Saturday, September 11, 2010
Video: President Obama Speaks on the Ninth Anniversary of the 9/11 Attacks
First his Weekly Address: A Day That Tested Our Country:
Then speaking at the 'hallowed ground' of Ground Zero in New York to speak on 'How Best to Honor 9/11 Victims':
But is it enough? Hmmm....
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Then speaking at the 'hallowed ground' of Ground Zero in New York to speak on 'How Best to Honor 9/11 Victims':
But is it enough? Hmmm....
Labels: 9/11, Barack Obama, War on Terror
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Video: President Obama's Address On the 5th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina
Last Sunday on The Kitchen:
A Look Back on the Fifth Anniversary at Hurricane Katrina.
Labels: Barack Obama, Hurricane Katrina
Sunday, August 29, 2010
A Look Back on the Fifth Anniversary at Hurricane Katrina
Louisianians Give Bush Higher Marks Than Obama for Crisis Response. [AOL Politics Daily]
Really?? Have people already forgotten how incompetently Bush handled this tragedy?? Let me refresh your memory...
"Why is no one in charge?"
"I done called for a shelter, I done called for help. There ain't none. No one answers...."
"You don't want to be here at night....."
A lot of people are ashamed of what is happening in this country right now...."
"These people are dying for no other reason than the lack of organization...."
"Lives were lost that did not need to be lost...."
New Orleans: Two Years Later.
Katrina “Has Fallen So Far Off The Radar Screen, You Can’t Find It”
"To the extent the federal government didn't fully do its job right, I take responsibility...."
[via]
Labels: Barack Obama, George Bush, GOP incompetence, Hurricane Katrina, WTF
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Video: President Obama Defends Social Security in his Weekly Address
Related:
Michael Hiltzik on the myth of the Social Security system's financial shortfall. [The LA Times]
Labels: Barack Obama, Economy, Right Wing Nutjobs
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Video: President Obama's Oval Office Address on the BP Oil Spill & America's Energy Future
And here's a useful pictograph on the likely impact of the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill swiped from the A Tribe Called Next blog (click the image for a slightly larger-size version):
For more, click Information is Beautiful....
Labels: Barack Obama, Environment
Tuesday, June 08, 2010
Lost Hope: is President Obama Drowning in the Fallout from the Oil Disaster?
It started as a loony Right Wing Obama attack talking point but is it actually coming true? Is the BP Gulf oil spill turning into 'Obama's Katrina' due to a perceived slack Federal government repsonse to the disaster. Maybe yes, maybe no but frankly, the fact more people fault President Obama here than faulted George W. Bush for his disastrous repsonse during the Hurricane Katrina debacle is disturbing.
Read "No Gushing for Bam" by Heather Haddon HERE. [amNEWYORK]
Labels: Barack Obama, Environment
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Rand Paul: The Scary New Face of the Tea Party Movement?
The front:
The reality:
Rand Paul calls Obama BP criticism 'un-American' - WTF??! Who's coming out in defense of BP??
In an interview with MSNBC's Rachel Maddow, Paul says he does not fully support the landmark 1964 Civil Rights Act! He woulda fought to maintain private businesses' right to continue being racist. I'm gonna applaud him for keeping it real even though now in the wake of the fallout and outcry, he's backpedaling like a muhf-cka!
Related:
Tea Party Activists Defend Rand Paul Amid Civil Rights Controversy. [Fox News]
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The reality:
Rand Paul calls Obama BP criticism 'un-American' - WTF??! Who's coming out in defense of BP??
In an interview with MSNBC's Rachel Maddow, Paul says he does not fully support the landmark 1964 Civil Rights Act! He woulda fought to maintain private businesses' right to continue being racist. I'm gonna applaud him for keeping it real even though now in the wake of the fallout and outcry, he's backpedaling like a muhf-cka!
Related:
Tea Party Activists Defend Rand Paul Amid Civil Rights Controversy. [Fox News]
Labels: Barack Obama, Right Wing Nutjobs, WTF
Friday, May 21, 2010
News: Senate Passes the Financial Reform Bill
Respect Obama!
Read more via The Wall Street Journal HERE.
Financial Stocks Turn Higher After Senate Passes Reform Bill. [Wall Street Journal]
Labels: Barack Obama, Economy
Sunday, May 09, 2010
Rumor: President Obama Selects Elena Kagan as his Supreme Court Justice Nominee
Sunday, May 02, 2010
Video: President Obama on Reforming Wall Street: The View from Main Street
Well at least the GOP ended their Financial Reform cock-blocking. I mean seriously, who's still riding with f-cks like Goldman Sachs?? Oh yeah, the GOP (and incredulously, Warren Buffet) still are....
Related:
Goldman Sachs’ profit nearly doubles in first quarter. [Toronto Star]
Labels: Barack Obama, Economy
Video: President Obama Going in at the White House Correspondent's Dinner
Dude got jokes: Michael Steele and John McCain/Arizona both caught it!
Labels: Barack Obama, Humor, John McCain, Michael Steele
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Video: President Obama Honors Civil Rights Icon, Dorothy Height
Also, watch never-before-seen video of President Obama with Dr. Dorothy Height, the unsung hero and "Godmother of the Civil Rights Movement" during a January intergenerational reflection on the civil rights movement at the White House in January:
More:
Civil rights activist Dorothy Height dies at 98: The New York Times | CNN
Semi-related:
Elizabeth Chang on Why Obama should not have checked 'black' on his census form. [Washington Post]
Labels: Barack Obama, Civil Rights, US race relations
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Video: President Obama says, 'Drill, Baby, Drill'??!?
Monday, March 22, 2010
Video: President Obama On the Passage of Health Reform
This is video of President Obama speaking moments after the historic passage by the House of Representatives of the Senate's health reform legislation.
Amazing sh-t! He did something that the US needed and that 70 years worth of American presidents, including Bill Clinton, couldn't. Now that's leadership and what Change looks like! #LetObamaBeGreat (with a nod to Nancy Pelosi)
Related:
The GOP are sore losers.
Labels: Barack Obama, Healthcare, Politics
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Video: President Obama "Confident" Health Insurance Reform Will Pass
This is video of President Obama addressing the House Democratic Caucus on Friday and telling them that now is the time to vote for health care reform for America.
Related:
Obama poised to win healthcare battle. [Times of London]
A look at the health care overhaul bill. [Washington Post]
Somewhere, the spirit of Ted Kennedy is looking down on this day and smiling....
On twitter: #HCR | #HCRnow
UPDATE:
VICTORY!!!
Labels: Barack Obama, Healthcare, Politics
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Video: President Obama gets Constantly Interrupted by Bret Baier of Fox News
I know this has been edited for maximum effect but this is f-cking UNBELIEVABLE still. MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell is right: the lack of respect shown here for President Obama by Bret Bairer of Fox News is jaw-dropping and would never have been in question had this been the previous President. Shameful....
Labels: Barack Obama, Fox News, Politics, Racism, Right Wing Nutjobs, US race relations, WTF
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Video: Funny or Die - Presidential Reunion
"President Barack Obama gets a surprise visit in the middle of the night from ex-Presidents Bush Sr., Bush Jr., Clinton, Ford, Reagan and Carter to get a few pointers about the Consumer Financial Protection Agency and why it's so important."
Starring Will Ferrell, Chevy Chase, Jim Carrey, Fred Armisen, Darrell Hammond, Dan Aykroyd, Maya Rudolph, Dana Carvey and directed by Ron Howard.
Labels: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Economy, George Bush, Humor, Politics
Tuesday, March 02, 2010
Music video: Jasiri X - Ballers and Rappers feat. President Barack Obama
Clever sample in the hook! I dig it....
[via Jasiri X's Google Buzz]
Labels: Barack Obama, Jasiri X, Politics, US race relations
Monday, March 01, 2010
The US: On the Road to Recovery?
Obviously this is spin from the White House's p.o.v. but if you only watched Fox News all day you'd think the President was destroying the US from the inside by turning it into a Communist/Socialist/Nazi state (er... what??)
But he makes a fairly compelling case with that video and one simple chart, no?
Click HERE for more.
Online:
Barack Obama - twitter | facebook | youtube
[via Grandgood.com]
Labels: Barack Obama, Economy
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Video: The Bipartisan Meeting on Health Reform: Part 1
I thought this was a great look for President Obama. He showed real leadership first of all convening this summit and then, in an era of so-called broken government and sharp bipartisan divisions, smoothly managing what could have been an absolute clusterf-ck! #LetObamaLive
Click HERE to get the additional clips from the Health Care Summit as they get posted on the official White House Youtube channel.
Labels: Barack Obama, Healthcare, Politics
