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Wow I had no idea that Caroline Kennedy as a possibility for Hillary's senate seat was going to cause such a ruckus.
Glad I don't have to make the decision that NY Governor David Paterson will be responsible for.
Gen. Eric Shinseki (retired) seems a reasonable choice for Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Seems Obama is getting competent, intelligent and qualified people to head his cabinet.
This should be a great thing, we'll see how it plays out but it shows a lot of promise.
Or maybe the preferred word would be hope.
Supreme court declined to hear the Barack Obama's citizenship case... shouldn't have taken even that long?
Tribune Co is filing for bankruptcy and will be restructuring under the laws... will it be enough to save the papers?
Tune in tomorrow same bat time same bat channel...
Gitmo news: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others detained for 9/11 attacks want to be put to death. Hmm.
What a quandary. Let's see they want to confess to conspiracy for helping plan the attacks and plead guilty to charges.
At least some of the relatives of people who lost their lives on 9/11 were able to be there at to see these men in front of them.
I don't know how I'd feel about seeing them in person myself. I just came across a paper my son wrote the day after 9/11 for a class. It made me cry and brought it all back to me. New Yorkers will never forget 9/11 it tore deep into our souls.
CNN story
Significant riots and protests in Greece because the police shot a 15 year old and the information as to why he was shot is rather sketchy. Though the news states that two police officers have been arrested in the case.
Greek riots
The world seems exceptionally dangerous when put on continuous diet of feedback loops of terrorist attacks in India, riots in Greece, The war in Afganistan and Iraq, pirates in Somali, scary things going on all over the world.
Perhaps our air and water quality, over crowding, poor diets, economic meltdowns and worldwide stress is making us a more aggressive species?
Looks like the auto industry is going to get money, how much and under what conditions is the big question.
All the companies including Toyota and others in the US are in serious trouble.
And everyone's fighting over everything as usual, seems to be a prerequisite of legislative bodies in general.
I think that there's too much "news" out there. It's interesting... with 24/7 news channels and constant access internet news there's a constant need for new stories. Seems like everything is made to sound somewhat sensational.
We don't hear some of the stories we should get the details of that would be relevant to us and other stories become a constant replay of video clips with endless banter. UGH. And they call that news.
No wonder most people prefer to watch TV shows and dvds instead of shoveling through all the news nonsense that does nothing much more than bore, anger, or scare the crap out of them.
Mostly bad news: economic, health, political, war, crime, job losses, recession... on and on and followed by a blonde with wishing you goodnight and happy holidays.
::sigh::
Interesting note: the "Call in gay day" idea for Wednesday. Questionable in effectiveness but will get people talking about human rights hopefully.
I'm hoping that I'm not being overly optimistic looking forward to 2009 but I still am.
Happy Holiday Season to all
and to all a G'night
Laura
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