In a new message from Al-Qaida #2 Ayman al-Zawahri he called Barack Obama and secretaries of state Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice “house negroes”. Also saying they are not honorable black Americans like Malcom X. It’s a good insight into how they view Barack Obama and this upcoming administration. Could it be they will hate this administration more than they did the Bush Administration ? I know it’s crazy but these guys aren’t exactly known for their reasoning. I am also curious if the Obama administration will continue to use Al-Qaida as the boogieman like the Bush administration has. Or if they will actually treat them as the threat that they are and hunt down the leaders and break that terrorist organization once and for all.
Source: MSNBC.com
Very good article over at Reason by Radley Balko. Asking if Barack man enough to put forth the true change that has been promised? It’s a right that many Presidents have hidden behind and I think it’s time for it to go. The time for the government to be held accountable is upon us. The job of the President of the United States of America is wildly considered the most important job in the world. Shouldn’t it also be the most honest and transparent? It would help prove that Barack Obama really wants change and isn’t full of shit.
Source: Reason.com
That’s the word on the street right now and I think that it’s a very strong statement of unity if it’s true. It would pull the democratic party together and make it much stronger. I would be interested to see how the Republicans feel about this. Will it make them want to go after the Obama administration even more? We all know how much they love the Clintons.
Source: CNN.com
The fed is refusing to report on who they have given nearly $2 Trillion of our tax dollars to. It’s a damn shame that they are allowed to operate above the law like this. They are a huge part of why we are in the situation that we’re in. I say it’s time to fire everybody at the fed and start from scratch. We need to take our country back people. It’s never going to get fixed as long as the same people are in power. Use your vote like you did on November 4th and elect people that actually love this country and are not looking to get as much pork as they can for their district. We need people that are willing to look at the big picture and take tough stands for the betterment of this country. Bloomberg has filed a lawsuit to get access to the list and I will report here as soon as I hear something.
Source: Bloomberg.com
I know we are in dire times but I also hope this isn’t a sign of things to come. It’s never a good sign when a president uses executive orders to avoid congress. I hope that Barack is very careful with his use of these powers over his term. I am understanding of the need to get things moving. I don’t fault him for it at all. But at the same time I think it’s something that we all have to keep an eye on.
Source: Breitbart.com
Gotta love the news making a story out of nothing yet again. Jake Tapper - ABC News Senior National Correspondent. Had a post today (Story Here)Â and you would think that a national correspondent on politics would be familiar with political jokes. John McCain wasn’t talking about wife beating at all of course but in this PC world he’s in the wrong somehow. Guess it must be a slow news day for Mr. Tapper.
Tags: John McCain, Non-News
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But Kevin, it wasn’t a joke! Senator McCain was using a figure of speech to illustrate a question that was unanswerable. Or to put it another way, a “damned if you do” or “damned if you don’t” question. A reporter’s job is to cover the story not make up a story. I am a professional journalist by education and if I ever would have pulled the kind of shit I see today that passes for news reporting I would have never gotten out of Journalism 101. I am so deeply disappointed in members of my own trade. There are important issues to be covered in this election and yet this is the kind of crap that works its way up to the Drudge Report. And don’t get me started on Matt Drudge! Now there’s fodder for another column/commenting session!!!!
This was not an inappropiate joke but rather an appropriate sacastic comment to a loaded question. Lets get away from these trivialities and talk real issues. Seems like the media asks question to “one up” the candidates and to get the reporter his/her 5 minutes of fame.
BTW: Obama ‘08