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Obama Speech: 'A More Perfect Union'

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:51:40 -0400

Barack Obama speaks in Philadelphia, PA at Constitution Center, on matters not just of race and recent remarks but of the fundamental path by which America can work together to pursue a better future.

Economy to Dominate Obama Speech

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:42:14 -0500

The economy is expected to dominate President Obama’s speech before a joint session of Congress. As the AP's Julie Pace reports, the speech is as close to a State of the Union as a newly-elected president gets. (Feb. 24)

The Philippines declared a state of emergency in parts of the volatile south

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:58:55 -0500

The Philippines declared a state of emergency in parts of the volatile south

More Obama Rumors

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:57:00 -0400

As the rumor mill works overtime on Barack Obama, how much will people believe?

SARAH PALIN BOOK SIGNING - Interviews with Supporters

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:41:20 -0500

PLEASE HELP US SHARE THIS VIDEO. On November 20, 2009, Sarah Palin visited Columbus, OH as part of her book signing tour for "Going Rogue." When her supporters were asked broad questions about why they why they thought she should be president, the responses were vague: She’s "real." She'll "stick up for America." THERE ARE UNINFORMED OBAMA SUPPORTERS, TOO It has been said in comments that we would find similarly talking point-driven, substance-less supporters at an Obama rally, and we agree. But no politician has emerged on the national stage as undefined and unqualified as Sarah Palin, and her public persona--which is anti-intellectual by definition--discourages substance. Instead, we get winking. One could hardly imagine her giving a complex speech about race in America, or speaking eloquently about our country's relations with Islam. Not just because she couldn't write such a speech (Obama has speech-writers, of course) but because she wouldn't--such necessarily academic discussion is antithetical to the persona she's created for herself and that her supporters have come to love. CHERRY-PICKING As for accusations of cherry picking, which are commonly thrown at interview-based videos, it simply isn't what we did. We interviewed only a few more people than ended up in the video, not hundreds, and what was cut was done for time purposes. The people were selected at random--some offered to be interviewed--and we were only there for about 90 mins (it gets dark early and fast in Ohio right now). What didn't make it into the video was just more footage of people talking generically or about taxes/spending, drilling, and abortion, and we constructed blocks in the piece to represent those issues. Of course the piece was edited to be entertaining (this is YouTube, after all, where the currency is cat videos) but we don't believe we misrepresented the attitudes of the people at that signing in any way. This NEW LEFT MEDIA film was produced and edite...

Northeast Forecast

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:20:02 -0500

Get the up-to-date forecast for the Northeast region of the U.S.

Northeast Forecast

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:53:00 -0500

Get the up-to-date forecast for the Northeast region of the U.S.

2009 Flooding in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:32:48 -0500

iReport — Short clips of the severe flooding during the Hajj season in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.Traffic was brought to a near stand still.