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Over the past weekend the White House Correspondents held their annual dinner.  Only 14 presidents, beginning with President Calvin Coolidge in 1924, have attended this grand affair.

The White House Correspondents Association is in charge of the planning of the event. After all it is their dinner where reporters receive awards for journalism and students receive scholarships. They choose the hotel venue, the menu and the evening’s comedy host. It is a tradition since the 1940s for the correspondents and their guests-usually actors and other  entertainers along with politicians to be entertained by the witty observations of the evening’s featured hired speaker. (more…)

We just received an update from Food Democracy Now
informing us Dan McGlynn has been on vacation since last Thursday.

“Unfortunately, due to the high volume of responses, Mr. McGlynn’s USDA email box has exceeded capacity. This is highly unusual, but a testament to our successful efforts.”

Today, Monday, April 6, 2009 is the last day for the comment period on payment limitations in order that your voice be heard, the USDA has provided an alternative email address to send your comments.

Send comments to: Dan McGlynn via Mara Villegas at: mara.villegas@wdc.usda.gov

Just as President Obama believes this is an important issue we, too, believe this matter is of great importance. We appreciate your continued efforts and support.

To insure your opinion is expressed:

1. You can resend your comments to mara.villegas@wdc.usda.gov
2. Fax the letter to: (202) 690-2130
or
3. Visit Regulation.gov and send your message using the form on the website.

Last month a Bank Of America Corporation shareholder  initiated a lawsuit charging the largest U.S. lender by assets it did not inform investors about the more than $15 billion in losses sustained by Merrill Lynch & Company before they voted on its acquisition last December 5, 2008. (more…)

YouThinkWhat presents,as  public service for consumers, another report about our favorite bank Bank Of America…the bank that cares….. less! The following report from ConsumerAffairs.com

Victims of an Internet-based Ponzi scheme have filed a lawsuit against Bank of America and the organizers of the scheme in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. (more…)

As the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama is taking fast decisive action on some constitutional issues. (more…)

Congratulations to cub reporter Damon Weaver! The young Florida elementary school cub reporter has received press credentials from the official Inaugural Committee for the historic inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama on January 20, 2009 in Washington, D.C.  (more…)

Widely circulating reports from Arusha, Tanzania  say a former Rwandan Army official who planned and executed the 1994 slaughter of more than 500,000 people was convicted of genocide today. The high ranking military officer is sentenced to life in prison. Experts say this is the most significant verdict of a U.N. tribunal set up to bring the killers to justice.

The court  said Col. Theoneste Bagosora used his position as director of Rwanda’s Ministry of Defense to direct Hutu soldiers to kill Tutsis and moderate Hutus thus finding him  guilty of crimes against humanity.
See the 2004 historical drama film “Hotel Rwanda” starring Don Cheadle as Paul Rusesabagina the heroic hotel manager who saved more than 1,200 lives during the conflict.

There is great significance in the capture, trial and conviction of another deadly brutal megalomaniac. It has been proven Theoneste Bagosora is indeed accountable for his crimes. This verdict has even more significance for the people of the United States in light of the recent disclosures made by Vice President Cheney and President Bush in their recent television exit interviews. (more…)

Make sure your thoughts are only the highest and the best thoughts as you travel this holiday season; especially when traveling via airports in Maryland.

Homeland Security has developed MALINTENT, an Orwellian system, coming to an airport near you, to recognize, define and measure seven of the primary emotions and emotional cues most often reflected in contractions of facial muscles. The system identifies these emotions, relays the information to a security screener in real time thus protecting you from would-be airline criminals. (more…)

Last night more than thirty million Americans watched nearly wall-to-wall network and cable television coverage of Senator Barack Obama’s closing argument for the 2008 presidential campaign. Critics describe the historic event as a tremendous success because the emphasis in the commercial is on the issues of the campaign.

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In June we told you how we feel about the attempt to change the federal constitution in order to protect marriage. Fortunately, the measure has not been passed in either the House or the Senate.

Legislators in the great state of Flawda have managed to use their influence to have someone’s homophobic idea placed on the ballot for consideration by the electorate.  It’s a piece of legislation that is so anti-gay it goes into the areas that will affect even straight people. (more…)