I can’t help but wonder if Dorothy, Rose, Blanche and Sophia are die-hard Clinton supporters. I just know they would be but of course they live in Florida so their votes would not count anyway.
Happy Mother’s Day, ladies!
Also send Hillary a Happy Mother’s Day Note.
Here is the schedule of events for Mother’s Day:
This is the second in a series of reports shedding light on who is financing the Obama campaign. Today we focus on Obama’s oil & natural gas connections which run deeper than any other candidate. Despite Obama’s claims that he doesn’t take money from oil companies, which are frankly among the most duplicitous claims made by any candidate to date since the 1907 Tillman Act prohibits direct contributions to political candidates from corporations. Senator Obama has done quite well with oil & gas executives nonetheless.
Gracie & Robert Cavnar
Both of this Houston-based husband & wife team are bundlers for Obama. Gracie Cavnar does not actually run any oil companies yet she is listed in financial disclosures by the Obama campaign as being the CEO of Milagro Exploration LLC, a privately held exploration and production company. Her husband is actually the CEO. Mrs. Cavnar instead works to combat childhood obesity through a program she founded called Recipe for Success. Both Recipe for Success and Milagro Exploration list the Houston address (1401 McKinney, Suite 925, Houston, TX 77010) as their place of business. Obesity and natural gas, it’s a match.
First Daughter Jenna Bush is getting married today to Henry Hager at President Bush’s Crawford Ranch. We extend the happy couple a heartfelt congratulations and wish them well in all their future endeavours.
Twenty-two children of Presidents have married while their father was serving as President but only nine have chosen to have a White House wedding. The last to have a White House wedding was Trisha Nixon who married Edward Cox in 1971. More on the wedding from the Associated Press.
A clip from a Hillary stump speech in West Virginia on Thursday.
Just watch and enjoy!
This is a new Clinton ad to run in Oregon starring Ambassador Joe Wilson and outed CIA anaylst Valerie Plam-Wilson on why Hillary Clinton is the logical choice on getting us out the Iraqi quagmire.
in every way, and forever more that’s how you will stay . . .
Here is the Saturday May 10th 2008 edition of interesting reads from around the world.
The Countdown to $200 Barrel Oil
The French energy blogger Jerome a Paris starts the countdown to $200 a barrel of oil in The Oil Drum. We are now $1.31 from reaching my forecast of $125 barrel of oil before the end of May. Oil did skirt pass the $124 barrel barrier before closing at $123.69 per barrel.
V-E Day in Moscow
It has been 16 years since this sort of military parade in Moscow, but as a new Russia arises it is also flexing its muscles. Der Spiegel has the story with a photo gallery of Russia’s military might.
Identity Crisis for Westernized Egyptians
Egypt Today looks at bi-cultural Egyptians who feel neither at ease in Europe nor in Egypt.
Sino-Japanese Summit Concludes
Chinese President Hu Jintao Saturday said his five-day visit to Japan, which has seen the traditional rivals commit to closer ties but also met protests over Beijing’s rule in Tibet, was a success. Coverage from Agence France-Presse and the Christian Science Monitor.
The Fix is In but Fixing Up the Place Ain’t
The governing military junta in Myanmar will go ahead with their constitutional referendum today, certain of victory. The New York Times has more. Meanwhile the disaster relief efforts are, well, a disaster. Stories from the New York Times, Germany’s Der Spiegel and Singapore’s Straits Times.
The Widening Gap
The New York Times reports on Obama’s generational gap problem. In my view, Obama has several demographical problems that will cost him the Presidency but one of the severest is the lack of support among one of the highest turnout voters, seniors over 65.
Obama Must Have Flunked US History
I wrote earlier this week on Obama and Presidential History. Well apparently in his victory speech the other night in North Carolina came a few more historical errors.
Geez, you go away for the weekend, have a nice dinner with the boyfriend, attend a Pink Martini concert and you check the news and they have admitted seven more states. Time to buy a new flag.