WHITE HOUSE CRASHERS!!

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/27/us/politics/27party.html?ref=todayspaper




So, its the day after Thanksgiving and my tummy is still full and Ive taken about 3 naps since..

Anyway, I was reading in the New York Times on how apparently Obama's White House State Dinner on Tuesday had some uninvited guests in attendance. Apparently, the guests were future reality show celebrities (Anyone heard of Real Housewives?) and had gained access to the building.

The Secret Service is investigating how something like this could have happened.. Opinions of how dangerous the situation could have been I think is completely exaggerated though if someone was wanting to harm the president they probably could have done it with the lack of security that two silly willies could make it into the White House for the dinner.

Honestly, I think if you know the right people you could get in and that celebrity has a bit more pull than you think..

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and remember... if you want to crash a White House party go on reality tv first!

Country Profiles

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/country_profiles/3524092.stm

I was surfing around the BBC website and came across this.. I really like how the BBC like the Economist has country profiles.. I think nothing helps a news reader more than understanding the history and political backgrounds of a country when reading about the news :)

I chose Kosovo to highlight on today because of its roller coaster of an existence.. I first heard or more like heard my parents talking about Kosovo when Clinton was president.. I did not really think anything of it until I became older and recognized what an ignored region of the world it was... Like Rwanda, Kosovo endured a type of "ethnic cleansing".. Genocide is something that any human should be upset about but in this country during that time it was not really at the forefront as it should have been..

What country did you look into? What do you think about the U.S.'s lack of involvement in Rwanda and Kosovo during the 1990s? Do you think we could have stopped it?

I believe we could have..

“In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”- MLK

Karl and the Afghan.... wigs?

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/12/eikenberry.profile/index.html

In this article, the NYT highlights Karl Eikenberry, who is Obama's ambassador to Afghanistan..

Apparently, Eikenberry has sent Obama two private cables to Obama urging him to be patient and exercise restraint with increasing anymore troops into Afghanistan though Gen. Stanley McChrystal had asked the President to increase the troop numbers to 40, 000..

Overall, I think Eikenberry's decision is a smart one and that you cannot make a country truly independent and non-threatening until make its own choices. I think Eikenberry's decision will not make the President of Afghanistan feel like his toes are being stepped on.. What do you think?

Reagan and Royal Hall

http://blogs.wsj.com/source/2009/11/05/40-years-ago-today-governor-reagan-at-the-royal-albert-hall/

I thought I would read the Wall Street Journal today :)

I decided to highlight this article in the WSJ because out of all the presidents I loath the most I would say Reagan is up there with George W..

Anyway, this article is about Reagan's visit to the Land of Tea and Queens.. Mainly, this article was to focus on the state that England was in during Reagan's visit to the Royal Hall.. He commented about the atomosphere of London and how the people had signs "Make Love Not War" and Reagan thought they were unable to do either.

Overall, this article was interesting and I always appreciate "THIS DAY IN HISTORY" articles..

Who is or was your President and why? For thought, what news outlets do you go by?

HALLOWEEN EDITION.. SPOOKY CRISP!!

http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/10/29/haunted.houses.thriving/index.html



I thought this was an interesting topic because of the time of year it is.. With Halloween stuff everywhere and people around me getting into the mood of the spooky holiday its nice to see that something like the holidays gives a small boost to the economy.. :) I am personally a huge fan of haunted houses so I was OBVIOUSLY interested in this article..

Though the economy is terrible and every sort of spooky thought could parallel with how the economy has been the year and last... Haunted houses on the other hand and everything to do with the industry is booming.. Around 20 million people this season are willing to pay around $15 a ticket to go to these fright nights.. That's more than a movie ticket and for around 30 mins a round..

So, are you going to spend some bucks for some scares this Halloween?

Is it 2009 or 1959?

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/17/interracial.marriage/index.html


I cannot believe this still goes on in this country.. If he is not a racist than why does her argue that he did not marry them for the sake of the future children... Does he not know that our president is from an interracial background and that Barrack Obama is our current president. He was born back in the day when it was not so common or accepted for an interracial couple to exist and for babies born of those couples to be accepted and he is our president.. Did I mention he is our president? Anyway, I thought this was interesting for CNN to cover and that it got as much publicity as it needed. I happy that the governor of Louisiana is revoking his licencse. What do you think?

Cleaner Air ...Dirtier Water

I chose another New York Times article because I feel they have a very non-partisan view point on news about the environment.. I also feel that the environment happens to unfortunately take a backseat when other political issues come into play. I think this is an important if not the MOST important issue in the world today..

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/13/us/13water.html?ref=todayspaper

In this article, the NYT covers the concerns involving coal burning power plants. After reading this article, I thought to myself why are we still burning coal in our power plants? In the story, it states that in the past many coal burning plants were causing widespread pollution in 5 states in the Northeast. The power plant installed water scrubbers and chemicals to cut down on the air pollution but instead they caused more water waste than before.. So what is the solution? The federal government has no such regulation to control power plant disposal of waterwaste.. Overall, this article shed light on the fact that no real regulation is imposed on the plants. The fines are modest or mininmal or completely ignored and the plants are for the most part allowed to dump water where they wish which ends up being people's drinking water. Something has to be done.. What do you think?