Barack Obama
watch it: the 5/22/10 weekly address from President Barack Obama
“Swift action to clean up BP’s mess”? It’s already been a full month! I want perp walks for BP execs. Where o where are the perp walks we so desperately need?
watch it: the 5/15/10 weekly address from President Barack Obama
I want perp walks for all the Wall Street execs who crashed the economy. That would be financial reform I could really get behind.
watch it: the 5/8/10 weekly address from President Barack Obama
Universal single-payer. Universal single-payer. Universal single-payer. It’s the only thing that makes any sense. It’s ridiculous to talk about all these different tendrils of problems and how it looks like they may be on their way to be mended, a little, when one simple change could have fixed them all, forever.
Roger Ebert hates 3D; is Sacha Baron Cohen worth $20 million?; Brits playing American; and more: leftover links
Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post. And inevitably, I end the week with most of that material unused. But … more…
watch it: the 5/1/10 weekly address from President Barack Obama
“A government that works for ordinary Americans”? Wouldn’t that be nice…
watch it: the 4/24/10 weekly address from President Barack Obama
This weekly address is titled “Good News from the Auto Industry.” I got excited! I thought: • new 100 percent tax on all cars that don’t get 96 MPG? • Mr. Fusion to power all new cars from 2012 onward? • breakthrough in flying Jetsonmobiles? No such luck.
watch it: the 4/17/10 weekly address from President Barack Obama
We’ve heard tough talk like this from Obama before, and every time — every time — he ends up backtracking and backing down and saying he never said what he said. Guantanamo Bay was gonna be closed. The public option was a necessity. Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell was gonna end. As with everything else, I … more…
watch it: the 4/10/10 weekly address from President Barack Obama
And what about those of us who didn’t buy a house or a car this year, don’t have kids, and get no paycheck for tax breaks to show up in because we freelance and pay estimated taxes? We’re Americans, too. I don’t begrudge anyone living the life they want to live, however they want to … more…
watch it: the 4/3/10 weekly address from President Barack Obama
Very pretty words about humanity, about striving to find meaning in our lives, about unity of purpose. Now make sure, Mr. President, that your actions don’t contradict them.
