President Barack Obama visits with patrons during a stop for lunch at Zingerman’s Delicatessen in Ann Arbor, Mich., April 2, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Archive for April 2nd, 2014
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President Obama shakes hands after addressing students at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor
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First Lady Michelle Obama hugs two students from Friendship Public Charter School before planting the White House kitchen garden
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Text of the President’s remarks here
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Leaving Andrews this morning
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President Obama and U.S. Rep. Gary Peter order sandwiches from restaurant worker Andrea Byl at Zingerman’s Deli in Ann Arbor
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Nothing so lovely as a silhouette: President Obama at the University of Michigan today (by Getty’s Joshua Lott). pic.twitter.com/blPv3irnx7
— TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) April 2, 2025
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President Obama is welcomed by Illinois Governor Pat Quinn after arriving aboard Air Force One at Chicago O’Hare International Airport
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02
Apr
14
Gardening Time
3:30 EDT: First Lady Michelle Obama, School Children, and Foodcorps Leaders Plant the Sixth Annual White House Kitchen Garden
White House Live
3:0 EDT: President Obama Speaks on Raising the National Minimum Wage
GOP hates ACA Cuz Pres Obama snatched Ayn Rand’s wig
@zizii2
[This week's earth shattering news of Obamacare enrollment numbers outperforming all projections and leaving GOP heads exploded all over the land, reminded me of a piece I posted here on on Sept 27, 2013, just before the ACA Healthcare Exchanges opened in October. We all know how the narrative unfolded thereafter up till the happy finale this week. Pres Obama's foes are ANGRY about something more fundamental than the number of enrollees. Their JIG IS UP]
Here’s why……
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When we board a plane what is the first thing Flight Attendants demonstrating passenger safety instructions, tell us to do in case of emergency? “…an oxygen mask will automatically appear in front of you… secure your mask on first, and then assist the other person.” That’s Rational Self Interest.
Self-Preservation
With the exception of religious cultists who abdicate control over their own being, we as INDIVIDUALS instinctively strive for SELF-PRESERVATION especially when our life is threatened. It’s an existential article of faith. And nothing crystalizes this fact more readily than when we NEED healthcare to prevent or cure illness.
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Rational Self-Interest in economics is when a person “makes economic decisions that benefit them the most.” Is that not what we’ve been told real capitalism is supposed to be about? Marketplaces, competition, and consumers making choices based on what is best for them? So why do the GOP and their wealthy backers hate PBO for enacting this model of capitalism?
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