Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Reflecting on the returns from yesterday’s mid-term election, President Barack Obama admitted today that he received a “shellacking” from the voters. At a White House news conference, the president blamed the sluggish economy for voter dissatisfaction and frustration, which resulted in the Republicans gaining a majority in the House and whittling down the Democratic majority in the Senate. Also, the president […]
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Attorney General Jerry Brown will be moving to the governor’s office very soon. Brown has been declared the winner over his strong Republican and big-money challenger, Meg Whitman, in yesterday’s General Election. The latest figures from the Secretary of State’s Office give Brown 53.7 percent of the vote and and Whitman 41.3 percent. A check of the statewide voting map shows Whitman […]
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
It’s your right. Vote! The candidates have had their say, now it’s time for the voters to speak. The polls opened for the November 2 General Election at 7 a.m. this morning and close at 8 p.m. tonight. If you still have your mail-in ballot, don’t worry. You can drop it off at any polling place or surrender that ballot and step into […]
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
President Obama appears on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” tonight. The show taped at the Harman Center for the Arts in Washington DC, earlier today. President Obama stuck to his agenda of touting his administration’ achievements, days before next Tuesday’s mid-term election. USA Today has more on Stewart’s interview with President Obama here. UPDATED: Thursday, October 28, 2010 If you […]
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Another Dr. Seuss classic headed to the big screen Some big name stars have signed on for the film adaptation of “The Lorax,” by Dr. Seuss. In his classic style of word play and rhymes, Dr. Seuss aka Theodore Seuss Geisel, creates a delightful tale about the ecology crisis in this children’s story. Actor Danny Devito reportedly has signed on to […]
Monday, October 25, 2010
President Barack Obama breezed into Glendale last Friday for an interview with Radio Host, Eddie “Piolin” Sotelo, at the Univision Radio building on North Central Avenue. In this photo, President Obama introduced Cecila Munoz, Assistant to The President for Intergovernmental Affairs, to Piolin. The Spanish-language “Piolin Show” is one of the top rated radio programs in the country. More on the president’s brief visit to […]
Saturday, October 23, 2010
More than 37, 000 gathered in a park at USC to see and hear President Barack Obama’s rousing get out the vote for the mid-term election speech yesterday. Later in the afternoon, much smaller crowds clustered in Glendale on street corners, in restaurant doorways, wherever they thought they might catch a glimpse of the presidential motorcade. Yet, from what I observed, the Glendale crowds […]
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
President Barack Obama is coming to town. Actually, to the Southland. During his visit, President Obama is scheduled to speak at a “Moving America Forward” rally, this Friday, October 22. Obama’s goal is to get people fired up for the final leg of the 2010 political campaign. Today an e-mail arrived in my in-box announcing a change of venue for that rally. […]
Saturday, October 16, 2010
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. To show it’s support, the White House went pink on Thursday night, October 14, 2010.