This is the photo of the empty table where Governor Blagojevich and his attorneys would normally sit at the opening of his impeachment trial. He threatened not to appear and he didn’t. Sphere: Related Content
Monthly Archives: January 2009
The Second Most Powerful Man In Washington
From Political Wire: The New York Times runs a must-read profile of White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. “Mr. Emanuel is arguably the second most powerful man in the country and, just a few days into his tenure, already one of the highest-profile chiefs of staff in recent memory… In recent months, he has played a critical role in the selection and courtship of nearly every cabinet member and key White House staff member.” “He has exerted influence...
China Currency Policy Impact On USA. Auto Industry As Example.
With the Yuan artificially cheap it makes Chinese imports cheaper and US exports to China more expensive. China has a massive trade surplus with the USA. Currency policy is a key element to national economic health. An example is the auto industry. “Japan’s yen subsidy provides the average imported Japanese car a $4,000 windfall cost advantage over U.S. automakers and other competitors in the U.S. market — a windfall that ranges up to $10,000 per vehicle for higher-end Japanese...
Worldwide Service Outage! Service Restored.
From a close friends European source: Dear World: We, the United States of America, your top quality supplier of ideals of democracy, would like to apologize for our 2001-2008 interruption in service. The technical fault that led to this eight-year service outage has been located, and the software responsible was replaced November 4. Early tests of the newly installed program indicate that we are now operating correctly, and we expect it to be fully functional on January 20. We...
Obama, Family Planning, and Foreign Aid
I continue to applaud enthusiastically through the early days of the Obama presidency. So far, Obama is what many of us expected him to be, and more. He’s closing Gitmo and banning torture, for example, and yesterday he reversed another of Bush’s more egregious policies, one especially harmful to women: President Obama struck down a rule Friday that prohibits U.S. money from funding international family-planning clinics that promote abortion or provide counseling or referrals about abortion services. Obama said...
Airstrikes A Sign of Obama’s Willingness To Engage
While this may or may not portend good things for the future, there is a substantial debate about Afghanistan and the thin government in Pakistan, but President Obama made it clear he is willing and able to strike at enemies where ever they may be hiding. From WaPo” Two remote U.S. missile strikes that killed at least 20 people at suspected terrorist hideouts in northwestern Pakistan yesterday offered the first tangible sign of President Obama’s commitment to sustained military...
A Time Of Economic Crisis…President Obama (Video)
The President speaks for himself. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Sphere: Related Content
The New Junior Senator From New York
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