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?