Where high speed rail works best
Infrastructure experts at America 2050 have prepared a comprehensive study on how best to implement President Obama’s high speed rail initiatives. The above map shows where, they conclude, high speed rail would work best. Click here to download the full report. (PDF)
I gave Obama a “B.” (Click the pic to vote… and read Cillizza’s analysis.)
"Our troops come from every corner of this country. They’re black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American. They are Christian and Hindu; Jewish and Muslim. And yes, we know that some of them are gay. Starting this year, no one will be forbidden from serving the country the country they love because of who they love."
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PRESIDENT OBAMA, on the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.
John Boehner didn’t applaud here.
(via inothernews)
Boehner: “I call this the coke finger.”
It looks as though the weed-smokers’ plan to hijack President Obama’s YouTube question forum, and bombard it with questions about marijuana and the War on Drugs, is going off without a hitch. In fact, every single question on the first page of questions is about marijuana. (See pic above)
If you don’t know, President Obama will answer citizen’s questions on YouTube after Tuesday night’s State of the Union address. Click here to submit your own question.
oligatory politics post. If you think the health care bill is bad, please watch this…
I love Weiner.
(Source: sirmitchell)
Yes GOP, you are the reason the economy has improved…
US stock markets performance during the Obama Administration…
DOW in 01/20/2009: 7,949.09
DOW in 01/18/2011: 11,837.93
Rate of Return: 48.91%S&P in 01/20/2009: 805.22
S&P in 01/18/2011: 1,295.02
Rate of Return:…
China comes to D.C.: Follow our live blog today for the latest on Chinese President Hu’s state visit. (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
I just read through it, so here are some highlights:
• Saudi King Abdullah gave President Obama gifts totaling $190,000
• First Lady Michelle Obama, however, received a ruby and diamond jewelry set consisting of a pair of earrings, a ring, a bracelet, and a necklace, worth $132,000, from the Saudi royal
• President Hu Jintao of China gave Obama’s most expensive gift: A 39″ x 49″ wooden framed and matted fine silk embroidery depicting a portrait study of the First Family, worth an estimated $20,000
• Classy Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi gave Obama silk ties, a crystal table and a gold watch
• Ex-UK PM Gordon Brown gave Obama a pen holder carved out of a slave ship!
• “Non-acceptance would cause embarrassment to donor and U.S. Government.” is the justification for accepting every single gift on the list
• All Obama got from Russian Pres. Dmitry Medvedev was a “small wooden CD holder; one book: fifteen compact disks”
• Pope Benedict XVI gave Obama a “Gilt framed and matted mosaic depicting St. Peter’s Square”
• Germany’s Lord Mayor of Krefeld, Gregor Kathstede, gave Obama five Ascot ties
• By law, all gifts must go into the US National Archives
