Obama's Gift to British PM Ruined by DVD Zone Restrictions

Jason Mick (Blog) - March 24, 2009 11:16 AM

"Here's some classic American movies... psych!

President Barack Obama hasn't just been working hard to right the American automotive ship, he's also been looking to foster better international relations, meeting with PMs and Presidents of ( Read more... )

Russia 'stops missile deployment in Europe because of Obama'

"Russia has held out an olive branch to President Barack Obama by suspending plans to deploy missiles in Europe.

Defence Ministry officials said that the move had been made because the new United States leadership was reconsidering plans to establish a missile defence shield in Eastern ( Read more... )

Chavez accuses Obama of meddling in referendum

CARACAS - President Hugo Chavez has accused Barack Obama of meddling in a referendum that could allow him to run for re-election indefinitely and ordered a crackdown on disorderly student protests against the upcoming vote.

In a speech to supporters, Chavez accused the United States President-elect of ( Read more... )

Obama Chooses Retired Admiral as Intelligence Chief

"President-elect Barack Obama will nominate retired Adm. Dennis Blair, former commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific, as national intelligence director, congressional sources said Friday.

"I am pleased President-elect Obama selected someone with such extensive hands-on ( Read more... )

Clinton diplomacy a concern for Japan
The Yomiuri Shimbun
U.S. President-elect Barack Obama announced his national security team Monday. Most of the headlines were reserved for Sen. Hillary Clinton, who was named as secretary of state. Obama retained Robert Gates as defense secretary and picked retired marine Gen. James Jones as White House ( Read more... )

UT Poll finds 23% of Texans think Obama is Muslim
"The Texas numbers are unusual because most national polls show that just 5 to 10 percent of Americans still believe Obama is a Muslim - less than half the number of Texans who buy into the debunked theories.
The UT poll shows McCain running ahead of Obama statewide, with a 51 percent to 40 percent ( Read more... )

The Barack backlash
by Patrick Buchanan

As Americans render what Catholics call temporal judgment on George Bush, are they aware of the radical course correction they are about to make?

This center-right country is about to vastly strengthen a liberal Congress whose approval rating is 10 percent and implant in Washington a regime further to the left ( Read more... )

GOP Presidential Hopeful Delivers Laugh-Out-Loud Speech
By JEFF CAPELLINI, WCBSTV.com Senior News Producer

"If only John McCain had more nights like Thursday.

The Republican presidential hopeful walked into the 63rd annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner at the Waldorf Astoria in Manhattan as a clear underdog, not just in the ( Read more... )

Obama ignores bond with Eastern Europe
by Douglas Turner
WASHINGTON - With Russia openly menacing Poland and its other former Eastern European satellites, Barack Obama appears prepared to throw them a bone.

The freshman senator from Illinois, the Democratic presidential candidate, offered this ignorant, shallow remark on the Russian menace during ( Read more... )