From CNN: Ed Rollins, a senior political contributor for CNN, was political director for President Reagan and chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee.
Commentary: Is Obama a Clinton or a Carter? – CNN.com: give him high marks as the commander in chief. From retaining Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (one of the best in that [...]
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From WSJ.com: Economy:
Calif. Jobless Rate Jumps to 9.3%: California’s unemployment rate jumped to 9.3% in December as employers in the nation’s most populous state cut 78,200 jobs during the month.
Holy expletive deleted… almost double digits. I’ve never experienced anything like this before. Is it time to panic yet? Please, please Mr. President… figure something out to [...]
From Slashdot:
Obama Keeps His Blackberry (And Gets a Sectera): InternetVoting writes “After all the controversy surrounding Obama’s Blackberry, word has come that he will get to keep it. Few details are available and neither the National Security Agency nor the White House are talking. The current rumor is that the Blackberry will be used exclusively [...]
From Slashdot:
Obama Looking At Open Source?: An anonymous reader writes “‘The secret to a more secure and cost effective government is through Open Source technologies and products.’ The claim comes from one of Silicon Valley’s most respected business leaders Scott McNealy, a co-founder of Sun Microsystems. He revealed he has been asked to prepare a [...]
I’ve never been as proud of being a citizen of the United States as I am today. Today is the Jackie Robinson moment for our entire country, not just the national pass time.
From Wikipedia: The nation was initially divided on whether Robinson should be allowed to play. Virtually all blacks and many whites applauded the [...]
From CNN.com:
Men in black on alert for snipers: Look up at any presidential event and you’re likely to see them: men dressed in black, armed to the teeth, looking back.
Well, I’d hope so. Of all the recent Presidents, I’d say that Obama has the highest chance of being assassinated in office… only because of [...]
The Bush era is down to its last day. It’s been quite a ride. Bush inherited a budget surplus, and turned it into the largest deficit in history. He inherited a weakening economy, it went up for a while under him, but finally crashed to be the worst its been since the great depression. He led [...]
From CNN.com:
Obama to be first ‘wired’ president: As the first president-elect with a Facebook page and a YouTube channel, Barack Obama is poised to use the Internet to communicate directly with Americans in a way unknown to previous presidents.
Of course he’s wired. He’s the first President from the wired generation.
From WSJ.com: Economy:
Obama Plans to Keep Estate Tax: Obama and congressional leaders plan to move soon to block the estate tax from disappearing in 2010.
Please, Mr. Obama, don’t do that. It’s just plain wrong for the government to take large parts of peoples’ estates after they die. The money has already been taxed (when it [...]
I must say that for the first time since I first saw Barack Obama, I’m disappointed. Why? Is it because I think he’s bigoted against gay people because he chose Rick Warren for the invocation at his inauguration? No. It’s because anyone with even the slightest bit of intelligence could see the current controversy coming a mile away.
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