Saturday, July 14, 2007

¿Un español que habla a presidente? Part 2

This is a follow up to my post last month about candidates who speak Spanish. A huge portion of this country is Spanish speaking and it is a huge advantage for a candidate to be able to reach out to these voters.

Here is a behind the scenes video of Sen. Chris Dodd being interviewed by Univision. Especially because he is a 'low profile' candidate, he should utilize this in his campaign.


New York Times correspondent killed in Iraq

This story is a must read.

Khalid W. Hassan, an Iraqi correspondent for the New York Times was gunned down while traveling in his car in Iraq yesterday . Hassan, like countless others, was just trying to make a living for his family.

After his car was hit by a spray of gunfire he text messaged his mother telling her that he was alright, minutes later he was shot in the head at close range while talking on his cell phone. (We know this because a "Policeman" witnessed it. Why wasn't he killed or take action...I don't know).

Another alarming part of this story is that Hassan's pockets were emptied by his murderer. Which means they took his ID that allows him into the US occupied 'safe' zones.

This is just another example of how bad things are in Iraq. I'd like to think that I am well versed on the current situation in Iraq, but I even get confused when the talk turns to Sunni, Shiite, death squads, or al-Sadyr. It seems to change every time I start to understand it. Who is trying to kill who? And why?

Maybe they don't even know.

This could be why nobody has any good ideas on how to solve this crisis.

Friday, July 6, 2007

Saint Bill

Bill Clinton, while campaigning for his wife, criticized President Bush's decision to remove the prison sentence (not a pardon) for "Scooter" Libby (how he got the nickname "Scooter" is beyond me).

While its nice to see good ol' Bill out and about, doing what he does best...criticizing others. It is ridiculous for Bill Clinton to be passing judgement on anyone in such situations.

Clinton stated, "...they believe that they should be able to do what they want to do, and that the law is a minor obstacle.”

Is he criticizing someone else as treating the law as a minor obstacle? This coming from a guy who committed perjury, and was impeached as president?!

I thought Bill believed in second chances. At least that is what his wife gave him and what one would think when they hear that he pardoned 140 people in his final hours in the Oval Office. Including a man who evaded over $10 million dollars in back taxes, who just so happened to be a large donor to the Democratic party (and Mrs. Clinton's campaign).

Pardon happy Mr. Clinton then tried a cheap shot at President Bush saying, “You have to think; we’ve seen what happens when you don’t think.” ...Yea, you stain a blue dress and get impeached.