Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Transcript of President Obama’s Speech Before the Congressional Black Caucus

THE PRESIDENT: Hello, CBC! (Applause.) Thank you so much. Thank you. Please, everybody have a seat. It is wonderful to be with all of you tonight. It's good to be with the conscience of the Congress.

WEB DuBois Would Not Want Anyone to “Stop Complaining”–Hear His Words on the Issue

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Monday, September 5, 2011

Sunday, September 4, 2011

NASCAR Drivers Turn Down President Obama

President Obama gets snubbed by NASCAR drivers

 

It looks like NASCAR drivers don’t like President Obama very much…or at least have very little respect for him.

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Aretha Franklin to Sing for President Obama on Monday

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Monday, August 22, 2011

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

President Obama has a Confrontation with a Tea Party Activist

President Obama gets into a confrontation with a Tea Party activist

By JasmineHughes

US President Barack Obama was recently pulled into a heated debate with a prominent conservative Tea Party activist over remarks made by Vice President Joe Biden, allegedly calling Tea Party members ‘terrorists.’

Monday, August 15, 2011

Read President Obama’s Remarks at a Townhall Meeting in Cannon Falls, Minnesota–8/15/11

Atlanta Courts Rule Against President Obama’s Healthcare Plan

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by Antoine Scroggins, Your Black World 

President Obama reaches an all-time Low

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by Dr. Boyce Watkins, Syracuse UniversityScholarship in Action 

President Obama received some bad news this week:  A recent Gallup Poll foundthat the approval rating for the president has dropped below 40 percent for the first time ever.  A full 54 percent of Americans disapprove of the job the president is doing.   This puts President Obama into George Bush territory.  Bush’s approval rating dropped below 40 percent in early 2006 and never recovered after that.

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Saturday, August 13, 2011

President Obama Blames “Politics” for the Problems of America

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President Barack Obama continues to outsource the responsibility of job creation to congress, imploring voters to press their elected representatives to “pass bills that will create jobs.”

Speaking at a hybrid car battery plant in Holland, Michigan – an endeavor made possible by the stimulus package – President Obama says that there is nothing sub-par about the United States:

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Friday, August 12, 2011

A Former Obama Loyalist Writes Open Letter Expressing Disappointment

C. Frank Igwe, PhD

Any compromise on mere fundamentals is surrender. – Mohandas Gandhi

Mr. President, I remember.

Michael Blake from the White House Office of Public Engagement, Resigns

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Michael Blake, formerly the Associate Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, has resigned. 

Obama Issues Stern Demand for Congress to Pass Job-Creating Legislation

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By JasmineHughes, Your Black World 

This past Thursday President Obama discussed the job-creating potential of investing in clean energy. He took a tour of a Holland, Michigan factory that makes advanced batteries for alternative-fuel vehicles such as hybrids or all-electrics.

Obama talked about the benefits of spending money on producing such clean-energy technologies as advanced batteries, which would include more jobs and reduced consumption of foreign oil. He calls them “jobs of the future” and says the U.S. should lead the way in developing energy sources that pollute less.

 

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Critics Question Whether Pres. Obama Should Take Luxury Vacation During Tough Economic Times

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By JasmineHughes, Your Black World 

If you ask White House press secretary, Jay Carney, he’ll tell you that just as most Americans do, Obama needs down time to regenerate and adds, “Besides, the presidency travels with you.” However, in light of the economic turmoil and astronomically high unemployment rate, many are questioning how appropriate it is for President Obama to be vacationing in Martha’s Vineyard next week; a place where the average home can run nearly $1 million dollars.

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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Steve Harvey Calls Tavis Smiley and Cornel West Uncle Toms

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Dr. Boyce: It seems that Steve has a lot to say about Tavis Smiley and Cornel West.

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President Obama: The US is Still a AAA-Rated Country

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Kirsten West Savali, Your Black World 

In the wake of his perceived capitulation to the GOP, giving them “ninety-eight percent” of what they asked for in the debt-ceiling mis-deal, President Barack Obama is now calling for “political will” from both sides of the isle.

“We knew from the outset that a prolonged debate over the debt ceiling, a debate where the threat of default was used as a bargaining chip, could do enormous damage to our economy and the world’s,” he said in televised comments to reporters from The White House.