Christianity as I understand it is the acceptance of Jesus Christ as the son of God, and an embrace of the principle that the belief in Christ serves as the pathway to God. The sacrifice of his son for the atonement of our sins is recognized by Christians all over the world as the most significant of the gifts that God granted mankind. The constitution of the United States grants its citizens certain unalienable rights, with the most sacred of these being the freedom of religion. This fundamental right to practice religion is one that Americans believe people of all religious backgrounds all over the world should enjoy.

Barack Obama comes home this week to celebrate his birthday, and to visit a Ford plant that has begun hiring again, aided by Department of Energy loan guarantees for clean energy production. Although Ford wasn’t bailed out, it is part of an auto industry saved by the president’s bold decision.

Today is President Barack Obama’s 49th birthday.
He can’t celebrate until late this evening after attending the business of the nation. His schedule of events are as follows
The President receives the Presidential Daily Briefing at 10:00 …

Money to pay for a discrimination lawsuit brought against the Department of Agriculture by black farmers remains stuck in a legislative body described as a place where bills go to die. In July, the House approved a war supplemental bill that included money to pay for the settlement. It now remains stuck as senators examine the bill. The 1997 Pigford v. Glickman case against the U.S. Agriculture Department

Testimony in the federal corruption trial of Rod Blagojevich wrapped up Wednesday without the ousted Illinois governor taking the stand in his own defense.

After months of professing his innocence in impromptu news conferences, on Twitter and even on Donald Trump’s show “Celebrity Apprentice,” Blagojevich’s testimony had been highly anticipated. But his lawyers rested their case Wednesday morning, and closing arguments are set to begin Monday.

Like a couple renewing their vows, U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron once again reaffirmed the “special relationship” between the United States and the United Kingdom during a joint press conference at the White House on Tuesday.

A series of steps aimed at bolstering U.S. exports brought a 17 percent increase in the first four months of 2010 over the same period last year, President Barack Obama announced Wednesday.

President Barack Obama has sidestepped Congress by using a recess appointment to make Dr. Donald Berwick the new head of the federal agency overseeing Medicare and Medicaid, the White House announced Wednesday.

The $795 million in grants and loans funded by the 2009 economic stimulus act will create 5,000 construction and installation jobs, and generate $200 million in associated private investment, according to information provided by the White House.

President Obama Speaks About The Oil Spill In The Gulf

A very short food for thought, but one that may be one of my most important in asking about the well being of this nation. You may not agree with this line of thought, but all I ask is that you think about as you watch the angry crowd and ask where in my America?

President Barack Obama will sign a landmark $875 billion health care reform bill into law at the White House on Tuesday, according to two Democratic officials familiar with the planning.

All this month we will see thousands of college students — from coast to coast, north to south, east to west — jumping up and down, yelling, screaming, pumping fists, sleeping outside in tents and painting their faces. This is all a result of the usual frenzy surrounding March Madness.

Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine today released the following statement in commemoration of the 45th anniversary of Bloody Sunday:

In the centuries since African Americans first arrived on our shores, they have known the bitterness of slavery and oppression, the hope of progress, and the triumph of the American Dream. African American history is an essential thread of the American narrative that traces our Nation’s enduring struggle to perfect itself.

The mid-term elections of 2006 was a major turning point in the American political landscape as the democrats reclaimed the reins of being the majority party in Congress for the first time in over a decade.

THE VICE PRESIDENT: Hey, folks. A year ago when President Obama established the Middle Class Task Force and asked me to chair it — and I might add, we were only in office I think two days, Melody, when he set up this Middle Class Task Force — because as we campaigned around the country, he made it clear that we were going to be sure that as we grew this economy, the middle class was not left behind as they had been the previous 10 to 12 years. And as we move from recession to recovery, our focus is the middle class.

With the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service just days away, the Corporation for National and Community Service is urging Americans to honor Dr. King’s memory and further his legacy by joining in service projects in their communities on the January 18 King Holiday.

In the first part of the momentous speech he gave at the Lincoln Memorial, the part school children don’t memorize and pundits never quote, Martin Luther King Jr. reminded a watching world that in writing the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.

The 40th Anniversary Expanded Edition of Unbought and Unbossed by Shirley Chisholm is set to release on January 20, 2010. The release comes just in time for Black History Month, Women’s History Month, and the Anniversary of Barack Obama’s Inauguration.