President Barack Obama sat down for an interview with CNBC’s John Harwood and a very annoying, flying insect also known as THE Fly. Obama just swats the fly with one single try, which requires really good skills but it’s also a real insecticide (insect murder!) in the White House… where is PETA??
President Barack Obama’s former preacher Rev. Jeremiah Wright is back in the news again, this time for bashing the Jews that surround and advise Obama. Wright believes Obama is not talking to him because the President’s Jewish advisers are telling him not to right now.
Here is what Rev. Wright had to say at Hampton University:
“Them Jews aren’t going to let him talk to me,” Obama’s former pastor told the Daily Press of Hampton Roads, Va., where he was attending a ministers’ conference at Hampton University. “I told my baby daughter that he’ll talk to me in five years when he’s a lame duck, or in eight years when he’s out of office.”
Sadly this anti-semitic rhetoric comes on the same day that James Von Brunn, a racist and anti-semitic, opened fire on at the National Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. today, killing security officer Stephen Tyrone Jones.
Maybe Wright should wake up and realize that Obama is smart enough to stay away from him, especially if he is going to keep spewing his racist hatred.
Actor Jon Voight spoke up against President Barack Obama’s foreign policy, saying the nation is weak and under “Obama oppression” at the Republican Senate-House Fundraising Dinner on Monday (June 8). Jon pins Obama as a “false prophet,” who wants to take over the world with his sweet talk (watch video above).
President Barack Obama delivered his very much anticipated first speech titled “A New Beginning” for the Muslim world in an attempt to reestablish a diplomatic relationship with the United States at Cairo University campus’ auditorium in Cairo, Egypt.
Full Text of President Of The United States of America Barack Obama’s Speech in Cairo on June 4, 2009
I am honored to be in the timeless city of Cairo, and to be hosted by two remarkable institutions. For over a thousand years, Al-Azhar has stood as a beacon of Islamic learning, and for over a century, Cairo University has been a source of Egypt’s advancement. Together, you represent the harmony between tradition and progress. I am grateful for your hospitality, and the hospitality of the people of Egypt. I am also proud to carry with me the goodwill of the American people, and a greeting of peace from Muslim communities in my country: assalaamu alaykum.
We meet at a time of tension between the United States and Muslims around the world – tension rooted in historical forces that go beyond any current policy debate. The relationship between Islam and the West includes centuries of co-existence and cooperation, but also conflict and religious wars. More recently, tension has been fed by colonialism that denied rights and opportunities to many Muslims, and a Cold War in which Muslim-majority countries were too often treated as proxies without regard to their own aspirations. Moreover, the sweeping change brought by modernity and globalization led many Muslims to view the West as hostile to the traditions of Islam.
Violent extremists have exploited these tensions in a small but potent minority of Muslims. The attacks of September 11th, 2001 and the continued efforts of these extremists to engage in violence against civilians has led some in my country to view Islam as inevitably hostile not only to America and Western countries, but also to human rights. This has bred more fear and mistrust.
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President Barack Obama has selected Sonia Sotomayor to replace Justice David Souter on the United States Supreme Court according to a published report.
Sotomayor becomes the first Hispanic nominated to the Nation’s highest court. Sotomayor, 54, is currently a Circuit Court judge for the United States.
She will have to go through a tough and likely lengthy Senate confirmation.
Sonia Sotomayor’s Education
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United States Supreme Court Justice David Souter has announced that he will be retiring from the Nation’s highest court at the end of the current court term.
At 69, Souter is nowhere near the oldest member of the court. In fact, he is in the younger half of the court’s age range, with five justices older and just three younger. So far as anyone knows, he is in good health. But he has made clear to friends for some time that he wanted to leave Washington, a city he has never liked, and return to his native New Hampshire. Now, according to reliable sources, he has decided to take the plunge and has informed the White House of his decision.
Many legal experts expect President Barack Obama to select a female to fill Souter’s position since there is currently just one, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, on the Supreme Court.
Possible nominees who have been mentioned as being on a theoretical short list include Elena Kagan, the current solicitor general who represents the government before the Supreme Court; Sonia Sotomayor, a Hispanic judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit; and Diane Wood, a federal judge in Chicago who taught at the University of Chicago at the same time future President Barack Obama was teaching constitutional law there.
The current members of the Supreme Court are Chief Justice John Roberts, John Paul Stevens, Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, David Souter, Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Stephen Breyer, and Samuel Alito.
United States President Barack Obama shockingly decided to bow to King Abdullah at the G20 Summit in London last week. Many might wonder what the big deal is, but it’s a been a no-no for American presidents to bow to royalty since George Washington was the first commander in chief.
The Washington Times called the alleged bow a “shocking display of fealty to a foreign potentate” and said it violated centuries of American tradition of not deferring to royalty.
The official response out of the White House was that Obama was not bowing, but instead lowering himself to shake hands of the shorter Saudi king.
“It wasn’t a bow. He grasped his hand with two hands, and he’s taller than King Abdullah,” said an Obama aide, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
It’s one thing and in my opinion wrong to bow to royalty and especially to the King of a country that pisses all over the rights of women and the disadvantaged. It’s an even bigger blunder in my opinion to lie about it and say Obama was not bowing when the video absolutely shows us that he was doing just in fact that.
President Barack Obama has made a surprise visit to Baghdad, Iraq. The President flew to Iraq from Turkey ending his first international tour as President. Obama was in Europe for the G20 summit.
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Video of President Barack Obama being un-Presidential on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno making fun of the Special Olympics. The exchange took place when Leno asked Obama if he had replaced the White House bowling alley with a basketball court.
Obama: “No, No, I have been practicing bowling.”
Leno: “Really!, Really!”
Obama: “I bowled a 129.”
Leno: “That’s very good That’s very good Mr. President!” (sarcastically)
Obama: “It’s like Special Olympics or something.”
Ouch! This one might even sting the second coming of the Teflon President for a few days. Didn’t we all learn in second grade not to make fun of the handicap kids and the Special Olympics? There is a reason President Obama always has his teleprompter in front of him.
Obama’s press secretary Robert Gibbs is going to have a fun day in a few hours. He very possibly might break his ‘ummmmm’ record which stands at 57.
Barack has had a busy week in giving his NCAA March Madness picks on ESPN, appearing on Leno, and confessing to Leno that he has been practicing his bowling in the White House.
New Hampshire Senator Judd Gregg has withdrawn his nomination to be President Barack Obama’s commerce secretary after severe disagreements with Obama on the stimulus package and 2010 census.
“It has become apparent during this process that this will not work for me as I have found that on issues such as the stimulus package and the Census there are irresolvable conflicts for me,” he said.
“Prior to accepting this post, we had discussed these and other potential differences, but unfortunately we did not adequately focus on these concerns. We are functioning from a different set of views on many critical items of policy,” he said. “Obviously the President requires a team that is fully supportive of all his initiatives.”
Gregg is the first nominee to withdraw his name for a cabinet position in protest.
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson withdrew his name for commerce secretary in January amid an ethics investigation in his state. And Tom Daschle withdrew his name for health and human services secretary over criticism about his failure to pay taxes on unreported income.
Perhaps Gregg doesn’t agree with Obama at all after getting to know him and his proposed policies, or maybe Gregg is trying to proect his own hide in the Republican party. Regardless, there has been extreme disagreement with Obama over the stimulus package. Others are talking about his hidden plans to influence the 2010 census by having the census committee report to him daily.
Barack Obama, in his first press conference as President on Monday night, responded to a reporter’s question about the news coming out that baseball star Alex Rodriguez used steroids for several years. Obama called the news ‘depressing.’ Watch the video above for his full answer.
The great Etta James is threatening to whip Beyonce’s curvascious backside for singing her song at one of the Inaugural Balls attended by President Obama. Heck, Etta wants to beat her down for even showing up at the event. Etta, rightfully so, believes that Beyonce was not worthy enough to perform at such a historic event.
“You guys know your president, right? You know the one with the big ears? Wait a minute, he ain’t my president, he might be yours, he ain’t my president. You know that woman he had singing for him, singing my song–she’s going to get her ass whipped.”
“The great Beyonce. I can’t stand Beyonce,” she spat. “She has no business up there, singing up there on a big ol’ president day, singing my song that I’ve been singing forever.”
I am going out to buy every Etta James recording I can find today. She is my hero after her slam of Beyonce. I think she said what many of us have thought for a long time. Etta should have been up there like Aretha Franklin was during the Inauguration that morning.
Listen to the Audio Threat HERE
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Shepard Fairey, the artist who painted the historic portrait of President Barack Obama (see above), is being sued by the AP (Associated Press) for copyright infringement.
The image, Fairey has acknowledged, is based on an Associated Press photograph, taken in April 2006 by Manny Garcia on assignment for the AP at the National Press Club in Washington.
The AP says it owns the copyright, and wants credit and compensation. Fairey disagrees.
“The Associated Press has determined that the photograph used in the poster is an AP photo and that its use required permission,” the AP’s director of media relations, Paul Colford, said in a statement.
“AP safeguards its assets and looks at these events on a case-by-case basis. We have reached out to Mr. Fairey’s attorney and are in discussions. We hope for an amicable solution.”
“We believe fair use protects Shepard’s right to do what he did here,” says Fairey’s attorney, Anthony Falzone, executive director of the Fair Use Project at Stanford University and a lecturer at the Stanford Law School. “It wouldn’t be appropriate to comment beyond that at this time because we are in discussions about this with the AP.”
What can I say? This is the AP at its finest. They wait until the image becomes super popular and is making the artist money before they decide to sue the guy. The AP, which many believed was in the tank for Obama during the election, had no problem keeping silent while the image helped BO obtain the office and became the symol of his election and him.
I believe this is totally fair use. The artist does say the painting is based on the photo, but the photo is not an exact replica of the photo. The photo is boring, dull, and common. Fairey turned it into something magicial, historic and not the AP is trying to profit off of his talent, not their photographers.
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Leave it up to ‘Mad’ magazine (subscribe) to be one of the first media outlets to be honest about Barack Obama and the intense problems he is facing as President, since the MSM (Main Stream Media) refused to be tough with the ‘Change Man’ so far to date.
The new issue is on stands now and ‘Mad’ will be published only quarterly now due to the weak economy and ad revenue problems. ‘Mad’ magazine is owned by DC Comics.
President Obama took to the airways today to promote his economic aid plan that would provide thousands of better schools, lower electricity bills, health coverage for millions who lose insurance.
It was the latest appeal from the new president for a massive spending bill designed to inject almost $1 trillion into the economy and fulfill campaign pledges. As lawmakers consider an $825 billion plan and Obama woos them with an eye toward a second economic package, he used his first radio and Internet address from the White House to update the public about his goals.
“Our economy could fall $1 trillion short of its full capacity, which translates into more than $12,000 in lost income for a family of four. And we could lose a generation of potential, as more young Americans are forced to forgo college dreams or the chance to train for the jobs of the future,” Obama said in a five-minute address. “In short, if we do not act boldly and swiftly, a bad situation could become dramatically worse.”
Here are all the nitty gritty details of the plan:
–double within three years the amount of energy that could be produced from renewable resources. That is an ambitious goal, given the 30 years it took to reach current levels. Advisers say that could power 6 million households.
–upgrade 10,000 schools and improve learning for about 5 million students.
–save $2 billion a year by making federal buildings energy efficient.
–triple the number of undergraduate and graduate fellowships in science.
–tighten security at 90 major ports.
–put heavy emphasis on public works projects, which have lagged as state budgets contracted.
–provide health care coverage for 8.5 million people who lose their insurance when they either lose or shift jobs.
And how much would get spent immediately, you ask?
The plan would spend at least 75 percent of the total cost — or more than $600 billion — within the first 18 months, either through bricks-and-shovels projects favored by Democrats or tax cuts that Republicans have pushed.
We will let you know how it all unfolds over the weeks to come!!
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First Lady Michelle Obama is none too happy about toy maker Ty using the names and likenesses of her two daughters, Sasha and Malia, to create two new dolls. She went as far to say that Ty was “inappropriate.”
Ty, the toy company that rose to fame in the 90’s from their extremely popular Beanie Babies, has named two of their new ethnic dolls ‘Sweet Sasha’ and ‘Marvelous Malia’ according to CNN.
The first lady’s office said Friday Ty was out of line. “We feel it is inappropriate to use young private citizens for marketing purposes,” said a spokeswoman for Michelle Obama in a statement.
A Ty representative told CNN the company generally avoids naming dolls for “any particular living individual,” because doing so might interfere with how kids use their imaginations to play with them. But they wouldn’t reveal the source of their inspiration for the new figures, telling CNN that information relating to the development of the company’s merchandise — including how it comes up with products, product names, and trademarks – is proprietary.
Welcome to national fame and popularity. I have a feeling the girls probably like the dolls. I know I would have been super-pumped to have had a My Little Pony G.I. Joe named after me as a kid. I disagree with Michelle on her statement that the two girls are private citizens.
For better or worse, when your husband becomes President, the entire family becomes national figures and celebrities in their own right. I believe it is even more true when you have your daughters do interviews with you on TV and you bring them on the stage at conventions and campaign rallies for curb appeal. Michelle should save her energy. She is going to have a lot larger battles to fight in protecting her daughters, than the issue of dolls sharing her girl’s names.
“For as much as government can do and must do, it is ultimately the faith and determination of the American people upon which this nation relies. It is the kindness to take in a stranger when the levees break, the selflessness of workers who would rather cut their hours than see a friend lose their job which sees us through our darkest hours. It is the firefighter’s courage to storm a stairway filled with smoke, but also a parent’s willingness to nurture a child, that finally decides our fate.”
Michelle Obama continued to try to revive Camelot on Tuesday by wearing expensive, fancy dresses designed by some of the most famous names in the fashion world. The dress she wore to several of the Inauguration balls on Tuesday night was by designer Jason Wu.
“This type of dress shape/silhouette is something that’s completely unexpected. [It's] vibrant and aspirational, full and gorgeous,” Charnin Morrison adds. “No one else in the past would have been this striking, this ravishing or been able to pull this look off. She’s bringing sexy back.”
Michelle also donned a $3,510 dress made from the 26-year-old Taiwan-born designer for a November interview with Barbara Walters. The Wall Street Journal reports Wu’s evening wear sells for $3,000 to $6,000.
I believe Michelle is a beautiful woman and looked magnificant all day long. I am not a fan of this dress however. To me it looks like something that we would have wore to a toga party back in college.
For the Inauguration Michelle wore a dress and jacket by Cuban-born designer Isabel Toledo. The two Obama girls wore J.Crew.
Live Blog of President Barack Obama’s Inauguration
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The January 26th issue of TV Guide Magazine has a list of some of the favorite shows of President Barack Obama, wife Michelle, and their two daughters.
Here is a look at Favorite TV Shows in Obamaland:
President Obama: The Wire, basketball
Michelle Obama: The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Brady Bunch
Obama Children: Hannah Montana and SpongeBob Squarepants
Live blogging of today’s inauguration of the Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States, from the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. (Refresh for Updates)
12:38pm - The Star Spangled Banner is sang to start the Presidential procession.
12:31pm - Rev. Joseph Lowry closes with the benediction.
12:24pm - Some excerpts from President Obama’s Inauguration Speech:
“Challenges are real, serious and many, but will be met.”
“Hope over fear.”
Quotes scripture, “Time has come to set aside childish things.”
“All are equal - all are free!”
“Greatness is never a given, it must be earned.”
“We must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, being work of rebuilding America.”
“Question is not whether government is too big or small, but if it works.”
“We are ready to lead once more.”
“Patchwork heritage is a strength not a weakness.”
