Posted by
Zach on August 13, 2010, at 10:37 pm
Cue the right-wing outrage brigade in 3….2….1…. President Obama threw his support behind a controversial proposal to build an Islamic center and mosque near New York’s ground zero, saying Friday that “Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as anyone else in this country.”
“That includes the right to build a place [...]
Posted by
Zach on July 12, 2010, at 5:13 am
Posting on his Facebook account on Thursday, Republican U.S. House of Representatives candidate Dan Sebring noted how President Barack Obama had shown “a callous disregard for the debt owed to American Veterans” by making an “unconscionable proposal” to have wounded veterans pay for their own medical treatment. The only problem with Sebring’s indignation? It’s [...]
Posted by
Zach on June 17, 2010, at 5:12 am
Just a couple of random BP-related thoughts this morning:
President Obama isn’t getting much love for his speech from the Oval Office on Tuesday, with pundits from both the left and the right saying the speech fell flat. To be honest, this is a speech the President should have much sooner, so color me [...]
Posted by
Zach on May 21, 2010, at 10:50 am
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Zach on May 16, 2010, at 6:37 am
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Zach on May 4, 2010, at 6:03 am
In a speech given at the spring commencement at the University of Michigan on Saturday, President Barack Obama had a few remarks that I felt were worth mentioning here.
Speaking about the current state of the political discourse in our nation, Obama noted: But we can’t expect to solve our problems if all we [...]
Posted by
Zach on May 1, 2010, at 7:19 am
It’s being reported officials in President Obama’s administration are urging the U.S. Department of Justice, led by Attorney General Eric Holder, to sue the state of Arizona over SB 1070, the recently enacted Arizona law which is supposed to clamp down on illegal immigrants in that state. Both President Obama and Attorney General Holder [...]
Posted by
Zach on April 22, 2010, at 11:32 pm
President Barack Obama, speaking on criticisms that financial reform will hurt the financial sector:
And I read a report recently that I think fairly illustrates this point. It’s from Time Magazine. I’m going to quote: “Through the great banking houses of Manhattan last week ran wild-eyed alarm. Big bankers stared at one another in [...]
Posted by
MadCityMan on April 16, 2010, at 9:55 am
President Obama might not have yet eliminated DADT given all the posturing of the troglodytes in the Senate and on the right, but he did take much needed action in asking that the Department of Health & Human Services issue a ruling to stop hospitals from preventing gays and lesbians from visitation rights with their partners. [...]
Posted by
Zach on April 13, 2010, at 6:01 am
Over at the “Real” Debate Wisconsin blog, Fred Dooley wonders if President Obama is insane, citing material sourced from an article in the European Union Times that indicated French President Nicolas Sarkozy recently referred to President Barack Obama as, “a dangerous[ly] aliéné”, which translates into Obama being a “mad lunatic”, or in the American [...]
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