One Year Later: 10 Reasons Not to Elect Barack Obama

Today, I offer a flashback to a post I published one year ago today which offered 10 Reasons Not to Elect Barack Obama president of the United States. Was I right? "1. Obama said he wants to establish a civilian...

Obama Ghana go to Africa

Ghana in west Africawill be president Obama'sfirst visit as president toAfrica outside the Arabnations."U.S. President Barack Obama is going to Ghana after stops in Russia and Italy"We are the first country to...

Moussavi said to be planning new party after Iran vote

This may make little difference.  The ruling clerics still hold most political power. " Moussavi told supporters the party will be focused on upholding "the remaining principles of the constitution,"...

Iran: Conservatives blew at Khatami Supporters

In a predictable decision the filtering committee of the Ministry of the Islamic Guidance blocked two internet sites where followers of the former President Khatami provide support to the reformist president. Khatami has recently announced that he will run for the next...

Iranian parliament takes tough stand on budget spending

In a parliament plenary debate, Iranian parliament’s committee on budget and planning tabled a report of the audit court on government budget in 2006. Based on the report of the budget appropriation for the year 2006, more than one thousand million dollars of the government...

Venezuelan Parliament calls for Consitutional amendment

Caracas, Venezuela, 9 December 2009. During an unexpected televised message, the Venezuelan National Assembly -Parliament- informed Venezuelans of the beginnig of the discussion of a Constitutional amedment...

Foreclosure States Decided the Winner of the Presidential Election

Who decided the winner of the 2008 U.S. presidential election? The foreclosed homes.In the presidential elections of the year 2000 and the year 2004, seven of this year’s ten largest foreclosure states voted for...

US presidential election results: State by state

Here's a tally of how the states voted in the 2008 presidential election. According to latest figures, president-elect Barack Obama secured 364 electoral college votes, his Republican rival John McCain,...

McCain's 'Nothing Is Inevitable' Concession Speech: More Code?

• Don't we remember the last thing said, rather than preceding platitudes? Whoever wrote John McCain's gracious concession speech crafted poignant prose that hit all the right notes. But perhaps the most telling phrase happened at the very end, when McCain reverted to...

Video Essay: 'Free At Last, Free At Last'

This guy said something very profound when you dont vote you have no history!Eddie Carlisle, 88, of Chagrin Falls, Ohio votes for the first African American to be on a major party ticket for the presidency, and...

Online news editor goes to the polls in Bakersfield, California.

N.L. Belardes, editor of www.truxtunavenue.com heads to the polls in Bakersfield, California. Bakersfield has been the scene of some rather messy protests and rallies regarding the Proposition 8 debate over...

ELECTION DAY IN THE U.S. Obama vs McCain Nov 4 2008

So todays the big day in the U.S. for the Presidentail election.  As a Canadian it still is exciting to watch this unfold.  You have Obama Barack versus John McCain in the most anticipated election in...

Obama's 'National Civilian Security Force' Call: Scary 11th-Hour Revelation

• Victims of state-supported gang stalking should be outraged by little-publicized rally comment GET POLITICAL w/ VIC LIVINGSTONAs a long-time journalist and a human rights advocate, I've written extensively about my personal experiences with state-supported "extrajudicial...

Never Overestimate--This Race is Not Over!

I am neither Democrat nor a Republican.  I consider myself an independent who votes entirely on the issues.  I've have voted in every Presidential election since the age of 19 in 1992.I remember in 2000...

John McCain + the evil Penguin from Batman = SAME CAMPAIGN

Oddly enough John McCain's political speech sounds very much like the evil Penguin (played by Burgess Meredith) when he ran for mayor of Gotham City in this classic episode of Batman.

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