I'm going to finish what I started in memory of Kevin and others who have died without Health Care! -Mem

Obama/Biden 2012 "Let's Finish What We Started"
Be sure to donate whatever you can to make sure that our President and Vice President get four more years!

Promises Kept! 

President Obama's Record On Jobs

Is There Really Anything Left To Say? (Video)

92 year-old former North Dakota District Judge and WWII veteran, Ralph Maxwell, recites the lyrics from his song "Wherefore Art Thou, Mitt Romney-O".

The Truth Is Out There But The Tea Party Republicans Don't Want You To Remember It!

The Road We've Traveled

President Obama and Andy Griffith Come Together On New Health Care Law

With the new health care law, more good things are coming -- free checkups, lower prescription costs, and better ways to protect us and Medicare from fraud. See what else is new -- I think you're going to like it.

This is why Barack Obama is President and Matt Damon isn't!

Best Come Back Ever!

Obama responded jokingly to Damon's criticism at his White House Press Correspondents Dinner in late April, saying, "It's fair to say that when it comes to my presidency, the honeymoon is over ... Matt Damon said he [has been] disappointed in my performance. Well Matt, I just saw the 'Adjustment Bureau,' so ... right back atcha buddy."

Not Only Did I Think Out Side Of The Box...I Stepped Out Side Of The Box!

I continually get criticism and accusations from the far left saying that I am an Obamabot, believe in Unicorns, probably still believe in Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny, am a follower, and can't think for myself because I refuse to "bash" our President.  The truth is I think that "big corporations" invented Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny.  I think the religious right fell hook line and sinker for their pagan holidays and gladly feed the corporations while they judge those who step back and watch.  I believe there is a huge difference in not agreeing with our President about all the decisions he has made and "bashing" our President. Most of this criticism comes from my FB and opinions I share there as well as my FB profile. (To make it clear most of the time these are people who are not my daily FB friends)  Some write in friendship and share their opinion but most show their lack of tolerance for others opinions by giving me their thoughts on "my ignorance" for not holding the President "accountable".  They don't seem to understand my capabilities of holding the President accountable while supporting him and helping him make the changes we need.  The far left seems to have a mentality of "Bash and Dash"  (It's a salty mixture of Tacky, Childish,Unattractive and Unproductive!)

The sad reality of this article, the tea party republicans will LOVE Perry for this very reason!

Members of Texas-based Klan rally in 1992

Lifting the Hood Off Rick Perry: Was His Family In The Ku Klux Klan?
On 10.23.11, By Max

Texas Governor Rick Perry has opened a new issue to try to lift his floundering campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, insinuating that President Barack Obama just might not be an American citizen. Asked if Obama was born in the United States, Perry told Parade Magazine, in an interview published on October 23, “I have no reason to think otherwise.” But he then qualified his answer, stating, “Well, I don’t have a definitive answer.”

I think that Melissa and Morgan are both spot on and it needs to be said!

Does President Obama Have A White Liberal Problem?

Speaking of reality, Morgan Freeman laid down the chips on the Tea Party.

Melissa Harris Perry asks, is there a liberal racial double-standard for presidents?

September 24, 2011

In her latest essay for The Nation, Melissa Harris Perry writes about what she calls the two very different standards that white liberals seem to hold presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton to.

A clip:

If old-fashioned electoral racism is the absolute unwillingness to vote for a black candidate, then liberal electoral racism is the willingness to abandon a black candidate when he is just as competent as his white predecessors.

We The People

The White House has just launched We the People on WhiteHouse.gov. 

We the People is a new way for Americans to create and sign petitions calling on the Obama Administration to take action on a range of important issues.

Here's how We the People works:
1. Create or Sign a Petition: Anyone 13 or older can create or sign a petition on WhiteHouse.gov asking the Obama Administration to take action on a range issues.

2. Build Support and Gather Signatures for your Petition: It's up to you to build support for a petition. Use email, Facebook, Twitter and word of mouth to tell your friends, family and coworkers about the petitions you care about.

3. The White House Reviews and Responds: If a petition reaches a certain amount of signatures, it will be reviewed by a group of White House officials, referred to other relevant policymakers and an official response will be issued.

Just click on get started to view!-Mem


Update: 

Marijuana question sky-rockets to top of new White House petition site | The Raw Story

www.rawstory.com

A petition to legalize and regulate marijuana quickly jumped to the top of a the White House's online petition site on Thursday, the first same day it was launched.

The Whole Country Should Be Calling Out The Party Of No!

The President is frustrated as shown in this letter but I'm angry!  I'm angry that the media tells half truths.  I'm angry that the whole Country is not in an uproar about the tea party republicans and their actions (or rather non-actions) since they took the house!  Where are the jobs they promised?  They are so busy giving to the rich, trying to bring President Obama down, destroying the middle class, busting the unions and taking away our freedoms that they have become Anti-American and I'm sick to death of it.  I'm sick of people who fight against their own self-interest and who are loyal to a party that's taking this Country to the soup lines and tent cities!  You are not the only ones on this ship you are sinking with your denial and support; you are taking your kids, my kids and our grandchildren down with you!-Mem

Memory --

Today I asked for a joint session of Congress where I will lay out a clear plan to get Americans back to work. Next week, I will deliver the details of the plan and call on lawmakers to pass it.

Kudos’ to a progressive who gets it!

Even though I don't agree with all the disappointments with President Obama, excellent article by a progressive who finally gets what I've been talking about and taking some responsibility for their actions in 2010!  (Time for Ed Shultz to do the same)

Must share his article with my readers!-Mem

Progressive, Heal Thyself!

Posted on August 25, 2011 by David Phillips

I think it’s fair to say that many progressives and liberals are disappointed in the Obama Presidency. There is no small number of us on the left that feel he has compromised too often, not fought hard enough on core issues, and in some cases, simply been too slow in action. I share some of these frustrations.

Confessions of an “Obamabot”

by Leisa Simone on Sunday, July 10, 2011 at 3:13pm

Over the years, I've been called a liberal as if it's an insult. I've also been called a libtard, a Dumbocrat, a hippie, a socialist, a tree-hugger, a bleeding heart, a gay-lover, etc. And I've embraced each one. All these were directed at me from people on the right.

Now I find out that I'm an Obamabot. That's someone who defends the current President of the United States, OUR president of OUR country. But this time, it comes from the left.

In Spite Of The Party Of NO and Those Who Wear Tea Bags On Their Hats....

Barack Obama Is Now The Biggest Tax Cutter In American History
April 17, 2011

ByJason Easley

Beneath all of the Republican and Tea Party grumbling about taxes, one key fact continues to be ignored. According to the Tax Policy Center, Federal taxes are lower than at any time since 1955. Obama has now reduced taxes by more than any president since Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Did anyone pay attention in Civics Class?

Congress holds the power by holding the purse strings and the votes!-Mem

April 5, 2011

Democrats, particularly liberal activists, will not want to hear this. But President Obama cannot close the Bush-created prison at Guantanamo Bay, or try the remaining detainees still stuck in that island gulag, on his own. Like Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell and the Defense of Marriage Act, Gitmo is a creature of Congress, and only Congress can kill it.

This say's a whole lot about Garth Brooks and even more about Matt Damon and Barbra Streisand! (video)

It's very refreshing to see that some people in Hollywood have the ability to stay loyal to their party, the President and the way they voted! I have NO respect for those who whine and bash when the President doesn't do things "their way", have no patients nor the ability to understand the true power of the President. I have no respect for those who sit in their "towers" and condemn a President who has kept many of his promises even though he has had the party of no to deal with, the blue dog dems, two wars and everything else in this Country thrown at his feet! In other words I have NO respect for snot nosed Matt Damen or Princess Barbra!-Mem

Garth Brooks (AP Photo)

Garth Brooks on Obama: I Love Him to Death; It's Got to Be Hell In That Office

Where were the Progressives when the Republicans were destroying our Country?

It's possible to go too far to the right and too far to the left!  Extreme is extreme no matter which side you are on.  I am writing this today because today is the perfect day for all the trolls to come out as well as those who are truly angry at our President.

I have many friends who are "real progressives" who care about this Country and care about real change and the people of this Country but as a whole, I think a huge amount of Progressives are just like the Republicans.  *Make sure you read the updates and stories from other bloggers, etc!

Cooper asked him: "Have you seen George W. Bush's transcripts from college?"

Anderson Cooper Shellacks Texas Birther With Torrent Of Facts (VIDEO)

 

Jillian Rayfield | November 30, 2010, 1:19PM

CNN's Anderson Cooper took Texas birther and state Rep. Leo Berman (R) down a whole bunch of pegs last night over Berman's birther bill. "You're basing legislation on stuff that's just rumors and stuff that's been proven to be false," Cooper told him.

Isn't it time the media starts giving equal time to Palin's buddy list of anti-American bombers and other radical associates?

I think since Sarah Palin is still on the road questioning the President and the first ladies love for this Country, it is time the Country takes a long hard look at the Palin's love for the AIP who hated America! (Especially since Sarah Palin keeps hinting that she will run in 2012)  If the media won't do their jobs then the people need to.  I hope all viewers will share and make this topic go viral!-Mem

Article from the elections in 2008:

My Comment Was -Progressives Need To Stop Their Whining

This was a great comment on this subject on my FB and I wanted to post it along with this Rolling Stones article which was the topic!  The Case For Obama

by John Hannaford

This election is way beyond Democrat / Republican politics... forces that gained so much during the last administration at the expense of America do not want to give up the power they held. from the start of Obama's administration

What Would Karl Rove Want?

by Wayne Boese
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 at 5:27am

In this article, my premise is simple: determine what would Karl Rove want and make sure you do the opposite or at least not give any support to him or the Repug/TeaParty/NeoCons.

Karl Rove and the Republican Party with aid of the Tea Party and Screaming Talking heads of the Right including all of Faux News have specifically wrecked these harms on to the country and our political process: