April Fools or not?

Apr 01, 2008 - http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article981431.ece - 10 Comments

"I hope...I would've had the courage to resign" Bush State Official on Torture

Apr 15, 2009 - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/15/richard-armitage-on-tortu_n_187391.html April 5, 2009 at 05:54 PM Richard Armitage, the second in command at the State Department under President Bush, told Al Jazeera English in an interview to be aired Thursday that had he known then what he knows now about the torture of detainees, the right thing to do would have been to resign. "I hope, had I known about it at the time I was serving, I would've had the courage to resign," Armitage said in an interview, according to a transcript provided to the Huffington Post. "Fault Lines" host Avi Lewis pressed Armitage about remaining in the administration. - 0 Comments

CBS: Bush Remembered for Not-So-Smooth Talk

Jan 07, 2009 - (AP) President George W. Bush will leave behind a legacy of Bushisms, the label stamped on the commander in chief's original speaking style. Some of the president's more notable malaprops and mangled statements: # "I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully." - 5 Comments

Muslim woman's appointment as Obama advisor draws cautious optimism

Apr 22, 2009 - By Noha El-Hennawy April 22, 2009 Reporting from Cairo -- Egyptians are cautiously rejoicing over the recent appointment of a veiled Egyptian American Muslim woman as an advisor to President Obama. Dalia Mogahed, senior analyst and executive director of the Gallup Center for Muslim Studies, was appointed this month to Obama's Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. Judge to review records of FBI inquiries into Muslim groups Groups encourage Obama administration to hire more Muslim Americans Arabs are closely watching for signs that the new leadership in Washington is making efforts to improve relations with Islam, which many Muslims believe were severely damaged during the eight years of the Bush administration. - 7 Comments

Obama's economic saviour savaged

Mar 07, 2009 - Obama's economic saviour savaged as Keating lets rip Peter Hartcher , March 7, 2009 (The Sydney Morning Herald) When Barack Obama announced his champion to rescue the world from economic ruin, it was the first time most Americans had ever heard the name Tim Geithner. The initial impression was good. The stockmarket surged and the pundits swooned. - 1 Comment