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The New York Times has a number of blogs by musicians, including Suzanne Vega, Chicagoan Andrew Bird and founding member of my beloved dB's, Peter Holsapple.
One of the other contributors is a guy I'd never heard of, Jeffrey Lewis. He's got a post about his art-- he does music and comic books-- and an introduction to the video below, which is a short comic book/song biography of Barack Obama.
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President Elect, Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II born August 4, 1961 is the President-elect of the United States of America and the junior United States Senator from Illinois.
Obama is the first African American to be elected President of the United States, and was the first to be nominated for President by a major political party. A graduate of Columbia University and of Harvard Law School where he was first African American to serve as president of the Harvard Law Review.
Obama worked as a community organizer and practiced as a civil rights attorney before serving three terms in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004. He taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. Following an unsuccessful bid for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2000, he announced his campaign for the U.S. Senate in January 2003. After a primary victory in March 2004, Obama delivered the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in July 2004.
He was elected to the Senate in November 2004 with 70 percent of the vote. As a member of the Democratic minority in the 109th Congress, he helped create legislation to control conventional weapons and to promote greater public accountability in the use of federal funds. He also made official trips to Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
During the 110th Congress, he helped create legislation regarding lobbying and electoral fraud, climate change, nuclear terrorism, and care for returned U.S. military personnel. Obama announced his presidential campaign in February 2007, and was nominated at the 2008 Democratic National Convention with Senator Joe Biden of Delaware as his vice presidential running mate. In the 2008 presidential election he won 53% of the popular vote.
Obama is the first African American to be elected President of the United States, and was the first to be nominated for President by a major political party. A graduate of Columbia University and of Harvard Law School where he was first African American to serve as president of the Harvard Law Review.
Obama worked as a community organizer and practiced as a civil rights attorney before serving three terms in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004. He taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. Following an unsuccessful bid for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2000, he announced his campaign for the U.S. Senate in January 2003. After a primary victory in March 2004, Obama delivered the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in July 2004.
He was elected to the Senate in November 2004 with 70 percent of the vote. As a member of the Democratic minority in the 109th Congress, he helped create legislation to control conventional weapons and to promote greater public accountability in the use of federal funds. He also made official trips to Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
During the 110th Congress, he helped create legislation regarding lobbying and electoral fraud, climate change, nuclear terrorism, and care for returned U.S. military personnel. Obama announced his presidential campaign in February 2007, and was nominated at the 2008 Democratic National Convention with Senator Joe Biden of Delaware as his vice presidential running mate. In the 2008 presidential election he won 53% of the popular vote.
Barack Obama was born at the Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women & Children in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Barack Hussein Obama, Sr., a Luo from Nyang’oma Kogelo, Nyanza Province, Kenya, and Ann Dunham, a white American from Wichita, Kansas of mainly English, Irish and smaller amounts of German descent.
His parents met in 1960 while attending the University of Hawaii at Manoa, where his father was a foreign student. The couple married February 2, 1961 and they separated when Obama was two years old and subsequently divorced in 1964.
Obama's father returned to Kenya and saw his son only once more before dying in an automobile accident in 1982. After her divorce, Dunham married Lolo Soetoro, and the family moved to Soetoro's home country of Indonesia in 1967, where Obama attended local schools, such as Asisi, in Jakarta until he was ten years old. He then returned to Honolulu to live with his maternal grandparents while attending Punahou School from the fifth grade in 1971 until his graduation from high school in 1979.
Obama's mother returned to Hawaii in 1972 for several years, and then in 1977 went back to Indonesia, where she worked as an anthropological field worker. She stayed there most of the rest of her life, returning to Hawaii in 1994. She died of ovarian cancer in 1995
His parents met in 1960 while attending the University of Hawaii at Manoa, where his father was a foreign student. The couple married February 2, 1961 and they separated when Obama was two years old and subsequently divorced in 1964.
Obama's father returned to Kenya and saw his son only once more before dying in an automobile accident in 1982. After her divorce, Dunham married Lolo Soetoro, and the family moved to Soetoro's home country of Indonesia in 1967, where Obama attended local schools, such as Asisi, in Jakarta until he was ten years old. He then returned to Honolulu to live with his maternal grandparents while attending Punahou School from the fifth grade in 1971 until his graduation from high school in 1979.
Obama's mother returned to Hawaii in 1972 for several years, and then in 1977 went back to Indonesia, where she worked as an anthropological field worker. She stayed there most of the rest of her life, returning to Hawaii in 1994. She died of ovarian cancer in 1995
Education:
JD, Harvard Law School, 1991
BA, Columbia University, 1983
Attended, Occidental College.
Professional Experience:
Community Organizer, Chicago, 1985
Attorney, Sidley & Austin
Author
Lecturer
Professor, Constitutional Law.
Political Experience:
Senator, United States Senate, 2005-2008
Keynote Speaker, 2004 Democratic National Convention
Senator, Illinois State Senate, 1996-2004.
Organizations:
Center for Neighborhood and Technology
Chicago Annenberg Challenge
Cook County Bar
Cook County Bar Association Community Law Project
President, Harvard Law Review
Board Member, Joyce Foundation
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law
Leadership for Quality Education
Board Member, Woods Fund of Chicago.
Hawaii-born Barack Obama is our nation's choice for the 44th President of the United States.
Barack Obama's father, Barack Obama Sr., was born in Kenya, and his mother Ann Dunham was born in a small town in Kansas. Obama's father eventually returned to Kenya and Barack grew up with his mother in Hawaii. Later, Barack Obama moved to New York and attended Columbia University and later earned a law degree from Harvard.
Barack Obama's rich and varied life experiences have shaped his political journey. In a highly bipartisan society, Barack Obama is able to unite parties and people under a similar purpose: solving the challenges of everyday Americans. This is a big part of what makes Barack Obama such a suitable candidate in the 2008 election.
Barack Obama served as senator of Illinois, working with parties to help families by creating programs like Earned Income Tax Credit. Senator Obama also worked with local law enforcement to require the videotaping of interrogations and confessions in all capital cases. Barack Obama was able to make huge improves in the local law during his time in the Illinois State Senate.
Barack Obama has written two books: Dreams from My Father and The Audacity of Hope. The Audacity of Hope quickly rose to the top of The New York Times Best Seller hardcover list. Obama has two daughters, Malia Ann Obama and Natasha Obama. Some fun facts about presidential candidate Barack Obama are that he is a basketball enthusiast, he is left-handed, and he recently quit smoking before announcing his candidacy. Perhaps Obama's effort to quit smoking can be an inspiration to others.
A Short Biography of Barack Obama
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