Addressing the nation in prime time from the Oval Office, President Obama declared the war in Iraq 'over.' "So tonight I am announcing that the American combat mission has ended and the Iraqi people now have lead responsibility for the security of their country," Obama said.
OurSlice:
The most political war from beginning to end in our nation's history.
1 day ago
In the latest poll of NYC residents. 70% said they were in favor of moving the controversial mosque that is proposed for construction just a couple blocks from Ground Zero. On pure political lines, 72% of NYC Republicans and 49% of NYC Democrats oppose the mosque.
OurSlice:
If this was truly about building bridges, the mosque would volunteer to build the mosque elsewhere.
1 day ago
An incident aboard a United Airlines flight to Tampa resulted in nine foreign-born people being removed from the airplane and left several passengers shaken. In fact, several thought the incident was serious enough that they asked to be booked on another flight. At least 15 passengers who arrived in Tampa Monday on a United flight were supposed to be here Sunday night.
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OurSlice:
There seems to be a lot of this going on, which kind of scares me of another attack happening soon.
2 days ago
Earl, one of the two strongest hurricanes of the Atlantic season, headed toward the U.S. East Coast after passing north of Puerto Rico with sustained winds of 135 miles (215 kilometers) per hour. The “powerful” Category 4 hurricane, the second-highest on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale, was 200 miles north- northwest of Puerto Rico and moving west-northwest at 13 mph, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
OurSlice:
Lets hope the administration is ready for this one.
2 days ago
President Obama rejected criticism of his response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill Sunday, saying in an interview airing on “NBC Nightly News” that his administration jumped on the crisis immediately and was determined to hold BP accountable. Obama was interviewed Sunday afternoon by “Nightly News” anchor and managing editor Brian Williams while on a trip to New Orleans to help commemorate Hurricane Katrina.
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OurSlice:
Hard to believe there could be hundreds of thousands of Americans meeting and the President would ignore it.
4 days ago
There is an instinctive conclusion among the American public that President Obama's stimulus package has failed to create a sustained recovery. Unemployment has increased, not declined; consumers have retrenched; housing starts have crashed along with mortgage applications; and there is a fear that a double-dip recession may very well be in the pipeline.
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OurSlice:
I don't see how by raising taxes while increasing government spending we'll ever get out of this thing.
5 days ago
When Fox News and talk radio host Glenn Beck comes to Washington this weekend to headline a rally intended to "restore honor" to America, he will test the strength - and potentially expose the weaknesses - of a conservative grass-roots movement that remains an unpredictable force in the country's politics. Beck, plans in part to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. as an American hero.
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OurSlice:
It will be interesting to see just how many people show up.
7 days ago
“Governments will impose a loss on some of their stakeholders,” Arnaud Mares, an executive director at Morgan Stanley in London, wrote in a research report today. “The question is not whether they will renege on their promises, but rather upon which of their promises they will renege, and what form this default will take.” The sovereign-debt crisis is global “and it is not over,” the report said.
OurSlice:
Eventually there will be no more money --- one way or another.
8 days ago
Because Bloggers have the potential to make money through ad revenue and product sales, the city of Philadelphia has decided to take a cut. I suppose the taxes on said revenue isn't enough, as the city has now imposed a $300 license fee for all bloggers in city limits. Makes it kind of tough for the Mom Blogs out there who are only in it for fun and networking. But I suppose it was bound to happen eventually.
OurSlice:
Just another example of the government sticking their nose into something for no reason.
10 days ago
On the heels of a new poll suggesting that nearly one in five Americans incorrectly believes that President Obama is a Muslim, one of the nation's most prominent evangelical leaders has weighed in with a seemingly lukewarm endorsement of the president's Christian faith. The Rev. Franklin Graham waded into the discussion with his own controversial explanation of why people wrongly believe the president is a Muslim.
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OurSlice:
This comment will not sit well with the Muslim community. Or Dems.
11 days ago
Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich said Sunday that he would call a host of high-profile witnesses -- including White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel -- to testify if he is retried on corruption charges. Blagojevich, in a combative interview on "Fox News Sunday," said he was ready for a second trial on charges that he tried to sell President Barack Obama's former Senate seat. Read more....
OurSlice:
This was always about something bigger than what it first appeared.
11 days ago
Iranian and Russian nuclear technicians made final preparations to start up Iran's first reactor on Saturday after years of delays, an operation that will mark a milestone in what Tehran considers its right to produce nuclear energy. What will Israel do? How about America?
OurSlice:
I cannot believe this is actually going to happen.
13 days ago