By The Admin on July 28, 2009
Fox News Channel commentator Glenn Beck said he believes President Barack Obama is a racist.
Beck made the statement during a guest appearance Tuesday on the “Fox & Friends” morning show. He said Obama has exposed himself as a person with “a deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture.”
His remarks came during a discussion [...]
Posted in Media, White House
By The Admin on July 28, 2009
Three members of the famed Civil War-era Buffalo Soldiers, whose remains were disinterred during a federal grave-looting investigation two years ago, were given full military honors and reburied Tuesday at a national cemetery.
In an emotional tribute more than 130 years after their deaths, U.S. Army Pvts. Thomas Smith, Levi Morris and David Ford were laid [...]
Posted in Uncategorized
By The Admin on July 28, 2009
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell was mildly critical Tuesday of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., whose angry response to a Cambridge, Mass., police officer touched off a national debate involving President Barack Obama.
Powell, interviewed by CNN’s Larry King, criticized the way Gates dealt with Sgt. James Crowley, a white officer who responded [...]
Posted in Race
By The Admin on July 28, 2009
More than 120 illegal Haitian migrants were rescued after their wooden boat hit a reef and sank off the Turks and Caicos islands, local police and the U.S. Coast Guard said on Tuesday.
It was unclear how many people were on board the vessel when it sank but estimates ranged from 160 to 200.
At least two [...]
Posted in International News
By The Admin on July 28, 2009
The Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday approved Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, moving the process to the full Senate.
The 13-6 vote fell along party lines, with Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina breaking ranks with Republicans to vote for Sotomayor’s nomination.
If confirmed by the full Senate, Sotomayor would be the first Hispanic and [...]
Posted in Congress
