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World News, Political Commentary & Opinion Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:01:20 +0200 Related Posts
July 3, 2008 — National Black Republican Association (NBRA) - Democrats are ‘More Racist’ (1)
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June [...]
Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:38:38 +0200 G8 leaders enjoy 18-course meal as they discuss “how to solve the global food crisis.”
The leaders of the richest nations of the world sat down to an 18-course gastronomic extravaganza at the G8 summit in Japan to discuss world hunger.
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The dinner and lunch included:
1. Caviar,
2. Milkfed lamb,
3. Sea urchin and tuna,
4. Champagne and wines [...]
Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:20:57 +0200 In his speech, Douglass delivered a scathing attack on the hypocrisy of a nation celebrating freedom and independence with speeches, parades and platitudes, while, within its borders, nearly four million humans were being kept as slaves.
Frederick Douglass (1817-1895)
Frederick Douglass (1817-1895) was the best known and most influential African American leader of the 1800s. He was [...]
Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:42:19 +0200 Writes: Mary Beth Marklein
Illegal immigrants face threat of no college
Some states are making it harder for illegal immigrants to attend college by denying in-state tuition benefits or banning undocumented students.
In the past two years, Arizona, Colorado, Georgia and Oklahoma have refused in-state tuition benefits to students who entered the USA illegally with their parents but [...]
Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:53:54 +0200 By Risto Karajkov, Osservatorio sui Balcani, Rovereto, Italy, July 3, 2008
The Balkans is safer than thought. This is the basic message from a recently published report, “Crime and Its Impact on the Balkans,” by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
The report, which was launched last week, made global headlines as some of its [...]
Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:07:08 +0200 Jesse Helms - Enlarge Image
No matter how much Republicans try to sanitize Mr. Helms — after his death last week, his legacy will remain that of Racism, Anti-Semitism, Homophobia and Confederate Segregationism.
The former North Carolina Senator was an unyielding champion of the conservative “Bigot” movement.
And he was the only senator to vote against making the [...]
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:36:51 +0200 Columnist - John SammonYeah man! Gas prices, higher, higher, higher.
I’m lovin’ it!
The higher the better!
What this will do is cause more Americans to cease being mass consumption glutinous hogs, and will ultimately help to save the North Pole from melting.
Let me explain. I know full well this will result in my branding as a left-wing [...]
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:28:28 +0200 By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY
Power, pressure serving and grass-court experience prevailed Thursday as Serena and Venus Williams earned the right to make the final a family affair.
WIMBLEDON, England — Standing on the now-patchy grass of Centre Court on Thursday and smiling at her family in the players’ box with delight and a bit of relief in her [...]
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:15:25 +0200 From The NBRA:
…..therefore Black People, please vote Republican — because Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican. Meanwhile WE of the NBRA have launched Racial Anti-Obama Ads — like the ones below:
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What can I say, other than repeat what I have posted in this blog a thousand times: Black ReTHUGliTOMS demean blackness, hopelessly.
Today, it [...]
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:06:43 +0200 Writes: BOB HERBERT
‘Oh Happy Day’
President Bush and Vice President Cheney, both former oil-company executives, have long tried to tell us this war(Iraq War) was about terrorism, about weapons of mass destruction, about bringing freedom and democracy to the Iraqi people, about anything but oil.
Said Mr. Bush: “We cannot wait for the final proof, the [...]
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:32:02 +0200 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez told the Mercosur meeting in Argentina that Europe had “legalised barbarism.”
South American heads of state have ended a regional summit with a fierce attack on EU immigration policies.
The EU laws, due to come into force in 2010, could see illegal immigrants held for up to 18 months and face a [...]
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:12:11 +0200 HARARE (Reuters) - President Robert Mugabe returns to Zimbabwe on Wednesday under pressure from fellow African leaders to form a national unity government in the wake of his re-election in a violent poll ruled unfair by monitors.
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An African Union summit in Egypt, attended by Mugabe, approved a resolution calling for him to negotiate with [...]
Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:46:59 +0200 John McBOMB McCain Flip-Flops Like A Drunk Old Sailor
EJ_Dionne: Who Will Win (or Lose) the Flip-Flopping Contest?
…. So it’s now clear that since Republicans will have trouble winning this election on issues, especially with the country in a mood to punish the G.O.P., John McCain’s allies hope to win this by casting Barack Obama as [...]
Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:20:44 +0200 Jump in Hispanics energizes economy in Kan. county — Saline County, Kan., is a vivid example of the impact new Hispanic residents can have on a community.
The population of the county north of Wichita has grown less than 2% this decade to 54,583, but its Hispanic population has jumped 28%. A majority of that growth [...]
Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:04:35 +0200 Obama to expand Bush’s faith based programs
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is announcing plans to expand President Bush’s program steering federal social service dollars to religious groups and — in a move sure to cause controversy — support some ability to hire and fire based on faith.
Obama was unveiling his approach to getting [...]
Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:14:55 +0200 Joe Horn
Houston, Texas — A grand jury on Monday refused to indict a 62-year-old man who fatally shot two burglars last November as they fled his neighbor’s house.
In a case that raised questions of ethnic bias, self-defense and property rights, the jury rejected charges against the man, Joe Horn, who is white. Both victims were [...]
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:43:03 +0200 In Flag City USA, False Obama Rumors Are Flying
On the television in his living room, Peterman has watched enough news and campaign advertisements to hear the truth: Sen. Barack Obama, born in Hawaii, is a Christian family man with a track record of public service. But on the Internet, in his grocery store, at his [...]
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:34:23 +0200 Bill Clinton is so bitter about Barack Obama’s victory over his wife Hillary that he has told friends the Democratic nominee will have to beg for his wholehearted support.
The former president’s rage is still so great that even loyal allies are shocked by his patronising attitude to Mr Obama, and believe that he risks [...]
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:21:35 +0200 Gilbert Wandera — Reports From Kenya
One US dollar exchanges at 6.2 billion Zimbabwean dollars — What a ‘Mugabean’ mess!
PICTURE: A child with wads of notes in Harare — 200,000 Zimbabwean dollars exchange at 1US cent.
Zimbabwe continues making headlines for all the wrong reasons.
The Southern African country’s future is in oblivion, following political turmoil tied to [...]
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:43:49 +0200 President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Amollo Odinga
Cartoon By Kham
NOTES: Former UN Chief Kofi Annan, brokered the power-sharing deal with President Mwai Kibaki and Mr Odinga
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Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:32:36 +0200 Nader: “He(Obama) wants to show that he is not a threatening, a political threatening, another politically-threatening African-American politician.” He is talking white — “He wants to appeal to white guilt.”
Independent ‘Narcissist,’ presidential candidate and spoiler, Ralph Nader took a jab at Barack Obama on Monday (see transcript below)
Yes, this is the same Nader that denied [...]
Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:08:11 +0200 It is a scam two decades old - and it still works.
Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:12:27 +0200 John Donald Imus, Jr. Has a Long Record of Incendiary Remarks.
The latest:
On Monday, WABC anchor Warner Wolf read a report about footballer Adam “Packman” Jones dropping his nickname, “Pacman.” Wolf also mentioned that Jones had been arrested six times since he was drafted in 2005.
Imus then asked, “What color is he?”
“He’s African-American,” [...]
Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:04:19 +0200 …..Actually, it’s more sophisticated than that: Get Saudi Arabia, our chief oil pusher, to up our dosage for a little while and bring down the oil price just enough so the renewable energy alternatives can’t totally take off. Then try to strong arm Congress into lifting the ban on drilling offshore and in the Arctic [...]
Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:19:57 +0200 Columnist - John SammonYou know what bothers me, apart from the ethics, who’s right and who’s wrong? (America is always right, right or wrong).
America only attacks small, poor countries. Look at the list of our opponents over the past thirty years or so, Vietnam, Granada, Iraq, Afghanistan, The Balkans, Lebanon, and Cuba (oops, we didn’t [...]
Sat, 21 Jun 2008 09:07:46 +0200 In “Country I Love,” Barack speaks to voters about the core values this nation(USA) was founded on and how they have guided him to work hard for his education, to bypass jobs on Wall Street to work as a community organizer, and to lead the fight for America’s families and veterans as an Illinois and [...]
Sat, 21 Jun 2008 09:04:07 +0200 Writes: David Brooks
All I know for sure is that this guy is no liberal goo-goo. Republicans keep calling him naïve. But naïve is the last word I’d use to describe Barack Obama. He’s the most effectively political creature we’ve seen in decades. Even Bill Clinton wasn’t smart enough to succeed in politics by pretending to [...]
Sat, 21 Jun 2008 08:54:11 +0200 Right Wing Hypocrisy on Michelle Obama - Stinking Right-Wing “Prick-Asshole” Lars Larson Taken To Task By Dan Abrams
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Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:42:23 +0200 By Bob Miller
It is most appropriate that George W. Bush and John McCain are meeting behind closed doors because that’s where the two Bush terms were won. But we must remember not to attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
The good news is, what these two lack in leadership and integrity [...]
Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:03:09 +0200 Bob Miller (A Registered Republican) Asks: ‘Democrats…Learned Anything in the Last 8 Years?’
Mentioning John McCain and war hero in the same sentence is an oxymoron.
Since I was shot down twice in Vietnam, I did at one time respect McCain until I started checking with those who spent time with him in North Vietnam.
His nickname [...]
Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:03:02 +0200 Fear: Behind the mild-mannered facade, Barack Obama is intent on “enslaving the white race.”
Fight The GOP Smears — GOTO: FightTheSmears.com — Support
Barack Obama @ BarackObama.com
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Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:34:09 +0200
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Tue, 17 Jun 2008 06:18:52 +0200 Al Gore: “After eight years even our cats and dogs know that elections matter.” “After eight years of incompetence, neglect and failure, we need change,” added Gore
In an email message to supporters prior to endorsing Barack Obama last night in Detroit, Michigan — Nobel Prize Winner and former US Vice-President, Al Gore said:
From now through [...]
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:49:59 +0200 Talabayi
The leading singer of “Mutuashi,” the Afro-Cuban-influenced dance music of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tshala Muana is known for her sensuous stage outfits and extremely sexy dancing. The Baluba folk music tradition has also played an important role in the development of Muana’s sound. ~ Craig Harris, All Music Guide
From: Pan-African News [...]
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:05:55 +0200 By: Maj OJH Oswago
Prof Noam Chomsky persuasively presents the case that American foreign policy and conduct is premised on, and driven by, a maniacal quest for global hegemony. This hegemonic pursuit is mostly, unrestrained by International law or ethic, and is driven by its own internal logic. It is driven by ideology (partly), but mostly [...]
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:52:24 +0200 Hillary Clinton may have multitudes of middle-aged female admirers, but she has significantly less male fans. Guys are put off by her screechy voice, pathological lying, death stare, dowdy pantsuits, hellacious temper, ruthless ambition, crocodile tears, and killer cackle. But Hillary has a 71-year-old male suitor who fawns all over her, and showers her with [...]
Sun, 15 Jun 2008 03:49:28 +0200 Theme: Capitalizing on Opportunity
Ref: http://www.weforum.org/africa2008
World Economic Forum on Africa opening plenary session
The panelists are:
1. John Agyekum Kufuor, President of Ghana
2. Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa
3. Bingu Wa Mutharika, Presidnet of Malawi
4. Pierre Nkurunziza, President of Burundi
5. Raila Amolo Odinga, Prime Minister of Kenya
Chaired by Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum.
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Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:31:43 +0200 “A term used to define an unmarried young woman (but can be a woman of any age) who has had a child. As mentioned before in another definition, most of the time it is used for when it was simply a sexual relationship, compared to ex-wife or girlfriend. Usually this has a negative connotation, a [...]
Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:00:29 +0200 The e-mail/website/air-wave ’smear assault’ on Barack Obama has reached epidemic proportions.
THUG Republicans, idiots, missionaries based in Kenya, Appalachians, angry “White Women,” “blue-collar” white morons, racist radio pundits, Uncle-Tom she-goons like Michelle Malkin, Black Idiot Pastors like “The Reverend James David Manning” and Jesse Lee Peterson (Neo-Nazi Sean Hannity’s “Black” Pastor), bigots with guns, bigots [...]
Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:44:32 +0200 By PHILIP OCHIENG
Evolutionary Scientist Richard Dawkins: “It is the height of injustice to think of a person as “black” just because his blood is “tainted” with “black,” whereas, if “taint” is what it is, then his blood is equally tainted with “white,” in which case, he equally qualifies also as white.
Philip Ochieng: [...]
Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:43:59 +0200 Primaries ‘08: The highlight reel
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Writes: Connie Schultz
Last week, I gave my daughter a small plaque painted with the words of a Japanese proverb.
It was a mother’s gift to [...]
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The wife U.S. Republican John McCain callously left behind
By Sharon Churcher of The Daily Mail, U.K.
Now that Hillary Clinton has at last formally withdrawn from the race for [...]
Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:28:46 +0200 The article below was posted just before Hillary Clinton “conceded” last Saturday,….some what.
Dick Morris offers a very insightful analysis about what could be going on in Hillary’s mind. I must admit I have the same exact feelings, ….even after Hillary’s Saturday speech, I do not feel at ease with this woman, in spite of [...]
Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:57:40 +0200 Picture: Click Here To View
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Sun, 08 Jun 2008 09:10:39 +0200 Appalachia is a thirteen state region that stretches along the Appalachian mountain range from southwestern New York to northeastern Mississippi. Along with its spatial location, the area is characterized by its extensive historical reliance upon extractive resources, namely coal, as its main economic sector. While coal is no longer the largest employer for most counties [...]
Sun, 08 Jun 2008 07:32:23 +0200 Kenyans cheered and danced as they witnessed the opposition leader Raila Odinga and President Mwai Kibaki signing a power-sharing agreement in Nairobi last February. The new post of Prime Minister was created.
There are now three centers of power — President | Vice President | Prime Minister — and a Turf War has emerged.
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Sun, 08 Jun 2008 04:44:52 +0200 Some angry comments I gathered on the Internet:
“Obama will NOT get my vote, and one step more,” Ellen Thorp, a 59-year-old flight attendant from Houston told me. “I have been a Democrat for 38 years. As of today, I am registering as an independent. Yee Haw!”
Jean B. Grillo, an “over 50″ writer in lower Manhattan, [...]
Sun, 08 Jun 2008 01:11:56 +0200 MORE: Smear allegations thoroughly debunked.
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Sat, 07 Jun 2008 19:49:57 +0200 Clinton bows out and delivers promise to strongly back, and to throw ‘full support’ to Barack Obama.
Hillary Clinton as expected today ended her bid for the White House and formally endorsed Barack Obama during a speech Saturday at the National Building Museum in Washington.
She was unequivocal in her praise for Obama, and the speech is [...]
Sat, 07 Jun 2008 18:05:52 +0200 Introduction
The struggle against oppression was the central thesis of Frantz Fanon’s revolutionary philosophy. And colonialism was the target of this fury. Fanon condemned colonialism in the most bitter terms and advocated violence in its most extreme form to confront this plague. In his words, “colonialism is not a thinking machine nor a body endowed with [...]
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Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:03:35 +0200 Prof. Ali MazruiLast week in this space I posed a challenge to the United States of America: Will it realise its potential of becoming humankind’s post-racial garden of Eden, completing the odyssey from Africa as the first Garden of Eden? Or will the country waste that opportunity through bigotry, prejudice, and conflict?
This week we [...]
Thu, 05 Jun 2008 06:43:02 +0200 US Ambassador, Mr Michael Ranneberger, said Obama’s win would have tremendous impact on Kenya.
Kenyans have welcomed Senator Barack Obama’s nomination as the Democratic Party candidate for the November US presidential elections.
Proud Grandma: Mama Sarah Obama and one of her grandsons, Mr. Wycliffe Omondi read The Standard at her Kogelo village home, Siaya District, Kenya [...]
Thu, 05 Jun 2008 02:58:19 +0200 ….and Mr. Olbermann celebrates with new Bill O’Reilly Remix
Here is the New Site — Pretty ‘Spiffy!’
…and here is the O’Wino Remix
LOL!
What makes Mr. O’Malley Tick? I bet he snorts cocaine…..and of course, he drinks….He is Irish anyway!
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Obama may have transcended party labels and race, but its the historical significance of an African American Democratic nominee that we celebrate today. The Rev. Martin Luther’s King’s dream [...]
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A couple of weeks ago In a desperate attempt to garner media coverage, McCain invited Obama to visit Iraq with him. This wasn’t a sincere request, McCain couched his invitation in condescending terms, [...]
Wed, 04 Jun 2008 08:51:24 +0200 As Obama gained the nomination of the Democratic party last night, Hillary Clinton scoffed and narcissistically refused to concede.
Obama Acknowledges Crowd in Minnesota
Clinton congratulated Obama — not for winning the nomination, but for running an “extraordinary race.” She recognized Obama and his supporters “for all they accomplished.”
Also, and very ungraciously, Clinton the “wicked [...]
Wed, 04 Jun 2008 01:24:44 +0200 Sources say Clinton to acknowledge delegate math, consider No. 2 slot
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Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:15:24 +0200 By Khamati Shilabukha
In the past few years, there have been efforts to re-position Africa in the globalising world to take care of relationships among its states and the rest of the world.
The association of African states was restructured from the Organisation of African Unity, to the African Union. Many would argue that this is merely [...]
Tue, 03 Jun 2008 07:43:41 +0200 Hillary Clinton to make major speech on Tuesday
It seems this is the end of the road for Ma. Clinton.
Reports internet-wide indicate that as of Monday, Clinton campaign staffers are being urged by the campaign’s finance department to turn in their outstanding expense receipts by the end of the week, an indication that the campaign [...]
Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:53:56 +0200 “Napoleon” Hillary seeks to go after Obama superdelegates | Undeclared superdelegates expected to make a ‘mad dash’ to Obama
As Barack Obama turns to concentrate on his general election challenge, his rival Hillary Rodham Clinton is mounting a last ditch campaign to stay relevant in what is left of the Democratic presidential contest.
The former [...]
Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:12:07 +0200 Writes: Geraldo Rivera
Secretary Chertoff, Call Off These Raids!!
Driven by the most savage talk radio and cable news anti-immigrant propaganda campaign in our nation’s history, the Department of Homeland Security has unleashed an unprecedented crackdown on undocumented workers.
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In an effort not seen since the panic unleashed by the Great Depression, [...]
Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:52:17 +0200 With the decision just around the corner, there has been much speculation as to who John McCain will pick for a running mate. Here’s his own personal list recently leaked to the press…..[CLICK HERE TO VIEW LIST]
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For nearly five decades, the United States has pursued a policy toward Cuba that could be described as incredibly stupid.
Raúl Castro is not going to transform Cuba into a free-market democracy. But he gives every indication of moving down the path that China’s leadership has taken, toward making his country a [...]
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Sat, 31 May 2008 19:38:13 +0200 What Barack Obama Can Do For Africa — and Vice Versa
The first time Barack Obama came home to his father’s village of Kogelo in western Kenya, it was as a 26-year-old backpacker exploring his family roots. In 1987, he and half-sister Auma rode a dilapidated old bus from Kisumu, the provincial capital, 60 miles away. [...]
Sat, 31 May 2008 19:09:55 +0200 From: Steve Hildebrand, BarackObama.com
Sat, May 31, 2008 at 12:22 PM
You’ll like this.
This morning someone forwarded me an email sent by the arm of the Republican Party that raises money for their Senate candidates.
The subject of the message was “Democrats Win Landslide Victory,” and the writer, Republican former Senator Bill Frist, admits: “I have [...]
Sat, 31 May 2008 18:07:16 +0200 John ‘Bomb Bomb Iran’ McCain and ‘Bent-Talk,’ Lying and Flip-Flopping
McBOMB is mangling things again — Is it lack of knowledge of facts or is he having another ‘Senior Moment’?
On Thursday, he made a very specific measurement as to the extent of troop reductions in Iraq, saying: “I can tell you that it is succeeding.” “I [...]
Sat, 31 May 2008 17:01:50 +0200 Reference: Rupert Murdoch owns FOX News a.k.a “Fake News” a.k.a “Fix News.”
Keith Rupert Murdoch, AC, KCSG (born Melbourne, March 11, 1931), usually known as Rupert Murdoch, is an Australian-American global media mogul. He is the major shareholder, chairman and managing director of News Corporation (News Corp). Beginning with newspapers, magazines and television stations in [...]
Fri, 30 May 2008 18:11:32 +0200 Columnist - John Sammon“That isn’t the Scott McClellan I knew. Is that the Scott McClellan you knew?”
“No! The Scott McClellan I knew could tell a lie we told him and then keep a lie a lie.”
“What are we gonna do?”
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Despite being hopelessly behind in pledged delegates, and with practically no chance of winning this contest legally, Mrs. Clinton is still running around, drunk with “Voodoo” delegate permutations, claiming that she has won the Democratic primary.
It has also been reported that she has sent “uncommitted super delegates” a [...]
Thu, 29 May 2008 15:42:02 +0200 HILL’S DAY AT MT. ‘CRUSHMORE’
Form The New York Post
Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday visited Mount Rushmore for a photo op beneath the stony visages of four legendary presidents - as the national Democratic Party dealt a blow to her hopes of ever joining them.
Clinton, who’s stumping hard in advance of Tuesday’s ballot in South Dakota [...]
Wed, 28 May 2008 15:15:55 +0200 Scott McClellan, a former White House spokesman writes in a new book titled: “What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington’s Culture of Deception,” has indicted President Bush on the war in Iraq. Said McClellan: “Bush veered terribly off course” and “rushed” to an unnecessary war in Iraq. “The White House used propaganda to [...]
Wed, 28 May 2008 12:10:08 +0200 China, it seems, has never seen a conflict in Africa it did not want to fun. For Beijing, bad governance sometimes means good business, to spite ‘western’ democracy.
The rejection of a shipment of weapons to Zimbabwe three weeks ago confirms China’s race to catch up in exploiting Africa’s potential. The Asian giant wants oil, gas, [...]
Wed, 28 May 2008 11:57:19 +0200 Prof. Ali MazruiNuclear weapons are symbols of military strength. Until 1998, these weapons were a monopoly of the already politically powerful five permanent members of the UN Security Council. Those who are outgunned are sometimes forced to resort to terrorist tactics.
Terrorism is an instrument of the weak and it has been largely associated with Muslims. [...]
Wed, 28 May 2008 10:58:42 +0200 By Ali Mazrui
Prof. Ali MazruiBarack Obama, the US Democratic presidential aspirant, has philosophised about a new post-racial America. In his campaign, he has emphasised not merely Martin Luther King’s dream of racial equality, but a more advanced dream of post-raciality.
If Obama were elected the first Black President of the United States, that would of course [...]
Wed, 28 May 2008 08:57:26 +0200 By Harold Meyerson
Clinton’s Two-State Two-Step: Making Florida and Michigan’s delegates a cause for democracy and feminism makes a mockery of both.
Columnist - Harold Meyerson
On Saturday, when the Rules Committee of the Democratic National Committee meets to determine the fate of Florida and Michigan’s delegations to this summer’s convention, it will have some company. A [...]
Tue, 27 May 2008 16:17:44 +0200 Barack Obama’s maternal grandfather, Stanley Dunham, grew up in El Dorado, Kansas. Obama was raised by his mother and his grandparents in Hawaii; his father left the family when Obama was just 2 years old and then returned to his native Kenya.
Stanley Dunham served in World War II and was educated on the GI [...]
Tue, 27 May 2008 02:30:00 +0200 Why even bother dancing? No Rhythm !
Here is some real dancing Hillary!
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Sat, 24 May 2008 22:35:34 +0200 “Hillary Clinton is showing “a little desperation” according to Governor David Paterson.
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