Give one of these to Chris Matthews...and you'll have a friend for life
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Friday, January 23, 2009
Obama tears down Bush foreign policy
BARACK Obama has begun tearing down eight years of Bush administration foreign and national security policy, flexing his new power in a bid to boldly remake the US image abroad.
“Once again, America's moral example must be the bedrock and the beacon of our global leadership,” the new US President declared on his second, frenetic, full day in the White House.
Mr Obama ordered the closure of the Guantanamo Bay prison and outlawed torture and secret CIA prisons abroad in a far-reaching overhaul of the way the US treats al-Qa'ida detainees and other terror suspects.
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http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24951773-601,00.html
“Once again, America's moral example must be the bedrock and the beacon of our global leadership,” the new US President declared on his second, frenetic, full day in the White House.
Mr Obama ordered the closure of the Guantanamo Bay prison and outlawed torture and secret CIA prisons abroad in a far-reaching overhaul of the way the US treats al-Qa'ida detainees and other terror suspects.
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http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24951773-601,00.html
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Inaugural Headlines: Then and Now
Headlines On This Date 4 Years Ago:
"Republicans spending $42 million on inauguration while troops Die in unarmored Humvees"
"Bush extravagance exceeds any reason during tough economic times"
"Fat cats get their $42 million inauguration party, Ordinary Americans get the shaft"
Headlines Today:
"Historic Obama Inauguration will cost only $120 million"
"Obama Spends $120 million on inauguration; America Needs A Big Party"
"Everyman Obama shows America how to celebrate"
"Citibank executives contribute $8 million to Obama Inauguration"
"Republicans spending $42 million on inauguration while troops Die in unarmored Humvees"
"Bush extravagance exceeds any reason during tough economic times"
"Fat cats get their $42 million inauguration party, Ordinary Americans get the shaft"
Headlines Today:
"Historic Obama Inauguration will cost only $120 million"
"Obama Spends $120 million on inauguration; America Needs A Big Party"
"Everyman Obama shows America how to celebrate"
"Citibank executives contribute $8 million to Obama Inauguration"
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