John McCain has shown throughout his career a penchant for risk-taking; in his memoirs, he proudly calls himself a gambler. His selection of Sarah Palin, a charismatic but spectacularly unqualified candidate, as his running mate, is just the most glaring of many examples of the real McCain.
Barack Obama is tough, too, but in a different way. No one should underestimate how difficult it was to travel his road, against incredible odds, to the cusp of the presidency. But where McCain is impulsive and emotional, Obama is low-key and unemotional. He makes his judgments in a calm and methodical manner; McCain's impulsiveness is anathema to Obama, and rightly so - one cannot play craps with history.
Read more Why the choice between Obama and McCain seems clear
Source: daily lebanon
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Friday, October 31, 2008
Why The Choice Between Obama and McCain Seems Clear
Thursday, October 30, 2008
US Economy Suffered Worst Contraction In Seven Years
The US economy suffered its sharpest contraction in seven years in the third quarter as consumers cut spending and businesses reduced investment at the onset of what may be a severe and long-lasting recession...Read more US economy contracts sharply
Source: one news
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Miffed: McCain Protests YouTube's Removal Of Campaign Videos
McCain's campaign sent a letter Monday to YouTube parent company Google Inc., protesting YouTube's removal of unnamed videos from the site after receiving take-down notices claiming copyright infringement under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
The McCain camp goes on to suggest that YouTube set up a special process for reviewing the legal merit of take-down requests for YouTube accounts associated with candidates or their campaigns.
Read more YouTube Remove's Some McCain Campaign Videos
Source: computer world
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Student Sues for 'Asian phobia'
He said that his post-traumatic stress disorder was so serious that he felt imprisoned in Dubai - a place where he moved to for work four years ago - because of the stress he would have experienced if exposed to groups of Asian males in Australia.
The man, whose family still lived in Australia, said he encountered few Asian males in Dubai...
Read more Student sues for 'Asian phobia'
Source: smh.com.au
The man, whose family still lived in Australia, said he encountered few Asian males in Dubai...
Read more Student sues for 'Asian phobia'
Source: smh.com.au
Monday, October 27, 2008
McCain Tries To Distance Himself From Bush
Republican presidential nominee John McCain on Sunday fought to distance himself from unpopular President George W. Bush and Democrat Barack Obama attempted to attach them at the hip on a day of fierce campaigning.Read more McCain Works To Distance Himself From Bush
Source: the star online
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Europeans Support Obama
While support for Barack Obama is broad and deep among Europeans, their reasons differ substantially from Americans who support him for president, according to a new poll for the International Herald Tribune...
Read more Europeans support Obama
Source: john c. freed / international herald tribune
McCain on U.S. Economy
"As the American financial system absorbed one of its biggest shocks in generations, Senator John McCain said, as he had many times before, that he believed the fundamentals of the economy were "strong."
Read more McCain on U.S. economy
Source: international hereald tribune
Friday, October 24, 2008
John McCain's Serious Mistakes
There's no question John McCain is getting a free ride from the mainstream press. But with the power of YouTube and the blogosphere, we can provide an accurate portrayal of the so-called Maverick. We can put the brakes on his free ride!.
See more McCain's Serious Mistakes
Source: youtube
Thursday, October 23, 2008
UPDATE: Don't Blame Us, Say Brokers
"Everybody believed that house prices would just keep rising. We, and everyone else, had unprecedented confidence that it was a golden age of finance. We thought we had solved everything - no more recessions, no more inflation."
Read more Don't Blame Us, Say Brokers
Source: guardian news & media
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
NYPD Police Lt. Real Hero In Shooting
The courageous NYPD lieutenant who ended a wild subway station gunfight by shooting a once-deported farebeater insisted Wednesday that he was no hero.
Read more NYPD Hero
Source: daily news
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Video: 100,000 Come To See Obama
Barack Obama drew a crowd of 100,000 at a rally near the Gateway Arch in St. Louis on Saturday, the AP reports. McCain spent the day campaigning in North Carolina.
Source: huffington post
Obama Favored in Key Asian and Muslim Countries
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Gallup Polls conducted in May-August 2008 in six predominantly Muslim countries show that public interest in who wins the U.S. presidential election ranges from comparatively high in Saudi Arabia and Lebanon to very low in Pakistan...
Read more Obama Favored in Muslim Countries
Gallup Polls of four close U.S. partners in developed Asia show residents clearly favor Sen. Barack Obama over Sen. John McCain to become the next president of the United States...
Read more Obama Favored in Asia Countries
Source: gallup
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Obama Leaves McCain Dumbstruck
Barack Obama and John McCain at Third Presidential Debate, October 15, 2008
Obama On Education
Barack Obama, his sister Maya Soetoro-Ng, and Dr. Jill Biden discuss the educational issues affecting Americans and the Obama-Biden ticket's plans for change.
Republican Colin Powell To Support Obama?
WASHINGTON - After months of playing political Hamlet, Colin Powell is finally ready to tell America who he likes for President - and the smart money says Barack Obama is Powell's choice.....
Read more Colin Powell To Support Obama?
Friday, October 17, 2008
Amy Winehouse Blamed Drug Habit On Devil
Amy Winehouse blamed her drug habit on the devil during a furious rant. The troubled singer - bizarrely dressed in only skimpy black shorts and a lace bra - was in a West London recording studio attempting to pen tracks for her forthcoming third album...
Read more Amy Winehouse blamed her drug habit on the devil during a furious rant
Source: world news
Young Jews and Barack Obama
An Internet-driven initiative asks young Jewish voters to persuade their wavering grandparents in Florida to vote for the Democratic presidential candidate...
Read more Young Jewish Americans make ‘great schlep’ for Barack Obama
Source: worldnews
Thursday, October 16, 2008
RECAP: Obama/McCain Debate
Obama and McCain First Debate:
When it comes to terrorism and Iraq, voters prefer McCain over Obama. While McCain successfully pointed out that he clearly has more experience on foreign policy issues, Obama did hold his own....
Bush To Make His Exit With a Whimper?
With only three months left in office, United States President George W Bush appears increasingly determined to calm the international waters he so vigorously churned up,.....
Read more Bush set to go with a whimper
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Friday, October 10, 2008
Australia Can Ride Out US Recession
The global investments banks have said it, now Australia's largest investment bank agrees that the United States may already be in recession....
Read more Australia can ride out US recession
Monday, October 6, 2008
Barack Obama's Full Speech to the DNC
Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) accepts his party's nomination for President and speaks to the 2008 Democratic National Convention.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
The $200 billion government takeover of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae
The $200 billion government takeover of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae is intended to keep the economy from collapse, Thalia Assuras reports. Harry Smith talks to U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson.
Source: cbs news
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