Below you will find pages that utilize the taxonomy term “Obama”
REALLY?!?
The Executive Pranch of government is a complex place; way more piecemeal than it seems when it’s described/depicted in media. It’s like a bunch of separate companies in which the President’s office has a controlling share. Still, given the ridiculous nature of the conspiracy theories which Right Wing News Organizations irresponsibly do nothing to counter: REALLY?!? You thought it was a good idea to let the IRS give special audit consideration to Right Wing Groups?!? REALLY?!?
Missing the Point of Public Domain?
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The Whitehouse has been posting the official photographer’s photos on flickr at http://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse . They each have the following written in the description:
This official White House photograph is being made available for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way or used in materials, advertisements, products, or promotions that in any way suggest approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House.
Politics: A Review
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The last time I really blogged about politics was back around the 2008 election. Looking over my archives, I found that, by contrast, I blogged about politics quite a bit from 2007 and prior. My heaviest political post density (for It’s A Binary World 2.0) seems to be 2005-2006. Why so much back then? I think because I was already posting pretty regularly about politics and I was extremely frustrated over the second Bush term win. I think this post best sums up the despair I was feeling at the time. It was very interesting to read this post with 4 years of hindsight. First of all, this sentence: “There haven’t been any abuses of power (that we know of) … “. Little did I know we’d find out that December about the NSA’s Warrentless Wiretapping which, I believe, would have heavily swung the elections in 2004. ( THANKS New York Times!) Second, this fraction of a paragraph:
Obama is an Oreo?
This year has been an incredibly racist year from people being afraid to vote for Barack Obama because they believe he’s a secret Muslim (so? Any American-born person should be allowed to run for president) to people who say he’s too black or not black enough. Now this old guy claims that Obama’s an Oreo and it’s unfair for him to reap the rewards of the Civil Rights battles of the previous generations.
The Myth of Race
Obama will not be the first African-American President of the United States. Barack Obama will be the first mulatto President of the United States of America. This is the myth of race in the USA. Apparently because Barack is half-black, he’s the first African-American President. But if he’s half-black then he’s also half-white. So why isn’t he just the 40-somethingith white President of the US? I don’t understand, if one half is valid, why isn’t the other?
The Continual Dumbing Down of American Politics
Yes, the race for the White House has hit new lows, even for this race. It appears that we haven’t learned from the past two races and it’s starting to scare me. Both in 2000 and 2004 one of the biggest reasons stated for George W Bush winning was that both Al Gore and John Kerry seemed too “elite” and “aloof”. George Bush seemed a little more down to earth, someone you could invite to a BBQ. Well look where that got us!!
The Kind of Racist Remarks You Don't Expect on the Nightly News
On Hardball on MSNBC they were talking about Barack Obama’s poor bowling performance during his campaigning in Pennsylvania. One of their political commentators quipped, “Perhaps he should have stuck to shooting hoops.” I absolutely couldn’t believe they would say something like that on the news. And it wasn’t some random yahoo, it was someone that I’ve seen on MSNBC making political commentary in the past. If it matters in how you think of this, this commentator was white.
Would you elect a black man or white woman?
I’ve always been a bookworm and so around the age of 11 or 12 I asked all my male and female friends whether they would vote for a black man or a white woman for president. Everyone, male and female alike would always say black man. I was surprised that the ladies didn’t stick up for one of their own. I was so surprised, that I would ask my friends this question every couple of years. We moved a little and I also changed who I hung out with so I wasn’t always asking the same people. Yet, even though high school and college a majority would say they would rather go for a black man.