Wednesday, February 25, 2009

My address to Congress


David --

Last night, I addressed a joint session of Congress for the first time. To confront the serious economic challenges our nation faces, I called for a new era of responsibility and cooperation. We need to look beyond short term political calculations and make vital investments in health care, energy, and education that will make America stronger and more prosperous well into the future. Watch a few highlights from my address and share it with your friends now.

A little more than a month into my administration, we've already taken bold steps to address our urgent economic problems. Through the Recovery Act, the Stability Plan, and the Housing Plan, we're taking the immediate necessary measures to halt our economic downturn and provide much-needed assistance to working people and their families.



US President Barack Obama waves as he arrives to address a Joint Session of Congress flanked by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi alongside US Vice President Joe Biden at the Capitol in Washington, February 24. Obama vowed to lead a fearful America through its torment to emerge stronger than ever, declaring a "day of reckoning" after an age of excess ended in economic meltdown.(AFP/Saul Loeb)


But to set our country on a new course of stability and prosperity, we must reject the old ways of doing business in Washington. We can no longer tolerate fiscal deficits and runaway spending while deferring the consequences to future generations.

That's why I pledged last night to cut our deficit in half by the end of my term. Achieving that goal will require making sacrifices and hard decisions, as well as an honest budgeting process that is straight with taxpayers about where their dollars are going. Watch some key moments from my address now:
Click here! Or go to:

http://my.barackobama.com/presidentialaddress

Central to this plan will be a renewed commitment to honesty and transparency in government. Restoring our country's economic health will only happen when ordinary citizens are given the opportunity to hold their representatives fully accountable for the decisions they make.

I look forward to continuing to work with you as we bring about the change you made possible.


Thank you,

President Barack Obama

Paid for by Organizing for America, a project of the Democratic National Committee -- 430 South Capitol Street SE, Washington, D.C. 20003. This communication is not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.


This email was sent to: dketepa@gmail.com


*** Only time would tell about the plans he outlined but I thought that was a great speech.

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My address to Congress


David --

Last night, I addressed a joint session of Congress for the first time. To confront the serious economic challenges our nation faces, I called for a new era of responsibility and cooperation. We need to look beyond short term political calculations and make vital investments in health care, energy, and education that will make America stronger and more prosperous well into the future. Watch a few highlights from my address and share it with your friends now.

A little more than a month into my administration, we've already taken bold steps to address our urgent economic problems. Through the Recovery Act, the Stability Plan, and the Housing Plan, we're taking the immediate necessary measures to halt our economic downturn and provide much-needed assistance to working people and their families.



US President Barack Obama waves as he arrives to address a Joint Session of Congress flanked by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi alongside US Vice President Joe Biden at the Capitol in Washington, February 24. Obama vowed to lead a fearful America through its torment to emerge stronger than ever, declaring a "day of reckoning" after an age of excess ended in economic meltdown.(AFP/Saul Loeb)


But to set our country on a new course of stability and prosperity, we must reject the old ways of doing business in Washington. We can no longer tolerate fiscal deficits and runaway spending while deferring the consequences to future generations.

That's why I pledged last night to cut our deficit in half by the end of my term. Achieving that goal will require making sacrifices and hard decisions, as well as an honest budgeting process that is straight with taxpayers about where their dollars are going. Watch some key moments from my address now:
Click here! Or go to:

http://my.barackobama.com/presidentialaddress

Central to this plan will be a renewed commitment to honesty and transparency in government. Restoring our country's economic health will only happen when ordinary citizens are given the opportunity to hold their representatives fully accountable for the decisions they make.

I look forward to continuing to work with you as we bring about the change you made possible.


Thank you,

President Barack Obama

Paid for by Organizing for America, a project of the Democratic National Committee -- 430 South Capitol Street SE, Washington, D.C. 20003. This communication is not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.


This email was sent to: dketepa@gmail.com


*** Only time would tell about the plans he outlined but I thought that was a great speech.

Labels:

My address to Congress


David --

Last night, I addressed a joint session of Congress for the first time. To confront the serious economic challenges our nation faces, I called for a new era of responsibility and cooperation. We need to look beyond short term political calculations and make vital investments in health care, energy, and education that will make America stronger and more prosperous well into the future. Watch a few highlights from my address and share it with your friends now.

A little more than a month into my administration, we've already taken bold steps to address our urgent economic problems. Through the Recovery Act, the Stability Plan, and the Housing Plan, we're taking the immediate necessary measures to halt our economic downturn and provide much-needed assistance to working people and their families.



US President Barack Obama waves as he arrives to address a Joint Session of Congress flanked by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi alongside US Vice President Joe Biden at the Capitol in Washington, February 24. Obama vowed to lead a fearful America through its torment to emerge stronger than ever, declaring a "day of reckoning" after an age of excess ended in economic meltdown.(AFP/Saul Loeb)


But to set our country on a new course of stability and prosperity, we must reject the old ways of doing business in Washington. We can no longer tolerate fiscal deficits and runaway spending while deferring the consequences to future generations.

That's why I pledged last night to cut our deficit in half by the end of my term. Achieving that goal will require making sacrifices and hard decisions, as well as an honest budgeting process that is straight with taxpayers about where their dollars are going. Watch some key moments from my address now:
Click here! Or go to:

http://my.barackobama.com/presidentialaddress

Central to this plan will be a renewed commitment to honesty and transparency in government. Restoring our country's economic health will only happen when ordinary citizens are given the opportunity to hold their representatives fully accountable for the decisions they make.

I look forward to continuing to work with you as we bring about the change you made possible.


Thank you,

President Barack Obama

Paid for by Organizing for America, a project of the Democratic National Committee -- 430 South Capitol Street SE, Washington, D.C. 20003. This communication is not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.


This email was sent to: dketepa@gmail.com


*** Only time would tell about the plans he outlined but I thought that was a great speech.

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Mt Hagen unsafe


I WOULD like to warn non-Western Highlanders to be cautious when travelling to Mt Hagen. Hageners have taken control of the city by harassing those who come from other neighbouring provinces, making it a dangerous place to live and to do business. The locals roam the streets in groups and hold up people, pick pockets, kidnap young girls and even commit murder.

I have lived there my entire life until recently when I decided enough was enough and relocated. When I visited Mt Hagen last year, I was surprised to see that things had gone from bad to worse. The people’s attitudes have changed to aggressiveness. On two occasions, I witnessed non-Hageners being held up.

My fellow Western Highlanders, we are richly blessed with a land that can produce abundant crops to earn a living. So why are we depicting such a bad image of ourselves as hooligans?

- Kange


Rainbow Supermarket in the heart of Mount Hagen City is one of the main shopping centers for shoppers who want groceries - pic by D.Ketepa

Political mess in WHP

AS a Western Highlander living outside the province, I am sad, ashamed and outraged with the current state of affairs back home. I am talking about election-related fatalities, the burning down of Kapal Haus and the current power struggle in the province. I would like to ask Paias Wingti and Tom Olga when they are going to sit down together and develop the province.

It is the small people who make Western Highlands tick – mothers selling their goods in the market, coffee pickers in Waghi, taxi drivers in Port Moresby and those who make an honest living within and outside the province.

Not you two. Mr Olga is the elected leader, so act like one. Mr Wingti must learn to accept defeat and move on. Western Highlands needs service, not political war.

Fed up kange,

Port Moresby

Source: Editorial of The National


*** The Jika and Moge clans who surround Mount Hagen City should be blamed for not being cooperative to crub these criminal activities in the city. As a Jika offspring, I am ashamed of seeing and hearing all these crap nearly everyday in the biggest highlands city of Papua New Guinea.

I urge Jika and Moge leaders to put your acts together to minimize these criminal activities for Western Highlands Province to prosper. Can we have some sense of mobilizing our folks to clean and weed out unwanted plants in our garden?

On the same token, until the leadership tussle between Olga and Wingti for the governorship in the province is settled, law and order situation in the province will escalate to a greater degree.


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Mt Hagen unsafe


I WOULD like to warn non-Western Highlanders to be cautious when travelling to Mt Hagen. Hageners have taken control of the city by harassing those who come from other neighbouring provinces, making it a dangerous place to live and to do business. The locals roam the streets in groups and hold up people, pick pockets, kidnap young girls and even commit murder.

I have lived there my entire life until recently when I decided enough was enough and relocated. When I visited Mt Hagen last year, I was surprised to see that things had gone from bad to worse. The people’s attitudes have changed to aggressiveness. On two occasions, I witnessed non-Hageners being held up.

My fellow Western Highlanders, we are richly blessed with a land that can produce abundant crops to earn a living. So why are we depicting such a bad image of ourselves as hooligans?

- Kange


Rainbow Supermarket in the heart of Mount Hagen City is one of the main shopping centers for shoppers who want groceries - pic by D.Ketepa

Political mess in WHP

AS a Western Highlander living outside the province, I am sad, ashamed and outraged with the current state of affairs back home. I am talking about election-related fatalities, the burning down of Kapal Haus and the current power struggle in the province. I would like to ask Paias Wingti and Tom Olga when they are going to sit down together and develop the province.

It is the small people who make Western Highlands tick – mothers selling their goods in the market, coffee pickers in Waghi, taxi drivers in Port Moresby and those who make an honest living within and outside the province.

Not you two. Mr Olga is the elected leader, so act like one. Mr Wingti must learn to accept defeat and move on. Western Highlands needs service, not political war.

Fed up kange,

Port Moresby

Source: Editorial of The National


*** The Jika and Moge clans who surround Mount Hagen City should be blamed for not being cooperative to crub these criminal activities in the city. As a Jika offspring, I am ashamed of seeing and hearing all these crap nearly everyday in the biggest highlands city of Papua New Guinea.

I urge Jika and Moge leaders to put your acts together to minimize these criminal activities for Western Highlands Province to prosper. Can we have some sense of mobilizing our folks to clean and weed out unwanted plants in our garden?

On the same token, until the leadership tussle between Olga and Wingti for the governorship in the province is settled, law and order situation in the province will escalate to a greater degree.


Labels:

Mt Hagen unsafe


I WOULD like to warn non-Western Highlanders to be cautious when travelling to Mt Hagen. Hageners have taken control of the city by harassing those who come from other neighbouring provinces, making it a dangerous place to live and to do business. The locals roam the streets in groups and hold up people, pick pockets, kidnap young girls and even commit murder.

I have lived there my entire life until recently when I decided enough was enough and relocated. When I visited Mt Hagen last year, I was surprised to see that things had gone from bad to worse. The people’s attitudes have changed to aggressiveness. On two occasions, I witnessed non-Hageners being held up.

My fellow Western Highlanders, we are richly blessed with a land that can produce abundant crops to earn a living. So why are we depicting such a bad image of ourselves as hooligans?

- Kange


Rainbow Supermarket in the heart of Mount Hagen City is one of the main shopping centers for shoppers who want groceries - pic by D.Ketepa

Political mess in WHP

AS a Western Highlander living outside the province, I am sad, ashamed and outraged with the current state of affairs back home. I am talking about election-related fatalities, the burning down of Kapal Haus and the current power struggle in the province. I would like to ask Paias Wingti and Tom Olga when they are going to sit down together and develop the province.

It is the small people who make Western Highlands tick – mothers selling their goods in the market, coffee pickers in Waghi, taxi drivers in Port Moresby and those who make an honest living within and outside the province.

Not you two. Mr Olga is the elected leader, so act like one. Mr Wingti must learn to accept defeat and move on. Western Highlands needs service, not political war.

Fed up kange,

Port Moresby

Source: Editorial of The National


*** The Jika and Moge clans who surround Mount Hagen City should be blamed for not being cooperative to crub these criminal activities in the city. As a Jika offspring, I am ashamed of seeing and hearing all these crap nearly everyday in the biggest highlands city of Papua New Guinea.

I urge Jika and Moge leaders to put your acts together to minimize these criminal activities for Western Highlands Province to prosper. Can we have some sense of mobilizing our folks to clean and weed out unwanted plants in our garden?

On the same token, until the leadership tussle between Olga and Wingti for the governorship in the province is settled, law and order situation in the province will escalate to a greater degree.


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