Posts Tagged ‘barack obama’

Americans Aren’t Sending a Message

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Influence, Spin | Jan 21, 2010 | Tags: americans, barack obama, bill clinton, corporate media, corporate power, corporatocracy, election, George Bush, massachusettes election, Media, politicians, Politics, sarah palin, scott brown, supreme court, ted kennedy | View Comments

Ted Kennedy’s Massachusetts senate seat is filled by conservative Republican Scott Brown so “Americans are sending a message.” In a word, No. Obama was elected after President Bush & Congress bankrupted the country with an unnecessary war, corporate welfare (which Clinton did too, by the way), and laws favoring the 1% of wealthiest Americans so ...Read more.

Barack Obama’s Inaugural Influence

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Politics | Jan 19, 2009 | Tags: american president, barack obama, current events, inaugural, inauguration, news, presidential inauguration | View Comments

You may have heard that tomorrow there’s some inauguration thing going on. Apparently there’s been a little bit of news coverage on this event. Actually, there’s been more media coverage on Barack Obama’s inauguration than any other previous inauguration. In fact, tickets for the inauguration are going for thousands of dollars online. It seems that ...Read more.

The Bushlin Wall Has Fallen, The Obama Era Dawns and Political Pundits Still Don’t Get It

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Politics | Nov 5, 2008 | Tags: barack obama, current events, election, news, obama, political pundits, president, presidential election, pundits | View Comments

First off, I’m happy that Obama followed my lead and is choosing to get a puppy to open this new chapter of history. The picture above is my puppy who’s still too young to come home, but I’ll have him well before inauguration day. Most of the world appears to be ecstatic and elated that ...Read more.

Are Political Scare Tactics Becoming Impotent?

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Books, Politics, Psychology, Religion, The Brain, Videos | Oct 13, 2008 | Tags: barack obama, current events, economic crisis, economic distress, economy, election, fear mongering, john mccain, kluge, political conventions, political rallies, politics of fear, presidential election, race baiting, sarah palin, scare tactics, stock market, stocks | View Comments

Something very cool seems to be happening in politics. It seems like the old politics of fear aren’t working as well as they used to in the current presidential election campaigns. Maybe people have finally been so pummeled with lies in such a short period of time that they’re less inclined to swallow a mouthful ...Read more.