Showing posts with label Barack Obama. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Barack Obama. Show all posts
Sunday, August 23, 2020

It’s So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday.

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In an article this long, it's hard to find a pull that summarizes the gist, but I've chosen a single sentence. It's a long rea...
Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Drew Magary's epic rant: "Where the Hell Is Barack Obama?"

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The anger is justified, for a reason Magary cites yet does little to explore: "In office, Obama did very little to significantly alt...
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Wednesday, December 11, 2019

"Barack Obama is using his post-presidency to attack the Left and protect the status quo."

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In the beginning, I was a fan, but in the end, one must allow facts to be facts. It isn't always easy. Maybe we learn something, mayb...
Friday, May 24, 2019

The Espionage Act: Indicting journalists in a war against freedom of the press.

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Then Donald Trump takes power and immediately begins using the playbook refined and sharpened by his predecessor, President Obama. This...
Monday, June 04, 2018

Obama aide: "We’d run against Hillary eight years ago with the same message Trump had used."

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Sadly accurate. Dowd refers to a new book by former Obama aide Ben Rhodes, “The World as It Is.” Meanwhile, Bill Clinton -- on second...
Monday, April 23, 2018

10 years ago today, Barack Obama was in New Albany.

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I hadn't yet joined Facebook, Bank Street Brewhouse didn't exist, and Doug England had only just started his third (and final) term ...
Friday, September 08, 2017

DACA and Congress: "The repeated failure to pass bills has left America with immigration laws that are unenforceable."

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Here is a dispassionate and rational editorial stance on DACA and the Dreamers, but will Congress act rationally? What a wretched plac...
Friday, January 20, 2017

"Don’t blame it all on racism. During the financial crash Obama sided with the bankers, not people losing their homes – making Trump’s victory possible."

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On this most auspicious of days, it bears repeating that I admire Barack Obama immensely as a human being performing a thankless job. We may...
Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Cornel West: "The age of Barack Obama may have been our last chance to break from our neoliberal soulcraft."

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I was delighted when Barack Obama was elected to the presidency in 2008, and it wasn't only because I viewed him as the lesser of two ...
Wednesday, August 24, 2016

"So, no — when Clinton is elected, we will not enter a post-gender society. Instead, we will face another convulsion of bigotry from the defeated foes."

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Nine white males on the New Albany Common Council ... and this excellent commentary by the editor of LEO . I usually read Erika Rucker...
Monday, May 16, 2016

President Barack Obama speaks to the fact-vs-opinion nature of complete streets in New Albany.

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Okay, not really. However, in his address, President Obama makes valuable points about fact versus opinion. Full text of President Oba...
Sunday, May 08, 2016

Obama in Flint: "The speech in Boston was a pillow. This was a brick through a window."

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Leave it to Charlie Pierce to reach the heart of the matter. Don't Let Trump's Taco Bowl Distract You From Obama's Speech on F...
Sunday, September 13, 2015

Trump, Obama and the enduring lure of "populist nationalism."

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It's worth it for the Voltaire quote, which I haven't seen for many a moon. Trump and Obama: A Night to Remember , by Adam Gopnik...
Tuesday, March 31, 2015

No, Mayor Gahan, Indatus is not one of the "indie" bands playing at Bicentennial Park this summer.

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Contributed by a friend, who is absolutely on target. On Thursday, President Obama will visit a business that should could have stayed in...
Sunday, November 09, 2014

"The best worst president ever."

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The propensity to laugh out loud comes even more quickly when the speaker is a chicken announcing its eternal fidelity to Colonel Sanders...
Wednesday, April 03, 2013

"One in four Americans think Obama may be the antichrist."

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Pshaw; that's nothing. In New Albany, about three in four office holders believe that the city's street grid is limited to its cur...
Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Inauguration 3: "Obama's Inauguration Speech: A Primer."

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When even a conservative commentator like David Brooks is compelled to concede that Barack Obama’s second inaugural speech "surely has ...

Inauguration 2: "The President liberals were waiting for is (finally) here."

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Maybe, maybe not. That scratching sound you hear is coming from the heels of right-wing obstructionists, digging in. The President libera...

Inauguration 1: "We are made for this moment."

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It was a day for celebration and mirth, because there's nothing quite like angry disgruntled "look at me" white guys to double...
Saturday, November 17, 2012

Franklin Graham foams at the mouth. Rabid theology the presumed cause.

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We've already glanced at a localized context of evangelistic outrage at this year's election results. Rather like Multichins McConn...