Jan 28 2010
President Obama Fails to Deliver in First State of the Union Address
In his more than an hour-long, first State of the Union address yesterday, President Barack Obama outlined his agenda for the future by contextualizing his first year in office. Cognizant of declining approval numbers just one year after taking office by overwhelming defeating his Republican opponent in the presidential election, Obama stated, “I campaigned on the promise of change – …
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Suicide bombers in Iraq’s capital killed dozens this week in a wave of attacks in response to the hanging of General Ali Hassan al-Majeed, also known as “Chemical Ali.” The General was executed for ordering poison gas attacks on Iraqi Kurds in 1988. Insurgents on Monday conducted a triple bombing on three of Baghdad’s landmark hotels catering to foreigners and …
On Monday, California’s plan to reduce the state’s prison population by 6,500 inmates over the course of the year went into effect. Approved by the legislature and signed into law by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger last year as part of an announced effort aimed at addressing prison overcrowding and budgetary woes, the new policy will affect inmates deemed “low-risk” offenders …
The US Senate is due to vote on a second term for Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke tomorrow. The President nominated Bernanke for another term despite the fact that many of the most egregious failures of the financial system took place under his watch. A number of progressive leaning Democratic senators including Bernie Sanders and Russ Feingold have led …
