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01/03/09: President-elect Obama’s Weekly Address

However we got here, the problems we face today are not Democratic problems or Republican problems. The dreams of putting a child through college, or staying in your home, or retiring with dignity and security know no boundaries of party or ideology. These are America’s problems, and we must come together as Americans to meet them with the urgency this moment demands. Economists from across the political spectrum agree that if we don’t act swiftly and boldly, we could see a much deeper economic downturn that could lead to double digit unemployment and the American Dream slipping further and further out of reach.

Obama Transitions to the Presidency

Obama had made a big deal during his campaign of rejecting the influence of lobbyists as part of his pitch for change in Washington. The head of the transition team for President-elect Barack Obama plans to unveil today new rules for the roles that lobbyists will play during the transition and as part of the new administration.

Economy

ECONOMY 85,000 homes lost in October More Pay for More Productivity is not only the American Way, it is an Essential Way to Bail Out the American Economy - Mike Whitney Recognize contemporary free trading globalists and supply side economists for what they are: idiots at best, traitors at the worst The Right Wing continues its Battle with Reality [...]

Republican Party Today

McCain said that he is relying on the circle of friends he has developed over many years, like Phil Gramm and Randy Scheunemann. Some economists blame McCain's economic advisor Phil Gramm for the mortgage crisis, while Ron Paul accuses Washington for escalating the Georgia-Russia conflict

International Updates

INTERNATIONAL UPDATES Georgia and the United States will sign a strategic partnership treaty on January 4 For first time, Christmas official holiday in Iraq Russia to raise nuclear missile output fourfold Russia and China issued stark warnings about the impact of the crisis on their recently booming economies in 2009 Israel moved closer to invading Gaza after Palestinian militants fired [...]

Politics

POLITICS David Shuster reporting on new information involving Dick Cheney in the CIA leak case. Shuster fails to state that this reporting came from Murray Waas Shoe-Thrower Garners Praise Each Shoe Was Worth a Thousand Words - PATRICK COCKBURN Black size 10 shoes of Iraqi journalist already COST $10,000,000 Last week, with President-elect Obama’s blessing, Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced [...]

Interesting News

INTERESTING NEWS Americans prefer news from Web to newspapers - survey Obama to arrive in Washington by train McCain Campaign Sells Info-Loaded Blackberry to FOX 5 Reporter, but “Given the way the campaign was run, this is not a surprise.” Cat crossed 1,335 miles in Siberia in three months to find its home (From Charleston WV to Denver CO [...]

Sexual Attraction

7 myths about male sex preferences Contrary to a popular belief, it takes more than loads of personal experience to find out what kinds of things men really hate doing in bed. Are you sure you know every little bit about your partner? There are several widespread myths women have regarding male sexual preferences. Myth No 1: men [...]

Mother takes photo of ‘angel’ in hospital

A mother, whose daughter was fighting for her life, believes that a photograph taken in a hospital ward shows an angel. Colleen Banton, from Charlotte, North Carolina, was facing the agonising decision of taking her daughter off a life-support machine when the 'miracle' occurred. 14-year-old Chelsea had been admitted to the hospital with pneumonia, but a series of subsequent infections and a collapsed lung left the teenager breathing with the help of a ventilator.