Arkady's Thoughts

Originally posted: 1/20/09 It is easy to forget how things were just a short one year ago, let alone 4 years ago. Promises are forgotten, statistics become fuzzy. Introducing, Obama Watch!! This is a collection of economic vitals and a list of key campaign promises designed to fix our ailing nation. This will be updated on a per-need basis to reflect the most up to date tracking. All data is as of January 20th, 2009 EOD unless stated otherwise. I also recognize the difficult of campaign promises because unlike the data below, they are typically just words. I will track only those that we can measure. Finally, there other sites that are tracking Obama's performance like ( Politifact ), but the list is excessive and includes things like whether or not the family get a puppy. I would prefer instead to focus on more important issues. Economy Inflation : .1% ( Annual measurement for 2008 ) Note: 2007 Inflation rate: 2.8 Unemployment : 7.2% GDP : .52 ( Estimate IMF ) P

Want to speak out? Want your voice heard? Below is a list of every senator and their contact information. Some are missing contact information as they are too new, or temporary :) Leave corrections in comment form if you find any. Akaka, Daniel K. - (D - HI) 141 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-6361 Web Form: akaka.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Home Alexander, Lamar - (R - TN) 455 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-4944 Web Form: alexander.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.... Barrasso, John - (R - WY) 307 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-6441 Web Form: barrasso.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactUs... Baucus, Max - (D - MT) 511 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-2651 Web Form: baucus.senate.gov/contact/emailForm.cfm?subj=issue Bayh, Evan - (D - IN) 131 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-5623 Web Form: bayh.senate.

Brigette Gabriel explains some inner mechanisms of Islam. She is a Christian Lebanese woman who narrowly escaped from murdering muslims and attributes her safety to Israel. She gave a long speech at Heritage, which you can search for youtube, but this video is a good eye opener about Islam and it's dangers.