Tag: President Obama
Evening Read
No Phillies tonight, no problem. Three good articles to get those brain cells warmed up. The Nation: Why Reparations are good? It’s not what you think. The Daily Beast: The Left’s hero on Fox “News”: Shep Smith. Paul Krugman: Time to decide which side of history you are on.
Time To Lift The Cuban Embargo
It’s been 47 years since the embargo on Cuban goods was put in place by the United States and its been 18 years in a row that the United Nations General Assembly has called for the end of the US embargo. It seem back in April of this year that President Obama was moving in […]
Obama Makes Surprise Trip To Dover To Honor Fallen Troops
Last night President Obama made a surprise trip to Dover AFB to observe the ceremony honoring the Americans killed in Afghanistan on Monday. President Obama made an unscheduled, overnight trip to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware overnight to observe up close a “solemn dignified transfer movement,” the event which marks the return to the […]
President Obama Signs Hate Crimes Act Today
The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act was signed by President Obama in a White House ceremony today. This new law is an amendment to the Defense Appropriations Bill, which will be signed in a separate event to day. This long needed law (and one promised by the Obama campaign):
Something To Chew On
With the latest Gallop Poll out that Obama’s approval rating is at a “dismal” 53%, Republicans and media hacks are beginning to declare the end of the Obama Presidency. Media Matters puts this little spin on Obama’s approval rating: Not that anyone cares, but in October 1981, Ronald Reagan’s job approval rating stood at almost […]
Wingnut Alert: Obama Golfs More Than Bush
Yesterday, President Obama went out golfing. Two things made this news worthy. This outing was the first time as Presdient that Obama has golfed with a woman reports The Washington Post. The second item, and the most scandalous from the wingnut point of view (sadly I know), President Obama has now tied President George W. […]
Obama Approval Rating Up
Politico is reporting that President Obama’s approval rating is up to 56% from 50% in September according to a AP-GfK poll.
Obama Details Help to Small Businesses
All across America, even today, on a Saturday, millions of Americans are hard at work. They’re running the mom and pop stores and neighborhood restaurants we know and love. They’re building tiny startups with big ideas that could revolutionize an industry, maybe even transform our economy. They are the more than half of all Americans […]
Not So Suddenly Sudan
After months of hard work and analysis, the Obama Administration recently unveiled its Sudan strategy. According to the US State Department, the Sudan strategy will focus on three areas: A definitive end to conflict, gross human rights abuses, and genocide in Darfur. Implementation of the North-South CPA (Comprehensive Peace Agreement) that results in a peaceful […]
Grab A Mop, Get to Work
So I’m still catching up on the news and watched President Obama speak at a fundraiser in San Francisco. Definitely a red meat speech — as much as he actually does that — but it is a great speech specifically calling out the Party of No:
Presidential Derangement Syndrome
Remember Bush Derangement Syndrome? Paul Krugman describes the symptoms: The symptoms of Bush Derangement Syndrome, in its fullest version, are that you believed 1. That the Bush tax cuts were sold on false pretenses, and were fiscally irresponsible 2. That the Iraq war was sold on false pretenses, and that invading Iraq was a mistake […]
Where Cries of Socialism Meet Racism
Christopher J. Lee, assistant professor at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has an interesting op-ed piece in the Christian Science Monitor looking at the racist undertones of the rightwing shouts of socialism. Yet, as seen at various town hall meetings and the Tea Party rally in Washington Sept. 12, a deeper sign […]
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