Oakland Blogger Zennie62 Off To Cover Presidential Inauguration

The credentials were sent, and the sponsors secured: Oakland / Atlanta blogger Zennie Abraham aka “Zennie62” is set to leave for Washington DC to cover the swearing-in ceremony at the 57th Presidential Inauguration. The credentials arrived on January 9th, leaving just a few days to get ready to attend an event that it took so … Read more

Obama Acts On Gun Control; Kentucky, St. Louis School Shootings Happen

As President Obama took action and enacted 23 executive orders, there were more mass gun shootings in Kentucky and in St. Louis. This from The Inquisitr: A St. Louis school shooting just happens to have occurred on the eve of the Obama gun control speech. As previously reported by The Inquisitr, the St. Louis school … Read more

President Obama’s 23 Proposals And Executive Actions For Gun Control, Full Doc

President Obama, with Vice President Joe Biden at his side, stated the case for signing 23 proposals and executive actions toward new, stronger gun control actions. But you’re probably wondering what those actions specifically are? Here’s the list, followed by the full 22-page document the White House embargoed until the President’s speech today: According to, … Read more

President Obama And Vice President Biden Present Gun Control Policies Live

President Obama, with Vice President Joe Biden at his side, is presenting his new gun control policies and in the process, calling the image of Ronald Reagan. Reagan called for a ban on the manufacture of assault weapons. Here’s the President: JOIN THE LIVE CHAT VISIT WHITEHOUSE.GOV Zennie AbrahamZennie Abraham | Zennie Abraham or “Zennie62” … Read more

Presidential Inauguration: Sponsor Zennie62 Coverage Of Swearing-In Ceremony

As readers of Zennie62.com know, an email came on Wednesday called “STANDING COMMITTEE OF CORRESPONDENTS, CONGRESSIONAL PRESS GALLERIES,INAUGURAL PRESS TICKET NOTIFICATION” and said: The Standing Committee of Correspondents has assigned your organization the following for the Presidential Swearing-in Ceremony on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on Monday, January 21st, 2013. 1 PRESS TICKET(S) … Read more

President Obama On Meet The Press Talks Fiscal Cliff Negotiations

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy President Barack Obama was on NBC’s Meet The Press this morning to talk with show host David Gregory about the “Fiscal Cliff” negotiations and how we got to a point where, with just under two days to go, Congress has not come to … Read more

Obama And Biden Focus On Guns, Fiscal Cliff At Press Conference

On Wednesday morning, President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden appeared before the nation to announce their intent to do something to curb the use of assault weapons as a first step toward ending the rampant gun violence that’s plagued America. President Obama said he wanted solutions on his desk by January. Obama personally asked … Read more

President Obama Full Speech At Newtown: “You’re Not Alone”

President Barack Obama arrived at Newtown, Connecticut and delivered a speech that was not only appropriate for the occasion, but set the tone for social change. In the wake of the awful shooting massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, where 26 people – 20 of them kids – were killed by a deranged Adam Lanza, … Read more

Barack Obama Reelected 44th President Of The United States

Wow. Let that sink in: “Barack Obama Reelected 44th President Of The United States.” President Obama won reelection gaining 303 electoral votes to 206 for Governor Mitt Romney. Obama also won the popular vote, but just barely. The lessons from this victory are many, but this blogger thinks the paramount one is that Mitt Romney … Read more

Barack Obama For President Of The United States Of America

Today’s Election Day 2012, and you’ve heard the cliched statement that “You have a clear choice.” Well, folks, it’s true: you really do. The choice for this video-blogger is simple: Barack Obama should be reelected as President of The United States. And it’s for a set of reasons that go far beyond the campaign’s “feel … Read more

‘With All Due Respect, That’s a Bunch of Malarkey’: Decoding the Debate Smile

This Presidential election has resurrected a very interesting dichotomy — The “debate smile.” Urban Dictionary says it is a forced smile that a person in the spotlight (in this case we can clearly look at our candidates) adopts in reaction to an opponent’s attack during a verbal spar. This smile, in theory, saves face in … Read more

U2’s Walk On: Barack Obama Campaign Favorite

One reason campaign rallies for President Obama are so much fun, is the music. And one song that this blogger can’t forget since the successful Barack Obama in San Francisco Rally at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium is this one by U2 called Walk On. U2 as a group is a well-known supporter of President … Read more

Scott Walker Recall Win, A Win For President Obama

Scott Walker Recall Win, A Win For President Obama? Yep. What’s funny about my assertion is how it pisses off couch potato conservatives for whom reading data is something that makes their heads hurt. But the fact is that aside from outspending Tom Barrett by a factor of 8 to 1, Governor Scott Walker also … Read more

Mitt Romney, Donald Trump Wrong About Obama And Unemployed Women

Mitt Romney is wrong again. Mitt Romney, the Republican GOP Candidate for President, and supporter like Real Estate And Media Entrepreneur Donald Trump have talked a lot about claims that it’s President Obama and the Democrats who have waged a ‘war on women’ and not the Republicans, and trot out the idea that 766,000 more … Read more

The Iraq War Is Over, US Troops Coming Home

U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama addressed American Troops at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on Wednesday announcing the end of the Iraq War. President Obama said: It’s harder to end a war than begin one. Indeed, everything that American troops have done in Iraq -– all the fighting and all the dying, … Read more

President Obama’s New Plan

President Barack Obama has laid out a new deficit plan earlier today, Monday, September 19. The New York Times reports: “The president proposed raising taxes by $1.5 trillion, mostly on the wealthy, while making only modest cuts in Medicare and Medicaid, and walling off Social Security from any changes. The plan also would reduce military … Read more

Might Romney or Bachmann unseat President Obama?

Not in 2012. The debate last night showed there’s still room for national-caliber candidates, which is probably why Ambassador Huntsman is set to jump in. While Huntsman comes as no surprise to pundits, he needs the national exposure now if he’s to have name recognition to run for 2016. And that’s what last night was … Read more

Dr. Cornel West moved the conversation

The activist Professor Cornel West has goals and agendas that are, at best, only partially apparent to the rest of us despite his academic prominence and countless interviews; it’s reasonable to assume that his priorities and tactics fluctuate dynamically.   Editor, journalist, entrepreneur, political consultant, photographer, and former Congressional Campaign Manager, Thomas Hayes I’ve been … Read more