Nov 25 2009

Combating Climate Change at Home and Around the World

Some exciting announcements today from the White House on our efforts to combat climate change and lay the foundation for a clean energy economy!   The President will be attending the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (COP 15) next month, and he will take with him an emissions reduction target to drive progress toward [...]

Nov 20 2009

The 540th Anniversary of the Birth of Guru Nanak Dev Ji

On Friday we hosted a reception commemorating the 540th anniversary of the birth of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the first guru in Sikhism.  It was the first time that this holiday has ever been celebrated at the White House.  Members of the Sikh community from around the country were invited to celebrate the occasion with [...]

Oct 1 2009

Re: Admission By Obama’s ‘Safe Schools’ Czar That He Poorly Handled Underage Sex Case

Yesterday, Fox News and others reported that President Obama’s “safe schools czar” Kevin Jennings, under fire from critics who say he’s unfit for his job, acknowledged that he “should have handled [the] situation differently” years ago when he was a schoolteacher and didn’t report that a 15-year-old boy told him that he was having sex [...]

Sep 7 2009

Is Obama Forming a "Shadow Government?"

Today, President Barack H. Obama appointed yet another “czar”, making the announcement at an AFL-CIO Laborious Day picnic in Cincinnati today; Ron Bloom will make the 33rd Obamic Czar, counting Van Jones, who just resigned but will surely be replaced with a less explosive (but every bit as Marxist) appointee, and after Obama taps someone [...]