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Letter
#2015


Frustration with short sale on our home.
Posted by Anonymous on 8/22/10 12:07pm

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Dear President Obama:
 
My husband and I have been in the process of short selling our home since February 2010. Due to my husband's cut back in salary and also losing our health coverage with his employer which I have had to pick up at my job we are forced to short sale our...

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Letter
#2012


DESPERATE MOM SEEKING FOR HELP
Posted by Anonymous on 8/21/10 4:17pm

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Dear Mr. President, First i want to thank you for your great work and congratulate you for your courage. It is a great honor for me today to be able to address my concerns to you Mr President. I know you are very busy and i beg you and your staff to allow this letter to reach you...

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Letter
#2010


My Daughter Needs a Job
Posted by Anonymous on 8/21/10 3:24pm

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Dear President Obama,
I have been supporting my daughter for the past 3 yrs. and can no longer do so.  She is a nurse that cannot find a job.  When she was just out of nursing school, she took a job with a Hospital in Midland Texas.  I am sure you have heard the saying...

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Letter
#1994


My Concerns About the Environmental and Social Impact of Big Solar
Posted by Anonymous on 8/19/10 3:55pm

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Dear Mr. President,  First of all, I would like to express my gratitude for all that you do to help protect our precious environment and for your work to ensure a sustainable and healthy economy. Regarding Big Solar: I acknowledge the depth of knowledge of your advisors regarding clean...

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Letter
#1985


Comment about our Men and Women at war
Posted by Anonymous on 8/17/10 5:34pm

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Dear Mr President:
I was saddened to read your comment on our fighting men and women overseas. I am a proud American who on one hand does not believe in war and on the other hand supports our troups being over there. I DO hope and pray that our men and women can come home SOON....and I...

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Letter
#1984


The Great Leader
Posted by Anonymous on 8/17/10 4:16pm

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One becomes a leader after doing many right things. One becomes a great leader when one does what is right. I am so proud of you when you cleared your position of support on making the Muslim Community Center in Manhattan New York with all the opposition pressure. 
May God bless our...

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Letter
#1978


My thoughts about the proposed mosque at Goround Zero in New York City
Posted by Anonymous on 8/17/10 8:20am

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Dear President Obama,I am a US citizen, a married woman living in Nashville, Tennessee. I grew up in a Democratic household (political party, not philosophy). Upon reaching adulthood I have categorically voted along party lines, sometimes because I believed in the candidate and sometimes because...

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Letter
#1973


How to pay for health insurane being unemployed?
Posted by Anonymous on 8/16/10 3:58pm

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My mother, who is 57, is unemployed and also cares for my great-grandmother who is 81. My husband supports me, our 3 kids and now my mom and my great-grandmother. She applied and was denied goverment help. Now I ask you Mr. President: How is she going to afford health insurance? Where will...

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Letter
#1969


Terrorism
Posted by Anonymous on 8/16/10 8:45am

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Dear President Obama,I am 76 years old and emigrated to the United States in 1958, after having been born and raised in Egypt.  I am an Egyptian Jew by birth. Had to leave Egypt in the light of the Israeli-Egyptian war at that time.Being a United...

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Letter
#1948


My Fear
Posted by Anonymous on 8/12/10 7:20pm

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Like many other stories, mine starts like this: I came from a small southern town, and was the first in my family to graduate from college.I worked my way through for six year for a BS, then got an engineering job with a government contractor in Callifornia (Reagan was President then).I married...

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Letter
#1944


Repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell
Posted by Anonymous on 8/10/10 7:15pm

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Mr President, We have not heard from you in awhile about your stance on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DODT) and what you are doing for the complete removal of the shameful policy.We should let all of our proud service members know that this policy is out of date, out of time, and out of luck.



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Letter
#1939


HOW ONE MOM CAN HELP MANY KIDS
Posted by Anonymous on 8/9/10 12:21pm

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Dear President Obama,A belated HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you!!!!I am very honored to approach you with a letter of hope and to gain further knowledge on protecting my one child from further questioned character behaviors.  The behaviors are being inpailed through visitation granted in a decree that...

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Letter
#1938


Healthcare Struggle with Cancer
Posted by Anonymous on 8/9/10 9:56am

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Dear Mr. President Obama
 
My name is Amanda Collins and I am disgusted with the healthcare situation, my brother Brett had stage 3 cancers and it’s not the fact he didn’t have coverage, but it was a limited policy covering only $3000.00. by Brett being 21, he didn’t know and...

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Letter
#1926


Parody - The Secret Weapon against the Big Lie
Posted by Anonymous on 8/5/10 2:40pm

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The Obama end to tax cuts for the highest earning segment of the American population obviously makes sense to help limit the deficit and to help America's poorest population. And yet Republicans sponsored by Special Interests have TV spots claiming that it would be catastrophic to raise taxes on...

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Letter
#1914


2010 BOY SCOUT JAMBOREE
Posted by Anonymous on 7/29/10 8:50pm

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Dear Mr. President,
My son is one of those 50,000 boy scouts who traveled from California to Washington, DC for the Boy Scouts Jamboree.
One of his main reasons for going, was to be able to see you, hear you & listen to you.  He was so excited!
We are not from an...

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Letter
#1911


Thank You!
Posted by Anonymous on 7/28/10 2:36am

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President Obama,
I am one of the millions that have been out of work for the paat 18 months.  I spend 30+ hours a week looking for work, tweaking my resume, and interviewing when i can get the opportunity.  The rest of the time I spend trying to build a small business for...

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Letter
#1899


Save Air Force Plant 42 Jobs
Posted by LAFan42 on 7/26/10 8:45am

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Dear Mr. President, I am writing to inform you of the insourcing of Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, CA. The men and women at this plant have been wrongly targeted for insourcing and will lose their jobs as a result. The Air Force has misinterpreted your Executive Memo dated March 4, 2009. I have...

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Letter
#1895


Undocumented with dreams.
Posted by Anonymous on 7/24/10 3:20am

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Dear President Barack Obama,
This letter is a result of several hopes, voices, and dreams you may already be aware of. I am a fourth year college student pursuing a double major in the fields of Criminal Justice and Sociology, as well as a minor in Spanish. My passion for social justice...

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Letter
#1862


We Must Support Israel
Posted by Anonymous on 7/20/10 9:57am

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Dear Mr. President,
     We must support Israel. We would not have the America that we know today if it were not for the Jewish people.
     During the Revelutionary War, George Washington spoke to the people at Valley Forge, saying,"We...

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Letter
#1860


Impediment to Small Business Growth
Posted by Anonymous on 7/19/10 11:21pm

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Dear Mr. President,
The one thing that everyone seems to agree with is that the bulk of employment in America is provided by small business, so the key to dealing with unemployment clearly seems to be to achieve robust small business investment.
There seem to be two opposing...

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