We discovered this entertaining video on YouTube of our new Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, snubbing former President Bill Clinton - her husband! - for a little love from the new boss, President Barack Obama. Guess that's what happens when your glory days are behind you. This event took place a few months ago, so it might be a bit dated. We apologize. But its a prime clip, nonetheless. Also, if you look closely at Obama toward the end of the clip, it seems there's a piece of paper attached to the back of his jacket. Is there a prankster in the midst? Check it out...
In other news, Bill's former second-in-command and environmental megaphone, Al Gore, may be getting sued by 30,000 scientists who don't believe his global warming movement. San Diego's KUSI weatherman, John Coleman, who also founded the Weather Channel, was interviewed by Fox News on this topic yesterday. If you have five minutes, check out the discussion...
And even W is back in the news -- not directly, though. The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at 43 a month or so ago had his day in court to defend himself. According to The Washington Post, here's what Muntadar al-Zaidi had to say in court...
"I did not mean to kill the leader of the occupation forces," Zaidi said, speaking clearly and forcefully from a wooden cage before a packed courtroom. "I was expressing what's inside of me and what's inside the Iraqi people from north to south and from west to east."
Throwing his shoes, fastball style, at the leader of the free world was not, Zaidi argued, a crime.
Zaidi, 30, who is charged with assaulting a foreign head of state, posited that Bush's Dec. 14 trip to Baghdad was not an official visit by a foreign dignitary because he arrived in the country without prior notice and didn't leave the Green Zone, which at the time was still under U.S. control.
Now many Iraqis have created a new tradition and raise their shoes in support of Zaidi. Here's the link to the rest of the article ... http://www.truthout.org/022009N
In the warm and fuzzy news department, it seems that retired Gen. Colin Powell will get an elementary school in El Paso named after him. According to the El Paso Times, local education and civic leaders are honoring the service of the former Secretary of State at a ceremony Friday (today) in Northeast El Paso, where they'll break ground for the new elementary school. This is the fourth Texas public school named for Powell. The other Texas schools named for Powell are elementary schools in Grand Prairie and The Woodlands and an intermediate school in Little Elm.
Ahhh, we feel better, now, ending on that positive note. Thank you, General!
That's all for now.
--atg
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