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GOP-ADD: Barack Obama?! Who the hell does Barack Obama think he is?

2009-01-09T00:58:27Z

Got GOP-ADD? Have no idea why you hate Barack Obama? You just know you are thinking what you are programmed to think. What CHANGE? ... you keep asking, over, and over, and over again. This video will help.

The failures of George W. Bush and his lame administration.

Pro-life? Pro-choice? Your genitals controlled by Congress?

Gun "freedom" and the NRA (National Redneck Association).

Gay marriage and same sex unions do not threaten your ass.

Immigration? Border control? Those dang Mexicans?

A black guy as President? Aint havin' no "nigger" in office?

But, he's an Arab! But, he's a Muslim! But, he's a Socialist!

God bless the United States of America?

Barack Obama was raised by a single mother and his grandparents. They didn't have much money, but they taught him values from the Kansas heartland where they grew up. He took out loans to put himself through school. After college, he worked for Christian churches in Chicago, helping communities devastated when steel plants closed. Obama turned down lucrative job oﬀers after law school to return to Chicago, leading a successful voter registration drive. He joined a small law ﬁrm, taught constitutional law and, guided by his Christian faith, stayed active in his community. Obama and his wife Michelle are proud parents of two daughters.

EARLY YEARS

Barack Obama was born in Hawaii on August 4th, 1961. His father, Barack Obama Sr., was born and raised in a small village in Kenya, where he grew up herding goats with his own father, who was a domestic servant to the British.

Barack's mother, Ann Dunham, grew up in small-town Kansas. Her father worked on oil rigs during the Depression, and then signed up for World War II after Pearl Harbor, where he marched across Europe in Patton's army.

Barack's father eventually returned to Kenya, and Barack grew up with his mother in Hawaii, and for a few years in Indonesia. Later, he moved to New York, where he graduated from Columbia University in 1983.

THE COLLEGE YEARS

Remembering the values of empathy and service that his mother taught him, Barack put law school and corporate life on hold after college and moved to Chicago in 1985, where he became a community organizer with a church-based group seeking to improve living conditions in poor neighborhoods plagued with crime and high unemployment.

He went on to earn his law degree from Harvard in 1991, where he became the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review. Soon after, he returned to Chicago to practice as a civil rights lawyer and teach constitutional law. Finally, his advocacy work led him to run for the Illinois State Senate, where he served for eight years. In 2004, he became the third African American since Reconstruction to be elected to the U.S. Senate.

POLITICAL CAREER

In the Illinois State Senate, this meant working with both Democrats and Republicans to help working families get ahead by creating programs like the state Earned Income Tax Credit, which in three years provided over $100 million in tax cuts to families across the state. He also pushed through an expansion of early childhood education, and after a number of inmates on death row were found innocent, Senator Obama worked with law enforcement officials to require the videotaping of interrogations and confessions in all capital cases.

In the U.S. Senate, he has focused on tackling the challenges of a globalized, 21st century world with fresh thinking and a politics that no longer settles for the lowest common denominator. His first law was passed with Republican Tom Coburn, a measure to rebuild trust in government by allowing every American to go online and see how and where every dime of their tax dollars is spent. He has also been the lead voice in championing ethics reform that would root out Jack Abramoff-style corruption in Congress.

As a member of the Veterans' Affairs Committee, Senator Obama has fought to help Illinois veterans get the disability pay they were promised, while working to prepare the VA for the return of the thousands of veterans who will need care after Iraq and Afghanistan. Recognizing the terrorist threat posed by weapons of mass destruction, he traveled to Russia with Republican Dick Lugar to begin a new generation of non-proliferation efforts designed to find and secure deadly weapons around the world. And knowing the threat we face to our economy and our security from America's addiction to oil, he's working to bring auto companies, unions, farmers, businesses and politicians of both parties together to promote the greater use of alternative fuels and higher fuel standards in our cars.

Whether it's the poverty exposed by Katrina, the genocide in Darfur, or the role of faith in our politics, Barack Obama continues to speak out on the issues that will define America in the 21st century.

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Every Third Bite

2009-01-09T00:33:24Z

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Fate looks up for wounded Gori girl after war - 21 Sep 08

2008-10-31T09:29:48Z

The image of Lika Kekuashvili, a four-year-old Georgian girl, pulled, blackened and limp, from the rubble of her home during Georgia's war with Russia will stay with many Al Jazeera viewers.

Our correspondent Jonah Hull was there when Lika was rescued, tracked her down in hospital a couple of weeks later, and now sees what has become of her after the war.

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John McCain: Employee Town Hall 07/30/08

2008-10-28T21:30:22Z

John McCain
Employee Town Hall
Aurora, CO July 30, 2008

TRANSCRIPT:
JOHN MCCAIN: "I think you also know that we have an increase in PTSD cases because of the kind of conflict this is. It's a horrific strain to be out there the way our service men and women are in almost constant danger."

LABEL: JM CO 07-30 (KF#4) EFHIS -- ClipI

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John McCain: Town Hall Meeting 05/01/08

2008-10-26T21:30:16Z

John McCain
Town Hall Meeting
Des Moines, IA 05/01/08

TRANSCRIPT:
QUESTIONER: ". . . besides the PTSD, one of the major things is more and more suicides, are being committed now by our returning veterans . . . this needs to be worked on gravely by the Veterans Administration. And I think the population of the United States needs to know what's going on with our returning veterans, I understand a lot of it is due to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD. But we still need to have this better handled than what it is today. And what will you do to help combat this grave thing that's happened with our returning veterans?"

JOHN MCCAIN: "Thank you, thank you for your dedication to our veterans. I noticed in the Des Moines Register, that a group of Iowa Guard came back just yesterday and were greeted and welcomed home by the citizens here. And obviously I'm so grateful that Americans are divided about this war, we know America is divided, but none of us are divided in our support for the brave young Americans who are serving this country in uniform. [applause]"

LABEL: JM IA 5-1 (GR#82) DAGIZZ - Clip I

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Living With Multiple Personality Disorder - Herschell Walker

2008-10-27T21:29:41Z

Complete video at: fora.tv

Former star NFL running back and Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walker discusses his experiences with Dissociative Identity Disorder, otherwise know as multiple personality disorder.

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Herschel Walker in conversation at the Oxonian Society in New York City.

Herschel Walker is a former American football player who played at The University of Georgia in college and professionally in the United States Football League and the National Football League. Walker is widely regarded as one of the greatest college football players ever.

Herschel Walker played professional football for the Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Giants, and Minnesota Vikings. He now owns a number of businesses, including a food service company, under the name Renaissance Man International. He lives in Dallas, Texas.

He is the author of the book, Breaking Free: My Life with Dissociative Identity Disorder.

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Authors@Google: Eric Abrahamson

2008-10-16T15:31:02Z

Eric Abrahamson, Author and Professor of Management at Columbia Business School, visits Google's Santa Monica, CA office to discuss his book "A Perfect Mess: The Hidden Benefits of Disorder." This event took place on March 12, 2008, as a part of the Authors@Google series.

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PTSD 1

2009-01-09T00:20:33Z

POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER 1

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PTSD 2

2009-01-09T00:20:33Z

POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER

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This Is Why I Hate Republicans And Their Policies

2008-10-17T09:29:57Z

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