More Birther Nonsense - Obama's 1981 Pakistan Trip
I am sick of being sent garbage about Obama's supposedly refusing to produce a birth certificate and other nonsense. Factcheck.org is a very reputable source that documents these matters . . . and many others . . . on both sides of the political spectrum. You can dislike Obama and disagree with his politics, but at least base that on reality, please.
Showing posts with label Obama. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Obama. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Friday, January 29, 2010
Thoroughly Disgusted With Our Political Parties
I've taken to saying, "The Republicans ruin the government and the Democrats can't govern." They both spend their time demonizing and pointing fingers, tactical maneuvering and planning to stay in power, not working together to govern the country. They talk a lot about bipartisan values and then do their best to destroy and possibility of it. Power is more important than our future to them.
I applaud President Obama's State of the Union Address, his efforts to get beyond the uncompromising and bullheaded and insulting dialogue in Washington but I fear his efforts will go nowhere.
There are more and more independent voters like me, disgusted with the lot of them.
Our country and its citizens don't seem to realize that we are heading for bankruptcy, and loss of power in the world, and a lessened standard of living for most of us if we don't get it together and stop the failures to govern. We will be the losers, all of us that aren't rich. Most Americans still seem to think we can throw our weight around the the world, have unlimited resources and military power and troops, but we don't have that, either. People don't want to see the truth and do something about it.
Can you imagine a parent so bullheaded that if his family were starving and he needed a whole loaf of bread would refuse half a loaf because it didn't fit his full specifications?
Or perhaps the family across the street might offer a whole loaf, but the starving family is so bullheaded they refuse it because it isn't the "right" kind of bread.
That seems to be the way our politicians are operating. If they don't get their way (or a big bribe in the legislation), they won't play, won't support anything, and would rather defeat everything.
History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
~Abba Eban
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter, and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
~Abraham Lincoln
The very essence of a free government consists in considering offices as public trusts, 1 bestowed for the good of the country, and not for the benefit of an individual or a party. - John C. Calhoun, Speech, Feb. 13, 1835.
I applaud President Obama's State of the Union Address, his efforts to get beyond the uncompromising and bullheaded and insulting dialogue in Washington but I fear his efforts will go nowhere.
There are more and more independent voters like me, disgusted with the lot of them.
Our country and its citizens don't seem to realize that we are heading for bankruptcy, and loss of power in the world, and a lessened standard of living for most of us if we don't get it together and stop the failures to govern. We will be the losers, all of us that aren't rich. Most Americans still seem to think we can throw our weight around the the world, have unlimited resources and military power and troops, but we don't have that, either. People don't want to see the truth and do something about it.
Can you imagine a parent so bullheaded that if his family were starving and he needed a whole loaf of bread would refuse half a loaf because it didn't fit his full specifications?
Or perhaps the family across the street might offer a whole loaf, but the starving family is so bullheaded they refuse it because it isn't the "right" kind of bread.
That seems to be the way our politicians are operating. If they don't get their way (or a big bribe in the legislation), they won't play, won't support anything, and would rather defeat everything.
History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
~Abba Eban
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter, and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
~Abraham Lincoln
The very essence of a free government consists in considering offices as public trusts, 1 bestowed for the good of the country, and not for the benefit of an individual or a party. - John C. Calhoun, Speech, Feb. 13, 1835.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Free Press Calls on Obama Administration to Resist Extremism in the Media
WASHINGTON -- Van Jones, an adviser to the Obama administration and a former Free Press board member, resigned from his White House post after being ruthlessly attacked for weeks in a smear campaign started by Fox News pundit Glenn Beck. Beck, who has also called President Obama a "racist," targeted Jones for his background in environmental and civil rights activism.
Josh Silver, executive director of Free Press, issued the following statement:
"Most Americans want affordable health care, good schools and clean air. But if you watch Glenn Beck’s show, you would think the opposite is true: that the only proponents of these ideas are socialist, anti-American radicals operating out of the White House basement.
"At Free Press, our focus is on structural media policy, not on media content. But we take this extraordinary step because what’s happening is so poisonous to American political discourse.
"That Fox News Channel lets Beck use its media megaphone to stir up hatred and fear of others is repulsive, divisive and beyond all common sense or decency. By giving Beck a nightly platform for such McCarthy-esque witch hunts and smear campaigns, the national news network undermines our democracy. But Fox News is not alone. Unfortunately, this kind of rant is endemic to a media system that cares about ratings far more than about the truth.
"Beck has a First Amendment right to stoke prejudice, and we do not and will not support efforts to silence him. This is not about censorship; it’s about sanity. Our leaders have a responsibility to condemn fear mongering in all its forms, defend those who are unfairly attacked, and support a more diverse media system that provides alternative voices to the likes of Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh and other extremists. The lesson from the shameful McCarthy era that culminated in 1954 is that we must confront the politics of personal attack with decency, reason and a commitment to more political speech, not less.
"It's time for our elected officials -- from the White House to local town halls -- to join people across the country in a stand against agents of fear and misinformation."
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Josh Silver, executive director of Free Press, issued the following statement:
"Most Americans want affordable health care, good schools and clean air. But if you watch Glenn Beck’s show, you would think the opposite is true: that the only proponents of these ideas are socialist, anti-American radicals operating out of the White House basement.
"At Free Press, our focus is on structural media policy, not on media content. But we take this extraordinary step because what’s happening is so poisonous to American political discourse.
"That Fox News Channel lets Beck use its media megaphone to stir up hatred and fear of others is repulsive, divisive and beyond all common sense or decency. By giving Beck a nightly platform for such McCarthy-esque witch hunts and smear campaigns, the national news network undermines our democracy. But Fox News is not alone. Unfortunately, this kind of rant is endemic to a media system that cares about ratings far more than about the truth.
"Beck has a First Amendment right to stoke prejudice, and we do not and will not support efforts to silence him. This is not about censorship; it’s about sanity. Our leaders have a responsibility to condemn fear mongering in all its forms, defend those who are unfairly attacked, and support a more diverse media system that provides alternative voices to the likes of Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh and other extremists. The lesson from the shameful McCarthy era that culminated in 1954 is that we must confront the politics of personal attack with decency, reason and a commitment to more political speech, not less.
"It's time for our elected officials -- from the White House to local town halls -- to join people across the country in a stand against agents of fear and misinformation."
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Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Bravo Laura Bush!
Just yesterday I said that I wished that Laura Bush, as a former school librarian and educator, would come out in support of President Obama's address to school students and today she did. Bravo, Laura. Her husband, President George W. Bush, addressed school students, too, as did President Reagan. It's terrific that presidents engage our young people.
Monday, September 7, 2009
Text of the president's education speech
Bravo!
Text of the president's education speech
and here are the lesson plans from the Department of Education website. Look for the "Classroom Activities" box and you can download them in either PDF or MS Word format.
Text of the president's education speech
and here are the lesson plans from the Department of Education website. Look for the "Classroom Activities" box and you can download them in either PDF or MS Word format.
Friday, September 4, 2009
Gibbs: Resistance to Obama school speech just plain ’silly’ | csmonitor.com
Gibbs: Resistance to Obama school speech just plain ’silly’ | csmonitor.com
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Now I know too many people in our country have totally taken leave of their senses. When the President of the United States can't give a back-to-school speech encouraging kids to learn, study and stay in school without people getting upset, we have reached a new and foolish low. Those that say the President is playing politics with this ought to go look in the mirror and feel ashamed. We should be thankful we have a president that cares enough about the kids in our country to express these thoughts to them.
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Now I know too many people in our country have totally taken leave of their senses. When the President of the United States can't give a back-to-school speech encouraging kids to learn, study and stay in school without people getting upset, we have reached a new and foolish low. Those that say the President is playing politics with this ought to go look in the mirror and feel ashamed. We should be thankful we have a president that cares enough about the kids in our country to express these thoughts to them.
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