Category: Politics

This is a bit of a trick question when applying the idea of how "a conseervative" (rightwing extremist is the GOP norm these days) can appreciate President Obama, partly because the GOP has attempted to SABOTAGE this nation's first man of color elected to the White House (read Robert Draper's 2012 book: "Do Not Ask What Good We Do: Inside the U.S. House of Representatives").

There are a few websites that reveal the many achievements of President Obama, among them:
Http://whattheheckhasobamadonesofar.com/
Http://pleasecutthecrap.typepad.com/main…
whitehouse.gov and recovery.gov
FOIA.gov
politico.com's Obameter

On The PCTC* Blog, there is an itemized list of 122 achievements by President Obama in his first term, some of which include the following from his first months in office:

Called for audits of all government contractors: Http://1.usa.gov/dUrbu5
Froze White House salaries his first week in office: Http://on.msnbc.com/evJUIx
Cut spending by phasing out unnecessary and outdated weapons systems, and also signed the Congressional Democrats' "Weapons Systems Acquisition Reform Act" that seeks to end waste, fraud, overbilling, or abuse in the defense procurement and contracting system:
Http://bit.ly/hOw1tl and Http://bit.ly/fz8GAd

The U.S. Auto bailout took political courage on President Obama's part, but has proven to be a big success, saving hundreds of thousands of good-paying American jobs. The dollars lent for this bailout have largely been paid back with interest, and we did not lose a jobs-creating industry for a product that the U.S. Invented.

More jobs were created by the wise fiscal policies of the Obama administration and the Democrats in Congress in 2010 than the Bush/Cheney administration created their entire eight years in office:
Http://bit.ly/hrrnjY

I frankly think there are two underreported achievements that deserve more attention: (a) the Credit CARD Act of 2009 that eliminates predatory fees or double-dip shady billing practice by the nation's greed-driven credit card companies (see whitehouse.gov) and (b) The New START [Nuclear Nonproliferation] Treaty with Russia that was followed up by President Obama's Nuclear Weapons SUMMIT with 46 nations' leaders that was held in Washington D.C. At this important SUMMIT, President Obama was able to convince quite a few nations' leaders to GIVE the United States their weapons-grade nuclear materials (dangerous if these deadly materials should fall into the wrong hands) in order to have the materials DOWN-GRADED to fuel-grade, thus making the world a much safer place. Among the nations who participated in this downgrade were Chile and the Ukraine. Very important, but hardly any press coverage other than MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show"…

Also: Ended the ILLEGAL war in Iraq as of December 2011; set up hiring programs for returning combat military personnel; located and gave the kill order for 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden and did so in a manner that got us mountains of information on al-Qa'eda operations; signed comprehensive health care and insurance reforms into law; imposed tariffs on Chinese imports of tires, steel, and eletronic plates in palatable doses (the Chinese leaders like to pout) to level the trading field for U.S. Manufacturers; reduced the deficit from 10.2% of our GDP to less then 5.1% of GDP in just one term; and the list goes on…and on…

You have the white agenda 24-7. Whites are the majority. You neocons talk about blacks playing the race card but you guys are the ones who bring up race all the time and put black people down. Blacks are being left behind and unemployment rate for black is like 15.5%. You didn't even read your own link. You neocons need to stop being so racist and mean spirited. It is not led by Al Sharpton but Ed Schultz. The purpose of the discussion is to begin to develop a comprehensive agenda and action plan designed to address 21st-century issues and policies of significant importance to black people in the United States, as well as in other parts of the world. 文

Debating the Black Agenda, a panel discussion
Hall, Schultz lead a debate on black leadership in America

On Saturday, April 17th, msnbc will carry portions of the National Action Network’s panel discussion titled “Measuring the Movement: Black Leadership’s 12-Month Action Plan.” The panel will feature prominent black leaders from across the US who will pledge to further critical issues impacting black Americans over a 12-month period.

The discussion, led by Rev. Al Sharpton, the National Urban League’s Marc Morial, BET personality Jeff Johnson, NAACP President Ben Jealous and radio host Tom Joyner, among others, is scheduled to air from 11am-1pm ET.

On Sunday, April 18th, msnbc will present a live panel discussion on the topics from the convention from noon-2pm ET. MSNBC anchors Tamron Hall and Ed Schultz will host the forum, diving in-depth into topics from politics, business, civil rights, education, and more as they pertain to black Americans.

Msnbc will ask the tough questions: What is the black agenda, and do we need one? Do President Obama and other black officials owe the black community anything? What can the black community do to help itself? How does the black agenda help to further the overall American agenda?
Click here for information on the National Action Network’s national convention.

Faux News is the most racist network.

Top 5 Fake Fox News Racist Scandals | News One
During and after the election of Barack Obama, Fox News has created several scandals through unethical journalism, to paint Barack Obama as a scary
Http://newsone.com/nation/casey-gane-mcc…

Wright is on a "rehab" tour, which will obviously spin-off into a book deal & other media goodies. What he means is Obama had to say what he said due to the politics of this nation….Obama has to play the game by the rules that others set if he wants to be president.

If you consider ecological messages (or the consequences of failing to address the mounting pollution problem) then Nausicaa is a good example. It also deals with the horrors of war but there have been countless numbers of films that have done that.

Most Michael Moore films have political messages but then they are in the style of documentaries. Then you have movies about actual political events like 'Bobby' about the events leading up to the assassination of Senator Robert Kennedy … Then there are movies like 'The Quiet American' which deal with the politics of war … And movies like 'Good Night and Good Luck' about the politics of McCarthyism in the 1950s … Probably one of the earliest silent movies which had a political message was Charlie Chaplin's 'The Little Dictator' and even his 'Modern Times' … Enough … ?

Today is easy for this.
Political messages are what people say that want to be elected.
Presidents the major at the moment, one wants to tax you, the other says he does not need to tax everyone.
One says health care is for rich only, the other says he wants everyone to have health care.

Easy, just pick a topic you like and writing will be easy, maybe read both side and tell the difference and what you think will work.

You have to be careful what news you watch. Much is in the tank for Obama.

Fox news.com, they lean to the right, but do tend to show both sides.

You mean Faux News? I think Fox News is as silly as the Onion. I have never seen so many blond empty heads as I see on Fox News. Where do they recruit news reporters- tanning salons and surf shops?

Fox is like the Alamo. They stand alone preventing a complete monopoly of liberal TV media. Get rid of Fox, game over.

Just remember this: You get more bias from liberal news than conservative news:
-12/08 Zogby poll on which is the most trusted news source: FoxNews 39%, CNN 16%, MSNBC 15%. The most trusted news personalities: Rush Limbaugh 13%; Bill O’Reilly 10%; Chris Mathews 2%. Web news is the most trusted, more than TV and print news combined.
-9/09 Pew poll, 1985 to 2009, on how public perceives media bias: 60 percent say the press is politically biased; 50 percent say it’s liberal; 22 percent say it’s conservative; 27 percent gave no answer.
-6/15/10: Rasmussen poll on who the media supported in ’08 election: 51% said Obama; 7% said McCain.
-1/10 Public Policy Poll, a Democratic leaning pollster, found that Fox News was trusted by more people than ABC News, CBS News, CNN, and NBC news.
-1/27/10 Guardian, UK, on Nielson poll, wrote: "Fox most trusted news channel in U. S.”: Fox News 49%, CNN 39%, ABC 31%, CBS 32%, NBC 35%.
-11/4/10 Washington Post: “Fox News Channel towered over its cable news rivals on election night, attracting more viewers than CNN and MSNBC combined.”
-10/22/06 London Evening Standard: BBC CEO Grade caught on tape recording admitting that BBC is far Left, guilty of promoting Left-wing, anti-Christian, pro-Muslim views; promotes multiculturalism; gives no moral weight to America or rural folks; BBC Diversity Chief wants veiled female reporters.
-6/17/07 Daily Telegraph: The BBC has failed to promote proper debate on major political issues because of the inherent liberal culture of its staff, a report commissioned by the corporation has concluded. Says BBC director general Mark Thompson: "In the BBC I joined 30 years ago, there was, in much of current affairs, in terms of people's personal politics, which were quite vocal, a massive bias to the left."
-11/18/10 huffingtonpost.com: Democrat Senator wants FCC to shut down Fox News.“During a committee meeting on Wednesday about television retransmission consent, Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) veered away from his prepared remarks to take aim at both Fox News and MSNBC: “More than just retransmission consent ails our television markets. We need new catalysts for quality news and entertainment programming. I hunger for quality news. I'm tired of the right and the left. There's a little bug inside of me which wants to get the FCC to say to Fox and to MSNBC, "Out. Off. End. Goodbye."

And as to the Master Spinners?

-Walter Cronkite, speaking at the UN in 1999: "It seems to many of us that if we are to avoid the eventual catastrophic world conflict we must strengthen the UN as a first step toward a world government." And all those years I thought he was just reporting the news…
-Dan Rather, speaking on CBS Evening News, 6/17/87: “Despite what many Americans think, most Soviets do not yearn for capitalism or Western-style democracy.”

You could go to CNN.com and start searching headlines. Zimmerman can easily provide you enough material to write several pages. There is an article on there right now about the Marijuana debate, which is a good example of how young people only get involved in politics when it's something they can relate to. Workers rights is a hot topic right now. Etc., etc.
Http://money.cnn.com/2013/08/29/news/fas…

Http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/29/politics/h…

Yes, you appear to be worried. You did not appear to ask a question.