tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083299957902890192024-03-12T21:47:56.716-07:00Barack Obama Beyond OMGBarack Obama is Beyond OMG. We didn't see it soon enough with Jesus, Gandhi, Dr. MLK Jr. God Damn Us if we don't see it this time - AND ACT.James McGinleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664297053460093858noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308329995790289019.post-39551139028994056062009-05-03T03:09:00.001-07:002009-05-03T03:09:52.046-07:00A Shift on Immigration New York Times<div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;"><h2 class="title"><a target="_self" class="usg-AFQjCNEu2cX-RFIK9GbI1dfrbfh80yObUw sig2-fL0FNq6w6MCc6JpTJqm1pA" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/03/opinion/03sun1.html">A Shift on Immigration</a> </h2> <span class="source">New York Times</span></div><br> James McGinleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664297053460093858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308329995790289019.post-34019738960841011682009-04-30T16:32:00.001-07:002009-04-30T16:32:42.278-07:00Obama Isn't FDR Yet - But He Might Still Do It Huffington Post<div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;"><a rel="nofollow" style="color: blue;" target="_blank" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/johann-hari/obama-isnt-fdr-yet---but_b_192528.html"> <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1241134283_3">Obama Isn't FDR Yet - But He Might Still Do It</span></a><br> <font size="-1"><font color="#666666">Huffington Post</font></font></div><br> James McGinleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664297053460093858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308329995790289019.post-61800052379178317532009-04-20T08:51:00.001-07:002009-04-20T08:51:53.228-07:00A citizen's job may moral / issue / ideological purity; but that is NOT the job of the President.<div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">It utterly blows my mind how the "Progressives," "Activists," "Liberals..." that worked to get President Obama elected now rip him apart.<br><br>The stupidity, the irresponsibility of ripping the President apart for not taking ideologically pure positions; for not always representing one constituency and not another BLOWS MY MIND. Do we know anything about sailing? What we are doing to President Obama is just as stupid, destructive and maybe even suicidal as ripping a Captain for not sailing directly into the wind to get to our desired destination.<br><br>The President's job is to work for the Country, ALL of HerHis Constituents, in the direction, and at the speed that is best for ALL; but that will not either rip apart the Country, Leave constituents behind, or result in a train wreck. <br><br>What father, what mother that is any good is ideologically pure, steamrolling the individual wants, desires and beliefs of herhis family? The bad parent does this. The wacko. So it is with the Leader of a Democracy.<br><br>We destroyed Jesus, then Gandhi, then King. God is done with us if we do it a 4th time.<br></div><br> James McGinleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664297053460093858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308329995790289019.post-63501838507099606572009-04-08T09:11:00.001-07:002009-04-08T09:11:20.949-07:00Obama wins praise from many Muslims The Associated Press<div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;"><h2 class="title"><font size="2"><a target="_self" class="usg-AFQjCNGkZ4hZ8qmuh2cQu7sHJ6iIzq8Njg sig2-w4BTkxhsncarRyhAefsKLQ" href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ie5SUc6pyfwyYWF5XXx85toQJQogD97E8TN05"><b>Obama</b> wins praise from many Muslims <span class="source">The Associated Press</span></a></font> </h2> <span class="source"><br></span></div><br> James McGinleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664297053460093858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308329995790289019.post-43246735848741933972009-04-08T03:02:00.001-07:002009-04-08T03:02:13.533-07:00Obama’s Approval Tops Recent Presidents Bush, Clinton Bloomberg<div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;"><h2 class="title"><font size="2"><a target="_self" class="usg-AFQjCNGuKsDcEQ_9zOR1mXDabUaAH1QJNw sig2-ab6PewokoJoHuJyT_9q8mg" href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=acPmZqN1.Lec&refer=home">Obama's Approval Tops Recent Presidents Bush, Clinton </a></font><a target="_self" class="usg-AFQjCNGuKsDcEQ_9zOR1mXDabUaAH1QJNw sig2-ab6PewokoJoHuJyT_9q8mg" href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=acPmZqN1.Lec&refer=home"><font size="2"><span class="source">Bloomberg</span></font></a> </h2> <font size="2"><span class="source"><br></span></font></div><br> James McGinleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664297053460093858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308329995790289019.post-50765057620956307322009-04-08T00:02:00.001-07:002009-04-08T00:02:10.630-07:00<div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;"><h2 class="title"><font size="2"><a target="_self" class="usg-AFQjCNH-mHhAvXeB-ItyDxE3Q9redwXMfA sig2-uJDRuoRJoYrwLefEYv6c2g" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/07/AR2009040703378.html?hpid=opinionsbox1">The Most Polarizing President</a></font><a target="_self" class="usg-AFQjCNH-mHhAvXeB-ItyDxE3Q9redwXMfA sig2-uJDRuoRJoYrwLefEYv6c2g" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/07/AR2009040703378.html?hpid=opinionsbox1"><font size="2"><span class="source"> </span></font></a><font size="2"><span class="source">Washington Post</span></font><br></h2> <font size="2"><span class="source"></span></font></div><br> James McGinleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664297053460093858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308329995790289019.post-43742260733583021512009-04-07T19:40:00.001-07:002009-04-07T19:40:38.248-07:00Obama is America's first global president, historian says USA Today - 4 hours ago<div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;"><h2 style="font-weight: normal;" class="title"><font size="2"><a target="_self" class="usg-AFQjCNFMZqRdNHI2l_c951gVPi3o3E2KAg sig2-6e9dMXmPtUhW9o_l4cELbg" href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/columnist/raasch/2009-04-07-newpolitics_N.htm">Obama is America's first global president, historian says </a></font><font size="2"><span class="source">USA Today</span> - <span class="date">4 hours ago</span></font></h2> </div><br> James McGinleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664297053460093858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308329995790289019.post-48968716604752546532009-04-07T13:35:00.001-07:002009-04-07T13:35:23.920-07:00The 52 Minutes of Obama Magic That Changed the Nuclear Rules<div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;"> <p class="MsoPlainText"><b><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-weight: bold;"></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.truthout.org/040609K"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1239136416_1">http://www.truthout.org/040609K</span></a></span></font></b></p></div><br> James McGinleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664297053460093858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308329995790289019.post-69988391416985205502009-04-07T03:33:00.001-07:002009-04-07T03:33:58.058-07:00Barack Obama's boyhood home in Hawaii could be designated a ... Chicago Tribune<div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;"><h2 class="title"><font size="2"><a target="_self" class="usg-AFQjCNE1wSsrio_njfE-UTnHy5RMo5e5QA sig2-PIq6Cs71_yWGLzAB-Py9xQ" href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-talk-obama-boyhood-homeapr07,0,7343922.story">Barack <b>Obama's</b> boyhood home in Hawaii could be designated a <b>...</b></a></font> </h2> <font size="2"><span class="source">Chicago Tribune</span></font></div><br> James McGinleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664297053460093858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308329995790289019.post-8675761726728123502009-04-07T01:41:00.001-07:002009-04-07T01:41:19.209-07:00Obama meets leaders of various faiths in Istanbul Washington Post<div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;"><h2 class="title"><font size="2"><a target="_self" class="usg-AFQjCNHRk60rNIMmqmnxPI1Dg4r376jIvA sig2-XUD-09JnftfI1syzlzLgzg" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/07/AR2009040700371.html">Obama meets leaders of various faiths in Istanbul</a></font> </h2> <font size="2"><span class="source">Washington Post</span></font></div><br> James McGinleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664297053460093858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308329995790289019.post-8112195797424885782009-04-07T00:05:00.001-07:002009-04-07T00:05:39.646-07:00Optimism on U.S. economy up: poll<div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;"><span><a target="_blank" href="http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE5360IC20090407">http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE5360IC20090407</a></span><br></div><br> James McGinleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664297053460093858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308329995790289019.post-29229088429491832122009-04-06T20:23:00.001-07:002009-04-06T20:23:09.846-07:00Gates envisions 'fundamental shift' in weapons spending<div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;"><span><a target="_blank" href="http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2009/04/04/gates_envisions_fundamental_shift_in_weapons_spending/">http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2009/04/04/gates_envisions_fundamental_shift_in_weapons_spending/</a></span><br></div><br> James McGinleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664297053460093858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308329995790289019.post-75833770770051445852009-04-04T09:39:00.001-07:002009-04-04T09:39:34.396-07:00Obama Connects With Young Europeans<div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;"><a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/o/barack_obama/index.html?inline=nyt-per" title="More articles about Barack Obama.">President Obama</a>, appearing on the eve of a <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/n/north_atlantic_treaty_organization/index.html?inline=nyt-org" title="More articles about the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.">NATO</a> summit meeting here, told a cheering crowd of young people on Friday that "America is changing, but it cannot be America alone that changes." <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/04/world/europe/04prexy.html?_r=1&th&emc=th">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/04/world/europe/04prexy.html?_r=1&th&emc=th</a><br></div><br> James McGinleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664297053460093858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308329995790289019.post-6804257457757708072009-04-03T13:34:00.001-07:002009-04-03T13:34:32.659-07:00Obama Takes Charm Offensive to Young People<div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;"><a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/o/barack_obama/index.html?inline=nyt-per" title="More articles about Barack Obama.">President Obama</a>, appearing on the eve of a <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/n/north_atlantic_treaty_organization/index.html?inline=nyt-org" title="More articles about the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.">NATO</a> summit meeting here, told a cheering crowd of young people on Friday that "America is changing but it cannot be America alone that changes." <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/04/world/europe/04prexy.html?ref=global-home">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/04/world/europe/04prexy.html?ref=global-home</a><br></div><br> James McGinleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664297053460093858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308329995790289019.post-59172375627128611192009-04-03T12:57:00.001-07:002009-04-03T12:57:02.585-07:00Obama's star shines bright in London<div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">Just over two months into his presidency, Barack Obama commanded center stage at this high-wattage gathering of the world's industrialized nations, vacuuming up attention both inside the summit and throughout a sophisticated city not easily star-struck. <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/20823.html">http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/20823.html</a><br></div><br> James McGinleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664297053460093858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308329995790289019.post-49023824482586865162009-04-03T12:52:00.001-07:002009-04-03T12:52:54.051-07:00President Barack Obama arrives in France to thunderous cheers<div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">Welcomed with thunderous cheers, President Barack Obama pledged on Friday to repair damaged relations with Europe, saying the world came together following the 2001 terrorist attacks but then "we got sidetracked by Iraq." <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iOmBrSJce9WwmkDD2o9EU8KT0RxAD97B21500">http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iOmBrSJce9WwmkDD2o9EU8KT0RxAD97B21500</a><br></div><br> James McGinleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664297053460093858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308329995790289019.post-42201588139996063422009-04-02T20:35:00.000-07:002009-04-02T20:42:03.605-07:00Slowing down on posting for a while. Double Shifts at the White House<div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;"><font size="2">Troy, who with Connie and me have been maintaining the Vigil is away for several weeks. Hence my computer time is cut to nil. I'm sure I'll sneak some time in, but not much.<br></font><div><font size="2"> </font></div></div><br> James McGinleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664297053460093858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308329995790289019.post-38022547801045048392009-04-01T21:48:00.001-07:002009-04-01T21:48:04.275-07:00Obamanomics Isn't About Big Government<div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">Twenty-eight years ago, Ronald Reagan used the severe economic downturn of 1980-82 to implement an economic philosophy that not only gave force and meaning to a wide range of initiatives but also offered a way back to sustained economic growth. Is there a similarly powerful animating idea behind Obamanomics? <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123819895769662043.html">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123819895769662043.html</a><br></div><br> James McGinleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664297053460093858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308329995790289019.post-75672241113439023252009-04-01T19:45:00.001-07:002009-04-01T19:45:23.077-07:00"We the People" to "King of the World": "YOU'RE FIRED!" ...a letter from Michael Moore<div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">Nothing like it has ever happened. The President of the United States, the elected representative of the people, has just told the head of General Motors -- a company that's spent more years at #1 on the Fortune 500 list than anyone else -- "You're fired!" <a href="http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/message/index.php?id=246">http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/message/index.php?id=246</a><br></div><br> James McGinleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664297053460093858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308329995790289019.post-48575527126362822392009-04-01T11:33:00.001-07:002009-04-01T11:33:36.966-07:00***Obama, Russia's Medvedev to reopen talks on nuclear arms<div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">The U.S. and Russian presidents, in a sidebar meeting at the G-20 summit, agree to renew discussions on reducing the nations' warheads. Obama also spends time bonding with Britain's Gordon Brown. <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-g20-obama2-2009apr02,0,1798275.story">http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-g20-obama2-2009apr02,0,1798275.story</a><br></div><br> James McGinleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664297053460093858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308329995790289019.post-27067218140087994342009-03-30T21:14:00.001-07:002009-03-30T21:14:49.340-07:00Wana bankrupt warmaking???? ACT TODAY (Tues): Congress votes on global warming budget this week!<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><br> <div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><title>ACT NOW: Congress votes on global warming budget this week!</title> <style type="text/css"> .actionbox {font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;padding:5px;line-height:140%;border-style:dotted;border-width:1px;background-color:#ededed;border-color:#CC3333;text-align:center;margin-right:5px;} .devobox {font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color:#000000;padding:5px;font-size:11px;line-height:140%; background-color:#e2ebd8;border-color:#e2ebd8;} .footer {font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10px;} h2 {font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:18px;font-weight:bold;font-stretch:condensed;} h1 {font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:24px;font-weight:bold;font-stretch:condensed;line-height:140%;} td {font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color:#000000;font-size:12px;line-height:140%;} .header2 {font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:16px;font-weight:bold;font-stretch:condensed;} .header3 {font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:13px;font-weight:bold;font-stretch:condensed;} .header3red {font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-weight:bold;font-stretch:condensed;color:#CC3333;} .forests {color:#008822;} .cen {color:#FC6803;} .action {color:#CC3333;} .devo {color:#3377CC;} .other {color:#F4BE00;} .intro {font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color:#000000;padding:3px;font-size:12px;line-height:140%;} a:link {color:#330000;text-decoration:underline;} a:visited {color:#330000;text-decoration:underline;} a:hover {color:#330000;text-decoration:none;} </style> <table align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="599"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="3"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=PenShE%2Bex6CMM5VbNW2ieNXsk4fAo21%2B"><img src="http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/assets/newsletter-top-banner.gif" alt="Greenpeace" border="0" width="599" height="123"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" width="6"> </td> <td class="intro">Dear Start,</td> <td class="footer" style="text-align: right;">March 30, 2009</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <table style="width: 607px; height: 606px;" align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top"> <p>Thanks to your efforts this week, both the House and Senate Budget Committees managed to fight back a serious lobbying push to strip global warming from the President's budget. This was a major hurdle, but the fight is far from over! The budget will head to the floor for a vote this week, and we have to act now.<br> <br> This is such a critical vote, because without budget funding, we won't likely see global warming legislation pass this year. We can't procrastinate about global warming any longer. We MUST take bold action THIS YEAR.<br> <br> We don't have much time - Congress will be voting any day now on the President's budget, including action on global warming - we have to act NOW. <br> <br> <b>Call Congress right now</b> and tell <b>your Representative</b> to pass a budget that includes limits on global warming pollution. Making a call is easy, fast, and extremely effective. Simply follow the steps below:</p> <table align="center" bgcolor="#bac7f8" border="3" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3" width="430"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <p style="text-align: left; margin-left: 40px;">1) Call<span style="font-size: larger;"><b> (202) 224-3121 </b></span>.<br> <br> 2) Ask the operator to put you through to your Representative's office. If you don't know who your Representative is, then give the operator your zip code and they will let you know and put you through. <br> <br> 3) Someone will either answer the phone or you will be able to leave a message. 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