For those who don't know, during June of 1972 President Nixon was involved in a hugh political scandal. Possibly the most notorious scandal in presidential history. Covert operatives associated with the White House broke into the Democratic National Committee Headquarters and Pres. Nixon tried to cover up the break-in. However, his major folly was to record conversations about the cover-up in the oval office.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Nixon Tape Mystery Solved
There may be new insight as to what former President Nixon said during an 18 minute gap on the Watergate tapes.
Microsoft and Yahoo! Strike a Deal
Let's make a deal! After years of on again, off again negotiations, Microsoft and Yahoo have finally formed a partnership. For details click here.
Several years ago the federal government took it upon itself to bring an anti-trust case against Microsoft, with the intention of breaking up the software giant. Will this new partnership cause similar suspicions of a monopoly?
Sotomayor Debate Continues
Not surprisingly Democrats are still strongly in favor of Sotomayor, while the Republicans are strongly opposed. This debate will continue to a bitter end, with (unfortunately) Sotomayor being confirmed as a justice to the Supreme Court.
'WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate debate over Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor turned bitter Wednesday, after Democrats warned the GOP it would pay a steep price for opposing the judge who would be the first Hispanic justice, and a top Republican charged they were playing destructive racial politics.
Majority Leader Harry Reid implored Republicans Wednesday to join Democrats in voting to confirm Sotomayor next week, warning that GOP opposition would bring the same sort of public backlash that followed the party's spirited opposition to measures that would have given some illegal immigrants a chance to gain legal status.
"I just think that their voting against this good woman is going to treat them about the same way that they got treated as a result of their votes on immigration," said Reid, D-Nev.
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, the head of his party's Senate campaign committee and a Sotomayor opponent, shot back that Reid and other Democrats were trying to exploit the nomination and "giving cover to groups and individuals to nurture racial grievances for political advantage."'
Don't worry die hard conservatives, the political balance of the court is not going to shift with this particular appointment, but a future appointment...
Monday, July 27, 2009
Jackson's Doctor Administered Drug Before Death
Authorities believe that Michael Jackson's personal physician administered a strong anesthetic to help him sleep. It is believed that the drug killed Michael Jackson. The doctor, Dr. Conrad Murray, gave Jackson propofol outside of it's intended uses.
Foxnews Reports:
"LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson's personal doctor administered a powerful anesthetic to help him sleep, and authorities believe the drug is what killed the pop singer, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press on Monday.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing, said Jackson regularly received propofol to sleep, a practice far outside the drug's intended purpose. On June 25, the day Jackson died, Dr. Conrad Murray gave him the drug sometime after midnight, the official said.
Though toxicology reports are pending, investigators are working under the theory that propofol caused Jackson's heart to stop, the official said.
Murray, 51, has been identified in court papers as the subject of a manslaughter investigation and authorities last week raided his office and a storage unit in Houston. Police say Murray is cooperating and have not labeled him a suspect.
Murray's lawyer, Edward Chernoff, has said the doctor "didn't prescribe or administer anything that should have killed Michael Jackson." When asked Monday about the law enforcement official's statements he said: "We will not be commenting on rumors, innuendo or unnamed sources."
Continue reading here.
North Korea Gets Aid?
Foxnews is reporting that North Korea is receiving large amounts of aid from the U.N. They raise a very important question that demands answers: Who is benefiting from the aid sent to N. Korea?
I have a better question: Why are we sending aid to North Korea? What has the Kim Jong Il regime shown besides defiance. He does not listen to or obey any of the sanctions set against him and his country. I say "we" in my question because the United States is country that provides the most financial support to the United Nations. American tax payers are having their hard earned dollars sent to support rouge nations like North Korea.
"Is North Korea's dictatorial regime quietly profiting from U.N. emergency food supplies delivered to its starving people, even as the regime squeezes those deliveries down to a trickle?
Documents produced by the World Food Program, the U.N.'s flagship relief agency, outlining its current emergency operations in the insular communist state, raise a number of touchy questions about the financing and logistics of the effort, which was originally intended to feed some 6.2 million of North Korea's most vulnerable people, but which is currently providing limited rations only to 1.33 million.
The $500 million program was meant to run from September, 1, 2008 to November 31, 2009, to deliver nearly 630,000 tons of food aid to North Korea at a time when it is suffering from severe flood damage and fertilizer shortages that have led to local food price increases.
Currently, WFP says that only $75.4 million worth of food aid has been delivered under the emergency program, as international donors have recoiled at the Kim Jong Il regime's recent nuclear detonation and provocative missile launchings toward Japan and Hawaii.
WFP emergency relief program documents obtained by FOX News show that from the outset the food agency planned to pay extraordinarily high transportation costs for sending relief supplies to North Korea from around the world--about a dollar for every two dollar's worth of food aid shipped into the country under the program."
Continue reading here.
Michael Vick Reinstated!
Michael Vick has been reinstated into the National Football League. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell felt it was within reason to allow Vick to sign with a team, participate in training camps, and play as early has October.
This is no shock. Everyone knew that Vick was going to be allowed to play this season. The big question is: Why suspend Vick?
He has paid for his crime, he has served his time. Vick should face a full suspension or no suspension.
Foxnews Reports: "NEW YORK — Michael Vick was reinstated by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on Monday and could play in regular-season games as early as October.
Vick can immediately participate in preseason practices, workouts and meetings and can play in the final two preseason games — if he can find a team that will sign him. A number of teams have already said they would not.
"Needless to say, your margin for error is extremely limited," Goodell said in a letter to Vick. "I urge you to take full advantage of the resources available to support you and to dedicate yourself to rebuilding your life and your career. If you do this, the NFL will support you."
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