Tag Archives: Barack Obama

The Obama New Years Message

Posted on January 3, 2009 by billmanzi

The first weekly radio message of 2009 by President-elect Barack Obama. He continues his call for bipartisan solutions to our nations problems. Do you think such appeals are naive or not made in good faith? I happen to agree that … Continue reading →

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U.S. Debt to Soar

Posted on January 3, 2009 by billmanzi

The debt load of the United States Government is set to increase by as much as two trillion dollars in the next year according to a report in the Washington Post. That debt will strain global resources as the United … Continue reading →

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The Obama Holiday Message

Posted on December 25, 2008 by billmanzi

President Elect Barack Obama’s weekly radio message with a holiday theme. Nice job. What do you think of his putting the weekly “radio” address on You Tube?

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Admiral Dennis Blair will be the new D.N.I.

Posted on December 18, 2008 by billmanzi

NBC News is reporting that Dennis Blair will be named tommorow as the new Director of National Intelligence. From NBC: Sources involved in President-elect Obama’s transition confirm that former Admiral Dennis Blair has been selected as the new Director of … Continue reading →

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Salazar to Interior, Vilsack to Agriculture

Posted on December 17, 2008 by billmanzi

President elect Barack Obama will name Colorado Senator Ken Salazar as Interior Secretary, and former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack as Secretary of Agriculture today. Vilsack, as Governor of corn producing Iowa, has been a big proponent of biofuels. Both he … Continue reading →

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Arne Duncan to be named Education Secretary

Posted on December 15, 2008 by billmanzi

The Washington Post is reporting that President elect Obama will name Chicago School Superintendent Arne Duncan as his Secretary of Education. Duncan will be named tommorow. From the Post: President-elect Barack Obama will name Chicago public schools superintendent Arne Duncan … Continue reading →

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The RNC Attacks

Posted on December 15, 2008 by billmanzi

The RNC, in its zeal to hang the problems of Illinois Governor Rod Blogovetich around Barack Obama, has released this video. Pretty much of a stretch here, don’t you think?

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Obama Names Donovan HUD Secretary

Posted on December 13, 2008 by billmanzi

President elect Obama today named former New York City Comissioner of Housing Preservation and Development Shaun Donovan to be the Secreatary of Housing and Urban Development. Donovan was a H.U.D. deputy during the Clinton Administration.

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Obama criticism of the Big Three

Posted on December 8, 2008 by billmanzi

President-elect Barack Obama, in a Meet the Press appearance yesterday, said that management of the Big Three had been deficient. From MSNBC: …while President-elect Barack Obama accused car industry executives of a persistent “head-in-the sand approach” to long-festering problems. Obama … Continue reading →

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