After winning the 2008 presidential election, Barak Obama and his advisors are planning on what they should take care of right away. " We don't have a second to lose, says Obama."
His first priority would be an economic recovery program to get the nation’s business system back on track and people back to work. But advisers said the question was whether they could tackle health care, climate change and energy dependence at once or needed to stagger these initiatives over time."
Obama is not waiting for anything and is planning on moving forward with all of his plans as soon as possible, however some are thinking that Obama is taking on too much and somethings are just out of his hands to deal with.
“We can’t afford to wait on moving forward on the key priorities that I identified during the campaign, including clean energy, health care, education and tax relief for middle class families," says Obama.
I'm very impressed and thankful that Obama is already putting his ideas into action. The U.S. needs a change and has problems that need to be taken care of as soon as possible. I think that Obama is strategizing on everything that he knows needs to be taken care of and to achieve, then Obama will settle on taking taking care of things one at a time. Which will stettle the debacle of Obama taking on too much. This will also be an organzied way of handling problems.
This article also gave me alot of insight on what Obama is planning for the future of the United States. And what changes to expect.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/09/us/politics/09promises.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Friday, October 10, 2008
No Age Told 'No Obama Shirt' During Late Night TV Performance
The article that I chose was about how a rock band called No Age, had a performance on "The Late Show With Craig Ferguson" and had been almost ruined due to political censorship. This is because, band member Randy Randall (guitarist) wore a Barack Obama shirt.
"I felt it was important to voice my choice for presidential candidate, Barack Obama, seeing as the episode would air eight days before election day. Dean [Spunt] and I decided that it would be better to take advantage of the stage we had at our disposal ... Access to affordable health care is an issue very near to my heart for many personal reasons and I am sure that many of you can relate. I have lost and stood by as many of my close family members have battled with terrible illnesses. I have myself gone through traumatic hospitalizations only to come out the other side alive but horribly in debt," says Randall.
The band ended up performing after Randall wrote 'Free Health Care' on his shirt and somehow "obscured the Obama image."
So, at the end of the article it had some great questions that I think are very important.
Should artists, actors and anyone else on television/radio be allowed to publicly support their candidate of choice? Did No Age do the right thing or should they have not performed at all?
My opinion on this issue is that, at concerts bands should be able to voice their opinions and wear what they want, but the whole concert should not be about politics. From my own experience at a Goo Goo Dolls concert in 2000, the band commented on politics dealing with President Bush and freely voiced their own opinions on the matter. Some of the audience members got offended and most were angry for politics being brought up at the concert.
I think that the band should be able to wear what they want in support of whatever they want. They can also be able to express their own feelings on the matter, however, it should be held to a point on where to draw the line on what they say.
"I felt it was important to voice my choice for presidential candidate, Barack Obama, seeing as the episode would air eight days before election day. Dean [Spunt] and I decided that it would be better to take advantage of the stage we had at our disposal ... Access to affordable health care is an issue very near to my heart for many personal reasons and I am sure that many of you can relate. I have lost and stood by as many of my close family members have battled with terrible illnesses. I have myself gone through traumatic hospitalizations only to come out the other side alive but horribly in debt," says Randall.
The band ended up performing after Randall wrote 'Free Health Care' on his shirt and somehow "obscured the Obama image."
So, at the end of the article it had some great questions that I think are very important.
Should artists, actors and anyone else on television/radio be allowed to publicly support their candidate of choice? Did No Age do the right thing or should they have not performed at all?
My opinion on this issue is that, at concerts bands should be able to voice their opinions and wear what they want, but the whole concert should not be about politics. From my own experience at a Goo Goo Dolls concert in 2000, the band commented on politics dealing with President Bush and freely voiced their own opinions on the matter. Some of the audience members got offended and most were angry for politics being brought up at the concert.
I think that the band should be able to wear what they want in support of whatever they want. They can also be able to express their own feelings on the matter, however, it should be held to a point on where to draw the line on what they say.
http://www.buzznet.com/musicnews/no-age-told-no-obama-j3147391/
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