Posts tagged press
Michael Hughes: General With the Runaway Mouth
Jun 24th
General Stanley McChrystal, who should have never been hired as commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, was let go yesterday for disparaging remarks he made about President Obama and his administration in an already historic Rolling Stone magazine interview .
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Loading ...South Carolina Republican Primaries: Whiff Of Change Or Just Good Timing?
Jun 23rd
CHARLESTON, S.C. – South Carolina voters have nominated an Indian-American woman for governor and a black state lawmaker for Congress – developments which, on their face, suggest landmark racial progress in a state that still flies the Confederate flag near its statehouse.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Blagojevich Trial A Distant, Unwanted Headache For Obama
Jun 23rd
CHICAGO — The corruption trial of ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich – for allegedly trying to sell President Barack Obama’s own Senate seat – is a distant but unwelcome headache for the White House
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Simon Johnson: ‘Chuck Prince’ Is Going To Run This Bank (Into The Ground)
Jun 23rd
The following is also posted on Johnson’s blog, BaselineScenario.com . “Breaking up big banks would actually increase system risk” is a refrain heard from top administration officials, ever more vocal after they helped kill the Brown-Kaufman amendment (that would have limited the size and leverage of our largest banks) on the floor of the Senate
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Robert Scheer: General Discharge
Jun 23rd
After the brilliant Rolling Stone article by Michael Hastings, President Barack Obama has no valid option other than to fire Gen. Stanley McChrystal.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Rolling Stone Editor On Stanley McChrystal Interview: ‘The PR Person Is Always The First To Go’
Jun 22nd
The executive editor of Rolling Stone — the magazine responsible for the bombshell profile of General Stanley McChrystal — scoffed at the fact that the first official to be fired for the slew of controversial remarks was the public relations hand that set up the interview. “The PR person is always the first to go,” said Eric Bates, executive editor of “Rolling Stone, of the immediate firing of Duncan Boothby , a civilian press aide to McChrystal. “I don’t know if that is really the issue
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Tina Dupuy: Exploit This Tragedy
Jun 22nd
Before the tar balls had a chance to touch down on the white sands of the Gulf Coast – the message from the oil-soaked Republican Party was clear: “Don’t exploit the disaster…if you’re a Democrat.” But if you’re a member of the GOP, feel free to exploit this endless spill for political gain.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Will Durst: Politics as Usual Exponential Factor Four
Jun 22nd
In an age of relentless change, it’s heartening to be able to count on a few simple things. Glenn Beck and Keith Olbermann ranting and raving one pulse short of an aneurism. Water flowing downhill.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Obama Administration Taking Tougher Stance On Classified Leaks Though More Cases Were Handled During Bush Years
Jun 21st
The recent New York Times report that the Obama administration is taking a more aggressive stance than its predecessor to punish unauthorized leaks to the press is even more dramatic in light of newly disclosed FBI statistics regarding the practice. Though intelligence agencies submitted 153 referrals to the Justice Department about leaks of classified intelligence from 2005 to 2008 and 24 of those cases were investigated, the Bush-era DOJ didn’t prosecute any cases, according to DOJ’s response to questions posed by members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which was obtained by the Federation of American Scientists’ Secrecy News blog. By comparison, the Obama administration has already indicted suspected NSA leader Thomas Drake and several other prosecutions are pending or underway.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...South Carolina Senate Candidate Alvin Greene’s Military Discharge Still Raising Red Flags
Jun 21st
A week ago in the living room of South Carolina’s Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate, I asked Alvin Greene if there was anything that had not yet been written about by the press that he wanted to get out. “Bring the Air Force discharge up,” Greene replied.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Fremont, Nebraska To Vote On Illegal Immigration Measure
Jun 21st
FREMONT, Neb. — Angered by a recent influx of Hispanic workers attracted by jobs at local meatpacking plants, voters in the eastern Nebraska city of Fremont will decide Monday whether to ban hiring or renting property to illegal immigrants. The vote will be the culmination of a two-year fight that saw proponents collect enough signatures to put the question to a public vote
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Taylor Marsh: Sally Quinn is Crazy, But She Thinks You’re Stupid
Jun 20th
Oh, no she didn’t . Unfortunately, yes she did .
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Jacob M. Appel: Are We Ready for Coed Hospital Rooms?
Jun 19th
Long emergency room stays are one of the most unpleasant and potentially dangerous aspects of healthcare delivery in most western nations. In recent years, Canada has addressed this problem, in part, by permitted male and female patients to share hospital rooms, separated by a privacy curtain, in the belief that most patients would gladly bunk with a person of the opposite gender in order to receive quality care as rapidly as possible. Over the past several months, however, a handful of high-profile protests by disgruntled “modesty” advocates have been pressuring Canadian providers to reconsider their policies.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Sarah Palin Stanislaus Speech: California University Will Allow Media at Palin event
Jun 19th
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After months of requests from reporters, a California university on Friday agreed to allow members of the media to attend a fundraiser next week featuring Sarah Palin.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...White House, DOJ Not Denying Clinton’s Statement That AZ Lawsuit On The Way
Jun 17th
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s disclosure that the Department of Justice will be filing a suit against Arizona’s tough new immigration law is not being denied by either the White House or the Department of Justice itself. In what appeared to be an unscripted admission, Clinton told Ecuadoran television on Thursday that DoJ, under the direction of the president, “will be bringing a lawsuit against” the Arizona act, which has been sharply criticized in Latin America. The statement, first reported by the site Right Scoop , was the first overt declaration on the Justice Department’s course of action.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...World’s Muslims ‘Increasingly Disenchanted’ With Obama, Poll Finds
Jun 17th
WASHINGTON Muslims around the globe remain uneasy about the U.S.
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