tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89329562915089291932024-09-21T17:57:38.674-05:00BARACK OBAMA IN THE WHITEHOUSEFollow Barack Obama prior and during his tenure as President of the United States. Read about my personal observations along with every day facts as they happen. This blog will only submit factual information about the 44th President of the United States.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1347125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932956291508929193.post-32314819881535809322016-05-07T05:16:00.003-05:002016-05-07T05:18:03.123-05:00White House Correspondents Dinner - Obama's Last as President President Obama attended his final White House Correspondence Dinner this past week, and he reminded everyone on just how great he is doing stand up comedy. When you look at the people who attended the dinner, you can tell that some of them seem to develop an instant cold sweat when he talks about them. When someone's name was mentioned by the President, you can see people cringe at the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932956291508929193.post-10549596771507005962016-01-17T16:39:00.000-06:002016-01-17T16:39:52.347-06:00Presidential Support for a Democratic Candidate Since the announcement that Joe Biden will not run for President of the United States, one can only now wonder if he would have run, if he actually could have been the Democratic nominee. The race on the Democratic side is very tight, with Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders virtually in a tie up to the next debate that will air tonight on NBC, running up to the caucus states of Iowa Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932956291508929193.post-5658582076095912452015-10-21T13:17:00.000-05:002015-10-21T13:18:13.417-05:00Joe Biden Confirms He is Not Running For President Joe Biden made an announcement today that most Democrats were hoping for. With President Obama and Jill Biden next to his side, he announced that he will not run for President, and that it is too late to mount an effective campaign in the race for president.
Joe is no phony. He could have easily gave Hillary Clinton a run for her money, buy at what expense. He would haveUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932956291508929193.post-65382305878211046382015-10-11T23:13:00.000-05:002015-10-11T23:13:04.557-05:00Democrats Looking Good Going in the General Election in 2016With all that has been going wrong with Congress today, there may still be some light coming from the tunnel. It is true that John Boehner has announced he is retiring, and it is true that Kevin McCarthy bowed out of the race a few days ago. It is also true that the House is now trying to recruit Paul Ryan to take the job, but he doesn't want it. If he did decide to take it, that would totally Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932956291508929193.post-51709774007512573372015-08-07T05:14:00.000-05:002015-08-07T05:14:44.936-05:00Remarks by the President on the Iran Nuclear Deal
The following is the speech transcript of President Obama the American University as reported by the White House Briefing room on August 5th, 2015
1:58 A.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you so much. Everybody, please have a seat. Thank you very much. I apologize for the slight delay. Even Presidents have problems with toner. (Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932956291508929193.post-77178620027075688092015-08-04T05:54:00.000-05:002015-08-04T06:07:57.679-05:00President Obama's Speech on Clean Air Energy Plan
President Obama spoke in front of a nationwide audience. He unveiled his clean air energy plan and to impose steep cuts in green house gasses to combat climate change.
Here is President speech on his clean energy plan in its entirety.....
"Good afternoon everybody....."
"Gina, I want to thank you not just thank you for not just the introduction, but for the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932956291508929193.post-24990100739591345252015-02-27T23:03:00.000-06:002015-02-28T07:56:04.931-06:00Homeland Security Showdown, Another Case of Drama with Homeland Security at RiskFor almost two months, the United States has now had the ability to watch the new 114th U.S. Congress, with the majority by Republicans in both the Senate and the House operate in what anyone would call a complete state of disarray. With their majorities now in both Houses, they cannot pass bills.
It has been a year and a half while the U.S. Senate that was Democratically controlled at the time, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932956291508929193.post-38235976439101570762015-02-04T12:14:00.001-06:002015-02-04T12:14:14.591-06:00Voting the 67th Time to Repeal Obama-Care The House of Representatives put up another vote to repeal Obama-care. The vote was 239-186. This was the "67th time the House has voted to entirely repeal, defund or change some provisions of President Barack Obama's signature health care law", according to a Senior Congressional Producer report on CNN dated February 3, 2015. The Republicans obviously do not like the law, but also are notUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932956291508929193.post-5167133843208227112015-02-04T09:37:00.000-06:002015-02-04T09:37:27.647-06:00President Obama 2015 State of the Union Address
“So the verdict is clear. Middle-class economics works. Expanding opportunity works. And these policies will continue to work, as long as politics don’t get in the way.”
PRESIDENT OBAMA, 2015 STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS
The Complete State of the Union Address - 2015
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932956291508929193.post-42562475774689747452014-12-13T00:08:00.003-06:002014-12-13T00:16:22.404-06:00Senate Vote on the Spending Bill Stalled until MondayToday, the U.S. Senate was supposed to vote on the funding bill which is supposed to carry the government for the next year. The vote has been extended until Monday. What is the reason for the delay? Most everyone assumes that the votes are there, and the Senate will pass the bill so that the legislation can go to the President's desk for signing. The President has already stated that he is in Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932956291508929193.post-72619785613851743012014-12-12T11:19:00.000-06:002014-12-12T12:34:39.073-06:00Government Shutdown Averted, but Obama Caves in to Republicans Thursday, December 11, 2014 truly will be a day to be remembered in this country. The Congress, namely the House voted in a matter of business to keep the government open. A resolution to keep it open had to be passed by Congress by midnight. At first, you might think that it is looking good that the resolution may pass, thus avoiding a government shutdown. But when you just look at Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932956291508929193.post-15048968158482030732014-12-01T21:03:00.000-06:002014-12-01T21:04:04.781-06:00Chris Rock Sorely Criticizes President Obama
Comedian Chris Rock
In a recent interview of the comedian Chris Rock, he criticized President Obama on many things, initially saying that when Obama became President, "we got Shaq, not Michael Jordan." Then again, all Chris Rock is, is just an entertainer with his own personal views, as he sees it, explained in his shows. That's just my point. It is just his show. Just because he says Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932956291508929193.post-6539246511879457322014-11-29T01:34:00.000-06:002014-12-12T12:45:28.785-06:00Hillary Clinton With Lots of Support, ready to Run in 2016
It is now a known fact that Democrats are preparing for Hillary Clinton to run for President. Strategy sessions are being held to prepare for her bid to become President in 2016. Hundreds of financial backers and Clinton insiders are making themselves known in a go-ahead strategy to help Hillary with deciding to run. One of the workers is a gentleman by the name of Harold Ickes, who actually Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932956291508929193.post-76595770760519717832014-11-29T01:06:00.000-06:002014-11-29T01:07:09.876-06:00American Occupation in Afghanistan Extended by Obama In a not too surprising announcement by President Obama, a decision to pull out American combat troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2014 has been reversed. The international military force led by the Americans now will stay in Afghanistan throughout 2015.
The main reason for the change of heart by the President may be that he sees the need to keep U.S. troops in the fight againstUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932956291508929193.post-6096502727391955842014-11-24T09:39:00.001-06:002014-11-29T00:39:49.293-06:00Polls Are Not the Tell-All Story When it Comes to Presidential Elections Is it a forgone conclusion that Hilary Clinton will be the next Democratic Candidate? Most people you ask say that is the case. But who will run against her? One of the people that will most likely not run WITH her is President Obama. Hilary most likely will distance herself from the President.
One of the gauges in politics that is used most often are the polls. In a surprising poll, a Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932956291508929193.post-77507324395895642652014-11-24T07:17:00.000-06:002014-11-24T07:33:50.778-06:00The Legality of the Presidents Executive Action A good talking point today would be the legality of the Presidents Executive action. The main question, is it constitutional? What the President did was to make a whole new class of beneficiaries. It appears that the one thing that makes President Obama's action legal, is that it is considered 'deferred action'. The President is not saying that he is changing the status of anyone, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932956291508929193.post-45912626560739571112014-11-20T23:02:00.001-06:002014-11-21T11:41:28.914-06:00President Obama - Executive Action on Immigration In a 10 minute speech this evening, November 20, 2014, President Obama did exactly what he said he would do 2 years ago, and that is to do something that the Congress failed to do, act on immigration. He will sign the Executive action tomorrow. As the president has mentioned the transcript of his speech will be attached to this post, the President gave Congress ample time to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932956291508929193.post-65167035042956678012014-11-14T11:12:00.000-06:002014-11-14T11:12:09.445-06:00President Barack Obama - A Most Successful President, for ALL TIME. The Republicans may not like this, but compared to President George W. Bush in likability and ability to perform his job as President of the United States, many will likely agree on the following statement.... Compare his leadership role against that of his Congress. He has created his signature bill called "the Affordable Care Act" also famously dubbed as "ObamaCare" by the Republicans. He has Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932956291508929193.post-81016937285719908832014-11-14T10:53:00.001-06:002014-11-14T10:53:36.687-06:00Senator Elizabeth Warren with a New Leading Role in the U.S. Senate
Senator Elizabeth Warren dressed in red
As Congressional Senators within both houses of Congress approved their leaders for the next Congress, Mitch McConnell for Senate and John Boehner again as Speaker of the House, the Democratic Caucus admits that they also need new leadership, to confront such right wing ideas that now will be pouring out of the House and Senate.
There is Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932956291508929193.post-46231728438956477682014-11-14T10:26:00.000-06:002014-11-14T10:38:08.960-06:00Veto Pen 'FRESH WITH INK' as Republicans try to create laws without Executive Branch Approvals
President Obama is returning from his Asian trip on Sunday. He will be facing several issues that have risen since he was gone for just a short time. To head up this list is the Alaskan Pipeline, a resolution to be taken today, Friday November 14th, 2014, that is fully expected to pass the House and then expected to pass the 'lame duck' Senate on Tuesday, November 18, 2014. By now, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932956291508929193.post-20226526442319994102014-11-09T15:40:00.002-06:002014-11-09T15:40:58.191-06:00Loretta Lynch Nomination for Attorney General of the U.S.There was an announcement on Friday night from the office of the White House Press Secretary regarding President Obama's pick for the new Attorney General nomination to replace the outgoing Attorney General of the United States - Eric Holder. The question is after the recent mid-term elections with the Republicans now taking over the Senate, whether the nominee will be confirmed or not. The Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932956291508929193.post-67145928266172156062014-11-09T15:18:00.000-06:002014-11-09T15:29:19.254-06:00Republicans Take Over U.S. Senate - What's Next?Who would have ever believed that the Republicans would have taken over the Senate? It is an interesting question, but if you were of following politics during the first 6 years of the Obama presidency, you would have guessed that the Republicans were destined to take over the Senate in 2014. It happened to George W Bush, and it happened to Bill Clinton. During the Bill Clinton years, the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932956291508929193.post-84146861114621811572014-08-21T09:13:00.000-05:002014-08-21T11:53:00.186-05:00News Media Stories, Now to Include Journalist Jim Foley's Beheading
THE GRUESOME VIDEO ABOVE WILL NOT BE SHOWN ON THIS BLOG!
All over the news for the last 10 days or so has been the racial issues facing the Midwestern town of Ferguson, Missouri. It seems that for some reason, the lead story of the day seems to be the ONLY issue on reporters minds. Wall to wall coverage on the unrest in Ferguson seems to be the major news story of the day, or of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932956291508929193.post-55440809552934641672014-08-09T00:17:00.000-05:002014-08-09T00:22:19.901-05:00Indications that Hilary Clinton is now Launching Her Presidential Campaign
As reported by Hollywoodlife.com, something seems to be stirring in New York City. All indications are that she has now launched her 2016 presidential campaign. Evidence shows that now "Hillary has leased office space on a high-level floor of a corporate New York City office building, overlooking Times Square, for what sources are saying, is her campaign headquarters." as published inUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932956291508929193.post-33983691080501043552014-08-08T23:45:00.000-05:002014-08-08T23:50:04.848-05:00Obama Family Portrait
2011 FAMILY PORTRAIT
The above portrait of the Obama Family was taken in 2011. Soon to be released is the newest family portrait.
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