Archives for: January 2010
01/28/10
01:51:16 am, Categories: Columnist Brad Smith
Columnist
Since Barack Obama burst onto the national political stage in 2004, he has been an inspiration to many. His message of hope was embraced by America and was a key component in his victory in 2008.
01:50:07 am, Categories: Columnist Ryan Kosyla
Columnist
Oh how the mighty have fallen. Last week, Republican Scott Brown defeated Democrat Martha Coakley in a Massachusetts special election to fill Ted Kennedy’s seat following his death. It is a resounding and much needed victory for the Republican Party. But, only a few weeks ago, it didn’t look this way at all.
Massachusetts seemed to be a sure bet for Democrats when the campaigning started. Obama won it easily in the 2008 election and MA has voted liberal for a very long time. Kennedy spent 46 years representing them in the same seat for God’s sake.
01/21/10
12:42:35 am, Categories: Columnist Kyle Serfass
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“Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) apologized Saturday for referring to President Obama in private conversations during the 2008 presidential campaign as “light-skinned” and as having “no Negro dialect.”
-The Washington Post, January 10, 2010
A lot of controversy has been raised since the new bestselling book on the last election, entitled Game Change, revealed that Senator Harry Reid used the “n-word.” No, not that n-word, the other one. You know, the one that also refers to black people and used to be OK but is no longer OK and is somewhat less offensive but is still offensive and doesn’t have its own special suffix change that makes it OK to say if you are black but not if you are white? That one.
12:41:13 am, Categories: Columnist Ryan Kosyla
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Most of us know Haiti was hit with a major earthquake last week. The results are not surprising: collapsed infrastructure, massive looting, lack of food and water and, as usual when tragedy strikes an impoverished country, far too many dead bodies.
According to the CIA World Factbook, Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere, with 80% of its citizens living below the poverty line with a limited job market, severe inflation and an extreme trade deficit. Add a natural disaster to the situation and you get what you now see on CNN or MSNBC – nothing short of total and absolute chaos.
