Archive for the 'The Stimulus Bill' Category
The President at The Apollo Theatre in Harlem, New York, January 19, 2012
• January 21, 2012 • 5 CommentsPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Bailouts, Black People, Budget Cuts, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, Homelessness, Joblessness, National Issues, Obama Administration, Protestant Denominations, Race, Subprime Loans-Foreclosures, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, The Stimulus Bill, The Tea Party Movement
Tags: "Chain of Fools", "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno", "Walk on By", 2012 Presidential Election, Al Green, Aretha Franklin, BarackObama, Bill Clinton, Child Labor, Clintonism, Dionne Warwick, FDR, Franklin Roosevelt, GOP, High Cost of Living, Lame Duck, Lyndon B. Johnson, Medicare, Obama, President, President Barack Obama, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, President Lyndon Johnson, President Obama, Republican, Republicans, Ron Paul, Social Security, The Great Recession, The Tonight Show, Wanda Sykes
Meanwhile, Back in Wisconsin: State Workers to Converge on Capitol to Rally Against Scott Walker’s Rescinding of Collective Bargaining
• February 15, 2011 • Comments Off on Meanwhile, Back in Wisconsin: State Workers to Converge on Capitol to Rally Against Scott Walker’s Rescinding of Collective BargainingPosted in American History, American Politics, Budget Cuts, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Education, Joblessness, The Economy, The Stimulus Bill, Unions/Union Busting, Wisconsin
Tags: Alberta Darling, Collective Bargaining, Facebook, Governor Walker, Mississippi, National Guard, Republicans, Robin Vos, Scott Walker, Security, State Troopers, The National Guard, The Stimulus Bill, Twitter, Unions, United States, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Eye, Wisconsin National Guard, Wisconsin State Capitol, Wisconsin State Patrol
The President with Jon Stewart on “The Daily Show,” October 27, 2010
• October 28, 2010 • Comments Off on The President with Jon Stewart on “The Daily Show,” October 27, 2010Posted in American History, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Democrats, Homelessness, Joblessness, Jon Stewart/"The Daily Show", Journalism and Ethics, National Issues, Obama Administration, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, Stephen Colbert, Subprime Loans-Foreclosures, Teabagging Party, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Stimulus Bill
Tags: 2010, African Americans, Cable, Charlie Sheen, Citizens, Comedy, Comedy Central, Congress, Cop Shooting, Daily Show, David Arquette, Democrats, Eugene Walker, Exclusive Interview, Fake News Show, FBP, First Black President, Fitchburg WI, GOTV, Interview, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jon Stewart, Midterm Elections, Obama Administration, POTUS, President, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Stephen Colbert, Students, The Daily Show, The House of Representatives, The Midterm Elections 2010, The Senate, United States, Young, Youth, Youth Vote
A Disappointed Member of the Black Middle Class Addresses the President
• September 21, 2010 • Comments Off on A Disappointed Member of the Black Middle Class Addresses the PresidentPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Bailouts, Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Homelessness, Joblessness, Subprime Loans-Foreclosures, Teabagging Party, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Stimulus Bill, The Tea Party Movement, Women
Tags: African American, Alternatives, American Dream, Barack Obama, Black Women, Blacks, Foreclosures, Joblessness, Middle-Class, New York Times, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Racism, Real Estate, Republicans, Subprime Loans, The Black Middle Class, The Economy, Third Political Party, Two-Party System, United States, Velma Hart, Veteran, Washington
Yesterday Was “Fighting Bob Fest” in Wisconsin
• September 12, 2010 • Comments Off on Yesterday Was “Fighting Bob Fest” in WisconsinPosted in American History, American Politics, Bailouts, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Consumerism, Democrats, Joblessness, Obama Administration, Public Intellectualism, Subprime Loans-Foreclosures, Teabagging Party, The Economy, The Rest of the World, The Stimulus Bill, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: "Fighting Bob Fest 2010", "Fighting Bob" LaFollette, Barack Obama, Chatauqua, Economic Justice, Human Rights, Issues, Jesse Jackson, Jobs, Kickoff, Leftists, Liberals, Madison WI, Midterm Elections, Network, Political Activism, Political Chatauqua, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Progressives, Republicans, Robert LaFollette, The Barrymore Theater, The Capitol Times, The Midterm Elections 2010, The Obama Administration, The Reverend Jesse Jackson, Wisconsin
There’s a Tea Party Rally Going on Next Door at the Capitol Building: Is Tommy Thompson Going to Run Against Russ Feingold?
• April 15, 2010 • Comments Off on There’s a Tea Party Rally Going on Next Door at the Capitol Building: Is Tommy Thompson Going to Run Against Russ Feingold?Posted in American History, American Politics, Bailouts, Class, Homelessness, Joblessness, Obama Administration, Subprime Loans-Foreclosures, Teabagging Party, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Stimulus Bill, Wisconsin
Tags: Fence Sitting, Lunch Time, Madison WI, Russ Feingold, Southern Wisconsin, Tea Party Movement, Teabagging, The Capitol, The Senate, Tommy Thompson, Wisconsin
So Whatever Happened to Ty’Sheoma Bethea and Her School in South Carolina?
• January 31, 2010 • Comments Off on So Whatever Happened to Ty’Sheoma Bethea and Her School in South Carolina?Posted in American Politics, Black People, Class, Education, Health, Joblessness, Obama Administration, Race, Sick Building Syndrome/Dilapidated Buildings, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Stimulus Bill, Ty'Sheoma Bethea, Women
Tags: Atlanta GA, Charles "Bud" Ferillo, Department of Agriculture, Dillon County, Dillon S.C., Governor Mark Sanford, J.V. Martin Middle School, Mayor Todd Davis, Superintendent Ray Rogers, The Corridor of Shame, The South, Ty'Sheoma Bethea
President Obama Explains “Why Haiti Matters” in Newsweek
• January 17, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in American Foreign Policy, Bailouts, Black People, Class, Crime, Cuba, Education, Haiti, Health, History, HIV Positive, Homelessness, Hurricanes, Joblessness, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, Obama Administration, People of Color, Race, Subprime Loans-Foreclosures, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, The Stimulus Bill
Tags: Artibonite Valley, Ayiti, Barack Obama, Blacks, Castro, Creoles, Dirt, Fair-Skinned, Fidel Castro, Floods, François Duvalier, Globalization, Haiti, Haitians, HIV Virus, Hurricanes, Immigration, Intestinal Parasites, Jean-Claude Duvalier, Katrina, Leftist, Light-Skinned, Malaria, Mudcakes, Mudslides, President Aristide, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Roosevelt Administration, The Black Republic, The Caribbean, The Nineties, Tourist Trap, Tuberculosis
President Obama’s Coming to Madison; The Excitement Builds
• November 4, 2009 • Comments Off on President Obama’s Coming to Madison; The Excitement BuildsPosted in American Politics, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Books, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Education, History, Obama Administration, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Stimulus Bill
Tags: African Americans, Andreal Davis, Ari Davis, Arlington Davis, Arne Duncan, Barack Obama, Blacks, Chicago IL, Commander-in-Chief, Derrion Albert, Equal Opportunity Commission, Fenger High School, Fish Hatchery Road, Fraud, Harry Truman, Isthmus, Jacqueline Wright, James C. Wright Middle School, Madison WI, Mohter Wright, Nice Suit, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Presidential Visit, Secretary of Education, The Pledge of Allegiance, The Reverend James C. Wright, The Secret Service, The Stimulus
Free Screenings of Michael Moore’s New Film “Capitalism: A Love Story” Tonight at Select Locations for the Unemployed and Homeless
• October 1, 2009 • Comments Off on Free Screenings of Michael Moore’s New Film “Capitalism: A Love Story” Tonight at Select Locations for the Unemployed and HomelessPosted in Bailouts, Class, Democrats, Film, History, Homelessness, Joblessness, Subprime Loans-Foreclosures, Tent Cities, The Economy, The Stimulus Bill
Tags: "Capitalism: A Love Story", Anti-Capitalist, Baltimore, Capitalism, Cleveland, Democracy, Democrats, Democrats in Name Only, Elkhart, Film, Foreclosures, Free of Charge, Fresno, Homeless, Las Vegas, Michael Moore, Peoria, Phoenix, Raleigh-Durham, Republicans, Saginaw, Tampa-St. Petersburg, Unemployed
The Katrina Pain Index
• August 24, 2009 • Comments Off on The Katrina Pain IndexPosted in American Politics, Black People, Class, Crime, Education, Gentrification, Health, History, Hurricanes, Joblessness, New Orleans, Obama Administration, Race, The Economy, The Stimulus Bill
Tags: "Katrina Pain Index 2009", After Katrina, Bill Quigley, Bobby Jindal, Counterpunch, Davida Finger, FEMA, FEMA Trailers, GNOCDC, Governor Bobby Jindal, Greater New Orleans Community Data Center, Homeowners, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Rita, Hurricane Survivors, ICF International, Louisiana, New Orleans, Renters, The Brookings Institution, The Road Home, The Stimulus Plan
Democrats “Going It Alone” on Health Care; Is Obama Coming, Too?
• August 21, 2009 • 1 CommentPosted in American Politics, Bailouts, Class, Democrats, Democrats in Name Only, Health, History, Obama Administration, The Economy, The Stimulus Bill
Tags: "Real Time with Bill Maher", Arianna Huffington, Barack Obama, Barney Frank, Big Pharma, Blue Dog Democrats, CBS News, Daily Kos, Democratic Leadership Council, DLC, Faux Noise, Frank Rich, GOP, HBO, Health Care Debate, Health Care Reform, Jed Lewison, Jonathan Alter, LaRouchies, Los Angeles CA, Lyndon LaRouche, Nazis, Paul Krugman, Pre-Existing Conditions, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Remote Area Medical, Rep. Barney Frank, Republicans, Senator Charles Grassley, Slap the Reality Back into Them Award, Subhumans, The Left of the Left, The Public Option, The Washington Post, Turning Yella, Underinsured, Uninsured, Welfare, Wingnuts, Wingnuttery, Work, Working Americans
The President at the the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
• May 10, 2009 • Comments Off on The President at the the White House Correspondents’ DinnerPosted in American Politics, Bailouts, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Obama Administration, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, The Stimulus Bill
Tags: Barack Obama, Comedy, Faux Noise, Joyriding, Keith Olbermann, Michelle Obama, Rahm Emmanuel, Roast, Sasha and Malia Obama, Wanda Sykes, White House Correspondents Association
Ty’Sheoma’s School Gets New Furniture and a New Coat of Paint, But What The School Really Needs is to Be Bulldozed and Rebuilt
• May 5, 2009 • 1 CommentPosted in American Politics, Black People, Class, Education, Obama Administration, Race, The Economy, The Stimulus Bill, Ty'Sheoma Bethea, Women
Tags: "Newsweek", Andrew Carnegie, Booker T. Washington, Darryl Rosser, Dillon S.C., Extreme Makeover, Governor Sanford, J.V. Martin Junior High, John D. Rockefeller, Mark Sanford, Sagus International, South Carolina, Stimulus Bill, Stimulus Plan, Tuskegee, Ty'Sheoma Bethea