freckles make me strong.

An excerpt from the President’s remarks:

“It’s not that you remind me of myself; it’s that you’re so much better than I was. You’re smarter and you’re better organized and you’re more effective,” he said in a five-minute clip posted on the campaign’s YouTube channel. “What Bobby Kennedy called the ‘ripples of hope,’ when you throw a stone in the lake, that’s you.”

via gaywrites:

President Obama released a proclamation this week barring people who engage in acts violating human rights from entering the United States.

This includes, but is not limited to, citizens in Uganda attempting to pass legislation legalizing the execution of LGBT people. The secretary of state will have the power to decide who cannot enter the United States. From the Washington Blade:

“The United States’ enduring commitment to respect for human rights and humanitarian law requires that its Government be able to ensure that the United States does not become a safe haven for serious violators of human rights and humanitarian law and those who engage in other related abuses,” Obama states.

Specific language in the proclamation explicitly states that those who persecute people based on their “sexual orientation and gender identity” are among the categories of those who won’t be able to enter the United States.

Mr. President, how I appreciate thee. I do hope something comes of this. 

apsies:

• I’m driving a nice new car that I needed desperately. (Cash for Clunkers)
• I owe less to student loans because of a pell grant increase my last year of school.
• I’m on my mom’s health insurance until I’m 26. (I previously wasn’t allowed on her policy.)
• My reproductive rights, as a whole, are still safe.

• There are other things I’m probably forgetting but these four are HUGE.

  So Mitt Romney can say Barack Obama has failed America all he wants. However, I know for a fact that Barack Obama has done more for me and protected me more than any Republican president would have.

• I was able to maintain my health insurance after I got laid off because of federal COBRA subsidies that made it affordable

• When transitioning to my new health insurance I did not have to worry that any services would be denied due to pre-existing conditions

• The federal government is concerned that I am paid equally for equal work as proven by enforcements for equal pay for women (Lilly Ledbetter Bill)
• The old and run down subsidized housing in my neighborhood is being replaced with new, energy efficient subsidized apartments and homes in a mixed income community. This created hundreds of much needed construction jobs, better integrates the community and allows those in subsidized housing nicer accommodations so they can live with more dignity.

apsies:

With the gold medal and national pride already on the line, President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper have added to the friendly border rivalry by betting on the result.

The pair have wagered a case of beer on the outcome with the leader on the winning side buying the loser a little something to drown their sorrows, according to Harper’s office.

If Canada wins, Harper has to buy Obama a case of Yuengling beer. If the Americans win, Obama owes Harper a carton of Molson Canadian.

Dear Canada,

Please make sure they’re cold.

Thanks and congratulations!