Posts Tagged ‘Barack Hussein Obama’

When Did America Become So UN-American

In Crime, History, News, Opinion, Politics, Racism, citizenship, religion on 23 August 2010 tagged 14th Amendment, American exceptionalism, Barack Hussein Obama, Cordoba House, Ground Zero, Jan Brewer, Louie Gohmert, Mosque, Park51, Reconstruction Amendments, tea party, Tea Party Express, Terror Babies, Texas with View Comments

On July 29, 2009, Arizona’s controversial SB1070 went into effect. Though, key language regarding the authority of law officials to check the immigration status of people in Arizona was blocked by United States District Judge Susan Bolton, the fact is that many Americans remain in support of a law that is in direct contrast to [...]

Video : Washingtonians on Afghanistan

In Afghanistan, COMM 535, DC, Internet, Iran, News, Opinion, Politics, War, pakistan on 16 August 2010 tagged Afghan War Diary, Afghanistan, Aryn Baker, Barack Hussein Obama, Bibi Aisha, COMM 535, Flickr, George W. Bush, Iran, pakistan, taliban, Time Magazine, Video, War Diary, WikiLeaks with View Comments

A few weeks ago I asked attendees at the screening of a documentary in D.C.’s Capitol Hill neighborhood what they knew about Afghanistan. Their responses both surprised and intrigued me. Using this intrigue as the impetus, I began a video project to ask more people in Washington, D.C. what they knew of about Afghanistan. This [...]

Manifest امید : What Washingtonians Know About Afghanistan

In Afghanistan, History, News, Opinion, Politics, War on 26 July 2010 tagged Afghanistan, Baghdad, Barack Hussein Obama, George W. Bush, Green Zone, Iraq, Osama Bin Laden, poppy, poppy fields, Rome, Saddam Hussein, The Fridge, امید with View Comments

At a screening of the documentary Manifest Hope in Capitol Hill I decided to take the opportunity to ask attendees of a film about political art what they knew about Afghanistan. The questions raised to each of the 30-somethings in attendance were simple, and though their answers do not provide any clear solutions to the [...]

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Why Dr. Ashraf Ghani Was Best Person to Organize Kabul Conference

In Afghanistan, History, News, Opinion, Politics, War on 20 July 2010 tagged Afghanistan, Barack Hussein Obama, Dr. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, Fixing Failed States: A Framework for Rebuilding a Fractured World, Global Post, Hamid Karzai, Johns Hopkins University, Kabul Conference, King Lear, Richard Holbrooke, Securing Afghanistan's Future, Tweetpaste, Twitter, UN, United Nations, World Bank with View Comments

Ashraf Ghani, one of the main organizers of the conference, told the media he wants Kabul to have more control over aid dollars Kabul conference: Can Karzai take the reins? [Global Post] As U.S. President Barack Hussein Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai are said to have been at odds for some time now, and [...]

Could Sudan Be Afghanistan Part III and Iraq Part II?

In Crime, History, Iran, Iraq, News, Opinion, Politics, Racism, War, pakistan on 13 July 2010 tagged Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Barack Hussein Obama, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Cold War, Darfur, Dave Eggers, Dictator, failed states, General Augusto Pinochet, genocide, Iraq, John Prendergast, Khartoum, Mohammad Rezā Shāh Pahlavi, New York Times, Omar al-Bashir, OMAR HASSAN AL-BASHIR, Op-ed, Robert Mugabe, Rwanda, Saddam Hussein, South Sudan, Sudan, taliban with View Comments

In an Op-Ed for the New York Times, John Prendergast and author Dave Eggers explore a question they see as gaining increasing prominence within the United States – if the United States has the “ability as a nation to positively influence events abroad?” According to Eggers and Prendergast not only does the United States still [...]