Liberal Conceit
Feb 09, 2010   6:59 AM  3 hours ago  Newsvine - obama
We all know liberal condescension. “Why are Americans so anti-intellectual?” your liberal friend might ask. But Gerard Alexander has written about it — in the Washington Post. “Why are liberals so condescending?” he asks. Why indeed?

No More Rock Stars as President!
Feb 09, 2010   6:57 AM  4 hours ago  Newsvine - obama
Why is it that Americans are so hung up on rock stars, Hollywood celebrities, and anorexic models? Our culture is caught up (and brought up) in the influences of “America’s Next Top Model” and “American Idol” hysteria.

First lady begins fight against childhood obesity
Feb 09, 2010   5:45 AM  5 hours ago  Newsvine - obama
First lady Michelle Obama says she loves burgers and fries, but she wants her daughters — and the rest of America’s children — to learn about better nutrition and exercise.

Palin Palm Postit Notes Not News
Feb 09, 2010   5:11 AM  5 hours ago  Newsvine - obama
“Energy”, “Tax” “Lift American Spirits” “Budget cuts” . Seven words on the palm of former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin caused hundreds, maybe thousands of media stories, including many on Newsvine. WHY.

GOP Calls for Do-Over at Obama Health Care Summit + Obama says Dems way or No Way
Feb 09, 2010   5:09 AM  5 hours ago  Newsvine - obama
After almost a year of No Bipartisan Republican health reform, there is No Bipartisan bill offered by Obama.. Republicans are not encouraged. Article in part..

Palin: When Limbaugh says ‘retarded’ it’s fine
Feb 09, 2010   4:50 AM  6 hours ago  Digg / US Elections 2008
According to Sarah Palin, when Rahm Emanuel says “retarded” privately he’s “indecent” and should be fired, but when Rush Limbaugh uses it publicly in the same context it’s just fine!

Poll: Two-Thirds Of Americans Unhappy About Citizens United Ruling | CommonDreams.org
Feb 09, 2010   3:41 AM  7 hours ago  Newsvine - obama
Supreme Court Justice Sam Alito may not have wanted to hear it during the State Of The Union address, but a new poll shows the majority of Americans agree with President Obama’s take on the Citizens United ruling. More than 60 percent of re..

GOP terror attack machine: Criticism of Obama is irrational, irresponsible and painfully partisan
Feb 09, 2010   2:36 AM  8 hours ago  Newsvine - obama
The evidence is clear that the GOP talking point machine, repeated by Fox television commentators and others, does not bother to learn the facts about terrorism before they leap to attacking the party in power’s handling of the issue.

Iran Nuclear Plans Start New Calls for Sanctions
Feb 09, 2010   2:36 AM  8 hours ago  Newsvine - obama
PARIS — Iran told the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency on Monday that it would begin enriching its stockpile of uranium for use in a medical reactor, prompting officials from the United States, France and Russia to call for stronger s..

Democratic Climate Revolt
Feb 09, 2010   2:35 AM  8 hours ago  Newsvine - obama
The Obama Administration has been moving full-speed ahead on anticarbon regulation, never mind waiting for Congress to pass a bill.

Palin at Tea Party convention: “How’s that hope-y, change-y thing workin out for ya?”
Feb 09, 2010   2:23 AM  8 hours ago  Newsvine - obama
Palin spent the majority of her address ripping into President Obama and policies enacted within the past year. She criticized the bank bailout and the stimulus plan, saying they were ways for the “federal government to take over the States..

The Secret History of the Birthers
Feb 09, 2010   1:48 AM  9 hours ago  Newsvine - obama
The high-profile resurgence of the Birther claims on cable television provoked much self-satisfaction from liberals as the latest evidence of the influence of wingnuts on conservative politics.

Obama Bowing To Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko during a visit w/ Senator Lugar
Feb 09, 2010   0:50 AM  10 hours ago  Newsvine - obama

“Homescholer for Perry” at Rick Perry-Sarah Palin Rally
Feb 09, 2010   0:30 AM  10 hours ago  Digg / US Elections 2008
Further proving the fact that the Rick Perry has finally found someone prettier and dumber than him to partner up with, his and Palin’s fans with their horribly misspelled signs give the “Get a brain, morans” guy a run for his money.

Obama would destroy Palin in hypothetical race, poll finds
Feb 08, 2010   11:03 PM  11 hours ago  Newsvine - obama
…a just-released poll by the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion finds that Obama would decisively defeat Palin in a hypothetical race between the two and independent New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Obama: Murtha ‘tough-as-nails’ leader
Feb 08, 2010   10:49 PM  12 hours ago  Newsvine - obama
President Barack Obama says he was saddened to hear of the death of Rep. John Murtha and called his fellow Democrat a steadfast advocate for the people of Pennsylvania for nearly 40 years.

World War II-era navigation system shutting down - Loran System Ruled “Obsolete” by Obama Administration.
Feb 08, 2010   10:35 PM  12 hours ago  Newsvine - obama
Good night, Loran. In a series of small ceremonies, the U.S. Coast Guard on Monday afternoon will shut down Loran-C, a navigation and timing system that has guided mariners and aviators since World War II.

Israeli-born Gilad Atzmon on Chilcot Inquiry, Iraq War & huge Zionist Lobby influence in UK
Feb 08, 2010   10:31 PM  12 hours ago  Newsvine - obama
Israeli-born Gilad Atzmon exposes the huge influence of Apartheid Israel and the Zionist Lobby on British political life, the deceptions in the run-up to the Iraq War and the atrocity of the Iraq War and its attendant carnage.

I figured out how to quiet the “Birther’s”
Feb 08, 2010   10:01 PM  12 hours ago  Newsvine - obama
I am going to write the President and suggest that he hold a “National Birth Certificate Day” at the White House. I am sure that if he lets them personally inspect his birth certificate that they would be satisfied that he was born in the U..

White House official: Feb. 25 health care meeting to be televised
Feb 08, 2010   9:37 PM  13 hours ago  Newsvine - obama
President Obama’s bipartisan meeting on health care reform planned for February 25 will be broadcast live, a senior administration official said Monday.

Palin writes ‘dummy notes’ on palm of hand
Feb 08, 2010   9:16 PM  13 hours ago  Newsvine - obama
Sarah Palin Palin’s Palm Holds the Answers by Mike Krumboltz

Core Chicago Team Sinking Obama Presidency
Feb 08, 2010   9:13 PM  13 hours ago  Newsvine - obama
But in the too regularly vapid chatter about DC’s political scene, serious critiques of the internal game around Obama not only deserve review on their own merits but have to be read — because Obama is not winning. He is failing and people..

Can a veterans court help former GIs find justice at home?
Feb 08, 2010   9:10 PM  13 hours ago  Digg / US Elections 2008
More and more veterans are showing the catastrophic impact of their psychological scars from battle. The government doesn’t currently employ resources to specifically give soldiers the support they need when they come home; but are speciali..

Democrats Are Weak
Feb 08, 2010   8:29 PM  14 hours ago  Newsvine - obama
I’ve watched Sarah running around on every channel all over TV all weekend. I just wondered does it really matter what comes out of her mouth? Does it really matter if anything that is said by the right is spin or has some sense of fact.

White House moves to make the filibuster a campaign issue
Feb 08, 2010   8:25 PM  14 hours ago  Newsvine - obama
Over the past week, President Obama and his senior aides have repeatedly cited Republicans’ filibuster threats as the primary reason for the lack of progress on big ticket legislative items, an early sign that Democrats will seek to use thi..