Archive for obama
7 November, 2009
· Filed under general assholery, obama, say what? · Tagged boone you, eyeroll, obama, Pat Boone, stupid people
via AlterNet
Sigh. Pat Boone. What are we gonna do with you?
All manner of parasites, vermin, roaches, rats, worms and termites find their way into the building. Long before they’re detected, they infiltrate the walls, the floors, the roofs – and then chew their way into the structure, the supporting beams and the very foundation of the house itself. Silently, surreptitiously, whole communities of invaders make places for themselves, hidden but thriving, totally unknown by the homeowner.
Then, in time, tell-tale signs are seen. Little droppings, discolored trails, proliferating piles of residue appear in corners, on tabletops, little hanging sacs from ceilings – alarming evidence that the grand old dwelling has been invaded. Decidedly unwelcome creatures have made this place their home, and by their very existence will eventually destroy the house and bring it to ruin. [...]
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30 October, 2009
· Filed under US news, obama, war · Tagged Afghanistan war, Dover Air Force Base, fallen soldiers, Iraq war, Liz Cheney (sucks), obama
President Obama saluting the arriving dead soldiers at Dover Air Force Base on October 29, 2009. He’s the first president to do so during the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. (Photo credit: AP.)
In related news, STFU Liz Cheney.
22 October, 2009
· Filed under badasses, obama · Tagged Healthy Kids Fair, jump rope, Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama on the South Lawn of the White House during the Healthy Kids Fair (October 21, 2009). Photograph by Win McNamee.
11 September, 2009
· Filed under friday funny, obama · Tagged obama, Obama speech, parody
10 September, 2009
· Filed under US news, general assholery, obama · Tagged health care, Lindsay Graham, obama
Make up your damn minds already.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on the health care speech:
I was incredibly disappointed in the tone of his speech. At times, I found his tone to be overly combative and believe he behaved in a manner beneath the dignity of the office. I fear his speech tonight has made it more difficult — not less — to find common ground.
He appeared to be angry at his critics and disappointed the American people were not buying the proposals he has been selling. … If the Obama administration and congressional Democrats go down this path and push a bill on the American people they do not want, it could be the beginning of the end of the Obama presidency.
Uhh…your fellow senator shouted at the President on (inter)national television, and you’re worried about Obama behaving in a manner beneath the dignity of his office? Ooookay, then…
via Daily Kos
8 September, 2009
· Filed under fuck yeah, obama · Tagged Jazmin Perez, obama, Obama speech, Pharr, Rio Grande Valley, Roma, Sharyland, Texas
Rio Grande Valley grad Jazmin Perez (of Roma, TX) was one of three students mentioned in Obama’s speech to students earlier today:
Where you are right now doesn’t have to determine where you’ll end up. No one’s written your destiny for you. Here in America, you write your own destiny. You make your own future.
That’s what young people like you are doing every day, all across America.
Young people like Jazmin Perez, from Roma, Texas. Jazmin didn’t speak English when she first started school. Hardly anyone in her hometown went to college, and neither of her parents had gone either. But she worked hard, earned good grades, got a scholarship to Brown University, and is now in graduate school, studying public health, on her way to being Dr. Jazmin Perez.
Congrats, Jazmin!
You can read the full speech here.
In other awesome Valley news, we have Pharr native working as a casting director for the most recent Gerard Butler/Robert Rodriguez movies, and a Sharyland native doing casting for Darren Aronofsky.
26 August, 2009
· Filed under US news, body politics, feminism, film, food, general assholery, general healthcare fuckery, homophobia, human rights, obama, racial politics, racism, rape, sexism, whatthefuckery, world · Tagged obama, Texas, Florida, adoption ban, King Coal, birthers, Tehran, indoctrination, Mark Lyttle, NASA, Caster Semenya, Julia Child, robots, alcoholism, Martha's Vineyard
24 August, 2009
· Filed under change we can believe in, human rights, obama, torture · Tagged ACLU, Amrit Singh, george w. bush, Maher Arar, obama, Rendition, torture
Surprise, surprise.
via NY Times
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration will continue the Bush administration’s practice of sending terror suspects to third countries for detention and interrogation, but will monitor their treatment to insure they are not tortured, administration officials said on Monday. [...]
But human rights advocates condemned the decision, saying it would permit the transfer of prisoners to countries with a history of torture and that promises of humane treatment, called “diplomatic assurances,” were no protection against abuse.
“It is extremely disappointing that the Obama administration is continuing the Bush administration practice of relying on diplomatic assurances, which have been proven completely ineffective in preventing torture,” said Amrit Singh of the American Civil Liberties Union, who tracked rendition cases under President George W. Bush.
She cited the case of Maher Arar, a Syrian-born Canadian sent in 2002 by the United States to Syria, which offered assurances against torture but beat Mr. Arar with electrical cable anyway.
The Obama task force proposed improved monitoring of treatment of prisoners sent to other countries, but Ms. Singh said the usual method of such monitoring — visits from American or allied consular officials — had also been ineffective. A Canadian consular official visited Mr. Arar several times, but the prisoner was too frightened to tell him about the torture, according to a Canadian investigation of the case.
Change we can believe in, eh?
19 August, 2009
· Filed under US news, abortion, border wall, discrimination, general assholery, general government fuckery, human rights, immigration, obama, prison system, racism, sexism, workers' rights, world · Tagged border fence, border wall, Damon Weaver, DHS, EEOC, hate crimes, Herta, Hitler, immigration, LeRoy Carhart, library books, Long Island, Mexico, obama, Oklahoma, Patricia Hardy, Queens, racism, Shah Rukh Khan, Sharon Keller, social studies, Suffolk County, Texas, Texas Board of Education, UT-Austin
27 July, 2009
· Filed under US news, body politics, general assholery, general government fuckery, general healthcare fuckery, human rights, immigration, obama, racism · Tagged Afghanistan, Cankles, Francisco Ponce, George Tiller, Homeland Security, Lawrence Community Center, Navajo, Sarah Palin, soldiers
