Obama Archives - Small Things Count https://smthingscount.com/tag/obama/ Making a More Loving World/Free Books Sun, 04 Jul 2021 22:02:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 I Have to Vent https://smthingscount.com/2018/06/20/i-have-to-vent/ Wed, 20 Jun 2018 16:21:05 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7015 I’m sorry, but today I need to vent. I’m watching all those kids who are alone although warehoused with hundreds of other kids, scared, wanting

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]]> Obama on Change https://smthingscount.com/2018/05/03/obama-on-change/ Thu, 03 May 2018 14:52:07 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6869 In today’s Thursday Thought, Barack Obama warns what happens when we wait around for somebody else. “Change will not come if we wait for some

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]]> I’m Suffering Whiplash https://smthingscount.com/2018/01/12/im-suffering-whiplash/ Fri, 12 Jan 2018 18:02:35 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6569 I just watched Letterman’s new Netflix show, “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction.”  He interviewed an unemployed man who is positive, human, warm, humorous, appreciative,

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]]> Lots of Jobs! https://smthingscount.com/2017/07/10/lots-of-jobs/ Mon, 10 Jul 2017 15:21:24 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6037 Great news, in case you missed it.  U.S. jobs have been growing for 80 straight months!  Good for our economy AND for many people struggling

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]]> Mining the Grand Canyon?! https://smthingscount.com/2016/01/16/mining-the-grand-canyon/ Sat, 16 Jan 2016 18:41:18 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=4454 I’m really concerned by possible uranium mining in our precious Grand Canyon.  It was threatened before.  Then a coalition of conservationists, Native American tribes, and

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]]> A Powerful, Sunny White House https://smthingscount.com/2015/10/13/a-powerful-sunny-white-house/ https://smthingscount.com/2015/10/13/a-powerful-sunny-white-house/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2015 17:34:03 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=4204 Solar panels on the White House roof 35+ years ago?  Yes, they were there.  President Jimmy Carter installed them in June of 1979 at a

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]]> https://smthingscount.com/2015/10/13/a-powerful-sunny-white-house/feed/ 2 Time to Teach? Wow! https://smthingscount.com/2015/07/08/time-to-teach-wow/ Wed, 08 Jul 2015 18:17:17 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=3932 President Obama wants to revamp “No Child Left Behind” in part by limiting time spent on standardized testing.  As a teacher who spent untold hours

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]]> Malia Obama’s Hand in Marriage https://smthingscount.com/2015/05/27/malia-obamas-hand-in-marriage/ Wed, 27 May 2015 16:47:26 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=3813 How much would President Obama’s daughter Malia fetch in a marriage contract?  Hey, she’s 16, practically an old maid. A Kenyan lawyer has offered her

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]]> Unemployed FINALLY Put in their Place https://smthingscount.com/2014/01/31/unemployed-finally-put-in-their-place/ https://smthingscount.com/2014/01/31/unemployed-finally-put-in-their-place/#comments Fri, 31 Jan 2014 17:48:20 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=2479 People who lost jobs in the recession got hit twice: once when losing their jobs, then again when nobody would hire someone who had been

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]]> https://smthingscount.com/2014/01/31/unemployed-finally-put-in-their-place/feed/ 2 A Tortured Anniversary https://smthingscount.com/2014/01/07/a-tortured-anniversary/ Tue, 07 Jan 2014 23:26:26 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=2418 Saturday is an anniversary worth taking note of: 12 years ago on Jan. 11 the first prisoners arrived at Guantanamo Bay.  It’s still operating 5 years

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