Obama faces an angry nation
March 21, 2009
Stephen Colbert, a comedian who plays a slightly goofy conservative Republican, began his Comedy Central TV show The Colbert Report this week brandishing a pitchfork.
“Nation! I am enraged!” he yelled to his audience.
“AIG announced this week that they are giving executives $US165 million in bonuses. Excuse me? That bail-out money is supposed to be used responsibly – in ways we never see, to prop up businesses we don’t understand,”
New start in US – unBush’ing of America
March 15, 2009
If ever the world would have forgiven a man for not being able to walk and chew gum at the same time, it would have been now. No one would blame Barack Obama if he focused exclusively on the economic crisis, pushing the foreign policy in-tray to the back of his desk. After all, there’s only so much even a Messiah can handle.
For all that, the new US President has crammed a slew of foreign policy moves into his first six weeks, any one of which would have made big news in normal times.
Obama Wiki fiddler caught red-handed
March 10, 2009
A right-wing pundit has been caught red-handed manufacturing controversy after claiming US President Barack Obama’s Wikipedia page was being whitewashed, in a scandal that fooled big news outlets including Fox News.
Aaron Klein, the Jerusalem bureau chief at online news publication WorldNetDaily (WND), reported that Obama’s Wikipedia entry was far too positive and did not mention his claimed links with controversial pastor Jeremiah Wright and “Weatherman terrorist” Bill Ayers.
Obama to reverse Bush limits on stem-cell research
March 7, 2009
US President Barack Obama will on Monday wipe out another contentious aspect of his predecessor George Bush’s legacy by removing curbs on federal funding for embryonic stem-cell research.
The president will sign an executive order reversing a policy that critics say has hampered the fight into finding treatments for grave diseases like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and diabetes, a senior administration official said.
Talkback king Rush Limbaugh leads backlash to Obama
March 2, 2009
THE radio talkback host Rush Limbaugh has said he wants to see President Barack Obama fail, warning that the core free enterprise values of the nation are “under assault” and its very survival is at stake.
Wag the tail: White House’s first dog arriving in April
February 26, 2009
The shaggy dog story surrounding the identity of America’s first canine appears to be over.
Michelle Obama has confirmed that the first family is seeking a stray Portuguese water dog to be their family pet, and hope to find one by April.
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American Public Remain Strong in Their Support of Barack Obama
February 23, 2009
With his first month as President in the bag, Barack Obama is receiving an unparalleled level of support from the American public in regards to his ability to handle, and in this case fix, the shattered economy. In fact President Obama has the largest lead over opposition party in overall trust to handle the economy as any U.S. President has had in over 20 years.
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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.
To Obama, from Hamas
February 21, 2009
US OFFICIALS have been weighing up how to treat a letter believed to be from Hamas to President Barack Obama, who considers it a terrorist organisation.
Mr Obama has said Washington cannot negotiate with Hamas until it recognises Israel, renounces violence and agrees to abide by peace deals between the Jewish state and the Palestinians.
Obama takes aim at housing crisis
February 19, 2009
President Barack Obama has taken aim at the housing crisis which helped tip the US economy into meltdown, with a program which could cost $US275 billion and reach nine million homeowners.
- Housing plan
- Six million foreclosures expected
- Arizona among worst-hit states
