Sign a letter to the Yemeni government protesting his upcoming death sentence.
Let Mr. al-Khaiwani and his family know you appreciate his efforts to bring democracy to Yemen.
“But the press needs to understand that if they’re not responsible with that information, that they’re not going to have access to it anymore,” Briley said.I suppose if he had actually hurt someone while driving drunk, he would have been mad that anyone would have reported that or blogged about that too. Heaven forbid that the press ever stand up for the rights of victims. Or the new media demand that he suffer the consequences of such irresponsible actions. If he had his way, he would rather infringe upon the rights of American citizens, so that he wouldn't suffer the shame or embarrassment of his actions. "If you pick on me, I'll show you. I'll, I'll, I'll tell my Daddy and he'll take away your access to information." And he wants to call the press and blogosphere irresponsible?
Food Network who?Bam! Although I have been watching his show's reruns on the Food Network, I'm anxious to see him return to television with new and fresh shows. And fantastic recipes!
Beginning July 7, TV chef extraordinaire Emeril Lagasse will jump ship from the foodies' cable network of choice to the even more niche Fine Living Network, with new episodes of Emeril Live! to be shown on his new small-screen home.
"As you know in television, things have to evolve, and this is a little evolution for me," Lagasse said of his channel jump.
Lott created the House opening by opting to leave Congress late last year before tougher lobbying restrictions went into effect. After his departure, Rep. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) was appointed to serve out Lott’s unexpired term, which created the need for the special election to fill Wicker’s seat.From what I have read on this point, there were a lot of angry conservatives who felt McCullough should have won the nomination. Lott was seen as taking revenge against McCullough for a previous disagreement on some initiative. But it doesn't end there.
Republicans were irked that Lott would retire early just to serve his own financial interests.
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Lott also bucked his own Mississippi congressional colleagues by supporting Greg Davis, the Southaven mayor and former state legislator who lost to Democrat Travis Childers. The rest of the delegation backed former Tupelo mayor and former Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Chairman Glenn McCullough Jr.
The senior statesman’s decision to go against his delegation contributed to a bruising, hard-fought primary runoff that left Mississippi GOP voters divided — and, quite possibly, left the stronger general-election candidate on the sidelines.
Ms. Novak, working from a laptop in her Monmouth County living room “while the kids are at school,” has started an Internet petition to free Mr. Khaiwani. She has enlisted Yemeni politicians, journalists, human rights activists and others around the globe. Her blog goes well beyond the Khaiwani case and has become a crucial outlet for opposition journalists and political figures, who feed her tips on Yemeni political intrigue by e-mail or text message.It is insanity, indeed.
She says her campaign is a matter of basic principle. “This is a country that lets Al Qaeda people go free, and they’re putting a journalist on trial for doing his job?” she said. “It’s just completely crazy.”
McCain needs to not run as a traditional Republican, which is easy, since he's not one.He advocates that McCain run to the center, look for swing voters and trust that his base will turn out in record numbers simply to avoid the fate of Obama.
After all, how did an anti-torture, anti-tobacco, pro-campaign finance reform, anti-pork, pro-alternative-energy Republican ever emerge from the primaries alive? Simple: The GOP electorate, along with the rest of the country, has moved somewhat to the left. (In Florida, for example, exit polls showed that only 27 percent of Republican primary voters described themselves as "very conservative," while 28 percent said they were "moderate" and 2 percent said they were "very liberal.")
McCain need not depart from long-held principles to wage any of these battles. He has always embraced these causes as a senator, and he needs to do so ever more forcefully as a candidate for president. The danger for McCain is that he will forget that he has already won the Republican nomination and retreat to safe GOP positions, which will alienate precisely the Democrats and independents whom he is uniquely positioned to attract.I fear Morris is right. But my bigger fear is that once McCain woos all the moderate support and the base turns out for him, he'll give them all the middle finger and do as he pleases. After all, he's a maverick who owes no one.
This is exactly how this should be handled. Mr Obama, can the Al Gore as an advisor on the environment. Mr. McCain, quit succumbing to pressure because you want to look nice or moderate. Both of you, get the people that can give this debate its true merit in front of you. Hillary, if you are elected, the same thing (you got to admit, she is showing some Lady Thatcher or Golda Meir spunk these days). But stop with watching people that aren't the main event.Please read the letter in its entirety. It's fantastic.
Within the first 100 days of office, get the top five SCIENTISTS on both sides of the issue in front of you in the oval office and let them argue it out. No cameras, no press, just you, your closest advisors, and the people that are qualified to do this. Have trusted members of both sides of the aisles, but get the politics out of it.
BARACK OBAMA: Right. You know, I've had so many supporters, a lot of them veterans, who have been handing me flag pins saying Barack, we know how patriotic you are and do us a favor, we would appreciate if you wore it. Partly just, not because, I think, they wanted proof of patriotism, but they wanted the issue taken off the table. I'm happy to wear a flag pin. It's something that I'm proud to do.Contrast that with his reason for not wearing it late last year.
Instead the Illinois senator answered the question at length, explaining that he no longer wears such a pin, at least in part, because of the Iraq War.And his stance was applauded with these headlines (for example):
"You know, the truth is that right after 9/11, I had a pin," Obama said. "Shortly after 9/11, particularly because as we're talking about the Iraq War, that became a substitute for I think true patriotism, which is speaking out on issues that are of importance to our national security, I decided I won't wear that pin on my chest.
Former Vice President Al Gore on Sunday told graduates of Carnegie Mellon University they could become part of the next "hero generation" in American history by solving environmental problems.Oh Noes! Someone call the Justice League - quick!
In a commencement address before a record crowd of about 10,000 people, the Nobel laureate said there had already been two "special generations" of Americans: the one that founded the country and the one that defeated fascism during World War II.
"You, I hope and expect, will be called upon to be part of the third hero generation in American history," by countering the threat of global warming, he said.
"We face a planetary emergency," Gore said. "The concentrations of global warming pollution have been rising at an unprecedented pace and have now given the planet a fever."
More pictures from the Trail of Honors. Yesterday was an amazing day.
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