President Obama, President Funes Meet in San Salvador | The White House
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Saturday, March 26, 2011
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Obama says US to be major purchaser of Brazilian oil - Telegraph
Obama says US to be major purchaser of Brazilian oil - Telegraph
--considering the Middle Eastern unrest...
--considering the Middle Eastern unrest...
Saturday, March 05, 2011
YouTube - President Obama and Vice President Biden Address National Governors Association
YouTube - President Obama and Vice President Biden Address National Governors Association
This is the realest discussion on Obama's healthcare plan to date. I beg you, listen and watch how the president explains the situation to everyone:
This is the realest discussion on Obama's healthcare plan to date. I beg you, listen and watch how the president explains the situation to everyone:
Friday, February 25, 2011
Remarks by the President at Meeting with the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness | The White House
Remarks by the President at Meeting with the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness | The White House
Just to brief you on this meeting: One main point made to the president is that consumer spending patterns are changing. People are not utilizing all of the available credit extended to them--either by not taking on new debt or by not maxing out cards.
This pattern has led to 75 percent unused consumer and business credit. "Alarming" was the word used to describe this emerging pattern. People are paying balances down and future extensions of credit are being recinded as lenders are becoming more conservative with the lower-middle class or the working class. It was determined by the advisory group that lower middle class consumers should have more access to credit.
Fourth quarter 2009 credit card write-offs were at 10 percent. A write-off is when credit card balances are left unpaid and companies write-them off at the end of the fiscal year as a loss. By the end of 2009 they had fallen to 7.5 percent and by January 2010 write-offs fell to 3.8 percent, which is normal for the credit industry.
Overall the credit industry is described as "bright." Some people spend to save and some spend to pay down debt.
Online spending is impacting traditional retail sales. Even with traditional retailers, the online spending is the biggest growth for them.
This advisory group reports to the president and was formed two years ago.
Feel free to view the video to find out more about how business and retail sales are affecting the U.S. economy. This is clarity in government at it's best.
West Wing--week in review with the President
This pattern has led to 75 percent unused consumer and business credit. "Alarming" was the word used to describe this emerging pattern. People are paying balances down and future extensions of credit are being recinded as lenders are becoming more conservative with the lower-middle class or the working class. It was determined by the advisory group that lower middle class consumers should have more access to credit.
Fourth quarter 2009 credit card write-offs were at 10 percent. A write-off is when credit card balances are left unpaid and companies write-them off at the end of the fiscal year as a loss. By the end of 2009 they had fallen to 7.5 percent and by January 2010 write-offs fell to 3.8 percent, which is normal for the credit industry.
Overall the credit industry is described as "bright." Some people spend to save and some spend to pay down debt.
Online spending is impacting traditional retail sales. Even with traditional retailers, the online spending is the biggest growth for them.
This advisory group reports to the president and was formed two years ago.
Feel free to view the video to find out more about how business and retail sales are affecting the U.S. economy. This is clarity in government at it's best.
West Wing--week in review with the President
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Big Things Are Happening in Cleveland: Turning the Rust Belt into the Tech Belt - Associated Content from Yahoo! - associatedcontent.com
Big Things Are Happening in Cleveland: Turning the Rust Belt into the Tech Belt - Associated Content from Yahoo! - associatedcontent.com
There are many states who have similar training programs and can do what Cleveland, Ohio is doing to help employ those who retrain and want to work. I hope politics is not standing in the way of progress. Our president seems more than willing to help in a bipartisan way, get America working again. I know for a fact Indiana has a trades training program that is excellent.
There are many states who have similar training programs and can do what Cleveland, Ohio is doing to help employ those who retrain and want to work. I hope politics is not standing in the way of progress. Our president seems more than willing to help in a bipartisan way, get America working again. I know for a fact Indiana has a trades training program that is excellent.
2012 Ad Blitz for Obama Planned - WSJ.com
2012 Ad Blitz for Obama Planned - WSJ.com
"Mr. Obama discouraged independent groups from working on his behalf during the 2008 presidential race. Democratic strategists now believe the Obama campaign will give them the green light to create independent advertising efforts for 2012 to rival the well-funded conservative groups that appeared in the 2010 congressional elections."--WSJ
"Mr. Obama discouraged independent groups from working on his behalf during the 2008 presidential race. Democratic strategists now believe the Obama campaign will give them the green light to create independent advertising efforts for 2012 to rival the well-funded conservative groups that appeared in the 2010 congressional elections."--WSJ
Sunday, February 13, 2011
The Resolute Desk
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| Pres. Obama prepares remarks regarding Egyptian freedom at the Resolute desk Fri. Feb. 11. |
Obama budget to cut deficit by $1.1 trillion - Yahoo! News
Obama budget to cut deficit by $1.1 trillion - Yahoo! News
So Republicans wish to see President Obama in the role of Hercules? The big gray Elephant had 16 years to do whatever it was they wanted to do. Apparently their crown jewel, the North American Free Trade Agreement, is not enough. Isn't the President doing enough clean-up? Oh to be able to be so sophomoric as to say whatever the President does, Republicans can do better. Give it a rest, please. President Obama actually cares about the American People and it shows in how he leads the country towards prosperity and out of debt. So little red honey, stop your tantrum, get back into the car and be quiet. We'll wait. (I got jokes;0)
So Republicans wish to see President Obama in the role of Hercules? The big gray Elephant had 16 years to do whatever it was they wanted to do. Apparently their crown jewel, the North American Free Trade Agreement, is not enough. Isn't the President doing enough clean-up? Oh to be able to be so sophomoric as to say whatever the President does, Republicans can do better. Give it a rest, please. President Obama actually cares about the American People and it shows in how he leads the country towards prosperity and out of debt. So little red honey, stop your tantrum, get back into the car and be quiet. We'll wait. (I got jokes;0)
Friday, February 11, 2011
Remarks by the President on Egypt
Grand Foyer
3:06 P.M. EST
By stepping down, President Mubarak responded to the Egyptian people’s hunger for change. But this is not the end of Egypt’s transition. It’s a beginning. I’m sure there will be difficult days ahead, and many questions remain unanswered. But I am confident that the people of Egypt can find the answers, and do so peacefully, constructively, and in the spirit of unity that has defined these last few weeks. For Egyptians have made it clear that nothing less than genuine democracy will carry the day.
The military has served patriotically and responsibly as a caretaker to the state, and will now have to ensure a transition that is credible in the eyes of the Egyptian people. That means protecting the rights of Egypt’s citizens, lifting the emergency law, revising the constitution and other laws to make this change irreversible, and laying out a clear path to elections that are fair and free. Above all, this transition must bring all of Egypt’s voices to the table. For the spirit of peaceful protest and perseverance that the Egyptian people have shown can serve as a powerful wind at the back of this change.
The United States will continue to be a friend and partner to Egypt. We stand ready to provide whatever assistance is necessary -- and asked for -- to pursue a credible transition to a democracy. I’m also confident that the same ingenuity and entrepreneurial spirit that the young people of Egypt have shown in recent days can be harnessed to create new opportunity -- jobs and businesses that allow the extraordinary potential of this generation to take flight. And I know that a democratic Egypt can advance its role of responsible leadership not only in the region but around the world.
Egypt has played a pivotal role in human history for over 6,000 years. But over the last few weeks, the wheel of history turned at a blinding pace as the Egyptian people demanded their universal rights.
We saw mothers and fathers carrying their children on their shoulders to show them what true freedom might look like.
We saw a young Egyptian say, “For the first time in my life, I really count. My voice is heard. Even though I’m only one person, this is the way real democracy works.”
We saw protesters chant “Selmiyya, selmiyya” -- “We are peaceful” -- again and again.
We saw a military that would not fire bullets at the people they were sworn to protect.
And we saw doctors and nurses rushing into the streets to care for those who were wounded, volunteers checking protesters to ensure that they were unarmed.
We saw people of faith praying together and chanting – “Muslims, Christians, We are one.” And though we know that the strains between faiths still divide too many in this world and no single event will close that chasm immediately, these scenes remind us that we need not be defined by our differences. We can be defined by the common humanity that we share.
And above all, we saw a new generation emerge -- a generation that uses their own creativity and talent and technology to call for a government that represented their hopes and not their fears; a government that is responsive to their boundless aspirations. One Egyptian put it simply: Most people have discovered in the last few days…that they are worth something, and this cannot be taken away from them anymore, ever.
This is the power of human dignity, and it can never be denied. Egyptians have inspired us, and they’ve done so by putting the lie to the idea that justice is best gained through violence. For in Egypt, it was the moral force of nonviolence -- not terrorism, not mindless killing -- but nonviolence, moral force that bent the arc of history toward justice once more.
And while the sights and sounds that we heard were entirely Egyptian, we can’t help but hear the echoes of history -- echoes from Germans tearing down a wall, Indonesian students taking to the streets, Gandhi leading his people down the path of justice.
As Martin Luther King said in celebrating the birth of a new nation in Ghana while trying to perfect his own, “There is something in the soul that cries out for freedom.” Those were the cries that came from Tahrir Square, and the entire world has taken note.
Today belongs to the people of Egypt, and the American people are moved by these scenes in Cairo and across Egypt because of who we are as a people and the kind of world that we want our children to grow up in.
The word Tahrir means liberation. It is a word that speaks to that something in our souls that cries out for freedom. And forevermore it will remind us of the Egyptian people -- of what they did, of the things that they stood for, and how they changed their country, and in doing so changed the world.
Thank you.
END 3:13 P.M. EST
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