OK, he’s been at this job for 10 months, and this website is still active… at least for now. So, how’s President Obama doing so far? Juan Cole grades Obama’s foreign policy, which for various reasons, doesn’t include Afghanistan. St. Petersburg Times’ PolitiFact has compiled more than 500 promises that Barack Obama made during the [...]
As you might have heard, after Shepard Fairey was sued by AP for unauthorized use of the Obama photo, Shepard Fairey decided to counter-sue AP using the “fair use” defense. As a member of Fairey’s defense team, Lawrence Lessig has an update on Shepard Fairey’s case, asking the public for similar images of Obama on [...]
Fellow blogger BarackOblogger has an interesting idea for a petition: Background (Preamble): We the people of the United States who support Barack Obama and the economic stimulus package hereby challenge each and every Republican congressman and congresswoman who voted against the stimulus package to return any and all federal monies given to their constituents because [...]
The big news is that President Barack Obama was able to get a big stimulus package passed by the U.S. Congress. The public is still loving Barack Obama, with sky-high approval ratings. Cartoonist Lloyd Dangle imagines what the stimulus package could have been… Elsewhere in the news, the Obamas announced that their first cultural event [...]
Julianna Goldman discussed the impact of Barack Obama as a pop culture icon in an article for Bloomberg.com: Barack Obama’s popularity makes him a marketer’s dream. Now, the honeymoon may be over for those trying to profit from his appeal. . White House lawyers want to control the use of the president’s image, recognizing the [...]
When George W. Bush entered the White House in January 2001, he inherited peace and prosperity. The military, the Constitution and New Orleans were intact and the country had a budget surplus of $128 billion. Now he’s about to dash out the door, leaving a large, unpaid bill for his successors to pay. To get [...]
I’ve had a few comments on the last posting on the subject of the auto bailout, and I thought I’d share them. As I’m sure you’ve read, the recent auto bailout plan failed in the US Congress. I have mixed feelings about the bailout, but seeing how the original plan was rejected, it all goes [...]
I support Barack Obama on a lot of issues. If he follows up on most of the ideas that he’s proposed, using intelligent leadership, he has the potential to be the best president to serve during my lifetime. (Note to myself: We’ve had some shitty presidents, haven’t we?) That being said, I’m not sure about [...]
Today, the first politician I ever volunteered for celebrates his 60th birthday. Howard Dean, the outgoing-leader of the Democratic Party has plenty of reasons to celebrate today. His 50-state strategy, often ridiculed by Democratic party hacks, turned out to be the winning strategy to secure a majority rule. On March 15, 2003, I witnessed a [...]
One year and one day ago today, Barack Obama gave a speech in Spartanburg, South Carollina that spelled out the reasons why he was running for president. I think it’s worth revisiting, so here’s a snippet: ____ I am in this race because I don’t want to see us spend the next year re-fighting the [...]
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