Archive for November, 2008

MTA: Mass Text Alerts

November 28, 2008

“Oh what the…”
Those are usually the first words out of peoples mouths when they walk down the stairs only to find a crowded subway platform. There’s either a track fire, a sick passenger, or some other thing wrong with the subway.
Years and years of taking the subway to school, work, and anywhere in between have [...]

Terrorist Attacks in Mumbai

November 27, 2008

101 people have been killed according to the latest AP reports in Mumbai at the hands of extremists. The city’s anti-terrorism chief was among those killed. According to Mumbai police over 250 people have been injured.
The attackers hit at least two hotels, the city’s largest train station, a popular tourist spot, a movie theater and [...]

Renewing American Leadership

November 25, 2008

In an article published in the July/August 2007 article of Foreign Affairs President Elect Obama wrote about his plan for the future of American foreign policy. I encourage you to read the article and learn how an Obama Presidency will change the course set by the last 8 years of Republican and Neo-Conservative thinking.
Hopefully the [...]

Citigroup Gets Government Bailout

November 24, 2008

Henry Paulson and the Treasury Department have once again agreed to take on the burden of failed and risky assets held onto by a bank. This time it’s one of the big three banks in the United States, Citigroup bank which also runs Mexico’s second largest bank Banamex.
On top of taking on these risky assets [...]

We’ve Come A Long Way

November 22, 2008

Dems -
Words can’t not express how proud I am of all of us. Over the last several months we have been working ourselves to the bone to get good honest Democrats elected to both the White House and the State House. America has elected its first African American President, and New York has elected its [...]

Georgia Representative likens Obama to Hitler

November 15, 2008

Stevens in Alaska, Proposition 8 in California and now Paul Broun in Gerogia.
Republican Representative Paul Broun recently called President Elect Barack Obama a Marxist. He retracted those comments but not the ones he made immediately after.
Representative Broun said.. Obama would set up a Marxist dictatorship and continued to say, and I quote “That’s exactly what [...]

Proposition 8 California? Shame!

November 14, 2008

Last night I called out Alaska and today I will stick to the Western seaboard of these United States of America. The Golden State is now the hateful state and for that you should be ashamed.
The voters and thereby the people of California recently passed Proposition 8. This proposition amended the State Constitution to add [...]

Ted Stevens Trailing…

November 13, 2008

Alaska what on god’s green earth has gotten into you?
You try to pawn off Sarah Palin, thanks but no thanks. Now you’re close to re-electing Ted Stevens, a convicted felon as a senator?
7 Felony counts, but Country First!
Thankfully 125,019 of you have some semblance of wits about you.  Unfortunately 125,016 do not. Correct, Democrat Mark [...]

Immediate cease fire in Darfur

November 12, 2008

According to a cnn.com web article, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has agreed to a cease fire in the Darfur region where so many global activists have attempted to gain grounds on ending the genocide of over 300,000 Sudanese citizens.

President Obama Wastes No Time On Government Transparency

November 10, 2008

Continuing his obvious mastery of the internet during the primaries and general election, President Obama has created a new website to allow everyday citizens to keep an eye on what is going on with the transition in the White House. The website, www.change.gov , allows viewers to apply for a job, share their stories from [...]