Barack Obama
November 18, 2009
- Don't know if you happened to catch Frank Schaeffer last night on Rachel Maddow, but it was a riveting show. Given his own background as the son of a right-wing evangelist who recently converted, it would be wise to listen to Schaeffer pushing the panic button.
I confess, too, that I can't help thinking about what Sean Penn said when he learned that Barack Obama was elected. We have "an ...
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November 15, 2009
- President Obama needs to show backbone when it comes to fighting for the values that his country and the rest of Western world hold. Sometimes, I think President Obama is weak because he has a hard time standing up to dictators around the world when it comes to Human Rights, free speech, freedom of thoughts and freedom of identity. Obama promised change in his campaign and he ...
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November 13, 2009
- President Obama has announced that he is going to have a Jobs Summit in December.For the love of God, Barack, can't you do anything without some grandstanding? You've finally come to accept the fact that joblessness is a problem - despite your claims that the stimulus has created or saved - what is it now? - a gajillion jobs? Something gets my Spidey senses a-tingling over your numbers, though I ...
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November 12, 2009
- President tells Jake Tapper it was important to let the investigation play itself out so the details as to how and why the rampage happened are known before he comments further [ctrl-click to launch video]. Image Credit: ABC NewsObama As Commander-In-Chief ... From A Law Professor PerspectiveYesterday, Jake Tapper of ABC News had a sit down interview with President Barack Obama at the White ...
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November 4, 2009
- "If our ups and downs in our marriage can help young couples sort of realize that that good marriages take work... it's unfair to project a kind of perfection that doesn't exist." -- First Lady , Michelle Obama, in The New York Times, November 1st, 2009 I was so excited to read the New York Times Magazine story about the First Couple this past Sunday. I can't stop thinking about how ...
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November 3, 2009
- Barack and Michele Obama, the couple, continue to captivate the public and the press, most recently in the cover story of the NYTimes Sunday magazine: "The first marriage. It's modern, it's a formidable international brand and it's an ongoing negotiation." Sounds like a reality show promo to me. Behind the scenes with those sleek and powerful Obamas. The First Lady's Halloween leopard ...
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October 26, 2009
- Now is the time for all good men to put their hands together, pull them apart and rapidly put them back together again, and repeat, to give props to the President for not curling up into a fetal position with a "Kick Me" sign taped to his butt. You know. Like a Democrat. He's taking it straight to his perceived enemy, calling both Fox News and Rush Limbaugh radical and out of the ...
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October 25, 2009
- In his weekly address, the president has asked Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and SBA administrator Karen Mills, to convene a conference of regulators, congressional leaders, lenders, and entrepreneurs to come up with additional steps to improve the flow of credit to small businesses looking to expand. Image Credit: cf News13 Obama's Weekly Address: Small Businesses Are Next Money Target ...
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October 24, 2009
- This sounds a bit weird despite its tragic resonances. One can imagine that in Guantanamo Bay some kinds of music might be considered torture simply because of their quality. Here we are talking decibel levels to “help break uncooperative detainees”.Musicians have joined the coalition that is backing Barack Obama’s shut down plan for the camp for terrorist suspects. The group is depending ...
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October 22, 2009
- Dick Cheney, a former vice president, today accused Barack Obama, a sitting president, of "dithering around" and not moving quickly enough when it comes to deciding whether or not to send more troops to Afghanistan. But, why does Dick Cheney care? What is his interest in the current administration's decision, one way or another?
His investment in Halliburton, a company that provides technical ...
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