Volume XI: O (almost) Week 1

Obama's (almost) first week

Day 1
-be at work early even after a late night of dancing
-check out new office
-cap senior staff salary
-Freedom of Information Act (Executive)
-Government Transparency Order
-startup Whitehouse.gov
-end change.gov :(

Day 2
-continue to be awesome
-Review of the Detention of Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri

Day 3
-Limit Lobbyists power over White House
-Presidential Record keeping order
-Change Reagan Bush Anti Abortioness
-Use PR to show how transparent government will be
-decide if "Chief Executive Kickass" would be a better title than "President"
-Really look at this money issue

Day 4
-Order the Closing of Guantanamo and clarify the US breaking of the Articles is the Geneva Conventions
-Review of US detention Policy
-Set up laws of Interigation (clarifying that the US does not allow torture going forward)
-Look under Lincoln's bed for money
-First Video address as President

Day 5
-day of much needed rest...at least for a few hours

(Almost) Week Review:
Changed the perception of the US domestically & internationally
Showed that this money issue isn't going to magically be solved
Explain that our War on Terror has created terror
Start to undo what previous administration did
Infuse the words "strength" & "hope" into the word "nationalism"


January 19th, 2008 Bush WhiteHouse




January 21st, 2008 Obama WhiteHouse

















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Volume XI: It Begins

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Yes,
Change, change has come
But there's a lot of work to be done
The battle's a long one
But see how far we've come



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Volume XI: Our Pilot

It's finally hear.
8 years...8 years of waiting...8 years of fear...but now hope for the hopeless.
We've been trying to guess what this day will feel like. It's seems to be a flutter of the heart, something that one can't describe; like a first kiss or a warmth from a good cup of hot cider.
What will he say to us? Will he fill in the gaps we've been missing?
(He will fill something that's for sure...that long lasting void made by his predecessor.)
The administration has already been offering people a voice by allowing everyday people to write in all their ideas to change.gov. Now they may not be able to read all of them, but it gives people a direction when they've had none. What Obama seems to bring is direction and now we need it more than ever. He may not have all the answer nor even a real plan, but true leaders never do.
On inauguration day people will put out US flags, when 2 years ago they'd rather have burned them than display them. It will be like a 4th of July celebration. Obama has brought nationalism back to the forefront of our culture. He personifies the youth and vitality that the US was once know for. His words will echo through the coming years. (you know its gonna be a good speak.)

To top off the building energy of this past week a plane landed safely into the Hudson. The skills of calm pilot allowed a amazing and unbelievable landing into the cold winter waters. We now know that he was composed and cool in the face of danger. With the help of his "wing man" (copilot) he did something rarely done or even imaged. The pilot even went back after people left the plane and made sure they everyone was safety out of the aircraft.
This pilot represents the hero we voted for and the possibility what is come. We've run into danger and we want someone to land our country safely. Obama will tell us to "brace for impact" and somehow, someway we will make it.

Mister Awesome Himself. (his mustache gives him strength)


Some men are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them.
-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night


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Volume X: Bush "Thank You!"

Thank you Bush for: steeling an elections; not knowing what to do in times of crisis; starring into the abyss when we were under attack; exploding NY's finest; saying "with us or against us"; starting a war under false pretenses; spending more money to get oil than to get the bad guys; forgetting about fuel alternative; deregulating wall street; giving more money to the rich; thanks for disregarding the pour & sick; using the word "misunderestimating"; giving up diplomacy; empowering the wealthy health care executives; killing social security; creating the ss (I mean Homeland Security); thanks for making us live in 1984; controlling the press; destroying the English language; making the republican party the "evil" party; being stupider than your dad; demolition liberty; undoing freedom; torturing people; killing civilians; holding people against their will; breaking international laws; forcing other countries to break international laws; thanks for not helping people after a hurricane; showing that our country is still: racist, sexist, & homophobic; dropping your dog; making every child left behind; showing that kids are now "learned"; taking funding from schools; hiding the truth from the public; allowing poison into our toys & foods; making the south rise again; re-addicting us to oil; wiping out our Ozone; undoing the purpose of our space program; placing unjust people as judges; thanks for: wearing a cowboy hats; taking vacations all the time, being like every other Chief executive who doesn't care about his workers; making public into private; turning the middle class into Atlas; undoing parts of the Internet; listing to our phone calls; reading our emails; making cheap things expensive; turning hope into hopeless; personifying tyranny; leaving America broken...

Thanks for:

prompting Barak; proving we are unbreakable; and making me write this blog!




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LegoMyInauguration

I still really want to work for Legos. It has been my childhood dream.
This is brilliance!


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Random: Obama Flight

See things are already better with Obama taking over. People don't die in plane crashes anymore, they just get a little wet.



Might I recommend Obama Air


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Volume XI: 2009 NEWS with a storm

It's Dark out there and the Snow begins to fall.
Across the sea of white 2.6 million have been lost and the rest are freezing. Huddled together for warmth some fires begin to look presidential and some...some just burn out. There's not enough heat to stop all the cold that has come and although we have become more equal and together, we feel alone. The wind whistles through Holy Lands and madness screams through the air. Some frost takes over and pipes become brittle and all but stop. Our neighbors may not get the heat they need and for now all seem powerless to provide blankets. The freedom to go and do seems a distant memory. Staring through the window the fog of distrust begins to narrow our view. Ice takes over western roads and nothing is made to drive. The snow keeps falling. Winter seems to be forever and nothing seems to stop this storm.

This icy blizzard is going to be long and for now during the darkness we may have to stay inside. But at some point it will be day and we can go out and claim these snow covered hills as our own. We can take our sleds and ride atop this winter.
Spring will come and so will the heat of the sun.



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Volume XI: Billy and His Fire

It's amazing how much this song has somehow remained timeless even with some content changed.

Volume XI: the New New Deal

Obama "New Deal" is called a American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan.
It consist of:
-oversight of money
-creation of 3 million jobs (80% in private sector)
-doubling of renewable energy production (energy efficient building)
-rebuilding of infrastructure (roads, bridges, schools)
-new educations
-direct tax cuts for 95% of American workers






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