Give credit to the NY TImes: they still put whole speeches of note on the front page and on the record. Speaking to the Chamber of Commerce today, President Obama pledged co-operation, but defended sensible regulations (such as we didn't have in the financial meltdown) and added a verbal jab: So if I've got oneContinue reading “Obama: American businesses sitting on two trillion”
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Why humor matters in a speech: 2011 SOTU edition
NPR, one of the biggest news outlets in the nation, asked 4000 listeners to respond to the 2011 State of the Union address. Here's what they got back, in word cloud version: The discussion: "Why is "salmon" so big? As The Two-Way explains, NPR's Facebook followers were referring to one of the night's humorous momentsContinue reading “Why humor matters in a speech: 2011 SOTU edition”
What will Obama say about climate in tonight’s speech?
What will, if anything, President Obama say about climate in the State of the Union address? John Kerry, the de facto leader on the issue in the Senate, told The Hill that he expects President Obama to embrace "major initiatives" on climate in tonight's State of the Union address. Carol Browner, former director ofContinue reading “What will Obama say about climate in tonight’s speech?”
The Tucson Memorial speech
The news event of this month has been, without question, the horrific assassination attempt and mass shooting in Tucson, the shock and horror of experiencing that, and the extraordinarily uplifting speech President Obama gave in response, many days later, at a memorial. Never have I seen a speech so widely admired, across the political spectrum.Continue reading “The Tucson Memorial speech”
Obama admin: We’re “not giving up” on climate action
From a press conference today at the AGU, with the prez's chief science advisor: Bud Ward: It seems that over the last two years the momentum on climate change has been lost. The Obama administration came in with climate as one of the adminstration's top priority, and the President is a great communicator. Two years agoContinue reading “Obama admin: We’re “not giving up” on climate action”
Obama in trouble, lefties and righties agree
From conservative David Brooks, on public radio Friday, when asked — as the President suggested — if it's true that President Obama has a communications problem: Mr. BROOKS: Yeah. Well, maybe the Titanic had a communications problem with the iceberg. You know, I just think it's a wrong diagnosis. You know, 60 or 70 percentContinue reading “Obama in trouble, lefties and righties agree”
The “Kochtopus” and climate change
The political blogosphere has been buzzing about a huge story in The New Yorker by Jane Meyer on "the Kochtopus." To put it in short, just as Hillary famous said, there really is a vast right-wing conspiracy, funded by $100 million from the ultra-right-wing Koch brothers, who run a fossil fuels empire. The amount ofContinue reading “The “Kochtopus” and climate change”
President Obama: Gulf “resilient”: Julia Whitty: “Doomed ecosystem”
Last week the most interesting news on the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico came via veteran environmental reporter Julia Whitty, who was interviewed at length on NPR show Here and Now. In contrast to President Obama, who said on the Today show that there was a "resiliency" in the Gulf, and promised that "essentiallyContinue reading “President Obama: Gulf “resilient”: Julia Whitty: “Doomed ecosystem””
Oil spill disaster will help energy bill in Senate — right?
Although it has yet to fully emerge into the light of day, chances of passage of a Senate bill on energy and cimate, authored by Democrats John Kerry and Joe Lieberman, with the assistance of lone Republican Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and the White House, should in theory be improved. But as Tom TolesContinue reading “Oil spill disaster will help energy bill in Senate — right?”
Reasons to love Barack (vol. 9003)
Despite the Obama's inability to nudge this country, far less the world, towards climate sanity, there remain plenty of reasons to love the guy. Here are a couple of examples I've been meaning to post: In the popular inside account of the 2008 campaign, Game Change, we learn what happened at the crucial meeting onContinue reading “Reasons to love Barack (vol. 9003)”
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