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Super Bowl Insults the Masses
By LeCharles Bentley - AOL NewsAs I sat back and took in the carnival better known as the Super Bowl, I couldn't help but feel ashamed. Being a former player, it would have been easy to get captured by the moment and solely focus on the game. But I quickly realized the event within itself is not about the game. It's about catering to the higher power. Similar to the structure of our great nation, the Super Bowl does not have time to concern itself with the perceived lowest common denominator of society. The haves versus the have nots has been the bane of our social order for centuries, and the NFL's annual "big game" is a ...
Donald Rumsfeld's New Memoir Trashed by Critics, John McCain and the ACLU
By David Knowles - AOL NewsYou go to press with the book you have. Coming in at just over 800 pages, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's new book, "Known and Unknown," was an ambitious undertaking. Given the harsh early reviews that have come in so far, however, one wonders if all that effort might have been better spent on a golf course. Surge Desk surveys the critical response to the book so far. Writing at The New York Times, veteran reviewer Michiko Kakutani lays into Rumsfeld's tome with marked vigor: The tedious, self-serving volume is filled with efforts to blame others -- most notably the C.I.A., ...
George W. Bush Says He's Through With Politics
By not in system - AOL News(Jan. 28) -- Republican candidates hoping for some high-profile help on the campaign trail next year shouldn't look to George W. Bush. The former president told C-SPAN he's done with politics and all its trappings. ...
John P. Wheeler: 5 Facts About the Slain Veteran Found in a Delaware Landfill
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsA body discovered in Delaware's Cherry Island Landfill on New Year's Eve has been identified by Newark police as John P. "Jack" Wheeler, a decorated military veteran and longtime defense consultant who served under three presidents. The death of Wheeler, a resident of New Castle, Del., has been ruled a homicide. He was 66 years old. The gruesome details of the case came as a shock to Wheeler's friends and associates. His attorney, Bayard Marin, told the Wilmington News Journal that Wheeler "is just not the kind of guy who gets murdered. This is not the kind of guy you find in a ...
Man Crashes Muscle Car Onto Bush's Lawn
By Lauren Frayer - AOL NewsA Dallas muscle car owner was released from Secret Service custody early today after he crashed his new sports car onto former President George W. Bush's front lawn. The unidentified man isn't believed to have meant any harm. Authorities told Dallas' KXAS-TV that the man drove into Bush's upscale gated neighborhood Wednesday night to visit a friend there and show off his Plymouth Barracuda. But the gas pedal got jammed, and he ended up veering off the road -- right into Bush's front lawn. A spokesman for the Bush family told the TV station that the former president and first lady were home ...
John Boehner's Crying: Is He Drinking Too Much?
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyIncoming House Speaker John Boehner's recent interview on "60 Minutes" with Lesley Stahl, where he once again cried publicly, has created a minor controversy among pundits, with observers trying to figure out the cause of his unusual behavior. Is it depression? Or is Boehner simply in touch with his emotions? Does he wear his heart on his sleeve, or does he cry on a dime because he has a tender spot for all things American? While it's impossible to know, some are beginning to speculate that Boehner's penchant for turning on the waterworks might have some connection to his consumption of ...
A Thanksgiving Tradition: Top Presidential Turkey Pardon Videos
By Steven Hoffer - AOL News(Nov. 23) -- It is a tradition of great importance. Since President George H.W. Bush administered the first ever Presidential Turkey Pardon in 1989, one lucky bird has been spared the fate of his many feathered friends heading for Thanksgiving tables across the country. Although Bush Sr. was the first to officially pardon a turkey, American turkey growers have presented a national bird to the president since 1947. That year, President Harry Truman told reporters that he would "Greet the bird, then eat the bird." "There are certain days that remind me of why I ran for this office," Barack ...
The Bush Tax Cuts: A Continuing Conundrum
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(Nov. 18) -- Signs of a compromise are increasing in Washington on extending the Bush tax cuts for all income levels. The question is: Does it make good economic sense to continue them, or is this merely political expediency? Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Tuesday that he's willing to consider a temporary extension of the tax cuts for all income levels. Republican leaders said such a deal might include a renewal of jobless benefits for 2 million Americans who are about to run out of unemployment checks. If the tax cuts aren't extended, the tax rates for all Americans will ...
Opinion: Decisions Decided by the Deciding Decider
By Will Durst - AOL News(Nov. 12) -- You have to marvel at George W. Bush's audacious return to the national stage, not to mention his curious timing. After all, there wasn't what you would call an overwhelming popular demand for his reappearance. Apparently even putative war criminals got to make a living. But it's going to take more than one media-blitzing book tour to scrub his image. For that he'll either need another two or three decades of restorative exile or a wire-mesh scouring pad the size of Albania. Here comes the New Bush, just like the Old Bush. The first volume of 43's memoirs (oh, there will be more) ...
Amnesty International Wants Bush Prosecuted for Admitted Waterboarding
By Steven Hoffer - AOL News(Nov. 10) -- Amnesty International is calling for the prosecution of George W. Bush following the former president's admission to authorizing waterboarding techniques, according to a report on the human rights group's website. "Under international law, anyone involved in torture must be brought to justice, and that does not exclude former President George W. Bush," Amnesty International Senior Director Claudio Cordone said in a statement. "If his admission is substantiated, the USA has the obligation to prosecute him. In the absence of a U.S. investigation, other states must step in and carry ...
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