Tag Archives: Obama
Afghanistan Questions
1. Two Questions to ask before the President Sends more Troops – Can President Karzi rally the people of his country despite all the fraud allegations? And is it really worth it even if he can?
(From Slate)
2. Afghanistan was at one time, a beautiful and peaceful country - Back in the mid 1960s, an American [...]
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No More Missle Shield
1. Obama Administration Abandons Missile Shield Plans – They’re ditching the plans to build a missile shield in The Czech Republic and Poland because they don’t think Iran’s long range missile program is that big of a threat anymore. (From the Wall Street Journal)
2. Does getting ultra-angry at the President make you a racist? - [...]
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Obama Healthcare Speech Fact Check
1. Fact Checking last night’s Healthcare Address - More proof that anyone can screw with the numbers to make it look like they want it to look like. Would his plan jack up the deficit? Mneh… maybe, depends on how you look at it. Would preventative care measures really save money? No, not really. What [...]
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President Obama to describe how to kill grandma in front of congress this evening
1. Healthcare Showdown Showtime - The President will address congress tonight… just as public opinion of the public option is publically tanking. (From The Hill)
2. Meanwhile, Fox Won’t show the Address - II don’t know what’s more sad. The bush-league move by Fox, or the fact that “So you think you can Dance” is fall [...]
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Laura Bush and Newt Gingrich endorse Obama Speech to Schoolkids
1. Today that Obama Guy Brainwashes all our children - Too bad Laura Bush and even Newt Gingrich thinks this speech is a good idea. Shut… your… yappers… Tea-baggers. (From the LA Times)
2. Wazzou Swine Flu Breakout - 2,000 students at Washington State seem to have come down with the H1N1 virus. If this thing [...]
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What an attack on Iran might look like
1. Stopping Iran’s Nuclear Program with Force - What an attack by US forces on the Iranian Nuclear Capabilities would entail, and the consequences that would follow. (From NPR)
2. Obama approves new team to interrogate Terrorists - Experts from numerous security agencies will team up to interrogate high value Terrorist detainees. Which is a much [...]
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Why are the Birthers getting any attention?
“Morning Joe” Roundtable on why the Birthers gained traction
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“Being Extreme has a tendency now to help a career.”
Boring is bad. And that’s bad.
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Birthers and Conservatives. A match made in self destruction heaven.
1. The G.O.P. Pandering to the Crazy demo – Leonard Pitts points out that Conservatives are shooting themselves in the foot with their embracing of the “birthers.” Sure it’s easy to go for the low hanging fruit after you just got stomped in the Presidential and Congressional Elections. But give it a rest with allowing [...]
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Obama Health Care Press Conference Fact Check
1. President Obama Health Care Press Conference Fact Check - There’s so much misinformation on BOTH sides of the aisle about this thing, that you’d wonder if we’ll ever know the truth about what will… or what won’t… get passed. (From the Associated Press)
2. President Obama Weighs in on Henry Louis Gates Jr. Arrest mess [...]
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Henry Louis Gates Jr. Arrested, claims Racial Profiling
1. Henry Louis Gates Jr. arrested. At his house – Oh Henry. Oh Police Officer. Cooler heads should have prevailed probably on all ends. A neighbor called about a possible break in at the home. The front door was stuck, some say there were friends with Professor Gates and they were getting the door unstuck. [...]
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Sotomayor Day Two
(photo from: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP)
1. Sotomayor Passes Day Two - The Nominee tries to convince her critics that she’s not biased towards minorities, she doesn’t think the fact that she’s a “Wise Latina” gives her an upper hand intellectually, and that she won’t have empathy trump reason. (From The Hill)
2. Dems want to pay for [...]
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The difference between Unemployed and renting a tent
1. What it’s like to really be down and out - So the new unemployment numbers aren’t good… but what is it really like to be seriously on the skids? Colby Buzzel (a damn good writer and seemingly nice enough guy) explores the world of $10 a month tents and a neighborhood known as the [...]
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Wall Street to get a new set of Rules
1. Hey looky there… More Financial Sector Regulation – Critics correctly point out that more consumer protection will just make for dumber, less savvy consumers. Problem is: There’s already too many of those dumb ones that could perpetuate the financial ruin for the rest of us. Hedge funds would have to register with the SEC, [...]
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No More Cheap Oil
1. Cheap Oil is on the way out - The Annual International Energy Outlook report says the stuff that’s easy to pull out of the ground is going to become increasingly scarce. Sources like Shale and Oil Sands are where we’ll be getting the fossil fuels we demand in the future and those places don’t [...]
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Obama in Egypt
1. President Obama’s Speech from Cario - It takes guts to firmly (but gently) call attention to an elephant in any room. But when it’s a herd of elephants, and the “room” is relations between the middle east, Islam, and the West… and you’re doing it in Egypt… that takes some serious groin dumplings. One [...]
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Sonia Sotomayor nominated to Supreme Court
1. Obama nominates Sonia Sotomayor - “It is a daunting feeling to be here… I am an ordinary person who has been blessed with extraordinary opportunities and experiences. Today is one of those experiences.” Conservatives haven’t been, aren’t, and won’t be happy. But she should sail through confirmation. (From Politico, pic from Reuters)
Meanwhile, some on [...]
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Obama Appoints Mormon GOP Gov. Ambassador to China
1. Obama appoints GOP LDS Gov. of Utah Ambassador to China -
Gov. Huntsman is a Mormon with seven kids, who also backs civil unions for Gay Couples, has done his best to get the ridiculous alcohol laws in his state reeled back in , and speaks fluent Mandarin. That’s called range my friends. Some thought [...]
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Obama pulls an about face on detainee photos
1. On second thought… let’s keep those snapshots to ourselves -
The President changes his mind on the release of actual photos showing more prisoner mis-treatment at the hands of U.S. military. Sec. of Defense Robert Gates asked them not to be released, General Petraus asked them to not be released… it’s good to have a [...]
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Obama Headlines White House Correspondents’ Dinner
1. President Obama at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
“John Boehner is a person of color…” Haaaaaaaaaaaaaa… haaaaaaaa! (From the Hill)
2. U.S. Journalist Freed from Iranian Prison - She was charged with espionage, and sentenced to eight years. Appeals court knocked it down to a two year suspended sentence. And get this, she works for the [...]
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