Don’t !@#$%^ with Obama. “Big deal, Mr. Miyagi killed a fly with chopsticks.”

By Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Jun 21, 2009

LOL, unless you're a Buddhist (or PETA member)...but still purty impressive. Via AP: Said Obama to the persistent fly: "Get out of here." But it didn't. So Obama waited for the fly to settle,…

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Obama picks Sotomayor as Supreme Court Justice Nominee. Would be Third Woman, First Hispanic.

By Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on May 26, 2009

Sonia Sotomayor will, if approved by Congress, only be the second woman on the current trending-conservative Court, and third woman ever. Read all about it at The New York Times. She would be our…

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Targeting the profound: Who do you listen to?

By Yesica on May 22, 2009

Targeting the profound: Who do you listen to?   Mercury has been retrograde for a while now; therefore time to reflect is the best way to integrate to our natural planetary design. A pause into…

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Chef Ann Cooper on The Daily Show! Video.

By elephantjournal.com on May 22, 2009

I first read about Ann Cooper in The New Yorker a few years back. Working to offer school children healthy food, she's fast become a hero to parents and real food lovers everywhere. And…

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Senate Democrats refuse to fund the closing of Guantanamo, though keeping it open costs far more. Also, hell freezes over.

By elephantjournal.com on May 20, 2009

When we gonna back our President, Mr. Barack Obama, who as one of his very first steps in office moved to close the illegal, Geneva Convention-free Guantanamo torture-chamber, er, prison, that we keep on Cuba…

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Obama does the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Video.

By elephantjournal.com on May 10, 2009

An annual tradition—that President Obama thumbed his nose at last time 'round, sending VP Biden in his stead—is the White House Correspondents' Dinner, when our President tries his hand at stand-up comedy with a…

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United States Considers Biofuel Emissions

By Anna Gilkerson on May 10, 2009

Ben Block reports from Worldchanging.com. The Obama administration unveiled its first proposals for how the United States should implement its biofuels policies yesterday, announcing a plan to analyze the direct and indirect greenhouse gas…

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It’s just like buying a candy bar.

By elephantjournal.com on Apr 19, 2009

60 Minutes: Obama, Background Checks, Outgunned Police and 'Reasonable' Gun Control vs. NRA, Assault Weapons, Columbine & Virginia Tech. This is what TV could be, all the time. Quality, investigative, fair and balanced—truly—yet with…

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Obama’s Plan for Mortgage Modifications - New Rules Nationwide.

By Liz Benson on Apr 13, 2009

  Finally, some good news for homeowners who are struggling to make their mortgage payments. A new plan from the Obama administration sets national guidelines for loan modifications. These modifications are intended for homeowners who can't…

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Double Obama: International Man of History [Daily Show: Barack's Fair & Balanced speech in Europe] Video.

By Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Apr 9, 2009

Jon Stewart on Obama's successful, first European trip. It was the best of times...not for everyone, Dickens! Half of this video is brilliant/silly. The second half, however, is important/heartening/moving/silly. Stay tuned: The Daily Show…

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Want to get with Obama Girl? Save your Energy. [Green, Video]

By Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Apr 6, 2009

Kinda stupid, silly, I got-big-boobs Youtube sensation Obama Girl just got...well, kinda hot. Do you really want to get with me You gotta know how to live smart My love is sustainable, not just…

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For first time in 57 years, someone hugs (and is hugged by) the Queen. Michelle Obama, no less.

By elephantjournal.com on Apr 3, 2009

For photo, go to article at Christian Science Monitor. Touching? Well, literally and figuratively, yes. Spontaneous, relaxed? Yup. Controversial? In Britain, most certainly! Another angle that seems worth noting, but that I haven't seen in…

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Bill McKibben, eco writer supreme, on signs of Climate Change.

By elephantjournal.com on Apr 2, 2009

Bill McKibben—along with Rick Fields, Chogyam Trungpa, Henry David Thoreau, Malcolm Gladwell, Dr. Reggie Ray, Pema Chodron, Michael Pollan—has a voice that's able to jump out and grab your heart, meet your experience, and…

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Ryan J. Davis, on Obama & Marijuana.

By Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Mar 29, 2009

Whatever you think of marijuana morally or health-wise (Buddhists say it clouds the enlightened mind, for example)...putting folks in prison over it is ridiculous. Compared with the danger to self and other that cigarettes…

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elephant journal Review: Generation O Tees.

By Todd Mayville on Mar 29, 2009

Without-a-doubt, seeing Barack Obama in the White House is the most exciting thing to hit this country since...the bicycle. Night baseball? The Beatles? Along with all seminal moments of our lives comes the requisite mementos…

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Obama on Leno. It’s a first: a sitting President to appear on a Late Night Talk show.

By Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Mar 23, 2009

Update: Here's the video.  It went well. Leno got to ask all the questions, simple and serious and bitter and fun, that all of us want to pose to our 59-day new President. As for…

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Colorado: celebrate young people in politics with New Era Colorado. Andrew Romanoff and Peter Groff, special guests. Movie. Dinner at Duo in Denver. elephant editor Waylon Lewis joins board.

By Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Mar 23, 2009

See you at the party! Invite below. I go way back with New Era Colorado, and founder Steve Fenberg. Of all the folks I know in Colorado, Steve's one of the straightest shooting, savviest, pure-hearted…

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Obama: stirring message to Iranian people. Video. And Colbert: funny one.

By Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Mar 20, 2009

When your name is Obama, reaching out to the Iranian people is bold politics—stateside. Via NYTimes' The Lede. Excerpt: Mr. Obama’s video outreach is currently the lead story on the English-language Web site of…

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White House Chooses Organic Thanks to Michelle and Barack. [via U.S. News]

By Sarah Miller on Mar 18, 2009

                Though the article may not be particularly well written, nor the cartoon flattering, the information is a message worth distributing. The Obamas have clearly put their…

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The Most Watched Daily Show clip of the Year. Cramer vs. Jon Stewart.

By Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Mar 14, 2009

Jon Stewart has another Crossfire moment (see bottom of blog), taking on so-called journalists for 'hurting America.' His voice breaking. The funny left on the side. Still, he's gentlemanly, and fair, and solution-driven. The…

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