As we all get finished with our taxes so do the President and First Lady. It turns out that the Obama’s came in with a 20.5% tax rate on income of $789,674 (married filing jointly), including donations worth $172,130. The bulk of that income came from presidential salaries, $394,821, and book sales, $441,369. In 2010, …
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Take the White House Public Tour using Google Street View
Members of the Google Art project and the Google Street View team recently came to the White House to create a new way for people to tour the White House. Take a look at the process that went into creating a 360 degree virtual walk through of the White House public tour. Take a look …
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White House names the next CTO of the United States – an “entrepreneur in residence”
Todd Park has been named the next U.S. Chief Technology Officer by the White House. A profile of him in O’Reilly Radar written by Alex Howard: Park has been working to revolutionize the healthcare industry at HHS since 2009, and in the private sector as an entrepreneur since 1997. Now he’ll have the opportunity to try to improve …
U.S. imported less than 50% of the oil consumed in 2010 – first time in 13 years
In 2010, we imported less than 50 percent of the oil our nation consumed—the first time that’s happened in 13 years—and the trend continued in 2011. via WhiteHouse.gov
Obama creates the most politicized Facebook Timeline ever – complete with merchandise
President Obama converted his Facebook page to the timeline format Thursday morning, a day after the timeline option became available for branded pages. Obama’s 2012 campaign staff, which administers the Barack Obama fan page, took advantage of the new format by featuring an image of the President’s birth certificate emblazoned on a coffee mug at …
Kim Jong Un makes his first deal – halts nuclear program for food aid
North Korea’s offer to suspend uranium enrichment and allow international inspectors into the country breaks an impasse over its nuclear program… The announcement marks the first agreement between the United States and North Korea since February 2007, when Pyongyang agreed to begin disabling its nuclear complex in return for $400 million worth of fuel oil …
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An election year Democrat promise – 1 million more graduates in science, math, and engineering
President Barack Obama proposed $80 million in new government funding for a program to boost science and math education in U.S. schools. The aim of the new proposed funding is to train 100,000 specialized teachers, who would help to “meet an ambitious goal, which is 1 million more American graduates in science, technology, engineering, and …
Barack Obama sings opening lines of soul singer Al Green's – Let's Stay Together
And, the original by Al Green – Let’s Stay Together…
Barack Obama sings opening lines of soul singer Al Green’s – Let’s Stay Together
And, the original by Al Green – Let’s Stay Together…
Christmas at the White House 2010 (video)
How do I get a crew of volunteers for my house? How many trees do they have? Do you think they stick around the for the after Christmas clean-up?