POLOTICS

Fox coverage of "Tea Partys" critisized
Source: Yahoo! News

Nobody's covering the tea parties quite like Fox — and that's prompting critics and cable news competitors to say that the network is blurring the line between journalism and advocacy.."Fox appears to be promoting these events at the same time it is presenting them in a w …

Samajwadi Party vows action against English language, computers
Source: Times of India

LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, who unveiled his party's manifesto for the Lok Sabha polls here Saturday, said the party is against English medium education and the use of computers and will work to ensure that they are curbed if a government is formed with i …

U.S. Postal Service to Cut Jobs, Offer 150,000 Early Retirement
Source: Bloomberg.com

U.S. Postal Service to Cut Jobs, Offer 150,000 Early Retirement Share | Email | Print | A A A By Sylvia Wier

Some Banks Didn't Get the "Stupid" Memo
Source: San Francisco Business Times

"The Power of Yes" was a well-known bank's theme in their ad at the 2003 Academy Awards.

congressman says, "Embryonic stem cell reversal is distraction",
Source: CNN

Rep. Eric Cantor, the Republican whip in the House of Representatives, told CNN, "Why are we going and distracting ourselves from the economy? This is job No. 1. Let's focus on what needs to be done,"

What is Equality - Harrison Bergeron - Truth or Fiction

For anyone who is interested in great American Literature Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Is a must. In the midst of his compilation of works is a very interesting short story called Harrison Bergeron.

Barack Obama's inauguration day
Source: Guardian Unlimited

Obama's day in pictures.

Thai Politics as I see it - Part 2

Life has not been convenient for Bangkokians since the PAD protests began. Streets shut down here and there cause traffic jams and added frustration to the already hectic lives of city dwellers. Thais as a nation don't like inconveniences. We don't like change.

A GOP Dirty Trickster Has Second Thoughts - The Daily Beast
Source: Huffington Post

Is there some kind of mandatory community service program that could be implemented, so that the "regretful" GOP operatives can make it up to the rest of us? Their attempt to convey an apology and seek a bit of redemption is appreciated, but it is not enough.

How Obama did it.
Source: CNN

A single factor never produces a complex event like the historic election of Barack Obama. But when the final post-mortem on the election of 2008 is someday written, it will no doubt include at least three.

YouTube - If you vote, Starbucks buys your coffee
Source: YouTube

FREE COFFEE!!! all you have to do is VOTE then go to starbucks

Politically Incorrect? :: Grace to You
Source: www.gty.org

Nothing in the past half century has done more damage to the evangelical cause than the notion that the best way for Christians to influence society is by wielding our collective political clout.

Phony flier says Virginians vote on different days | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com
Source: PilotOnline.com / HamptonRoads.com

A phony State Board of Elections flier advising Republicans to vote on Nov. 4 and Democrats on Nov. 5 is being circulated in several Hampton Roads localities, according to state election officials. In fact, Election Day for voters of all political stripes remains Nov. 4.

Chamber of Commerce pushing for GOP
Source: Wall Street Journal

They know better than to give the Democrats complete control. I'd rather have the endorsement of the Chamber of Commerce than all the Madonnas, Colin Powels, and Alec Baldwins rolled into one.

My vote counts, forget about the "Swing vote conspiracy"

As of late many of my friends are expressing concern over who to pick in the upcoming presidential election.

'Retreat Is Defeat'
Source: FOXNews.com

Getting to hear them all...Share a video of an interveiw with Palin....

Blame Ronald Reagan For Our Current Economic Crisis
Source: hnn.us

hnn.us Those of us who remember working in the 80's and 90's understand how all this deregulation affected our work and personal lives.

Paranoid shift
Source: onlinejournal.org

Just before his death, James Jesus Angleton, the legendary chief of counterintelligence at the Central Intelligence Agency, was a bitter man. He felt betrayed by the people he had worked for all his life.

Wife blasted for keeping Edwards affair secret
Source: CNN

Elizabeth Edwards isn't getting the steady sympathy usually afforded to a woman scorned. Instead, she's faced criticism from dedicated Democrats who think she was too willing to keep the affair a secret to help John Edwards' political ambitions, as well as her own.

Kwame Kilpatrick: A mayor in crisis | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press
Source: The Detroit Free Press

Kwame Kilpatrick still at it.

Dying For A Tax Break - Forbes.com
Source: Forbes

With the political conventions rapidly approaching and the focus of Washington turning to 2009, some unfinished pieces of business have the solar industry unsettled.

My week - John McCain
Source: The Times

According to Hugo Rifkind

Good Intentions and the Jimmy Carter/Obama Effect
Source: KEN MOYES' Weblog

Way back in the old days after the Republican debacle of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, the Country wanted a CHANGE. Coming forward was a candidate from Georgia, a Governor. Jimmy Carter appeared on the scene as a Democratic Party unknown running for President.

Plastic bags choken Garrett
Source: Australian News Network

Andrew Bolt dis spells the outlandish claims made by the Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett over the banning of plastic shopping bags. Where do I sign up for the "Keep the plastic shopping bag coalition"?

Senate boss questions chaotic parliament | The Australian
Source: Australian News Network

So according to the Clerk of the Australia senate todays facical processdings could be unconsitutionable. More to come in 2 weeks when the Australian Parilement sits again.