Tag: President Obama

NEWS

Leaders Seek To Force North Korea

To “Alter Its Misguided Calculus” Three leaders, U.S. President Barack Obama, South Korean President Park Geun-Hye and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe joined together in a show of strength and a united front to warn North Korea against its “provocations” in its recent nuclear and missile tests. The meeting among the leaders took place while they were at the global […]

COMMENTARY

President Obama: Defeating ISIL Remains Top U.S. Priority

President Obama in his weekly address expressed his sorrow and offered his thoughts and prayers to the people of Belgium and to families of the victims of the terrorist attacks in Brussels, including at least two Americans. He said that he called the Prime Minister of Belgium and pledged his full support in bringing to justice any terrorists involved in […]

NEWS

Obama Calls On Senate To Do Their Duty!

Hold Hearing On Supreme Court Nominee U.S. President Barack Obama calls on senators to put politics aside and consider his nominee to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court. He said not to do so would be an “abdication of the Senate’s Constitutional duty.” “One of the most consequential responsibilities our Constitution grants a President is appointing […]

COMMENTARY

President Obama Touts His Mission To Destroy ISIL

President Obama in his weekly address reinforced the mission of his administration to destroy ISIL. He said however that this remains a difficult fight and also cited the situation in Syria and Iraq as being incredibly complex. He noted that ISIL is not only entrenched in urban areas, but it uses innocent civilians as human shields. He said, however, despite […]

EDITORIAL

It’s Night In America!

When a majority of citizens disagrees with economic elites and/or with organized interests, they generally lose. Moreover, because of the strong status quo bias built into the US political system, even when fairly large majorities of Americans favor policy change, they generally do not get it. . . [T]he preferences of the average American appear to have only a minuscule, […]

COMMENTARY

President Obama Bets On Technology To Put People Ahead

“How can we make sure everyone has a fair shot at success in this new economy?” the President asked. President Obama in his weekly address explained that in today’s new economic environment, people must adjust to the changes brought about by technology in order to meet the challenges that exist as well as succeed. He noted that currently workers need […]

COMMENTARY

President Obama Lauds Workers’

Output And Seven Years Of Achievement President Obama in his weekly address said seven years ago if attempts were not made to save the American auto industry it would have created havoc for workers directly and indirectly as hundreds of thousands of workers were being laid off from jobs that had been their ticket to a middle-class life. Moreover, he […]

EDITORIAL

President Obama A Small Axe?

Why boasteth thyself Oh, evil men Playing smart And not being clever? I said, you’re working iniquity To achieve vanity (if a-so a-so) But the goodness of Jah, Jah I-dureth forever So if you are the big tree We are the small axe Ready to cut you down (well sharp) To cut you down — Bob Marley President Barack Obama, […]

COMMENTARY

President Obama — Unfinished Business

“Happy New Year, everybody. I am fired up for the year that stretches out before us. That’s because of what we’ve accomplished together over the past seven,” said President Obama in his final weekly address for 2015. He then listed some of his administration accomplishments over the last seven years accordingly: Sixty-Nine consecutive months of bullish job employment, resulting in […]

POLITICS

Trump Blames Obama And Hillary Clinton For Middle East Crisis…

And Declares That He Loves Predicting Republican Presidential candidate front-runner Donald Trump is laying the blame of the current Middle East crisis squarely at the feet of the Obama’s administration and Democratic 2016 Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Trump argues that he has impeccable insight on what’s happening today in that part of the world — the Middle East. “One thing […]