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24
Jan 09

President Obama’s Weekly Address, 24 Jan. 2009

President Obama gives his first weekly address, discussing his basic economic plans for education, healthcare, clean energy, and infrastructure. Part of the online and Obamafied plans include Recovery.Gov, which will soon keep all of us apprised of the plan’s progress.


21
Jan 09

Obama Inauguration 2009


The bungled oath and President Obama’s powerful Inaugural Address. Video courtesy Whitehouse.Gov. Also, transcript of the Inaugural Address is available on the White House Blog.

I wasn’t there, but I caught the coverage of the Inauguration this morning. A grand historic moment for sure, but there were some not so great moments as well.

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19
Jan 09

Goodbye to Bu$h Playlist

To celebrate GeorgeĀ  W. Bu$h’s final day in office, I’ve compiled this playlist. I’ll be listening to this amongst some other things, but the general idea is that these songs give him the proper send-off he deserves. Special thanks goes out to my East Coast Twitter friend TiMothE, who sent me several songs for this playlist.

One band that has a special place on this playlist is the Dixie Chicks, who suffered from the idiotic backlash and blacklisting from the country music establishment ever since they since they said they were ashamed to be from the same state as the President. Nothing’s more fitting than a high-heeled Texan boot-kick for Bu$h.

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