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New video up on Fireside Chats Page

Posted in Fireside Chats, Videos, tagged , , , on January 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Moving forward
In the weekly address, President Barack Obama addressed the latest economic news and urged the passing of an America Recovery and Reinvestment Plan.
He also announced that Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is preparing a new strategy for reviving our financial system — which will not only ensure that CEOs aren’t abusing taxpayer dollars, but also [...]

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I’m a Born Again American

Posted in Videos, politics, tagged , , , , , , , , , on January 29, 2009 | 5 Comments »

From Michael Westmoreland-White over at Levellers:
In this latest project, Norman Lear has teamed up with singer/songwriter Keith Carradine and Director Mark Johnson to create a song, video, and website that promotes a “liberal patriotism” that encourages people to put the common good before narrow self interest, to become involved in community and national service, and [...]

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The West Wing: Year 1

Posted in Barack Obama, Videos, tagged , , , on January 27, 2009 | 11 Comments »

While  searching through youtube West Wing videos I found this little ditty.
Barack Obama (The Real West Wing), Year 1

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Fly the friendly skies of, you gotta be freakin’ kidding me…

Posted in Rantings, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 27, 2009 | 9 Comments »

It is time for me to rant and rave.  In yet another example of Corporate greed run amok, on Monday, the news broke that Citibank was going to take possession of a brand spanking new Corporate Jet worth $50,000,000.  That’s right, count all the zeros.  Their logic was that they were upgrading from two older [...]

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The 2009 Economy Bowl…

Posted in The Media, Videos, tagged , , on January 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

You know things are really bad when one week before the Super Bowl there are still “67″ unsold advertising time slots.  It’s not that I am a fan of Football, but who can deny that the Super Bowl commercials are definitely something worth waiting for every year.  From Crooks and Liars:
NBC Still Trying to Sell [...]

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Is William Lynn a mistake?

Posted in politics, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 24, 2009 | 14 Comments »

I have been following the story of President Obama’s choice of  William Lynn as Deputy Secretary of Defense.  I have not wanted to pass any judgment as of yet, but the more I read and the more I hear I am beginning to think that this may have been Obama’s first big mistake.
There have been [...]

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