Curtain Call For Bush As Trade Summit Wraps Up
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on November 23, 2008
US President George W. Bush, bidding farewell to the international stage, on Saturday offered a sweeping defense of free markets as leaders from across the Pacific rim vowed to resist protectionism.
Bush and 20 other leaders meeting in Peru echoed a pledge last week from a summit in Washington promising not to erect new barriers to [...]
Curtain Call For Bush As Trade Summit Wraps
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on November 23, 2008
Asia-Pacific leaders on Sunday were to wrap up a summit in which they vowed a united front against the world finance crisis but with bold initiatives looking unlikely to emerge before the meeting adjourned.
US President George W. Bush used his final summit before leaving office to encourage continuity on the part of his successor Barack [...]
Curtain Call For Bush As Summit Pushes Trade
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on November 23, 2008
Asia Pacific leaders were wrapping up a summit Sunday to forge united front on the world finance crisis as US President George W. Bush went on a last diplomatic drive to push for free trade.
Bush wound up his final scheduled trip overseas by saying goodbye to key foreign leaders. He enjoyed praise from the leaders [...]
The Curtain Finally Falls
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on November 4, 2008
They should, by all rights, have entered Election Day with their moods matching the polls: Barack Obama elated by his seemingly substantial lead and large crowds, John McCain demoralized by the specter of defeat and meager turnout.
But in the final hours of a campaign that has seldom gone according to script, the candidates’ moods and [...]
On The Stump For Barack Obama Until The Final Curtain
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on November 2, 2008
In Democratic Hollywood these days it’s not enough to be the hardest-working act in show business, you’ve also got to be engaged 24/7 in political fundraising, personal campaigning, robocalling, image advising, party planning (and attending) and surrogate appearances in towns without even a single screen, let alone a multiplex.
Whatever the industry’s travails, Hollywood has stepped [...]
On The Stump For Barack Obama Until The Final Curtain
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on October 31, 2008
In Democratic Hollywood these days it’s not enough to be the hardest-working act in show business, you’ve also got to be engaged 24/7 in political fundraising, personal campaigning, robocalling, image advising, party planning and surrogate appearances in towns without even a single screen, let alone a multiplex.
Whatever the industry’s travails, Hollywood has stepped up big [...]
Waiting for the Curtain to Rise
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on October 25, 2008
So what happened to the Bush/Cheney pre-election attack on Iran? It’s like everything else. You think you have months. You put it on one side, in the “things to be done tomorrow” pile. Suddenly it’s a matter of weeks, then days. Then the moment just slips away. The father of one of my neighbors here [...]
Curtain Time for Barack Obama
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on May 18, 2008
To understand how the Combine works in Illinois it’s important to recognize that the state is divided into three levels of political clout, beginning with Chicago, Cook County and the state of Illinois, according to Chicago columnist Ray Hanania.
It’s also important to remember that in December 2004, when Obama went house-hunting with his real estate [...]
Curtain Time for Barack Obama
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on May 15, 2008
The April 29, 2008 report also noted that before he escaped from jail in Bagdad in December 2006, and returned to Chicago, Obama’s US Senate office had sought information about Alsammarae from the State Department on October 16, 2006 on behalf of Alsammarae’s family while he was being held in jail in Iraq.
As usual, when [...]
The man behind the curtain
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on April 27, 2008
NO sooner had Sen. Hillary Clinton won a near landslide victory in the Pennsylvania primary than major media figures were renewing their calls for her to drop out of the race. But there is a whiff of panic about them now.
In an editorial Wednesday, the New York Times called Mrs. Clinton’s 10-percentage-point victory in the [...]