Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Sunday, July 27, 2014
BARACK OBAMA 2004 DNC KEYNOTE ADDRESS (27 July 2004)
Ten
years ago at this date and time a little known state senator gave a keynote
address to the Democratic National Convention in Boston, MA.
This
state senator with the funny sounding name and big ears was running for US
Senate in his home state of Illinois.
Little
did our country know that his speech would launch a larger political career.
BOY THAT WAS OVER FAST
During
a 10 PM newscast of 9 NEWS in Denver this month, it was reported
that Republican candidate for Colorado governor Bob Beauprez said, "we've got almost half of the
population perfectly happy that somebody else is paying the bill" and "I submit to you that there is a
political strategy to get slightly over half and have a permanent ruling
political majority by keeping over half of the population dependent on the
largesse of government that somebody else is paying for."
Those
comments were made before the Denver Rotary Club in April 2010. Those comments appear at the 5:30 mark of
the video.
Why
does this sound familiar?
Sunday, July 20, 2014
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Saturday, July 5, 2014
BROWN/NELSON
Country
musician Willie Nelson is 81 years old and continues touring to this day. Nelson
sat down with PBS News Hour's Jeffrey Brown to discuss his new album and how he
is able to stay fit on tour.
Willie
Nelson released his memories in November 2012 titled Roll
Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die: Musings from the Road.
Interview
provided below.
NATURALIZATION CEREMONY AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Yesterday
President Obama oversaw
the naturalization of 16 members of the armed forces, two veterans, and
seven military spouse.
Deputy
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas delivered the oath of
citizenship. He told the story of his own path to American citizenship.
Mayorkas came to this country as a Cuban refugee in 1960 fleeing Fidel Castro's
communist takeover of the island nation. 13 years later, Mayorkas was
naturalized and made a citizen of this country.
Ceremony
provided below and by C-SPAN.
Friday, July 4, 2014
AMERICA IS NOT THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD
The
HBO television show "The Newsroom" started with this monologue to
open its program.
The
character, news anchor Will McAvoy portrayed by Jeff Daniels, is asked this
question by a college student:
Can
you say why America is the greatest country in the world?
After
a couple of bland answers, Will McAvoy unleashes this tirade.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)