The world has spoken. Chicago is spared the expense and grief of hosting the 2016 Olympics. London who is hosting the 2012 Olympics has already over run their projected budget by a factor of 4. If I lived in Chicago I would be grateful. Spend some money on law enforcement to stop the brutal teenage killings.
Our country has more important problems to solve than our leaders spending time on promoting sporting events.
Just ran across this article, does this alarm anyone else?
One of the headlines in "The Drudge Report" this evening.
"Obama: 'UPS and FEDEX are doing fine. It's the Post Office that is always having problems...' "...DUH!
all this talk of helping and knowing the middle class struggles, I am not convinced at all
http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090304/us_time/08599188291300
Every member of the President's task force - from Biden ($227,000) to Council of Economic Advisors chair Christina Romer ($172,000) to energy secretary Steven Chu ($191,000) - makes well over $150,000, putting them in the top 5% of wage earners. (See pictures of crime in Middle America.)
He pressed for this stimulus to be done now! Is Obama still in campaign / rhetoric mode?
http://www.nypost.com/seven/02152009/news/nationalnews/whats_the_rush__1...
and fearmongering http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123457303244386495.html
Dylan talks about the need for Google for Government. A information sharing solutions for government
Morning Podcasts:
I work outside in the Old South End. The last couple of months , I have seen and talked to many small teams of Obama workers going house to house . They are from New York and other states. I am not an Obama supporter , but it is fascinating to see the large amount of energy and committment in his ground team.
LISTEN to Barak Obama as he talks about the MISTAKES the founding fathers made, the proper way to "Spread The Wealth", and why he wants to be President.
Democrats, Socialists, Marxists, and Unions everywhere must be so proud.
And the best you can find on Palin is a tanning bed scandal?
http://thecapitolfaxblog.com/2007/01/19/obamarama-levine-rezko-cari/
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/rezko/1124666,CST-NWS-rezko25.article
"DENVER -- No matter what help Barack Obama might get from Sen. Joseph Biden, his newly named vice presidential running mate won't give Obama much cover on the Tony Rezko front.
Jerome R Corsi, author of The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult
of Personality, calls Troy from the Democratic National Convention to
discuss Obama's "extreme leftism", "extensive connections with Islam and
PEARL, Miss. - They're not exactly rooting for Barack Obama, but prominent white supremacists anticipate a boost to their cause if he becomes the first black president. His election, they say, would trigger a backlash — whites rising up, a revolution of sorts — that they think is long overdue.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121797906741214995.html?mod=blogs
excerpt:
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In 2000, Mr. Asbahi briefly served on the board of Allied Assets Advisors Fund, a Delaware-registered trust. Its other board members at the time included Jamal Said, the imam at a fundamentalist-controlled mosque in Illinois
I found this on YouTube. It's hilarious. Below is a cut/paste description from the YouTube person that created it (EyeBlast.tv):
In Campaign 2008, YouTube has become a forum for voters (and some candidates) to voice their political preferences in song. There's not a Grammy contender in the bunch. Here's a glimpse of the best of the worst.
One more ridiculous photo op from Jesus-Moses-Mohammed-Buddha-Vishnu-Shiva-Barack Hussein Obama for his fanatic followers. Next stop? Probably the Vatican and then on to Iran and the Ayatollah.
http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/11/news/economy/candidates_taxproposals_tpc...
McCain: The average taxpayer in every income group would see a lower tax bill, but high-income taxpayers would benefit more than everyone else.
