Rush Limbaugh Said These Words Today: ‘Thank God for President Obama’

A sign that the post-Osama haze of unity has taken hold of American society (if only fleetingly): Rush Limbaugh opened his radio show today with effusive praise for President Obama. True, much of the praise was directed at Obama merely for continuing some of the anti-terror policies of George W. Bush. But Limbaugh also went out of his way to laud the prescience of Obama's decision to go with a surgical special-ops strike that could recover proof of Bin Laden's death, as opposed to bombing the hell out of the place and hoping the world takes our word for it. "Thank God for president Obama," Limbaugh said. "If he had not been there, who knows what would have happened. It was only Obama who understood the need to get DNA, to prove that was Bin laden that we had assassinated." Cherish this moment.**** After viewing the video a second time (thanks, commenter hicountryho), we think he might actually just be using a ton of sarcasm here. But if Limbaugh is mocking the idea that Obama alone, against the wishes of all his military and intelligence advisers, came up with the plan that killed Bin Laden, he's attacking a straw man. Nobody has suggested that Obama alone is responsible for killing Bin Laden. Far from demonstrating that post-Osama unity has arrived, Limbaugh's opening remarks — assuming they are, in fact, sarcastic — prove the exact opposite: Some people will always be too small and bitter to give the opposition credit for anything.

AT&T to Take On Groupon With $10 Promotion for Daily Deal Site

May 2 (Bloomberg) -- AT&T Inc., aiming to tap the billion- dollar market for online coupons dominated by Groupon Inc., will introduce its own discount site within the coming weeks in Los Angeles, Atlanta and Dallas-Fort Worth.

The site, on its yellowpages.com subsidiary, is sweetening the deal for consumers who register with a $10 credit beginning today, said Dawn Benton, an AT&T spokeswoman.

AT&T, the second-largest U.S. wireless carrier, will have to compete in the market against Groupon and a growing number of new entrants, including Facebook Inc. and New York Times Co. Facebook, the social networking site with more than 500 million users, last month said it is trialing a daily coupon site in five U.S. cities.

The U.S. daily deals market, with discounts of as much as 90 percent at restaurants, clothing stores and nail salons, will grow to $3.93 billion in 2015, from $1.25 billion this year, according to a projection from BIA/Kelsey in March. Under the most favorable conditions, sales could reach as much as $6.1 billion, the Chantilly, Virginia-based consulting firm said.

AT&T plans to roll out the daily deal site to other cities and offer it on mobile devices, said Benton. She declined to say which businesses may be part of the initial trial.

Market-leader Groupon, based in Chicago, is planning an initial public offering later this year that would value the company at between $15 billion and $25 billion, two people familiar with the plans said last month.

Dallas-based AT&T rose 9 cents to $31.21 at 12:49 p.m. in New York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares had gained 5.9 percent this year before today.

Obama Approval Rating: Going Up After Osama Bin Laden Dead News?

So what is going to happen with the Obama approval rating after Osama Bin Laden has been killed on his command. There is no doubt that this will not be a negative factor from this finding so I wouldn’t be surprised if his rating went up. Foreign affairs is about the only bright spot that Obama has had in his ratings. Many people think that he has done this just to bring it up for the upcoming electionIn a recent polling foreign affairs rating was at 54 percent. Health care was at 41 percent and 39 percent for the economy. This was according to a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation national survey that was conducted in January. Either way I do not think this hail Mary pass is going to allow the Obama approval rating to be high enough that he will win the next election. What are your thoughts on the matter?
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Even the Republications agree that there is going to be at least a temporary boost for the president. “In the short-term, yes. Yesterday was a great day for the nation and we are all rightly celebrating and politics isn’t, and shouldn’t, be a part of the equation,” Doug Heye, a GOP strategist and former communications Director for the Republican National Committee, tells CNN. We are just not sure how long this bounce will last.
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david icke, rense, above top secret, osama bin laden dead, deal or no deal Peak:

Osama Bin Laden, the alleged mastermind of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks on the U.S., has been killed by U.S. Special Forces in Pakistan. Bloomberg.com

In an address to the American nation, U.S. President Barack Obama said he ordered the strike that allegedly killed Bin Laden. Infowars.com

A small team of Americans killed Bin Laden in a firefight at a compound in Pakistan, the president said. Infowars.com

#Bin Laden TWEETS

JPBarlow: We killed Bin Laden, but he won. The US today is dimmed, morally & financially bankrupted by our reactions to his works.

tota770: Obama announced bin Laden's death 8 years to the day after George W. Bush declared "Mission Accomplished."

WTFisJewey: I feel like bin laden being killed means nothing. The[y] only marked him because they owed him money. Ain't like we don't know who really bombed us.

Ryno202: It's a good day for America! We finally got that piece of dirt that has cost us so much. Bin Laden is dead...finally!

Kaulentia: coincidence Gadaffi being bombed at same time US got rid of bin laden? 1dragon dead&new1on warpath with world4death of his son.

Shanegarven: 10 years is a long time for bin Laden to have bin hiding... US perhaps not so good at hide-and-seek.

ThisIsJanero: Basically by killing Bin Laden he got what he wanted. Bin Laden, said in his own words, he rather die than be a US prisoner.

Lammyng: The US should only have Googled where Osama Bin Laden's house was!

Josie91x: Yes Bin Laden is dead but let's be honest it's only taken us 10 years to catch a man in flip flops!!

LuSHLukeMan: Last week Obama was being questioned about whether he was a US citizen. Today he's the one declaring Bin Laden's dead. Coincidence?

Leekool7789: 30 trillion $ spent by US to kill Osama Bin Laden If they would have offered Pakistan president 1% (of) that, they might have killed him long back.

Haeleyvaughnn: Today is beautiful for so many reasons...Bin Laden was taken over by US Troops and it's time for celebration...now send our troops home!

prasanthr7: Sure there is a controversy. But the point is Osama Bin Laden got killed. Now US will not use that as a reason to attack other nations.

callmerashad: Osama Bin Laden doing his cooking dance. Laughing at us.

sheamus13: only took 10 years to find Osama Bin Laden, not surprised really, i mean it was the US looking for him.

benznewzour: US killed Osama Bin Laden over a week ago.. Needed to confirm it with DNA tests. He is dead and we the USA has his body… I am very glad.

fdellarosa: US mission in Pakistan kills Osama Bin Laden 10 years after 9/11.

eugeniedfranval: US team's mission was to kill, and not capture, Osama bin Laden - US security official tells Reuters.

stclairlarue: Bin Laden dead, what does that do for us? Does it make us, or the world safer? What about his fanatic followers? What will they do next?

ynythun: Can't believe that Bin Laden's body was "buried in the sea" in such hush hush manner by US after 10 yrs of looking for him