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Obamanos

With the end in sight, Barack Obama is not backing down. Quite to the contrary as Barack is leading the offensive attack to win the Presidency. Purchasing airtime from seven major national news networks this last Wednesday night, Obama aired a 30-minute infomercial on what he offers America, and how America of the past eight years has failed its citizens. Work hard, study hard, and make something of yourself. That is exactly what Barack Obama is doing, and it is becoming ever more clear that Am...

Where’s Joe?

With only days remaining until American’s go to the polls in what are expected to be record breaking numbers, both candidates are stepping up their game. Barack Obama has certainly used his campaign funds effectively, making his cause known, and his resolutions within reach. Carrying a significant lead into the final week of campaigning, Barack Obama has seen recent success in key battleground states. Colorado and Nevada are now both expected to award their electoral votes to Democratic Presiden...

An Outcry for Regulation

With the economy in shambles, for the past seven years we have seen gasoline prices rise uncontrollably, and somewhat unexplainably at the pumps. It’s been no secret that oil prices are in large part based upon speculation and future forecasting. It’s also been no secret that when barrels of oil are sold at rising prices, those rises are exponentially reflected at the pumps almost immediately - though the gas you are pumping was sold and refined on average of a few weeks prior. It takes a minimu...

Who's Left?

With the Presidential race coming to a close and elections nearing, where do major corporations, institutions, and news organizations place their allegiances? The majority, both conservative and liberal, have by in large endorsed Senator Barack Obama, a Democrat, but more importantly, a figure of hope, change, and a brighter future. A President for the people, for the country, Obama plans to put “Country First,” a slogan of John McCain, but an actual reality with Obama. The future is becoming cl...

Big Money Ballot Initiatives

California Gay Marriage Ban Tops List. Just when you thought great strides were being made towards improving social acceptance and eliminating discrimination, a proposition named eight came around and shattered what we have worked so hard to achieve. At its fundamental level, Proposition Eight seeks to “eliminate the rights of same-sex couples to marry,” essentially seeking a reversal of a California Supreme Court ruling which allowed for such marriages in the Constitution of this state. ...

Joe the Plumber

Average old Joe. A plumber, a business man, and a recent media phenomenon. Joe Wurzelbacher, better known to the American media as “Joe the Plumber” was, like many Americans, attempting to become politically involved and informed. With an election ballot creeping up on us faster than ever that will determine which direction this country is heading, it is important to stay politically affluent. Attending a site where Barack Obama spoke, “Joe the Plumber” was lucky enough to get some face to face ...

The Internet

My name is David, I am a blogger, and I have found the Internet. Blogging has offered an outlet to those in need of having their voice heard, their situation, or conflict that traditional news outlets have perhaps ignored, killed, or buried. Once stuck with the problem of having an article only to have an editor or newswire kill it, essentially knocking the story dead in its tracks, reporters, journalists and writers now have alternative methods of getting their story published - through ...

Endorsement

Top news article of the day, perhaps of the weekend, is the endorsement of Senator Barack Obama by General Colin Powell. More to follow when I wake up in the morning, for now, the video feed from MSNBC: Continued... General Colin Powell’s (retired) endorsement of Barack Obama came just as expected over the weekend, a detrimental setback to the McCain campaign. In the seven minute long interview with NBC’s Tom Brokaw, Powell dissects the reasoning that went into his decision, a clearly...

A Brighter Day Will Come

While John McCain managed to make an appearance on the Letterman show after abruptly canceling his first appointment and Sarah Palin made her official debut on Saturday Night Live this week, Barack Obama has been gaining insurmountable momentum. Fielding questions professionally, eloquently, and most importantly, with effective answers, Obama represents the hope that we all want and need in this country. The below video, found on the social news site Digg was the top news story of the day. You w...