Once More up to the Breach / A Healthcare Comment

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After having failed to take charge of the healthcare agenda from the start, this new president has one last chance to achieve a positive result in this critical policy area.  To date though, he has failed to accept that bi – partisanship is less important than the delivery of quality legislation. The [...]

Bye Bye Blue Dog

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A gentle reminder to those who suffer from conveniently short memories. Let them remember that it was the Bush / Cheney Republican administration who started the two current wars, first in Iraq and then in Afghanistan, years later, still being fought with no end in sight, at a cost of more than 4000 American [...]

Obama’s Healthcare Invitation to GOP

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This is the text of a letter from the White House on behalf of the President, inviting the GOP to discuss and compare healthcare proposals at Blair House on 25th February 2010.The session will begin at 10:00 a.m. and be broadcast live in its entirety.

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February 12, 2010

Dear Speaker Pelosi, Senator Reid, [...]

A Conversation with The President

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An attempt by Barack Obama to reassure and hold the diminishing  support of people who worked so hard and long to see him elected in 2008.  I am pleased to say I was one of them.

A Conversation with The President .. 45 min 06

America’s Way Forward

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America needs to do a complete about turn on foreign policy and start putting it’s financial affairs in order. Let’s face facts – America is broke. And China is acting like the country’s biggest loan shark in financing America’s debt.
US infrastructure is second rate and needs replacing and the country remains divided on the [...]

Obama Tames Republicans in GOP Den

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President Obama spoke today to House Republicans at their two-day retreat in Baltimore, MD. He repeated his State of the Union address plea for bipartisanship on health care and other economic issues.  GOP leaders are to comment after a question-and-answer session with the President.

GOP  Opening Remarks

Part One – President Obama’s opening remarks .. 10 [...]

Infrastructure Projects & Jobs On the Way

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Watching the President’s State of the Union address today I was reminded of an article I wrote in August 2008 about America’s run down transportation systems and infrastructure.  It was titled Time to Think Big Again / C’mon USA.
The first paragraph began ..
“Where has the “US leads the way“ spirit of the 1960’s America gone? The [...]

The Warning / Frontline Special

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With the urgent need for the Democrats to produce strong legislation to regulate and ensure proper oversight of  the American financial system, the PBS Frontline special ” The Warning “ broadcast in October 2009, should be required viewing as a shocking reminder of what happened and how unprotected and exposed the American financial system [...]

Obama Endorses Coakley For Senate

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The Obama speech from Sunday  January 17, 2010 at Boston’s  Northeastern University rally to support US Senate aspirant Martha Coakley. Currently the Massachusetts Attorney General,  Coakley is the Democratic candidate seeking to win the seat formerly held in Massachusetts by the late US Senator Ted Kennedy. Her Republican opponent is the State Senator, Scott [...]

The President’s 2010 MLK Address

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President Barack Obama speaks about the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the importance of persistence in achieving broader goals at the Vermont Avenue Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. January 17, 2010.

The President’s Address .. 27 min 24