Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize
photo credit: Jack at Wikipedia
President Obama had an interesting wake up call this Friday. Just imagine the look of groggy confusion that must have been on his face when Press Secretary Robert Gibbs woke him up just before 6am to tell him he had won the Nobel Prize. The White House had no [...]
Obama’s Visit to Canada
So last week the President of the United States made his first visit to Canada. And the place went nuts.
President Obama visited Ottawa last Thursday and he kicked up quite a storm. Interestingly the most publicized part of his trip was not his visit with Prime Minister Harper (or their subsequent discussions), the safety precautions [...]
January 2009 in Review
As February approaches, I thought it’d be worthwhile to look back and consider some of the issues and events that our world has faced this past month.
1- The Inauguration of President Obama – Barack Obama became the 44th President of the United States of America On Jan 20, 2009. He was the first African-American man [...]
Obama’s First Couple Days
President Obama has had a busy first couple days. He closed CIA detention centres overseas (including Guantanamo Bay), canceled midnight legislation pushed through by the Bush regime, and is working on his economic stimulus package. He’s made moves for an open and accountable administration, which is especially encouraging in light of the criticisms that were [...]
Presidential Endorsement Worth $50 Million
According to the New York Times, President-elect Obama’s dedication to his Blackberry may be worth up to $50 million for the Canadian firm Research In Motion. Not bad – you can’t buy the kind of publicity that results from the most loved man in the world pimping your gear.
The new president is famous for his [...]
The Recession is Good for the Environment
It turns out that the recession is good for the environment, as long as Obama has his way. Under a new ten year plan, the president-elect plans to pour $150 billion into projects aimed at improving the energy-efficiency and weatherizing government buildings in order to save big on electricity. By extension, the plan will cut [...]
Iraqi MPs delay US Withdrawal Vote
The Iraqi parliament has delayed a vote on whether it wants US troops to leave the country in 2011. If succesful, this would be a step towards fulls sovreignty for Iraq once more for the first time since 2003. However, if the troops pull out there is of course a danger that militias could begin [...]
