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 By all accounts, Hillary Clinton gave a riveting speech to the the Democratic National Convention Tuesday night, stating unequivocally that, "Barack Obama is my candidate and he must be our president". I wonder why she had her fingers crossed behind her back?- A computer glitch in an FAA system that handles flight plans for the eastern US caused widespread delays around the entire nation Tuesday. Passengers stranded for hours and no way to blame the airlines for it–now that is depressing…
- The National Hurricane Center says tropical storm Gustav, which turned into a hurricane as it struck Haiti and then weakened, may intensify into a hurricane again later by Thursday as it makes its way toward the Gulf Coast. Louisiana has already declared a pre-emptive state of emergency–that’s so FEMA will have plenty of time to stall giving assistance, yet still be right on time…
 The federal government is proposing a speed limit for commercial ships along the Atlantic coast to help avoid collisions with the endangered Right Whale–although it reduced this slower speed zone to 20 nautical miles from the original 30 mile limit. While some suggest this is simply a concession to the shipping industry, I’m sure it was due to the much more common Wrong Whale…- The Census Bureau reports that 1 million fewer people lacked health insurance in 2007, the first annual decline since President Bush took office. You mean to say that there are actually average Americans who are better off now–what went wrong?
- A pro-vegan group, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, claims that their new TV ad suggesting hot dogs cause cancer is just a dramatization of research that links processed meats with increased risk of colon cancer. Considering the outcry from not just nutritionists but cancer organizations as well, I think you could say that the people responsible for this campaign are probably wieners as well…
Tags: airline, Barack Obama, cancer, Democratic National Convention, FAA, Hillary Clinton, Louisiana, National Hurricane Center, Tropical Storm Gustav
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- Michelle Obama told the Democratic National Convention in Denver Monday night that "I love this country", and that she
  and presidential nominee Barack Obama share America’s basic values and beliefs in a dream of a better future. She did not admit, as some wild claims have suggested, that she is the love child of Bill Clinton and Oprah Winfrey…
- What’s left of Tropical Storm Fay continued to rain down from Georgia to Louisiana, which for some is a welcome relief from months of drought conditions, while Florida residents begin to mop up the over 30 inches of rain that fell along the central Atlantic coast. Are we sure NASA hasn’t come up with a giant sponge that could collect it from one place and squeeze it out somewhere else?
- Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki insisted Monday that all foreign soldiers must leave the country by a specific date in 2011, and that there would be no legal immunity for American troops. After being briefed on the situation, Vice President Cheney was reportedly muttering something about "regime change" and "where’s my rifle?"…
- An Alabama initiative proposal to effectively prohibit gay couples from adopting was cleared by state officials to appear on the state’s November general election ballot. The initiative would require only married couples to adopt, and the state currently prohibits gay couples to wed–it’s that kind of shrewd thinking that has kept values in The Heart Of Dixie just as they have been for years…
 A Las Vegas judge has refused to delay the start of the trial of O.J. Simpson and a co-defendant on charges of armed robbery and kidnapping. The Juice actually had nothing to do with the delay request–he’s anxious to get started and really hoping he can drive the same level of insane media interest in whether he could possibly be as stupid as it appears that he is…- An Air Force researcher has found that a series of mishaps involving robotic warplanes are occuring because of operator error, due to the drones being controlled by increasingly inexperienced crews. I understand this problem can be quickly remedied, providing enough PS3 and XBox 360 consoles can be acquired quickly enough…
Tags: Air Force, Alabama, Barack Obama, Democratic National Convention, Flor, Florida, gay marriage, Iraq, Louisiana, Michelle Obama, OJ Simpson, Tropical Storm Fay
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- Hillary Clinton has pointedly challenged Barack Obama to agree to new primary elections in Michigan and Florida, saying it was "wrong, and frankly un-Americcan" to not have the two states’ delegates seated at the Democratic Naitonal Convention. I’m pretty sure she’s talking about Hillary Clinton delegates…
- The Supreme Court overturned a Louisiana murder conviction because the prosecutor excluded black jurors in a case where the defendant was black. This was the prosecutor who called this his "OJ Simpson case"–and it looks like he used about as much good sense as Judge Lance Ito did…
- Space shuttle Endeavor’s long mission at the international space station continues with another space walk tonight, in order to test a caulking gun and adhesive goo to see if it will be able to repair damaged thermal tiles on the shuttle. If there’s any time left, the crew plans to visit the MTV satellite to figure out where the videos went…
- Wal-Mart plans to combine an existing location with a failed Sam’s Club space outside Albany to create the chain’s biggest US store–a 260,000 square-foot, two-story facility that is at least 25 percent bigger than their typical "Supercenter". I wonder if departments at opposite ends of the store are in the same zip code…
- Visa went public yesterday, and its record-setting IPO rose 28 percent in first-day trading to give the credit card issuer a market value of around $45 billion. Now that’s what I call a credit crunch…
- On the 5th anniversary of the war in Iraq yesterday, President Bush defended our actions there, saying, "The United States of America is safer." If he means from wasting our money on housing, feeding, educating and caring for our poor, he’s exactly right…
Tags: Barack Obama, Democrat, Endeavor, Florida, Hillary Clinton, International Space Station, Iraq, Louisiana, Michigan, NASA, OJ Simpson, President Bush, primary, Supreme Court, Wal-Mart
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- It was a Barack Obama sweep over the weekend as he won the Lousiana primary plus the Washington and Nebraska caucuses Saturday as well as Maine’s caucus yesterday. Hillary Clinton’s campaign reacted with some big changes–a new campaign manager and not putting Bill in charge of showing female voters how to caucus…
- The Writers Guild of America will vote tomorrow on a new contract and to end the strike that has been going on now for three months, with indications that it will be quickly and widely ratified by members. I’m sure it will bring a huge sigh of relief to many–particularly to anyone forced to watch The Tonight Show With Jay Leno…
- A new poll find that 6 in 10 Americans believe the nation is already in a recession, even though the official authority says it hasn’t happened yet. Apparently it will once those billions in rebate checks go out…
- A planned spacewalk outside shuttle Atlantis was altered when the scheduled crew member became ill with flu-like symptoms. I certainly hope it wasn’t air sickness…
- Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has again threatened to stop sending oil to the US if Exxon Mobil wins court judgements to seize billions of dollars of the nations’ assets. I personally think giving a wack job like Chavez any consideration is a huge mistake–unless, of course, your company has become filthy rich by doing just that…
- Secretary Of Defense Robert Gates said yesterday that the present drawdown of US troops from Iraq by the end of July may be delayed due to concerns it could result in giving up security gains of recent months. In other words, a few hundred more American dead will make Iraquis feel more safe…
Tags: Atlantis, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, caucuses, Exxon Mobil, Hillary Clinton, Hugo Chavez, Iraq, Jay Leno, Louisiana, Maine, NASA, Nebraska, primary, Robert Gates, Washington, writer's strike
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