Salem-News.com News Feed for articles tagged with obama www.salem-news.com 2010 A ProPublica analysis of the landmark mortgage settlement reveals states have diverted $974 million of the funds to pay down budget deficits or fund programs unrelated to the foreclosure crisis. Paul Kiel and Cora Currier explain, "That’s nearly forty percent of the $2.5 billion in penalties paid to the states under the agreement." http://salem-news.com/articles/may222012/foreclosure-deals-pp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may222012/foreclosure-deals-pp.php Tue, 22 May 2012 18:15:00 PDT William Nicholas Gomes; a promising name, a poet, journalist and human rights activist. He is well known for his outspoken, impartial, uncompromising position on the issues of human rights violations. http://salem-news.com/articles/may222012/gomes-power-poet-bk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may222012/gomes-power-poet-bk.php Tue, 22 May 2012 04:24:00 PDT Key Iranian and American officials arrived in Lebanon last week to assess the strength of their local allies in the fast approaching and crucial legislative elections. The Lebanese public and media heard plenty of policy nuances and even similar and seemingly repeated statements by the two well-listened to guests. http://salem-news.com/articles/may222012/bullying-hez-fl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may222012/bullying-hez-fl.php Tue, 22 May 2012 02:13:00 PDT A national “Whistleblowers Conference is being held this week in the nation’s capital to protest the treatment of whistle-blowers and women in this administration. S. 743 provides millions of federal workers with important safety protections, it strips other legal protections... http://salem-news.com/articles/may212012/whistleblower-conference.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may212012/whistleblower-conference.php Mon, 21 May 2012 23:44:00 PDT Since 1995 an institution called the ‘Transparency International’ [TI] has been publishing data on countries ranked from least to most corrupt based on “perceived levels of corruption, as determined by expert assessments and opinion surveys. Their definition: Corruption is essentially "the misuse of public power for private benefit." http://salem-news.com/articles/may212012/illusion-corruption-as.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may212012/illusion-corruption-as.php Mon, 21 May 2012 00:59:00 PDT The Bangladesh government has blocked the website of journalist and human rights activist William Gomes, for having published the poem, “Anti state”. In the poem, this human rights activist made plain his grievance against the corruption and injustice that is going on in Bangladesh. http://salem-news.com/articles/may202012/bangladesh-censorship-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may202012/bangladesh-censorship-tk.php Sun, 20 May 2012 13:56:00 PDT It’s well-worth following what Roberts has to say. He's one of the most informed thinkers and writers in America. Roberts was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury during President Reagan’s first term. He authored eight books and was Associate Editor of the Wall Street Journal. http://salem-news.com/articles/may202012/mindless-masses-pb.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may202012/mindless-masses-pb.php Sun, 20 May 2012 00:43:00 PDT The Transitional Justice Coordination Group appreciates the ten-year achievements in government-building, and other fields that have been reached with the participation of the people by the government and the international community for fulfillment of democracy. However, those trends have not taken root in our country... http://salem-news.com/articles/may192012/chicago-conference.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may192012/chicago-conference.php Sat, 19 May 2012 20:58:00 PDT Suspicions are aroused when the founder of the discredited group Quilliam Foundation, Majid Nawaz who has strong pro Israeli supporters, heads off to Pakistan: “…to counter the spread of extremist ideology within Pakistan, predominantly amongst younger generations of Pakistanis, who now constitute 63% of the total population”. http://salem-news.com/articles/may192012/pakistan-israel-ss.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may192012/pakistan-israel-ss.php Sat, 19 May 2012 18:08:00 PDT The goal of promoting peace in Burma is a noble one, but the process should not be a free for all, and it is imperative that individuals involved in crimes against humanity are not among those receiving funding. It is a simple fact we can't take our eye off this ball when it comes to funding Burma. http://salem-news.com/articles/may182012/burma-funding-wg.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may182012/burma-funding-wg.php Fri, 18 May 2012 20:48:00 PDT In the week Barack Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009, he ordered bombing attacks on Yemen, killing a reported 63 people, 28 of them children. When Obama recently announced he supported same-sex marriage, American planes had not long blown 14 Afghan civilians to bits. http://salem-news.com/articles/may182012/gay-marriage-jp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may182012/gay-marriage-jp.php Fri, 18 May 2012 04:06:00 PDT It might require a semanticist with Noam Chomsky’s erudition to explain to some of us more obtuse the meanings, context and policy nuances of two similar and repeated phases heard in Lebanon earlier this month by two well listened to guests. During over-lapping visits of top US and Iranian officials to Lebanon; one warned and threatened Lebanon, while the second praised Lebanon’s “achievements”. http://salem-news.com/articles/may142012/envoys-lenabon-changes-fl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may142012/envoys-lenabon-changes-fl.php Mon, 14 May 2012 21:23:00 PDT Barry Soetoro rules the world’s most powerful democracy; Antonia Maino rules the world’s largest. One is a black man ruling over conservative white Amerika; the other is a white woman ruling over conservative black India. http://salem-news.com/articles/may132012/soetoro-maino-as.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may132012/soetoro-maino-as.php Sun, 13 May 2012 19:18:00 PDT Mass demonstrations in support of 2500 Palestinian hunger strikers swept through the West Bank this weekend. Marchers moved through the streets of Hebron, Kafr Qaddoum, Nablus, Nabi Saleh, Ni’lin, Ramallah, al-Walaja and outside of Ofer prison. The picture at right was taken in Hebron. http://salem-news.com/articles/may132012/us-money-israel-jw.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may132012/us-money-israel-jw.php Sun, 13 May 2012 16:36:00 PDT Truth, in the Evangelical sense, believes you are an evangelical Christian or you are nothing. Obama is cast as a non-Christian by Evangelicals, and Mitt Romney is considered less than a full-blown Christian in the eyes of the GOP party’s Holy See. http://salem-news.com/articles/may112012/reason-religion-kgr.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may112012/reason-religion-kgr.php Fri, 11 May 2012 18:30:00 PDT The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today expressed grave concern over the Kuwaiti Parliament’s approval last week of severe new penalties for blasphemy. The Emir of Kuwait has 30 days to approve these penalties before they would become law. http://salem-news.com/articles/may102012/kuwait-rights.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may102012/kuwait-rights.php Thu, 10 May 2012 17:02:00 PDT Those of us who remember, know that Clark and Superman were one and the same. Clark was true to Lois, and Superman changed his demeanor and character usually in a telephone booth, after which he performed miraculous feats human beings have never been able to duplicate. http://salem-news.com/articles/may102012/clark-superman-kr.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may102012/clark-superman-kr.php Thu, 10 May 2012 01:45:00 PDT On Thursday May 10, 2012 the Legal Defense Team representing imprisoned climate activist, Tim DeChristopher will present oral arguments before the 10th District Federal Court of Appeals. DeChristopher is currently serving two years in federal prison for disrupting the December 2008 illegitimate sale of federal land in Southern Utah. http://salem-news.com/articles/may092012/tim-dechristopher.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may092012/tim-dechristopher.php Wed, 09 May 2012 21:48:00 PDT It has been three years since Mordecai Vanunu was released from prison after serving 18 years for blowing the whistle on Israel’s nuclear weapons program. Now he may be heading back to jail for violating a military court order forbidding him from speaking to foreign journalists. http://salem-news.com/articles/may092012/apartheid-vanunu-mg.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may092012/apartheid-vanunu-mg.php Wed, 09 May 2012 14:31:00 PDT Does America do anything these days with a sincere purpose? Afghanistan's violence is our doing; it is a result of the contrast between stated intentions and reality. It's strangely sad that the only time of peace that this country has known in modern time, was a result of Communism. http://salem-news.com/articles/may072012/abandoned-afghanistan.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may072012/abandoned-afghanistan.php Mon, 07 May 2012 01:34:00 PDT Burning the holy books which are interconnected with the hearts and souls of millions of people around the world is one of the most heinous and dreadful actions which one can think of. After decades of bloodshed and bigotry in the two World Wars, Civil War in the US and Crusades against Muslims in the 11th and 12th centuries, burning the holy books can be interpreted as a new form of barbarity and ignorance. http://salem-news.com/articles/may052012/terry-jones-kz.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may052012/terry-jones-kz.php Sat, 05 May 2012 18:18:00 PDT Washington has pressured the Philippines, whose government it owns, into conducting joint military exercises in the South China Sea. Washington’s excuse is that China has territorial disputes with the Philippines, Indonesia and other countries concerning island and sea rights in the South China Sea. http://salem-news.com/articles/may042012/china-conflict-pcr.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may042012/china-conflict-pcr.php Fri, 04 May 2012 20:50:00 PDT The momentous encroachment in Afghanistan last Tuesday was not President Obama’s speech but the accord for ongoing co-operation between the United States and the Karzai government. In a briefing on the terms of the deal, the Obama administration outlined several components... http://salem-news.com/articles/may032012/afghan-pullout-kn.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may032012/afghan-pullout-kn.php Thu, 03 May 2012 22:44:00 PDT News of blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng has been censored for months. International news reports of his escape last week from incarceration in his home in Linyi, Shandong--apparently to U.S. protection--has only intensified that censorship. http://salem-news.com/articles/may022012/chen-guancheng-me.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may022012/chen-guancheng-me.php Wed, 02 May 2012 04:02:00 PDT Good evening from Bagram Air Base. This outpost is more than seven thousand miles from home, but for over a decade it has been close to our hearts. Because here, in Afghanistan, more than half a million of our sons and daughters have sacrificed to protect our country. http://salem-news.com/articles/may022012/obama-afghanistan.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may022012/obama-afghanistan.php Wed, 02 May 2012 01:00:00 PDT Producing from his pocket a sheet of paper which contained a biblical quote from the Prophet Zachariah, former Shin Bet chief said: “I will tell you things that might be harsh. I cannot trust Netanyahu and Barak at the wheel in confronting Iran. They are infected with messianic feelings over Iran,” thereby dealing a heavy blow to the Israeli regime. http://salem-news.com/articles/may012012/israel-inner-turmoil-is.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may012012/israel-inner-turmoil-is.php Tue, 01 May 2012 16:40:00 PDT The ACLU produced a paper on the pandemic laws pointing out that they lack public health measures. They are solely about "security" (martial law). The laws can be invoked with proof of even an infectious disease in the area and yet include the forcing of unknown, untested vaccines on the country, with no exceptions. http://salem-news.com/articles/may012012/aclu-flu.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may012012/aclu-flu.php Tue, 01 May 2012 01:36:00 PDT Salem-News is contacting elected officials with the U.S. government, seeking their intervention to protect our Human Rights Ambassador and featured writer, William Gomes of Bangladesh. Salem-News is asking Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, who is due to visit Bangladesh on the 5th of May 2012, to please take time to discuss the security of William Gomes. http://salem-news.com/articles/april302012/gomes-sedition-charge-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april302012/gomes-sedition-charge-tk.php Mon, 30 Apr 2012 23:15:00 PDT Afghan President Hamid Karzai's brother, Qayum, is the type of guy who watches the Godfather movies not for entertainment purposes, but to learn new techniques. Hence, it is more than a little concerning that President Karzai has reportedly been grooming Qayum to succeed him as the country's next president... http://salem-news.com/articles/april282012/qayum-karzai-mh.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april282012/qayum-karzai-mh.php Sat, 28 Apr 2012 20:39:00 PDT I don't believe in conspiracy theories. However I do believe in conspiracies. All that's necessary is to have two or more conspirators conspiring to do something--anything--together. This includes every imaginable conspiracy, from a couple of kids conspiring to tease other kids, to thieves planning a robbery, to countries creating coalitions against other countries. http://salem-news.com/articles/april282012/fear-fueling-pb.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april282012/fear-fueling-pb.php Sat, 28 Apr 2012 18:31:00 PDT