Barack Obama

Twenty-Two Sniveling Senators Ask Double-Talking Barack Obama To Stop Deporting Undocumented Youth. Change Unlikely.

Prerna Lal received deportation notice as Obama insists his administration isn't deporting talented young folk.​Twenty-two United States Senators sent a letter to President Barack Obama late last week asking him to stop deporting undocumented youth who might be eligible for the federal DREAM Act, ... More >>

Arizona GOP Chief Echoes Ben Quayle: "Barack Obama is the Worst President in History." Dems Say Arizona's "in Play" for President

www.icanhazcheezberger.com​President Barack Obama announced yesterday that he will seek a second term in office, despite the piss-poor economy, the high unemployment rate, the border mess, Libya, Japan, the housing crisis, and flaking on campaign promises like closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay. ... More >>

Dan Quayle Defends "Worst President in History's" Golf Game

www.needlenose.comDan Quayle's totally cool with Barack Obama playing golf.​Barack Obama may be the Ben Quayle-certified "worst president in history," but if you ask the freshman congressman's old man, the president spending time on the golf course as the entire world slips into chaos is A-OK.Obam ... More >>

President Barack Obama: "Gabby Opened Her Eyes for the First Time"

"Gabby opened her eyes," President Barack Obama told the world Wednesday night.​At a memorial service held for those killed and wounded in Saturday's shooting rampage in Tucson, President Barack Obama offered the most encouraging update yet about the condition of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords s ... More >>

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Ben Quayle Stands by Uber-Lame Campaign Ad

Ben Quayle's apparently not Barack Obama's No. 1 fan.​Congressional candidate Ben Quayle isn't backing off his claim that Barack Obama is the worst president in history -- as made public in one of the lamest political ads to come out of this election season.In the ad, Quayle opens by saying "Barac ... More >>

Barack Obama's $600 Million Border Boondoggle

Obama: $600 million-tough on landscapers and nanniesSo President Barack Obama, who still talks a good game about "comprehensive immigration reform," has now signed a supplemental border security package worth $600 million to add 1,000 Border Patrol agents, as well as hundreds of new officers for Imm ... More >>

Jan Brewer's Virtual Birthday Cakes for President Obama: We Have a Feeling He's Not Gonna Like 'Em

​Jan Brewer got a chuckle out of us this afternoon, and it wasn't caused by her cigarettey-voice, her new BFF status with Greta Van Susteren, or even the sadly hilarious fact that she's somehow the governor of an entire state. It was her birthday wishes for President Obama in the form of ... More >>

Joe Arpaio To Be Confronted by Undocumented Dream Walkers: Will He Take the Bait?

Dream Walker Carlos Roa, ready to confront Sheriff JoeHow will "America's Toughest Sheriff" respond to four undocumented students who will attempt to confront the geezer gendarme this coming Tuesday morning, by essentially daring the sheriff to arrest them?So far Arpaio's playing possum with the Dre ... More >>

Barack Obama Sending 1,200 Troops to Border, New York Times Reports

Obama: Troops aplenty, with immigration reform stalledThe New York Times has just reported that President Barack Obama will soon announce that he's sending 1,200 National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, in what looks like an obvious election year cave to the right.The Times' Randal Archibold ... More >>

Barack Obama Cracks a Joke About The Notorious B.I.G., Where? At the White House Correspondents Dinner.

Could we expect to see Barack at the Tempe Improv any time soon?​So it seems that our president may have a slightly outdated sense of humor. Sound of the City reports that Obama had a carefully planned out comedy routine, using Biggie as the punchline. Apparently he referred to the head of the Rep ... More >>

Russell Pearce's Immigration Bill Moving President Barack Obama to Action on Immigration Reform? Nah, Doesn't look like it

Hard to fathom that there could be  Russell Pearce​anything positive about state Senator Russell Pearce's immigration bill, SB 1070, an extremist "solution" to undocumented immigrants in Arizona that makes their mere presence in here state a crime.The bill would also allo ... More >>

Barack Obama's Quota on Non-Criminal Aliens: 400,000 Per Year, Get Them Where You Can

Gilman's latest on Obama's hypocrisyYou might as well put a bounty on their heads. The undocumented, I mean. Though Barack Obama came to power dismissing as ludicrous the idea that we can "deport 'em all," ICE's Office of Detention and Removal Operations continues to demand just that with a quo ... More >>

Barack Obama's Bloody Hands: 85 Dead in the Arizona Desert and Counting

Not all of the water from all of the jugs placed in the desert by activists from groups like No More Deaths can wipe clean the blood of migrants from President Barack Obama's hands.What other conclusion can be drawn from the news from Tucson advocacy group Derechos Humanos that the number of remains ... More >>

Barack Obama's Medical Check-Up Resurrects Obama-Cig Photo Used by the Arizona GOP

​President Obama went to the doctor yesterday for his first check-up since taking office. The appointment revealed that the hope and change hero takes anti-inflammatory medication to relieve chronic tendinitis in his left knee, and that he should eat better to lower his cholesterol. It also reveal ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, December 31, 2009

Report: 21 of Arizona's State Lawmakers Skipped More Than 20 Percent of This Year's Votes

www.imdb.com​Arizona lawmakers have been playing hooky at an alarming rate during this year's legislative session, with 21 state legislators missing more than 20 percent of the floor votes in both houses of the Legislature.Eat your heart out, Ferris Bueller.

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, December 17, 2009

The Pink Negro: As an Ivy League Lawyer, is President Barack Obama Hard Enough to Confront the Evil Personified by Sheriff Joe Arpaio?

Zack de la Rocha Returns to Phoenix January 16 to Lead National Day of Action

by Ernesto Yerena This time, they're protesting Barack The third time's the charm, and according to civil rights leader Salvador Reza of the Puente Movement, the pleasure will be ours January 16 as Rage Against the Machine/One Day as a Lion frontman Zack de la Rocha returns to the Arizona cap ... More >>

An MCSO Officer Craves an Alleged Terrorist’s John Hancock, Plus Religious Insanity at Phoenix Symphony Hall

Arizona Tea Party Puddin' Heads; Plus, Russell Pearce Says Joe Arpaio Won't Run for Guv, Despite Business Journal Report

From left, Jack Harper, Dean Martin, Russell Pearce, and John Huppenthal Obama is a Nazi. Obama is a commie. Obama is a pirate. (Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum.) Obama is a socialist. Obama is the Joker from The Dark Night. (You know, Heath Ledger) Yadda-yadda-yadda. Such was the refrain f ... More >>

August 26 In Blogs: President Barack Obama, Rocky Horror, Joe's Farm Grill, and Animal Attraction

​In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: Christopher Broughton's Pastor Steven Anderson Prays for President Barack Obama's Death Up o ... More >>

Letter to Obama Urges End to 287(g), Signed by 521 Organizations

from the White House President Obama gets whacked, but from the left this time​A just-released letter to President Barack Obama endorsed by a diverse group of 521 civil rights, legal and cultural organizations -- including the ACLU, the ADL, MALDEF, the NAACP Legal Defense Fu ... More >>

Neo-Nazi J.T. Ready, Republican Mike Harris, Nativist Craig Tillman, and Scores More Nuts Star in Video from Obama's VFW Visit

from usadefender1's YouTube site Thar he blows! Neo-Nazi J.T. Ready spouts off, as Republican Mike Harris looks on​There was so much attention paid to anarcho-libertarian AR-15 bearer Christopher Broughton in the wake of President Barack Obama's visit to Phoenix last Monday that some of the ... More >>

Hot Links: Obama's AZ Visit, the Taylor Fire, and a Dozen Babies

​Six pilots violated air space restrictions during President Obama's visit to Arizona on Sunday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA restricted air space within a 30-mile radius of Sky Harbor, allowing only scheduled airline flights and emergency aircraft. The pilots who viol ... More >>

Obama Ordered Shots After Downing Margarita, Says Macayo's Staff

​ A TMZ.com article headlined "Obama Graduates to the Hard Stuff" pokes fun at the president for slurping down a magarita with his family this weekend at the local landmark restaurant, Macayo's. But the gossip site doesn't fully report how much hard stuff Obama reportedly had. According to a ... More >>

Macayo's, President Obama's Phoenix Dinner Pick, Only Rated "Silver" in Recent County Health Inspections

  ​The Arizona Republic has already noted that Macayo's, which was President Barack Obama's pick for Mexican food on Saturday night, is not the gold standard of Mexican food in the Valley. A quick check of Maricopa County's restaurant-inspection Web site shows ho ... More >>

Guns at Obama Protest Scare Folks, but Cops Say No Laws Were Broken

  Image: Wikimedia Commons Colt AR-15 similar to the one carried by an Obama protester today in Phoenix ​ A man carried an AR-15 assault rifle across his back to the Phoenix Convention Center, where President Barack Obama spoke today. Fortunately for gun-rights advocates, the armed du ... More >>

KFYI's Barry Markson Eats Birthers for Breakfast, and Orly Taitz's Online Law Degree

from the OC Weekly J.D. Hayworth pal Orly Taitz: Dentist, lawyer and nutbar supreme​ With KFYI being the home of conservatard puddin' head and "birfer" (yeah, I'm spellin' it right) J.D. Hayworth, whodathunk it that KFYI would also prove to be the voice of reason in the birther debate? At l ... More >>

Orly Taitz and KFYI's J.D. Hayworth, Wacko Birthers of a Feather

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy If you require any further proof that the so-called birthers, the conservanut conspiracy tards who believe President Barack Obama is an illegal alien, are complete and utter wackos, look no further than California attorn ... More >>

July 29 In Blogs: Barack Obama, Pat Benatar, Gazpacho, and Mayor Gordon

​In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: Barack Obama's Birth Certificate, and Why J.D. Hayworth Should Read National Review Joe Arpa ... More >>

Barack Obama, Hypocrite on Racial Profiling: While Obama Defends Prof Pal, Mexicans Are Rounded Up Like Cattle

from the White House Obama cares about racial profiling when it's a pal from Harvard. How about when it's a Latino in Maricopa County?  You don't have to be a Harvard prof to note the smiling hypocrisy of President Barack Obama's comments last night on racial profiling. Just hours after ... More >>

July 23 In Blogs: Bill Maher, Barack Obama, The Voodoo Organist, and Electronic Cigarettes

 In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: Bill Maher Interview of Janet Napolitano Focus of Demo by Immigration Activists Barack Obama, ... More >>

Barack Obama Makes Joe Arpaio's Pal Janet Napolitano Point Woman for Immigration Reform, 287(g) Ignored

President Obama's remarks after the White House immigration summit today While it was gratifying to see President Barack Obama's much-delayed summit on immigration take place today, and for the President to declare after the meeting that, "My administration is fully behind an effort to achieve comp ... More >>

Obama: Country Needs to Boost Border Security and "Clarify" Status of Millions of Illegal Immigrants

President Obama seemed to express support for major immigration reform during a speech at the Esperanza National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast in Washington D.C. this morning, promising better border security and a form of amnesty for illegal immigrants. Obama says, "we're taking steps to strengthen ... More >>

White House Delays Immigration Powwow (Again), and Why U.S. Hispanics Need to Raise Some Hell

Wanna snag the administration's attention? Borrow a page from the (peaceful) protesters in Iran. So I've just thumbed through a passel of recent White House statements and releases, looking for something about that big immigration meetup that President Barack Obama was ... More >>

Barack Obama's Shame: Joe Arpaio Wrecks Families, Wounds a Business, Makes a Little Girl Cry, All with Federal Authority

Dennis Gilman's account of Joe Arpaio's car wash raid, and an interview with one of Arpaio's littlest victims. This Saturday, while real cops were out hunting down murderers, rapists, burglars, and so on, Sheriff Joe Arpaio -- true to his nickname, "Nickel Bag Joe" -- was at Li ... More >>

Supreme Court Pick by Obama is Sonia Sotomayor; Janet Napolitano was Rumored to be Among Candidates

  The rumor mill had Janet Napolitano as a potential Supreme Court justice nominee, but President Barack Obama today chose Sonia Sotomayor as his choice. Looks like the former Arizona governor will have to to slog it out with border-reform activists and angry conservatives f ... More >>

Hot Links: Warner Meets Obama, Yearbook Insults, and STDs

Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner met with President Barack Obama yesterday prior to Obama's speech at ASU. Obama invited Warner to play basketball with him at the White House, and Warner offered to pray for Obama's family...L. William Seidman, former business school dean at Arizona State Un ... More >>

Hot Links: Border Tunnels, Wind Turbines, and Dr. Burger

U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested 53 illegal immigrants on the Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation Friday, while a separate incident lead to the discovery of a smuggling tunnel, fifty feet north of the border in Nogales. The tunnel is the 11th tunnel near the border to be discovered since October 200 ... More >>

Alice Cooper Joins Obama at ASU Graduation Wednesday

As the press release announcing Alice Cooper's appearance at Arizona State's graduation ceremony Wednesday says, the local shock-rocker has played on some pretty big bills: John Lennon, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix. Even Pele.All big, but not Barack Obama big.Cooper will perfor ... More >>

Arizona Voters Reject Education Cuts in New Poll, Open to Temporary Sales Tax Hike to Heal Budget

Most Arizona voters hate the idea of cutting education to help balance the state's budget, says a new poll by KAET-TV and the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism. Sixty-nine percent of respondents answered "education" to the question, "The one area in which I think cu ... More >>

Right-Wing Extremist Violence Possible as Left Gets Its Way, Napolitano's Homeland Security Warns

A new report by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security warns of a "resurgence" in violent right-wing extremism, driven by economic and political factors such the election of President Obama. The hardscrabble economy, the return from war zones of "disgruntled" veterans, illegal immigration and ... More >>

Hot Links: Recycling, Nosebreakers, and Potty Peepers

ASU is bucking tradition a bit by declining to offer the keynote speaker at its next graduation commencement ceremony an honorary degree, even though that speaker is President Barack Obama. An ASU spokesperson says honorary degrees are conferred upon people with a large body of work, and Obama's "bo ... More >>

Obama on Noggin Channel for Kids is No April Fool's Day Joke

Cable's Nickelodeon Channel suddenly turned political before last year's election, and its spin-off channel for pre-schoolers, Noggin, featured Obama spots for Black History Month.But now it's April, and blatant Obama propaganda is still being run on Noggin, as we saw this morning. Here are the wor ... More >>

Hot Links: Troops at Borders, Bobcats in Bars, and Burgers

At a senate committee hearing Wednesday, senators both praised and poked holes in President Obama's plan to send more troops to border states to combat Mexican drug cartels and associated violence, but Arizona Senator John McCain lauded Mexico President Felipe Calderon's efforts to combat the ca ... More >>

Obama Returning to ASU to Give Spring Commencement Address

President Obama is giving Air Force One another workout with his second schlep to the Valley in four months. Obama plans on giving the spring commencement address to about 8,000 Arizona State University students at 7 p.m. on May 13. More people will see the celeb-president than during his ... More >>

Barack Obama and the Anti-Arpaio Protesters at Dobson High, Dennis Gilman's Latest

B-rock's recent visit to Mesa garnered loads of local coverage, some of which mentioned those who showed up to protest the President's stimulus package. But not much was said of the more than 100 there demanding that Obama do something about Sheriff Joe Arpaio's misuse of the federal governmen ... More >>

Chuck D on Barack Obama and "Fight the Power"