Do the Politicians Employ *anyone* who is competent???

Obama is catching flack from Poland because he referred to Polish death camps instead of Nazi death camps in Occupied Poland.

Meantime, the Romney campaign put out some kind of app - i.e., application, for those who don't have Smart Phones...and whoever created that mispelled America!

Is there no quality control for speech writers or app makers?

Will all the money these folks make, they can't hire proof readers and fact checkers to make sure they don't make these stupid gaffes?

As with Kennedy and his "I am a donut" comment in front of the Berlin Wall, is Obama's flub really that serious. Everyone did know what he meant ...well, everyone over the age of 30, I think, the younger folks don't even know where WWII took place, I'd wager...

And as for mispelling America...how many of our bright students today - except the Asian-American ones - even know how to spell America themselves?

What's really frightening is the lack of education in this country among our younger folk...even up to college. I read a lot of message boards and it is very rare that I find someone posting in complete, coherent sentences. More often than not they write with atrocious grammar, run-on sentences, and faulty logic.

And the thing is- if you can't write coherently, that means you're not thinking coherently. Problem-solving skills probably nil.

Not a good situation for this country to be in, when there is soooooooooo much competition now from other places.

30 May 2012, Wed, SoS Clinton and Staff Schedule

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/appt/2012/05/191295.htm

SECRETARY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON

Secretary Clinton is on foreign travel to Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Turkey through June 7. The Secretary is accompanied by Assistant Secretary Gordon, Counselor and Chief of Staff Mills, Director Sullivan, VADM Harry B. Harris, Jr., JCS, and Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and Senior Director for European Affairs Liz Sherwood Randall.

DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS

Deputy Secretary Burns is on foreign travel in Singapore for bilateral meetings and to participate in the 11^th Asia Security Summit: The Shangri-La Dialogue.

DEPUTY SECRETARY TOM NIDES

9:30 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Senior Adviser Valerie Jarrett, at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

10:30 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with U.S. Executive Director to the Asian Development Bank Ambassador Robert Orr, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

Deputy Secretary Nides departs on foreign travel to Poland through June 1 to participate in the Wroclaw Global Forum, hosted by the Atlantic Council.

USAID ADMINISTRATOR RAJ SHAH

8:00 a.m. Administrator Shah attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

9:30 a.m. Administrator Shah delivers remarks at a USAID-hosted event, “From Policy to Action: Making Progress Toward Disability Inclusion,” at the Ronald Reagan Building, in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

11:00 a.m. Administrator Shah meets with Acting USAID Inspector General Michael Carroll, at USAID.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WENDY SHERMAN

10:00 a.m. Under Secretary Sherman hosts the U.S.-Canada Dialogue, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

UNDER SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT ROBERT HORMATS

12:00 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats participates in a U.S.-ASEAN Business Council farewell event in honor of Ambassador of Singapore to the U.S. Chan Heng Chee, in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

3:00 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats participates in a roundtable discussion on the Economic Statecraft Initiative with Chair and Executive Director of the Washington International Business Council Solveig Spielmann, in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

4:30 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with U.S. Executive Director to the Asian Development Bank Ambassador Robert Orr, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

UNDER SECRETARY FOR CIVILIAN SECURITY, DEMOCRACY, AND HUMAN RIGHTS MARIA OTERO

12:30 p.m. Under Secretary Otero delivers closing remarks at the USAID conference, “From Policy to Action: Making Progress Toward Disability Inclusion,” at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

UNDER SECRETAY FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS TARA SONENSHINE

Under Secretary Sonenshine is on foreign travel to Pakistan.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS ROBERT BLAKE

1:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Blake meets with U.S. Executive Director to the Asian Development Bank Ambassador Robert Orr, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

3:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Blake and Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Ambassador Grossman meet with Uzbekistan Ambassador to the U.S. Ilhom Nematov, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRS WILLIAM BROWNFIELD

Assistant Secretary Brownfield tours International Narcotics and Law Enforcement facilities in Iraq and meets with host government officials.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ

Assistant Secretary Fernandez is on foreign travel in Tunisia through June 1 to participate in a conference on open governance co-hosted by the Tunisian Government, the OECD’s International Tax Dialogue, and the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS MIKE HAMMER

11:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Hammer attends the Andrew J. Goodpaster Award Ceremony at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, in Washington, D.C.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY COMMERCE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ROBERTA JACOBSON

9:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson meets with U.S. Ambassador to Canada David Jacobson, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

10:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson joins Under Secretary Sherman for the U.S.-Canada High Level Dialogue, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson meets with Director of the Joint Interagency Task Force South Rear Admiral Charles Michel, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

4:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson meets with Canadian Assistant Deputy Minister Kerry Buck, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR OCEANS AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS KERRI-ANN JONES

Assistant Secretary Jones is on foreign travel in Brussels, Belgium for consultations with EU counterparts and public outreach on environmental and science and technology cooperation issues.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR MICHAEL POSNER

Assistant Secretary Posner is on foreign travel to Libya through June 1.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS ANN STOCK

5:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Stock delivers remarks on the Two Museums, Two Nations, One Identity Project, at the Museum of the Americas in Washington, DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE AND COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM DANIEL BENJAMIN

3:55 p.m. Ambassador Benjamin attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

OFFICE OF GLOBAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE STEPHEN RAPP

Ambassador Rapp is on foreign travel to Stockholm, Sweden to participate in the Stockholm Meeting on Complementarity, hosted by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Government of Sweden and the International Center for Transitional Justice, with the support from the Governments of Denmark and South Africa.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES MELANNE VERVEER

12:00 p.m. Ambassador Verveer meets with Major General Lorie Robinson, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

2:00 p.m. Ambassador Verveer speaks with Clinton Global Initiative Head of the Girls & Women Program Penny Abeywardena.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

8:00 p.m. Ambassador Verveer delivers keynote remarks on the economic empowerment of women in Latin America at the Mary Kay Latin America Regional Summit Gala Dinner, at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium, in Washington, DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS RETA JO LEWIS

Special Representative Lewis is on foreign travel in Turkey through June 2 to promote U.S.-Turkey sub-national engagement and to support Georgia Governor Nathan Deal’s Trade Mission to Turkey.

SPECIAL ENVOY FOR NORTH KOREAN HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES ROBERT KING

Ambassador King is on foreign travel in Brussels, Belgium through May 31 to meet with officials and NGO members concerning the human rights situation in the DPRK.

DIRECTOR OF POLICY PLANNING JAKE SULLIVAN

Director Sullivan accompanies Secretary Clinton on foreign travel.

PRESS BRIEFING SCHEDULE
12:30 p.m. Daily Press Briefing with Deputy Spokesperson Mark Toner
 

30 May 2012, Wed, Pres and VP Schedule

http://www.whitehouse.gov/schedule
10:30 am
The President attends an annual hurricane preparedness briefing
Local Event Time:
10:30 AM EDT
Situation Room
Closed Press

11:40 am
The President signs the reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank
Local Event Time:
11:40 AM PDT
South Court Auditorium
Open Press

5:00 pm
The President hosts a Jewish American Heritage Month reception
Local Event Time:
5:00 PM EDT
East Room

http://www.whitehouse.gov/schedule/vice-president No public schedule

Was he not using a teleprompter?

From Google News: White House: Obama misspoke on 'Polish death camp'

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said President Barack Obama misspoke on Tuesday when he referred to a "Polish death camp" while honoring a Polish war hero.

The president's remark had drawn immediate complaints from Poles who said Obama should have called it a "German death camp in Nazi-occupied Poland," to distinguish the perpetrators from the location. Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski called it a matter of "ignorance and incompetence."

Obama made the comment while awarding the Medal of Freedom to Jan Karski, a resistance fighter against the Nazi occupation of Poland during World War II. Karski died in 2000.

During an East Room ceremony honoring 13 Medal of Freedom recipients, Obama said that Karski "served as a courier for the Polish resistance during the darkest days of World War II. Before one trip across enemy lines, resistance fighters told him that Jews were being murdered on a massive scale and smuggled him into the Warsaw Ghetto and a Polish death camp to see for himself. Jan took that information to President Franklin Roosevelt, giving one of the first accounts of the Holocaust and imploring to the world to take action."

Sikorski tweeted that the White House would apologize for "this outrageous error" and that Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk would address the matter on Wednesday.

"It's a pity that such a dignified ceremony was overshadowed by ignorance and incompetence."

Alex Storozynski, president of the Kosciuszko Foundation, said Obama's comment "shocked the Poles present at the White House and those watching on C-SPAN. ... Karski would have cringed if he heard this."

National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor said: "The president misspoke. He was referring to Nazi death camps in Poland. We regret this misstatement, which should not detract from the clear intention to honor Mr. Karski and those brave citizens who stood on the side of human dignity in the face of tyranny."

Anxious to quell the controversy, the White House also noted that the president had visited the Warsaw Ghetto Memorial while in Poland and that he has repeatedly discussed the bravery of Poles during World War II.

The Polish Embassy in Washington, on its website, has a "how-to guide" on concentration camps that states that references to Polish death camps are "factually incorrect slurs" that should be corrected.

The Associated Press Stylebook states that when referring to "World War II camps in countries occupied by Nazi Germany, do not use phrases like Polish death camps that confuse the location and the perpetrators. Use instead, for example, death camps in Nazi-occupied Poland."

So a President's Job Lasts for 8 years?

Rush shared a soundbyte from Colbert King today. I highlight the significant portion.

RUSH: Colbert King is a columnist at the Washington Post. And he was on the syndicated Inside Washington on Sunday having a panel discussion about the 2012 presidential race, and this is what Colbert "Colby" King said.

KING: Republicans and Fox News painted Barack Obama as the devil incarnate. They had reasons to want to get this son of Karl Marx out of the White House. But they gotta be careful about how they go after Barack Obama. There is a base out there, and if there is a feeling that he is being treated unfairly -- if there's a feeling that they are trying to get rid of Michelle Obama and those two nice kids, cute kids out of the White House and take this job away from him that the American people gave him -- there are gonna be people who will come out there and turn out. You can count on the nastiness to fire up the base. The nastiness is gonna come out.

So King admits that Obama is "the son of Karl Marx?" Aka a communist? Is that a typo by the Limbaugh folks or did he actually say that?

Secondly, every President serves his four years. That's his job. If he wants to serve another four years, he has to run for re-election. Every president who wants to extend his job for another 4 years has to run for re-election, and people of the other party try to prevent that. It's got nothing to do with a President's race, and all to do with his politics! Jee-zus!

Mayor Nutter of Philadelphia

In three years Obama's policies don't seem to have helped Philadelphia a whole lot. You'd think he'd want to see what the business-creating Romney could do. From Wikipedia's entry on Michael Nutter
Tenure
Despite some residents' high hopes about Mayor Nutter, his tenure as mayor has been characterized by falling tax revenues due to the recession that came into full force as Nutter came into office.[31] When Nutter came into office, the city had a significant budget surplus. Nine months later that surplus became a projected budget deficit of $650 to 850 million over the next five years (2009–2013). As a result, Nutter has closed recreational facilities, cut funding for Philadelphia's traditional Mummers Parade on New Year's Day, and cut other services from the budget. Mayor Nutter has closed seven fire companies including the oldest fire company in the nation (engine 8). Although he was successful in closing the budget gap, he has come under criticism for using up political capital to save a few million dollars on a politically unpopular move, attempting to close 11 city libraries. Libraries are open today due only to the lawsuit brought by City Councilman Bill Green.

2011 re-election campaign
Philadelphia mayoral election, 2011
Nutter announced that he would run for reelection on December 22, 2010. He easily won the primary election against Milton Street, getting 76% of the vote. Despite the lopsided victory, Street capturing 24% of the Democratic vote astonished many and served to diminish Nutter. He defeated two candidates in the general election of November 2011, garnering over 70% of the vote on a voter turnout of around 18%

Whose fault is it that blacks drop out of school?

Black teens lead the country in unemployment. Is it because whites bosses discriminate against them, or is it because they won't learn to speak recognizable English, won't learn math, dress in baggy clothing, have tattoos all over their body, and don't really know much about manners either. (Well, come to that, neither do white teens.) It is sad and a little frightening that the black community can not see that they bring their problems on themselves by refusing to embrace middle classness, and excoriating those in their community who do - or at least try to!

RUSH: How many of you have often thought, often believed that if the Republicans would make some real genuine outreach effort to the black community and just get three to five percent of the black vote, if we could do that, that would end it? A lot of people believe that. And the rule of thumb, standard operating procedure, opinion is that Republicans just never make the effort. They don't know how. Outreach to the African-American community, they don't do it. They should try it. Well, Romney did. Romney went to Philadelphia. The Washington Post has the details.

"When Mitt Romney came to an inner-city charter school here Thursday to promote his new education agenda, he received something of a history lecture about the persecution of blacks in America and the struggles of African American children to meet the academic achievements of their white counterparts." What persecution would that be? Persecution of blacks in America. What are we talking about? Affirmative action? What is this persecution that's going on? So Romney goes in for some outreach. This story, by the way, it was in the Washington Post, but it wasn't picked up. It didn't get very much attention.

Let me briefly tell you what happened. Romney goes to this charter school in West Philadelphia. Local officials attending the event lectured him and insulted him. The Obama campaign organized so-called residents to protest across the street from the school where Romney was. They shouted at Romney, and they told him to get out of their neighborhood. Now, I want you to just try to imagine the outrage from our news media if the Romney campaign had organized whites to tell Obama to get out of their neighborhood. But there was no outrage. This story caused none. I mean even the Washington Post sounds amused. They think this was funny, what happened. But you see, apparently the Republicans are damned if they do and damned if they don't.

Not once in this entire article is it ever mentioned that Romney supports school vouchers, which Obama doesn't. It's something you think that local school officials would support as well. The article quotes the mayor of Philadelphia, Michael Nutter, as saying that Romney, "Suddenly somehow found West Philadelphia." But Nutter said, "I don’t know that a one-day experience in the heart of West Philadelphia is enough to get you ready to run the United States of America."

Now, that's a little ironic, given that you might think Mayor Nutter would be in hiding after what he and his fellow Democrats have done to that once great city. Then there's a quote from a woman named Madaline Dunn, who said she was "personally offended" that Romney would visit her neighborhood. She said it was, "absolutely denigrating for him to come in here and speak his garbage." Now, who is this babe? Madaline Dunn, she's a longtime Democrat political activist. She has served as a chairwoman for the radical Philadelphia Congress of the National Congress of black women. She's currently listed as one of Obama's Truth Team. This is not in the story. I wanted to find out why was this woman being quoted? I was curious. Who is this woman? The Post doesn't tell us. I found that stuff out on my own. They just portray her as another legitimately and genuinely outraged resident.

The bottom line is, Romney attempting outreach, goes into an inner city school to talk about his education ideas in West Philly and is basically told to get the hell out. "What are you doing here, pal? We don't want you here." It won't be long before we hear some civil rights leader saying, "They don't care about us, the Republicans, they don't care about us. They never reach out. They never try." So it's a damned if you do and damned if you don't situation.