Monthly Archives: January 2009

Slacker Secret Service Seems Suspicious

Posted on January 30, 2009 by

Call it paranoia or call it being grounded in the knowledge of the past, but the first thing I felt after Obama won the Democratic nomination was fear. Speaking to a few other friends in the days after, I found … Continue reading →

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Gen X Nostalgia for January (200th post)

Posted on January 28, 2009 by

Sometime in the 2011-2012 academic year, I’ll come up for tenure.  Until then, if  you should ever see me posting more than once in a day (or writing any single post of more than 750 words), please feel free to … Continue reading →

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Obama continues covert airstrikes

Posted on January 24, 2009 by

In what seems to be his first approved act of war (though this does not meet the legal definition of it), Obama approved the continuation of the US covert airstrikes in Pakistan.  Yesterday, AP reports some 22 “militants were killed … Continue reading →

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Obama is a hero to historians

Posted on January 22, 2009 by

Check THIS out. The Big O signed an Executive Order today, wiping out Bushie’s tinkering with the Presidential Records Act.  As I blogged about here, this has effectively kept the records of the Reagan and Bush administrations from becoming public.  … Continue reading →

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Obama’s Inaugural Day “Firsts”

Posted on January 21, 2009 by

Oh, you know the obvious one: Barack H. Obama is the first African-descent President of the United States (POTUS).  But this is but one of many “firsts” we saw on January 20, 2009. Obama is the first POTUS born in … Continue reading →

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Obama remembers the old tune with new lyrics

Posted on January 20, 2009 by

Interesting that the President remembered atheists in his speech today but made no mention of Native Americans.  He even invoked westward expansion as though it were a guiltless pursuit.  In more than one section of his address he rearticulated the … Continue reading →

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Inauguration Day Photos

Posted on January 20, 2009 by
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Obama’s first act as President

Posted on January 20, 2009 by

President Barack Obama issued a Proclamation as his first act as sitting President.  It can be found on the White House website.  The text is below: NATIONAL DAY OF RENEWAL AND RECONCILIATION, 2009 – – – – – – – … Continue reading →

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The Bush Cover-up

Posted on January 20, 2009 by

Almost immediately after taking office, George W. Bush began issuing a series of Executive Orders keeping a tight lid on Presidential records (and Vice-Presidential records) which had previously been scheduled for release under the post-Watergate Presidential Records Act of 1978.  … Continue reading →

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This Historic Day

Posted on January 20, 2009 by

Barack H. Obama becomes the 44th President of the United States today. By nightfall, the most often used adjective in the media will be “historic.”  I don’t disagree. While I have been hesitant to see the election of a Black … Continue reading →

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