Government/Politics
Obama to explain the withdrawal of combat troops tonight
President Obama will be making a national address tonight. Before you start whining about missing that rerun of Glee, you should know what Obama will be talking about, because it is sure to be brought up the next morning. Iraq will be the main focus of President Obama’s speech tonight. During much of Obama’s tenure, [...]
Glenn Beck’s latest controversy
Glenn Beck is a conservative talk show host currently in the news because of a rally he plans on having Saturday in Washington D.C. to supposedly “pay tribute to America’s service personnel and other upstanding citizens who embody our nation’s founding principles of integrity, truth and honor.”1 If you aren’t familiar with Beck’s popularity, he [...]
Is Obama a Muslim?
President Obama has gotten some criticism for his response to the planned mosque near Ground Zero. However, this isn’t the only time that Obama has had problems with Islam. In the last presidential election, the former Illinois senator was assailed because of his middle name Hussein as seen in the snopes.com article from 2008. Recently, [...]
Wyclef Jean – who he is, what he’s up to, and how to pronounce his name
Wyclef Jean is a hip hop artist with family roots in Haiti who wants to become Haiti’s next president. Before you start chuckling, don’t forget about political names such as Ronald Reagan, Bill Bradley, Sonny Bono, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Al Franken, and Jesse “The Body” Ventura. After the earthquake ravaged the already depressed country of Haiti, [...]
Obama and the mosque in New York
One of the bigger circulating stories the past couple days is the talk of a proposed mosque to be built in New York City near the original 9/11 attacks. President Obama has become involved in the issue and there seems to be some confusion by his stance. A couple things: A mosque is a place [...]
Obama vs. Snooki
Two big events just happened on television: Obama made his first appearance on daytime television on The View as an acting president, and the season two premier of Jersey Shore aired on MTV. Now, these two shows are very different, but they are more related than you think. Barack Obama has gotten some heat for [...]
Prop 19: legal weed in LaLa Land?
This topic is sure to get the conversation ball rolling no matter the setting. As you probably know, medical marijuana was legalized in California back in 1996 via Prop 215. Days later, thousands of jokes about having glaucoma surfaced. Since then, 13 other states have also legalized marijuana for medicinal purposes only. In a few [...]
Poland gets a new president
Poland has gone through a rough patch this year. Flooding in the last two months have caused destruction and deaths in Poland as well as Central Europe. Furthermore, the country lost its president, Lech Kaczyński, on April 10 after a tragic plane crash in Russia. A previous post discussed the Polish policy of picking an acting president [...]
