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14 May 2009 01:16

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U.S.: Obama’s commencement speech at Arizona State left ’em fawning

  • I come to confirm that one’s title, even a title like president of the United States, says very little about how well one’s life has been led — and that no matter how much you’ve done, or how successful you’ve been, there’s always more to do, always more to learn, and always more to achieve.
  • President Barack Obama • Sideswiping the controversy of not getting an honorary degree from Arizona State University to make a killer speech about never resting on one’s laurels or one’s title. This Obama guy knows what he’s doing – think we should give him an honorary degree? • source
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10 May 2009 14:18

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Politics, U.S.: Key line from the White House Correspondents’ Dinner

  • I think Rush Limbaugh was the 20th hijacker but he was just so strung out on OxyContin he missed his flight. He needs a good waterboarding – that’s what he needs.
  • Wanda Sykes • Who managed to bring back some of the edge of Stephen Colbert’s routine a couple of years ago to the White House Correspondent’s Dinner. She took jabs at everyone, Obama included. No offense to Rush Limbaugh, but we’d rather hear rips on him than see awful Bush impersonators. • source
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09 May 2009 15:49

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U.S.: Obama hangs with pirate-rescued Captain Richard Phillips

Between him and Captain Sully (the one who saved the plane in the Hudson Bay), it’s turning out to be a good year to be a captain. source
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09 May 2009 14:49

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Biz, U.S.: Obama wants a credit card regulatory bill on his desk ASAP

  • There is no time for delay. We need a durable and successful flow of credit in our economy, but we can’t tolerate profits that depend upon misleading working families. Those days are over.
  • President Barack Obama • In his weekly radio address. Obama wants a bill that limits some of the more predatory aspects of the credit industry. The Credit Card Holders’ Bill of Rights, currently waiting on a vote in the Senate after it passed the House, is such a bill, but the banking industry is fighting it. Obama wants a bill on his desk by Memorial Day. • source
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06 May 2009 22:33

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U.S.: Obama plans to remove pennies from the budget next year

  • $17 billion the size of Obama’s proposed budget cuts for next year source
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05 May 2009 09:04

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Biz, U.S.: Obama: The Cayman Islands are nice, but not as a tax haven

  • I want to see our companies remain the most competitive in the world. But the way to make sure that happens is not to reward our companies for moving jobs off our shores or transferring profits to overseas tax havens.
  • Barack Obama • Putting the fear of God yesterday into large corporations who have done this for years in an attempt to avoid U.S. taxes. Obama plans to put billions of dollars to work over the next decade – much of it in the form of IRS employees – to prevent tax havens. • source
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30 Apr 2009 20:24

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Biz, U.S.: Obama holds no love for Chrysler-bankrupting hedge funds

  • A group of investment firms and hedge funds decided to hold out for the prospect of an unjustified taxpayer-funded bailout.
  • Barack Obama • In comments about today’s epic Chrysler chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. Further sticking the knife into the hedge funds and investors, who dispute Obama’s claims, “They were hoping that everybody else would make sacrifices and they would have to make none.” • source
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29 Apr 2009 23:05

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U.S.: President Obama: There will be “hundreds of days to follow”

  • I want to thank the American people for their support and their patience during these trying times, and I look forward to working with you in the next hundred days, in the hundred days after that, all of the hundreds of days to follow, to make sure that this country is what it can be.
  • President Barack Obama • During a live prime-time news conference that happened earlier tonight. Obama covered a ton of ground during his speech, specifically touching on the economy, Arlen Specter, the elusive promise of bipartisanship, swine flu, Iraq and the dynamics of getting things done in D.C. He’s not done yet – he still has hundreds of days of acts to go. • source
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29 Apr 2009 09:40

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Politics, U.S.: 100 days: Why is 100 days in office such a big deal?

  • Blame it on FDR. Franklin Roosevelt tried pushing through a boatload of legislation quickly at the height of the Great Depression, and mostly succeeded. If anything, Obama has gotten closest to FDR’s high standard for getting stuff done. A political science professor says it best: “There is no magic to the first 100 days,” said Ross Baker of Rutgers University. “I think people are always looking for a marker or some sort of guidepost.” source
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29 Apr 2009 08:35

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U.S.: Meet the motherlode of Obama 100 days data

The New York Times’ graphic is so thorough, you’ll spend 45 minutes poring it over. source
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