the ledger, too. Obama is ramping up the war in Afghanistan, increasing unmanned drone strikes against suspected terrorists inside Pakistan, and battling Russia over a new arms-reduction treaty. He’s crafting a tough new package of penalties against Iran and continuing a variety of Bush-era terrorism policies opposed by the left.
“The bubble†bothers him greatly.
Obama has called it the “weird fishbowl,†the nitpicking media scrutiny and 24-7 company that come with every presidency, and particularly his.
There are Secret Service protectors who go everywhere he does. The ever-present entourage.
The news cycle that never sleeps and has tentacles in every corner of the Internet. The unique global phenomenon of his and his family’s popularity. The criticism for whisking his wife to New York for a dinner-theater date promised during the campaign.
In Obama’s book, it adds up to a lack of normalcy, almost no chance for spontaneous living. He gripes about reporters’ in-the-moment mindsets.
He compensates some by keeping his Blackberry, taking his two best friends from Chicago on every trip he can and playing weekend golf.
He also readily admits a huge upside of the home office that former President Harry Truman called a “glamorous prison.†There’s more time with his wife, Michelle, and their two young daughters, than since he entered politics a dozen years ago. That is, when he’s not traveling, as he’s jetted overseas more than any other first-year president.
There’s always a “but†in Obama’s world.
Associated Press writers Charles Babington, Jesse Washington, Tom Raum, Ben Feller, Cal Woodward, Anne Gearan, Nancy Benac, Ron Fournier, and Liz Sidoti contributed to this story.
Jennifer Loven has covered the White House for The Associated Press since 2002.
Copyright 2010 Rockford Register Star. Some rights reserved
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Al Franken rehearses for his radio show at Air America studios in 2004. The network is going off the air on Monday. Photograph: Ed Bailey/AP
First Massachusetts, now Air America. A leading US liberal radio network, launched six years ago with the comedian Al Franken among its presenters to challenge the dominance of Rush Limbaugh and other conservatives, has declared bankruptcy and will go off air on Monday.
Air America made a name for itself with Franken, who pulled in a sizeable part of its audience on 100 radio stations across the country until he left to win a seat in the Senate. Arianna Huffington, co-founder of the Huffington Post, hosted a fundraiser to get the station on air.
At times Air America was embroiled in controversy, such as when one of its hosts, Mike Malloy, was sacked in 2006 for referring to then president George Bush and his father as the "Bush crime family" and calling rightwingers "rat bastards". Malloy was also critical of Israel. His dismissal drew criticism from some liberals.
Another presenter, Randi Rhodes, who at one time had the station's highest ratings, was forced out after off-air comments calling Hillary Clinton "a big fucking whore" two years ago.
She made similar remarks about Geraldine Ferraro, the former Democratic party vice presidential candidate. Rhodes later said the fuss over her comments was a pretext to get rid of her because of a contract dispute.
Air America's most popular programme, the Lionel Show, pulled in 1.75 million listeners a week but that was a fraction of those listening to Limbaugh.
It survived bankruptcy in 2006, and was sold for $4.25m a year later to a New York property magnate and his brother.
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Al Franken rehearses for his radio show at Air America studios in 2004. The network is going off the air on Monday. Photograph: Ed Bailey/AP
First Massachusetts, now Air America. A leading US liberal radio network, launched six years ago with the comedian Al Franken among its presenters to challenge the dominance of Rush Limbaugh and other conservatives, has declared bankruptcy and will go off air on Monday.
Air America made a name for itself with Franken, who pulled in a sizeable part of its audience on 100 radio stations across the country until he left to win a seat in the Senate. Arianna Huffington, co-founder of the Huffington Post, hosted a fundraiser to get the station on air.
At times Air America was embroiled in controversy, such as when one of its hosts, Mike Malloy, was sacked in 2006 for referring to then president George Bush and his father as the "Bush crime family" and calling rightwingers "rat bastards". Malloy was also critical of Israel. His dismissal drew criticism from some liberals.
Another presenter, Randi Rhodes, who at one time had the station's highest ratings, was forced out after off-air comments calling Hillary Clinton "a big fucking whore" two years ago.
She made similar remarks about Geraldine Ferraro, the former Democratic party vice presidential candidate. Rhodes later said the fuss over her comments was a pretext to get rid of her because of a contract dispute.
Air America's most popular programme, the Lionel Show, pulled in 1.75 million listeners a week but that was a fraction of those listening to Limbaugh.
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Obama tells Senate not to 'jam' through healthcare plan
Obama tells Senate not to 'jam' through healthcare plan
The defeat has come on Mr Obama's first anniversary in office
US President Barack Obama has warned Democrats not to "jam" healthcare reforms through the Senate after a Republican won a seat in Massachusetts.
Mr Obama told ABC News any vote should wait until Scott Brown had taken up his seat, and lawmakers should seek to "coalesce" around parts they agreed on.
Mr Brown will be Massachusetts' first Republican senator since 1972.
His victory means the Republicans now have enough votes in the Senate to block the Democrats' healthcare plans.
The BBC's Paul Adams, in Boston, says it is a humiliating defeat for the Democrats, robbing them of their filibuster-proof 60-seat majority, and a deeply unwelcome anniversary present for President Obama exactly one year after his inauguration.
I never said I was going to do everything I can to stop healthcare
Scott Brown
Massachusetts senator-elect
Your comments on the result
Revolution in Kennedy country
Obama approval ratings fall
US media on Brown victory
Profile: Scott Brown
Our correspondent adds that it is one of the biggest political upsets in years - in a seat held for almost half a century by Edward Kennedy, a Democratic Party colossus, who died last year.
Senator-elect Brown, 50, told journalists his victory sent the message that "people are tired of business as usual in Washington politics", and vowed to get to work as soon as possible.
He said he would go to Washington on Thursday with the hope of taking up his seat.
Frustration
Earlier Mr Brown told NBC's Today show he did not think the vote was a referendum on President Obama's first year in power.
MARDELL'S AMERICA
After last night's beating at the hands of the people of Massachusetts President Obama is keeping his head down
Mark Mardell
Mark Mardell's America
And he denied he was intent on derailing the reforms.
"I never said I was going to do everything I can to stop healthcare," he said.
"I believe everybody should have healthcare, it's just a question of how we do it."
Asked for his assessment of the Republican victory a year after taking office, President Obama told ABC: "The same thing that swept Scott Brown into office swept me into office."
"People are angry and they are frustrated. Not just because what has happened in the last year or two years, but what's happened over the last eight years."
Scott Brown: "The main thing they want is good government back"
Mr Obama said he wanted to make clear that any plans by Democrats for a Senate vote on the reform plan before Mr Scott took up his seat were "off the table".
"The Senate certainly shouldn't try to jam anything through until Scott Brown is seated," he added.
"The people of Massachusetts spoke. He has got to be part of that process."
The president said it was important for Americans to understand that core elements of the bill such as cost containment and insurance reform were vital.
"I would advise that we try to move quickly to coalesce around those elements of the package that people agree on," he said.
Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid said after a meeting with colleagues that legislators would take a few days to look at their options.
"We're not going to rush into anything," Reuters news agency quoted him as saying.
WHAT NEXT FOR OBAMA AGENDA?
Obama's bid to reform healthcare and pass climate bill now in doubt
On healthcare, Democrats in House could pass bill already passed by Senate
Or rush a compromise bill through before Brown can take his seat
But that could spark a political backlash on Democrats, even if both houses could agree it so soon
On climate, cap-and-trade bill passed by the House faces even more difficulties in Senate
Q&A: Effect on Obama's agenda
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"There are many different things that we can do to move forward on healthcare, but we're not making any of those decisions now."
However, the Republican party chairman, Michael Steele, said Americans were breathing a "sigh of relief" over healthcare.
"People across the country are saying: 'Slow it down,'" he said, quoted by the Associated Press.
Dubbed Senator Beefcake in the US media, Mr Brown is a lawyer and former model who posed almost naked for Cosmopolitan magazine in the 1980s while in law school.
Correspondents say the vote does not bode well for the Democrats ahead of November's congressional elections.
The result comes amid opinion polls showing nearly half of Americans think President Obama is not delivering on his major campaign promises.
It was the third major loss for Democrats in state-wide elections since he became president: Republicans won governors' seats in Virginia and N
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The defeat has come on Mr Obama's first anniversary in office
US President Barack Obama has warned Democrats not to "jam" healthcare reforms through the Senate after a Republican won a seat in Massachusetts.
Mr Obama told ABC News any vote should wait until Scott Brown had taken up his seat, and lawmakers should seek to "coalesce" around parts they agreed on.
Mr Brown will be Massachusetts' first Republican senator since 1972.
His victory means the Republicans now have enough votes in the Senate to block the Democrats' healthcare plans.
The BBC's Paul Adams, in Boston, says it is a humiliating defeat for the Democrats, robbing them of their filibuster-proof 60-seat majority, and a deeply unwelcome anniversary present for President Obama exactly one year after his inauguration.
I never said I was going to do everything I can to stop healthcare
Scott Brown
Massachusetts senator-elect
Your comments on the result
Revolution in Kennedy country
Obama approval ratings fall
US media on Brown victory
Profile: Scott Brown
Our correspondent adds that it is one of the biggest political upsets in years - in a seat held for almost half a century by Edward Kennedy, a Democratic Party colossus, who died last year.
Senator-elect Brown, 50, told journalists his victory sent the message that "people are tired of business as usual in Washington politics", and vowed to get to work as soon as possible.
He said he would go to Washington on Thursday with the hope of taking up his seat.
Frustration
Earlier Mr Brown told NBC's Today show he did not think the vote was a referendum on President Obama's first year in power.
MARDELL'S AMERICA
After last night's beating at the hands of the people of Massachusetts President Obama is keeping his head down
Mark Mardell
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And he denied he was intent on derailing the reforms.
"I never said I was going to do everything I can to stop healthcare," he said.
"I believe everybody should have healthcare, it's just a question of how we do it."
Asked for his assessment of the Republican victory a year after taking office, President Obama told ABC: "The same thing that swept Scott Brown into office swept me into office."
"People are angry and they are frustrated. Not just because what has happened in the last year or two years, but what's happened over the last eight years."
Scott Brown: "The main thing they want is good government back"
Mr Obama said he wanted to make clear that any plans by Democrats for a Senate vote on the reform plan before Mr Scott took up his seat were "off the table".
"The Senate certainly shouldn't try to jam anything through until Scott Brown is seated," he added.
"The people of Massachusetts spoke. He has got to be part of that process."
The president said it was important for Americans to understand that core elements of the bill such as cost containment and insurance reform were vital.
"I would advise that we try to move quickly to coalesce around those elements of the package that people agree on," he said.
Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid said after a meeting with colleagues that legislators would take a few days to look at their options.
"We're not going to rush into anything," Reuters news agency quoted him as saying.
WHAT NEXT FOR OBAMA AGENDA?
Obama's bid to reform healthcare and pass climate bill now in doubt
On healthcare, Democrats in House could pass bill already passed by Senate
Or rush a compromise bill through before Brown can take his seat
But that could spark a political backlash on Democrats, even if both houses could agree it so soon
On climate, cap-and-trade bill passed by the House faces even more difficulties in Senate
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"There are many different things that we can do to move forward on healthcare, but we're not making any of those decisions now."
However, the Republican party chairman, Michael Steele, said Americans were breathing a "sigh of relief" over healthcare.
"People across the country are saying: 'Slow it down,'" he said, quoted by the Associated Press.
Dubbed Senator Beefcake in the US media, Mr Brown is a lawyer and former model who posed almost naked for Cosmopolitan magazine in the 1980s while in law school.
Correspondents say the vote does not bode well for the Democrats ahead of November's congressional elections.
The result comes amid opinion polls showing nearly half of Americans think President Obama is not delivering on his major campaign promises.
It was the third major loss for Democrats in state-wide elections since he became president: Republicans won governors' seats in Virginia and N
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Congratulations Senator Elect Scott Brown....the conservative steam roller keeps on rolling!!!!!!
Congratulations Senator Elect Scott Brown....the conservative steam roller keeps on rolling!!!!!!
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