Did Obama succeed at U.N. nuclear disarmarment council?

President Obama has just helped bring a new resolution to bear on the use of nuclear weapons. This morning, members of the U.N. Security Council unanimously signed the new resolution that focuses on stopping the spread of atomic bombs. It also urges countries to sign the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty that has been on the books [...]

We Need Universal Health Care

I know that there are downsides to socialized medicine, (and please feel free to tell me what they are) but I want to write about the upsides, and maybe the sidesides. From my uninsured, and non-expert opinion, I think that the U.S. having Universal Health Care is a good idea. The main reason is that [...]

This is what we hired him for

Obama smacked Citigroup around like a red-headed step child. It’s cool to be able to know that something is wrong, and have the power to do something about it.

a few lines of Obama’s Inaugural address

Some of my favorite snippets from Obama’s speech: Our capacity remains undiminished. But our time of standing pat, of protecting narrow interests and putting off unpleasant decisions — that time has surely passed. Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America. I thought this was [...]

The first Presidential debate

I thought it went pretty well. It was funny how Jim Lehrer tried to get the candidates to address one another directly and Obama did, but McCain refused to look at Barrack. McCain seemed like he knew a lot about foreign policy and he could back it up by saying how he had been to [...]

I don’t like politics/ stubborn-headed Republicans/ foreign policy

I watched the last half of the Democratic National Convention last night. I saw the part where truck driver Republicans said they would vote Obama and Barack’s speach. Well…what now. We get to see the Republican Convention and endure days of them bashing all of Obama’s ideas. But I guess my question is: besides a [...]