Tag Archives: Barack Obama

Grow up and remember your youthful idealism, Democrats!

by on November 5, 2010 in Politics, Law & Government

There appears to be two main narratives circulating about the cause of the widespread Democratic losses in the elections on November 2nd. The first is that the Democrats earned it because their actions over the last two years de-energized the Democrats who voted for hope and change in 2008. The second is that the Democrats […]

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Biden embraces myth that surge turned Iraq into good war

by on September 6, 2010 in Politics, Law & Government, World

By embracing the myth of the surge, Joe Biden reveals the extent to which the Obama administration has continued Bush’s strategy.

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Obama caving on net neutrality? We can no longer believe a word he says, can we?

by on May 3, 2010 in Politics, Law & Government

During the campaign then-candidate Barack Obama kept reminding us that “politics is the art of the possible.” We were encouraged to understand “possible” in the same context as “Hope®” and “Change We Can Believe In™.” That is, the Obama presidency was to usher in a new age where the old business as usual politics of […]

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Jesus Gone Wild! It's time to separate church and state, once and for all

by on March 9, 2010 in Freedom & Privacy, Health, Politics, Law & Government, Religion

Part 1 of 2. I tripped across a provocative headline in the Wall Street Journal the other day: “They Need to be Liberated from Their God.” Turns out the story was about Mosab Hassan Yousef and his spying on Hamas. Which was a little disappointing. There’s no doubt that Palestinian Muslims need to be liberated […]

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Shootout at the DC Corral

by on March 3, 2010 in Politics, Law & Government

The independently minded political animal always wrestles with times of transition, and the changeover from the Bush to Obama regimes has been worse than most. During the Dubya years it was easy to identify the enemy and to hate him with a blinding passion. Sweet Jesus, George II and his sidekick, The Dick Cheney, played […]

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Psst! Mamasita Presidente! Laura Chinchilla strikes a blow for Ticas everywhere

by on February 9, 2010 in American Culture, Education, Politics, Law & Government, Race & Gender, Sex

by Shelley Jack Mamasita! Mamasita! Psst! Psst! Psst! Taunting, yet playful faces of men passed me by on uneven sidewalks, working diligently to make eye contact. I was lost, again, on a street in downtown San Jose, Costa Rica, walking quickly, head down. Only a few months in to my year-long stay as a business […]

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A new post-partisan era…almost, but not quite

by on February 1, 2010 in Politics, Law & Government

by Bob Wheeler It’s been a few days, but I still wanted to take some time to put my spin on the State of Union Address. Not point by point, but in a broader view. The one thing I think Washington needs to change most is their tone with each other. As such, I think […]

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EXCLUSIVE: Obama received $20 million of healthcare Industry money in 2008

by on January 12, 2010 in Health, Journalism, Politics, Law & Government

While some sunlight has been shed on the hefty sums shoveled into congressional campaign coffers in an effort to influence the Democrats’ massive healthcare bill, little attention has been focused on the far larger sums received by President Barack Obama while he was a candidate in 2008.

A new figure, based on an exclusive analysis created for Raw Story by the Center for Responsive Politics, shows that President Obama received a staggering $20,175,303 from the healthcare industry during the 2008 election cycle, nearly three times the amount of his presidential rival John McCain. McCain took in $7,758,289, the Center found.

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Nota Bene #98: A More Glorious Dawn Awaits

by on December 31, 2009 in Features, Music & Popular Culture, Nota Bene, Science & Technology

“The man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who reads them; inasmuch as he who knows nothing is nearer to truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.” Who said it?

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An open letter to my government representatives: Don't let us down on health care reform

by on September 21, 2009 in Business & Finance, Economy, Freedom & Privacy, Health, Politics, Law & Government

by Aengus Cargo Mr. President, Mr. Vice President, Speaker Pelosi, Majority Leader Reid, Senator Bennet, Senator Udall, Representative DeGette: As we all know, the nation has been alive with discourse of all flavors over the current state of the health care system and the insurance industry. Recently, Senator Baucus has brought forth his proposal, dubbed […]

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In the coldest of blood: making nuclear policy

by on September 18, 2009 in War & Security

THE DEPROLIFERATOR — Two days of nuclear reckoning are bearing down fast on the Obama administration. First, it’s scrambling to complete what’s called a nuclear posture review (posture n. Position assumed by President Obama on a specified issue, e.g., supine or prone) in time for renewal of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty I in December. […]

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OMFG Prez sez Kaynes a jackass

by on September 14, 2009 in Media & Entertainment

Oh hell, MTV plays what certainly looks like a bad public relations stunt replete with silly hair and some acting that makes the WWF look Shakespearean and the next thing you know the internets are all blowing up because Barack Obama called Kanye West a jackass.

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Ban on space weapons not enough to keep satellites from being shot down

by on September 4, 2009 in War & Security

THE DEPROLIFERATOR — At New Paradigms Forum, Christopher Ford writes that an attack on our military and commercial satellites “would be no less an act of war than attacking one of our naval vessels on the high seas.” This past spring, he explains, the Obama administration “agreed to Chinese and Russian demands that the U.N. […]

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The Summer of Hate provides a watershed moment for "reasonable Republicans"

by on August 24, 2009 in Freedom & Privacy, Journalism, Media & Entertainment, Politics, Law & Government, War & Security

I’m not a Republican, but I know many people who are. I have GOP friends, co-workers and family members, and for that matter I used to be a Republican myself. A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, to be sure. But it’s true. It’s no secret that I don’t agree with the […]

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On the fence about health-care reform? Let's see your salary keep pace with rising premium costs

by on July 25, 2009 in Health

When I began reading an article by Kevin Sack in Friday’s New York Times entitled For Public, Obama Didn’t Fill in Health Blanks, my preconceptions about the American public broke from the gate and were off to the races. True, as the Financial Times reported, President Obama’s performance in his press conference about health-care reform […]

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