If you could have dinner with Obama; what would you ask him?

Thu May 17, 2012 7:31 PM EDT

I see this add all over NewsVine and it got me to thinking; if I won a dinner with the president, what would I ask him? For me, it would be simple, I would want an explanation of his extremely disappointing human rights/civil liberties record:

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politics, obama, 2012-elections

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Rap Song in 11 Different Accents

Thu May 17, 2012 6:13 PM EDT

Impressive, funny, and entertaining. If you have 4:45 to kill, and you're not offended by very vulgar language and stereotypes, it's worth it. You can check out his YouTube page here. This is why the internet is awesome!

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entertainment, humor, 11, sterotypes, rap-song, riceboyliu

Group argues weed is safer than booze

Seeded on Thu May 17, 2012 11:15 AM EDT (CNN)

A Colorado advocacy group is spending thousands of dollars to convince people that smoking pot is safer than drinking alcohol. It's an attempt by the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol to rally support for a vote in November that would legalize the drug for recreationa …

us-news, colorado, weed, booze

Mississippi Rep. Says He Has No Problem With Women Dying From Coat Hanger Abortions

Seeded on Tue May 15, 2012 9:13 PM EDT ( Is Rick Santorum The Second Coming Of Bush/Cheney? | Addicting Info)

Mississippi recently passed a law in an effort to force the last remaining abortion clinic in the state to close, which could force women to sometimes critically dangerous alternatives if they are desperate to end a pregnancy. Back ally or coat hanger abortions are life threate …

politics, womens-rights, mississippi, bubba-carpenter

Ron Paul's Convention Plans Remain Mysterious As Chaos Mounts

Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 8:22 AM EDT (Talking Points Memo)

Mainstream Republicans afraid Ron Paul’s steady accumulation of delegates will cause chaos at their national convention in Tampa just received a terrifying preview of what a worst-case scenario might look like. In Oklahoma on Saturday, Paul supporters and Romney supporte …

politics, ron-paul, 2012-elections, gop-primaries, mitt-romeny

The GOP War On Everyone But The Rich

Seeded on Sat May 12, 2012 8:05 AM EDT (OpEdNews.Com Progressive)

The Republican party has declared war on virtually every segment of society in our country with the exception of one: the wealthy. There is the GOP War on Women, the GOP War on the Poor, the GOP War on Workers, the GOP War on Students, the GOP War on the Gay Community, the GOP …

politics, gop, budget, romney, ryan

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The Lesson of JP Morgan's $2 Billion Loss: Break Up the Big Banks

Seeded on Sat May 12, 2012 8:02 AM EDT (The Atlantic — News and analysis on politics, business, culture, technology, national, international, and food – TheAtlantic.com)

The reports are startlingly familiar. Late Thursday, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon announced a surprise $2 billion trading loss and stocks swooned. Diamond insisted, though, that there was no need for a Volcker Rule that would ban big banks from risky trading. Last week, a Reuters …

us-news, economy, big-banks

North Carolina Church Apologizes For Amendment

Seeded on Sat May 12, 2012 7:51 AM EDT ()

Right when you were just starting to lose all hope that tolerant, loving Christians would speak up… Spotted on HRC North Carolina’s Facebook Page in response to the passage of an amendment barring equal rights to gay couples: “MissionGathering Christian Chu …

politics, north-carolina, amendment-one

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The Romney Record at Bain: Bankruptcies, Bailouts, & Mass Layoffs

Seeded on Sat May 12, 2012 7:49 AM EDT (Think Progress)

Mitt Romney’s pitch is that he’s a “businessman” who understands the “real economy,” in contrast to President Obama who Romney says “doesn’t understand how the economy works.” During a presidential debate in November, Romney …

politics, romney, bain

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Six leaders from South Korea's biggest Buddhist order have quit after secret video footage showed some supposedly serene monks raising hell, playing high-stakes poker, drinking and smoking.

Seeded on Fri May 11, 2012 2:27 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

Six leaders from South Korea's biggest Buddhist order have quit after secret video footage showed some supposedly serene monks raising hell, playing high-stakes poker, drinking and smoking. The scandal erupted just days before Koreans observe a national holiday to celebr …

religion, korea, monks

New Wall Street Scandal Threatens Romney

Seeded on Fri May 11, 2012 1:21 PM EDT (Talking Points Memo)

Mitt Romney Wants To Repeal The Rule That Would’ve Stopped The Latest Financial Scandal A surprising development on Wall Street Thursday could magnify a little-discussed but key difference between President Obama and Mitt Romney — one with enormous consequences for …

politics, romney, 2012-elections, wall-st, dodd-fank

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The War On Religion, Pandering, Or Courage? Why We As Americans Should Be Proud Of Our President.

Thu May 10, 2012 3:58 PM EDT

By DocPhil (Clipped by MWeaver)

Let's start with a differentiation between three words that have been all over the internet and on talk radio and television the past 24 hours. The first is "pandering", a word that the republican party and many republican supporters are bantering about indicating that the Presid …

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politics, obama, same-sex-marriage, courage, civil-human-rights

Romney Apologizes For Bullying In Prep School, Says He Didn't Know Victim Was Gay

Seeded on Thu May 10, 2012 12:21 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

Mitt Romney made a surprise appearance on Fox host Brian Kilmeade's radio show Thursday morning to respond to a lengthy Washington Poststory on his time as a prep-school prankster and occasional bully of closeted gay students. "They talk about the fact that I pl …

politics, romney, 2012-elections, bullying, anti-discrimination

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Gay Republicans Offended That Obama Supports Gay Marriage. Seriously.

Seeded on Thu May 10, 2012 9:03 AM EDT ( Is Rick Santorum The Second Coming Of Bush/Cheney? | Addicting Info)

Allow me, if you will, to paint a picture of pure insanity. This picture will reveal the absolute hatred that Republicans have for Obama. The current wisdom is that if Obama saved a kitten from a burning house, Republicans would complain that he was stealing the job of a firefi …

politics, obama, gay-marriage, 2012-elections, amendment-one

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GOP shies away from offering healthcare reform alternative

Seeded on Thu May 10, 2012 7:45 AM EDT (TheHill.com)

Republicans might not offer a comprehensive plan to replace President Obama’s healthcare law if the Supreme Court strikes it down this summer. House Republicans had said they would have a healthcare bill ready to go by the time of the ruling to present a clear alternativ …

politics, obama, gop, obamacare, aca

Colin Powell Admits In His New Book That The Decision To Go To War In Iraq Was 'Never Debated'

Seeded on Thu May 10, 2012 7:39 AM EDT ( Is Rick Santorum The Second Coming Of Bush/Cheney? | Addicting Info)

So you remember that pretend war for democracy in Iraq that cost us trillions of dollars and took the lives of thousands of US soldiers, not to mention ravaged an entire nation and created even more enemies for the United States all to better Haliburton&rsqu …

politics, iraq, colin-powell, new-book

Obama: Same-Sex Marriage Should Be Legal

Seeded on Wed May 9, 2012 3:02 PM EDT (Talking Points Memo)

In an exclusive interview with ABC News, President Obama said that same-sex marriage should be legal, per Yahoo News’ Rick Klein: In an interview with ABC News’ Robin Roberts, the president described his thought process as an “evolution” that led him to …

politics, obama, gay-rights, 2012-elections

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Mitt Romney Versus Reality

Wed May 9, 2012 7:56 AM EDT

The Obama campaign released a new ad Tuesday that hits Mitt Romney for taking credit for the auto bailout. The ad, called “Mitt Romney versus Reality: Auto Recovery Edition,” opens with Romney saying he deserves credit for the recovery of the auto industry. The …

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politics, obama, romney, 2012-elections

Anti-Choice Crusader Lila Rose: Planned Parenthood Is in League With Satan

Seeded on Wed May 9, 2012 7:35 AM EDT (Little Green Footballs)

Lila Rose is a soldier in the religious right’s war to drag women back to the Dark Ages, and in this clip from Right Wing Watch she makes it clear that she believes she’s in a battle with Satan himself. His Nibs. Working through Planned Parenthood. We’re fac …

politics, womens-rights, planned-parenthood, war-on-women, lila-rose

Sen. Richard Lugar's Parting Words: Beware of Tea Party Extremists

Seeded on Wed May 9, 2012 7:24 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)

Indiana's Sen. Richard Lugar, who lost in the Republican Primary to Tea Party darling Richard Mourdock, issued a lengthy written statement on Tuesday night that chastised extremists in his party--such as his opponent--who Lugar said could not possibly govern for the good of the …

politics, congress, tea-party, senate, lugar

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Obama 'Disappointed' On Passage Of North Carolina Anti-Gay Amendment One

Seeded on Wed May 9, 2012 7:13 AM EDT (Politics | The New Civil Rights Movement)

President Barack Obama is “disappointed” on the passage of North Carolina’s anti-gay Amendment One, which the campaign previously had urged voters to reject, the Obama for America campaign tonight commented. “The President has long opposed div …

politics, obama, north-carolina, gay-marriage, gay-rights, amendment-one

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Tea Party Is Still At It. Long serving GOP senator loses primary fight to Tea Party backed candidate.

Seeded on Tue May 8, 2012 8:42 PM EDT (CNN)

The Senate's longest-serving Republican became the latest casualty of the struggle between the GOP's conservatives and moderates as a tea party-backed challenger beat Indiana Sen. Dick Lugar in Tuesday's primary. Lugar conceded the race about an hour after the polls closed Tues …

politics, gop, tea-party, senate

Bernie Sanders Warns Republicans that Sarkozy's Fate Will Soon Be Theirs

Seeded on Tue May 8, 2012 8:09 AM EDT ()

Sen. Bernie Sanders told the Republican Party today that if they continue to push austerity, they will suffer defeat just like Nicolas Sarkozy did. In a statement about Sunday’s elections in Europe, Sanders said, In the United States and around the world, the middle cla …

politics, republicans, france, sarkozy, bernie-sanders

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Did Dinosaurs fart their way into extinction? Maybe

Seeded on Mon May 7, 2012 12:43 PM EDT (the Mail online)

Dinosaurs may be partly to blame for a change in climate because they created so much flatulence, according to leading scientists. Professor Graeme Ruxton of St Andrews University, Scotland, said the giant animals spent 150 years emitting the potent global warming gas, methane …

politics, science, global-warming, dinosaurs

France Selects Hollande as President

Seeded on Sun May 6, 2012 4:42 PM EDT (The New York Times)

Seeded by SuperSaiyan (Clipped by MWeaver)

François Hollande swept into office on Sunday, becoming the first Socialist to be elected president of France since François Mitterrand left office in 1995. Mr. Hollande’s campaign promised a kinder, gentler, more inclusive France, but his victory over Presid …

world-news, france, hollande, hollande-elected-new-french-president

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