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President Obama Responds To Nicki Minaj Rap About Mitt Romney
President Obama has something to say about Nicki Minaj’s rap to vote for his opponent Mitt Romney in November’s election. On the “Mercy” track Nicki rapped, “I’m a Republican voting for Mitt Romney, you lazy bit*hes are f—–g up the economy.”
The lyric was an easy standout for the rapper’s fans who quickly called her out on the lyric. The “Beez in the Trap” rapper never responded to the criticism but as it turns out she’s not even registered to vote! Music critics were on the other side of the fence not giving much credence the lyric. President Obama isn’t either.
In a phone interview with Power 95.3 the president was asked about rap,
“Yeah, I’m not sure that’s actually what happened. But I think she had a song on there, a little rap that said that but she likes to play different characters. So I don’t know what’s going on there.”
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Date Submitted: 9/10/2012 11:05 PM
Posted By: Single In The City
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Gabrielle Union Shocked The President Listens To Jay-Z
 Gabrielle Union is making her rounds to promote her latest much talked about film 'Think Like a Man'. Her latest promo stopped included Chelsea Lately. Union recalled going to dinner at the White House with Barack and Michelle Obama,
"We’ve been to their house; you guys might have heard of the White House. I guess I was thinking that they would have Pâté and this super fancy stuff so we’re trying to eat before we go, just in case they didn’t have good food."
"I’m from Omaha and [Dwayne] is from Chicago and we’re like, 'We need to eat' just in case they got too grand. So we get there, and he’s got Jay-Z playing and Janet Jackson, potato salad and baked beans and we’re like, 'Yeah!' So we ate again."
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Date Submitted: 4/20/2012 11:09 PM
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President Obama Finally Speaks On Trayvon Martin Case
 President Obama was asked earlier today about his thoughts on the Trayvon Martin case. While a White House Rose Garden ceremony Obama stated,
"All of us have to do some soul searching to figure out how does something like this happen.
“I can only imagine what these parents are going through. I think every parent in America should be able to understand why it is absolutely imperative that we investigate every aspect of this.
Obama offered his sympathy to Martin's grieving parents saying, “My main message is to the parents of Trayvon Martin,” he added. “If I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon. I think they are right to expect that all of us as Americans are going to take this with the seriousness it deserves and we’re going to get to the bottom of exactly what happened.”
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Date Submitted: 3/23/2012 7:28 PM
Posted By: Single In The City
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When Will President Obama Start Fighting Back?
 By Nick Chiles
Last week President Obama stepped onto the stage of the
Congressional Black Caucus desperately trying to light a fire under black folks
before the election season heats up—just as we got word that he is having
trouble eliciting campaign contributions from the army of small donors who
threw money at him in 2008. It occurs to me that the President is in such a
vulnerable state because he forgot a fundamental lesson he probably learned in
elementary school: People will have more love and respect for the guy who
stands up to the bully—even if he gets his face bashed in—than the guy who
tries to pull the bully aside and talk the bully out of beating him up.
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Date Submitted: 9/26/2011 10:13 AM
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Kate Middleton And Prince William Meet With Michelle Obama
 Kate Middleton, Prince William and the remaining royal family met with First Lady Michelle Obama and President Obama.
President Obama and Michelle were welcomed by Queen Elizabeth II, Camilla the Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Charles the Prince of Wales, and Prince Philip the Duke of Edinburgh.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were there fresh off their 10-day honeymoon in Seychelles. Is it just us or does Kate look like she skipped a few meals while honeymooning...she may have been busy with other business..
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Date Submitted: 5/24/2011 4:56 PM
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Martin Luther King Jr's Legacy Celebrated With Tribute From President Obama
 Martin Luther King Jr. - Today marks the 25th anniversary for celebrating Martin Luther King Jr 's legacy with a holiday in his honor.
In a statement made this morning, President Obama paid tribute to the
'selfless' King, saying, "Martin Luther King, Jr. lived his life for
others, dedicating his work to ensuring equal opportunity, freedom, and
justice for all", adding, "I encourage every American to observe this
holiday in honor of Dr. King's selfless legacy by volunteering in their
own communities and by dedicating time each day to bettering the lives
of those around us".
On March 29th 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, supposedly by JAMES EARL RAY.
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Date Submitted: 1/17/2011 9:11 AM
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Robert Gibbs Quitting President Obama's Administration
 Robert Gibbs - Robert Gibbs, the White House press
secretary and one of the most visible and forceful advocates for
President Barack Obama, is quitting his job to become an outside
political adviser. According to reports, "The move allows Gibbs to leave
the grinding pace of the press secretary's job, make money giving
speeches and spend more time with his wife, Mary Catherine, and their
young son Ethan. From the outside, he will still be a key voice in
Obama's decision-making, and he will end up back in a pivotal role in
Obama's campaign for a second term."
Robert Gibbs said he would be leaving the White House by early February.
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Date Submitted: 1/5/2011 2:02 PM
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President Barack Obama's Basketball Beat Down Requires 12 Stitches For His Lip
U.S. President Barack Obama got his lip busted while playing basketball with friends and aides on Nov. 26, 2010 at Fort McNair in Washington, DC. Now who done went an fouled the mess out of the Commander In Chief ? The perpetrator of Elbowgate is Rey Decerega of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute. Although his elbow was a friendly mishap, Barack Obama's lip needed 12 stitches to close the wound . Whitehouse spokesman Robert Gibbs spoke on the incident:
“After being inadvertently hit with an opposing player’s elbow in the lip while playing basketball with friends and family, the president received 12 stitches today administered by the White House medical unit. The president played basketball for about 90 minutes at a gym at Fort McNair in Washington."
Somebody needs to be fired for not protecting the most valuable player in this game of pickup basketball.
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Date Submitted: 11/26/2010 5:58 PM
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George H.w. Bush, Maya Angelou Win highest civilian honor - Freedom Medals
George H.W. Bush - Former president George H.W. Bush, Maya Angelou and Warren Buffett are among the 2010 winners of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Other winners include a civil rights hero, Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., plus St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Famer Stan "The Man" Musial, Boston Celtics legend Bill Russell, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma.
There has been no immediate response from George H.w. Bush or any of the other recipients. George H.w. Bush is the second republican former president to receive a presidential medal of freedom from a democratic president.
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Date Submitted: 11/18/2010 4:19 PM
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President Obama Officially End Iraq War With Major Speech Last Night - Update
President Barack Obama officially ended the Iraq war with a major speech on last night, after seven long years of bloodshed. In his remarks of slightly less than 20 minutes, President Obama's second address
from the Oval Office, the president looked directly into the TV camera, hands
clasped in front of him on his desk, family photos and the U.S. and
presidential flags behind him. With the official ending of the war, President Obama said, the nation's most urgent priority is fixing its own sickly economy.
You can read the entire transcript of President Barack Obama August 31 speech, declaring the end of the Iraq war, after the jump:
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Date Submitted: 9/1/2010 7:43 AM
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President Obama Hails New Orleans 5 Years After Hurricane Katrina
President Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, recently visited New Orleans, a city that is still reeling in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina five years ago. During his visit, President Obama spoke to the students and faculty of Xavier University delivering a message of allegiance and separating the efforts of this administration with those of his predecessor:
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Date Submitted: 8/30/2010 9:49 AM
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Elisabeth Hasselbeck Has The Hots For President Obama - Watch Out, Michelle?
Conservative pundit, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, doesn't always hold on to her the position she displays on 'The View', for instance, in a recent interview, she admitted that she supports gay marriage and she's on the fence about abortion:
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Date Submitted: 8/26/2010 9:47 AM
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Snooki From Jersey Shore Calls President Obama A Liar - Update
Snooki - from MTV's Jersey Shore - is getting a little too big for her britches, if you ask us. Besides being the big-haired girl on some reality show who got punched in the face by a drunk bar-goer, Snooki's reality career is ... well... uneventful. Despite her lackluster reality career, Snooki still expects to be a household name, even if that house is the White House.
In a recent interview with E! News, Snooki responded to President Obama admitting to the hosts of 'The View' that he's got no idea who Snooki is:
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Date Submitted: 8/13/2010 3:46 PM
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CHELSEA CLINTON Stressed Out Over Royal Wedding
 Chelsea Clinton might be undergoing prenuptial counseling. As we reported recently, Chelsea Clinton is set to have the wedding of the
decade. President Barack Obama and Oprah
Winfrey are among 500 people reported invited to Chelsea Clinton's
wedding. Other celebrity guest includes singer-actress-director Barbra
Streisand, former British Prime Minister John Major, filmmaker Steven
Spielberg with wife Kate Capshaw and media mogul Ted Turner.
However, Chelsea never wanted a royal-style wedding with hundreds of guests, but her parents insisted, and she gave in. As a result, Chelsea is a nervous wreck as her wedding approaches,” a source said. “She’s terrified that she’ll disgrace herself and her family by turning into a ‘runaway bride’ at the last minute.
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Date Submitted: 7/26/2010 8:47 AM
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Chelsea Clinton: President Obama & Oprah Winfrey Among Chelsea Clinton Wedding Guests
Chelsea Clinton is set to have the wedding of the decade. According to recent reports, President Barack Obama and Oprah Winfrey are among 500 people reported invited to Chelsea Clinton's wedding. Other celebrity guest includes singer-actress-director Barbra Streisand, former British Prime Minister John Major, filmmaker Steven Spielberg with wife Kate Capshaw and media mogul Ted Turner.
The 30-year-old Chelsea Clinton will marry 32-year-old Goldman Sachs investment banker Marc Mezvinsky on July 31.
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Date Submitted: 7/24/2010 2:43 PM
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John Glenn Gives President Obama Some Outer Space Advice
Former US Senator and astronaut, John Glenn, recently joined what is rapidly becoming a heated debate in the science community over President Obama's decision to potentially scrap US space shuttles and rely on international assistance to get US astronauts to the International Space Station. According to the Associated Press, it would cost the US $56 million per person to fly US astronauts to the space station, while NASA currently trumps up their costs to about half that. John Glenn also opines:
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Date Submitted: 6/22/2010 3:19 PM
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Sasha Obama Outdoes Everyone In Bring-Your-Parent-To-School-Day
The second first daughter, Sasha Obama, had to be embarrassed when her mom and dad visited school with scores of Secret Service and high-intensity security sweeps. After all, it was the last day of school! According to the Associated Press:
"President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama attended two school functions for their daughters, 11-year-old Malia and 8-year-old Sasha. The parents traveled to Sidwell Friends School in Bethesda, Md., for a morning event with Sasha. Reporters were not allowed inside the schools, and White House officials would not describe the events the Obamas attended."
Glad to see the reporters and Paparazzi respect SOMETHING these days....
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Date Submitted: 6/10/2010 10:18 AM
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The 'Obama Apartment' Is Up For Rent - Pictures Included
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Apartment - New York City residents may have a chance to get closer to history as Pres. Obama's Apartment goes up for rent this week. According to one site, the ad for the 'Obama Apartment' lists "beautiful hardwood floors,” “high ceilings,” “large closets” and “OBAMA SLEPT HERE AND YOU CAN TOO.” Doesn't that just sound like a scam? The 'Obama Apartment' is going for the low price of just $1900 per month and is located near Columbia University at 42 West 109th St. Unfortunately, the Obama Apartment doesn't come with any books on how to become president or marry Michelle Obama - you're going to have to figure that out on your own!
Pictures of the Obama Apartment after the jump...
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Date Submitted: 6/9/2010 1:14 AM
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Jon Stewart Comes Back From Break And Roasts President Obama?
The Daily Show host, Jon Stewart, came back from his two-week break with a vengeance. The name he wanted on a platter was President Barack Obama, and Jon Stewarts' intro monologue made that fact totally evident. Jon Stewart went IN on President Obama for the many failed attempts to fix the BP oil spill. As part of the attack, Jon Stewart says:
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Date Submitted: 6/3/2010 10:43 AM
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President Obama Pitching The Chicago Bulls to LeBron James?
 U.S. president Barak Obama has expressed his desire in
seeing Lebron James playing for the Chicago Bulls. In a recent interview
Barak Obama had this to say about Lebron James;
"You know, like I said, I don't want to meddle. I will say this:
(Derrick) Rose, Joakim Noah it's a pretty good core. You know, you could
see LeBron fitting in pretty well there."
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Date Submitted: 5/25/2010 7:00 AM
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Boondocks Season 3, First Episode Take Shots At Obama-mania
Boondocks is back, baby! The cult-classic cartoon which is in it's third season, targeted Obama's 2008 election mania as its focus and raised waved poignant points in the faces of Obama supporters. In Aaron Mcruder's classic satirical style, the episode took a cross-section of the black community and had them voice their reasoning behind voting for Obama - none of which turned out to be both reasonable and true (unless you count Riley's 'because he's black' answer). The episode closed on a monologue from grandpa Robert Freeman who declared the civil rights era officially dead (as long as he was able to get his VIP tickets, that is). While Boondocks episodes are usually there to get the one-liner laugh track off, this episode did much to jolt some thought-provoking ideas into the heads of its audience.... well... except for Uncle Ruckus.
The Obama fan club folks are not going to like this one. The Boondocks Season 3 might be the last one as a result. We hope that it is not because if episode one is any indication of what is to come, Boondocks Season 3 might be the best yet.
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Date Submitted: 5/3/2010 5:02 AM
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Sarah Palin Gets Shut Down By Pres. Obama Over Nuclear Acumen
Former Governor, Sarah Palin was recently shut down by President Barack Obama when it came to the issue of America's nuclear arsenal. Sarah Palin has not been shy about criticizing Obama's policies and this week weighed in on his revamped nuclear strategy, saying it was like a child in a playground who says 'punch me in the face, I'm not going to retaliate.'
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Date Submitted: 4/9/2010 12:05 PM
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Osama bin Laden Issues Threats To America
Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden is issuing threats to kill
any Americans his organization takes prisoner if accused September 11 mastermind
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is put to death. The threats comes via an
audiotape aired on al Jazeera on Thursday.
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Date Submitted: 3/25/2010 12:32 PM
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President Obama Lambasts Tiger Woods For 'Betraying His Family'
President Obama was recently interviewed by Fox News, which is a rare and special report largely because of the tension between Fox News and the Obama administration. One of the many topics President Obama was questioned on by Fox News reporter Bret Baier, was the recent Tiger Woods fiasco:
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Date Submitted: 3/18/2010 11:23 AM
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Dennis Kucinich Reluctantly Support Health Care Reform
 Rep. Dennis Kucinich has announced on Wednesday that he
has decided to vote for health care reform when it comes before the
House in the next few days. This is a major position reversal form
Dennis Kucinich previous position. Rep. Dennis Kucinich vote will give
President Obama a much needed boost in his battle to get congressional
leaders to reform Health Care.
Dennis Kucinich said in his announcement, "If my vote is to be counted,
let it count now for passage of the bill, hopefully in the direction of
comprehensive health care reform." This a reluctant support at best.
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Date Submitted: 3/17/2010 3:36 PM
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Clarence Thomas Wife Confronts President Obama's Agenda as "tea party" Leader
Virginia Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, has been raising eyebrows recently with her decision to start a Tea Party group in her home town.
"I am an ordinary citizen from Omaha, Neb., who just may have the chance to preserve liberty along with you and other people like you," Thomas said at a recent panel discussion with tea party leaders in Washington. Thomas went on to count herself among those energized into action by President Obama's "hard-left agenda." So far Clarence Thomas has been silent on the issue of her wife becoming a local leader of the Tea Party movement.
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Date Submitted: 3/15/2010 12:21 PM
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Joe Biden Preach Hard Truths To Israel
 Vice President Joe Biden gave a rather emotional speech at Tel Aviv
University today. He had recently travel to Israel to ensure the
Jewish state of the fact that Israel is America's closest friend.
However, Joe Biden was also there to deliver a message that is not
popular with the current Israeli administration. But as Joe Biden
put's it, "Sometimes only a friend can deliver the hardest truth,'' adding that he and President Obama know that the US has no
better friend than Israel. "The status quo is untenable."
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Date Submitted: 3/11/2010 3:28 PM
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President Obama Decides To Kick Public Option To The Curb
President Obama health care plan contains some great
provisions, however it does not contain the public option. Despite
hints leading up to Monday’s unveiling that Mr. Obama’s plan would
include a "public option," it does not. The health care reform package
called for by the Obama administration leans more toward the Senate
bill approved in December.
An additional 31 million Americans would have received health
insurance coverage, had the public option remained in the proposed plan by
the Whitehouse. Hopefully the president is able to get the law passed without the public option, although critics of Obama's bi-partisan-based approach remain doubtful.
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Date Submitted: 2/22/2010 6:23 PM
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Michelle Obama Take Shots At Sarah Palin
 First lady michelle Obama fires back at Sarah Palin and other critics over her husband's first year in office.
"I think my husband has done a phenomenal job staying on course,
looking his critics in the eye, coming up with clear solutions against
staying the course," Michelle Obama said in response to Sarah Palin who
criticize President Obama over the weekend at the Tea Party convention
in Nashville, Tenn.
In her address at the Tea Party convention, Sarah Palin poked fun at
the President Obama by asking; "How is that hope-y, change-y stuff
working out for you?"
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Date Submitted: 2/9/2010 12:35 PM
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Urban Outfitters Has A Black &White T-Shirt Labeled "OBAMA BLACK"
 So the people over at Urban Outfitters thought it was cool to label a black & white T-Shirt "OBAMA BLACK". Where they do that at?
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Date Submitted: 1/31/2010 1:48 PM
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Michelle Obama unveiled in Wax at Madame Tussauds in London
 A wax figure of Michelle Obama standing next to a wax
figure of President Barack Obama has been unveiled at Madame Tussauds'
London museum. According to reports, "A line stretched down the block
outside the museum by noon, while inside, a circus of media and
visitors swarmed around the exhibit for its grand opening" to get a
peek at the first lady Michelle Obama in wax.
You can watch the video of Michelle Obama being unveiled in Wax at Madame Tussauds in the related video section below.
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Date Submitted: 1/20/2010 3:22 PM
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Rush Limbaugh Spewing More Hate: Will Haitians Also Need To Face Death Panels?
Fresh off his previous rounds of hate speech directed at Haiti, Rush Limbaugh has more to say. This time around he wants to know, will Haitians also need to face death panels? Below are excerpts from Rush Limbaugh's most recent attacks:
"Will someone ask Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, who is Rahm’s brother and one of the lead White House people on health care whether they’re planning cost benefit considerations for each Haiti victim. Will they consider age? Potential contribution to society? All the other factors we are assured are not ‘death panel’ guidelines in our own health care system. This rescue, however compassionate, should at least have the same transparency as Obama promised for our health care. Remember he told a woman about her 95 year old mother, ‘no, no we probably wouldn’t give her pacemaker, give em a pill.’ how many Haitians will we decide to give a pill? A legitimate question."
Side note: Rush Limbaugh host one of the post popular radio talk shows in America...Where do we go from here?
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Date Submitted: 1/17/2010 10:33 AM
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President Obama Throws First Lady Michelle Obama a Surprise Birthday Dinner
President Barack Obama gave first lady Michelle Obama a surprise birthday party at an organic restaurant last night in Washington DC. The Restaurant is called Nora and describes itself as America's first certified organic restaurant. According to reports, the dinner lasted about four hours.Those in attendance were her mother Marian Robinson, Attorney General Eric Holder, White House Adviser Valerie Jarrett and Jocelyn Frye among other friends.
The first family exited the restaurant at 10:10 to applause and eruptions of "Happy Birthday" wishes for the first lady Michelle Obama. More pictures of Michelle Obama after the jump...
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Date Submitted: 1/17/2010 10:10 AM
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The Recent Earthquake in Haiti Expose Racist Attitudes Towards Haiti and Her People
As a result of the recent Earthquake in Haiti, tens of thousands of Haitians are dead, with at least one official estimating the number could reach half a million when the full, horrifying effects of Tuesday night’s earthquake in the island nation are finally known. It is hard to imagine that anyone would use a tragic event such as this as an opportunity to spew racist hate speech. However, Rush Limbaugh and Pat Robertson has found a way to do the near impossible.
Following the Earthquake, Rush Limbaugh had this to say:
"This will play right into Obama's hands. Humanitarian, compassionate. They'll use this to, to burnish their, shall we say, credibility with the black community, the both light-skinned and dark-skinned black community in, in this country. It's made-to-order for him. That's why he couldn't wait to get out there, could not wait to get out there."
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Date Submitted: 1/16/2010 11:05 AM
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Senator Harry Reid Continues To Get Hammered over President Obama Racial Comment
 Senator Harry Reid's remark that President Obama's “light-skinned” and
carrying the advantage of having “no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to
have one” is if nothing else an accurate assessment of the racial
assumptions in this society. That fact however is of no value in an
election year. The republican party smell blood on this one and they
are going in. There has been calls from almost every member of the GOP
for Sen. Harry Reid to step down. The latest call has come from
Michael Steele, Republican National Committee chairman and Sen. John
Cornyn, R-Texas, the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial
Committee. Our bet is that Senator Harry Reid will not step down unless there are some other things hiding in his closet.
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Date Submitted: 1/12/2010 8:09 AM
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Arnold Schwarzenegger says President Obama is doing well on Security But The Health Care Bill is A Rip-Off
 California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appeared on NBC's
"Meet The Press" this morning where he was asked to address some of the
major issues facing the nation. In defense of Barack Obama, Governor
Schwarzenegger says he believes the President "is doing everything that
he can" on national security and in response to terrorist threats.
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Date Submitted: 1/10/2010 10:27 AM
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President Obama To Host Black History Month Concert at The White House
 President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will host
'A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement' at the White
House next month. The event will recognize music that accompanied the
struggle for civil rights from the 1950s to 1960s. John Legend,
Jennifer Hudson, Seal, Smokey Robinson and the Blind Boys of Alabama
are among those scheduled to perform. A special presentation of the event will be premiered on PBS, Feb. 11 at 8pm ET.
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Date Submitted: 1/8/2010 12:18 PM
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Carlos Allen: First Black Man To Sneak Past Secret Service Into The White House
Carlos Allen who managed to sneak past secret service into the White House for a diplomacy event, has a name that will join a long line of black firsts. Maybe he doesn't belong with the Jackie Robinsons, Madame CJ Walkers, and Jack Johnsons of the world, but a hey, a first is a first! According to a white house source:
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Date Submitted: 1/6/2010 1:17 PM
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Grace Bumbry & Robert De Niro Among Those Honored @ The Kennedy Center Honors 2009
 Mel Brooks, Dave Brubeck, Grace Bumbry, Robert De Niro,
and Bruce Springsteen were the five artists honored at this year’s
Kennedy Center Honors for their lifetime contributions to American
culture. The 32nd Annual Kennedy Center Honors was broadcast on CBS on
December 29, 2009. The event was hosted by Caroline Kennedy for the
seventh consecutive year. President Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama
and Vice President Joe Biden were among the special attendees.
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Date Submitted: 12/30/2009 7:13 AM
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Dalai Lama Says Obama Peace Prize Is Too Early
The Dalai Lama won the Nobel Peace Prize 20 years ago for his peaceful opposition to Chinese rule in his country, but believes President Obama was awarded the prize "a little" too soon. As President Barack Obama prepares to accept the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, the Dalai Lama told one news source he believes the award is "a little early" and cautioned the U.S. president against relying too much on his advisers.
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Date Submitted: 12/10/2009 10:48 AM
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President Obama In Oslo, Norway Accepting Norway Peace Prize
President Obama began his acceptance speech of the Nobel Peace Prize today by asking “difficult questions” about war and peace, with the irony of the president sending troops to Afghanistan. “I would be remiss if I did not acknowledge the considerable controversy that your generous decision has generated,” Obama said during his acceptance speech in Oslo, Norway. “In part, this is because I am at the beginning, and not the end, of my labors on the world stage.”
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Date Submitted: 12/10/2009 10:39 AM
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Obama Nobel Peace Prize Entire Speech Transcribed
Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Distinguished Members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, citizens of America, and citizens of the world: I receive this honor with deep gratitude and great humility. It is an award that speaks to our highest aspirations — that for all the cruelty and hardship of our world, we are not mere prisoners of fate. Our actions matter, and can bend history in the direction of justice. And yet I would be remiss if I did not acknowledge the considerable controversy that your generous decision has generated. In part, this is because I am at the beginning, and not the end, of my labors on the world stage. Compared to some of the giants of history who have received this prize — Schweitzer and King; Marshall and Mandela — my accomplishments are slight. And then there are the men and women around the world who have been jailed and beaten in the pursuit of justice; those who toil in humanitarian organizations to relieve suffering; the unrecognized millions whose quiet acts of courage and compassion inspire even the most hardened of cynics. I cannot argue with those who find these men and women — some known, some obscure to all but those they help — to be far more deserving of this honor than I. But perhaps the most profound issue surrounding my receipt of this prize is the fact that I am the Commander-in-Chief of a nation in the midst of two wars. One of these wars is winding down. The other is a conflict that America did not seek; one in which we are joined by 43 other countries — including Norway — in an effort to defend ourselves and all nations from further attacks. Still, we are at war, and I am responsible for the deployment of thousands of young Americans to battle in a distant land. Some will kill. Some will be killed. And so I come here with an acute sense of the cost of armed conflict — filled with difficult questions about the relationship between war and peace, and our effort to replace one with the other. These questions are not new. War, in one form or another, appeared with the first man. At the dawn of history, its morality was not questioned; it was simply a fact, like drought or disease — the manner in which tribes and then civilizations sought power and settled their differences. Over time, as codes of law sought to control violence within groups, so did philosophers, clerics and statesmen seek to regulate the destructive power of war. The concept of a "just war" emerged, suggesting that war is justified only when it meets certain preconditions: if it is waged as a last resort or in self-defense; if the forced used is proportional; and if, whenever possible, civilians are spared from violence. For most of history, this concept of just war was rarely observed. The capacity of human beings to think up new ways to kill one another proved inexhaustible, as did our capacity to exempt from mercy those who look different or pray to a different God. Wars between armies gave way to wars between nations — total wars in which the distinction between combatant and civilian became blurred. In the span of 30 years, such carnage would twice engulf this continent. And while it is hard to conceive of a cause more just than the defeat of the Third Reich and the Axis powers, World War II was a conflict in which the total number of civilians who died exceeded the number of soldiers who perished. In the wake of such destruction, and with the advent of the nuclear age, it became clear to victor and vanquished alike that the world needed institutions to prevent another World War. And so, a quarter century after the United States Senate rejected the League of Nations — an idea for which Woodrow Wilson received this Prize — America led the world in constructing an architecture to keep the peace: a Marshall Plan and a United Nations, mechanisms to govern the waging of war, treaties to protect human rights, prevent genocide and restrict the most dangerous weapons. In many ways, these efforts succeeded. Yes, terrible wars have been fought, and atrocities committed. But there has been no Third World War. The Cold War ended with jubilant crowds dismantling a wall. Commerce has stitched much of the world together. Billions have been lifted from poverty. The ideals of liberty, self-determination, equality and the rule of law have haltingly advanced. We are the heirs of the fortitude and foresight of generations past, and it is a legacy for which my own country is rightfully proud. A decade into a new century, this old architecture is buckling under the weight of new threats. The world may no longer shudder at the prospect of war between two nuclear superpowers, but proliferation may increase the risk of catastrophe. Terrorism has long been a tactic, but modern technology allows a few small men with outsized rage to murder innocents on a horrific scale. Moreover, wars between nations have increasingly given way to wars within nations. The resurgence of ethnic or sectarian conflicts, the growth of secessionist movements, insurgencies and failed states have increasingly trapped civilians in unending chaos. In today's wars, many more civilians are killed than soldiers; the seeds of future conflict are sown, economies are wrecked, civil societies torn asunder, refugees amassed and children scarred.
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Date Submitted: 12/10/2009 10:27 AM
Posted By: DimeWars Staff
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Does President Obama Have A Vested Interest In Black America's Success?
 President Obama spoke at NAACP 100th Anniversary event in New York this evening. For much of his 45 minutes Obama focused on issues facing the black community urging parents to put away the Xbox and put kids to bed at a reasonable hour. He also said,
“No one has written your destiny for you - Your destiny is in your hands, and don’t you forget that. That’s what we have to teach all of our children! No excuses! No excuses!”
Even as he urged blacks to take responsibility for themselves, he spoke of the societal ills — high unemployment, the housing and energy crisis — that have created the conditions for black joblessness. And he said the legacy of the Jim Crow era is still felt, albeit in different ways today.
Yet even after acknowledging that "the legacy of Jim Crow is still alive today", President Obama reverted back to his first thought saying...
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Date Submitted: 7/16/2009 10:54 PM
Posted By: Single In The City
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Obama's Ghana Trip In July Causes Excitement and Raises Questions
 President Obama has planned his first trip to sub-Saharan Africa in July. Ahead of his visit to Ghana there are talks of excitement and apprehensions. One mechanic said, "I will not work that weekend and I’ll do all that it takes to be among the crowd to wave at his motorcade — for me, that alone is fulfilling."
Other people are less thrilled, convinced that the president chose Ghana specifically because of its new found oil saying, "Is it for a mere visit or for America's gain especially in our newly found oil?"
Ghana had a peaceful election in 2008, is the US merely supporting their efforts in comparisons to other African countries or is "democracy" a cover-up for oil?
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Date Submitted: 6/11/2009 8:10 AM
Posted By: Single In The City
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Are We Getting Played By President Obama?
Michael Eric Dyson give an analysis of President Obama after his 100 days and
beyond. He begins by expressing his regret for not receiving an invitation, "I
ain't been invited to the White House. I was the first prominent black leader to
endorse Obama in New Orleans and I live in D.C but haven't been invited..."
Dyson gives Obama poor marks for not firing Executives from AIG and other
Wall Street heads. Also saying, "It's been a major issue for Obama to embrace
blackness - He mentions Lincoln as his inspirations but not Martin Luther King,
Jr." There is no one pill that will fix both white and black problems. But he
believes Obama is willing to sacrifice African Americans...because it won't
offend white people.
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Date Submitted: 5/30/2009 3:28 PM
Posted By: DimeWars Staff
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President Obama: "U.S Not A Christian Nation"
President Obama was at a press conference in Turkey when he said,
"One of the great strengths of the United States is ... we have a very large Christian population -- we do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values."
Shocker!! Of course news stations are dissecting this left and right - (pun intended). Apparently President Obama didn't send out the memo to America first before taking his "inaccurate" views oversees. Check the short video here between the right and left wingers debating the President's comments. Surprisingly Wolf Blitzer sticks to the facts on this one. Check it.
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Date Submitted: 4/7/2009 10:20 AM
Posted By: Single In The City
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President Obama Committed To Hip-Hop Generation Dress Code
Plantation High School in South Florida took then Barack Obama’s word to heart when he said "brothers should pull up their pants” and just celebrated "Pull Up Your Pants Day" this past week. According to school officials it was a success saying, …the atmosphere was so positive, the kids were on their best behavior, there were no incidents..”
Another teacher gave the kids some history of pants saggin’ saying, "If your pants are saggin' and you want to adopt a jailhouse mentality, that will show in your attitude toward everything. We're not trying to take their individuality away, but there's a time and a place for everything."
Some of the kids are actually asking for “Pull Up Your Pants” Fridays! Not sure why they need a day to actually pull up their pants but it’s one more step in the right direction. Now if only they can help them actually attend and pay attention in class!!
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Date Submitted: 3/30/2009 7:32 AM
Posted By: Single In The City
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