Category: Obama

  • Rahm Emanuel to GTFO

    Emanuel’s Departure Set; Replacement’s Name Emerges | NY Times President Obama will give his chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, a send-off Friday as Mr. Emanuel officially announces his departure from the West Wing to run for mayor of Chicago, officials familiar with the decision said. Looks like Pete Rouse will have the job until he…

  • Hope and Change!

    Still waiting… Federal law enforcement and national security officials are preparing to seek sweeping new regulations for the Internet, arguing that their ability to wiretap criminal and terrorism suspects is “going dark” as people increasingly communicate online instead of by telephone. Essentially, officials want Congress to require all services that enable communications — including encrypted…

  • 1/4 of Americans Still Idiots

    25% of Americans have doubts Obama was born in America. The baseline percentage of idiots in America has always been around 25% or so (number of people who think 9/11 was an inside job, believe they’ve made contact with aliens etc.) Glad to see we don’t have any more idiots than we normally do. I…

  • Quote of the Day

    I could write for days about the complete and utter failure that is America’s “War on Drugs,” but I don’t have that kind of time. Instead, I’ll offer a short quote from Colorado’s Republican Attorney General (courtesy of Catherine): “I wouldn’t support legalization of marijuana, but I would prefer legalization to the hypocrisy we’re in…

  • Support President Obama on His Birthday!

    I received this email from my friend, Brooks Emmanuel today. Some of you may know Brooks from his work with GRUS and other progressive Peach State organizations and causes. What he sent in his email hit the nail on the head about how we need to be more public about our support for President Obama.…

  • President’s Speech

    Obama will address the nation at 8pm tonight on the ongoing failure of an attempt to contain the oil spill in the Gulf Coast. We’ll have a CoverItLive set up, so check back then! [the epic fail has been deleted.]