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*Politicians are surrounded by those who would whisper promises of enormous fortunes to merely support them and their corporations. The politicians that don’t fall prey to these lobbyists are few and far between. The money that surrounds politicians is plentiful and has numerous sources. For instance, President Obama’s bailout money. The President’s bank bailout was [...]
*When Mick Jagger held out his mic to the President of the United States during a Black History Month blues jam at the White House last night, the audience in the East Room got another dose of Barack Obama carrying a tune. Obama’s surprise performance came at the end of the playlist when the concert [...]
*The landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act must be renewed every twenty five years. In 1981 despite some grumbles and idle threats to oppose its renewal from a few in the Reagan administration, President Reagan dutifully signed the renewal legislation. A quarter century later, again despite the grumbles and idle threats from some in Congress to [...]
*The President of the United States is one of the most revered offices in the world. And we have been getting upset about him being disrespected time after time by people we feel should’ve been fired or pimp slapped by the President or Michelle. (Remember Arizona’s governor Jan Brewer, shaking her finger in his face?) [...]
*Uh oh, it looks like President Obama and crew could be in a stretch of bad, bumpy weather. That’s because White House officials are anticipating that Republicans are going to use consumer angst about the cost of oil and gas to condemn the administration’s energy programs and buttress their argument that the president’s economic policies [...]
*Some take the surge by GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum as a convincing sign that the evangelicals are back. They tipped the scales and put George W. Bush back in the White House in 2004 and conservatives are giddy at the thought that they could have a decisive impact on the 2012 election; decisive that [...]
*President Barack Obama wrapped up a two-day fundraising swing through Southern California Thursday, having collected $4 million during a trio of events designed to strengthen his reelection campaign’s ties with younger voters and the area’s business and legal communities, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The Democratic National Committee’s Southern California finance chairman, John Emerson and [...]
*Stick a fork in him ’cause he’s done. Yep, Pat Buchanan is officially out as a commentator for MSNBC, after being suspended from the network for controversial statements in his most recent book. The network, in a statement, says it’s severed ties with the conservative icon and former presidential candidate: “After ten years, we’ve parted [...]
*In this time of government contraction, municipal services reduction and fiscal scrutiny, the nation’s largest county, Los Angeles County, is undergoing a massive revision of its general plan. The general plan represents hundreds of BILLIONS in resource allocation based on a regional and local population growth forecast that will take place over the next three [...]
*In the latest battle pitting democracy against theocracy, Obama’s healthcare program has taken center stage. At issue is the prospect of religious institutions contributing to the costs of birth control for people affiliated with them. The critical piece of this debate is about whether schools and hospitals, and other institutions supported and founded by the [...]
*Finally, someone admitted why they actually voted for President Barack Obama. In an interview with Ebony Magazine, Samuel L. Jackson admitted that he was very adamant about the getting a black man into the White House in 2008. “I voted for Barack because he was black,” Jackson revealed. “‘Cuz that’s why other folks vote for [...]
*Once again, Karl Lagerfeld, famous Chanel designer, is in the news for sticking his foot in his mouth. But, this time, deep down his throat. It’s one thing to say the wrong thing about an entertainer, but it’s an entirely different ball game when you start misquoting American royalty. Either Lagerfeld isn’t too bright or [...]
*As the confluence of unique perspectives of filmmakers from around the world continues at the Pan African Film Festival (PAFF), this year audiences will find the perfect setting to gaze upon The Education of Auma Obama. The film is a documentary about President Obama’s sister, and shows young Barack and Michelle visiting Kenya in previous [...]
*The contributions of enslaved Americans that built this country are so immense and unrecognized that it’s quite unbelievable. But, one congressman wants to clear up any confusion or misunderstanding of the facts; one fact being that the White House was built by enslaved Africans. A couple years ago Congress finally gave recognition to the enslaved [...]
*(Via Yahoo News) – Amid a backlash from many Catholics and proponents of religious liberty, President Barack Obama announced Friday that his administration will not require religious institutions like hospitals and universities to provide free contraception to their employees in their health insurance. Speaking to reporters at the White House Friday, Obama offered a compromise [...]
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