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Re: Why Obama isn't showing more outrage ... Iran election
One possible reason the President isn't showing more outrage ... his advisers believe that although certainly there was electoral fraud, that fraud did not change the outcome. Ahmadinejad's opponents (mostly Mousavi supporters) are primarily Tehran-based, while Ahmadinejad's support is heaviest in rural areas. Rural areas are far less accessible ...
Posted to Politics by YokoYoko on June 17, 2009
Why does the Iran have such a young population ?
Very well research article with valuable background information. Just because of the Iranian election and the up-coming troubles with the at least questionable results, it is always important to get a full picture. Hartmut Rast, London
Posted to Explainer by Hartmut Rast on June 15, 2009
Iran
Big changes are coming to Iran. it is important that Obama recognizes the results of the election whoever wins.
Posted to War Stories by david wayne osedach on June 12, 2009
Re: Is The Media Bias? Here is Evidence of Bias
Media bias is a perceived notion that certain press has and is pushing a viewpoint, instead of reporting news or airing programs in an objective way. That is the way I see it. Such bias often refers to media as a whole, such as a newspaper chain, or a given television or radio network, instead of individual reporters or writers of television ...
Posted to Politics by MiamiVice on August 13, 2008
Liberal Media Lies
Political logic augurs a Democratic triumph in looming US elections but Barack Obama’s White House duel with John McCain is still a statistical tie, prompting some to wonder why he is yet to break away. Political logic augurs a democratic triumph? Augur: To predict, especially from signs or omens; foretell. What signs or omens are they looking ...
Posted to Politics by MiamiVice on August 12, 2008
Obama - "Change You Can Count On"-(flip flop) - part 1
''Change You Can Count on'' What??? CHANGE #1: Despite Pledging To Withdraw American Troops From Iraq Immediately, Barack Obama Now Says He Would ''Refine'' His Policy After Listening To The Commanders On The Ground In July 2008, Barack Obama Said He Will Continue To ''Refine'' His Iraq Policy. Obama: ''I've always said that the pace of ...
Posted to Politics by MiamiVice on August 11, 2008
News Flash: Christopher Hitchens Seeks Catholic Confessional
I was surprised to read Christopher Hitchens today, riding high on his moral horse as to the political, cultural and economic predations of Maximum Leader Robert Mugabe in his current Country of Residence, Zimbabwe. What people like Hitchens never seem to understand, is that morality is never just for other people, or leaders, or religious types. ...
Posted to Fighting Words by MichaelBernard1 on June 10, 2008
The problem with an Obama nomination
Barack Obama will make a excellent President, but not yet. He is only two, or so years out of the Illinois State legislature. He just does not have the experience to be in charge of the mighty nuclear arsenal of The United States. He proved that by his decision to vote against the war in Iraq. Yes, that sounds crazy, but realize that the ...
Posted to Politics by thesage on March 12, 2008
Weasel-Wording "Withdrawal"
Petraeus and Crocker notwithstanding, measures to reduce casualties in Iraq have been in public discussion for months (Biden, Iraq Study Group.) “Soft partition” (SP) would mean that U.S. troops, while withdrawing from Iraq's cities, would escort only willing Iraqis to resettle to zones of others of the same sect. What is now happening is ...
Posted to War Stories by Counselor1 on September 10, 2007