It's long overdue for another blog update so I figured today should be the day. There has been lots of things going on with Obama recently I'm interested in mentioning. First of all, the new change.gov website is a HUGE improvement of the old failure of a website bush had as his main internet hub. Not only was the site non-informational, but it literally was a "miserable failure" in the eyes of google for a few months. It will be nice to be able to see all the government spending right on my computer screen and only a few clicks away. I'm not even sure how you could have seen the government's expenses in the past.
Another thing I'm really liking with the current administration are the weekly videos. I don't have a tv, so being able to watch them online is a real big plus for me. Well, that and the fact that there are even videos being made every week. I think Bush tried to avoid the public eye as much as he could, and I think he did a good job of it. I can't remember exactly how many days it was, but his use of "vacation" time was just unreal. Obama jumped into office and immediately put to end a couple of Bush's laws and did some serious work... something that I feel has been missing from the oval office for way too long.
So, in my own spare time, I've been busy creating a new t-shirt designs around the whole "nobody messes with joe" thing that happened last week. I created a new blog, and my latest post is about St Patricks Day shirts and how Obama is so popular with this holiday for some reason. It's amazing people are so deeply into anything related to him. As an example, on the site I make all my designs on, the first and most visible link on their main St. Patrick's Day t-shirts page goes to their Irish Obama t-shirts page. Obama is getting an awful lot of publicity for such a non-related topic. His mother's side of the family does have some Irish roots, but just wow.
In other news, I think I'm going to make a large overhaul to my Obama sitein the next several months. It's just really hard to maintain, and I'd like to add many more features like chats, forums, and a few other things. It's hard to do with a busy schedule, but I'll get to it after one of these inspiring weekly videos from Obama. Until then, I hope everyone is doing decently in this crazy economy.
My fellow Americans, Democrats and others, this is a call for all who attended the Inauguration of President Barack Hussein Obama - and took photos of their experience - to visit The Inaugural 3D Photo Wall and add your best pictures to the gallery.
We are looking to create the most comprehensive and lasting memorial of the event. One that will remain for years, nay, decades to come. As long as there is a World Wide Web, we want visitors to be able to come and get a sense of the euphoric atmosphere that was unlike anything our capital city has ever seen.
This photo gallery is intended to showcase the experience of The People. We want to record the event through the eyes of The People. We may create a separate wall for professional media outlets to showcase their work, if requested, but the major emphasis is on the celebration of the million plus witnesses who comprise the "We" in "Yes We Can!"
If you were not able to attend, you likely know some people who did. Forward this Web address, www.inaugural3dwall.org, to them so that they can add to the photo collection. Actually, forward this Web address to all of your contacts so that they can enjoy the 3D photo gallery also.
Thanks, God bless you and God bless the U.S.A.!
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SEE: Al-Qaida No. 2 Insults Obama with Racial Epithet (AP)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hPtm1yvXGJVcqVpQdQfpQLY8L-cwD94I51J02 Read More »
Joe the Plumber: A Prime Symbol of Republican Hypocrisy
John McCain accused Barack Obama of being an elitist. He then trotted out “Joe the Plumber” to symbolize that he, unlike Obama, stood in solidarity with the American middle class. That made for great theater, but like John McCain himself, it soon became clear that Joe the Plumber maintained a strained relationship with truth. Read More »
Associated Press
NEW YORK - A newspaper report Thursday said tens of thousands of eligible voters have been removed from rolls or blocked from registering in at least six swing states, but election officials quickly lined up to defend their registration procedures and said they had done nothing wrong.
The New York Times based its findings on reviews of state records and Social Security data, and said it had identified apparent problems in Colorado, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Nevada and North Carolina.
The Times said voters appear to have been purged by mistake and not because of any intentional violations by election officials or coordinated efforts by any party. It says that some states are improperly using Social Security data to verify new voters' registration applications, and that others might have broken rules that govern removing voters from the rolls within 90 days of a federal election. Read More »
NEW YORK (AP) - Sen. Barack Obama is making some campaign promises we can be pretty sure he won't keep.
Appearing Thursday [1-24-08] on the Late Show With David Letterman, the Democratic presidential candidate delivered a tongue-in-cheek list of his top 10 campaign promises, including a pledge to rename the 10th month of the year "Barack-tober."
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Thursday, January 24, 2008
Top Ten Barack Obama Campaign Promises presented by Senator Barack Obama
http://lateshow.cbs.com/latenight/lateshow/top_ten/index/php/20080124.phtml
#5: "I'll rename the tenth month of the year 'Barack-tober'"
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/27/08) " The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today said that a participant in an anti-Muslim film that is being distributed to 28 million homes in presidential election swing states CALLED the production a “vile piece of propaganda” in a statement sent to www.obsessionwithhate.com/
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/27/08) " The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today said that a participant in an anti-Muslim film that is being distributed to 28 million homes in presidential election swing states has issued a statement calling the production a “vile piece of propaganda.” Read More »
Republican operatives are using an anti-Muslim film and push polling to raise fears of terrorism and smear Barack Obama
Richard Silverstein, Guardian, 9/22/08
We are now entering the closing weeks of what promises to be yet another close and contentious presidential election contest. As each side seeks to maximise its advantages and minimise its weaknesses, the Republican party has chosen the lowest of low roads, engaging in two sleazy political marketing campaigns over the past week.
First, DVDs of an anti-Muslim documentary film are being distributed to 28 million voters in swing states like Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Colorado and Wisconsin. Second, Republican telemarketers have begun push polling aimed at scaring Jewish voters in swing states from voting for Barack Obama…
The mass distribution of Obsession is an obvious Republican scare-tactic, right out of the Rovian playbook. Party operatives believe that scaring Americans into believing there's a jihadist under every bed will play to Republican strengths and Democratic weaknesses on national security. They swiftboated John Kerry in 2004. Now they're jihadising Barack Obama.
Ali Gharib, Inter Press Service, 9/19/08
WASHINGTON, Sep 19 (IPS) - Millions of voters in U.S. states crucial to this fall's presidential election received DVD copies of a controversial documentary film as advertising inserts in their morning newspapers over the past week, with more expected to be sent out over the upcoming weekend.
The 2006 film, "Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West", which has been accused by critics of encouraging Islamophobia, was reportedly delivered, or slated for delivery this weekend, into tens of millions of households in states such as Ohio, Michigan, Florida, Colorado, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Missouri and other "swing states" that don't vote consistently for either party and usually decide elections.
Republicans and their candidate, Sen. John McCain, have made the battling the threat posed by radical Islamists a central platform of their campaign, while presenting their Democratic rival, Sen. Barack Obama, as being weak on the issue. Obama has also fought off persistent "smear" campaigns, particularly among Jewish voters, that he is a closet Muslim. Read More »
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[Ahmed Rehab is strategic communications director for the Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil liberties group. He may be contacted at arehab@cair.com]
You have to wonder about a film that could muster no better an endorsement to adorn its poster than that of CNN’s resident right-wing extremist Glenn Beck. "Obsession is without exaggeration one of the most important films of our time," says Beck. (Who would accuse Glenn Beck of exaggerating?)
The film Beck is lauding, “Obsession: Islam’s Radical War against the West,” is a 2005 work of anti-Muslim propaganda that has recently been widely distributed via an unprecedented campaign. Read More »
http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=27925
The mass mailing of a controversial DVD "Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West" has sparked anger among many in South Florida.
The hour-long video began turning up in mailboxes last week as a direct mailing, and also as an advertising insert in dozens of newspapers, including The Miami Herald and the South-Florida Sun-Sentinel.
The DVD is promoted by Clarion Fund, a non-profit organization dedicated to "educating the public about national security threats." Read More »
Like other newspapers across the country, this Sunday's News-Leader contained a glossy insert and DVD of the film "Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West."
Ordinarily, such a blatant piece of anti-Muslim propaganda wouldn't merit much attention, but this "advertisement" was sent to about 28 million newspaper subscribers in key electoral swing states. It was paid for by The Clarion Fund, an opaque nonprofit organization that doesn't list its directors or staff or sources of funding on its Web site. Read More »
The mass mailing of a controversial DVD "Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West" has sparked anger among South Florida Muslims who say it maligns their faith and fuels hysteria ahead of the fast-approaching US presidential vote.
The hour-long video began turning up in mailboxes last week as a direct mailing, and also as an advertising insert in dozens of newspapers, including The Miami Herald and the South-Florida Sun-Sentinel.
Promoted by Clarion Fund, a non-profit organization dedicated to "educating the public about national security threats," it features scenes of young children reciting jihadi slogans, interspersed with footage of Nazi youths. Read More »
CBS4, 9/17/08
http://cbs4.com/local/obsession.muslim.religion.2.818889.html
The documentary, "Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West," a controversial DVD distributed nationally inside certain newspapers, is being alluded to as inflammatory by Muslim groups in South Florida, showing scenes encouraging children to become suicide bombers.
Altaf Ali was shocked when he opened his Sunday paper and found a copy of the DVD. He is the director of the Florida Chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations. "That's not what a newspaper is about," Ali said, "A newspaper should never be about promoting propaganda."
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_movies_blog/2008/09/obsession-a-dvd.html
The movie Obsession: Radical Islam's War With the West, whose trailer is below, was delivered with your Orlando Sentinel newspaper this AM. And, it is my understanding, the DVD was delivered to households receiving other newspapers around the country today as well. True?
Apparently, Parade Magazine isn't conservative enough for some folks. But hey, they paid to package it with our paper, so glad to be of service! Did the check clear?
Anyhoo, didya watch it? Check out the trailer if you have any questions about what it's about, and those who endorse it. Lots of Fox and Limbaugh plugs for it in that trailer. They're in lock step over its virtues. It's two-to-three years old, and the reason it's being shipped out to newspaper readers across America? Scaring the scareable before an election, apparently. Michael Moore's giving away his latest film on the Internet to do the same thing, but Obsession at least helps a paper's bottom line. More power to'em. Read More »
http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/politicalwhore/2008/09/15/hate-mail-courtesy-of-your-daily-newspaper/
Readers of the St. Petersburg Times on Sunday found a little rancid bonus in their newspapers this weekend: a DVD called Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West, which is a hate film ostensibly about Islamic terror. It’s really a thinly veiled attempt to influence the presidential election by flooding anti-Muslim sentiment ahead of the Obama-McCain balloting in November.
Nothing like infusing the voters’ minds with fresh images of terror, especially little children as jihadists, only 50 days away from the day we decide whether to put a man named Barack Hussein Obama into office
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