Acceptance Speech

Sloan Barnett: The First Step In Cleaning Up The White House: A Healthier Home For Our New First Family — Dear President-elect and Mrs. Obama: I know that the greening of the White House is at the top of your agenda and that you plan to meet in the near future with the chief usher to evaluate its efficiency. But today "green" has a new broader definition that extends beyond maximizing a household's energy and water performance--it's about the health of our families. As you move into your new residence, this is your chance to create the safest environment for you and your family and to set an example for the rest of the country to do the same. In... [Tags: acceptance speech, auto industry, barnett, carpets, critical issues]

Let’s Do It For Shel And Salaam — Can you imagine the acceptance speech? I’m not sure if i’m even allowed to do this, being that I’m working with the show, but fuck it lets give it a go. A time sink site is one where you spend a lot of time and get no redeeming value at all. If that doesn’t sum up this site I don’t what else to say. Click to vote. ShareThis... [Tags: acceptance speech, time sink]

Deanna Lee: Yes We Can: The Power of International Education — When Barack Obama reached out in his Grant Park acceptance speech "to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores" -- proclaiming "our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared" -- he also reached a special group of American youth who couldn't be more excited about the world's and their future. It's so easy to be cynical about the state of education in the U.S. (who wouldn't be, with new reports out seemingly each month on how far behind our students are compared to those in other countries, how they don't know about life outside America and how woefully... [Tags: acceptance speech, barack obama, chinese provinces, climate change, college scholarships]

Citizen journalist — Welcome, subscribers, to my weekly mailout, except for last week, when I didn't do one. I needed a rest.Those of you who were with me as I blogged the US election will know what an exciting, rewarding, exhausting and ultimately physically damaging journey it was. If you forgot to log on, you can still relive the experience at www.benlagenlive.com. There is also a cut-down version featuring just a few highlights: Pennsylvania, Ohio, Gore Vidal on the Beeb, the moment I spilled a can of Red Bull on my laptop, the acceptance speech, and the point where I became convinced my... [Tags: acceptance speech, beeb, citizen journalist, contact lens, email]

This Pizza Can Kill Your Pizza (11/14/2008) — I wake up and it’s 7…or 8. It’s 7 AM in Chicago, but 8 AM in New York. Monica is already up. We both shower and I venture out in search of breakfast. I really don’t feel like dropping $22 for some scrambled eggs. On the way out, I ask the doorman for suggestions on places to get a quick bite to eat for breakfast. He sends me down two blocks to The Yolk, a nice little place with a great variety of food. I place an order to go and then walk around the block while the food is... [Tags: acceptance speech, chow, doorman, downstairs, dunkin donuts]

Aemilia Scott: Campaign Ad or Ad Campagin? — Progressives, halt your celebration! A moment of your time, please. We can go back to our Kleenex-clutching Obama acceptance speech replay-a-thons in a moment. There is still one thing left to learn from Campaign 2008. Who will teach us the lesson that we should take with us into 2012? Sarah Palin, of course. Sarah Palin and Applebees. Let's not focus on all the things we knew about Palin. Let's focus on all the things we didn't know. At issue here is the small flood of info about the Vice Presidential candidate, both public and private, that were leaked after the... [Tags: acceptance speech, ad campaign, applebees, campagin, exorcism]

Interview with Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunas on micro credit’s long shadow — Muhammad Yunas had the vision 32 years ago to create a social business. A Bangladesh professor, he wasappalled by the country’s poverty. He made a loan of a group of poor villagers. They used the money to start businesses and paid him back. So began “micro credit.” He turned the idea into Grameen Bank, which has made small loans to more than 7.5 million people now. Yunas received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for his work, which has inspired many similar social businesses worldwide, such as Silicon Valley’s own Kiva. Yunas received a “global humanitarian” award from the Tech... [Tags: acceptance speech, credit risk, guarantor, housing loans, humanitarian award]

Julian E. Zelizer: Zelizer's Book Corner: Can We Move Beyond Polarization in Washington? — Sean Theriault Party Polarization in Congress (Cambridge University Press) Can we move beyond polarization in Washington? Every election season, we ask this same question. Politicians promise that conditions will be different once they are in power, people will get along and civility will be restored. "I work with Republicans and Democrats to get things done," explained George W. Bush in his 2000 acceptance speech, before he became one of the most polarizing presidents in recent history. Democrats promised the same thing after taking over Congress in 2006. They are not alone. Every time that we have heard these promises from... [Tags: acceptance speech, american political history, cambridge university, cambridge university press, charles sumner]

Ellen C. Caldwell: Crying for Obama — J.K. Rowling's first Harry Potter book opens with a celebratory scene. Thousands of witches and wizards are crawling out of the woodwork and out of hiding -- taking to the muggle (ordinary non-wizarding) streets to celebrate the death and defeat of Voldemort (the fallen wizard-turned-bad Lucifer character). But they aren't just celebrating the death of Voldemort, they are celebrating the death of their fears and anxieties built up over the last years of Voldemort's horrific reign. They are celebrating the freedom from this anxiety and they are celebrating the dawn of a new time. On the morning of November 5th,... [Tags: acceptance speech, american president, anxieties, barack obama, bill maher]

Stefan Sirucek: Born In The U.S.A. - Expats Look Back — BERLIN An excited, anxious mix of Americans and Germans crowded into the Babylon Theatre in Berlin last Tuesday to watch the election results roll in live on the big screen. It was an eight-hour nocturnal marathon, with people switching between beer and coffee to calm their nerves and stay awake, respectively. As soon as the contest was called there was a storm of cheering, crying and dancing. It was 6 AM German time when Obama gave his acceptance speech. A new day was literally dawning. "I want to apologize for using the word 'damn' earlier", said the MC, a slim... [Tags: acceptance speech, bakery, black man, californian, disbelief]

Robert Lanham: The Gotcha Effect of Civil Unions — Now that we've all recovered from the jubilation of last week's victory, is it too soon to launch a couple of sober criticisms at our president elect? I did my part to ensure victory, after all. I sent my campaign check. I wept tears of joy into my beer, a Sixpoint "Hop Obama" Ale no less, while watching the acceptance speech. I cheered like a star-stricken tween at the sight of Axelrod. But when I reflect on the campaign, I must confess to feeling a little empty after watching Proposition 8 pass last week in California. Suddenly, the exuberant chorus... [Tags: acceptance speech, axelrod, barack obama, biden, cacophony]

Michael Markarian: A Mutt Like Me — Not since Richard Nixon's famous Checkers speech has a dog featured so prominently in presidential politics. During President-elect Obama's acceptance speech on Tuesday night, he told his daughters, Sasha and Malia, they "have earned the new puppy that's coming with us to the White House." When asked about the puppy during his first post-election press conference on Friday, Obama explained in more depth: "This is a major issue. I think it's generated more interest on our web site than just about anything. We have two criteria that have to be reconciled. One is that Malia is allergic, so it has... [Tags: acceptance speech, animal lovers, animal shelter, animal shelters, checkers speech]

Government: open and transparent — The paranoid secrecy is one of the hallmarks of the Bush Administration. The signs are there that Obama will have the opposite approach. But how exactly? Here, the staff of the Sunlight Foundation has posted a set of recommendations to Obama and his administration: Open Letter to the Obama Administration on How to Shine Sunlight: Dear Mr. President-Elect, In your acceptance speech, you rightfully called on Americans to get ready to work to address the challenges that tomorrow will bring. All of us at Sunlight affirm to pitch in and work harder, and agree that we all have to look... [Tags: acceptance speech, accountable government, bush administration, cross section, dear mr]

Bob Burnett: The Obama Moment — On election night, Barack Obama's magnificent acceptance speech felt like a defining moment in American history. Adding to the elation many of us experienced for having supported the winning candidate in a twenty-two month Presidential marathon was our sense that America had turned a page and headed off in a new direction. But what exactly is the Obama moment? Some will see the election as a defining point in American race relations. Nonetheless, while this is a major step forward in the long struggle for racial equality, it won't solve the problems of institutional racism; it won't miraculously lift up... [Tags: acceptance speech, ascendancy, barack obama, bob burnett, clinton era]

Brian Maloney over at The Radio Equalizer was one of many bloggers on my reading lists today to talk about the rumor published by the New York Daily News regarding Fox News' new editorial policy concerning President-Elect Barack Obama.Fox News boss Roger Ailes doesn't want to spoil Barack Obama's political honeymoon, we hear. A source says Ailes has told prime-time hosts Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity and Greta Van Susteren to lay off the President-elect - at least for a while. "We're not going to have any personal attacks on Obama," a network insider says. "The public has spoken - we must treat him... [Tags: acceptance speech, barack obama, bill o reilly, brian maloney, clock coverage]

Charles J. Brown: Obama to the World: Yes We Can — Forget what Obama has said about foreign policy in the past (or what his surrogates have said in his name). In his acceptance speech on Tuesday, Obama succinctly outlined his vision of the future of America's relationship with the rest of the world: And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces, to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of the world, our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand. To those -- to those who would tear the world... [Tags: acceptance speech, american dominance, american leadership, bush team, bushism]

Tom D'Antoni: Grousing about Emanuel being "Too Tough?" Shut up and let the President work! — Why anybody would second-guess President-Elect Barack Obama (It's still thrilling to type that) is beyond me. Has he not done everything right? Who knows better than him and his people about what to do next? When people were screaming for him to attack, attack attack, he played rope-a-dope, stayed on message and WON THE PRESIDENCY. So when I read criticism that Rahm Emanuel is "too tough" for Chief of Staff, as Josh Marshall noted, calling it an Emerging DC Meme, all I can say is, shut up and let Obama do the work. I remember the words of Gen. Tony... [Tags: acceptance speech, ballot initiative, barack obama, campaign trail, chiefs of staff]

Grant — Chicago Moms Blog contributor, Alma, was at Chicago's Grant Park on Tuesday evening, listening to President Elect, Barack Obama give his acceptance speech.  Here is her passionate post about this once in a life time experience on such a memorable night.   CLICK HERE to view Grant Park 2008, I was THERE!... [Tags: acceptance speech, alma, barack obama, blog, contributor]