Category Archives: National News

Panetta Chosen to lead CIA

Posted on January 5, 2009 by billmanzi

Leon Panetta, Bill Clinton’s former Chief of Staff, has been selected by President elect Barack Obama to be the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Panetta has no intelligence experience to speak of, and the Obama transition team apparently neglected … Continue reading →

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Virginia Governor Tim Kaine to head D.N.C.

Posted on January 4, 2009 by billmanzi

Virginia Governor Tim Kaine, an early supporter of Barack Obama, has been chosen by the President-elect to head the Democratic National Committee. Kaine’s name had been mentioned as a potential Vice Presidential candidate, and he was rumored to have said … Continue reading →

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Richardson Withdraws as Commerce Secretary

Posted on January 4, 2009 by billmanzi

Governor Bill Richardson, tapped by President-elect Barack Obama to be Commerce Secretary, has withdrawn in advance of his confirmation hearing in light of the ongoing grand jury investigation into the awarding of a state contract in New Mexico to a … Continue reading →

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The Obama New Years Message

Posted on January 3, 2009 by billmanzi

The first weekly radio message of 2009 by President-elect Barack Obama. He continues his call for bipartisan solutions to our nations problems. Do you think such appeals are naive or not made in good faith? I happen to agree that … Continue reading →

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U.S. Debt to Soar

Posted on January 3, 2009 by billmanzi

The debt load of the United States Government is set to increase by as much as two trillion dollars in the next year according to a report in the Washington Post. That debt will strain global resources as the United … Continue reading →

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Caroline You Knows Her Way

Posted on January 2, 2009 by billmanzi

Caroline Kennedy continues to take her lumps, with a new You Tube video counting the times she said “you know” during the course of her several public prouncements. Today’s Herald has a Margery Egan column withdrawing her earlier support for … Continue reading →

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The Obama Holiday Message

Posted on December 25, 2008 by billmanzi

President Elect Barack Obama’s weekly radio message with a holiday theme. Nice job. What do you think of his putting the weekly “radio” address on You Tube?

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Clean Coal takes to airwaves

Posted on December 22, 2008 by billmanzi

“This is Reality” has put out a new ad “touting” clean coal. Pretty good humor for the holidays.

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Dick Weighs In

Posted on December 22, 2008 by billmanzi

Vice President Dick Cheney, in an interview on Fox, exchanged some heavy fire with Vice President elect Joseph Biden, mocking Biden’s ideas on the role of the Vice President and defending his own view of the expansive powers of the … Continue reading →

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Obama Announces Science and Technology Appointments

Posted on December 20, 2008 by billmanzi

President elect Barack Obama announces his science and technology appointments, and emphasizes the return to real science, or science based on science, and not science based on ideology.

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