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Saturday, July 4, 2009

Barack Oblogger and Superman


In the next few days, the Oblogger will be posting some information about a very exciting political project involving one of the comic world's best-loved heroes.

Right now the project is still under wraps. But the title of this post lets you know a little something about what's in store.

Stay posted if you want to know more.

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Video: President Obama on the Fourth of July, Overcoming America's Challenges

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Friday, July 3, 2009

Vanity Fair: It Came from Wasilla


Vanity Fair's profile on Sarah Palin.

What does her prominence say about the importance of having (or lacking) a record of achievement in public life? Why did so many skilled veterans of the Republican Party—long regarded as the more adroit team in presidential politics—keep loyally working for her election even after they privately realized she was casual about the truth and totally unfit for the vice-presidency? Perhaps most painful, how could John McCain, one of the cagiest survivors in contemporary politics—with a fine appreciation of life’s injustices and absurdities, a love for the sweep of history, and an overdeveloped sense of his own integrity and honor—ever have picked a person whose utter shortage of qualification for her proposed job all but disqualified him for his?

Read more here

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Video: Obama Townhall on Healthcare Reform

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Saturday, June 20, 2009

Video: How Social Networks Can Make History

From TED.com:

Clay Shirky shows how Facebook, Twitter and TXTs help citizens in repressive regimes to report on real news, bypassing censors (however briefly). The end of top-down control of news is changing the nature of politics.


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