Posts Tagged ‘Barack Obama’

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 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 Comments

Think about it.

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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 States or [...]

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 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 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 the [...]

Video : Jay-Z Food For Thought Interviews

In Hip Hop, History, Music, News, Opinion, TV, fame, fashion on 12 September 2009 tagged 534 Flushing, American Music Awards, Angie Martinez, Barack Obama, BET, Beyoncé, Big Pimpin', Blueprint 3, Can I Live, Conversations With Jay-Z, D.O.A., D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune), Def Jam Records, Dirt Off Your Shoulder, Drake, eminem, Food for Thought, Frank Sinatra, Iceberg, iPod, Jay-Z, Jimi Hendrix, Kanye West, Kings of Leon, L.A. Reid, Leak, LeBron James, Marcy Projects, Memphis Bleek, Michael Jordan, oprah, Oprah winfrey, Q Side, Reasonable Doubt, Renegade, Reprise, Rocawear, Run This Town, So Ghetto, Solange Knowles, The Beatles, The Blueprint, The Q Side, Timbaland, Video, Vol. 3... Life And Times Of S. Carter with Comments

“The truth doesn‘t have a social status or agenda or color“

Conversations with Jay-Z [The Q Side]