MetaFilter posts tagged with promises

Obama reaffirms committments to the GLBT community

VikingSword — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 21:10:48 -0800

While Obama strongly reaffirms his promises to the GLBT community, not everyone is convinced. "Lane Hudson, a blogger and activist who attended the Human Rights Campaign event, said while Obama's speech was well-received, it probably would not erase doubts about his commitment to fulfilling his campaign promises. "It was the kind of feel-good speech we are used to from the president," Hudson said. "It lacked any specific details on fulfilling his promises and he failed to say anything new at all.""

Obama's Honeymoon Over?

Hume — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 06:20:57 -0800

According to the Pulitzer Prize winning Politifact.com, change has stalled. Obama has kept 2 of his top 25 campaign promises so far. But he hasn't closed Guantanamo, restored habeus corpus for "enemy combatatnts", attempted to repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell, attempted to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, or cracked down on lobbyists. With promises on healthcare in the works, Obama seems to be at a crucial point in his first term.

Boy, you're going to bring home some meat this summer!

blue_beetle — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:07:14 -0800

Squirrel: It's what's for dinner.

Bulldozer Politics

amberglow — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 14:48:53 -0800

New Orleans City Ordinance #26031 --...those who have not been able to make the necessary repairs to their battered homes by August 29th risk having their property seized and bulldozed by the city.... Bush says today: Katrina Repair Will Take Time, but time's up for many New Orleans residents. (more here from ACORN, who has been trying to help save homes there)

aLienated — Tue, 19 Mar 2002 09:48:45 -0800

amazing documentary about the children on both sides of the Israeli occupation. check it out if you can.

kliuless — Thu, 13 Dec 2001 08:41:06 -0800

Promises "What is it really like to live in Jerusalem? PROMISES offers touching and fresh insight into the Middle East conflict when filmmakers Shaprio, Goldberg and Bolado travel to this complex and charged city to see what seven children — Palestinian and Israeli — think about war, peace and just growing up." airs tonite (check your local listings) i've seen a few POV documentaries before and they were pretty good.