Obama Still Owes Chicago $1.74 Million

Obama hasn't been shy about lecturing us lesser-beings to live within our means. It's been a point of his over the past two weeks. So it's somewhat surprising (No...not really...I'm just pretending to be surprised) that Obama would still owe nearly $2 million to Chicago for his gaudy victory bash.

From Chicago Sun-Times:

Chicago has yet to recoup the $1.74 million cost of President Obama's victory celebration in Grant Park -- despite a burgeoning $50.5 million budget shortfall that threatens more layoffs and union concessions.

"The Democratic National Committee has not yet paid us,'' Peter Scales, a spokesman for the city's Office of Budget and Management, said Thursday after questions from the Chicago Sun-Times. "We're reaching out to them this week."

The bill for Barack Obama's election night rally at Grant Park

Police $1 million
Emergency Management and Communications Office $121,578
Fire Department $85,965
Streets and Sanitation $71,694
Transportation $49,659
Cultural Affairs $2,567
Environment $2,309
CTA $201,500
Chicago Park District $202,440
(Park District breakdown):
Giant video boards $68,900
Electrical $37,185
Sound $37,500
Stagehands $29,850
Portable toilets $12,500
Security $7,505
Stage rental $6,000
Bike racks, barricades $2,000
Heavy equipment $1,000
Total bill $1,737,712

Stacie Paxton, a spokeswoman for the Obama-controlled DNC, explained the reimbursement delay by saying, "We are still looking at various costs and bills.'' She would not say whether parts of the bill are disputed.

Hope and change in action. It won't be the last time the Democrats stiff the public. It's not even Obama's money. It's money he took from his starry eyed supporters. Many of whom live in Chicago. So yeah, how's that hope and change working out for ya?

I'll Start This Weekend Off

With the Man in Black.



Bonus

NYU Cafeteria Liberated: Trust Fund Babies and Slackers Arrested

The hope and change generation will protest anything. We already know that. But this has to be one of the lamest protests ever.

The last of the renegade New York University students were dragged from the campus cafeteria Friday after a three-day protest.


"Solidarity!" the fist-pumping rebels yelled while being pulled from the Kimmel Center.

And these losers had the nerve to complain that the police were too physical while making arrests.

Four students tried to flee a balcony after campus cops breached their barricade. Others were physically removed - and unceremoniously dumped outside.

"He picked me up by the shoulders and dragged me through the door," complained Farah Khimji, a 20-year-old sophomore. "I was thrown to the ground."

What was their beef? No one seems to know. If I had to guess, I would say that PCP was involved.

"We're not going to take it anymore!" Green yelled. "This is our university! This is unfair and unjust!"

Many of the other NYU students who watched the revolt fizzle said they still don't know what the rebels wanted.

"They're requesting so many different things," said Ryan Jacobson, a 19-year-old freshman. "None of it actually seems doable."

Senior NYU Vice President Lynne Brown said that whatever it was, the protesters didn't get it.

NYU did not "bend" to student demands, and the malcontents were banned from all NYU buildings until their expulsion hearings, Brown said.

When they took over the cafeteria, the students' stated cause was a demand for greater transparency in the NYU budget.

Good grief. I'm sure these kids' parents are paying good money to send these long-haired hippie types to school.



Why is it that these panty wastes never protest in my neighborhood?

Here's a video report:

Acorn Goons Taking Homes by Force

This is the same group that's receiving millions from the spendulus bill.

From WJZ.Tv:

A community organization breaks into a foreclosed home in what they are calling an act of civil disobedience.

The group wants to train homeowners facing eviction on peaceful ways they can remain in their homes.

Derek Valcourt reports their actions are not without controversy.

Near Patterson Park, the padlock on the door and the sign in the window tell part of Donna Hanks foreclosure story.

"The mortgage went up $300 in one month," said Hanks, former homeowner.

She says the bank refused to modify her loan and foreclosed, kicking her out of the house in September.

The community group ACORN calls Hanks a victim of predatory lending.

"This is our house now," said Louis Beverly, ACORN.

And on Thursday afternoon, they literally broke the foreclosure padlock right off the front door and then broke into the house, letting Hanks back in for the first time in months.

The group says it was staging similar demonstrations in six other cities nationwide while urging a moratorium on foreclosures. They want that until President Obama's stimulus plan begins on March 4. The plan is designed to help threatened homeowners.

Sharpton Plays Race Card - Doesn't Like Democrats Being Portrayed as Monkeys

My. Someone is sure touchy about apes. That seems like Sharpton's problem, not the cartoonist's.

Protests over a controversial New York Post cartoon drew people from all walks of life Thursday -- as activists outlined a detailed plan to show their outrage and demand changes from the spirited tabloid.


The newspaper came under fire Wednesday after a cartoon was published that critics said links President Barack Obama to a raging chimpanzee shot dead by police in Connecticut. But the newspaper also said the image was exploited by its longtime antagonists.

The drawing shows a dead chimp, with the caption reading: "They'll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill."

That set off a swarm of controversy, culminating in The Rev. Al Sharpton-led protest Thursday afternoon outside The Post's Manhattan headquarters.

Sharpton, who planned another rally for Friday, released a statement, saying he's not satisfied with simply an apology.

"The New York Post statement will be discussed by all of the leadership of the various groups that have mobilized and we will respond to it at the rally at 5 p.m. tomorrow outside of the New York Post.

During Thursday's protest, CBS 2 HD cameras captured woman carefully ripping up a copy of The Post.

"How dare you violate the president of the United States?" she said.

A nationally syndicated cartoonist joined the protest.

For one woman, it was her first protest in 40 years.

"I was outraged. How could they print this? This is about violence," "Rachel" said.

Sharpton said the cartoon is racist. He has an ambitious plan of attack: boycotting newsstands, telling people not to buy The Post and asking advertisers not to advertize.

Homegrown Jihad- Terrorist Training Camps in America

This is the trailer for an upcoming documentary.

Oklahoma Man Arrested for Anti-Obama Sign

The Obama gestapo strikes again.

Oklahoma City police officer pulls man over for anti-Obama sign on vehicle.

The police officers who stopped Oklahoma City motorist Chip Harrison and confiscated a sign from his car told him he has a right to his beliefs, but the Secret Service "could construe this as a threat against President Obama," according to the incident report released this morning.

Capt. Steve McCool of the Oklahoma City Police Department is seen in this NewsOK.com video frame grab. McCool says an officer who wrongly pulled a man over last week and confiscated an anti-Barack Obama sign from his vehicle misinterpreted the sign as threatening.

The sign, which read "Abort Obama Not the Unborn," was returned to Harrison later that day, the report said.

Police spokesman Steve McCool said this morning that the sign was taken in error, and Oklahoma City residents should not be worried that their First Amendment rights will be violated.

Harrison told the officers that in his opinion the words "Abort Obama" meant to impeach him. He told the officers he does not believe in abortion because he is a Christian.

Harrison said he later received a call from a person who said he was a lieutenant supervisor for the Internal Investigations Department and wanted to know his location and return his sign to him.

According to Harrison, the supervisor said the Secret Service had been contacted on the matter and had told them the sign was not a threat to the president.

Here's a video of the man talking about the ordeal.