Posts Tagged ‘White House’

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Mar30

Not your yob

by Duane on March 30th, 2009 at 6:08 pm
Posted In: Commentary, Economy, Our Expression, The Media, World

“I think the ground is fertile for Barack Obama to be a great president,..I think he can be, but only if we help make him a great president. Great presidents have to be pushed into their greatness.” (Tavis Smiley as quoted by the New York Times). Dear Tavis, It is not the job of the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Mar25

Yep. He knew, too (Well, at least his lawyers knew).

by Duane on March 25th, 2009 at 3:26 pm
Posted In: Economy, Headlines, Politics

Are you surprised? From: news.scotsman.com White House lawyers ‘blocked move to withhold AIG bonuses’ BEN Bernanke, the chairman of the US Federal Reserve, told a congressional hearing yesterday that he had opposed the paying of massive bonuses to troubled insurance giant AIG but was overruled by government lawyers, writes Chris Stephen. The US government saved […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Mar21

So there’s the press and the Black press

by Duane on March 21st, 2009 at 8:45 am
Posted In: Uncategorized

Thx Sean for reminding me about this. From LA Times Barack Obama was elected commander in chief promising to run the most transparent presidential administration in American history. This achievement and the overall promise of his historic administration caused the National Newspaper Publishers Assn. to name him “Newsmaker of the Year.” The president is to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Mar03

No Cartoons To Distract Us From This

by Duane on March 3rd, 2009 at 9:54 am
Posted In: Politics

President Obama to sign budget despite earmarks breaking campaign pledge WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will break a campaign pledge against congressional earmarks and sign a budget bill laden with millions in lawmakers’ pet projects, administration officials said. Administration budget chief Peter Orszag and White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel both downplayed the $410 […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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