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19 Mar 2009 22:18

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Culture, U.S.: Obama is pretty good at pretending Jay Leno is funny

Our president went on “The Tonight Show” show to tell people he was ticked about AIG. Well, duh. source
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18 Mar 2009 21:24

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Culture: Sacha Baron Cohen’s Bruno wanted a “Re’love’ution” with Ron Paul

Cohen’s “Bruno” wanted some man-on-man lovin’ with the Libertarian icon for his new movie. LOL. source
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16 Mar 2009 23:09

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Politics, U.S.: Why we like Obama’s press secretary, Robert Gibbs

  • Well, I guess Rush Limbaugh was busy, so they trotted out the next most popular member of the Republican cabal.
  • Press Secretary Robert Gibbs • On Dick Cheney’s recent criticism of the Obama administration. Dude’s totally a straight-shooter. When asked whether this was the administration’s official position on Cheney, he responded, “Sometimes I ask forgiveness, rather than for permission.” Nice show, chap. Bush’s press secretaries were never near this off-the-cuff. • source
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14 Mar 2009 14:13

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U.S., World: Obama drops “enemy combatants” like a bad habit

  • As we work toward developing a new policy to govern detainees, it is essential that we operate in a manner that strengthens our national security, is consistent with our values and is governed by law.
  • Attorney general Eric Holder • On the administration’s new policy of holding detainees, which differs heavily from the Bush administration. They plan to stop using the term “enemy combatants” and say that international law governs the detention of terrorism suspects – and it isn’t like Guantanamo Bay, which they plan to close. • source
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13 Mar 2009 18:42

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Biz, U.S.: Lawrence Summers: “Excess of fear” hurting our economy

  • If, in the last few years, we’ve seen too much greed and too little fear, too much spending and not enough saving, too much borrowing and not enough worrying, today our problem is very different. It is this transition from an excess of greed to an excess of fear that President Roosevelt had in mind.
  • Lawrence Summers • President Barack Obama’s top economic adviser, on the economic struggles the country is facing, harkening back to President Franklin Roosevelt’s “We have nothing to fear but fear itself” line. His words also appeared to be critical of investors whose caution is stagnating the market even as consumer spending improves. • source
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12 Mar 2009 10:04

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Politics: Republicans on Obama: Slow down, you move too fast

  • The problem we have is, we don’t know after 50-plus days in office what the distance of the race is and what’s the level of the president’s pace or his endurance.
  • Ed Rollins • Former political director for Ronald Reagan and the guy behind Mike Huckabee’s somewhat resonant presidential primary campaign, on what Barack Obama’s big problem is. Personally, we don’t like his ears. They stick out too much. • source
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12 Mar 2009 09:50

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U.S., World: Guilty! The Bush shoe-thrower gets thrown in the slammer

  • Three years for the folk hero. Muntazer al-Zaidi, an Iraqi journalist who got really angry at ex-prez George W. Bush when he visited Iraq in the waning months of his presidency, was found guilty of assault for throwing a shoe at the world leader. The three-year sentence angered many who saw al-Zaidi as a folk hero, giant shoe and all. source
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11 Mar 2009 21:38

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U.S.: Bill Clinton: Come on in, universal health care! The water’s fine!

  • The politics and the economics are much better now and the policies are better. They’ve made advances over where we were.
  • Bill Clinton • On why now’s a better time to sell the idea of universal health care than that dark time when Ace of Base was on the radio back in the early ’90s. On a side note, we were listening to Bush today. Remember them? They were dope! • source
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11 Mar 2009 10:10

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U.S.: If you’re wondering why Obama wants to kill pork, here’s why

  • $410 billion size of the spending bill Obama has on his desk source
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09 Mar 2009 21:57

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U.S.: More proof that Obama isn’t Bush: The war on science is over

  • Promoting science isn’t just about providing resources. It is about letting scientists … do their jobs, free from manipulation or coercion, and listening to what they tell us, even when it’s inconvenient; especially when it’s inconvenient.
  • Barack Obama • As he was lifting the ban on embryonic stem-cell research, which lasted for 8-and-a-half years during the Bush years. He claims this is part of a broader initiative to end the government’s limitations on what science can do. Understandably, he’s annoying a bunch of religious conservatives by doing this, but that’s why a Democrat was elected into office! • source
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