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The conservative blogger in New York - who is an organizer of the 2012 Draft Sarah Palin Committee in the state - discusses being a volunteer at one of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's book signings : "The highlight for me was being given the opportunity to serve at the book signing. I use the ...
White House
Sarah Palin
Mike Ross
Sandra Rose, a British-born conservative blogger in suburban Atlanta, Ga., discusses her compatriot : "With mostly garbage Hip Hop inundating today’s radio airwaves, some of us have been able to survive the R&B drought by queuing up Sade on our iPODs and dreaming of how life used to be. ...
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I thought ol' boy was trying to become Hollywood's chief lobbyist? Anyway, hat tip to reader Queen for this story. Apparently, a poll is being conducted on Harold Ford Jr.'s behalf to gauge his chances of running for a U.S. Senate seat in New York, where he has had a home for three years. The ...
Congress
Harold Ford
Kirsten Gillibrand
Last night was the first state dinner hosted by the Obama White House. The affair, honoring Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and First Lady Gursharan Kaur, featured mostly vegetarian dishes from an award-winning chef, a performance by Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson, and 338 guests - who ...
World
India
Asks the Nigerian-born businessman and naturalized U.S. citizen in Texas. He argues that it's time for black folks in America - as the world's most educated black folks - to lead the African diaspora towards financial independence and as producers instead of consumers : "As independence was ...
Other
Ed Gillespie
Clarence Page: "Race Haunts Politics" The moderate-liberal commentator opines : "A racial streak always has haunted populist politics. But in most of today's uprising by populist conservatives, race is only a marker, if a highly visible one, for other differences that have defined American ...
White House
Barack Obama
France: Two UMP Deputies Troubled By Rama Yade UMP deputies Jacques Myard and Christian Vanneste have described as "disturbing" the words of French Secretary of State for Sport Rama Yade (pictured) in Jacqueline Remy's book "How I Became French" (article in French). The author had ...
World
France
Federal Reserve Expects Unemployment To Remain High For Years Top Federal Reserve officials expect unemployment to remain elevated for years to come, suggesting that the economic recovery will be too gradual to create rapid improvement in the job market . The unemployment rate will be in the ...
White House
Federal Reserve
Clifton B., a conservative blogger in New Jersey, responds to news reports about additional troops : "General Stanley McChrystal gave Obama three options, a low-risk option of 80,000 troops, a medium-risk option of 40,000 troops and a high-risk option of 20,000 troops. Obama decision seems to ...
White House
Barack Obama
Afghanistan
General David Petraeus
Charges May Boost Impeachment Of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford The effort to impeach Gov. Mark Sanford may be gaining momentum with state Ethics Commission charges that the conservative Republican governor violated ethics laws 37 times by using his office for personal financial gain — ...
White House
Republican National Committee
Shelby Steele
Mark Sanford
Tyler Perry Donates $1 Million To NAACP The filmmaker and television producer has donated $1 million to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the civil rights organization . The NAACP says the gift is the largest donation from ...
White House
NAACP
Barack Obama
Climate Change 'Could Spark African Civil Wars' Climate change could increase the likelihood of civil war in sub-Saharan Africa by 50% within the next 20 years, leading to hundreds of thousands of deaths, it has been claimed (hat tip: News One ). Researchers at Stanford University in ...
White House
Barack Obama
While moderate Democratic blogger Mickey Hepner is shaking his head about New Orleans mayoral candidate and housing advocate James Perry's new campaign ad , I sort of like the liberal Democrat's interesting campaign ad. LMAO this ad is clearly geared toward the ghetto-fabulous contingent in New ...
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The gay conservative Republican in Washington, D.C. opines : "A week ago, a friend of mine posted an open question to conservatives: ' how many conservative positions must one hold on the issues in order to be considered a conservative? ' But in order to answer that question, one must first ...
World
Bookeristas weigh in on racist portrayals of President Obama and Mrs. Obama. FYI, I just did a Google search. The racist image comes up if you type in "Michelle Obama" in quotes (which specifies one's search). However, it doesn't show up if you just type in her name without quotes. Sandra ...
White House
Barack Obama
Michelle Obama
Mr. Pambou, an elected city councilman in Alfortville (suburban Paris) and a member of the center-right UMP party, opines about outspoken French Secretary of Sport Rama Yade. After weeks of battle with UMP party leaders, Ms. Yade yesterday was successful in securing approval to contest ...
World
Thomas Sowell: "Solving Whose Problem?" The conservative economist opines : "Many of the things the government does that may seem stupid are not stupid at all, from the standpoint of the elected officials or bureaucrats who do these things. The current economic downturn that has cost ...
White House
The libertarian economics professor argues that self-interest is what fuels creativity and human progress : "How many things in our lives would we like to depend upon the generosity and selflessness of our fellow man, and do you think we would like the outcome? You say, 'Williams, are you now ...
Other
Brian Williams
Ed Gillespie
Ghana: Ex-Minister: "NDC Can’t Change The Economy" Felix Owusu Adjapong, the former Minister of Parliamentary Affairs in the erstwhile center-right New Patriotic Party administration, calls the 2010 budget presented to Parliament last week as “preposterous and absurd.” He said the ...
White House
Condoleezza Rice
Clarence Thomas
East Africans Working For U.S. Security Firms In War Zone Thousands of Ugandans (pictured left) and Kenyans are working in Iraq and Afghanistan as contractors for US-based security companies. They are reportedly paid wages eight times more than they could earn at home -- but reportedlyonly ...
