Posts Tagged ‘Barack Obama’

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 [...]

Gordon Brown’s Opposition : ‘Withdraw Troops on Basis of Success’

In Afghanistan, History, News, Opinion, Politics, War on 29 January 2010 tagged 2008 Nonprofit Software Development Summit, Afghanistan, Barack Hussein Obama, Barack Obama, Britain, Christiane Amanpour, CNN, David Cameron, David William Donald Cameron, Davos, Eaton College, Gordon Brown, Iraq, Leader of Her Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition in the United Kingdom, Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons, London, Oxford University, Soviet Union, Switzerland, The Conservative and Unionist Party, Tory Party, World Economic Forum with View Comments

David Cameron is the wealthy private school educated leader of the British Conservative Party. Cameron is also considered to be current British Prime Minster Gordon Brown‘s most potent and popular opposition in this year’s elections. Speaking to CNN’s Christiane Amanpour from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Cameron shared his views on a timeline [...]

Toure on Why Black People in America Matter

In History, News, Opinion, Politics, Racism, Twitter, citizenship on 26 September 2009 tagged @ToureX, African-American, Barack Hussein Obama, Barack Obama, Black Americans, Democracy, Morality, opposition, Racism, Toure with View Comments

Think about it. View ToureX’s tweet View ToureX’s tweet Perhaps the continued treatment of Obama as President (positive or negative) will serve as a large scale rumination on American perception of their democracy and the implications of race in that democracy. Will an educated man of mixed-race be allowed to advance democracy in the United [...]

Over 80% of Twitter Respondents Think Obama Calling Kanye ‘Jackass’ Acceptable

In Hip Hop, Internet, Music, News, Opinion, Politics, Twitter, fame on 16 September 2009 tagged 2009 Video Music Awards, Barack Hussein Obama, Barack Obama, Best Female Video, Beyoncé, CNN, Jackass, Kanye West, Kanye West Outburst, MTV VMAs, Pigeon Poll, Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It), Taylor Swift, VMA, VMAs, You Belong With Me with View Comments

Apparently, over 80% of these people don’t know what is acceptable behavior for a President, or have very low standards for the decorum of their nation’s President.

Secretary Clinton’s Statements on the Four Freedoms

In Afghanistan, Crime, History, Internet, News, Opinion, Politics, Racism, Twitter, citizenship, india, religion on 14 September 2009 tagged Alliance of Civilizations, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, Barack Hussein Obama, Barack Obama, Department of State, Dr. Ashraf Ghani, Eleanor Roosevelt, Eritrea, First Lady, Four Freedoms Declaration, Four Freedoms Medal, Four Freedoms Speech, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Freedom of Expression, General Assembly, Global Internet Freedom Task Force, Hilary Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Micro-lending, New York City, Norman Rockwell, Secretary of State, State Department, The New Deal, United Nation’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights, United Nations General Assembly, Waldorf Astoria with View Comments

Speaking at the historic Waldorf-Astoria in New York City on Friday, United States Secretary of State addressed the universal concepts of freedom as outlined by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on January 06, 1941. In particular, Secretary Clinton focused her speech on how the Four Freedoms outlined by Roosevelt are being attacked throughout the world in [...]