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22:00:47 05/22/12
President Obama's Joplin, MO Commencement Speech: The Power of Community
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President Obama spoke at the high school commencement Monday night about the power of community, the "bigness of spirit," and the value of unity.
The gist of his message centered on how a community set aside its differences to come together and rebuild after the tornado that nearly wiped out the entire city. His themes touched on the "power of shared effort," and forging a new vision when everything seems hopeless. His primary themes of hope and community are woven throughout the entire twenty minutes. I thought it was an inspiring and touching speech. If it needs a summation, it is his statement that "we are better together than on our own."
At one point in the speech, he mentioned that right after the tornado, the community came together for a meeting and each person was given a Post-it note to write down what their vision was for the community. 1500 Post-its later, there is a wall with all of them on it, and architects are following the suggestions for the rebuilding process. The President quipped, "I'm thinking of trying it with Congress! Give them some Post-it notes."
In a climate where cynicism and negativity seems to rule the day, it's worth taking the twenty minutes to watch this and no matter what you think of the man, his message is true, and it does not depend on him. For me, it's worth remembering that I do this thing, writing, researching, sharing -- blogging -- because I want a record that says we truly are better together than we are alone, and working toward that goal every day is worth enduring the negative and the cynical.
I hope it inspires you today, at least a little bit.
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03:14:10 05/01/12
America cries 'Mayday': Van Jones on Occupy Wall Street, student loans and foreclosure
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America cries 'Mayday': Van Jones on Occupy Wall Street, student loans and foreclosure
"Viewpoint" host Eliot Spitzer and Van Jones, president and co-founder of Rebuild the Dream and former Obama administration adviser, review the worldwide events the Occupy movement has planned for May 1 -- May Day -- in the context of the student loan crisis and homeowners' ongoing struggles. Tune in Weeknights at 8:00/7:00c on Current TV current.com From: Current Views: 1237 41 ratings Time: 03:32 More in Shows
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01:25:43 04/07/12
Van Jones and Eliot Spitzer: The Financial Sector is Sucking America Dry
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Van Jones, acclaimed author and President of Rebuild the Dream, and Eliot Spitzer, former Governor of New York, discuss the actors who triggered the 2008 financial collapse and the ramifications of the regulatory failure on middle class America.
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2012/03/27/Culture_Project_Blueprint_for_Accountability
Culture Project’s acclaimed town hall series, is a bold hybrid of journalism, theatre and film that brings together leading experts in politics, journalism, academia, and social activism along with visionary artists, to create high-voltage, multimedia conversations designed to educate, entertain and mobilize citizens for vigorous engagement in restoring accountability into our civic society.
Accountability is critical to democracy. At a time when grave challenges threaten American democracy, Culture Project presents “Blueprint for Accountability,” a series that asks “How can we empower ourselves to hold our leaders–in government, education and corporate institutions–accountable for the events of the past and the conditions of the future?”
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21:00:11 01/29/12
Newt on This Week: Mitt Can't Tell The Truth, Has A 'Character' Problem
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Now, I'm going to assume that you didn't come in during the third act of Newt's career, and therefore you can appreciate just how funny it is when, on This Week , he's whining to Jake Tapper about how hard it is to pin someone down who will just lie about anything ! >
TAPPER: In many ways, you are where you are because of your debate performances. Last week, you had a couple that were not your strongest, to say the least.
GINGRICH: Yep.
TAPPER: Why do you think that was? What happened?
GINGRICH: I was amazed. I mean, I'm standing next to a guy who is the most blatantly dishonest answers I can remember in any presidential race in -- in my lifetime. And I've seen, I think, every presidential debate -- presidential campaign debate or virtually every one. And, you know, he would say things that were just plain not true.
Look, it's a little bit like yesterday's L.A. Times report. I mean, now it found 23 foreign accounts he never reported until he released his taxes. He would say -- he would say thing after thing after thing that just plain wasn't true.
And I had -- I don't know how you debate a person with civility if they're prepared to say things that are just plain factually false. And that's going to become a key part of this. I think the Republican establishment believes it's OK to say and do virtually anything to stop a genuine insurgency from winning because they are very afraid of losing control of the old order.
We tried a moderate in 1996 for president. He lost. We tried a moderate in 2008 for president. He lost. It's very hard to take Romneycare and Obamacare and have a debate and have the Republican win that debate. You need to have a conservative who is a very big distance away from Obama, because you've got to have the space so that, in fact, you can communicate with the American people.
TAPPER: I want to follow up on some of these comments you're making about Mitt Romney. The race has taken something of a nasty turn. Here's an ad that you are currently running in Florida.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
(UNKNOWN): What kind of man would mislead, distort and deceive just to win an election? This man would, Mitt Romney. If we can't trust what Mitt Romney says about his own record, how can we trust him on anything?
(END VIDEO CLIP)
TAPPER: It sounds as if you're saying in that ad, and here this morning, that Mitt Romney is unfit and does not have the character to be president.
GINGRICH: I am saying that he would not be where he is today, the debates this week wouldn't have been where they were, if he had told the truth. And I think that's a very serious problem for somebody. I think that you look at -- again, he's supposedly a great manager, yet he can't explain 23 different foreign accounts that weren't reported. He's a great manager. He can't explain being on the board of directors of the company which got the largest Medicare fine in history for fraud?
Somehow, every time it's bad, he didn't know about it or he wasn't aware about it. He didn't really understand the Planned Parenthood by law, the largest abortion provider in the United States, is in Romneycare? Romneycare literally defines Planned Parenthood in a key -- in a part of the bill. He didn't seem to quite know it.
Every time you turn around, this great manager consistently doesn't understand whatever it is that would have hurt him. And you just have to look back and say, why can't you be candid with the American people? You cannot be president of the United States if you cannot be honest and candid with the American people. And that's compounded, frankly, by a number of the ads he runs, which are just plain false.
TAPPER: So you're saying that he does not have the character to be president of the United States, because he's, in your view, not honest.
GINGRICH: I'm saying it is a very -- it's a -- it is a very serious problem when you have somebody who on item after item after item -- I mean, the clip you had just now, he knows what he said in that clip is not true. I did not resign in disgrace. I did not pay a fine. And, in fact, CNN ran an entire piece recently in which they pointed out that on every single substantive count in the ethics investigation, every single one, that I was vindicated, including vindication by a federal judge, vindication by the Internal Revenue Service, vindication by the Federal Elections Commission . Now, Romney knows that.
(CROSSTALK)
TAPPER: Well, the clip -- the clip...
GINGRICH: So he's run a campaign of vilification.
TAPPER: The clip I just played was actually one of your ads, but let's get to that Romney ad that you're talking about...
GINGRICH: No, no, but I'm talking about the earlier -- I'm talking about -- I'm talking about the clip you showed of him campaigning yesterday.
TAPPER: Oh, OK.
GINGRICH: What he said yesterday, this wasn't true.
TAPPER: There...
GINGRICH: And so at some point, I don't quite -- I don't quite -- to be honest, Jake, I don't quite know how you deal with an opponent, because you want to deal with them with civility, you want to deal with them in a positive way. I want to talk about big issues.
I talked about space this week, which I think is important for the country's future. I talked about housing. I talked about creating jobs. I talked about the record I had working with Ronald Reagan to create jobs and the record I had working with Bill Clinton to create jobs. We talked about welfare reform as the first great entitlement reform.
There are all sorts of positive things. We have a proposal on Social Security which would allow every young American the option of having a personal Social Security account on the model of Galveston, Texas, and the country of Chile. So there are a lot of positive things.
And if you'll notice, when you get outside the zone where Romney carpet-bombs with Wall Street money, and you look at what's happening in the rest of the country, I'm ahead in all three national polls that were released this week. I'm ahead by a big margin, because when you come to positive ideas, I represent real change in Washington, I represent unleashing the spirit of the American people to get us back as a country, rebuilding the country we love. And when we get to a positive idea campaign, I consistently win.
It's only when he can mass money to focus on carpet-bombing with negative ads that he gains any traction at all.
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21:00:11 01/29/12
Newt on This Week: Mitt Can't Tell The Truth, Has A 'Character' Problem
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Now, I'm going to assume that you didn't come in during the third act of Newt's career, and therefore you can appreciate just how funny it is when, on This Week , he's whining to Jake Tapper about how hard it is to pin someone down who will just lie about anything ! >
TAPPER: In many ways, you are where you are because of your debate performances. Last week, you had a couple that were not your strongest, to say the least.
GINGRICH: Yep.
TAPPER: Why do you think that was? What happened?
GINGRICH: I was amazed. I mean, I'm standing next to a guy who is the most blatantly dishonest answers I can remember in any presidential race in -- in my lifetime. And I've seen, I think, every presidential debate -- presidential campaign debate or virtually every one. And, you know, he would say things that were just plain not true.
Look, it's a little bit like yesterday's L.A. Times report. I mean, now it found 23 foreign accounts he never reported until he released his taxes. He would say -- he would say thing after thing after thing that just plain wasn't true.
And I had -- I don't know how you debate a person with civility if they're prepared to say things that are just plain factually false. And that's going to become a key part of this. I think the Republican establishment believes it's OK to say and do virtually anything to stop a genuine insurgency from winning because they are very afraid of losing control of the old order.
We tried a moderate in 1996 for president. He lost. We tried a moderate in 2008 for president. He lost. It's very hard to take Romneycare and Obamacare and have a debate and have the Republican win that debate. You need to have a conservative who is a very big distance away from Obama, because you've got to have the space so that, in fact, you can communicate with the American people.
TAPPER: I want to follow up on some of these comments you're making about Mitt Romney. The race has taken something of a nasty turn. Here's an ad that you are currently running in Florida.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
(UNKNOWN): What kind of man would mislead, distort and deceive just to win an election? This man would, Mitt Romney. If we can't trust what Mitt Romney says about his own record, how can we trust him on anything?
(END VIDEO CLIP)
TAPPER: It sounds as if you're saying in that ad, and here this morning, that Mitt Romney is unfit and does not have the character to be president.
GINGRICH: I am saying that he would not be where he is today, the debates this week wouldn't have been where they were, if he had told the truth. And I think that's a very serious problem for somebody. I think that you look at -- again, he's supposedly a great manager, yet he can't explain 23 different foreign accounts that weren't reported. He's a great manager. He can't explain being on the board of directors of the company which got the largest Medicare fine in history for fraud?
Somehow, every time it's bad, he didn't know about it or he wasn't aware about it. He didn't really understand the Planned Parenthood by law, the largest abortion provider in the United States, is in Romneycare? Romneycare literally defines Planned Parenthood in a key -- in a part of the bill. He didn't seem to quite know it.
Every time you turn around, this great manager consistently doesn't understand whatever it is that would have hurt him. And you just have to look back and say, why can't you be candid with the American people? You cannot be president of the United States if you cannot be honest and candid with the American people. And that's compounded, frankly, by a number of the ads he runs, which are just plain false.
TAPPER: So you're saying that he does not have the character to be president of the United States, because he's, in your view, not honest.
GINGRICH: I'm saying it is a very -- it's a -- it is a very serious problem when you have somebody who on item after item after item -- I mean, the clip you had just now, he knows what he said in that clip is not true. I did not resign in disgrace. I did not pay a fine. And, in fact, CNN ran an entire piece recently in which they pointed out that on every single substantive count in the ethics investigation, every single one, that I was vindicated, including vindication by a federal judge, vindication by the Internal Revenue Service, vindication by the Federal Elections Commission . Now, Romney knows that.
(CROSSTALK)
TAPPER: Well, the clip -- the clip...
GINGRICH: So he's run a campaign of vilification.
TAPPER: The clip I just played was actually one of your ads, but let's get to that Romney ad that you're talking about...
GINGRICH: No, no, but I'm talking about the earlier -- I'm talking about -- I'm talking about the clip you showed of him campaigning yesterday.
TAPPER: Oh, OK.
GINGRICH: What he said yesterday, this wasn't true.
TAPPER: There...
GINGRICH: And so at some point, I don't quite -- I don't quite -- to be honest, Jake, I don't quite know how you deal with an opponent, because you want to deal with them with civility, you want to deal with them in a positive way. I want to talk about big issues.
I talked about space this week, which I think is important for the country's future. I talked about housing. I talked about creating jobs. I talked about the record I had working with Ronald Reagan to create jobs and the record I had working with Bill Clinton to create jobs. We talked about welfare reform as the first great entitlement reform.
There are all sorts of positive things. We have a proposal on Social Security which would allow every young American the option of having a personal Social Security account on the model of Galveston, Texas, and the country of Chile. So there are a lot of positive things.
And if you'll notice, when you get outside the zone where Romney carpet-bombs with Wall Street money, and you look at what's happening in the rest of the country, I'm ahead in all three national polls that were released this week. I'm ahead by a big margin, because when you come to positive ideas, I represent real change in Washington, I represent unleashing the spirit of the American people to get us back as a country, rebuilding the country we love. And when we get to a positive idea campaign, I consistently win.
It's only when he can mass money to focus on carpet-bombing with negative ads that he gains any traction at all.
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15:43:00 01/29/12
The Wall Street Journal Report with Maria Bartiromo 01/29/12
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From the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland this week - a discussion with JP Morgan Private Bank's Jes Staley and Asset Management's Mary Callahan Erdoes, on fears of a European default, managing risk and finding investment opportunities...Billionaire investor George Soros on rebuilding the European economy, and why he thinks Europe needs to become a 'fantastic object' again...and the business of beauty with Estee Lauder's CEO Fabrizio Freda on sales, strategies, and what women want.
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20:35:23 01/12/12
Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt Meet The President
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Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt Meet The President
PHOTOS: Brangelina met with Barack Obama to talk about Jolie's work on preventing mass atrocities and combating sexual violence against women. BARACK OBAMA AND BRANGELINA ALL IN THE SAME ROOM? MAN...WE'D LOVE TO BE A FLY ON THAT WALL BUT HERE'S THE NEXT BEST THING... THE WHITE HOUSE GOT SOME SERIOUS VIP ACTION WHEN UBER COUPLE BRAD PITT AND ANGELINA JOLIE STOPPED BY FOR A VISIT WITH THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF. THE DUO MET WITH THE PRESIDENT TO TALK ABOUT JOLIE'S WORK ON PREVENTING MASS ATROCITIES AND COMBATING SEXUAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN. HERE YOU CAN SEE BRAD LOOKING VERY MUCH AN INTELLECTUAL SPORTING THICK BLACK FRAMES WHILE ANGIE LOOKS FOCUSED IN BLACK. THE NIGHT BEFORE THEIR OVAL OFFICE VISIT, BRAD AND ANGIE SCREENED "IN THE LAND OF BLOOD AND HONEY" AT THE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM. THE MOVIE ABOUT BOSNIAN WAR CRIMES MARKS ANGELINA'S DIRECTORIAL DEBUT. BRAD AND ANGIE ARE NO STRANGERS WHEN IT COMES TO TACKLING WORLD ISSUES. ANGELINA HAS SPENT PLENTY OF TIME IN WASHINGTON AND ABROAD AS A UNITED NATIONS GOODWILL AMBASSADOR WHILE PITT WAS A FORCE IN REBUILDING NEW ORLEANS AFTER HURRICANE KATRINA. FILE THIS ONE UNDER: BEAUTIFUL MINDS. From: CelebTV Views: 1038 17 ratings Time: 01:03 More in Entertainment
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14:46:32 10/28/11
"Rebuild the Dream" The Next American Economy - A public address by Van Jones
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"Rebuild the Dream" The Next American Economy - A public address by Van Jones
Noted political and environmental activist Van Jones discusses the dramatically shifting economic and political landscape in America today. In this passionate address, Jones analyzes key similarities and differences between the Occupy Wall Street and Tea Party movements, from the sources of their frustrations to organizational structures. The question and answer session is moderated by Trey Grayson, Institute of Politics Director. Damilare Sonoiki, current president of the Harvard Black Men's Forum, provides the introduction for Van Jones. From: Harvard Views: 860 33 ratings Time: 01:09:00 More in Education
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14:09:55 10/25/11
Young Americans are Greater Together, Join Now at BarackObama.com/youngamericans - 2012 Campaign
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Young Americans are Greater Together, Join Now at BarackObama.com/youngamericans - 2012 Campaign
Take the first step: my.barackobama.com This movement needs you in it. We need you to finish the work we started. We've ended combat operations in Iraq and all of our troops will be home for the holidays. Don't Ask Don't Tell is history. Comprehensive health reform is becoming a reality and already one million more young adults have health insurance because of it. And after a huge battle, we've put new rules in place to protect consumers and our economy from recklessness on Wall Street. All of this is thanks to you and the work you've done. You proved the cynics wrong by helping build a movement for change but we have so much more to do. This is a moment that demands everything we've got to put people back to work and rebuild an economy that works for everyone. You're our new generation of leaders and we're stronger together than we can ever be on our own. Take the first step and join now: my.barackobama.com From: BarackObamadotcom Views: 25247 556 ratings Time: 01:58 More in News & Politics
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02:10:00 09/03/11
Washington Week Webcast Extra for September 2, 2011
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As unemployment numbers stay at 9.1%, a very public spat between President Obama and House Speaker Boehner on the timing of an address to Congress. Plus, analysis on the politics & finances of rebuilding after Hurricane Irene. And an update on GOP fundraising. Joining Gwen: Naftali Bendavid, Wall St Journal; Jeanne Cummings, Bloomberg News; Charles Babington, Associated Press; Eamon Javers, CNBC.
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02:09:00 09/03/11
Washington Week With Gwen Ifill and National Journal for September 2, 2011
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As unemployment numbers stay at 9.1%, a very public spat between President Obama and House Speaker Boehner on the timing of an address to Congress. Plus, analysis on the politics & finances of rebuilding after Hurricane Irene. And an update on GOP fundraising. Joining Gwen: Naftali Bendavid, Wall St Journal; Jeanne Cummings, Bloomberg News; Charles Babington, Associated Press; Eamon Javers, CNBC.
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22:30:40 09/01/11
Authors@Google: Robert Reich
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Authors@Google: Robert Reich
When the nation's economy foundered in 2008, blame was directed almost universally at Wall Street bankers. But Robert B. Reich, one of our most experienced and trusted voices on public policy, suggests another reason for the meltdown. Our real problem, he argues, lies in the increasing concentration of wealth in the hands of the richest Americans, while stagnant wages and rising costs have forced the middle class to go deep into debt. Reich's thoughtful and detailed account of where we are headed over the next decades%mdashand how we can fix our economic system%mdashis a practical, humane, and much-needed blueprint for restoring America's economy and rebuilding our society. From: AtGoogleTalks Views: 5693 115 ratings Time: 57:29 More in News & Politics
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22:30:40 09/01/11
Authors@Google: Robert Reich
[LESS INFO] 6 VIEWS | ADDED 22:30:40 09/01/11
Authors@Google: Robert Reich
When the nation's economy foundered in 2008, blame was directed almost universally at Wall Street bankers. But Robert B. Reich, one of our most experienced and trusted voices on public policy, suggests another reason for the meltdown. Our real problem, he argues, lies in the increasing concentration of wealth in the hands of the richest Americans, while stagnant wages and rising costs have forced the middle class to go deep into debt. Reich's thoughtful and detailed account of where we are headed over the next decades%mdashand how we can fix our economic system%mdashis a practical, humane, and much-needed blueprint for restoring America's economy and rebuilding our society. From: AtGoogleTalks Views: 5693 115 ratings Time: 57:29 More in News & Politics
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21:07:15 08/13/11
Germany Rebuilds Part of Berlin Wall
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Germany is yet again divided by the Berlin Wall on the decision to rebuild it as a part of keeping history.
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01:00:00 06/17/11
Thursday, June 16th - NBR
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Greece's Financial Uncertainty causes Wall Street Uncertainty. What Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and Joplin Missouri can learn about rebuilding from Greenberg, KS. Turning planning the family vacation into a learning experience. A look back at the growth of International Business Machines.
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01:00:00 06/16/11
Wednesday, June 15th - NBR
[LESS INFO] 77 VIEWS | ADDED 01:00:00 06/16/11
Wall Street Stocks sell off amid the Greek Debt crisis and more signs of weakness in the economy. It may take Structural Unemployment to rebuild the nation's jobs status. Pandora opens its IPO box and earns billions its first day. Our Street Critique guest, Hilary Kramer, editor of Gamechangersotcks.com takes stock in buying stock in a financial company. And 401k loans can prove pricey.
