05/17/2008 01:25 PM
Headlines (click here)
Senator Ted Kennedy Rushed to Hospital
Sen. Ted Kennedy has been taken to Massachusetts General Hospital, FOX News confirms. The senator's medical condition is unknown, but he was experiencing stroke-like symptoms, according to published reports.Muslim Leader Met Privately with Obama
Imam Hassan Qazwini, head of the Islamic Center of America from Dearborn met privately with Sen. Barack Obama during his recent visit to Michigan.Bush asked to Consider Myanmar 'Intervention'
US lawmakers asked President Bush to consider "humanitarian intervention" in cyclone-hit Myanmar after its military rulers refused to allow foreign experts to direct relief efforts despite rising deaths.Thousands Flee Clashes in Sudan
Thousands of civilians fled clashes between Sudan's former north-south civil war foes in the oil-rich central town of Abyei on Thursday.PK Soldier Beheaded 'to Avenge US Attack'
Pakistani authorities Friday found the body of a paramilitary soldier beheaded by Taliban insurgents in a tribal area where a suspected US missile strike left 12 people dead.Jaipur Suspects Trained at PoK Terror Camp
The police has found striking similarities between the improvised explosive devices used in the Jaipur serial blasts and the ones used in the twin blasts on August 25, 2007, in Hyderabad.Obama Helped Supporters Get State Business
In a speech to the Urban League last July, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., boasted of his efforts in 2001 to help a handful of African American-owned investment firms in Chicago get a larger share of business with Illinois state pension funds.China’s Nuke Sites Monitored After Quake
China’s main centers for designing, making and storing nuclear arms lie in the shattered earthquake zone, leading experts to look for signs of any damage that might allow radioactivity to escape.New Storm Lashes Cyclone-Hit Burma
Torrential tropical downpours lashed Burma's Irrawaddy delta today, deepening the misery of an estimated 2.5 million destitute survivors of Cyclone Nargis and further hampering aid efforts.Bin Laden Vows to Continue Fight with Israel
Bin Laden said the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was at the heart of the Muslim battle with the West and an inspiration to the 19 bombers who carried out the September 11 attacks on US cities in 2001.Dems 'Protest' Bush ‘Appeasement’ Comments
Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden, among others, leapt to denounce President Bush for comments he made that they called a swipe at the party’s presidential front-runner, Barack Obama.War Funding Bill Stalls in House
Rather than go along, House Republicans voted "present" on the war funding provision, saying they were incensed that Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a few of her lieutenants had drafted the bill in secret.Federal Debt-Limit Increase Might Be Needed
It looks increasingly likely that Congress will have to pass legislation this year to raise the national debt limit, according to congressional aides and the Senate Budget Committee chairman.'Sweetie' Leaves Bad Taste for Obama Critics
In 24 hours, the three-second exchange had inspired global news coverage, follow-up stories from the offended correspondent and a debate on both feminism and news credibility.CA Court Urged Stay Gay Marriage Decision
A marriage amendment will be on the November ballot. If it passes, the words of the voter-approved Proposition 22 will be added to California's state constitution.Housing Posts Surprising Rebound in April
Construction of new homes posted the biggest increase in more than two years in April, a rare spot of good news amid the worst downturn in housing in more than two decades. shopping mall in the Israeli city of Ashkelon.
05/17/2008 01:24 PM
NMJ Editorial (click here)
Government of the People or By the Faction?
Politics Frank Salvato, Managing EditorNow comes news that George McGovern has called for Hillary Clinton to withdraw from the Democrat’s primary race. Pardon me for my raised eyebrow but how much of a fool would someone have to be to take campaign advice from the man who got slaughtered by Richard Nixon? Losing an election by a landslide really shouldn’t qualify someone to dispense political advice unless it’s how to deliver a concession speech without looking bitter.
The facts, as they present, make it abundantly clear to anyone not blinded by political emotionalism, anyone not hoodwinked by the bumper-sticker gotcha games of this election cycle, that the Democrat’s primary race is simply too close to call. Those backing Barack Obama, who insist that Hillary Clinton can’t win, are factually in error. With the existence of “superdelegates” and two disenfranchised state electorates the wildcards are in place. In fact, there are several scenarios that could play out that would see Hillary Clinton as the Democrats’ nominee. Whether any of them will play out remains to be seen but stranger things have happened.
05/17/2008 01:24 PM
NMJ Commentary (click here)
I May Be Black, Mr. Obama, But You’re No President for Me!
Politics Rev. Lainie Dowell
If it were not for a number of conservative journalists who deal with facts and not spin, many of us would have no idea what the news media are not reporting about the social, financial, academic, religious and political events upon which we are called to make informed – indeed, crucial – decisions. A recent article in To The Point News, “Barack Don’t Know Much About History Obama,” by Jack Kelly, is a perfect example. In his article, Kelly points out the numerous historical flaws contained in Sen. Barack Obama’s victory speech after the North Carolina primary.Are Senator & Mrs. Obama Really On-Board the 'Hope' Train?
USA Ercille I. Christmas
In the current presidential race, I have been late to the station, late to the gate, in boarding the "Hope" train being "steered" by Senator Barack Obama. It is time to remedy that. It does not mean that I will be swooning over the candidate – yet. It means that I am being realistic and will jump on that historic train-cum-bandwagon and support candidate Obama if my conditions are met. After all, I have my own hopes and aspirations.Another Look at ‘Carbon Credits’
The Fifth Column Dr. Vincent G. Gioia
All candidates for the presidency this year have many policies in common but the acceptance of and reaction to false claims of man-made global warming carries the most far reaching implication for changing the lifestyle of Americans – for the worse. The latest sham agreed upon by Clinton, Obama and McCain concerns the use of something called "carbon credits" as a device to "offset" acceptable greenhouse emissions despite their conviction that all such emissions are deadly to the future of planet earth.Psychiatric Help 5¢
Education Will Fitzhugh
In Peanuts, when we see Lucy offering Psychiatric Help for a nickel, we know it is a joke: ("The Psychiatrist is IN"), but when English teachers in the schools insist that students write about the most intimate details of their private lives for school assignments, that is not a joke, it is an unwarranted intrusion.And Now for Something Completely Different...
Media Fran Gail
As President Bush was delivering what could arguably be considered one of the best speeches of his career in front of the Knesset for the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the rebirth of the Jewish state, CNN decided to cut to a forgettable talking head re-enforcing the non-story of the current arc of the interminable election cycle. Yes, you guessed it. There just had to be a little bit more on Mr. Hairspray Democrat coming out, a tad late perhaps, in support of Mr. Empty Suit Democrat. Yes, heart be still, Edwards has endorsed Obama. \If It's Humorous, Does That Mean It's Funny?
Current Events Rabbi Shea Hecht
Have you noticed what a powerful tool humor is? Humor has many pluses. I would say that more important than the fact that smiling and laughing burns more calories, it allows us to say things that we may not normally be able to say, but become "kosher" under the guise of a joke. There are times that we make humorous comments about some truly dangerous things (like mothers-in-law - just joking).
05/17/2008 01:22 PM
Articles (click here)
Did Shoddy Construction Worsen Disaster's Impact?
World Wieland Wagner, SpeigelCredit Where It's Due
USA Janet Albrechtsen, The AustralianOily Chavez Oozes Beyond Venezuela
Terrorism Investor's Business DayState Department’s Jihadist Exchange Program
Government Patrick Poole, PajamasMedia.comObama's Inability to Hire Good Help Rears Its Head...Again
Politics Jake Tapper, ABC NewsAl Gore Feeds on Burma's Tragedy
The Fifth Column Peter Foster, The National PostAmerica's Most Overrated Product: The Bachelor's Degree
Education Marty Nemko, The Chronicle of Higher LearningAnti-Semitic Hate Speech in the Name of Islam
Culture War Matthais Kuntzel, SpiegelChicago Tribune Covers for Obama’s Terrorist Friends
Media Cliff Kincaid, Accuracy in MediaMideast Parley Takes Ugly Turn at Columbia U.
Current Events Stern & Siegel, CampusWatch.orgBarack Obama's Muslim Childhood
Religion Daniel Pipes, The Jewish World Review
05/17/2008 01:21 PM
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05/17/2008 01:21 PM
Polls
'08 Dem Leaders (Delegates Needed: 2025)
Obama: 48.5%
Delegates: 1893Clinton: 42.0%
Delegates: 1720Popular Vote (*with Florida & Michigan)
Obama:
16,104,613
*16,680,827Clinton:
15,511,003
*16,710,298Negative Favorability
Clinton: 52%
McCain: 46%
Obama: 49%'08 Head-to-Head
McCain: 43.8%
Obama: 47.2%McCain: 44.4%
Clinton: 46.6%
05/17/2008 01:20 PM
Quote of the Day & This Day in US History
"The greatest loss of time is delay and expectation, which depend upon the future. We let go the present, which we have in our power, and look forward to that which depends upon chance, and so relinquish a certainty for an uncertainty." -- Seneca
1769 - George Washington launches a legislative salvo at Great Britain's fiscal and judicial attempts to maintain its control over the American colonies. With his sights set on protesting the British policy of "taxation without representation," Washington brought a package of non-importation resolutions before the Virginia House of Burgesses.1792 - A group of twenty-four traders gathered under a buttonwood tree at 68 Wall Street in lower Manhattan to mete out the conditions and regulations of the speculative market.
1863 - The Union army defeats the Confederates on the Big Black River and drives them into Vicksburg in part of a brilliant campaign by General Ulysses S. Grant.
1943 - The crew of the Memphis Belle, one of a group of American bombers based in Britain, becomes the first B-17 crew to complete 25 missions over Europe.
1954 - In a major civil rights victory, the US Supreme Court hands down an unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, ruling that racial segregation in public educational facilities is unconstitutional.