Joe Wilson has met with bipartisan criticism over his outburst, which I would politely call "impolite," during Barack Obama's address to Congress on Wednesday night. Both sides of the aisle have criticized him, and besides prompting over $100,000 worth of donations to Democrat Rob Miller for a possible rematch with Wilson in next year's midterm elections. It's also brought out the snarky webmasters, who created the site joewilsonisyourpreexistingcondition.com.
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The name Joe Wilson has entered another firestorm in politics. No, not the Joe Wilson whose wife and CIA operative Valerie Plame was outed during the Bush administration, allegedly as retribution. No, this is Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina.
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U.S. President Barack Obama took to the airwaves with a health care reform speech to Congress on Wednesday. The aim was to not just outline his vision of the plan, but to dispel falsehoods previously spread.
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So did you hear the one about the double standard displayed in some Texas schools over President Obama’s speech to the nation’s school children yesterday?
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U.S. President Barack Obama gave his rah, rah type speech to students today. While there has been controversy over his speech, with conservatives forgetting how their hero Ronald Reagan met with students during his term, and as the school speech video shows, Obama did nothing to "indoctrinate" students, but rather encouraged them to work hard.
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The more Obama school speech time is nearing up the more yes or no, should or shouldn't types of questions are arising int he society. The questions are rising among parents, teachers and politicians.
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To disperse concerns about what the President Obama's speech to kids, school children and students may include in a sign of forth coming the White Houses today released the text of transcript of Barack Obama's speech to kids. Some parents say they will keep children home after class to have them hear Obama's speech to kids and schoolchildren. Other's say they won't allow their children to hear the speech.
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All the wild, crazy panic of the right over a speech by the President of the United States, which has been done by the right wing's hero, Ronald Reagan, in the past, mind you. All for what? A rah, rah speech that exhorts children to study hard? That's what it looks like, as Obama's school speech text was released by the White House, as promised.
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A check of the top Google search trends show that consumers are anxious for the "Cash for Kitchen Clunkers" (or "Cash for Old Applicances" or even "Cash for Refrigerators" to begin. The program is designed to help consumers buy newer energy-saving appliances to replace their old, less-green ones.
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Van Jones, an administration official specializing in environmentally friendly "green jobs" in the White House Council on Environmental Quality, has resigned. He was earlier this week linked to efforts suggesting a government role in the 2001 terror attacks and to derogatory comments about Republicans.
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