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A Brief Look at Barack Obama’s Family Tree

There will be a United States Presidential election this year. I have been doing a series about the family trees of each of the candidates. The Democrats will, undoubtedly, select Barack Obama as their candidate. Here is a brief look into Barack Obama’s family tree. Barack Obama is the current President of the United States of America. This means that he is the forty-fourth President of the United States. He also is the first African-American to be elected as President. Previous to that, he served as an Illinois Senator, representing the thirteenth District. Barack Obama is a Democrat. At the … Continue reading →

President Barack Obama’s Address to Students is No Biggie

This is one of those under a rock situations where you had to be practically brain dead to not be aware of the uproar over The President’s planned address to students scheduled for Tuesday September 8. After reading the full transcript for the planned speech, it is clear to me that it’s really no big deal. While there is a chance that he won’t read the pre-written speech verbatim, I can’t find anything that a reasonable parent would object to. In short, the president talks about some students may be reluctant to go to school and tells about when his … Continue reading →

Barack Obama Inspired by Abraham Lincoln

In case you’ve missed it in the news, Barack Obama seems to be taking quite a bit of inspiration from our sixteenth President Abraham Lincoln. This is understandable considering the two have quite a bit in common. (This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired.) Both presidents were born in other states, but hail from Illinois. However that seems to be one of the weaker links between the two. Both possess a similar body type (tall and somewhat angular), appear humble and sincere to the public, will have had young children in the White House while … Continue reading →

Would You Buy Your Kid a Barack Obama Doll?

Remember the stampedes that ensued when the original Tickle Me Elmo hit the shelves back in 1996? Thousands of parents pushed, shoved and pummeled their way through toy stores to get their hands on the furry red monster. Back then Sesame Street’s most famous resident was the hottest toy around. Elmo was hands-down a mass marketers’ dream come true. But this is 2008 and Elmo (even the newest version) has been upstaged by a truly historic presence. According to reports, the new Barack Obama action figure is flying off store shelves. The 14-inch plastic version of Obama is dressed in … Continue reading →

Barack Obama’s Jam Packed, Star-Studded Inauguration

A while back, I blogged about the upcoming Barack Obama presidential inauguration and how people were chomping at the bits to get tickets. If you have been one of the lucky ones to be promised a ticket, but haven’t reserved a hotel room, you may be out of luck! Hotels in D.C. have been booked for months and now people are stretching out into Baltimore and Virginia to look for places to stay. D.C.. Mayor Adrian Fenty is even allowing citizens to rent their homes out without first obtaining a business license, but that doesn’t seem to be easing the … Continue reading →

Oprah Winfrey Doesn’t Want a Job From Barack Obama

Not that he asked… but if the soon-to-be leader of the free world did, Lady O says she would definitely turn him down. Despite all the money she donated, all the time she spent aiding him on the campaign trail and all the tears she shed in Grant Park during his now famous acceptance speech, Oprah Winfrey says she would never give up her day job to work for President-elect Barack Obama’s administration. “I have a few full-time jobs already and a few full-time commitments, you know – contractual commitments that say I have to be where I am,” Winfrey … Continue reading →

Barack Obama’s Fitness Routine

How does your fitness regime stack up against President-Elect Barack Obama’s? For starters, unless you are hitting the gym six days a week, then you might not be able to out run the soon-to-be “leader of the Free World” in an impromptu sprint or beat him in a pick-up game of hoops. Obama details his fitness routine in the November issue of Men’s Health magazine. According to the 47-year-old President-Elect, he plans to keep up his daily exercise regime even after he makes the move to Washington, D.C. next month. Currently the former high school basketball standout says he gets … Continue reading →

Getting Tickets to Barack Obama’s Inauguration Parties

On January 20th, history will be made when Barack Obama is sworn in as the first African American president of the United States. As United States citizens who elected him, we should be able to attend some of the celebratory events in person, right? Eh, well, maybe not. (This United States Congress image is in the public domain.) There will be many events, but your chances of getting tickets to one is probably slim and none. Don’t let anyone on eBay fool you by saying they have one of the “New Path to Freedom” inauguration ceremony tickets for sale because … Continue reading →

Barack Obama’s Big Win and Tragic Loss

As you know, the Illinois Senator Barack Obama pulled off the biggest win of his political career last night. Last night, as the incumbent president gave his acceptance speech, he was surrounded by his family and approximately 240,000 supporters. He should be on top of the world at this particular moment in time. (Photo has been released into the public domain by the photographer, Tim Bekaert) But, there was something that put a damper on Obama’s history making win. His maternal grandmother, Madelyn Payne Dunham, died two days before the election. Madelyn and her husband, Obama’s maternal grandfather Stanley, raised … Continue reading →

Politics 101: Barack Obama on Education

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Education is a big concern in this election, in part I believe because so many feel that the No Child Left Behind Act was at best, inadequate. So what exactly does Barack Obama, if elected President plan to do about it? Zero to Five Plan: Under Obama’s early plan, parents and their young children would be supported. Something that’s interestingly different is that the plan starts at. . .zero. Infant education, Obama feels, is a critical element to help prepare children for kindergarten. His idea is to promote federally funded grants that would enable state agencies to implement their own … Continue reading →