Obamas Warning To Orban
- May
- 27
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There’s a problem when most voters think the problems can be solved without making any sacrifices or anybody resigning. Obama’s supporters have a quasi-religious faith in him. In Hungary, too, people place unrealistic hopes in the politicians of the future. The problem is not with people thinking their idol is a messiah. The problem comes [...]
Obama calls elitism attack ‘political silly season’
- April
- 20
The Democratic senator, campaigning in Pennsylvania, dismissed the charges of being elitist and out of touch by fellow Democrat Hillary Clinton and by Republican John McCain as unfounded, given his background.
I am amused about this notion of elitist, given that when youre raised by a single mom, when you were on food stamps for a [...]
26YearOld Texan Crowned Miss USA
- April
- 12
Miss USA 2007 Rachel Smith relinquished the crown — and the posh New York apartment that comes with it — in a show aired live by NBC with hosts Donny and Marie Osmond from the Planet Hollywood Resort %26 Casino on the Las Vegas Strip. The network co-owns the parent Miss Universe Organization with Donald [...]
Calls Against Big CEO Pay Grow Louder
- April
- 12
“To us it appears that Wall Street has a severe rash, to which its boards, made up of corporate members, respond ‘you scratch my back, and I will scratch yours,” said Smith, whose firm owns 65,000 shares of Goldman Sachs.Indeed, most boards these days are hand-picked by management and typically include executives from other companies. [...]
Uniondale ceremony marks King’s death 40 years ago
- April
- 8
At a Uniondale park named in honor of the Rev. Martin
Luther King Jr., students, residents and county officials gathered Friday like many across the nation to celebrate King’s legacy and remember his final days on the 40th anniversary of his assassination. As a light rain fell at Martin Luther King Memorial Peace [...]
PODCASTApple’s ‘Malware’ Tactics, Motorola’s Split, BitTorrent’s New Friend
- April
- 3
Motorola Calls It Splits
Having watched its shares lose nearly half of their value in the last year while its cell phone business languished, Motorola (NYSE: MOT) has decided to split into two publicly traded companies, separating its mobile devices business from its broadband and mobility solutions group.
With no successful follow-up to its popular Razr [...]
The Internet, Politics and Power of the People
- March
- 18
The Almighty Dollar
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama pulled in more than US$1 million a day in campaign donations for the entire month of January, mainly from online contributors who gave small sums of money.
On Dec. 16, Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul pulled in $6 million — a record for one day of fundraising — from [...]
First Lady Visits Haitian AIDS Clinic
- March
- 14
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - U.S. first lady Laura Bush toured Haiti’s capital on Thursday to promote funding for AIDS patients and support education in the impoverished Caribbean country.Bush spoke with three HIV-positive young adults during a morning visit to GHESKIO, a prominent AIDS clinic in the run-down center of Port-au-Prince. She called on Congress to keep [...]
Obama wins Mississippi sets sights on Pennsylvania
- March
- 14
PHILADELPHIA - Barack Obama put a Mississippi victory in his back pocket Tuesday night, taking a state where he was heavily favored, as he prepared to launch a six-week sprint to the Pennsylvania primary.
Hillary Rodham Clinton Tuesday wasted no time pummeling his record on energy and Iraq.
Obama rode a wave of African-American support to win [...]
Clinton wins Texas Ohio; McCain clinches GOP nomination
- March
- 6
Hillary Rodham Clinton shattered Barack Obama’s monthlong winning streak Tuesday night, scoring Rhode Island, Ohio and Texas, as John McCain clinched the Republican presidential nomination.
Clinton’s Ohio and Texas victories revived a campaign that had been expected to disintegrate if she didn’t carry at least one of the delegate-rich states. And they provided yet another dramatic [...]
