Freed Gitmo Detainees - China worse than Gitmo

The four of the Chinese Muslims, or Uighurs, released to Bermuda from the Guantanamo Bay prison told FOX News that they are innocent, glad to be free and hold no grudges against the United States for their captivity.

The men, who range from 31 to 38 years old, also said they think life in China, where they face persecution, is worse than life at Guantanamo.

With the help of a translator, they said they didn't know anything about Al Qaeda or Usama bin Laden, despite past allegations that they had aided the terror mastermind's escape.

"I am not a terrorist. I have never been terrorist," one of the men told FOX News. "I want to live peacefully."

The Uighurs, released this week, are staying at a guest cottage complex on the island without security or electronic monitoring, but their attorney said they will have to periodically check in with local police.

The release of the Uighurs comes amid increasing political tensions in Washington over what to do with the more than 200 detainees being held at the Guantanamo facility following President Obama's pledge to close the facility within a year of taking office.

But the Uighurs may be among the least threatening of the detainees whose fate must be decided, given that the Justice Department under the Bush administration already had decided that they should no longer be classified as "enemy combatants." - FOX News Story

Palin vs Letterman Feud Continues

NEW YORK — Sarah Palin says David Letterman owes an apology to young women across the country for his joke about her daughter.

The Alaska governor appeared on NBC's "Today" show Friday, continuing a feud with the CBS "Late Show" funnyman over his joke earlier this week that Palin's daughter got "knocked up" by New York Yankee third baseman Alex Rodriguez during their recent trip to New York.

Palin also said she doesn't believe she should be automatically considered the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012.

Asked by Matt Lauer whether Letterman owed her daughter an apology, the former vice presidential candidate broadened it.

"I would like to see him apologize to young women across the country for contributing to kind of that thread that is throughout our culture that makes it sound like it is OK to talk about young girls in that way, where it's kind of OK, accepted and funny to talk about statutory rape," she said. "It's not cool. It's not funny." - FOX News Story

I have heard about enough of all of this. Letterman was an idiot and made some out of bounds comments. He needs to step down from his pedestal and just say, hey I crossed a line and move on. I know as a parent, that you can say what you want about me, but when you attack my kids then you have crossed a line. That is what Letterman has done. Say what you want about the Adults, but leave the kids out of it.

You can bet that if comments were made about the Obama kids, everyone would be in an uproar, what makes this any different?

Big Turnout for Iranian Election

TEHRAN, Iran — Iranians packed polling stations from boutique-lined streets to conservative bastions Friday with a choice that's left the country divided and on edge: keeping hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in power or electing a reformist who favors greater freedoms and improved ties with the United States.

Crowds formed quickly at many voting sites in areas considered both strongholds for Ahmadinejad and his main rival, reformist Mir Hossein Mousavi, who served as prime minister in the 1980s and has become the surprise hero of a powerful youth-driven movement. At several polling stations in Tehran, mothers held their young children in their arms as they waited in long lines.

"I hope to defeat Ahmadinejad today," said Mahnaz Mottaghi, 23, after casting her ballot at a mosque in central Tehran. - FOX News Story

Top Leadership Draw Lines in Sand for Health Care Fight

Top House Leadership drew lines in the sand on health care reform today as President Obama traveled to Green Bay, Wisconsin, for his own health care town hall meeting.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made clear in her weekly press conference that the centerpiece of House Democrat's plan to reform health care is a public option. When asked if the speaker would support a proposal gaining momentum in the Senate to create a non-profit insurance entity instead of a government plan Pelosi said "not instead of a public option, no."

The insistence on a government health insurance option means any hope for Republicans and Democrats to finally work together on an issue of great importance to the country is waning rapidly.

In his own weekly media availability, House Minority Leader John Boehner said he's "opposed to a government option. Period." Boehner said a government-run healthcare plan would make going to the doctor like going to the DMV. - ABC News Story

Pelosi Backs Release of so called Torture Photos

It's not much of a surprise, but Nancy Pelosi plans to announce she's officially opposing the Graham-Lieberman amendment banning the release of interrogation photos and videos -- setting up a showdown with the Obama administration and the Senate.

She just made the announcement on MSNBC's Ed Schultz Show. Greg Sargent reported it first.

The speaker -- who needs the backing of liberals to pass the war supplemental -- told reporters a week ago that she would support the amendment, which was engineered by the White House.

Her decision, Democratic aides say, is bound to infuriate almost everybody -- except the handful of progressives needed to pass the war bill and its controversial provision funding the International Monetary Fund.

The measure isn't expected to be taken up this week. - Politico Story

Obama running a Gangster Government

Rep Bachman-

Now we've moved into the realm of gangster government. We have gangster government when the Federal Government has set up a new cartel and private businesses now have to go begging with their hand out to their local--hopefully well politically connected--Congressman or their Senator so they can buy a peace offering for that local business. Is that the kind of country we are going to have in the future?

We need to call this for what this is, my colleagues. We need to call this for what this is. Call it out. The American people need to get outraged and figure out that it could be them next. No business is safe when you see the administration appoint czars--car czars, wage czars--there's over 20 czars that have been appointed. And what do those czars do? They bypass the Congress. We are the people's elected representatives; we have been bypassed.

We now have an imperial presidency where the President has appointed various czars reporting directly to him. - Politico News Story

Obama Administration not Transparent

The White House has refused a request from Sen. Chuck Grassley for all the exemptions it’s granted to President Barack Obama’s ethics policy.

And that’s got the Iowa Republican on a mission to make public every ethics waiver and recusal issued to administration officials.

“The American people deserve a full accounting of all waivers ... to better understand who is running the government and whether the administration is adhering to its promise to be open, transparent and accountable,” Grassley wrote in a letter Wednesday to the director of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics.

Obama tasked that independent agency with implementing his ethics policy, and Grassley’s letter asks the office to explain every waiver and recusal granted under the policy and to post them on its website.

The administration has been cagey about the exceptions it’s granted to the policy, quietly releasing a succession of four waivers, weeks and sometimes months after they were first granted. It has also refused to say whether there are other waivers or letters of recusal, which are more narrowly crafted than waivers.

Back in February, Grassley — who has made a career out of sometimes lonely but often high-impact crusades against waste, fraud and secrecy in government — asked in a previously unreported letter for a full accounting of the waivers from the White House’s budget office, which granted the initial waivers in consultation with the White House counsel’s office.

But a lawyer from the counsel’s office rebuffed Grassley in March, informing him that the Office of Government Ethics was still working on procedures for disclosing the waivers and recusals but would also list all of them in an annual report to be published next year. - Politico Story

I get it, If you release all of your stuff later then that constitutes being open and transparent. You don't have to do it while it is happening.

In that case Obama isn't so novel. Most administrations have become transparent after the fact.

CHANGE YOU CAN BELIEVE IN!!!!

Israeli / US Relations at all time Low

Several Israeli media outlets have expressed outrage over a White House photo released Monday showing President Obama on the phone with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, with whom the US has sparred publicly in recent days over the sensitive issue of Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

The photo shows Obama on the phone with his feet up on his desk, the soles of his shoes facing to the camera, which the reports claim was a sign of disrespect.

The Israeli daily Ha'aretz published an article today saying, in part:

"A photo released by the White House, which shows Obama talking on the phone with Netanyahu on Monday, speaks volumes: The president is seen with his legs up on the table, his face stern and his fist clenched, as though he were dictating to Netanyahu: 'Listen up and write 'Palestinian state' a hundred times. That's right, Palestine, with a P.' As an enthusiast of Muslim culture, Obama surely knows there is no greater insult in the Middle East than pointing the soles of one's shoes at another person. Indeed, photos of other presidential phone calls depict Obama leaning on his desk, with his feet on the floor."

There is no indication the White House meant any disrespect but the Isearili media concerns appear to illustrate the sensistivity and unease in US Israeli relations. - ABC News

I believe that I remember hearing during the run up to the election about how bad things would get with Israel if Obama won. Obama team said that Israel couldn't have a better friend than Obama.

Now we know who was right.

Obama Team Doesn't Expect to Give any more Money to GM/Chrysler

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's auto task force told skeptical lawmakers Wednesday the government had no plans to pump more dollars into GM and Chrysler and that the public had a "reasonable probability" of getting its money back.

Ron Bloom, a senior adviser to the task force, faced numerous questions about the roughly $80 billion in federal aid to the car companies, their lending affiliates and suppliers. He said the Obama administration's efforts had given the automakers "a chance to become viable, competitive businesses with bright futures." - FOX News Story

I don't know what the heck they would expect. If you fund a company long enough and push and pull strings for them of course they have a good chance to be viable and competitive.

Give me a couple of Billion and force all of my creditors to take pennies on the dollar, I can become viable and have a bright future.

Obama Administration Paying Palau $200 Million to take Gitmo Prisoners

Palau says its decision to temporarily take the 17 Uighurs, or Chinese Muslims, being held at the Guantanamo Bay prison was a "humanitarian gesture."

But the South Pacific island may have been motivated more by 200 million other reasons.

Two U.S. officials told the Associated Press that the U.S. was prepared to give Palau up to $200 million in return for accepting the Uighurs and as part of a mutual defense and cooperation treaty that is due to be renegotiated this year.

Figures on Palau's federal budget weren't immediately available, but if it is close to its size in 1999, when it was $71 million, the deal with the U.S. would in effect more than double the nation's spending and make it the fastest growing economy in the world.

In announcing the decision, Palau President Johnson Toribiong sounded as if the U.S. was doing his country a favor by sending the detainees there.

"I am honored and proud that the United States has asked Palau to assist with such a critical task," he said in a press release. "This is but a small thing we can do to thank our best friend and ally for all it has done of Palau." - FOX News Story

GOP Leader - "Republicans Will Win Landslide"

These may be dark days for the Republican Party, but a top GOP congressional leader predicted today that Republicans would trounce Democrats in the 2010 midterm elections and could take back control of the House of Representatives.

"I really believe we've got a shot at taking back this House because you see what's gone on here with the unfettered ability of this administration and Nancy Pelosi to run this Congress," Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., the No. 2 Republican in the House, told ABC News in an exclusive interview. "The American people see that this agenda is way far out of the mainstream. They want a check and a balance on this power. And I think at the end of the day that's what rules come November 2010."

Democrats currently have a 257-178 majority, meaning Republicans would need a net gain of 40 seats win control of the House. That would be a historic landslide similar to the 54-seat gain in 1994 that gave Republicans control of the House. - ABC News Story

Budget Deficity Setting Records - 4 Months still to Go

The federal budget deficit soared to a record for May of $189.7 billion, pushing the tide of red ink close to $1 trillion with four months left in the budget year.

The rising deficit reflects increased government spending due to the recession, and billions of dollars spent on bailouts for banks and other troubled companies.

The Treasury Department reported Wednesday that the red ink so far this year totals $991.9 billion. The administration is projecting the deficit for the budget year that began Oct. 1, will total an all-time record of $1.84 trillion. That would be more than four times the amount of last year's record deficit.

Because of the recession, spending has increased for benefit programs such as unemployment compensation and food stamps. Outlays also have risen because of the $787 billion economic stimulus package that President Obama pushed through Congress earlier this year.

The new Treasury report showed government spending totals a record $2.37 trillion through the first eight months of the budget year, 18 percent more than the year-ago period. - Fox News Story

Presidential Election in Iran Very Close

Iran's hard-line president accused his election rivals of using "Hitler" smear tactics to sway voters ahead of Friday's national vote — adding that they should face jail for insulting him.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused made the allegations during his final rally ahead of Friday's vote. Thousands of supporters waved Iranian flags and chanted slogans against Ahmadinejad's main opponent, Mir Hossein Mousavi.

"No one has the right to insult the president, and they did it. And this is a crime. The person who insulted the president should be punished, and the punishment is jail," Reuters quotes Ahmadinejad speaking to supporters outside Tehran's Sharif University.

"Such insults and accusations against the government are a return to Hitler's methods, to repeat lies and accusations ... until everyone believes those lies," he said. - FOX News Story

This guy would never make it in American Politics. We all know that at least 50% of what a politician says during an election is pure BS, the other 50% is possible but not likely to come true.

Rev. Wright Balmes Jews for He and Obama's Lack of Contact

In a racially charged interview, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright said that President Obama hasn't spoken to him since they parted ways last year, because "them Jews aren't going to let him talk to me."

He suggested White House advisers were keeping the two separate.

"Them Jews aren't going to let him talk to me. I told my baby daughter, that he'll talk to me in five years when he's a lame duck, or in eight years when he's out of office," Wright said, according to Virginia's Daily Press. "They will not let him ... talk to somebody who calls a spade what it is."

Obama left Wright's Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago last year following the very public controversy over his inflammatory sermons.

Wright sporadically has granted media interviews and made public appearances since. In the Daily Press article, he also claimed that the president did not send a delegation to the recent world racism conference in Geneva for fear of offending Jews.

"Ethnic cleansing is going on in Gaza. Ethnic cleansing of the Zionist is a sin and a crime against humanity, and they don't want Barack talking like that because that's anti-Israel," Wright said.

Wright said he voted for Obama in November and has no regrets over their severed relationship.

"Regret for what ... that the media went back five, seven, 10 years and spent $4,000 buying 20 years worth of sermons to hear what I've been preaching for 20 years?" he said. - FOX News

Possible Terrorist Ties to Air France Crash

Two passengers with names linked to Islamic terrorism were on board the Air France flight that crashed in the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 228 on board, it has emerged.

French secret servicemen established the connection while working through the list of those who boarded the doomed Airbus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 31.

Agents are now trying to establish dates of birth for the two dead passengers, and family connections.

There is a possibility that the name similarities are simply a "macabre coincidence," the source added, but the revelation is still being "taken very seriously."

Flight AF447 crashed in mid-Atlantic en route to Paris during a violent storm.

While it is certain that there were computer malfunctions, terrorism has not been ruled out. - FOX News Story

Former Democrat Leader of New York Senate Won't Turn Over Keys

ALBANY, N.Y. -- The leader of a coalition that mounted Monday's coup in New York's Senate says he's being denied the keys to the historic chamber.

The alliance of Republicans and two dissident Democrats is asking for the resignation of the secretary of the Senate, a position appointed by the Democratic conference that appears to have lost its majority. The secretary holds the chamber's keys.

Sen. Pedro Espada Jr. is the new head of the Senate if the overthrow stands, as many now expect. He says that he if can't get the keys to the Senate he will open the session Wednesday in another room, or even a park.

Espada, a Bronx Democrat, says he's sure the coup is final and will withstand any legal or political challenge. - Fox News

Biden tells Police that Supreme Court Nominee "Will Have Your Backs"

Vice President Joe Biden offered an exuberant endorsement of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor at a White House event Tuesday – but some legal analysts believe he went too far by suggesting she would rule in favor of police if confirmed.

Flanked by a dozen District of Columbia police officers, Biden said Sotomayor, a former prosecutor, could be counted on to support law enforcement while on the high court.

“As you do your job, know that Judge Sotomayor has your back as well. And throughout this nominating process, I know you’ll have her back,” Biden said.

“I think what Biden said was foolish,” said Stephen Gillers, a law professor at New York University who is a prominent legal ethicist. “She’s not there to ‘have their back.’ She’s there to interpret the law as she sees fit. . .

“It’ll be embarrassing to her when she learns of it,” Gillers said. “Biden crosses the line when he starts representing to interest groups that she would be voting in their favor.” - Politico Story

Senate ready for War with Pelosi

The Senate and House may be on a major collision course over the possible release of those photographs of detainee interrogations.

In an incendiary joint statement, Sens. Joe Lieberman and Lindsey Graham are threatening to use any means possible — including a filibuster — to block the House from overturning their amendment blocking the release of detainee interrogation photos.

Some House Dems were incensed when the pair — with the backing of the White House — inserted a three-year ban on Freedom of Information Act releases of the pictures without notifying them.

After initially saying she'd back the ban, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is apparently wavering under pressure from the left wing of her party.

Word that Pelosi was on the fence prompted Graham and Lieberman to blast away, according to a snior Senate Democratic aide.

Calling the release of the so-called torture pics tantamount to a "death sentence" for some U.S. operatives working in hostile countries, Lieberman and Graham took the unusual step of vowing to attach their ban to every piece of legislation passed in the upper chamber if their amendment is removed from the war supplamental.

Their statement:

“We will employ all the legislative means available to us including opposing the supplemental war spending bill and attaching this amendment, which was unanimously adopted by the Senate, to every piece of legislation the Senate considers, to be sure the President has the authority he needs not to release these photos and any others that would jeopardize the safety and security of our troops. - Politico Story

GOP Taking Lead in Polls on Economy

Voters now trust Republicans more than Democrats on six out of 10 key issues, including the top issue of the economy.

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 45% now trust the GOP more to handle economic issues, while 39% trust Democrats more.

This is the first time in over two years of polling that the GOP has held the advantage on this issue. The parties were close in May, with the Democrats holding a modest 44% to 43% edge. The latest survey was taken just after General Motors announced it was going into bankruptcy as part of a deal brokered by the Obama administration that gives the government majority ownership of the failing automaker.

Voters not affiliated with either party now trust the GOP more to handle economic issues by a two-to-one margin. - Rasmussen Reports Story

Obama not Helping America's Image in Iran

(AP) Few Iranians have favorable opinions of the United States, a view that has changed little since the election of an American president who has expressed a willingness to talk to Tehran, a rare poll of Iranian citizens showed Monday.

Even so, the survey shows Iranians continue to strongly want their country to adopt democratic institutions like free elections and a free press, the poll showed. There also remains a widespread willingness to stage unconditional negotiations with the U.S. following nearly three decades of diplomatic estrangement between the two countries.

Just 29 percent of Iranians said they have favorable views of the United States in the latest poll, which was conducted last month. In a similar survey in February 2008 - nearly a year before Barack Obama became president - 34 percent had positive opinions about the U.S. - CBS News Story

Supreme Court Pauses Sale of Chrysler

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Monday delayed Chrysler's sale of most of its assets to a group led by Italy's Fiat, but didn't say how long the deal will remain on hold.

Ginsburg said in an order that the sale is "stayed pending further order," indicating that the delay may only be temporary.

Chrysler LLC has said the sale must close by June 15, or Fiat Group SpA has the option to walk away, leaving the Auburn Hills, Mich., automaker with little option but to liquidate.

A federal appeals court in New York approved the sale Friday but gave opponents until 4 p.m. EDT Monday to try to get the Supreme Court to intervene. Ginsburg issued her order right before the deadline.

Ginsburg could decide on her own whether to end the delay, or she could ask the full court to decide. It is unclear when she or the court will act. - ABC News Story

Video of Tornado in Colorado 6/7/09

Obama to Speed up Federal Spending

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama promised Monday to deliver more than 600,000 jobs through his $787 billion stimulus plan this summer, with federal agencies pumping billions into public works projects, schools and summer youth programs.

Obama is ramping up his stimulus program this week even as his advisers are ramping down expectations about when the spending plan will effect a continuing rise in the nation's unemployment.

Many of the stimulus plans that Obama announced Monday already were in the works, including hundreds of maintenance projects at military bases, about 1,600 state road and airport improvements, and federal money states budgeted for 135,000 teachers, principals and school support staff.

The administration had always viewed the summer as a peak for stimulus spending, as better weather permitted more public works construction and federal agencies had processed requests from states and others.

But Obama now promises an accelerated pace of federal spending over the next few months to boost the economy and produce jobs. - FOX News Story

600,000 Jobs? I thought he was talking about 3 Million when he was trying to get this thing passed. What happened to the other 2.4 million?

Sen. Martinez - Halt Negotians with Cuba

Sen. Mel Martinez (R-Fla.), a Cuban-American, has been suspicious of Havana's overtures to the Obama administration -- now he wants to slam the opening door after the feds uncovered a pair of longtime Cuban spies in the State Department.

Martinez, whose opinions on Cuba are respected on both sides of the aisle, wants to put negotiations between the two countries on hold pending a review of the damage done by Walter Kendall Myers and Gwendolyn Steingraber Myers during their more than two decades of espionage.

"{The] arrest of two Americans alleged to have spied for Cuba is reason enough for the Administration to halt any further diplomatic outreach to the regime including postponing the migration talks until the U.S. Congress has a full accounting of the damage these individuals have caused to our national security," he said in statement.

“This is a stark reminder that just 90 miles from our shores, there is a government hostile toward the people of the United States, a regime that seeks to do us harm and works against our interests around the world," he added.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has ordered an extensive internal investigation to determine the extent of the spies' espionage. - Politico

Obama was on a roll, reversing course with Cuba in a mere 100 days in office. Throwing out all of the opinions of Previous Presidents dating back decades. They were wrong and he was going to fix it. Oops, maybe not so fast.

Not like Obama has gotten much wrong. RIGHT!!!

Obama can handle the 3 AM Call? Really?

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said President Barack Obama has "absolutely" answered questions she posed during the Democratic campaign about his lack of experience and ability to handle an international crisis.

In her first Sunday show interview since her presidential bid ended a year ago, I asked Clinton if Obama answered the questions she raised in her campaign's "3a.m." ad.

"Absolutely," Clinton told me in an exclusive "This Week" Sunday show interview-- her first as secretary of state.

"And, you know, the president in his public actions and demeanor, and certainly in private with me and with the national security team, has been strong, thoughtful, decisive, I think he is doing a terrific job," she said, "And it's an honor to serve with him." - ABC News Story

Really, he has? I haven't seen him take the call and act. He has taken the call, then he has asked the UN to act. That is not leadership. The UN hasn't acted either, so then he talks tough and moves on. That is not action. "We are considering our options?" HELLO!!!! It doesn't take that long to consider the options and then act!

Conservatives Win Big in Elections

(AP) Conservatives scored victories in some of Europe's largest economies Sunday as voters punished left-leaning parties in European parliament elections in France, Germany and other nations.

Some right-leaning parties said the results vindicated their reluctance to spend more on company bailouts and fiscal stimulus to combat the global economic crisis.

The European Union said center-right parties were expected to take the most seats - 267 - in the 736-member parliament. Center-left parties were headed for 159 seats. The remainder were expected to go to smaller groupings.

Right-leaning governments were ahead of the opposition in Germany, France, Italy and Belgium, while conservative opposition parties were leading in Britain and Spain. - CBS News Story

Could this be a sign to come. Conservatives are sweeping elections and the opposition to the big spending Left is coming to life. It may not be here in America, but it will make life more difficult for the LEADER OF CHANGE in the USA.

Tornadoes Touch Down near Denver

(AP) At least five tornadoes touched down in Colorado on Sunday, with one overturning benches and a car outside a mall in a Denver suburb.

There were no immediate reports of serious injuries. Firefighters reported moderate damage and gas leaks at the Southlands Mall, which was forced to close.

The National Weather Service said the tornado that damaged the mall touched down south of Buckley Air Force Base just before 2 p.m. and may have been on the ground for about 30 minutes, taking an 8- to 10-mile path across southeast Aurora.

Heating, ventilation and air conditioning units on the mall roof were damaged. Mall spokeswoman Joyce Rocha-Brown said damage was being assessed and no decision had been made on when the building might reopen. - CBS News Story

Obama's Invested more than $80 Billion in Detroit

The taxpayers’ investment in the U.S. auto industry rose to $80.3 billion, after the U.S. Treasury provided a new $30.1 billion bankruptcy loan to General Motors (GMGMQ: undefined, undefined, undefined%) on Wednesday, two days after GM filed for bankruptcy, a new Treasury report said.

The funding amounts, through 15 transactions since December, total more than 10% of the $700 billion in bailout money Congress approved for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP, in October, when it was expected to help stabilize mainly banks.

The new accounting, detailed in a regular TARP report the Treasury posted to its Web site late Friday, shows the government more than doubled its commitment to the industry in a month, with the new loans in bankruptcy for GM; $3.8 billion in bankruptcy financing for Chrysler; and another $7.5 billion investment in GMAC, the troubled former auto finance division of GM, among other auto industry-related transactions.

The $30.1 billion investment had been expected after GM filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. - FOX News Story

So this is how Obama is helping the Economy? hmmmmmm

Obama - Stimulus Helping Economy

The economy is gaining momentum and the Democrat-passed stimulus package is only just beginning to pay dividends to the American workforce, President Obama's advisers said Sunday, defending the administration against GOP accusations that the stimulus is falling flat.

Republicans had slammed the $787 billion stimulus as ineffective following Friday's Labor Department report showing that unemployment hit 9.4 percent in May, the highest in 25 years.

The Obama administration, which recently has sought to highlight the achievements of the stimulus bill's first 100 days in action, is kicking into high gear. It is expected to announce plans Monday to speed up the release of remaining stimulus funds over the next 100 days by targeting the best places to spend the cash.

To the naysayers, White House advisers are urging patience and asking them to look on the bright side of the stats.

"It's a substantial improvement from what the job losses have been," White House economic adviser Austan Goolsbee, told "FOX News Sunday," noting that the 345,000 jobs lost in May was far less than in prior months. "That's the smallest job loss since September of last year."

Senior White House adviser David Axelrod told CBS' "Face the Nation" the economy is showing clear signs of improvement. - FOX News Story

Really? You think so? I wonder just where things would be had we not done the massive Stimulus and Bailouts? The Government would be in a hell of a lot better position financially and the FOUNDATION would be in much better shape. Did Obama help the Economy Recover? or Did he slow it down and put it on even more shaky ground with the massive debt?