Obamamania

Illustration By John Mavroudis There is an email circulating around the internet has been forwarded to me almost everyday this week called "Inauguration Ball 2009" . It is one of those emails that you have to scroll down through five levels of email addresses to read, because no one will take the time to cut and paste the actual message into a new email. The text of the email is deceptive - it seems simple enough at first, the description of a dream about the ghosts of legendary African... Read Full Story

Browse > Home / Article-byline , BREAKING NEWS , Politics , U.S.A. Government / White House News: From Peril to Progress January 26, 2009 “This moment of peril must be turned to one of progress,” President Barack Obama said this morning, as he signed his first two Presidential Memoranda aimed at getting us on the path to energy independence. WASHINGTON (RushPRnews) 01/26/09- -In what he called “a down payment on a broader and sustained effort to reduce... Read Full Story

The mass of people on the National Mall who gathered to watch the inauguration of Barack Obama as president of the United States on Tuesday was simply stupendous. The anticipation seemed to reach around the globe. The announcers were all falling all over themselves to remind us that Barack Obama was about to be the nation’s first African American president. As we watched the Obama family settle in behind the lectern, I thought back to this time last year, when the frenzy had just begun over... Read Full Story

President Obama’s inaugural speech touched on all the key issues of which he’s spoken of so eloquently over the last two years. On service to the nation … “Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America,” On a different approach to politics and restoring trust in governmen t… “On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn-out dogmas, that for far too long... Read Full Story

Posted by admin on January 22, 2009 One man can’t change America the word we is the bonding factor for change in America If a man that has never meets you believe that we can change as nation why you don’t make a change. Yes we can We are all looking to Obama to make these changes in our lives; It may take decades or a lifetime to get this nation back in order Our personal quests to become better Black American people, we need to change our ways of thinking and living in the struggle... Read Full Story

You just knew that in close to 700 pages you were going to find something just a little suspicious didn't you? Looks like Bloomberg found at least one item that should send chills up your spine: One new bureaucracy, the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology, will monitor treatments to make sure your doctor is doing what the federal government deems appropriate and cost effective. The goal is to reduce costs and “guide” your doctor’s decisions (442, 446). Now I am a little... Read Full Story

I woke up this morning to dulcet Irish tones in my ear, along with some cheerful jiggy Irish music on the radio. I like a nice Irish tone and a lively jig very much in the general way of things, but this was a different kettle of potatoes altogether. These boys were telling me that there was no-one so Irish as the new, about-to-be-inaugurated, 44th President of the United States of America. I have to say that this was news to me. Who knew? But there it was. 'O'Leary, O'Connell, O'Brian... Read Full Story

Image Courtesy of GlenHanson.com Today is, seriously, the happiest day of my life so far. Before I left for the office this morning I turned on my cable so I could set the DVR to record Obama’s Inaugural speech , but just had to default to recording everything on ABC from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, because that was my only option. I’m sure his speech will be in there somewhere, along with a bunch of other goodies I’ll be glad I didn’t miss. I don’t envy Barack Obama the job ahead of him, but I... Read Full Story

10 th of November 2009     HEALTH CARE FOR ALL POLITICS AND RELIGION SHOULD NEVER MIX   It should be very telling when the Insurance Companies in the United States have spent over $10 BILLION dollars lobbying against HEALTH CARE REFORM this year alone.   They are not the only ones with Physician lobbyists also spending more than $4 BILLION dollars lobbying against this nations quest to provide HEALTH CARE for everybody.   Their ardent opposition to providing medical coverage to all citizens... Read Full Story

If he is nothing else, your new president is TV ready. Obama works a camera like he's Denzel Washington,one of the many celebrities who feted the new First Family last night at the Lincoln Memorial. I am dusting off the DVD player today. We need to get some recordable discs, but its been so long since we’ve recorded anything that I can’t remember what kind to get. Actually, I think we’ve only tried to record one thing a couple of years ago, and I didn’t set the timer correctly, so I will be... Read Full Story