July 12, 2010

President Obama’s Priorities:

Action screams louder than his words

Priorities with no rush:

• McChrystal issued a report saying they needed more troops in Afghanistan (August 30, 2009): Took the President 93 days to decide to add an additional 30 troops.
• BP Oil Spill: Took Obama 57 days before he even MET with the CEO.
• The Underwear Bomber: 2 weeks before the President made a formal statement about the bomber.
• ACORN: 477 days now, and counting, that an investigation hasn’t gone into ACORN.
• Van Jones: Took 47 days for the White House to comment on Van Jones (communist in the white house. Resigned on September 5, 2009).

Priorities with rush:

• July 20, 2009 Harvard Professor Friend arrested: 48 hours after the arrest, he makes a comment during a major press conference and exclaimed the police acted stupidly.
• Arizona has been begging for reinforcement for 454 days: Took Obama 30 days to come up with a lawsuit against Arizona’s Immigration Law and 78 days to file lawsuit.
• BP or BAN: 37 days to stop all drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. In court they lost the ban on June 22, 2010. That same day within 8 hours they did it again. Today, they filed a 3rd time.
• Oakland Police Riot: Oscar Grant was arrested for supposable resisting when an officer was trying to shoot him with a taser. Oscar was killed because the cop claims he accidentally pulled out his gun instead of his taser. Days later there was a riot in the street in Oakland California on the day of the verdict. Verdict came in at 4:08pm on July 8th, 2010. About 6:08pm a statement was made to the DOJ. “The Justice Department has been closely monitoring the state’s investigation and prosecution. The civil rights division, the U.S. attorneys office, and the FBI have an open investigation into the fatal shooting and, at the conclusion of the state prosecution, will conduct an independent review of the facts and circumstances to determine whether the evidence warrants federal prosecution.” (DOJ Spokesman Alejandro Miyar)

“…I’m not interested in words. I more interested in action.”
- Obama
What a ridiculously hypocritical statement from our President.

*Ella Baker Center is the anti-police Van Jones Organization