Letters to the President

[sheshe2]

Uploaded on Aug 2, 2009
Every day, President Obama reads ten letters from the public in order to stay in tune with America's issues and concerns. "Letters to the President" is an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at the process of how those ten letters make it to the President's desk from among the tens of thousands of letters, faxes, and e-mails that flood the White House each day.
August 3, 2009. (public domain)

[Cha]

1. Mahalo she for

this Vid on Letters to the President!

[sheshe2]

2. UR Welcome~

Good to see you, Cha.

[Cha]

3. U2, she!

Finally got to sleep and finally got up.

[sheshe2]

4. Did you say U2?

Glad you got some sleep, Cha~

[Cha]

5. she..

Thank you for the pics of Bono and the Prez. Certainly never saw the top one before!

[IrishAyes]

9. What priceless photos!

By now a lot of people must know I'm a diehard U-2 fan, particularly Bono himself. Can't wait to pass those around to friends who will really enjoy them also. Thank you on their behalf.

[sheshe2]

10. Thanks Irish~

Glad you like them and want to share them with your friends!

[IrishAyes]

12. Well, I have one virtually housebound friend in L.A. who more or less depends on me

(and therefore DU) for most of her news. She loves President Obama as much as anyone and she votes absentee, but due to health problems it's really too much for her to wade into what sometimes overwhelms her strength. So I forward her all the goodies. When I lived there years ago, there wasn't anything she wouldn't do for me. This is the very least I owe her, and it's such a pleasure to make her happy.

[sheshe2]

13. You are a good person, Irish~

A very good friend to have.

[IrishAyes]

14. I'm constantly learning from some of the best, many of them here on DU.

Thank you - I'll try to live up to what you said.

[sheshe2]

15. One more picture~

As the lead singer of U2, one of the most popular and influential rock bands of the last 30 years, Bono is a figure adored and admired both within and outside of the music industry. As a rock star, his music with U2 has earned him legions of devoted fans across the world, whilst as a humanitarian and crusader for the world's poor, co-founder of organisations such as DATA and the ONE Campaign, he has gained deep respect from politicians and global statesmen as well as music fans. His rare ability to effectively straddle the spheres of both entertainment and politics remains rivaled by few in the realm of popular culture, and his determination to change the world for the better continues to inspire millions on both sides of the political divide.

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Bono has long been involved in a variety of causes outside of U2. His work as an activist, due largely to his Christian beliefs, began in earnest when, inspired by Live Aid, he traveled to Ethiopia to work in a feeding camp with his wife Ali and the charity World Vision. Bono also went to Central America in 1985 to see the damage wrought by US-backed operations in Nicaragua and El Salvador, after which he and U2 toured as part of the Amnesty International benefit tour, A Conspiracy of Hope.

In the 1990s, he campaigned with Greenpeace against the nuclear power plant Sellafield in the north of England, and drew attention to the conflict raging in Bosnia by collaborating with the US journalist Bill Carter during the Zoo TV tour to create the award-winning documentary, Miss Sarajevo.

Since the millennium, he has rallied numerous actors, artists and campaigners to the cause of ending Third World debt in his role as spokesman for the Jubilee 2000 project, as well as trying to end AIDS and extreme poverty in Africa by co-founding the lobbying organisation DATA (Debt, Aid, Trade, Africa) in 2002, the ONE Campaign to Make Poverty History (USA) in 2004, and the Make Poverty History movement (UK) in 2005. The latter two are coalitions of NGOs, faith groups and individuals working to end extreme poverty. Bono was equally key in performing in and helping to organise (along with friend Bob Geldof) the Live 8 concerts in 2005, a series of events across the globe designed to pressure world leaders to increase aid, cancel Third World debt and improve the terms of trade with the world's poorest countries.

http://www.atu2.com/band/bono/

A beautiful man~

[hopemountain]

6. nice video

thanks, she. i hadn't seen it.

[sheshe2]

11. Hi hopemountain~

UR welcome!

[treestar]

7. That is a nice tradition

I hope they keep it up with the next President.

I would love to have the job of weeding them out. I bet there are a lot that are rambling and incoherent, and some hate mail from teabaggers etc. It may even be hard to find ten good ones!

[IrishAyes]

8. Great info, thanks on behalf of everyone.

I have a nice letter that I think and certainly hope was direct from his desk. Can't be 100% sure but it has been tucked away in my safety deposit box. Once in awhile when I'm at the bank and in my box for other reasons, I pull that out and read it fondly.