The President’s Weekly Address: Passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (aka Stimulus Bill)

Saturday, 14 February 2009, 9:17 | Category : Barack Obama, Eclectique Citizen, Politics, The Economy
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….our goal must be to spend these precious dollars with unprecedented accountability, responsibility, and transparency. I’ve tasked my cabinet and staff to set up the kind of management, oversight, and disclosure that will help ensure that, and I will challenge state and local governments to do the same. President Barack Obama Can we apply this [...]

The Eclectique Citizen: The President’s Weekly Address

Saturday, 7 February 2009, 9:56 | Category : Barack Obama, Politics, The Economy, The Media
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What the world needs now are jobs sweet jobs. Somewhere I heard there was rioting in Iceland because of high unemployment. Why didn’t the established media report on this or the fact that the financial collapse in Iceland resulted in a new election? Maybe it’s because if the conflict is in the details of the [...]

The Eclectique Citizen: Economic Recovery House Meetings start Friday

Wednesday, 4 February 2009, 14:18 | Category : Barack Obama, Eclectique Citizen, Politics, The Economy
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This is the video kicking off the conversation for the Economic Recovery Plan House Meetings happening nationwide starting Friday. Unfortunately, my work schedule is preventing me from attending any of these meetings this weekend. But my gut tells me “Don’t sit this one out.” So a family member’s going and will report in. HOLD MY [...]

The President’s Weekly Address: The Economic Crisis – The Good and Bad News

Saturday, 31 January 2009, 10:27 | Category : Barack Obama, Eclectique Citizen, The Economy
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The list of over 10 million from President Barack Obama’s campaign has already received the call to host Economic Recovery Plan meetings in their homes and communities. Go to this link: http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/economicmeetings/. To review the $819 billion stimulus bill (H.R. 5140) passed by the [partisan] Congress this week, go to this link: http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5140/show Since the [...]