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President Obama's 2010 State of the Union Address

One of his best speeches...

Part 1 | President Obama's 2010 State of the Union Address
Date - 01/27/10

Mysterious light appears over Norway before Obama's Peace Prize speech

Via: examiner.com



A mysterious spiral of light has appeared in northern Norway one day before President Obama arrives to give his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech in Oslo. The spiral has baffled experts who do not believe it is related to the Aurora Borealis. Speculation that it is a rocket launched by the Russian Northern Fleet hasn't been confirmed by Russian authorities. Similarly the Norwegian military has claimed no knowledge of any rocket launches in the area. There has been speculation that it may be some exotic weapon system, the opening of a space-time portal, or even UFO activity.





The Speech by Obama (Part 1 of 4)

Did Obama really give the Finger? lol

President Obama on the Way Forward in Afghanistan

If you missed it: President Obama outlines his strategy on Afghanistan and Pakistan from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. December 1, 2009

Obama is a cult following: Is any politician worth getting a tattoo?

Hmmmm...the first African-American president, OK...he is certainly a symbol of a high point in American history, but is any politician worth getting a tattoo? What if he starts doing things like pushing old women down stairs and running over kittens in a monster truck on the White House lawn? What will be of your Obama tattoo at that point lol? Regardless, there are apparently plenty of people who think that putting Obama’s face on their skin for life is a good idea.

Huffington Post: A Dozen People With Guns Show Up Outside Obama Event Today

Via: huffingtonpost.com



A dozen people with automatic weapons — two carrying assault rifles — showed up outside a pro-health care reform rally next to the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Arizona where President Obama was speaking, according to the Huffington Post.

HuffPo just posted a video of a man carrying weapons legally outside the event. The man, who is black, said “Because I can do it,” when asked why he was armed. He had a pistol on his hip, and an AR-15 (a semi-automatic assault rifle) on a strap over his shoulder. Two police officers stuck real close to him.

The Arizona Republic: has more details.

Obama used "social networking" to win the Presidency: This is how he did it

Via: Guardian.co.uk



David Plouffe, campaign manager for the 2008 Obama campaign, spills the beans on how Obama managed to win the White House. The answers may surprise you:

“We did have a big Facebook presence and MySpace. When we started, Twitter wasn’t really around, it was at the end. The real drivers were old school, email and web [traditional websites for the campaign]. We did build a social networking [presence] but it was web and email.” Greater details at the link above the picture...

President Barack Obama might piss off the Tobacco Companies

Via: msnbc.msn.com



WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is set to sign into law an anti-smoking bill that will give the federal government unprecedented authority to regulate tobacco. Obama is scheduled to sign the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act on Monday. The law allows the regulatory Food and Drug Administration to reduce nicotine in tobacco products, ban candy flavorings and block labels such "low tar" and "light." Tobacco companies also will be required to cover their cartons with large graphic warnings.

The law won't let the FDA ban nicotine or tobacco outright, but the agency will be able to regulate the contents of tobacco products, make public their ingredients and prohibit marketing campaigns, especially those geared toward children.

Obama's Egypt Speech was his most potent show of skill

His opening greeting of As-Salaam Alaikum (peace be unto you) was what made me look at him and say wow...he's either really going to be good at being president...or really dangerous. Obama is a phenomenon...

OBAMA FRIED CHICKEN - Funny as hell...

Obama-Branding...

Barack's NCAA College Picks (WTF) Shouldn't he be fixing the Economy?

I saw this a couple of days ago...thought it was kinda cool how the President wants to be the personable, approachable common everyday man...but he's doing the kinds of things a candidate does (most of the world already likes you by default, now that Bush is gone). I dunno...I think he should do less of this Hollywood thing and focus more on the financial shit-storm that's about to come and not worry about this hoopla...that's just my opinion...GET TO WORK and find out how you can get all of those bonuses back from those grubby AIG execs you just paid off handsomely. To think you can give them billions but you can't rope those sons of bitches in and hold them acccountable is beyond me? Poli-tricks...lol

The Twitter elite made a special visit to the White House

The Twitter elite made a special visit to the White House on Friday, when site founder and CEO Evan Williams (@ev) joined a summit for 20 young business to owners share new ideas to stimulate the economy. Considering Twitter hasn’t made money yet, Williams himself seemed a little in disbelief about the whole thing...

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Obama: Trouble with his site WhiteHouse.gov

Via: The Washington Post



The team that ran the most technologically advanced presidential campaign in modern history is finding it difficult to adapt that model to government. WhiteHouse.gov, envisioned as the primary vehicle for President Obama to communicate with the online masses, has been overwhelmed by challenges that staffers did not foresee and technological problems they have yet to [...]

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Barack says: "It's only government" that can help you...

I say: do for self...



President Obama's first prime time presidential press conference...

We'll see how this stimulus plan "jolts" the economy, and the only thing I'll be watching for is more "transparency" - how accountable will these banks be for this second wave of money?

Etta James wanted to sing at Obama's inaugural - well who would have really done it better TODAY?

Sure the controversy is dead, Etta gave a tired apology and no one else thinks anything of it anymore...but I thought Id let you all decide...who sang it better today? Not who would have sang it better, obviously it's Etta's song...but Beyonce showed class giving homage to Etta James. Watch and see...

Etta James Live


Beyonce Live

The Action Americans Need - By Barack Obama

Thursday, February 5, 2009 - Washington Post


Barack writes his own article in the Washington Post: "By now, it's clear to everyone that we have inherited an economic crisis as deep and dire as any since the days of the Great Depression."

He also states: "Our economy will lose 5 million more jobs. Unemployment will approach double digits. Our nation will sink deeper into a crisis that, at some point, we may not be able to reverse."

He says of Americans, that they are: "...patient enough to know that our economic recovery will be measured in years, not months. But they have no patience for the same old partisan gridlock that stands in the way of action while our economy continues to slide."

Yikes...looks like the new president is being met with political obstacles to his plans already, and to think that it was the people's admiration of him that lead congress to a democrat victory in the number of electoral seats gained.

Read the rest of Barack's words in this Washington Post article

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Only the beggining of Obama's problems...

FOX is so hellbent with tagging Obama’s policies as Communism and Socialism when in fact "salary caps" is just an extension of what Bush started before Obama was sworn in. So if he is ushering in the finale to something Bush started...shouldn’t they be delighted with the way things are going? Or are they just playing out the script of setting him up as a scapegoat?

Laugh for a minute...

A funny joke...


A stranger was seated next to a little black girl on the airplane when the stranger turned to her and said, Let's talk. I've heard that flights go quicker if you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger. The little girl, who had just opened her coloring book, closed it slowly and said to the stranger, "What would you like to talk about?"

"Oh, I don't know," said the stranger. "Since you are a Negro, do you think that the so-called President Elect (at the time) Barack Obama is qualified for the job?" and he smiles.

"OK", she said. 'That could be an interesting topic...But let me ask you a question first: "A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat the same stuff - grass - yet a deer excretes little pellets, while a cow turns out a flat patty, and a horse produces clumps of dried grass..Why do you suppose that is?"

The stranger, visibly surprised by the little girl's intelligence, thinks about it and says, "Hmmm, I have no idea." To which the little girl replies, "Well then...what makes you qualified to discuss President Barack Obama... when you don't know shit?"

Old pictures of Obama - Obama in his 20's

I got these pictures in an email, and I thought yall Obama-fans would like to see a lighter-more laid back side of Barack in his early 20's...



It was a chance encounter...
In 1980, when Obama was a freshman at Occidental College in Los Angeles , he was approached by an aspiring photographer named Lisa Jack, who asked him if he would be willing to pose for some black and white photographs that she could use in her portfolio.



In the photos, Jack says, "You can see he is just posing, initially, but as the shoot goes on, he starts to come out. He was very charismatic even then.

PRESIDENT PIMP...OBAMA lol
Check how he's holding the cig, that's a toke method of smoking...


When she found them, the images of Obama "blew me away," she says. "I had no idea I'd taken a whole roll of film. Jack put the negatives in a safety-deposit box, so that they could not be used until after the election, when there would be no chance they could be used for a political purpose (she clearly voted Obama lol).



"I'm not political," Jack says, "(But) these are historic photos and they should be shared (so I shared them lol).





The Man Who Became President, kinda cool huh...

No sources that Obama is a Prince Hall Mason, why is Masonry in every conspiracy theory?

It's being reported on several websites that Barack Obama is a 32 degree Mason, which is no small achievement in the Masonic Order, given that many Masons don't go much past the Master Mason degree. Barack is said to be a member of the Prince Hall Masonic Lodge, which I understand is an African American branch of the Masonic Order. Of course that also has lead to internet discussions that suggest he might be a member of the imagined or secret or non-existant "Illuminati."

I have nothing against a good healthy conspiracy theory - if it makes you really think. But to outright believe in unfounded, unsubstantiated claims is ridiculous. The Boogeyman is something that alot of people believe in, this shadow government conspiracy and it's allegations have now found their way to Barack Obama. Blogs and the people commenting in threads and even a few radio stations are openly declaring that Obama is a 32nd degree Prince Hall Freemason. FALSE - Obama has no discernible connections with the Occult, and until now I haven't seen any verified sources for this allegation. And even if Obama was a Mason, it would not be anything that would deem him worthy of Satan. Masonry has been written about extensively. To say that it's a "secret society" is pretty ridiculous in my estimation. Everyone wants to bring up "secret" handshakes and so what. To me, that hardly gives credence to Masonry being a "secret society".

Masonic meetings are not secret. Their buildings are clearly marked with HUGE EMBLEMS ! The meeting dates and times are posted on any of the masonic lodge websites. The rituals can be found on the internet or any second hand bookstore, it all seems pretty open to me. There is only something "secret" about the Masons for those who have never bothered to do the real research. When I heard the allegation that Obama was steeped in Freemasonry, I thought why does masonry have to be mixed into every conspiracy theory that's out there, it borders on silly. I suggest you read Famous Masons who claim Obama is not a Mason.

To be fair, I could find only one source that was viable enough on the conspiracy side of the debate, an older article that cited Obama back in 2007 as having visited a masonic lodge to give a speech while campaigning in Iowa. Click here, it's nothing too incriminating lol.

That's the trouble with the internet...who do you believe?

Hmmm, maybe he's Jewish...lol