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Tag Archives: Barack Obama
The party before the party
I’ve apologized before, so no more of that. But. Perhaps I should start focusing on pictures and videos rather than words. A friend of mine and I once considered buying the domain name http://www.morefamousthanyou.com. Based on a quick URL search, … Continue reading →
One year later …
For Christmas this year my brother gave me a copy of David Plouffe’s book, The Audacity to Win: The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama’s Historic Victory. This was one of several books he gave me, but when I … Continue reading →
Posted in Books, Politics Lite
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Tagged Barack Obama, david plouffe, elections, hope, politics, presidential campaign, presidential election, the audacity to win, washington
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Urgent Breaking NEWS
Posted in General Nonsense, Things that make me happy
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Tagged Barack Obama, mass media, media, news, obama, president obama, satire, teleprompters, the onion
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Obama to sign Hate Crimes bill into law
It’s historic; it’s moving; and it’s about time. Today President Obama will sign The Matthew Shepard & James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. There are many stories out there, but here’s a succinct one from NPR’s Morning Edition. Not … Continue reading →
Posted in Events, Politics Lite, Things that make me happy, Washington DC
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Tagged Barack Obama, dennis shepard, equal rights, equality, hate crimes, hate crimes legislation, hrc, judy shepard, LGBT, matthew shepard
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Rebranding America: in the name of love
A couple of weeks ago I pointed to a Rachel Maddow video in the wake of the selection of President Obama as this year’s recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. While at the gym last week listening to a discussion … Continue reading →
An Amazing Weekend, pt. 1
I don’t know that I could have written a less descriptive or creative title for this post, but I really don’t know what else to say. It was, truly, an amazing weekend. Washington, DC was crawling with LGBT activists and … Continue reading →
Posted in Around town, Commentary, Events, Politics Lite, Washington DC
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Tagged Barack Obama, DOMA, Don't Ask Don't Tell, ENDA, equal marriage, equal rights, equality, hate crimes legislation, LGBT, LGBT equality, national equality march
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Obama’s Nobel Win
I’ve read and heard a lot about President Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize. Most of it doesn’t really interest me very much, in part because of its predictability. My initial reaction was one of curiosity rather than shock — … Continue reading →
Posted in Commentary, Politics Lite
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Tagged Barack Obama, Nobel Peace Prize, Rachel Maddow
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An Amazing Weekend, pt. 2
This blog post by Rex Wockner gives a good sketch of the perceived divide I mentioned, especially if we consider the title: Grassroots, Netroots, Stonewall 2.0 Activists Demand Equality, Formalize Split With Activist Establishment Seeing the issues in such a … Continue reading →