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At a certain point
President Obama removed his class-warrior hat long enough to spend $74k on a date with the First Lady last weekend. The trip to New York to take in a Broadway show was a campaign promise the President made to his wife.
The RNC circulated an email slamming Obama for the insensitivity of his jet setting in light of GM’s pending (now academic) ( Read more... ) -
The Land of the Free, Because of the Brave
Golda Meir once said, "We will have peace with the Arabs when they love their children more than they hate us." I would imagine there are few truisms quite as poignant in today's day and age. Loving one's children and respecting life do not preclude the human instinct to fight for survival. When Arabs strap bombs on women and children and send them ( Read more... ) -
Writer's Block: When I Grow Up
Have a real job. Own a home. Become responsible. Invest in retirement.
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Social pathology: crack and heroin epidemics, family violence, out-of-wedlock births, abortion as "just another option," alcoholic mothers having brain-damaged babies, violent and uncontrollable schools, constantly irresponsible and self-destructive behavior, endemic crime. Obama has seen that for twenty years in South Side Chicago, and it is well- ( Read more... ) -
iPhone
Okay I've gone against everything I believe in and done the unthinkable. I now have an iPhone. Actually, I've had one for a few months now ( Read more... ) -
Obama Ends 9/11 Policy Allowing Pilots to Carry Guns
Genius.
As was asked when this issue was debated -- and resolved, we thought -- "If you don't trust a pilot to carry a gun, what the fuck are you doing allowing him at the controls of a plane carrying 300 people?"
Nah, he's not a hard-core ideologue or anything. He just wants practical, common-sense solutions.
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Obama's 'special' gift to Brown? 25 DVDs
During his visit to Washington, Gordon Brown wanted to give something special to Barack Obama to symbolise Britain's special relationship with America.
The PM presented Obama with a pen holder crafted of wood from the HMS Gannet, an anti-slave ship previously named the HMS President. The Gannet was a sister ship to HMS Resolute, whose timbers were ( Read more... ) -
Writer's Block: Regime Change
Congress.
