John Stewart Discusses the Right Wing Media’s Outrage Over Wanda Sykes Comments, Yet Still Defend Torture
May 12, 2009
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The mass hysteria from the right rolled in overnight, just two days after Wanda Sykes appeared at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner and gave Rush Limbaugh a taste of his own medicine. Much like when Limbaugh would gleefully sing “Barack the Magic Negro” on a daily basis or when he rabidly, and brutally ripped into Michael J. Fox and his illness – Sykes decided to take it to the next level in her digs aimed at Rush.
Obama plane’s photo-op triggers New York panic
April 28, 2009
New Yorkers evacuated offices in panic on Monday when an unexpected overflight by one of President Barack Obama’s Boeing 747s triggered fears of a new 9/11.
The jumbo, escorted by low-flying fighter jets, roared over southern Manhattan and the Hudson River for about 30 minutes on what officials later described as a photo-op.
9/11 plane scare over New York
Hugs and smiles for Obama on Iraq troop visit
April 8, 2009
Barack Obama drew praise from troops and veterans groups for his surprise visit this week to Baghdad, another step in his concerted effort to win the support of the military, despite having opposed the war in Iraq and never having served in uniform.
“I’m honoured and grateful to be with all of you. And I’m not going to talk long because I want to shake as many hands as I can,” the President said, to loud applause and shouts. The troops, he said, had performed “brilliantly” and he pledged to do “everything we can” for military families and combat veterans.
Obama aims to control ‘exploding’ deficits
February 22, 2009
US President Barack Obama is vowing to tackle trillion-dollar budget deficits facing the nation after he launched an unprecedented spending program aimed at helping the troubled US economy get back on its feet.
Obama at war: 17,000 more troops sent in
February 18, 2009
In his first major military move, US President Barack Obama has approved the deployment of 17,000 more troops to Afghanistan, saying they were needed “to stabilise a deteriorating situation”.
“There is no more solemn duty as president than the decision to deploy our armed forces into harm’s way,” Obama said in a statement.
Bipartisan drive hits second snag
February 13, 2009
BARACK OBAMA’S bold experiment in bipartisanship has taken another hit with his second nominee for commerce secretary, the Republican senator Judd Gregg, abruptly withdrawing his nomination citing “irresolvable differences”.
Senator Gregg pointed to the stimulus package and changes to the Census Bureau as the two areas where he could not support Administration policy.
Bipartisan spirit recedes as rescue bill passes
January 30, 2009
The US House of Representatives has voted for the massive $US819 billion stimulus to jump-start the US economy – the first step towards its enactment – but President Barack Obama’s hopes for bipartisan support were dashed when not a single Republican voted for it.
The bill passed 244 to 188 on Wednesday with opposition from the entire Republican conference and 11 conservative Democrats.
President Barack Obama signs order to close Guantanamo Bay
January 23, 2009
On his second day in office, US President Barack Obama has made good on his campaign promises to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay within a year and end the practice of torture by the spy agency the CIA immediately.
At a ceremony this morning in the Oval Office, witnessed by a dozen former military officers, Mr Obama signed four presidential orders including the much-anticipated order to close the controversial detention facility within 12 months.
History hangs heavy in air as Obama pays homage to King
January 20, 2009
BARACK OBAMA will urge Americans to “rebuild their country one neighbourhood at a time” as he vows to revive the spirit of sacrifice and pays homage to slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King today.
Half a million people had gathered in Washington’s National Mall a day earlier, cheering as Bruce Springsteen struck the first chords of his famous song The Rising.
The setting for the concert stage, before the Lincoln Memorial, is always spectacular. But on this day it was filled with greater meaning.
Obama presses forward on Iran, backward on Iraq
January 12, 2009
THE US president-elect, Barack Obama, has confirmed that he will pursue a clear policy of engagement with Iran and press immediately for peace in the Middle East.
Speaking on the ABC News television program This Week, Mr Obama said he wanted to work directly with Iran – a country whose president has called for Israel’s destruction – to improve relations and halt a nuclear program that Tehran describes as peaceful, but the West believes is not.
“We are going to have to take a new approach,” he told the program’s host, George Stephanopoulos, in his first interview since arriving in Washington.
