Obama gets an F on handling Ahmadinejad’s re-election
No recent election has received as much attention in the Western media as has Iran’s. The leaders of the U.S., France, U.K, Germany. and Italy have made no secret of their dislike of the declared results: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was given another four-year term. Why the fuss, given that the U.S. did not comment on the results of the recent Lebanese parliamentary elections, in which over a billion dollars was spent to pay for charter flights and free trips for Lebanese in Canada and...
Read MoreWhat Next? The Elections, the Economy, the World
America's most influential public intellectual Naom Chomsky America’s most influential public intellectual Naom Chomsky gave a speech to a packed house in Boston on November 24th, his first public address since the US presidential elections. What follows is the full text of his remarks. Well, let’s begin with the elections. The word that the rolls off of everyone’s tongue is historic. Historic election. And I agree with it. It was a historic election. To have a black...
Read MoreThe Change is Coming
Extremist Rahm Emanuel, the next Chief of staff selected by President Elect Barrack Obama US President Elect Barrack Obama promised change and here it is rolling out. The man expected to become his chief-of-staff is a congressman known as a key Democratic strategist and fundraiser. Illinois Democratic Representative Rahm Emanuel, 48, is known for his tough and aggressive style in the political arena. Emanuel was born in Chicago, Illinois. His father, the Jerusalem-born Benjamin M. Emanuel,...
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