Politics
Before woman problems put his campaign in a state of suspended animation, former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain was filmed for an interview with BET, which has turned the footage into a half-hour documentary. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/moving_america_news/35227
If Herman Cain committed sexual harassment and is now lying about it, his goose is cooked and it should be. But if he is telling the truth, there is something terribly disconcerting about the way the Washington “scandal industrial complex” — full of reporters, former campaign workers and pundits — has reacted to this sad […]
House Speaker John Boehner and President Barack Obama talked about jobs legislation in a 10-minute phone call Thursday, the Ohio Republican’s office said. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/moving_america_news/33476
Is it possible that Cain’s plan to restructure the tax code came from the video game SimCity? A producer at the company said he was excited that politicians may be looking to video games for ideas. It makes one wonder how excited the voters might be over this idea. Read More: Source: http://www.HuffingtonPost.com
“Reverend Al Sharpton has released a statement regarding the Washington Post story about GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry’s hosting of friends, supporters and fellow lawmakers at his family’s secluded West Texas hunting camp named “Niggerhead” http://www.eurweb.com/2011/10/rev-sharpton-responds-to-wapost-rick-perry-niggerhead-story/
“The time has come to demand a plan of action that requires a complete change from the direction Obama is headed.” James Carville is a Democratic strategist who serves as a political contributor for CNN, appearing frequently on CNN’s “The Situation Room” as well as other programs on all CNN networks. Carville remains active in […]
President Barack Obama’s disapproval rating has reached a new high of 55% while the number of Americans who think he is a strong leader has dropped to a new low, 48%, according to a CNN/ORC poll released Tuesday. And a familiar pattern in public opinion on Obama again asserts itself: Americans don’t like his track […]
*This is an issue I’ve known about for sometime, but have chosen to remain silent on it, beyond a few friendly admonishments. http://www.eurweb.com/?p=125512
According to the Huffington Post, as governor of Texas, Rick Perry has pursued a controversial agenda that would gut Texas’ vaunted public university system in favor of something that more closely resembles a business…One reason that might explain his hostility toward the system: He didn’t do very well in it. Read More:
“What I really want right now is to, to get a debt-ceiling deal for my birthday,” Obama told NPR recently. He got an early birthday present on Sunday, when leaders of both parties in both houses of Congress hammered out a deal to avoid default. Read More:
According to CNN.com, the agreement reached Sunday by President Barack Obama and congressional leaders from both parties calls for up to $2.4 trillion in savings over the next decade, raises the debt ceiling through the end of 2012 and establishes a special congressional committee to recommend long-term fiscal reforms. Read More: