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Discussing signs of hope and change, a blog inspired by the positive message of the Obama campaign and the new administration

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  • 90+ Accomplishments of the Obama Administration so far on Nov 24, 2009 in Obama

    From Daily Kos, here is a nice list compiled by Robert Watson of Lynn University of a few of the Obama administration's accomplishments so far:1. Ordered all federal agencies to undertake a study and make recommendations for ways to cut spending2. O...

  • Do We Need to Complain EVERY day? on Nov 23, 2009 in Congress Obama partisanship

    As reported in the LA Times this morning, Representative Emanuel Cleaver's modest and seemingly innocuous proposal to declare a national "complaint-free" day the day before Thanksgiving has been greeted by a small storm of protest and ridicule. ...

  • Why We Need to Support the President on Nov 19, 2009 in Obama religion democracy

    As a follow-up to my post below, here is a scary video about the rise of Christian fundamentalist threats to the President veiled in the prophetic language of the Bible. I agree with Frank Schaffer that the proper response to the sizable proportion o...

  • Sarah Palin and the End Times on Nov 18, 2009 in Israel Palin

    In an interview with Barbara Walters yesterday, Sarah Palin was asked whether she agreed with the Obama administration's position that Israel should curtail Jewish settlements in the occupied territories. Her response:I disagree with the Obama admin...

  • Eschatology on Nov 18, 2009 in religion Israel Palin

    In an interview with Barbara Walters yesterday, Sarah Palin was asked whether she agreed with the Obama administration's position that Israel should curtail Jewish settlements in the occupied territories. Her response:I disagree with the Obama admin...

  • New York is not afraid of terrorists. on Nov 14, 2009 in Guantanamo torture Al Qaeda

    Here is part of Congressman Jerry Nadler's statement on the Justice Department's decision finally to try some of the alleged 9/11 plotters in New York courts:New York is not afraid of terrorists, we want to confront them, we want to bring them to jus...

  • Too much information? on Nov 10, 2009 in CIA Al Qaeda intelligence

    Disclosures that Nidal Malik Hasan, the suspect in the Fort Hood killings, may have had contact with a militant cleric in Yemen, and that he had posted inflammatory material on the Internet, have led many to wonder whether more could have been done t...