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An Unfair Criticism of President Obama

An American Lion | December 31st 2009 by norman rogers

President Obama, golfing, Martha’s Vineyard, 2009 I realize that it looks bad for the President to be playing golf. From a public relations point of view, yes, it is a losing proposition for the President to play golf in a time of war or to loo read more

IndianSwedeJew

Women of the year, 2009

Adam's Gender & Sexuality Blog | December 31st 2009 by Adam Kaleb Lee

In no particular order,  here are my Women of the Year for 2009. Sarah Brown: for supporting, actively, such great causes as the White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood and Women’s Aid and for creating her own path in that most difficult of jobs read more

eCreativity

Soggy Doobies and Strippers: SuperNews!

Best Online TV | December 31st 2009 by Chad

President Obama and Vice President Biden take us to the “Job” Fair, Gorgon gets awkward at a Pool Party, Your Mom asks TIVO questions, plus see cell phones fight, visit a slave memorial and watch Bill Maher smoke pot with a hooker while read more

Ministers from Telangana withdraw resignations

Simple Thoughts | December 31st 2009

more images more images HYDERABAD - A day after the central government called a meeting of leaders of eight political parties of Andhra Pradesh to discuss the Telangana issue on Jan 5, all state ministers from the region withdrew their resignation read more

quinwoodwardpu

Karl Rove and wife divorce

LittleBlackBlog.net | December 31st 2009 by Quin Woodward Pu

Former George W. political architect Karl Rove and his wife of 24 years, Darby, were granted a divorce in Texas. A family spokeswoman, Dana Perino, said this of the split: “The couple came to the decision mutually and amicably, and they mainta read more

DandelionSalad

Why Obama Must Continue Releasing Yemenis From Guantánamo by And…

Dandelion Salad | December 31st 2009

by Andy Worthington Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.andyworthington.co.uk 31 December 2009 The weekend before Christmas, 12 prisoners were released from Guantánamo. In two previous articles, I told the stories of six of these men — two Somalis read more

Work to earn Trinamool?s respect, Pranab tells Congress

Simple Thoughts | December 31st 2009

more images more images KOLKATA - West Bengal Pradesh Congress chief Pranab Mukherjee Thursday reminded party leaders that the Congress needed to regain its organisational strength in the state before it could hope to get equal share of respect fr read more

Food for Thought – 31 December 2009

Mostly Cajun | December 31st 2009

A legend in his own mind read more

wegotyourblack

Obama’s day: New year, old threats

The Ultimate African American Blog | December 31st 2009 by patrick nelson

President Obama's end-of-the-year sojourn in Hawaii has been no exception, thanks to the Christmas Day near-bombing of an airliner in the skies over Detroit …Obama administration is right to prosecute alleged Detroit bomber in US courtObama read more

247wallst

The Compensation War Begins at AIG (AIG)

24/7 wall St. - Insightful Analysis and Commentary for U.S.… | December 31st 2009 by TimThompson

American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) has done what it could to keep top talent around at the company, and it has been able to get at least some exceptions on the restriction of pay that is being imposed on the firm because of it receiving e read more

wegotyourblack

Obama probes security failings

The Ultimate African American Blog | December 31st 2009 by patrick nelson

US PRESIDENT Barack Obama was to receive a report last night detailing how government agencies failed to act on information about Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab …Obama to Receive Prelim Report on Airline AttackObama to get report on intelligence fai read more

farrelwel

[links] Link salad asks what are you doing New Year's Eve?

routes case | December 31st 2009 by farrelwel

Rich Horton summarizes Subterranean Online for 2009 — Says nice things about my Mainspring steampunk astronaut novella, "".Table of Contents announced for Year's Best Science Fiction 27, ed. Gardner Dozois — I am quite pleased to note tha read more

DandelionSalad

Flying Kites for Peace + Afghans protest against the killing of c…

Dandelion Salad | December 31st 2009

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ Love is how the kites in Gaza, Afghanistan and the world will fly http://ourjourneytosmile.com/blog December 31, 2009 Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers flew kites for the people of Gaza photo by Hakim At about 1pm read more

filipspagnoli

Human Rights Maps (76): Gender Wage Gap in the U.S.

PAP Blog | December 31st 2009 by filip spagnoli

women's earnings compared to men's, gender wage gap in the US (source) Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work (art. 23 of the Universal Declaration). So unequal pay is a human rights issue, and is prob read more

ethitter

Reforming Two Decisions That Led To The Recession

disparate.info | December 31st 2009 by Erick

While many decisions made over a number of decades created the circumstances that led to the worst recession since the Great Depression, certain government actions were particularly devastating to the US and world economies. Embodied in the Gramm-Lea read more

Keep Calm and Carry On … NOT!

raincoaster | December 31st 2009

Really, given the choice, what would you do? or Posted in gender, humor, Humour, Politics, Sex, Singles read more

distwalker

The Burlington Liars Club tells yet another Lie

The Real Revo | December 31st 2009 by RD Walker

Seriously, what should we expect from Liars? Granted, when the Burlington Liars Club crowned their champion, a man from Wisconsin (a State comprised of some notorious Liars) it was because he was humorous in his Lie. “I just realized how bad t read more

wegotyourblack

Inouye lauds Obama’s response to Christmas Day attack

The Ultimate African American Blog | December 31st 2009 by patrick nelson

Daniel K. Inouye said yesterday that President Obama acted responsibly after the terrorism scare in Detroit on Christmas, choosing to investigate rather …White House official fires back at Cheney criticism of Obama, says former VP …Obama read more

distwalker

Looking back on the Top Ten moments of the Obama Presidency in 20…

The Real Revo | December 31st 2009 by RD Walker

Yes, now it’s time for something TOTALLY different. I don’t want to go out of 2009 sounding like a broken record. I want to take an objective look at the Ten BEST moments of the Obama Presidency in 2009. Because I freely admit that I real read more

adiska

フワフワブロッグ: Spending New Year's eve with Takane Man…

Adiksi is Kecanduan [Addicted] | December 31st 2009 by Mulyadi Pasaribu

Salah satu faktor pembuat kecanduan adalah seorang cewek bernama Takane Manaka. I wish she can be my virtual girlfriend. It's so much fun to be spending the time with her. I think I fall in love with her. Even I dreamed about her. … フワã read more

kcvata

Obama on Healthcare: Between Dream and Reality

American Genes | December 31st 2009 by Korkut Vata

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DakotaVo

Rush Limbaugh ‘resting comfortably’ at Hospital

Dakota Voice | December 31st 2009 by Bob Ellis

Radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh is said to be "resting comfortably" in the hospital in Hawaii. His producer and website say he is okay and updates will be made at RushLimbaugh.com. Dakota Voice: Exposing the pernicious lie read more

SharonAlex

Barack Obama & Politics

Obama Watch Bllog | December 31st 2009 by Sharon Alexander

www.SimplyAstrology.com Politics is ruled by Pluto in astrology, charm by Venus and communication by Mercury. See how these three planets work together in the horoscope of Barack Obama. See also how strong his penchant for sincerity real read more

bmerry

Batchelor: Blair Fall Guy?

The Real Barack Obama | December 31st 2009 by B Merry

John Batchelor writes on his blog: Solomon Golfing Richard Clarke appears on GMA to launch a dart at the two targets that Rahm Emanuel has picked for blame and shame in order to explain the “failure” of Abdulmutallab. The contestants b read more

adkalmanack

The 2009 Adirondack Year in Cartoons (Part 1)

Adirondack Almanack | December 31st 2009 by Adirondack Almanack - New York History Blog

After eight years of wars, terror warnings, environmental destruction, corporate and political corruption, and general cultural excess ending in a systematic collapse of the country's financial system, 2009 opened on more than a few notes of remorse, read more

jkufs

A Fitting End to 2009- A Year of Political Arrogance

Off The Kufs | December 31st 2009 by Jason Kufs

A fitting last blog post for 2009. Thomas Sowell (pictured) says everything about the Obama regime and such. A WONDERFULLY INFORMATIVE READ:December 29, 2009Unhealthy ArroganceBy Thomas SowellThe only thing healthy about Congress' health insurance le read more

wegotyourblack

Muslim world cautious toward US olive branch

The Ultimate African American Blog | December 31st 2009 by patrick nelson

31 (Xinhua) — US President Barack Obama extended an olive branch to the Muslim world by promising at the beginning of 2009 to overhaul strained relations …Obama encounters same failure Bush failed to avoidBarack Obama, Interventionist and read more

bmerry

Batchelor: 12-25 Commission

The Real Barack Obama | December 31st 2009 by B Merry

John Batchelor writes on his blog: Nostalgia It feels as if we are back in 9-11 World, with imams and jihadist websites and statements by Euros that there is “no evidence” of this or that character connecting to an extreme act. The pol read more

bmerry

Glenn Beck Show December 30, 2009

The Real Barack Obama | December 31st 2009 by B Merry

Fox News Channel’s Glenn Beck Show, December 30, 2009, was guest hosted by Eric Bolling (right), Fox Business host of Happy Hour. The theme was political correctness, terrorism, Yemen, and the Obama administration’s handling of all of the read more

wegotyourblack

Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama most admired: Gallup poll

The Ultimate African American Blog | December 31st 2009 by patrick nelson

President Barack Obama topped the list among men. Clinton barely surpassed Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor. 16 percent of the citizens named Clinton …Most favorable: Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton win out over presidentMichelle, Hillar read more