American's Now Fearing For The Worst

As the financial markets and congress take another pause to 'think' and look for solutions, Americans fear for the worse....

Read more Financial carnage leaves Americans fearing the worst

Citigroup to buy Wachovia at $1 per share

Citigroup has agreed to buy Wachovia’s banking operations in a government-brokered deal for $1 a share in stock.....

Read more Citigroup to Buy Wachovia

McCain: Obama Will Deepen Recession If Elected

Presidential candidate John McCain says that Barack Obama will only lead this country into a deeper recession...

Read more McCain says Obama policies will deepen recession

BBC "deliberately misrepresent", Global Warming?

"We do not dispute that there is more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, but we do dispute its effects’..."

Read more BBC investigated after peer says climate change programme was biased 'one-sided polemic'

Swastikas Found: New York Jewish Center

What is the meaning of this?

Anti-Semitic vandals have apparently struck again in New York City, defacing property with swastikas in two separate incidents. Police said Thursday they have opened a hate crime investigation after 22 swastikas were found spray-painted on walls and doors of a local high school.

Read more Swastikas Found At City High School, Jewish Center

What is a Hate Crime?

What is a Swastika?

Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the
National Socialist German Workers Party (a.k.a. NSDAP or the Nazi Party), which established a totalitarian dictatorship that existed from 1933 to 1945.


Source: wnbc New York

Oil Biz: Meet The Powerful "7 Sisters"

The Power of Petroleum:

The Seven Sisters of the petroleum industry is a term coined by an Italian entrepreneur, Enrico Mattei,that refers to seven oil companies that dominated mid 20th century oil production, refining, and distribution.

The "New Seven Sisters"
On 11 March 2007, the Financial Times identified the "New Seven Sisters":

The most influential and mainly state-owned national oil and gas companies from countries outside the OECD.

They are:

Saudi Aramco (Saudi Arabia)
JSC Gazprom (Russia)
CNPC (China)
NIOC (Iran)
PDVSA (Venezuela)
Petrobras (Brazil)
Petronas (Malaysia)

EXCLUSIVE: Wall Street Goes To Jail In 2009'

Jussup Lieberman World News Exclusive:

With more than 24 financial institutions being investigated by the FBI,SEC,DOJ and other law enforcement agencies, we predict criminal charges and jail time for more than a handful of executives.

As lawmakers, the Bush administartion, Federal Reserve Chairman Benjamin Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, work out details around the clock seeking new ways to approve any form of emergency legislation($700 billion to $1 Trillion bailout) that would give the government power to purchase devalued assets from troubled financial firms.

With the 'bailout/failure' of AIG, IndyMac, Lehman Brothers, American International Group, Countrywide, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and others, theres more than just 'losses' to these failures and near failures. There is fraud, mismanagement and misrepresentation of assets and other violations across the board. These stories are far from over.

As for the companies listed above and others, we predict 2009 to be a 'financial executive's' worst nightmare.

You read it here first.

Stay tuned......

"Only Want Sex" Voted Best Commercial

Only Want Sex -
Voted one of the top commercials

Galveston Residents: Rats, Raw Sewage, No-Excuses Curfew Await You

Ugly as the city's last week and immediate future may be, the grim predictions didn't seem to scare some of the 45,000 evacuated islanders from trying to get home, even though most of the island won't open back up until Wednesday......

reads moreIke evacuees sneak back onto ravaged Galveston

IRAN: "You Dont Know Who Your Mes'sin With..."

Iran will stop any attacker before he can "pull the trigger" and sanctions intended to isolate the Islamic Republic have not worked, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told a military parade on Sunday.....

Iran vows to block any attack

School's Out: Local Cops Arrest Thousands of Illegals

Dozens of police agencies nationwide taking advantage of a federal training program to identify and detain suspected illegal immigrants. Since the program began in 2006, these agencies have made more than 68,000 arrests for immigration-related violations......

Read more States make immigration arrests under fed program

China Burned By U.S. - May Not Come To The Rescue.

"I'm here to save you" Gao Xiqing





Do you blame them?

Look at all the huge losses' they've suffered from U.S. investments.

But theres' more:

According to this TIME magazine report, Gao Xiqing, the chief investment officer of China's $200 billion sovereign wealth fund, is meeting in New York City this week with Morgan Stanley CEO John Mack.

Read more Why China Won't Come to the Rescue



Source: TIME magazine

McCain: Government(we read taxpayers) Forced To Bailout AIG

WARREN, Ohio_Republican presidential candidate John McCain, a day after flatly rejecting the idea of a taxpayer bailout for American International Group Inc., said Wednesday that the government had been "forced" into proposing an $85 billion loan to the nation's largest insurer.

McCain: Government Forced To Bailout AIG

Did "Witch Hunter" Really Bless Palin?

The B-Cast: Was Sarah Palin Actually Blessed by Kenyan Witch Hunter?
Did "Witch Hunter" Bless Palin?

Limbaugh: "Obama Stoking Racism"

"Obama is now stoking racism in the country," Limbaugh wrote in an email.

"Obama is a disgrace - he wants the public to think he is Mr. Nice Guy while his thugs are in Alaska looking for dirt on Palin and he runs race-baiting ads and lies about what he has done and what McCain has done."

Limbaugh: "Obama Stoking Racism"

Governor: "Barack's Race Could Hurt Him."

IOWA CITY — Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius publicly considered the possibility that Sen. Barack Obama’s race might be a factor in this year’s presidential election during an appearance here Tuesday.

“Have any of you noticed that Barack Obama is part African-American?” Sebelius asked in response to a question about why the election is so close. “That may be a factor. All the code language, all that doesn’t show up in the polls. And that may be a factor for some people.”

Read more Obamas Race Could Hurt Him

Bloomberg: "Tidal Wave May Be On The Way..."

WASHINGTON - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg warned Wednesday a "next wave" of financial pain may come from overseas if foreign entities stop buying U.S. debt.

Read more Bloomberg new wave coming..

FBI-Secret Service To Hackers: "Its On.."

CNN is reporting FBI Spokesman Eric Gonzalez confirmed an investigation is under way.

According to the CNN report, Gonzalez stated:

"We are aware of the allegations and we are coordinating with Secret Service as far as the allegation that someone has hacked into Governor Palin's personal e-mail account... We are going to be working a joint investigation with Secret Service on this."

Updated Memo to law enforcement investigators tracking down who broke into Sarah Palin's Yahoo email account: (name withheld).. might be a good place to start. Read more

"Stand Up For World Peace" - The Video

Voted one of Youtube's Top Video's.

Top Youtube Video: "I am A Muslim"

This was voted one of Youtube's Top Video's.

Top Video: Congressman Ron Paul Visits My Dorm Room

This was voted one of Youtube's top video's.

"Congressman Ron Paul Visits My Dorm Room".

Your Not Really Depressed: It's Just "Sadness"

Very interesting article here.

And why can't doctor's understand the difference between real 'depression' and general 'sadness".

Read more: Redefining Depression as Mere Sadness ...

Source: New York Times

Why? - Teens Killed. Eaten by Satanists.

What is "Satanism"?

Satanism can refer to a number of belief systems depending on the user and context. The word, in basic context, can refer to the worship of Satan or the left hand path belief system founded by Anton LaVey.

It is often the practice of any given Satanist not to refer to themselves with a hyphenated prefix. Each "type" of Satanist will usually refer to themselves only as Satanists.

But to identify which type of Satanism is being referred to, they are known as LaVeyan Satanists and Theistic Satanists. The word can also be used as a derogatory term towards any belief system of which the speaker disapproves.

The Story:

Four teenagers were horrifically slain by Satanists — stabbed 666 times each and then eaten. Full Story

Source: The Sun

Wallstreet Blowout: So Who's Next?

Wall Street Journal economics editor David Wessel told Renee Montagne Monday morning that the federal government didn't come to Lehman Brothers' aid because of the barrage of criticism it got for saving Bear Stearns, which put some $30 billion of taxpayer money at risk.

Get an inside view of what's going on, before it happen's, on Wallstreet.

Thousands of US jobs created with US-India Nuclear deal.

(photo: White House /Eric Draper)

The US is looking at reviving its flagging nuclear power industry and generating thousands of jobs through the nuclear deal.

In its communication to the US Congress, the state department had talked about major opportunities from India’s plans to import at least eight 1,000 mw power reactors by 2012.

The US assessment is that even if American companies were to win contracts for just two reactors, thousands of jobs will be: Read more

Source: world news network

Barack Obama Interview with Bill O'Reilly

One of the best interviews ever. Barack Obama with Bill O'Reilly. Part 1. ( 8 minutes)

Child Sexual Abuse: What is it?

Types of child sexual assault.

Child sexual abuse includes a variety of sexual offenses, including:

sexual assault – a term defining offenses in which an adult touches a minor for the purpose of sexual gratification; for example, rape (including sodomy), and sexual penetration with an object. Most U.S. states include, in their definitions of

sexual assault, any penetrative contact of a minor’s body, however slight, if the contact is performed for the purpose of sexual gratification.

sexual molestation – a term defining offenses in which an adult engages in non-penetrative activity with a minor for the purpose of sexual gratification; for example, exposing a minor to pornography or to the sexual acts of others.

sexual exploitation – a term defining offenses in which an adult victimizes a minor for advancement, sexual gratification, or profit; for example, prostituting a child, and creating or trafficking in child pornography.

sexual grooming - defines the social conduct of a potential child sex offender who seeks to make a minor more accepting of their advances, for example in an online chat room.


Child sexual abuse.

Child sexual abuse is a form of child abuse in which a child is abused for the sexual gratification of an adult or older adolescent. In addition to direct sexual contact, child sexual abuse also occurs when an adult indecently exposes their genitals to a child, asks or pressures a child to engage in sexual activities, displays pornography to a child, or uses a child to produce child pornography.

Effects of child sexual abuse include depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, propensity to re-victimization in adulthood, and physical injury to the child, among other problems. Sexual abuse by a family member is a form of incest, and can result in more serious and long-term psychological trauma, especially in the case of parental incest.

Approximately 20% to 25% of women and 5% to 15% of men were sexually abused when they were children.Most sexual abuse offenders are acquainted with their victims; approximately 30% are relatives of the child, most often fathers, uncles or cousins; around 60% are other acquaintances such as friends of the family, babysitters, or neighbors; strangers are the offenders in approximately 10% of child sexual abuse cases.

Most child sexual abuse is committed by men; women commit approximately 14% of offenses reported against boys and 6% of offenses reported against girls. Most offenders who abuse pre-pubescent children are pedophiles,however a small percentage do not meet the diagnostic criteria for pedophilia.

Under the law, "child sexual abuse" is an umbrella term describing criminal and civil offenses in which an adult engages in sexual activity with a minor or exploits a minor for the purpose of sexual gratification. The American Psychiatric Association states that "children cannot consent to sexual activity with adults" and condemns any such action: "An adult who engages in sexual activity with a child is performing a criminal and immoral act which never can be considered normal or socially acceptable behavior." Source: wikipedia

Complex post-traumatic stress disorder

Child Sexual Abuse Help

Flashback 2004': The 9.3 Indian Ocean Earthquake

The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was an undersea earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC on December 26, 2004, with an epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. The earthquake was caused by subduction and triggered a series of devastating tsunamis along the coasts of most landmasses bordering the Indian Ocean, killing more than 225,000 people in eleven countries, and inundating coastal communities with waves up to 30 meters (100 feet) high.

It was one of the deadliest natural disasters in history. Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, and Thailand were hardest hit.

With a magnitude of between 9.1 and 9.3, it is the second largest earthquake ever recorded on a seismograph. This earthquake had the longest duration of faulting ever observed, between 8.3 and 10 minutes. It caused the entire planet to vibrate as much as 1 cm (0.5 inches) and triggered other earthquakes as far away as Alaska. The disaster is known by the scientific community as the Great Sumatra-Andaman earthquake, and is also known as the Asian Tsunami and the Boxing Day Tsunami.

The plight of the many affected people and countries prompted a widespread humanitarian response. In all, the worldwide community donated more than $7 billion (2004 U.S. dollars) in humanitarian aid.

Timeline of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake

Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System

List of Earthquakes

Always be prepared. Heres how: Earthquake Survival Guide

It's not the end of the world? or is it?

The world's largest atom smasher passed its first test Wednesday as scientists said their powerful tool is almost ready to reveal how the tiniest particles were first created after the "big bang," which many theorize was the massive explosion that formed the stars, planets and everything.

Cont...

Its start came over the objections of some who feared the collision of protons could eventually imperil the Earth by creating micro black holes — subatomic versions of collapsed stars whose gravity is so strong they can suck in planets and other stars.

"It's nonsense," said James Gillies, chief spokesman for CERN, which also received support for the project by leading scientists such as Britain's Stephen Hawking.

Fascinating and important article by Alexander G. Higgins, Associated Press:
Scientists beaming after test of big atom smasher

Its "The Seinfeld & Gates Show": Commercial #2

We just love it!

Hey, whats with Gates and Seinfield anyway? Their funny. Maybe they should just get a new TV show together. Maybe not.

Bill Gates/Jerry Seinfeld Commercial #2: I Remain Confused
TechCrunch

In Memory: September 11, 2001

In Memory September 11, 2001.

The September 11 attacks (often referred to as 9/11) were a series of coordinated suicide attacks by al-Qaeda upon the United States on September 11, 2001. On that morning, nineteen Islamist terrorists affiliated with al-Qaeda hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners.

The hijackers intentionally crashed two of the airliners into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, killing everyone on board and many others working in the building, causing both buildings to collapse within two hours, destroying at least two nearby buildings and damaging others. The hijackers crashed a third airliner into the Pentagon.

The fourth plane crashed into a field near Shanksville in rural Somerset County, Pennsylvania, after some of its passengers and flight crew attempted to retake control of the plane, which the hijackers had redirected toward Washington, D.C. There are no known survivors from any of the flights.

Excluding the 19 hijackers, 2,974 people died in the attacks. Another 24 are missing and presumed dead.

Read more

S.F. Burglary Suspect Falls 200 Feet To His Death

Authorities say a car burglary suspect plunged 200 feet to his death after he jumped over a wall on San Francisco's Telegraph Hill while trying to flee from police.

Read more and see the video

Paradise flattened in storm's wake

The BBC's Andy Gallacher is the first British journalist to reach the Turks and Caicos Islands which were battered by Hurricane Ike last weekend. Here he describes what he saw. Read more

Casual Games Now Making A Serious Impact

These people, typically young men, have the time, budget and patience to spend hours crafting an empire or honing their skills on a first-person shooter.

Read more

The Hottest Female Athletes

Lets take a look now at the hottest female athletes:

The Hottest

Female Grad Student Auctions Virginity for Tuition Money.

Female student claims she needs the cash to Become Marriage Counselor.

See the video

COPS BUSTED! Taser Suspect in Major Miami Intersection

A news helicopter caught the suspect on camera as he jumped from his vehicle, and then began to run behind cars, eventually making his way to an intersection where he was cornered by police.

See the video

Cab Driver Dies After Female Passenger Shoves Him Out Of Cab

An angry female passenger pushes cab driver out of cab. ""I knew he was going to die. There was no way anyone could survive that."

See the video

Former President Clinton says Barack will win 'handily"

In what new seems a very interesting move, former president Bill Clinton is reported to have stated that Barack Obama will win this Novembers presidential election. Read more right here

Newsreel: The Death Of Marilyn Monroe

Footage of Marilyn Monroe before her death.

Yes - The NCAA Should Ban Beer Advertising

The NCAA is going to be faced with an interesting
decision at its next meeting.

So should the NCAA Ban Beer Advertising?

Understanding Self-Harm

"Self Injury/ Self Harm"

The best available evidence to date indicates that four times as many females than males have direct experience of self-harm.

Angelina Jolie was teased by other students who also targeted her for her distinctive features, for being extremely thin, and for wearing glasses and braces. Her self-esteem was further diminished when her initial attempts at modeling proved unsuccessful. She started to cut herself; later Angelina stated: "I collected knives and always had certain things around. For some reason, the ritual of having cut myself and feeling the pain, maybe feeling alive, feeling some kind of release, it was somehow therapeutic to me."


So what is "Self Harm"?

Attempts to understand self-injury fall broadly into either attempts to interpret motives, or application of psychological models.

Motives for self-injury are often personal, often do not fit into medicalised models of behaviour and may seem incomprehensible to others, as demonstrated by this example:

“My motivations for self-harming were diverse, but included examining the interior of my arms for hydraulic lines. This may sound strange.”

Motives for self-injury can be different. Some feel as if they are not good enough and they might not want to take it out on the person who harmed them. It's often difficult for them to open up and tell about their "secret shame". Often when the sufferer does tell somebody there is a lack of understanding or knowledge of how to help.

Assessment of motives in a medical setting is usually based on precursors to the incident, circumstances and information from the patient however the limited studies comparing professional and personal assessments show that these differ with professionals suggesting more manipulative or punitive motives.

The UK ONS study reported only two motives: "to draw attention" and "because of anger".

Many people who self-injure state that it allows them to "go away" or dissociate, separating the mind from feelings that are causing anguish. This may be achieved by tricking the mind into believing the pain felt at the time is caused by self-injury instead of the issues they were facing before: the physical pain therefore acts as a distraction from emotional pain.

To complement this theory, one can consider the need to 'stop' feeling emotional pain and mental agitation. "A person may be hyper-sensitive and overwhelmed; a great many thoughts may be revolving within their mind, and they may either become triggered or could make a decision to stop the overwhelming feelings."

The sexual organs may be deliberately hurt as a way to deal with unwanted feelings of sexuality, or as a means of punishing sexual organs that may be perceived as having responded in contravention to the person's wellbeing. (e.g., responses to childhood sexual abuse).

Alternatively self-injury may be a means of feeling something, even if the sensation is unpleasant and painful. Those who self-injure sometimes describe feelings of emptiness or numbness (anhedonia), and physical pain may be a relief from these feelings. "A person may be detached from himself or herself, detached from life, numb and unfeeling. They may then recognise the need to function more, or have a desire to feel real again, and a decision is made to create sensation and 'wake up'.

It is also important to note that many self-injurers report feeling very little to no pain while self-harming. Those who engage in self-injury face the contradictory reality of harming themselves whilst at the same time obtaining relief from this act. It may even be hard for some to actually initiate cutting, but they often do because they know the relief that will follow.

For some self-injurers this relief is primarily psychological whilst for others this feeling of relief comes from the beta endorphins released in the brain (the same chemicals that are thought to be responsible for the "runner's high" and are similar to morphine). Endorphins are endogenous opioids that are released in response to physical injury, act as natural painkillers, and induce pleasant feelings and would act to reduce tension and emotional distress.

As a coping mechanism, self-injury can become psychologically addictive because, to the self-injurer, it works; it enables him/her to deal with intense stress in the current moment. The patterns sometimes created by it, such as specific time intervals between acts of self-injury, can also create a behavioural pattern that can result in a wanting or craving to fulfill thoughts of self-injury.

Also see: National Institute for Clinical Excellence (July 2004). "Self-harm The short-term physical and psychological management and secondary prevention of self-harm in primary and secondary care"

Learn more about Self Injury

Do You Suffer From: Moral Panic?

A moral panic can be defined as "the intensity of feeling expressed by a large number of people about a specific group of people who appear to threaten the social order at a given time."


Stanley Cohen, author of the book Folk Devils and Moral Panics says moral panic is when "A condition, episode, person or group of persons emerges to become defined as a threat to societal values and interests."

Those who start the panic when they fear a threat to prevailing cultural values, are known by researchers as "moral entrepreneurs", while those targeted are known as a "folk devil". They are byproducts of controversies that produce arguments and social tension, or aren't easily discussed as some of these moral panics are taboo to many people.

The media have long operated as agents of moral indignation, even if they are not self-consiously engaged in crusading or muckraking. Simply reporting the facts can be enough to generate concern, anxiety or panic.

Learn more about Moral Panic

The Facts About Keith Olbermann

Mr. Keith Olbermann has been in the news lately. Alot. And regardless of what you think about him, he is highly intelligent. Highly intelligent people dont usually get along/play well with people of 'lower' intelligence. Regardless, we love him.

Here is an example, of Mr. Olbermann:

Although it began as a traditional newscast, "Countdown With Keith Olbermann" has gradually adopted an opinion-oriented format.

Much of the program features sharp criticism of prominent Republicans and rightward leaning figures, including those working for or supporting the George W. Bush Administration, 2008 Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain, and rival news commentator Bill O'Reilly, whom Olbermann routinely dubs the "Worst Person In The World."

In January 2007 The Washington Post's Howard Kurtz wrote that Olbermann was "position[ing] his program as an increasingly liberal alternative to The O'Reilly Factor."

The conservative media watchdog group Media Research Center (MRC) compiled a list of the recipients of Olbermann's "World's Worst" for about a year from its beginning on June 30, 2005 and reported that, of the approximately 600 recipients, 174 (29 percent) of those fit their definition of “conservative” people or ideas while only 23 (6 percent) were what they considered “liberal.”

During the 2008 Democratic Party primaries Olbermann frequently chastised presidential aspirant Hillary Clinton for her campaign tactics against her principal opponent, Senator Barack Obama, asserting at one point that Senator Clinton was campaigning "as if (she) were the Republican" in the contest (see Criticism of the Hillary Clinton campaign below).

Olbermann has also posted on the liberal blog Daily Kos, a site where visitors tend to be pro-Obama.

In a Countdown interview with Al Franken on October 25, 2005, Olbermann noted that in 2003, after having Janeane Garofalo and Franken on his show, a vice president of MSNBC had questioned him on inviting "liberals" on consecutive nights, contrasting that occurrence to the apparent ideological latitude he enjoyed at the time of the second Franken interview.

In November 2007, conservative British newspaper The Daily Telegraph placed Keith Olbermann at #67 on their Top 100 list of most influential US liberals. It said that he uses his MSNBC show to promote "an increasingly strident liberal agenda." It added that he would be "a force on the Left for some time to come."

Investigative journalist Robert Parry has characterized Olbermann as being on the "left side of the scale."

Olbermann has refused to pigeonhole himself politically, once telling the progressive on-line magazine Salon.com, "I'm not a liberal, I'm an American."


Learn more about Keith Olbermann

Source: wikipedia

Did Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Lie?

Rep. Barney Frank and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson speak after a hearing of the House Financial Services Committee on July 10, 2008.


Did Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac lie through "accounting"?
(the takeover could cost U.S taxpayers over $300 billion)

According to Bloomberg, Secretary Henry Paulson decided to take control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac after a review found the beleaguered mortgage-finance companies used accounting methods that inflated their capital, according to people with knowledge of the decision.

Read the full story

Man Claims Pennsylvania Church Is Really Swingers Club

KDKA: Neighbors say there are often 50 or 60 cars outside on a Saturday night and it's not uncommon to find used condoms or tissue paper in the yard.

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Saakashvili seen as a 'political corpse'

Saakashvili a political corpse
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has described his Georgian counterpart as a "political corpse", saying Moscow does not recognise him as president.....

Why the Ukraine 'must live without any fear'

Must live without fear
Analysts fear Ukraine could be the next flashpoint between Russia and the West.

McCain Takes Center Stage

GOP presidential hopeful set to accept nomination in town hall setting

On the final day of the convention, a lot of the talk was still about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the vice presidential nominee

Gamers can tap into their neural impulses

Gamers can tap into their neural impulses by Peter Crookes

A magician's hand may be faster than your eye, but is your eye faster than hands on a keyboard? PC gamers now have the chance to find out with the new Neural Impulse Actuator (NIA) from OCZ Technology.

Surrogate path for dads not always as easy as for Ricky Martin

Ricky Martin and others seeking Surrogates
Surrogate path for dads not always as easy as for Ricky. By Philip Brasor

Top News Websites in Japan to be Governed

Japan seeking to govern top news Web sites
Japanese government panel is proposing to govern "influential, widely read news-related sites as newspapers and broadcasting are now regulated." by Michael Fitzpatrick.

Giuliani launches all-out attack on Obama

Giuliani launches all-out attack on Obama
He described Obama as a no-show during his tenure in the Illinois state Senate and a man who, once he got to Washington, was a “celebrity senator [with] no leadership, no legislation to really speak of.”

Palin fires back at media, ‘Washington elite’

Palin fires back at media, ‘Washington elite’
“I’m not a member of the permanent political establishment,” Palin said. “And I’ve learned quickly these past few days that if you’re not a member in good standing of the Washington elite, then some in the media consider a candidate unqualified for that reason alone.

Read Sarah Palin's Speech

Sarah Palin Makes History as First Female Vice Presidential Nominee of Republican Party. Her Full Speech

Palin in Spotlight: 'Average Hockey Mom' Slams Obama's 'Change' Mantra

Palin Slams Obama's 'Change' Mantra Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin exceeded expectations Wednesday night in her highly anticipated acceptance speech

McCain Sticks by VP Pick; Calls Palin 'Spectacular,' Ready to Lead

McCain; Calls Palin 'Spectacular,' Ready to Lead
But the surprise pick has also sparked questions about Palin's background.

Report: Palin sent e-mails complaining of trooper

Palin sent e-mails complaining of trooper
Gov. Sarah Palin sent e-mails to the state's top police official, criticizing Alaska State Troopers for their investigation of an officer who went through a bitter divorce with her sister, a newspaper reported Wednesday.

Hanna becomes hurricane, could hit East Coast

Landfall possible by midweek between Miami and N.C. Outer Banks
"Right now, the uncertainty is such that it could hit anywhere from Miami to the Outer Banks of North Carolina,"

Hurricane Gustav breaks La.; 1 million lose power

1million lose power
The nearly 2 million people who left coastal Louisiana on a mandatory evacuation order watched TV coverage from shelters and hotel rooms hundreds of miles away, many of them wondering what kind of damage they would find when they were allowed to come back home.

Hurricane Gustav heads toward Texas.

Gustav hits towns outside New Orleans hardest
Hurricane heads toward Texas after battering New Orleans & Louisiana towns.