Last week, we told you about the Obama re-election campaign headquarters in L.A being attacked with BB-Guns. The attack preceded the President’s visit on Monday, where he held a fundraiser event and got heckled by someone in the audience calling him “the anti-christ,” and saying that “Jesus is the Lord.”
To that, the President says, “I agree… I believe that Jesus Christ is the Lord, I believe in that.”
The video follows, but what was amazing about this video is the President’s reaction. Being called the anti-christ by someone sitting in the front audience, just feet away from him, Mr. Obama smiled at the protester, allowing him to finish his tirade before being out-chanted by the audience saying, “four more years.”
As the protester was led out of the auditorium to a boisterous chant of four more years, the President tried advising the protester that he may have forgotten his jacket, still smiling.
Somehow, I don’t see the anti-christ actually looking out for your best interests by reminding you to take your jacket. I think the anti-christ will want you to leave your jacket indoors, hoping that you’d get sick… without healthcare… and die… quickly. Kinda like the Republican’s plan for uninsured Americans.
On a recent visit to Canada, former vice president Dick Cheney was greeted with chants of “war criminal,” as Canada’s residents expressed their displeasure in the actions taken by the Bush Administration in Iraq and their blatant violations of the Geneva Convention through the Administration’s torture policy.
Dick Cheney appeared at The Vancouver Club, where attendees paid up to $500.00 to hear him speak. Referring to Mr. Cheney, one protester called him a terrorist, saying;
“…well you can say the The Vancouver Club is harboring a terrorist and a war criminal tonight cause I think crimes of state, can also be acts of terror. Terrorizing people in Iraq, terrorizing detainees and prisoners… so to borrow some of the rhetoric of the Bush Administration, they are harboring a terrorist.”
To block the entrance to the building where Cheney was giving his speech, protesters sat in the road and literally held the legs of attendees trying to gain access while police struggled to keep the pathway clear.
This should be Dick Cheney’s welcome everywhere he goes.
In a LinkedIn Q & A, President Obama was asked a question by someone the Republicans have been trying their hardest to protect – a rich guy. The man asking the question told the President that he was unemployed, not because he forced to, but because he chose to be. He then asked;
“Would you please raise my taxes?” He continued: “I would like very much to have the country to continue to invest in things like Pell Grants, infrastructure, and job training programs that made it possible for me to get to where I am.”
We can safely predict that the regular talking GOP talking points to this man will be, “just write a check!” It’s the same talking point they’ve made to Warren Buffett and many other responsible rich folks who want to pay their fair share.
Republicans have taken a pledge not to raise taxes on the rich and are now fighting the President’s attempt to add revenue to the economy by asking the rich to pay the same tax rate as middle class Americans.
Saturday Night Live’s take on the Republican’s Debates, and candidates for the Republican nomination. Although they were making fun, the parallels to the real debates and candidates are stunning. Like when the audience cheered the monumental amount of executions in Rick Perry’s Texas, or when they cheered the death of a man without insurance in a hypothetical question posed by Wolf Blitzer of CNN. And those are just some of the extraordinary things said in their debates.
Although Saturday Night Live actors were making fun of the Republican candidates, they appear more sane than these actual candidates would ever be.
President Obama addressed the Congressional Black Caucus last weekend, and said some things to the predominately black audience that Maxine Waters found questionable. In his speech, Mr. Obama told the caucus, “Stop complaining. Stop grumbling. Stop crying. We are going to press on. We’ve got work to do.”
Asked about the President’s remarks, Mrs. Waters said;
“I’m not sure who the president was addressing. I found that language a bit curious,” Waters said today. “The president spoke to the Hispanic Caucus… he certainly didn’t tell them to stop complaining and he never would say that to the gay and lesbian community who really pushed him on don’t ask don’t tell or even in a speech to APEC, he would never say to the Jewish community stop complaining about Israel.”
“So I don’t know who he was talking to because we’re certainly not complaining. We are working. We support him and we are protecting that base because we want people to be enthusiastic about him when that election rolls around.”
“Our kids only get one shot at a decent education. They cannot afford to wait any longer. So, given that Congress cannot act, I am acting.”
And with that, President Obama used his Executive pen this week and put an end to another of former President Bush’s failed education policy, No Child Left Behind, (NCLB). The policy, signed into law in 2002, is considered a failure by educators all across the country.
The president blamed congress for dragging its feet on revamping the education system saying, “We can’t let another generation of young people fall behind… we are in the midst of an enormous economic challenge,” Mr. Obama said. “The most important thing we can do is make sure that our kids are prepared for this new economy. By signing the Executive Order, President Obama is granting states a waiver, which would allow them to draft their own education programs, instead of the one-size-fits-all approach Bush envisioned under NCLB.
With a 16.7% unemployment figure looming over the black population, President Obama, the nation’s first black president, has heard much criticism from black leaders in Congress and leaders in black communities across the country. On Saturday, President Obama was invited to speak at the Congressional Black Caucus annual dinner and urged African-Americans to stand with him and “press on.”
To encourage his audience, President Obama quoted from Martin Luther King Jr., saying;
“Before we reach the majestic shores of the Promised Land, there is a frustrating and bewildering wilderness ahead. We must still face prodigious hilltops of opposition and gigantic mountains of resistance. But with patient and firm determination we will press on.”
The President told the Caucus that he’s heard and listened to their criticisms, but argued that he needs their help to get his $447 billion jobs bill passed. He told the audience that the jobs bill will “put our people back to work doing the work America needs done. Let’s pass this jobs bill.”
With patient and firm determination, I am going to press on for jobs. I’m going to press on for equality. I’m going to press on for the sake of our children. I’m going to press on for the sake of all those families who are struggling right now. I don’t have time to feel sorry for myself. I don’t have time to complain. I am going to press on.
In his weekly address, President Obama stressed the need for Education as it relates to job creating and maintaining oureconomic edge in the world. The President also spoke of the failures of No Child Left Behind, and detailed his Administration’s efforts to make sure education is a priority for students, and the American people.
While the goals behind No Child Left Behind were admirable, experience has taught us that the law has some serious flaws that are hurting our children instead of helping them. Teachers are being forced to teach to a test, while subjects like history and science are being squeezed out. And in order to avoid having their schools labeled as failures, some states lowered their standards in a race to the bottom.
These problems have been obvious to parents and educators all over this country for years. But for years, Congress has failed to fix them. So now, I will. Our kids only get one shot at a decent education. And they can’t afford to wait any longer.
The President also spoke about the flexibility he’s given to the states, to do what is necessary to improve education in their schools.
And that’s why instead of just pouring money into a system that’s not working, we launched a competition called Race to the Top. To all fifty states, we said, “If you show us the most innovative plans to improve teacher quality and student achievement, we’ll show you the money.”
On Monday, President Obama is scheduled to visit Los Angeles on a three-day campaign and fundraising trip, but the non-violent right-wing have already decided to roll out the red carpet the only way they know how – by vandalizing one of the President’s reelection offices.
The incident, as reported by L.A Times, occurred at around 7:25pm on Thursday. No one was injured, as the office was already closed. The LAPD and CIA are investigating the incident. CIA spokesman Max Milien said, “We continue to monitor all incidents, whether it be vandalism like this or any events tied to the president.”
Of course we all knew the Teaparty would have their take on the execution of Troy Davis yesterday. And who better to tell the Teaparty side of this killing, than Judson Phillips, president of the Teaparty Nation.
While most sensible individuals looked on last night in horror, as Georgia and the Supreme Court went ahead and legally murdered Troy Davis, the President of the Teaparty Nation wondered why the killing took 20 years to happen. In a blog post, Judson Phillips said this;
Troy Davis was on death row for twenty years. He was given a trial by a jury of his peers and then had countless opportunities to relitigate his death penalty.
The justice system was not broken.
On second thought, may be it was. For twenty years, he sat on death row while Mark McPhail’s family had to endure all of the appeals. Perhaps the question we should be asking is why does it take twenty years and an untold amount of taxpayer money for justice to be delivered?
An amazing take. Mr. Judson Phillips heard the very same things about Troy Davis’s case that the rest of the world heard. No credible evidence, disputed ballistic results, and the recanting of seven out of nine “eyewitnesses” testimonies. But with all these circumstances, Phillips ponders the question of why it took so long.
This statement from Davis makes me wonder if the famous Teaparty phrase, “I want my country back,” is a reference to back in the day, when human beings were hung from trees. Back then, no trials were necessary and their idea of justice was swift and immediate. If you looked a certain way, behaved a certain way, or didn’t do as you were told, or you were in the wrong place at the wrong time, then you would be rounded-up, have a noose thrown around your neck, and hung from a tree.
I understand now Mr. Phillips – president of the Teaparty Nation. You probably have a noose in the trunk of your car, don’t ‘cha?
In 1991, Troy Davis was convicted of murdering an off duty police officer in a parking lot in the city of Savannah, Georgia. His conviction was based on nothing more than nine “eyewitnesses.” Since then, seven of those eyewitnesses have came forward and recanted their testimonies, with some even saying that they were coerced into lying. Nevertheless, he was convicted and after three previous stays of execution, the state of Georgia was determined to make sure Troy Davis would die tonight.
Millions of people had come out in protest, including a former United States President, The Pope and five Wardens, as well as a former warden at the very prison where Troy Davis was incarcerated. That former warden, Dr. Allen Ault, wrote a letter to the Governor and Corrections Officials of Georgia, asking for Troy’s execution to be stopped. Part of the letter said;
We write to you today with the overwhelming concern that an innocent person could be executed in Georgia tonight. We know the legal process has exhausted itself in the case of Troy Anthony Davis, and yet, doubt about his guilt remains. This very fact will have an irreversible and damaging impact on your staff. Many people of significant standing share these concerns, including, notably, William Sessions, Director of the FBI under President Ronald Reagan.
Living with the nightmares is something that we know from experience. No one has the right to ask a public servant to take on a lifelong sentence of nagging doubt, and for some of us, shame and guilt. Should our justice system be causing so much harm to so many people when there is an alternative?
We urge you to ask the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles to reconsider their decision. Should that fail, we urge you to unburden yourselves and your staff from the pain of participating in such a questionable execution to the extent possible by allowing any personnel so inclined to opt-out of activities related to the execution of Troy Anthony Davis. Further, we urge you to provide appropriate counseling to personnel who do choose to perform their job functions related to the execution. If we may be of assistance to you moving forward, please do not hesitate to call upon any of us.
Scheduled to be killed today at 7PM, Troy’s lawyers filed a last minute request with the United States Supreme Court for a stay of execution, but that effort ended three hours later with the Court returning its decision saying, “application for a stay of execution denied.”
So tonight, Troy Davis was strapped to a gurney and asked if he had any last words, to which he maintained his innocence. He said he was not responsible for the officer’s death, and that he “didn’t have a gun.” He was then injected with enough poison to kill him.
Convicted on nothing more than nine testimonies that were later determined to be false or coerced – tonight – Troy lost his fight to live. The announcement was made that Troy took his last breath and was pronounced dead at 11:08PM.
Our tagline says “In your face with the truth!” We are sticking to that, because we believe the only way to shed light on the misguided corporate agenda of the Republicans is to stick with the truth. So we keep that tag line in mind as we publish this post.
The National Enquirer today alleged that Tod Palin has had enough and has decided to file for divorce from Sarah Palin. According to the report, Todd is “fed up” with the constant scandals that have plagued their marriage ever since she ran for vice president. It is also alleged that advisers to Sarah Palin are telling the ex Alaskan governor to forget ever running for President, because of the explosive claims made in Joe McGinniss’ new book and other claims that could come out during the normal vetting process.
A source close to the former vice presidential candidate said: ‘Sarah Palin has been destroyed by Joe McGinniss’ no-holds-barred biography. It exposed all her lies, cover-ups and secrets.
‘As a result she has been told by her advisers that it would be political suicide to announce a White House candidacy. The press and her opponents would have a field day digging into the dirty details of her background.’
The bombshell book is said to have put the final nail in the coffin of her marriage, after Sarah’s brother Chuckie was quoted saying his sister and Todd’s marriage was over.
A friend told the National Enquirer: ‘The final straw was McGinniss quoting Sarah’s brother Chuckie telling a friend they don’t have a marriage.
‘Todd felt as if he was stabbed in the back by his own brother-in-law after 23 years of being married to the guy’s sister, and having five kids together.’
It was revealed last week that former basketball player Glen Rice had a one-time fling with the Alaska governor when she was a news anchor for her local station and he was a junior at the University of Michigan.
The source told the Enquirer that Todd feels like he’s been made a laughing stock as the hook up had become a joke on late night TV and was all over the internet.
He was also said to be ‘fuming’ over the biography’s confirmation that his wife had an affair with his business partner Brad Hanson and that Todd dissolved their snowmobile dealership after learning of it.
Of course, as in any other high-profile divorce, there is always the initial denial when the news of a divorce goes public. We expect nothing less from the Palins, as they make a vigorous effort to denounce these claims. However, after the dust settles, the truth will prevail, and we’ll see whether there is a divorce or not. Yes – we shall see…
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