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Bully Pulpit

The term "bully pulpit" stems from President Theodore Roosevelt's reference to the White House as a "bully pulpit," meaning a terrific platform from which to persuasively advocate an agenda. Roosevelt often used the word "bully" as an adjective meaning superb/wonderful. The Bully Pulpit features news, reasoned discourse, opinion and some humor.

Tuesday, September 07, 2010

And Now… The $50 Billion Plan



(Breitbart.tv) - Surrounded by union members bussed in for a labor day speech, President Obama announced his "new plan" to re-build America's infrastructure paid for by "closing tax breaks" on oil companies. In 2009, the president promised nearly $1 Trillion for "Shovel ready" programs to re-build America's infrastructure in his landmark stimulus spending program which has not yet made a dent in the skyrocketing unemployment figures. The President did not explain how this "new plan" is any different than his last plan for spending our way out of the recession.

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