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Obama to kids who want to be president: beware of Facebook
By Tabassum Zakaria (Front Row Washington)
Submitted at 9/8/2009 11:48:21 AM
President Barack Obama advisedchildren who want to be presidentto beware of Facebook.“I want everybody here to becareful about what you post onFacebook,” Obama told a groupof ninth graders before making aback-to-school speech atWakefield High School inVirginia.“Because in the YouTube age,whatever you do, it will be pulledup again later somewhere in yourlife. And when you’re young, youmake mistakes and you do somestupid stuff. ”Sounds like some wise advice,but whether the kids will listen toit is another story… high schoolwithout letting loose onFacebook? NVRGH (NeverGonna Happen for thoseunfamiliar with the lingo).Critics since last week havebeen screaming that Obama’seducation speech was only a ployto advance his political agenda. Ahandful of them greeted hismotorcade with signs like”Mr.President, Stay Away From OurKids,” and “Children Serve God,Not Obama.”Obama did not raise healthcarearguments in his speech, but itcame up during his conversationwith the ninth graders. He said hecan’t prevent someone fromgetting sick but maybe he can“make sure that they’ve gotinsurance so that when they do getsick, they’re going to get somehelp.”One student asked why theUnited States lacked universalhealthcare when 36 othercountries, including Iraq andAfghanistan, have it. Obamareplied that he’s asking Congressthat very question.Whether this was a jab atCongress, we’ll leave you to judge, but he said there were a lotof politicians “who all they’rethinking about is just, ‘How do Iget reelected?’ and so that theyactually never get anything done.”He told the ninth graders,usually in the 14-year-old agerange, “when I was your age, I’vegot to say that I was a little bit of a goof-off” and mainly interestedin getting on the varsity basketballteam and having fun.And who would the presidentmost like to have dinner with whois dead or alive? Gandhi.“Now it would probably be areally small meal,” Obama said tolaughter. “He didn’t eat a lot.”But Gandhi inspired Americancivil rights leader Dr. MartinLuther King, Jr., Obama said. “Soif it hadn’t been for the nonviolentmovement in India, you might nothave seen the same nonviolentmovement for civil rights here inthe United States.”Obama deployed administrationofficials to talk to kids about theimportance of education,including Secretary of StateHillary Clinton, Office of Management and Budget DirectorPeter Orszag, and HousingSecretary Shaun Donovan.We’re wondering how manytimes Sasha and Malia have heardthe “do your homework”lecture…Click here for more Reuterspolitical coveragePhoto credit: Reuters/JonathanErnst (Obama at Wakefield HighSchool)
Expert: Bone near Garrido's home likely human - msnbc.com
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Submitted at 9/9/2009 5:21:44 AM
ANTIOCH, California - A bonefragment pulled from thebackyard of a home wherekidnapping suspect PhillipGarrido once stayed is probablyhuman, an official said Tuesday.Contra Costa County Sheriff'sDepartment spokesman JimmyLee said that was the assessmentof a forensic expert whoperformed tests on the fragmentrecovered last week.Lee says it is not unusual torecover Native American remainsin the area.But the department has askedthe state crime lab to performDNA tests to determine the bone'sage and who it might havebelonged to.Investigators discovered theshard in the yard of the home nextto the one where Garrido and hiswife, Nancy, allegedly heldJaycee Dugard captive for 18years.For a brief time in 2006,Garrido took care of theneighboring house while it wasvacant and sometimes camped inthe yard.More on: Phillip Garrido
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The First Draft: Before Obama’sspeech, Sarah Palin brings up “deathpanels”
By Deborah Zabarenko (Front Row Washington)
Submitted at 9/9/2009 6:13:23 AM
As Washington focuses onPresident Barack Obama’saddress to Congress on healthcarereform, another voice isdemanding to be heard — or atleast read — on this same subject.Sarah Palin, former Alaskagovernor and former Republicanvice-presidential candidate,weighed in on her “fundamental”disagreement with the president’splan. And yes, she brought upthose “death panels” that raisedsuch a furor when she mentionedthem in a Facebook post inAugust.Writing in Wednesday’s WallStreet Journal, Palin took aim atthe Obama administration’s ideafor a congressionally appointedIndependent Medicare AdvisoryPanel, saying this would be “anunelected unaccountable group of experts charged with containingMedicare costs.”She cited an April New York Times article that quoted Obamaas saying this panel would guidemedical decisions regarding thechronically ill and those towardthe end of their lives.“Given such statements,” Palinwrote, “is it any wonder thatmany of the sick and elderly areconcerned that the Democrats’proposals will ultimately lead torationing of their healthcareby—dare I say it—death panels?Establishment voices dismissedthat phrase, but it rang true formany Americans.”The“death panels” idea has beendebunked by voices inside andoutside the politicalestablishment, and by Obamahimself, who has said in thebluntest possible language that hishealthcare plan would not“pull theplug on grandma.”Palin’s Wall Street Journalcolumn also questions whether theObama healthcare plan will cutcosts, and accuses Democrats of wanting to solve this problemwith more government spending.But the “death panels” trope islikely to be the one to raise alarms— as it has in the past.So today’s question: what is thislatest missive from Palin meant toachieve? Steal the president’sthunder? Raise her own policyprofile? Keep her before thepublic? Make her a standard-bearer, outside electedgovernment, for those whooppose healthcare reform? Let usknow what you think.For more Reuters political news,click here.Photo credits:REUTERS/Nathaniel Wilder(Sarah Palin at the annualGovernor’s Picnic in Fairbanks,Alaska, July 26, 2009)REUTERS/Carlos Barria (Asupporter of the health carereform holds a sign outside ahealth care town hall meetingwith U.S. congressman Kendrick Meeks (R-FL) in Miami, April 9,2009)
The secret to strong-armingMichelle Obama
By Tabassum Zakaria (Front Row Washington)
Submitted at 9/8/2009 8:51:05 AM
First lady Michelle Obamashould be able to strong-arm justabout anyone with those sculptedbiceps that have been the talk of the town.Women’s Health magazine haslet the cat out of the bag abouthow Obama achieved those upperarms that she confidently baresand are the envy of the scared-sleeveless set.Cornell McClellan, Obama’spersonal trainer, tells themagazine it took 1,872 workoutssince 1997, most of them at 5:30a.m. (hmm let’s weigh the options— sleep or muscles, sleep ormuscles, sleep…)And the workout might includelunges, bench presses, hip raises,rope-jumping, kickboxing, andcalisthenics (we’re exhausted atthe thought, time for a latte).Perhaps President Barack Obama could use his wife’s well-toned arms in the weeks ahead toturn the tide his way — think headlocks on naysayers tohealthcare reform.Photo credit: Reuters/JonathanErnst (Michelle Obama flexesarms in response to joke about herhabit of wearing sleevelessdresses)
The Iraqi shoe-thrower: a national hero
By Martin Chulov, John Domokos (World news and comment from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk)
Submitted at 9/9/2009 6:15:14 AM
Martin Chulov meets the familyof Muntazer al-Zaidi who becamea symbol of resistance to the USafter throwing his shoes at GeorgeBush Martin Chulov JohnDomokos
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Obama says without a father, hegrew up faster
By Steve Holland (Front Row Washington)
Submitted at 9/8/2009 1:15:21 PM
President Barack Obama openedup to 9th graders at WakefieldHigh School about what it waslike growing up without a father— it forced him to grow up faster,but made him stronger over time.You’ll recall that his Kenyanfather separated from his motherwhen Obamawas 2 years old and living inHawaii. Obama said in his book,“Dreams for My Father,” he triedto figure out what his father waslike.Obama met with a group of 9thgraders before giving a speech atthe Virginia high school and astudent asked him about how hiseducation might have beendifferent if his father had beenaround.In the president’s words:“He was a very, very smart man,but he was sort of arrogant andkind of overbearing, and he hadhis own problems and his ownissues. So my mother always usedto say that if he had been around,I probably would have beenhaving a lot of arguments withhim all the time.”“I think that I was lucky, though,that my mother always — shenever spoke badly about him,which I think since I was a boy,knowing that even if your dadwasn’t around, that you still werehearing good things about him Ithink probably improved my ownself-confidence.”“When I look back on my life, Ithink that — Michelle’s dad wasaround, and Arne I think knewhim. Just a great guy. Wonderful,wonderful man. And he actuallyhad multiple sclerosis, so he hadto walk with canes, but went toevery basketball game that mybrother-in-law played in, wasthere for every dance recitalMichelle was in, was just a greatfamily man. And when I look ather dad, I say to myself, boy, thatwould be nice to have somebodylike that that you could count onwho was always there for you.”“On the other hand, I think thatnot having a dad in some waysforced me to grow up faster. Itmeant that I made more mistakesbecause I didn’t have somebodyto tell me, here’s how you do thisor here’s how you do that. But onthe other hand, I had to, I think,raise myself a little bit more. I hadto be more supportive of mymother because I knew how hardshe was working. And so, in someways, maybe it made me strongerover time, just like it may bemaking you stronger over time.”Click here for more Reuterspolitical coverage
'Leak' led to Canadian'skidnap
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Submitted at 9/9/2009 3:37:14 AM
A former UN special envoy toNiger who was kidnapped by al-Qaeda and held for four monthshas said he believes a high-levelleak led to his abduction.Robert Fowler, now a retiredCanadian diplomat, told Canada'sCBC he felt someone in the Nigergovernment or even the UN"shopped" him to the militants.He said only the Nigergovernment and the UN knew hisitinerary.Mr Fowler and his aide wereseized last December north-westof the capital, Niamey. They werereleased in April.Niger and the UN have so farmade no public comments on MrFowler's interview.It remains unclear what led thekidnappers from al-Qaeda's NorthAfrican wing to free the UNenvoy and his guide Louis Guay,also a Canadian national.The Canadian government hasdenied paying a ransom.President 'offended'"I know somebody shopped me,"Mr Fowler told CBC."Who could it be? It could be bethe government of Niger. Couldhave been an al-Qaedasympathiser in the UN office inNiger. In the UN office in WestAfrica. In the secretariat buildingin New York."Mr Fowler was appointed to hisUN post in 2008 in an attempt tostart a peace process in theconflict between the Nigergovernment and Tuareg rebels.But he said the government of Niger and in particularly PresidentMamadou Tandja "hated mymission"."It was clear from the first time Imet him in August that he [MrTandja] was offended, annoyedand embarrassed by the fact thatthe secretary general of the UN[Ban Ki-moon] had seen fit toappoint a special envoy for hiscountry."Analysts say Mr Tandja has hada fractious relationship with theUN during his 10 years in power.During a food crisis in 2005when 3.5 million people were lefthungry, he accused UN agenciesof exaggerating the country'sproblems in order to get donorfunds.Mr Fowler also defended hisdecision to travel without securityofficials, saying that the area wasdesignated as safe in a UNsecurity report.He was seized by gunmen onthe N1 Highway near the NigerRiver along the border betweenNiger and Mali.Al-Qaeda's North African wingclaimed responsibility for MrFowler's abduction.However, some reportssuggested he was initiallyabducted by Tuareg rebelsoperating in the area.
Wall Street set for sluggish start
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Wall Street stocks were set for asluggish start on Wednesday ascommodity prices stabilised afterfuelling the previous session’srally.Less than an hour before theopening bell, S&P 500 futureswere up 2.7 points at 1,027.80 andwere trading just above fair value.
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