Addressing the nation in prime time from the Oval Office, President Obama declared the war in Iraq 'over.' "So tonight I am announcing that the American combat mission has ended and the Iraqi people now have lead responsibility for the security of their country," Obama said.
OurSlice:
The most political war from beginning to end in our nation's history.
1 day ago
On the eve of President Obama's Mideast peace talks, Hamas gunmen murdered a pregnant Jewish woman and three others Jews in a bloody West Bank attack. Palestians called the Gaza Strip attack 'heroic.'
OurSlice:
They don't want peace. When will people realize this?
1 day ago
It seems that Michael Douglas' cancer is far more serious then first reported. On "Late Night With David Letterman" last night, Douglas said that he has stage four cancer, which he described as 'intense.' He did, however, say he was optimistic, as at least for now, the cancer has not spread.
OurSlice:
Seems like he has a great attitude. Hopefully he can beat this.
1 day ago
In the latest poll of NYC residents. 70% said they were in favor of moving the controversial mosque that is proposed for construction just a couple blocks from Ground Zero. On pure political lines, 72% of NYC Republicans and 49% of NYC Democrats oppose the mosque.
OurSlice:
If this was truly about building bridges, the mosque would volunteer to build the mosque elsewhere.
1 day ago
An incident aboard a United Airlines flight to Tampa resulted in nine foreign-born people being removed from the airplane and left several passengers shaken. In fact, several thought the incident was serious enough that they asked to be booked on another flight. At least 15 passengers who arrived in Tampa Monday on a United flight were supposed to be here Sunday night.
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OurSlice:
There seems to be a lot of this going on, which kind of scares me of another attack happening soon.
2 days ago
Earl, one of the two strongest hurricanes of the Atlantic season, headed toward the U.S. East Coast after passing north of Puerto Rico with sustained winds of 135 miles (215 kilometers) per hour. The “powerful” Category 4 hurricane, the second-highest on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale, was 200 miles north- northwest of Puerto Rico and moving west-northwest at 13 mph, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
OurSlice:
Lets hope the administration is ready for this one.
2 days ago
President Barack Obama dismissed a recent poll showing that a third of Americans don’t know he’s a Christian – and blamed an online campaign of misinformation by his conservative enemies for perpetuating the myth that he’s a Muslim. Read more...
OurSlice:
I don't believe he's a Muslim. But am not 100% convinced that he's a Christian either.
4 days ago
President Obama rejected criticism of his response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill Sunday, saying in an interview airing on “NBC Nightly News” that his administration jumped on the crisis immediately and was determined to hold BP accountable. Obama was interviewed Sunday afternoon by “Nightly News” anchor and managing editor Brian Williams while on a trip to New Orleans to help commemorate Hurricane Katrina.
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OurSlice:
Hard to believe there could be hundreds of thousands of Americans meeting and the President would ignore it.
4 days ago
There is an instinctive conclusion among the American public that President Obama's stimulus package has failed to create a sustained recovery. Unemployment has increased, not declined; consumers have retrenched; housing starts have crashed along with mortgage applications; and there is a fear that a double-dip recession may very well be in the pipeline.
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OurSlice:
I don't see how by raising taxes while increasing government spending we'll ever get out of this thing.
5 days ago
When Fox News and talk radio host Glenn Beck comes to Washington this weekend to headline a rally intended to "restore honor" to America, he will test the strength - and potentially expose the weaknesses - of a conservative grass-roots movement that remains an unpredictable force in the country's politics. Beck, plans in part to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. as an American hero.
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OurSlice:
It will be interesting to see just how many people show up.
7 days ago
President Obama says he's 'having a great time' on his seemingly never-ending vacation on Martha's Vineyard as the Dow struggles to stay above 10,000. I understand that he's in contact while on vacation, but what kind of message does it send to the unemployed and those watching their 401Ks tank as the DOW slides? The President should be back in Washington working on the economy. That, or step aside.
OurSlice:
If he won't do the work, the American people will find someone who will.
8 days ago
“Governments will impose a loss on some of their stakeholders,” Arnaud Mares, an executive director at Morgan Stanley in London, wrote in a research report today. “The question is not whether they will renege on their promises, but rather upon which of their promises they will renege, and what form this default will take.” The sovereign-debt crisis is global “and it is not over,” the report said.
OurSlice:
Eventually there will be no more money --- one way or another.
8 days ago