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Help for Haiti – President Barack Obama asks for others to give
This email was sent out on behalf of President Obama to his campaign supporters:
On Tuesday, a catastrophic earthquake struck near Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The full extent of the damage is still being assessed, but the death toll — already in the thousands — is climbing fast.
This is the worst earthquake to hit the area in more than 200 years. Entire communities have been ripped apart and as many as 3 million people have been directly affected, including tens of thousands of American citizens who are in Haiti.
Our neighbors in Haiti are racing to confront the enormous devastation — and the OFA community can help.
Click here for more information about essential relief efforts and ways you can help today.
Footage is pouring in of homes collapsing, Haitians carrying injured family members, and hospitals being overrun in what was already the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere.
I have directed my administration to respond with a swift, coordinated, and aggressive effort to save lives. Personnel from the United States and our partners in the international community are on the ground in damaged areas right now, working side by side with the Haitian people. They’re providing much-needed food, water, and sanitation supplies, saving lives and helping local communities start to rebuild.
Despite the fact that we are experiencing tough times here at home, I encourage those who can to reach out and help. It’s in times like these that we must show the kind of compassion and humanity that has defined the best of our national character for generations.
Click here to find out what you can do:
http://my.barackobama.com/Haiti
As this story continues to unfold, I hope you will continue to keep the people of Haiti in your thoughts and prayers, as well as the many Haitian-Americans who have done so much to enrich our country and who are worried about friends and loved ones in this time of need.
Thank you,
President Barack Obama
Further Reading: Politico – President Obama: Haiti efforts a top priority
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Team Conan – The battle continues between The Tonight Show host Conan O’Brien and Jay Leno’s mediocrity
Fans are rallying behind their Late Night Hero on sites like Twitter to show their support. The media buzz is likely to complicate the scenario further as ratings are likely to spike as fans are joining together to show their support.
The response has been overwhelming, with the news topping Twitter’s trending topics, and users quickly voicing their support with “Team Conan” and #teamconan tweets.
Links: Conan Wins the Hearts and Minds of the Internet
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Meghan Moo Moo McCain says eat more chicken, go easy on Michael Steele
In between takes from filming her latest Chick-fil-A commercial, Meghan McCain penned a piece on RNC Chairman Michael Steele’s recent spat amongst conservatives.
The RNC chairman is indecisive and at times immature, but there is plenty to respect, including his call yesterday for Harry Reid to step down.
Steele’s had his role for only one year, and, like the rest of the party, is still adjusting and struggling to find his identity.
So he gets a year to ease himself in while Barack Obama got what? A day? Two days? Also I’d love to hear her opinion on how Steele’s ‘injun’ comment is any different from Harry Reid’s ‘negro’ comment. The thing is, there is no difference. They were both comments of poor taste and dated disrespectful nomenclature.
Give Michael Steele More Time by Meghan McCain
Disclaimer: For the record, we here at Self Deprecate.com love healthy women.
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Cheney, in a bid to remain relevant, criticizes White House response to recent terrorist attempt
File this one under “No Shit”. Like flies to honey, in the past week we’ve seen more and more GOP current and former lawmakers speak out against Barack Obama and the White House for not signaling Batman sooner to save us from Yemen evil.
Not to be left out former Vice President Dick Cheney fired up AOL and sent this piece into Politico: Dick Cheney: Barack Obama ‘trying to pretend’ - ‘Trying2Pretend’ would make a great name for a pop song.
In response Maddow jerked Dick by the neck on the issue in this MSNBC clip:
Yes, remember how no terrorist attacks happened when Bush and Cheney were in office? Remember when the nation inherited 9/11 from that incompetent Democratic administration that was in place in September in 2001 — in the Bush administration’s own minds?
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We’re supposed to take national security advice from you guys? Really?
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Scrooge McTeabagger cancels Christmas over Senate Healthcare bill
Well this video was a wonderful Christmas Eve surprise. This is worth watching just to hear how she pronounces “ruined”; fucking priceless. When asked why she opposes the bill you’d think her mental teleprompter broke. The party of “No” is now the party of “No concept of reality”.
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Political Cartoons – Senate Healthcare Debate
Source: Cagle
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The Senate version of the health reform bill passed another important hurdle this week. As usual everyone is pissed at Obama, this time even some progressives. I suppose they do have a point, he should have used his Jedi mind tricks to force Lieberman to allow a public option bill to pass the Senate. He is the Messiah after all, surely he could have done something.
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Young outraged Conservative confused as to why others do not match his anger
Bobby posing at a tea bagger rally expressing his creativity with a sign.
Jacksboro, Texas – Bobby Williams resides in the small town of Jacksboro, Texas. His Facebook profile lists his interests as “Constitution lover for life hoss.” He is currently attending his local community college and enjoys following Conservative talk radio as well as right wing blogs in his free time. Bobby enjoys getting involved with the current hot issues he learns about from his Tea Party email list subscription.
“I just love my country, you know? If you don’t like it well then you can just get out. We don’t cut and run and we ain’t scared,” he enthusiastically proclaimed without a follow up on exactly what it is that he isn’t scared of. Soap wouldn’t be this reporter’s first guess.
A pressing issue on the mind of Bobby Williams is why others do not match his enthusiasm for the important political issues. He is constantly trying to warn his friends and co-workers about the horrors being committed by the current administration in office but seems to be falling on deaf ears.
“I mean god damn, we got us a Muslim Socialist President with no birth certificate right now in the White House. He’s giving jobs to ACORN goons while funneling tax payer money to his Chicago gangster friends. Why aren’t we doing anything about it? Shit, Rush seemed pretty pissed about it. Lucky for Obama he’s a busy guy and can’t go take care of this himself. We got Chuck Norris on our side, that’s like better than God. Hell we got God too.”
“I guess it is because the drive-by liberal media has brain washed people into ignoring these facts. It’s a good thing I re-bookmarked Glenn Beck’s blog back when I did after my AOL account got all messed up.”
Bobby confessed that he will need to learn to accept the fact that he is ahead of the political curve compared to the general public and some others may not understand. He is just grateful for the wonderful right wing internet resources afforded to him by his aforementioned AOL account. His concerns about the current administration however, will not be calmed.
“All these people crying for health care need to shut up and get a job. Lord knows if it wasn’t for my back from the accident, I know I would.” This was then followed by a 20 minute telling of a 5 minute story about his accident which then somehow landed back on the topic of Obama.
“If he ever messed with Texas…well I’m not sure what I would do.”
Hang in there Bobby Williams. Your country needs you.
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Barack Obama puts his pants on one leg at a time
Political Irony.com - Obama Blazing Saddles
….except when he does it he pisses off his base. Well people screamed for change, I suppose a bunch of pissed off hippies screaming at their President isn’t much of a change though. Washington Post, continuing its “We’re not up Obama’s ass, we swear” campaign, has an interesting piece on the supposed messiah follower’s alleged disappointments:
Washington Post – Obama supporters get a dose of reality
Meanwhile BO is dismissed as a non-American Muslim anti-Christ by the right wing pundits. You can’t please them all; or at all at times. I recall hearing criticisms of Bush for concentrating on Iraq and not in Afghanistan; now Obama is called a war monger for this strategy.
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