Archive for December, 2008

Locked up for Life – What the HELL is Fox News Thinking

Everyone knows that at the end of a US President’s term, he (or she to be PC) usually rips out a whole string of pardon’s and sentence commutations. All well and good, no problem with me.  Until FoxNews decided to push Pres. Bush to pardon a certain Clarence Aaron. (Read the Fox Story here) Three [...]

Oprah Took Millions From Obama Foe

With Oprah Winfrey, the intersection of politics and education is making for strange bedfellows. Federal tax returns and other reports confirm that she’s accepted at least $5 million for her self-named South African girls’ school from perhaps Barack Obama’s single greatest political enemy. Oprah is probably the most well-known celebrity to back Senator Barack Obama’s [...]

Obama Unveils His National Security Team

President-elect Barack Obama announced as expected that Hillary Clinton would be his top diplomat and Robert Gates would stay on as defense secretary. President-elect Barack Obama on Monday officially introduced the members of his national security team, including former Democratic primary rival Hillary Clinton as his secretary of state and Robert Gates, who will be [...]