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Brian Leubitz of Calitics.com, Jeralyn Merritt of TalkLeft.com and David Oatney of The World According to Oatney have been invited to join Newsweek's politics blog, The Ruckus . More details .

The February 25, 2008 issue of Newsweek (on newsstands Monday, February 18), "The Real Michelle Obama," looks at how the aspiring First Lady is coping with the scrutiny, balancing work and family life, and making sure her husband is "keeping it real" on the campaign trail. Plus: How Latinos may save Hillary Clinton's campaign; What the assassination of Imad Mugniyah means to Hezbollah; How Second Life avatars may one day serve therapeutic purposes; and new ways of fighting male infertility. (PRNewsFoto/NEWSWEEK) NEW YORK, NY UNITED STATES 02/16/2008 17 Feb 2008 17:42 Africa/Lagos NEWSWEEK: Cover: The Real Michelle Obama BARACK OBAMA'S 'ROCK,' MICHELLE OBAMA MAKES SURE HE'S 'KEEPING IT REAL' ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL THE ASPIRING FIRST LADY SHARES THOUGHTS ON BALANCING FAMILY, WORK AND ACCEPTING PUBLIC SCRUTINY NEW YORK, Feb. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Michelle Obama was never much interested in calling attention to herself. Now a very pub...

15 Feb 2008 18:31 Africa/Lagos PARADE Magazine Names Kim Jong-il of North Korea the World's Worst Dictator Despite Atrocious Acts, the U.S. Continues To Do Business With Many Dictators NEW YORK, Feb. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Kim Jong-il of North Korea has been designated the World's Worst Dictator in PARADE Magazine's 6th annual listing by Contributing Editor David Wallechinsky. Kim beat out Omar Al-Bashir of Sudan, who held the No. 1 position for three years in a row, from 2005 to 2007. Kim was No. 1 in 2003 and 2004. Kim runs the most isolated, repressive regime in the world, says Wallechinsky in this Sunday's issue of PARADE. His citizens have no access to information other than government propaganda. His harsh system includes collective punishment (three generations of a family can be punished for one member's alleged crime); detainment of roughly 200,000 citizens in labor camps; and the capture, torture and jailing of those who try to flee to China. Last year,...

THERE IS NO CHANGES WITH OBAMA EXCEPT THE MEDIAS HELP AT HIDING HIS RECORD OF SUPPORTING THE WAR AND BUSH. Obamas record shows he supports the war, voted twice in 2006 against bringing America's troops back home. He voted for war appropriations giving our money to Halliburton and Blackwater. His latest bit of posturing S 433 allows the Bush Administration to suspend any troop withdrawal!!!!if not suspended, still keeps the troops in Iraq for a long time to come? Obama when faced with tough choices always gave in to pressure from the Bush administration or corporate lobbyists. Such as Obama voted for Bush's energy bill, sending more than $13 billion in subsidies and tax breaks to oil, coal, and nuclear companies. Obama voted with Republicans to allow credit card companies to raise interest rates over 30 percent, INCREASING STUDENT LOANS RATES AND FEES increasing hardship for families. Obama voted for one of Bush's top priorities - expanding Nafta to South America - even as...

I enjoy reading Ann Coulter and I am entitled to my view of her, regardless of whatever bias others have against her. I believe we should be entitled to our peculiarities as long as such peculiarities are not dangerous to the lives of others. Ann Coulter has no apologies or regrets for her polemics and even if I do not agree with her all the time, I can tolerate her. She is not hypocritical. I believe is the freedom of speech and the freedom of thought. I received the following article from Media Matters on why the MSNBC should no longer tolerate the "hate speech" of Ann Coulter against Barack Obama, the Clintons and other personalities in America. ............................ MSNBC still doesn't "get it": hosts Obama-bashing hatemonger Ann Coulter ... again A month ago, after Chris Matthews made a forced (and ridiculously inadequate) apology for one of his many sexist comments about Hillary Clinton, MSNBC colleagues Joe Scarborough, David Shuster, and Mika Brze...

15 Feb 2008 11:20 Africa/Lagos Why Obama Won a Grammy Barack Obama won the 2008 Grammy Award for the Best Spoken Word Album Where will his speaking skills take him next? RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif., Feb. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Since 1959, the Grammy Awards have included a category for the spoken word. Actors usually win this category, which is why Obama's win this year is noteworthy. The handful of politicians who were well-spoken enough to win a Grammy in the past have also found success in their political aspirations. Toastmasters International looked at presidential candidate Barack Obama, as well as some past politically-inclined winners, to define elements of their speaking techniques that helped each win a Grammy. Obama follows in the footsteps of other well-known politicians who have been awarded the Grammy. In fact, fellow candidate Hillary Clinton won for her book, It Takes a Village, in 1997. Also, Republican U.S. Congressman and Senator from Illinois, Ev...

Ann Coulter with admirers. Photo Credit: Free Republic.Com There's a Democrat Behind Door No. 1, 2 and 3 By Ann Coulter Legal Affairs Correspondent, Human Events A few more primary wins and B. Hussein Obama will be able to light up a cigarette during a televised speech and still get the nomination. It looks like the only thing that can stop him now is an endorsement from Al Gore. Gore is always lunging into a movement just as it has passed its prime -- the Internet, Howard Dean, global warming, trying to talk black when he campaigns at a black church. He probably bought a big house a few months ago. Gore is such a supremely unlikable human being, he even subverted the mainstream media's affection for liberalism during the 2000 election. And my brave little Hillary needs a bold move after the Potomac primaries this week. If she can't trick Gore into endorsing Obama, she may have to divorce Bill. Click here to read the rest of the article .

Wow! Senator Barack Obama's spectacular primary victories in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia have confirmed that he is the New Face of American Democracy. I cannot deny the fact that the best case scenario for the Democratic Party, is having Senator Barack Obama as the presidential nominee. I am disappointed that Senator Hillary Clinton is behaving like a bad loser. She would be more regarded if she could swallow her pride and congratulate Senator Barack Obama. The tides of these interesting times favour Barack Obama. I am still supporting Hillary Clinton for President. For better or worse, do not give up hope. I know that Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is scared after Senator Barack Obama's clean sweep of the Potomac primaries . As one of her HillRaisers, I am worried, because none of us expected the latest results. If Hillary Clinton wins the nomination, it would be a miracle. As I said on the Huffington Post that if Hillary Clinton will not give up, I will c...

Newt Gingrich A Conservative Declaration of Independence and the Democrats' Dilemma 'If We Want to Get Competitive, We Had Better Change, and We Had Better Change Now' The Coming Democratic Train Wreck Compounding the Democrats' Dilemma: The Super (Politician) Delegates The Answer: Hold New Primaries in Michigan and Florida For Those Who Still Doubt: The Director of National Intelligence Speaks A Success Story of Real Change House Republicans Seize the Moment of Change E-mail Your Friends About Real Change This weekend, I had the opportunity to address CPAC -- the Conservative Political Action Conference. This is the same group to which Ronald Reagan delivered his historic " bold colors, not pale pastels " speech in 1975, sparking a new center-right coalition that would become the ground troops of the Reagan Revolution. In my speech, I called for a conservative "declaration of independenc...

Ms. Arianna Huffington , I read your "Who Is Maggie Williams?" posted on Sunday, February 10, 2008 | 05:49 PM (EST) on your Huffington Post Blog . It was a bad example of Witch Hunt Journalism. Maggie Williams has a questionable past? How about you? 1997 is gone and gone forever. It is all in the past. How would you feel if I dig up what you did in the UK and why you were not married to the man you lived with for years before leaving for the US and got married to Mr. Huffington and other things? Are you not a better person now than your were in the 1980s? Would it be fair to use your past to judge you now? Like using Barack Obama's years of smoking pot and sniffing coke to denounce him now? Hypocrisy comes in different colors and contours. Do you have a conscience? I wonder why you American intellectuals in the news media like taking advantage of the ignorance and gullibility of most of your less informed readers? What will you gain from such political witch-hunting?

One Naval officer was killed and another was wounded, Monday morning, when unidentified gunmen on a speedboat attacked the Naval Escort boat of a Nigeria LNG Ferry in the dangerous waterways of the volatile Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Last year, militants suspected to be led by the notorious Ateke Tom attacked and killed two Nigerian Police escorts on a Nigeria LNG ferry carrying passengers across the Bonny Channel. The waterways of the Niger Delta region have become dangerous since militants on speedboats terrorized and kidnapped hundreds of foreign oil workers, some local staff, and members of their families for huge ransoms. They have also attacked oil installations and reduced the oil export of Nigeria, the largest oil producer in Africa, and the fifth largest oil supplier to the United States of America. The Niger Delta militants and kidnappers have accomplices in the Nigerian Armed Forces and the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP). They have been engaged in illegal o...

Two Nigerian police officers were killed by a mob of Muslims in the Northern state of Kano last Friday. The mob atttacked a police station when a religious riot broke out in Sumaila Local Government Area of Kano State. The The Times of Nigeria reported that the crisis began from the Government Secondary School, Sumaila, when a Christian student (names withheld), now in hiding, drew a caricature of Prophet Mohammad." More details . Nigeria is largely populated by uncivilized people and the majority are Muslims located in the North. These Muslims should be more concerned about helping the millions of poor Muslims than looking for innocent non-Muslims to lynch over childish and foolish religious arguments. How can a cartoon of their prophet be offensive when none of them knows what Prophet Muhammad looked like? Hello Imams! Can you show me any photograph of Prophet Muhammad? What an uncivilized nation of religious zombies! Nigerian would have made great progress in modern civilizati...

Join President Bill Clinton for a "Solutions for America" Town Hall in Fredericksburg! When Monday, February 11, 2008 at 12:15 PM - 2:15 PM Where University of Mary Washington - Great Hall, The Woodard Center 1301 College Ave Fredericksburg, VA 22401 General Area: Description Join President Bill Clinton for a "Solutions for America" Town Hall in Abingdon! Hillary Clinton has spent the past 35 years fighting for American families and she has real solutions to tackle the tough issues we’re facing. Join President Clinton in Abingdon to learn more about Hillary's lifetime record of results. Host Virginia For Hillary

Please, pass on the following to the speech writers of Senator Barack Obama, because they would be needed for his next stump speeches. "To occupy Iraq would instantly shatter our coalition, turning the whole Arab world against us and make a broken tyrant into a latter-day hero ... assigning young soldiers to a fruitless hunt for a securely entrenched dictator and condemning them to fight in what would be an un-winnable urban guerilla war. It could only plunge that part of the world into even greater instability." ~ George Bush Senior "You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it." ~ Malcolm X 'My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying 'My mother, drunk or sober.' ~ G.K. Chesterton "When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty." ~ Penny Bright "Patriotism is supporting...

Join Hillary for a "Solutions for America" Town Hall in Manassas! When Sunday, February 10, 2008 at 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Where Grace E. Metz Middle School, Gymnasium Wellington Rd and Fairview Ave. Manassas, VA 20110 General Area: Description Join Hillary for a "Solutions for America" Town Hall in Manassas! Hillary has spent the past 35 years fighting for American families and she has real solutions to tackle the tough issues we’re facing. Join Hillary in Manassas to learn more about her lifetime record of results. Host Virginia For Hillary

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The euphoria over the presidential candidacy of Senator Barack Obama in the American presidential race for the Oval Office is now the daily staple of the American news media. Barack Obama sells more newspapers and magazines and atttracts more visitors online. Nobody wants to be left out of the Obamania. I have read most of the news reports, features and commentaries on the political phenomenon of Barack Obama and this is my critical analysis of this political impressionist, who is the latest poster boy of American Democracy since Bill Clinton in the early 1990s. Barack Obama's political ambition is driven by sheer intellectual "grit and wit". I have separated the commonsense from the common nonsense, because of the ignorance and gullibility of most people who have joined the personality cult in millions. Hello! Let us separate the fantasy from the reality. Who is really Barack Obama? Senator Barack Obama is the Hawaiian born son of a black African student, Barack Obama,...

The Hillary Clinton Camp has raised $6 million in 72 hours for her presidential campaign to exceed the target of $3 million set after her superlative Super Tuesday victories in New York, New Jersey, California, Massachusetts and other states. She beat Barack Obama to the biggest prize of California and that provoked him to raise over $7 million to boost his presidential campaign in the quest for the presidential nomination of the Democratic Party. Barack Obama won more states, but Hillary Clinton won more votes and more delegates. She has won more votes than Barack Obama since she bounced back after losing the Iowa Caucuses to him by 8%. She defeated him in the New Hampshire Primary and Nevada Caucuses and she was the first choice of most voters in the No-Contest Democratic Primaries in Michigan and Florida. Barack Obama defeated her in the South Carolina Primary before the Super Tuesday Primaries and Caucuses in 22 states. The contest for the Democratic presidential nomination continu...

8 Feb 2008 00:41 Africa/Lagos Viguerie: Rhetoric Won't Do It McCain must convince skeptical conservatives by deeds, not words... and 'twere well it were done quickly MANASSAS, Va., Feb. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A good conservative speech, no matter how stirring, will not solve the problems that grassroots conservatives have with John McCain, Richard A. Viguerie said today. Viguerie made his comments in response to John McCain's address today at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C. Prior to McCain's speech, various news reports suggested that the speech gave the Arizona senator a chance to make amends with conservatives and bring them on board his bandwagon. "Rhetoric isn't enough," Viguerie said. "To get the enthusiastic support of conservatives - support he must have, to win - Senator McCain must make his case with deeds, not just words." That's not just because of John McCain's recent record on imp...

The hallmarks of leadership are not judged by political stump speeches or designer suits, but by the demonstration of bravery and wisdom in the service of humanity. I have noticed undemocratic political rancor among the Democrats and I am disappointed that Senator Barack Obama is acting more like a Republican in his press statements and his wife Michelle Obama has been using subtle tirade against Senator Hillary Clinton. The Obamas’ look more desperate than the Clintons, because they have staked so much on winning the presidential nomination of the Democratic Party and losing it could be devastating to their egos. Barack Obama does not want to contest for the presidency when he is over 50 years, because his egocentric ambition is to become the first “Black” President of America before he clocks 50 and he is most likely to give up if he fails to make it in 2008. I am impressed by the spirit of endurance of Senator John McCain who has not given up since he lost in 2000 and 2004 and eve...