:A Response to this video www.youtube.com Feminism is a Joke? Feminism is the idea that women should have political, social, sexual, intellectual and economic rights equal to those of men. Black feminism argues that sexism, class oppression, and racism are inextricably bound together.[78] Forms of feminism that strive to overcome sexism and class oppression but ignore race can discriminate against many people, including women, through racial bias. The Combahee River Collective argued in 1974 that the liberation of black women entails freedom for all people, since it would require the end of racism, sexism, and class oppression. One of the theories that evolved out of this movement was Alice Walker's Womanism. It emerged after the early feminist movements that were led specifically by white women who advocated social changes such as womans suffrage. These movements were largely white middle-class movements and had generally ignored oppression based on racism and classism. Alice Walker and other Womanists pointed out that black women experienced a different and more intense kind of oppression from that of white women. Angela Davis was one of the first people who articulated an argument centered around the intersection of race, gender, and class in her book, Women, Race, and Class. Kimberle Crenshaw, a prominent feminist law theorist, gave the idea the name Intersectionality while discussing identity politics in her essay, "Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity ...



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Part 4 Eustace Mullins talks about the New World Order - Eustace Mullins (born 1923) is an American political writer, author, biographer, and the last surviving protege of the 20th century intellectual and writer, Ezra Pound. As of 2005, Eustace Mullins is a member of the Southeast Bureau editorial staff of far-right Willis Carto's American Free Press. He is also a contributing editor to the Barnes Review. Contents Biography Eustace Clarence Mullins, Jr. was born in Roanoke, Virginia, the third child of Eustace Clarence Mullins (1899-1961) and his wife Jane Katherine Muse (1897-1971). His father was a salesman in a retail clothing store. Education Eustace Mullins was educated at Washington and Lee University, New York University, the University of North Dakota and the Institute of Contemporary Arts (Washington, DC) - WWII In December 1942, at Charlottesville, Virginia he enlisted in the military as a Warrant Officer. He is also a veteran of the United States Air Force, with thirty-eight months active service during World War II. Ezra Pound Mullins was a student of the poet and political activist Ezra Pound. He states that he frequently visited Pound during his period of incarceration in St. Elizabeth's Hospital for the Mentally Ill in Washington, DC between 1946 and 1959. Mullins claimed that Pound was, in fact, being held as a political prisoner on the behest of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Mullins' most notable work, Secrets of the Federal Reserve, was commissioned ...



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(1) First off, you have to have actually been through a war. It may sound inane to even mention this qualification, however, several journalist have been writing books and passing them off as war memoirs. Those books are not war memoirs; they are journalistic interpretations of the war. A real war memoir can only be written by someone who was there and part of the fighting (on either side). This means that journalists and politicians do not count, and neither do Generals who stayed in the homeland. Accurate and full rounded depictions of war can only be gotten from those on the ground.

(2) Start writing immediately. Too often veterans don't start writing until years and years after their wars. By that point in time, memories can become foggy and fragmented. A person recalling something will generally be guessing. Guessing how they were feeling, what they were thinking. A person cannot memorize pain. However, if a journal was kept, or writing commenced immediately after returning home, the memories will be raw and still on the surface.

(3) Do not leave anything out. Living through a war is no easy task, and when writing and having to relive through everything that you've already been through, it can be a morose and daunting experience. However, a writer cannot let emotions get in the way of telling a true story. Granted, it may be hard to write about almost dying, or having to kill someone, or having your friend kill themselves. But a story needs to include everything, the good, the bad, and the ugly. It's our duty as veterans to give a full and accurate depiction.

(4) Do not try to write politics into the story. Too often war memoirs will be written, and once read, it becomes instantly apparent that the author is trying to convey a pro-war or an anti-war point of view. This muddles up the writing. If a writers' intent is to only giving one point of view, they are going to leave out necessary stories. In conjunction with rule number 3, all stories need to be told. If all stories aren't told it's not an accurate depiction of war, it's just a one sided view. Talk about the good times, the bad times and everything in-between.

(5) Read several books on writing. Books by journalist written about the war are outselling books written by veterans about the war. People would rather read a war memoir by a journalist than an actual veteran. This is simply because journalists are better writers. Journalists are journalists and veterans are veterans. Their job is to write and our job is to fight. To write a successful and accurate memoir and to adequately get your point across, a veteran needs to learn how to write.

(6) Interview friends that fought with you. Even if you start writing immediately, it will still help to hear different points of views for similar stories. In your eyes you may have seen something one way, but another person could have caught a thousand different things that you missed. This will help with descriptions and capturing the minute details.

(7) Take criticism well. If you're writing an accurate war memoir and telling all the stories. No matter what, some people are not going to like it. The pro-war people will only want you writing stories that make everything look great, as if no one dies during war. The anti-war people will want you writing stories that make everything look horrible, as if everyone dies during war. Listen politely to both and then shake it off. Just tell all the stories and let people judge them for themselves.

(8) Finish the entire book before you go back and start editing. Often when people start writing, they'll write one chapter and then they'll want to edit it again and again. This will get a person nowhere. A year could go by and they could still be on chapter one. The best thing to do is write the whole book at once. That way when you go back and reread the beginning again, you'll have fresh eyes.

(9) Edit. Edit. Edit. Edit. Edit. Ernest Hemmingway is credited with writing over thirty drafts for some of his books. That is dedication. All writers need to have that same amount of dedication. How often in life does something happen perfectly on the first try? Hardly ever, if never. Writing is the same way. The first draft might be crap, the second might be slightly better, the third might be good, the fourth might be crap again, but by the time you get to the twentieth, you might have something that is publishable.

(10) Allow yourself to write for the fun of it. Realize that even your writing never becomes published, writing about the war will act as a cathartic release and may help deal with the rest of life.

Recap: Start writing immediately, don't try to get anything across except what really happened, tell all the stories, learn how to write, interview friends, take criticism well, edit, and have fun.

-Michael Anthony

Longtime Republican strategist Kevin Phillips takes aim at the Bush Administration as he reads from his new book, "American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush." Series: "Great American Writers" [6/2004] [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 8702]



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Foreign correspondent and author Reese Erlich discusses his new book, "The Iran Agenda: The Real Story of US Policy and the Middle East Crisis" as part of the Authors@Google series. Erlich explains how the US planned to subvert the Iranian government and then lied about it to the American people. In addition to covering the political story, the author offers firsthand insights into Iran's population, domestic politics, and popular culture. Reese Erlich began his career in journalism in the 1960s as an investigative reporter for the magazine Ramparts. He reports regularly for NPR, CBC, ABC (Australia), Radio Deutsche Welle and The World, as well as several newspapers. Reese co-authored the book "Target Iraq: What the News Media Didn't Tell You" with Norman Solomon (2003). This event took place September 25, 2007 at Google headquarters in Mountain View, CA.



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Malachi Martin talks of the Three Super Powers CHINA, RUSSIA and the UNITED STATES. Leninism, Marxism and Materialism have replaced God. The Warning. WWIII. 1996 Interview, Make Copies. _________________________ Keys of this Blood: Pope John Paul II Versus Russia and the West for Control of the New World Order In Martin's apocalyptic scenario, Pope John Paul II is a geopolitican whose aim is a new world order, the Grand Design of God on earth, a global government rooted in a recognition of universal interdependence. The other chief players in the "millennium end-game" are "hardcore Leninist" Gorbachev, bent on world domination, and the West's rulers, said to be eager to maintain the status quo as they condone "sinful structures" such as Third World exploitation. Martin ( The Jesuits ) contends that the Pope has allowed the Church to split into politicized factions and willfully ignores "rampant decadence and unfaith" among churchmen. He spins a dramatic tale in this long, unpersuasive saga, which purports to be a behind-the-scenes probe of the Vatican's role in the collapse of the Iron Curtain. Author tour. A former Jesuit, Martin, also author of the best-selling The Final Enclave ( LJ 5/15/78) and The Jesuits ( LJ 4/1/86), contends that Pope John Paul II, Mikhail Gorbachev, and international business leaders are in competition to establish one world government and that this competition will end by the end of this century. The book claims to be an inside account of what ...



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Complete video at: fora.tv Hoover Institution Senior Fellow Thomas Sowell argues that economic differences between working men and women are not generally due to employer discrimination, as is widely alleged. ----- Peter Robinson speaks with Thomas Sowell about his new book Economic Facts and Fallacies in which Sowell exposes some of the most popular fallacies about economic issues. Sowell takes on the conventional thinking on a wide swath of America's economic life, from male-female economic differences to income stagnation, executive pay, and social mobility to economics of higher education. In all cases he demonstrates how economics relates to the social issues that deeply affect our country - Hoover Institution Thomas Sowell is an American economist, political writer, and commentator. He is currently asenior fellow of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. In 1990, he won the Francis Boyer Award, presented by the American Enterprise Institute. In 2002 he was awarded the National Humanities Medal for prolific scholarship melding history, economics, and political science. Peter M. Robinson is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, where he writes about business and politics, edits Hoover's quarterly journal, the Hoover Digest, and hosts Hoover's television program, Uncommon Knowledge.



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Ever wished you had known something magical to fly out of intense activity with a few songs, or maybe a magic wand? The very existence of a sort of magical thinking on us to alleviate some concerns, is a troublesome person or a task in people's thoughts, including possible development of homo sapiens remains, and all because I think a way ' exit from poverty.

Magic can be defined as the invocation of supernatural forces to get what he wants to do the magician. Just as peoplehas been for the existence of magic, some have been discovered and studied art there and mantras to invoke the supernatural power. And the only reason? To get what they want. Most people have the spirit of this illusion that if you are not only less pleasant tasks such as cooking and laundry. But it shows the desperation in their search for the easiest ways to success, fame, for recognition, and control, fear and respect in people's eyes.

Although not significantGrounds said that the pharaohs of ancient Egypt and officials trained in magic, or preformed in other words, magic. Moses, according to the Old Testament, has been asked to show the truth in his words and challenged by the magicians of Pharaoh. Apparently pharaohs, pyramids, a certain art of magic and sorcery, who built a spell on their tombs and their treasures in the pyramids. German writer Philip Vander Berg noted that the incredible bad luck followed theThe discovery of each tomb, which had something to do with the curse of the pharaohs. It is also said to be the largest ship built for humanity, the Titanic struck the iceberg, because the presence of an Egyptian mummy on board. The discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun caused the unfortunate death of Howard Carter of fever and delirium. Lord Carter is said to have seen flashes of his own with fire rolling in the sand in the mouth. There are also stories of a sarcophaguspriestess of the Egyptian royal court, whose discovery was followed by a series of breakdowns and accidents in the lives of everyone who had anything to do in England. These people completely show obsession with magic and witchcraft from ancient times to today. Wicca and Paganism are still controversial issues in today's Orthodox family who believe in the evils of magic.

Fairy tales and children's books are full of stories of magical creatures like goblins dwarfs e.Children find these creatures fascinating, perhaps because arousing their imagination, or perhaps because foolish to believe in magical protection. The Tooth Fairy and Santa Claus are the most common childhood heroes. How can Santa Around the World in one night? On his reindeer, of course! There is abundant evidence that captures the magic of a tender age.

The art of magic, fun, namely the use of illusion to entertain has gained widebe recognized, perhaps because it is an art form, or perhaps because it offers people an inert desire to be able to eliminate the jobs boring. A good magician is always a pleasure, even if people know deep down that magic is just illusions science. morph Doves enough handkerchiefs and ladies are in the middle in the air horizontally. The audience holds its breath.

Recent bestsellers such as The Lord of the Rings "and" Harry Potter has "the magic and witchcraft, whichMillions of enthusiastic people. While the magician is different from the artists and those who are mentioned in the Bible, yet the blood of inert desires of the people.

If magic was in civilian life was what she wanted, then? Super magic?

Your Daily Politics Video Blog: In his bombshell new book, What Happened, former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan lashes out at his old employer in a massive Bush-administration-wide bus-throwing-under. Better late than never? To assist Mr. McClellan with his big media sales push, we thought we might go back and revisit some of the lowlights from back when what he said actually mattered.



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I and my husband once worked as nurse aides at the first apartment building in the nation built specifically for people in wheelchairs, namely Center Park, which shares the same initials as cerebral palsy, one of the world's most common severe physical disabilities. There is a huge United Cerebral Palsy Residential Center in Seattle, Washington, USA, and many people with cerebral palsy live at Center Park as well. It's right next door to the Lighthouse for the Blind, and some blind people live in Center Park as well.

The legend of Center Park was the guy who made it up the stairwell in his manual wheelchair, got onto the roof, and jumped off and successfully died. Really, there was nothing to do at Center Park, except for gossip mongering and television. The most exciting weekly event was when the old ladies left on the communal charter bus to go get their ancient hair done at the beauty parlor, or once a week working in the arts and crafts room, needing to allow several days for your project to harden and dry.

Nowadays, thank God, disabled people have the Internet within easy reach. A life of contemplating suicide is no real life, don't you think? That major problem with spending one's time is now relatively resolved. But there are surely other such Civil Rights Movement problems to conquer, including renaming the entire thing something weird, like the Independent Living Movement. Actually, I'm just kidding; those are two separate movements. Black People don't think in terms of their being disabled like "we" are, they consider themselves able and challenged only by social rituals such as being or not being hired and other such sociological problems. It is an entirely different thing, but there are certainly disabled African-Americans who need access to both of those movements. Learning disabilities - for one - are prevalent in every community in the United States. At Center Park, there was some discussion that I recall about this. Learning disabilities can preclude your being able to compete on the same level for a job, whether you live at Center Park or anywhere else. Life in there included many such learning challenges.

There's still the most beautiful Adam and Eve garden you ever saw, which was focused on your being able to circumnavigate it in a wheelchair with ease. But they probably won't let you smoke at Center Park nowadays, except for right outside the building's perimeter. Smoking was "not allowed" - back in the 1980s. I'm sure they still let them smoke outside. The wondrous garden, a fairytale paradise of sorts, was looped around the building, and it but now lurks in my mind's eye - it's where two almost ex-heroes met, namely, my husband and me. I had saved a Black family once, and he had rescued thousands of people during his stint as a medic in the Viet Nam War.

We had both several times tossed our lives away to serve other people - and we both had completely forgotten that. He and I were personal care attendants, me in the home, and he in the hospital system. We were finally villains for a change with each other, and we "dumped" Center Park to get married and have an able bodied child. I went quite overboard to make sure she would be safe. So I am one of the "escapees" of Center Park, although I was never one of the residents. At the time I lived there, I wasn't yet physically or mentally challenged. That would come later, when I was put on medication for depression, which did some bad things to my physical system and caused severe spasming and disability, most of which has now abated with me. Reggie has a bad back and some other minor physical problems, but he's now semi-retired, and he can still perform his beloved landscaping and gardening without any real problems.

What you need to learn from this article is that even autobiographical stuff can make one very happy and content person happen. Anyway, this is really about Social Politics, and the way of the world is that even disabled people must suffer from losing one or more attendants at a time. Then, they get replaced by other ones. What truth this becomes is there is a job in politics awaiting you if you care for caring for other people. In short, disabled people need attendants, and this article advertises for the job. You can find it in the newspapers and on the Internet under "home health care aides" - and other such titles.

You don't have to think of it as politics so much anymore because of the Internet. Also, it's a nursing oriented job that can lead to wonderful factionalism among the compadres who gather and create new things that make absolutely this entire world into a wonderful place. Meanwhile, I know this is true, because I am now disabled physically - where I wasn't before; it was going to happen anyway, and yes, I am now a professional writer. You too can do such terrific things with your life, such as writing for pay, and now all of we who are physically challenged have the WWW Internet at our polite disposal.

Isn't life great, whether you're disabled, handicapped, physically or mentally challenged, or not, when you have something to do? For example, although I have a minor physical disability and some minor mental difficulties, I am quite capable of being a freelance writer, copy editor, rewriter, ghost writer, author and illustrator on an ongoing professional basis. Therefore, you should consider my services, if you have a book manuscript or are preparing one for publication.

Thus ends my series of articles about our local Independent Living Movement and the Physically and Mentally Challenged people of Center Park, Seattle, Washington, USA.

Survival of the Savvy: High-Integrity Political Tactics for Career and Company Success

Authors: Rick Brandon Ph.D. and Marty Seldman Ph.D.

Survival of the Savvy was on my bookshelf about a month before I had the privilege of meeting the author, Rick Brandon, at a leadership conference in San Francisco where we both were speaking. Our talks were at different times so I was able to attend Rick's presentation.

That was when I realized how important this book could be to all the women I work with who are sometimes underestimated, overlooked, and denied proper recognition for their accomplishments because they abhor and avoid anything associated with the word politics. If this sounds like you, you are not alone.

Survival of the fittest! That is what it feels like in the work world sometimes. I know how tough it can be. I have worked in business since the mid 1980's where I have witnessed political games of all sorts - power struggles, back biting, turf wars, and blind ambition.

Reading the book you will learn that the stereotypical image of the term 'political', that usually is thought of as overly political and at time unethical behaviors are definitely not what the authors are recommending.

Survival of the Savvy describes the political style continuum that ranges from the less political type who believe hard work, facts, and good ideas are enough to the overly political individuals driven by self-interest.

Brandon and Seldman suggest a high integrity middle ground (aka ethical and more palatable,) approach to politics that even the most politically averse can employ. They call it the green light/safe travel zone. This vital balance is neither too political nor politically naive.

Power and politics are not dirty words. You can promote yourself with integrity. These are important messages in the book for all women in business and especially for those in the traditionally less political career tracks who want to advance to leadership positions - women in science, R&D, Information Technology, engineering, and other technical fields.

The authors successfully help readers, who hate the thought of workplace politics, reframe how they think about power and politics. They offer useful and practical advice even for the political novice.

The further you advance, the more vulnerable you are if you remain politically naive. The authors claim in their experience ethical political skills are a leadership competency.

If you want to get ahead, but are so opposed to the concept of politics and to any of the ideas in the book the day will come when your subject matter and expert technical status are no longer good enough for you to advance. Your career will plateau. Shunning even high integrity, ethical politics can mean you are destined to succeed only in a job in the ranks below management and leadership. If you do progress into management you are at risk to derail in all but the most non-political cultures.

Reading and applying the information in the book is not easy but worthwhile for all who want to land the top jobs and earn the income they deserve. If you feel frustrated or have plateaued in your career advancement, it may be a political blind spot and reading this book can help.

Although not a book written specifically for women, the authors offer 'political' success strategies especially relevant for women.

During history, the number of wars which have been fought with the bible or other book in the hand, are almost too numerous to count. The question is whether the religious teachings in these holy books, of whatever persuasion, cause these wars. Are religious wars based on the teachings in holy books, I wonder. As an example, were the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington incited by the Holy Koran? And on the other side of the coin, where in the Christian Bible did George W Bush find the approval to invade Iraq? Probably people would have a hard time finding the terrorist attack instructions in the Koran, or an attack on Iraq in the Christian Bible, after all their teachings are based on historical facts rather than futuristic predictions.

It seems straightforward. It's people's interpretations of their specific holy books that start wars and terrorist attacks. It is not what is written in these books that does it. It is what people read into them. Maybe that is even incorrect. It is people's megalomaniacal thinking that starts wars. And in order to justify those actions, the holy books are brought into it. Bush wanted to feel secure in his own country. That's what he says was his reason to go to war. But maybe it was more like, I'm an American don't you dare mess with me, attitude that got Bush into the war in the first instance.

So what would have gotten a whole bunch of men decide that they wanted to give up their lives for some cause. So they quoted the Koran in order to justify their actions. But that's not why they did it surely? Whereas we can understand where Bush and his little intellect came from, us Westerners have a problem understanding the thinking behind the suicide pilots. We could understand the Japanese Kamikaze fighter pilots who were prepared to give their lives for their country. But Saudi Arabians weren't giving their lives for their country. Were they giving their lives for a religion? What for. Who cares why they did it? We would only want to know how to stop them. We only care about the innocent people who died. We don't really care whether a couple of terrorist died as well. Most of us Westerners are not about to give them hero status. Is anybody else?

What has made me think of all of this, is a blog I read. And one of the elements in the blog were quotes out of the various holy Books which explained what that particular religion preached about how to handle your 'neighbour'. And in none of these quotes does it say anything except that you should appreciate and honour your neighbour, or read person you come across.

So here are the quotes for you to be amazed over. I was:

The Golden Rule

Christianity: "In everything, do to others as you would have them do to you; for this is the law and the prophets." Jesus--Matthew 7:12

Hinduism: "This is the sum of duty: do not to others what would cause pain if done to you." Mahabaratha 5:1517

Taoism: "Regard your neighbor's gain as you own gain, and your neighbor's loss as your own loss." T'ai Shang Kan Ying P'ien, 213-18

Native Spirituality-"We are as much alive as we keep the earth alive" Chief Dan George

Buddhism: "Treat not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful." Udana-Varga 5.18

Judaism: "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbor. This is the whole Torah; all the rest is commentary." Hillel, Talmud, Shabbat 31a

Islam: "Not one of you truly believes until you wish for others what you wish for yourself." The Prophet Muhammad, Hadith

Sikhism: "I am a stranger to no one; and no one is a stranger to me. Indeed, I am a friend to all." Guru Granth Sahib

Baha'i Faith: "Lay not on any soul a load that you would not wish to be laid upon you, and desire not for anyone the things you would not desire for yourself." Baha'u'liah, Gleanings

Jainism: "One should treat all creatures in the world as one would like to be treated." Mahavira, Sutravitanga

Unitarianism: " We affirm and promote respect for the interdependence of all existence of which we are a part."

Zoroastrianism: "Do not unto others what is injurious to yourself." Shayast-na-Shayast 13.29

I got these from Karen who writes her blog on http://www.livethepower.com/blog - view full post there - and she gave me permission to use some of her content, which is as the quoted extracts from various bibles/holy books or verbal traditional legend. When one reads these, one actually wonders where all those wars come from. It's certainly not something as written in the scriptures. That's for sure.

How much do you know about world politics? Geopolitics can be one of the most interesting subjects, and if you'd like to learn more, perhaps you need to dive into the challenges of our time, and understand all sides of the debate. I believe that's the best way to approach it, and if you agree, there's a very good book I'd like to recommend to you, the name of the book is;

"Taking Sides - Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in World Politics" by John T. Rourke.

In this book the author asks some pretty tough questions, about some of the most challenging and problematic issues of our time. Each chapter adds to the chaos and controversy of world events in our present period. And there are many questions, which perhaps have no answer, however are debated by scholars and academics alike. In fact, one of the tough questions is frequented by those that write articles in foreign affairs, the economist, and in letters to the Washington Post and New York Times.

"Is the Capitalist model for Third World development destructive?"

This is a very tough question, and one that is always discussed at the Davos World Economic Conference. But there are more comments, questions, and concerns in this book for instance;

"Is economic globalism a positive trend?"

The international monetary fund or IMF suggests that globalism should serve all, but countries and corporations often exploit the labor. Everyone benefits if we are all on the same page, even if it undermines their national sovereignty temporarily. The debaters also discuss international cooperation and choice in trade. And they discuss issues of global governance, and if it is right if it is forced? One debater suggests that the European Union is in danger of a revolution of culture and economics, however the academics of Europe have an answer for that as well.

If you want to get at the heart of the debate of the new world order, how to run the United Nations, a global currency, or a global trade free market place, there is probably no better book to start out with to hear all the different sides of the chaos and controversy surrounding these topics. Indeed, I hope you will please consider all this.

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President Barack Obama is making history in many ways, and his official presidential portrait is no exception. President Obama made history when his official portrait was taken with a digital camera. His official portrait will now be hung in federal buildings, military bases, schools, offices, and embassies across the world.

The photo was taken with an American flag in the background and flag pin on Obama's lapel.

Thanks to digital camera technology, we can look at the EXIF data and see details of the photograph.

Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Date: January 13, 2009 - 5:38 PM
Lens: 105mm - f/10
Exposure: 1/125
ISO: 100

The photograph was taken by Pete Souza, the new official White House photographer. Prior to being announced as the White House photographer, Souza was a freelance photographer and assistant professor of photojournalism at Ohio University's School of Visual Communication. Souza is familiar with the White House. During President Ronald Reagan's second term, Souza was named official White House photographer for the first time.

He met Barack Obama during Obama's first day in the United States Senate. His photography of then Senator Obama was turned into a book called "The Rise of Barack Obama". The book includes exclusive photographs of Obama's rise to power. Souza traveled extensively with Obama during his first year in the Senate including trips to Kenya, South Africa and Russia.

The portrait can be downloaded at www.change.gov/ The photo is in the public domain meaning there is no legal restriction on how it can be used.