Transparency Update: Reporters Shut Out of START Treaty Signing
**Written by Doug Powers
A few days ago it was announced that one of the main duties of Robert Gibbs’ replacement Jay Carney would be to “mend dysfunctional relationships” with the White House Press Corps.
I don’t know when all that’s supposed to start, but it certainly didn’t start with the signing of START:
President Obama signed one of his top foreign-policy priorities Wednesday, and set off a row with the White House press corps in the process.
The White House Correspondents Association (WHCA) sharply criticized Mr. Obama‘s decision to sign the New START nuclear-arms pact with Russia in a private Oval Office ceremony with virtually all of the press barred from the event.
Somehow though Joe Biden managed to get in.
Andrew Malcolm on who was allowed in and why they wanted to be there:
In attendance were a handful of senators who always seem to show up for these things to get a free pen.
Now, why would an event the administration classifies as a crowning achievement be closed to the press? So the snickering from afar couldn’t be caught on tape?

**Written by Doug Powers
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As soon as the Bush presidency ends and Obama assumes the office.
The propaganda wing of the ObaMao admin need not waste its time by being present. TEH ONE will provide the transcripts later.
bho didn’t want the press to find out what bho had given away to russia? This treaty is just beyond horrible and our Republic will suffer big time because bho and those in the senate gave the go ahead on this. My, I do detest bho rant of the day!
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What? This means the Fourth Estate can no longer speak truth to power! Oh momma! Katie bar the door! The wolves are coming!
I feel so sad for the syncophantic toe lickers. Serves them right. We told you so you dumb jackasses. You are indeed useful idiots.
I have no sorrow for the LSM propagandists because they will just shrug this off and go back to being the usual useful idiots.
Can anyone think of any reason why this current administration isn’t being rounded up and charged with treason?
These guys can’t seem to destroy this country fast enough.
FIFY
We can not move too quickly on this, we must dismantle all our nuclear weapons before Iran starts building its nuclear arsenal. We wouldn’t want to be able to defend ourselves would we.
EMP airburst weapons, Carrier Killers, ChiCom stealth planes and rogue state ballistic missles and submarines.
Once again Reagan was right. All the more reason to vigorously pursue SDI technologies.
How much damage from these “Progressive” turds will we have to undo?
STOP the START.
Include what they’ve done to our children, many now adults, through our public indoctrination system, and we’re talking 40+ years of damage.
So now the media is just as irrelevant to bho as it is to us. Good work. Sucking up to snakes results in being bit.
Let’s start the transparency thing with:
How can a British subject at birth be a natural born citizen?
Ineligible Presidents don’t care about the Constitution, the Republic or the people.
Power is what they crave.
Things could be worse. They could be in Eqypt, experiencing how a thugocracy works up close. Maybe the media should rethink that “socialism is good thing” belief before it’s too late.
And renew the F-22 Raptor fighter. The F-35 Lightning has it’s place, but the F-22 is faster, has a greater payload, and a longer range.
Of course the Obama administration didn’t allow the press to attend.
All of their water carriers at MSNBC are being fired. A lot less “friendlies” than two years ago.
Reducing the number of submarine launched ballistic missiles (TRIDENT) is the height of stupidity.
O/T but very interesting. It appears a group has pulled off a sting video of Planned Parenthood in the like of O’Keefe:
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Here’s why the F-15 won’t be going away…
To be fair to Obama, he asked the Russians if they wanted reporters from Pravda to be present and they said “no”…
Mo’ bettah!
Maybe I’m the first one to mention this anywhere, but has anyone read Dale Brown’s “Day of the Cheetha” too?
James Greenidge
Queens NY
Forget building bigger faster ships, planes, or bombs. Bring our military home, quit giving money abroad, get out of the U.N. and refuse flights from all islamic countries, and don’t issue visas for anyone wearing a turban or named Muhammed.
Dear MSM;
Why the outrage? We already gave you our talking points memo. You already know what you will say.
Signed;
Administration
Well, the left would be with you on the first part, and maybe bring the military home, although the for the left, the military’s primary mission would be “humanitarian” and keeping the home-grown right wingers at bay.
The rest all works to the Left’s advantage and goals, so none of that will change with our current administration in charge, so to speak.
I can’t think of one, besides not being legal to run in the 1st place, damn near everything he and his minions have done in the last 2 years plus have been anti-American. The really sad part of all the left wing take over of America is her best days yet could be ahead not behind her.
Well said, something I never could get a grasp on is why would any king, president, PM, dictator or what ever ego maniac would want to destroy the most prosperous country in history and make a 3rd world cess pool out of it…wait I got it, a dumb a$$ foreigner that isn’t a citizen.
This is easy — Obama had a party to attend and didn’t want the press to see him turn over the meeting to Bill Clinton.
Our moronic RINO Senator Alexander pushed this through for OBambi and claimed that the last 6 Republican Secretaries of State approved of the treaty. We must get rid of more than Obamabi, his RINO and Dem enablers have to go with him, and soon.
Someone had to be there to tell Duh One that this was a big effin’ deal!
The link to the Egyptian helmet thread isn’t working, Michelle or Doug.
Awww.
A lovers’ spat.
Isn’t that cute?
Most transparent admin evah! The U.S. could still make everyone’s day miserable, re: nukes, etc, etc. And I hope it never comes to that. Sure, every Commie and jihadist think we are weak now, but we are still #1, and once we get rid of Barry and his cronies it will even be better. If we ever have to unite in a crises we will prevail. I hope.
That page permantly archived here
On February 3rd, 2011 at 4:26 pm, Hangfire said:
It’s not stupidity.
It’s intentionally giving aid and comfort to our enemey.
It’s high time we enforced Section 3 of the 14th Amendment:
Here’s another article that is required reading:
I hope you will read that last article.
And take note of the similarities between Putin and Obama.
And guess what just happened here in the U.S.?
A bill that was named:
was passed quickly in the House in the Pelosi House last July, stalled in the Senate until the Lame Duck session, passed in the senate 8 days before Christmas, with an amendment. Pushed through the house 3 days before Christmas. Signed by Obama on 1/4/2001, and promoted as “Authority of Tax Court to Appoint Employees“, not “Real Estate Jobs and Investment Act of 2010“.
Interesting, isn’t it?
I’m not a lawyer, but if I understand this correctly, this bill allows the Obama regime to appoint whoever they want to the Tax Court, and the Senate no longer has the power of confirmation.
Welcome to Russia.
We have abdicated the Constitution by not enforcing it.
I assume we can undo a treaty? It might be hard, but once we get a true patriot into the job of POTUS, and regain Congress, we can repeal this travesty of a treaty and many of the other things this doofus has foisted on our country.
Oh, and John McCain…is this treaty centrist enough for YOU??
Not that Obeyme needed it, but I’m sure he got McCain’s and other RINOs’ approval before he signed it. This administration foolishly believes Putin and Obeyme wants a nuclear free world. Please.
You won’t get this from the MSM, Fox, or Michelle Malkin, but it’s important, please read this related to the START treaty….maybe this is why they want to be secret about it?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/8304654/WikiLeaks-cables-US-agrees-to-tell-Russia-Britains-nuclear-secrets.html#
Thank you Wlkileaks…..