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soonercruiser
10/25/2011, 09:55 PM
When will all this hypocritical, self-serving, and frankly disgusting Obama Administration behavior end???

Now, new comes out that the State Department has purchased over $70,000 worth of Obama book as gifts and gratuities for around the globe!
Can one even imagine if the State Department purchased this much of books by Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, or Mark Levin???? :stupid:
If a Repubican administration did something like this, the LW would be so outraged, they'd be demonstaring in the streets, or on daytime MSNBS!
Or, are they just aleady busy protesting in the streets???


State Department buys $70,000 worth of Obama books
The State Department has bought more than $70,000 worth of books authored by President Obama, sending out copies as Christmas gratuities and stocking “key libraries” around the world with “Dreams from My Father” more than a decade after its release.

The U.S. Embassy in Egypt, for instance, spent $28,636 in August 2009 for copies of Mr. Obama’s best-selling 1995 memoir. Six weeks earlier, the embassy had placed another order for the same book for more than $9,000, federal purchasing records show.

About the same time, halfway around the world, the U.S. Embassy in South Korea had the same idea and spent more than $6,000 for copies of “Dreams from My Father.”

One month later, the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, spent more than $3,800 for hardcover copies of the Indonesian version of Mr. Obama’s “The Audacity of Hope,” records show.

A review of the expenditures in a federal database did not reveal any examples of State Department purchases of books by former Presidents George W. Bush or Bill Clinton. The purchases of Mr. Obama’s literary work mostly, but not always, took place in the months after Mr. Obama captured the White House.

Leslie Paige, a spokeswoman for Citizens Against Government Waste, a watchdog group, said if the federal government is looking to cut costs, eliminating purchases of Mr. Obama’s books is a good place to start.

“It’s inappropriate for U.S. taxpayer dollars to be spent on this,” she said. “This sounds like propaganda.”
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/oct/25/state-department-buys-70000-worth-obama-memoir/

yermom
10/25/2011, 11:35 PM
You are worried about $70,000?

He's probably spent more than that going for pizza

Caboose
10/26/2011, 08:01 AM
You are worried about $70,000?

He's probably spent more than that going for pizza



Oh its OK that the State Department stole from the taxpayers to line the pockets of Obama's personal bank account since it was only $70,000.

JohnnyMack
10/26/2011, 09:42 AM
OMGOUTRAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

soonercruiser
10/26/2011, 10:03 AM
The total lack of concern from the left, or even reporting in the LW Media is a symptom of the times.
I will no longer accept LW outrage on any conservative issue!
Maximum corruption = Obama Administration!
:stupid:

JohnnyMack
10/26/2011, 10:10 AM
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Total_Wall_Street_Bailout_Cost

While I think this is a pretty wasteful exercise, let's try and keep it in perspective.

yermom
10/26/2011, 10:33 AM
Oh its OK that the State Department stole from the taxpayers to line the pockets of Obama's personal bank account since it was only $70,000.

and it takes like a minute for the military to go through that much cash in Iraq

it's like complaining that someone kicked your dog after shooting the rest of your family

pphilfran
10/26/2011, 10:41 AM
If someone can't do the little things properly why would I ever think they would be successful at more difficult tasks?

KantoSooner
10/26/2011, 10:54 AM
I think we need to pull this apart a bit:

1. Do we think that 'gifts' from State Department staff/officials to local government/noteworthy staff/officials is a good/permissible thing? Or not?

I'd say it's business as usual and thus you have to budget some money for it. Just as you need to budget money for taking people out to dinners and, in cultures where appropriate, out drinking, to night clubs, on fishing trips, skiing, whatever. There has to be judgement involved, but I know that in business, I paid for oceans of whisky for people who knew something I wanted to know or who could do me a favor that I needed done....but I never paid a bribe.

2. Is a gift of a quasi propaganda nature that tends to build the cult of a US leader a good idea?

Again, I'd say it's a judgement call but we're getting closer to a line that I'd draw.

3. Is it a good idea to buy these gifts when the elected US official will personally profit from the sale to our government?

Probably not. I can't imagine, for instance, buying a steer from 'W' so that the White House could serve 'special steaks' at a state dinner.

The whole thing is a bit of a tempest in a teapot, considering that Obama's royalty on this $70 could not be more than $5K or so. But, still, he should have directed any such funds to either a charity or to debt reduction.

At least that's the way I look at it.

pphilfran
10/26/2011, 10:58 AM
Good post, K

yermom
10/26/2011, 11:34 AM
or it's all smoke and mirrors from your friends on Wall Street and the Military Industrial Complex

sappstuf
10/26/2011, 12:10 PM
Still classier than giving the Queen of England an Ipod filled with your own speeches...

GottaHavePride
10/26/2011, 12:28 PM
So Obama is giving away copies of a book he wrote as gifts? The horror... No other author has ever done that.

And the books were probably donated, but for correct bookkeeping practices you have to list them as income AND an expense (since they weren't kept).

And is there any verification Obama is keeping the profits? Or are they going to charity? (as I suspect)...

JohnnyMack
10/26/2011, 12:47 PM
So Obama is giving away copies of a book he wrote as gifts? The horror... No other author has ever done that.

And the books were probably donated, but for correct bookkeeping practices you have to list them as income AND an expense (since they weren't kept).

And is there any verification Obama is keeping the profits? Or are they going to charity? (as I suspect)...

Well since Obama is a known Socialist, Communist Nazi who was recently seen having sexual relations with the corpse of Gadhafi, it's pretty clear that the profits will be directed towards funding a mosque that will be built on the land cleared after he has the Lincoln memorial razed.

KantoSooner
10/26/2011, 01:04 PM
Well since Obama is a known Socialist, Communist Nazi who was recently seen having sexual relations with the corpse of Gadhafi, it's pretty clear that the profits will be directed towards funding a mosque that will be built on the land cleared after he has the Lincoln memorial razed.

Damn You! That was supposed to be secret until Friday prayer.

soonercruiser
10/26/2011, 01:51 PM
If someone can't do the little things properly why would I ever think they would be successful at more difficult tasks?

That's the issue underlying all that Washington does, Phil!
All these politicians running around any saying.."oh, it's just a few million dollars, billion",...what's next???
It start out small, then it's explained away like the LW is doing now; and the next thing is....well, nothing!!
Nothing ever changes in Washington.
It a symptom of systemic corruption of our American moral fiber!

soonercruiser
10/26/2011, 01:54 PM
Gotthavepride
So Obama is giving away copies of a book he wrote as gifts? The horror... No other author has ever done that.

Duh!
"He", Obama, is not giving them away!
That's the point! He has plenty of built up cash and wealth to do that! BUT.....
WE! THE TAX-PAYERS are footing the bill!
:stupid:

SoonerBorn68
10/26/2011, 07:59 PM
Well since Obama is a known Socialist, Communist Nazi who was recently seen having sexual relations with the corpse of Gadhafi, it's pretty clear that the profits will be directed towards funding a mosque that will be built on the land cleared after he has the Lincoln memorial razed.

Pitching or catching?

Caboose
10/26/2011, 09:42 PM
So Obama is giving away copies of a book he wrote as gifts? The horror... No other author has ever done that.

And the books were probably donated, but for correct bookkeeping practices you have to list them as income AND an expense (since they weren't kept).

And is there any verification Obama is keeping the profits? Or are they going to charity? (as I suspect)...


I'll give you about a 2 out of 10 for that attempt. Believe it or not, it could have been worse.
Let's break it down:


So Obama is giving away copies of a book he wrote as gifts? The horror... No other author has ever done that.

No, that isn't what is going on. The beef here is that Obama took money out of MY pocket, used it to buy his OWN book that he makes royalties off of, THEN gave those books away.
You understand the difference right?



And the books were probably donated, but for correct bookkeeping practices you have to list them as income AND an expense (since they weren't kept).

This is simply a fantasy on your part. The article specifically said the State Dept purchased the books.



And is there any verification Obama is keeping the profits? Or are they going to charity? (as I suspect)...

Now this is my favorite part, right after you said the books were donated (no profit) you state that you suspect Obama is donating the profits (that you just said don't exist) to charity.
Even if he were donating the profits to charity, it doesn't make it OK.
It's not OK for me to steal 100 dollars out of YOUR wallet, then take credit for giving that money to a good cause.


Wanna try again? Come up with something that makes sense this time.

SoonerTerry
10/31/2011, 03:13 PM
and it takes like a minute for the military to go through that much cash in Iraq

it's like complaining that someone kicked your dog after shooting the rest of your family

more like someone taking the change out of my cup holder after robbing my house