What a busy week for President Barack Obama!! He was fired up and ready to go after his vacation to advocate for Health Care Reform. He did so in many ways, from taking his case from the heart of Washington out on the road to Minneapolis, Minnesota where a fired up crowd showed their hunger for the reform. During his speech the President chose to rise above the noise, and the misinformation, and pettiness that his opponents have blown it way out of porportion about this reform. Here is some of what he had to say to the crowd. ” Health Care Reform will benefit those who already have insurance ending discrimination Read more…
Hi Everyone,
I hope you are doing well. This week in Washington all is quiet.
Congress is still on break, and the First family left in the middle of the week to go to Camp Davis to make up for their interrupted Martha’s Vineyard vacation.
The only thing I found on the news stations and blogs is that the government is concerned about the spread of the H1N1 flu. They keep reminding us all that when Read more…
I have, once again, been accused of not having “Family Values” because of my declaration of being not only a registered Democrat, but (heaven help us!) a Liberal Democrat at that. This is becoming so very tiresome and also concerns me that people paint each other with such wide brushes. Further, it got me to thinking about what, exactly, are “Family Values” and why do I not have any? The general opinion is that Republicans have ‘it’ and Democrats…eh, not so much.
“Family Values” is a feel good phrase, bandied about primarily during elections. Visions of Momma in an apron Read more…
This week the President and his family visited Ghana in Africa, Russia and The Pope in Italy. It was a new beginning in our relationships
with these countries.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and President Barack Obama signed documents to reduce nuclear arms at the Kremlin in Moscow Monday, July 6, 2009. Read more…
The highlight of this week with The President and American was the at home terrorist attack.
This is the President’s Statement on the incident.
President Obama:
I am shocked and saddened by the shooting at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. This outrageous act reminds us that we must remain vigilant against anti-Semitism and prejudice in all its forms. No American institution is more important to this effort than the Holocaust Museum, and no act of violence will diminish our determination to honor those who were lost by building a more peaceful and tolerant world. Today, we have lost a courageous security guard who Read more…
