
Showing posts with label Quick Shots. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Quick Shots. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Barack's resume: No page-down necessary
In the Meet the Candidate section of Barack Obama's own website, his life and accomplishments are summed up in just 822 words. However, for even easier viewing, I've omitted the fluff and rearranged the remaining text into resume format. Below is the entire resume:
Barack Obama
Born: Hawaii, August 4th, 1961.
Youth: Grew up in Hawaii, lived a few years in Indonesia.
College: Undergraduate -- Columbia University, 1983; Graduate -- Harvard Law School, 1991
Barack Obama
Born: Hawaii, August 4th, 1961.
Youth: Grew up in Hawaii, lived a few years in Indonesia.
College: Undergraduate -- Columbia University, 1983; Graduate -- Harvard Law School, 1991
Non-political work experience (starting 1985):
- Chicago community church-based group organizer. The group had some success improving living conditions in poor neighborhoods plagued with crime and high unemployment
- Civil rights lawyer - Chicago
- Constitutional law instructor – Chicago
Political Work Experience:
Illinois State Senate (eight years)
- Creating state Earned Income Tax Credit program
- Expansion of early childhood education program
- Passed law requiring videotaping of interrogations and confessions in all capital cases
U.S. Senate (2004 to date)
- First law: online public disclosure of public spending
- Championed ethics reform
- Worked to prepare the VA for care veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan
- Traveled to Russia
- Promoting greater use of alternative fuels and higher fuel standards
Personal life: Married with two daughters; Church -- Trinity United Church of Christ, Chicago
Saturday, February 23, 2008
One week until complete troop withdrawal from Iraq ... almost
In January 2007, Obama sponsored a bill to have all U.S. combat troops out by March 2008
... al Qaeda would have been so pleased. Sorry Osama, you can always hope for Pres. Obama to change courses starting January 2009.
... al Qaeda would have been so pleased. Sorry Osama, you can always hope for Pres. Obama to change courses starting January 2009.
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