World News Roundup, 12/27

Here are the stories you probably aren't seeing on TV tonight. 5 Ethiopian assassination plotters sentenced to death, 33 get life sentences UN Panel says Guinean junta leader should be…

Dredging Up History

Back in 2003, the Republican Congress passed legislation that expanded the goverment's role in healthcare by adding the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug benefit. But they did not pay for…

1.75%

According to Politifact, Obama made 513 campaign promises. 9 have been broken. On 18, a compromise has been reached. 75 promises have been kept. The rest, some 411, are still in the works. That is a 1.75% of his promises being broken.

I am confused.

In an earlier Nemski thread, Donviti and Anonone were critical of President Obama's response to the attempted Flaming Crotch terrorist attack. I have to ask, do both want Obama to…

The Art of Being Presidential

Political Wire points us to Marc Ambinder's Why The President Went Golfing Today which covers Obama's Presidential non-response to the attempted terrorist attack. Let the authorities do their work. Don't…