Poll: Obama beats McCain as barbecue guest
July 2, 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) — People would rather barbecue burgers with Barack Obama than with John McCain….
Racism will dominate election
July 2, 2008
America is, by and large, a nation dominated by racists and racism is expected to play a huge role in the upcoming Presidential elections.
As the presumptive Democratic Presidential nominee, Sen. Barack Obama had to overcome racism in his own party to gain the nomination. Now he faces unrelenting racism from the Republican spin machine.
But Republicans are already learning that racism can backfire on them.
U.S. taught Chinese torture techniques
July 2, 2008
American military trainers taught Chinese Communist torture techniques at a glass at Guantanamo Bay in 2002, using a chart that was copied verbatum from a 1957 Air Force study of techiques used by the enemy during the Korean war.
Disclosure of the class shows just how accepted the use of torture has become in U.S. treatment prisoners and shows the Bush Administration continues to lie when it claims such techniques are not authorized.
Michigan Sen. Carl Levin said every American would be "shocked" at the revelations.
Live from Washington…the Bush White House
July 2, 2008
Satire, at its best, is an artful blend of subtlety and wit. But often it plunges into heavy-handed ways. Then it becomes insufferably witless.
Live from New York, we’ve seen satire suffer under the "Saturday Night Live Syndrome" of ham-fisted un-funniness. Now this: Live From Washington — it’s the Bush White House.
Swiftboating John McCain
July 2, 2008
General Wesley "Flap-jaw" Clark recently said of John McCain that "riding in a fighter plane and getting shot down" is no qualification to be president, and the immediate accusation was that he was guilty of "swiftboating." Two disgraceful things are going on here, starting with Clark’s mouth.
Democratic leader involved in Satanism
July 2, 2008
Durham County Democratic Party officials are shocked about allegations that a local Democratic leader was involved in satanic rituals that included shackling people to beds, caging them, and depriving them of food and water.
Cindy’s fortune: An asset and a liability
July 2, 2008
Focus on her finances could draw attention to affluent lifestyle and free-spending habits of the McCain clan.
State Gets Leeway to Design Own Plan for Fixing Schools
July 2, 2008
For many Maryland schools that miss academic targets year after year under the No Child Left Behind law, the stigma associated with needing help will ease under a precedent-setting program the federal government announced yesterday.
D.C. Council, School Leaders Differ on Funds
July 2, 2008
D.C. Council members balked at pressure from school officials to reprogram $83 million for building repairs that the officials say are needed before classes resume on Aug. 25. Instead, the council authorized less than half of that amount, with Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray saying that a hearin…
McCain Stressing Trade On Latin American Trip
July 2, 2008
CARTAGENA, Colombia, July 1 — Sen.