Just came across this site after browsing over at Bill Quick’s place. It’s called “Tehran 24” and the folks there are doing a great job chronicling the protests and demonstrations that have been going non-stop since the fixed election results were announced yesterday. Go check ’em out.
Day: June 14, 2009
Obama’s Brother Has Book Deal
They didn’t meet as children. They’re 20 years apart in age. Yet, Simon and Schuster, the big time New York City publisher, thinks there’s a story for George Obama to tell. In fact, he’s worthy of an entire memoir. George is Barry’s half brother, and another on a growing list of Obama family members to cash in on the fame of the most recent White House occupant.
Little is known about George Obama. The book, tentatively titled “Homeland” and to be written with author-journalist Damien Lewis, will tell of George Obama’s fall into crime and poverty as a teenager and his eventual embrace of community organizing — a passion shared by the president — and of advocacy for the poor, an identification so strong that he chooses to live among them.
“Even had George Obama not been our President’s half brother, his story is moving and inspirational,” David Rosenthal, Simon & Schuster publisher and executive vice president, said in a statement Sunday. “It is an object lesson in survival, selflessness and courage.”
Little is known about George Obama. The book, tentatively titled “Homeland” and to be written with author-journalist Damien Lewis, will tell of George Obama’s fall into crime and poverty as a teenager and his eventual embrace of community organizing — a passion shared by the president — and of advocacy for the poor, an identification so strong that he chooses to live among them.
“Even had George Obama not been our President’s half brother, his story is moving and inspirational,” David Rosenthal, Simon & Schuster publisher and executive vice president, said in a statement Sunday. “It is an object lesson in survival, selflessness and courage.” (AP)
Riiiight.
I bet there’s a political action committee being put together right now for ol’ George. And why not? He has become a community organizer after a life of crime. After all, it worked for his half-brother, and that’s all it takes to be elected U.S. President these days.
CBS Compares Bush to Ahmadinejad
CBSNews.com has published a report from The New Republic’s Laura Secor who compares the dictator of Iran to George W. Bush.
Believe it.
Iran’s Holocaust denier and “wipe Israel off the map” sponsor of terrorism is evil incarnate, and equal only to the 43rd President of the United States.
Outrageous.
CBS and the rest of the state sponsored alphabet media (ABC, NBC, CNN, and MSNBC) left the planet of objective reporting decades ago. Yet this is a new low for the Tiffany network.
(h/t Gateway Pundit)
The Desperation of Calvin Klein
Has the clothing market gotten so bad that to be noticed you must put up an ad that has nothing to do with jeans but everything to do with orgies?
Apparently.
So, you’re a mom and you’re taking your kids out for a walk and all at once they look up and say, “Mommy, what are those three people doing?” Awkward, to say the least. But the point is, why should anyone be forced to confront a question like that? Frankly, I’m sick of this kind of thing. Are you? If you are, get in touch with the parent company of the Calvin Klein brand. Give them a piece of your mind. You can find the details here: www.pvh.com/contact.aspx.
Let’s put an end to this crap and send a signal to Calvin Klein and others like ’em (did someone say, Abercrombie and Fitch?)