Posts Tagged ‘Bill Clinton’

What Chelsea and Jenna’s Weddings Say About American Partisanship

In fame, History, News, Opinion, Politics, Twitter on 1 August 2010 tagged Bill Clinton, BP Republicans, Chelsea Clinton, Chelsea Clinton Wedding, George W. Bush, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Jenna Bush, Jenna Bush Wedding, Safari, Safari 5 Extension Gallery, Sarah Palin, Twitter, Wal-Mart with no comments

Thanks to the advent of the new Safari 5 Extension Gallery not only did I know when Chelsea Clinton‘s wedding was, but also that it allegedly cost in the millions. Also thanks to the Safari 5 Extension Gallery I spotted someone on Twitter commenting that the cost differencial between Jenna Bush and Chelsea Clinton’s weddings [...]

Could Sudan Be Afghanistan Part III and Iraq Part II?

In Crime, History, Iran, Iraq, News, Opinion, pakistan, Politics, Racism, War on 13 July 2010 tagged Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Barack Hussein Obama, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Cold War, Darfur, Dave Eggers, Dictator, failed states, General Augusto Pinochet, genocide, Iraq, John Prendergast, Khartoum, Mohammad Rezā Shāh Pahlavi, New York Times, Omar al-Bashir, OMAR HASSAN AL-BASHIR, Op-ed, Robert Mugabe, Rwanda, Saddam Hussein, South Sudan, Sudan, taliban with no comments

In an Op-Ed for the New York Times, John Prendergast and author Dave Eggers explore a question they see as gaining increasing prominence within the United States – if the United States has the “ability as a nation to positively influence events abroad?” According to Eggers and Prendergast not only does the United States still [...]

Video : Obama on ‘Progress’ in Afghanistan and ‘Centrist’ Healthcare Reform

In Afghanistan, News, Opinion, TV, War on 30 March 2010 tagged #HCR, Afghanistan, Barack Hussein Obama, Bill Clinton, Democrat, Hamid Karzai, Health Care Reform, Healthcare Reform, Helmand, Heritage Foundation, Kandahar, Kandahar Province, Liberal, Liberal Conservative, Matt Lauer, Mitt Romney, NBC, NBC News, olympia snowe, Partisanship, Progress, Republican, Robert M. Gates, Today Show, Wall Street Journal, Waterloo with no comments

After having literally witnessed “progress” (which he shortly after admitted to being slow and not enough) in Afghanistan from the windows of Air Force One as he flew into Afghanistan under the cover of night, without speaking to a single Afghan (including the press) aside from President Hamid Karzai, United States President Barack Hussein Obama [...]

Jay-Z on Obama, Kanye, and Herbie Hancock

In Art, fame, Hip Hop, History, Music, News, Opinion, Politics, Racism, TV on 15 January 2010 tagged 2009 Video Music Awards, Album of the Year, Barack Hussein Obama, Best Female Video, Beyoncé, Bill Clinton, Billboard Charts, grammys, Herbie Hancock, Interview Magazine, Jackass, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Kanye West Outburst, MTV, MTV VMAs, music video, Rap-Up, Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It), Taylor Swift, Video, Video Music Awards, Video Of the Year, VMA, VMAs, You Belong With Me with 1 comment

Aside from having elevated Hip Hop to entirely new levels both on the Billboard Charts and culturally, Jay-Z is also a well spoken man who can offer intelligent insights on issues surrounding Hip Hop, Popular culture, and race. In the February issue of Interview magazine, Jay discusses the now infamous VMA outburst, meeting the current [...]

Bill Clinton Supportive of Obama’s Surge

In Afghanistan, fame, History, News, Opinion, Politics, War on 3 December 2009 tagged Afghanistan, Barack Hussein Obama, Bill Clinton, Democrat, Democratic, Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner, Manchester, New Hampshire, Radisson Hotel, Troop Surge, U.S. Troops with no comments

While speaking at a dinner attended by 1,000 Democratic activists in Manchester, New Hampshire, former U.S. President Bill Clinton praised Obama’s careful decision to send more troops to Afghanistan. To Clinton, whose wife Hillary is the current Secretary of State, what was most impressive about Obama’s decision was his willingness to clearly think it through [...]