November 30

Archive for the 'We're Making Progress' Category

04
Jun

Wow… Obama’s Address to the Muslim World

At times I can barely believe my eyes — is this really our President? I think it is! Here are a few select quotes, but I highly recommend reading the full transcript of President Obama’s address to a historic crowd at Cairo University.
First, some context for the relationship between the U.S. and the Muslim world:
I’ve [...]

20
Jan

United States Celebrates Obama Presidency

We gathered in the little house to watch the celebration.  In case you have trouble remembering Obama’s inaugural address, here it is as word cloud, thanks to Wordle.

Here are a couple of my favorite links related to today:
Worldwide celebrations for Obama inauguration
Avaaz’s page on the inauguration
Earthjustice has already come up with a list of five [...]

16
May

House Refuses to Write a Blank Check for War (Finally!)

I got an email From my Representative, Earl Bluemenauer, explaining that he voted against the latest war funding bill. “That’s nice,” I thought… “Good old Earl.” And it turns out that enough representatives decided to start representing their constituents that the House rejected the latest war funding bill.
There’s a lovely map that can show you [...]

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