“ Maybe you should try it sometime, Mr. Obama. And while you’re at it, you should ask someone to brief you on the movement for distributed social networking standards. A speaking gig in China would have been a great opportunity to sing the praises of decentralized, standards-based, interoperable, free-market competition in communication technologies. That’s the next part of the Twitter story. ”

Obama: “I Have Never Used Twitter”

Kinda figured he didn’t. But it was nice to dream.

“ Relief is on the way to millions of American families who are struggling to find work in our recovering economy. With today’s action by the House, we are a step closer to extending unemployment insurance for out-of-work Americans by up to 14 weeks – and up to 20 weeks in states like Nevada that have been hit the hardest. ”

Democrats.senate.gov - Senator Harry Reid, Majority Leader

“ In a filing by the Justice Department, administration lawyers made it clear for the first time in court that the president thinks the 13-year-old Defense of Marriage Act, which denies benefits to domestic partners of federal employees and allows states to reject same-sex marriages performed in other states, discriminates against gays and should be repealed. ”

Obama Calls for Repeal of Defense of Marriage Act - washingtonpost.com

An FYI for ye of little faith.

“ In Oslo, Nobel Committee Chairman Thorbjørn Jagland said “Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world’s attention and given its people hope for a better future. We are not awarding the prize for what may happen in the future, but for what he has done in the previous year. We would hope this will enhance what he is trying to do. ”

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