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17 hours ago ago from Zandar Versus The Stupid
If you have any doubts or questions about what the GOP plan is should they take the House back in 2010, frankly you haven't been paying attention . Public Policy Polling has another mind-bending partisan number from its national survey. Right now, 20 percent of Americans “support the impeachment of President Obama for his actions so far.” That number includes 35 percent of Republicans, to only 15 percent of independents and 10 percent of ...
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8 hours ago ago from Blue Virginia
The live stream is here , I'll post a link to his speech transcript as soon as I get it. Please feel free to use this as a thread to discuss Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize award. UPDATE : Here is a link to President Obama's speech. A few highlights. *Obama acknowledges right up front the "considerable controversy" about this award, and also that his "accomplishments are slight" compared to "giants of history" like Mandela, King, etc. ...
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55 minutes ago ago from MANSIZEDTARGET.COM
There are those who claim we have to choose between paying down our deficits on the one hand, and investing in job creation and economic growth on the other. This is a false choice. So says Obama, this week, with the suggestion of throwing around remaining TARP funds on such ill conceived projects as cash for caulkers and other give-aways. In a way he's right, but not the way he thinks. Obama is still committed to the Keynesian idea that ...
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5 hours ago ago from Mmccloskey11's Blog
I have noticed that the majority of my blog posts involve President Obama in one way or another, but I think that’s alright. We can learn a lot from how President Obama has governed so far in this past year. I think that his Presidency so far has been fascinating. As we look at the Obama administration, we try to draw away as much as we can from what we are seeing with the President and what we have learned in the class. One thing ...
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6 hours ago ago from How Liberty Dies
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8405033.stm While I have no doubt that President Obama will do more than enough to deserve this in the future, right now I think this could easily be more about saying "Nya-nya-na-naaaa-nya" to Bush than it is about saying "Well done" to President Obama, simply because Obama hasn't been in power enough to really do anything to deserve this since he took office. And if that is the case, I am really ...
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7 hours ago ago from TIME.com - U.S.
SEARCH TIME.COM Full Archive Covers Videos White House Memo Recovery Insurance By Michael Scherer Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009 Saul Loeb / AFP / Getty Share When Barack Obama asked Congress to pass a massive economic-stimulus bill last January, he offered Republicans outstretched arms, saying he wanted to seek "solutions that advance not the ...
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20 hours ago ago from Good News Now
Human rights organization, a Nobel Laureate, says Obama's record is "work in progress" WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Larry Cox, Amnesty International USA executive director, issued the following statement on the eve of President Barack Obama's acceptance of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway: (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081014/AILOGO ) "As President Obama accepts the Nobel Peace Prize tomorrow, he ...
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59 minutes ago ago from Washington Post - Business
The Rev. Jesse Jackson has joined black lawmakers in their push to get the White House to do more to directly help African American communities disproportionately hurt by the nation's severe economic recession. Jackson, who noted that he was not invited to President Obama's recent jobs summit, said he has requested a meeting with Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner to talk about economic aid for depressed minority communities. No meeting ...
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5 hours ago ago from PopEater
OSLO, Norway -President Barack Obama says the United States will begin withdrawing troops from Afghanistan in July 2011 even if the exact pace and details of the movements will depend on conditions at the time. Obama said Thursday that he is committed to the timetable even though some critics question it because the United States is about to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan. The president said that as the transition takes place, U.S. ...
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23 hours ago ago from FanHouse
WASHINGTON -President Barack Obama will accept the world's best-known peace prize by explaining what it means to wage war, an incongruity that has weighed on him and that he will take on directly when he receives the Nobel Peace Prize, White House officials say. The president is dashing to Oslo in an overnight flight, in time to be there for Thursday's award ceremony and banquet, and not much more. His minimalist approach reflects a White ...
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