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Happy National Voter Registration Day! 
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Desperate But Not Serious
Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images North America
By Helene Cavalli, guest blogger
It’s difficult, if you like Representative Anthony Weiner, to not feel regret for a career undone.
Watching this absurd drama play out in public has been uncomfortable. And it’s downright frightening to watch a career so filled with promise come apart at the seams.
Following Rep. Weiner’s travails, Falstaff came to mind when he said, “The better part of valor is discretion.â€
After all, in lying Weiner was trying merely to save his life.
Who can say with complete certainty he or she wouldn’t do the same if faced with a public revelation that threatened every aspect of his personal and professional life? [Read more...]
French Law is Anti-Feminist. It is even Anti-Fashion
My name is Leila Levi and I am a feminist.
I wanted to come clean by being upfront with what many millennials see as a “dirty word.†The connotation of being a feminist among young women in 2011 can be of ‘bra burners ‘and ‘man-haters.’ I despise that such a narrow and derogatory view of feminism is expressed so frequently. I call it derogatory because it labels women who are feminists negatively, as if they are screaming stereotypes relegated to the fringes of society. Feminists are in every corner of the globe and come from all walks of life.
Feminism is about equality and civil rights, believes that women are created equal and, with very rare exception, should be treated equally under the law. [Read more...]
The Great Floridian Logo Debate: Deb! v Jeb!
Image via the Times-Union
The last two letters and the colours are the same. There is also a giant exclamation point.
But are they the same?
Apparently for attorney Wiley Horton, the Tallahassee lawyer working for former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R), the logos are identical and Florida Senate candidate Deborah Gianoulis (D) is guilty of violating a federal trademark by using the red-and-white “Deb!†logo for her campaign.
“Jeb!†is the [Read more...]
American Royalty: Chelsea Clinton Ties Knot With Vera Wang, Burberry and Oscar De La Renta
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On July 31, 2010, former First Daughter and American Royalty (since the days of John F. Kennedy at least,) Chelsea Clinton married Marc Mezvinsky in an interfaith ceremony (Clinton is Methodist, Mezvinsky is Jewish) in Rhinebeck, NY.
Both the bride and her bridesmaids wore pieces designed by [Read more...]
SNL Brings Back Tiny Fey’s Sarah Palin
via PopCrunch!
Live from New York — it’s Sarah Palin!…not.
I was in fits and giggles when Tina Fey parodied then-Governor Sarah Palin in 2008 on Saturday Night Live! It was witty, scarily on-target and showcased what Tina Fey is so great at doing — making people laugh.
The girl’s got skill.
Fey’s Palin sketches from 2008 were some of the biggest viral Internet hits of the year.
April 10, 2010 marked a second homecoming for Fey, who also is the brains behind the hit television comedy 30 Rock, as she rose from obscurity through Saturday Night Live! throughout the late 1990s and into the 2000s.
Oh and by the way teenage girls — Justin Bieber was alongside Mrs. Fey.
Watch the video below and some pretty accurate political alignments play:- [Read more...]
Sexed Up Senator: Scott Brown’s 1982 Centerfold Good for the GOP?
via Cosmo
I’ve been hearing a lot of hullabaloo about Senator Scott Brown’s nude photo lately and had yet to see it until recently [Read more...]
Follow-up on Post-911 Racist America: My Name is Khan trailer released
My Name is Khan movie post: Shah Rukh Khan & Kajol
“More Than Just a Name.”
In August 2009, I blogged about Bollywood super legend Shah Rukh Khan being wrongfully detained in Newark Airport on the heels of filming My Name is Khan:-
Ironically, “My Name is Khan†is the name of an upcoming Shah Rukh Khan film that tells the story of an innocent Muslim’s experience being mistakenly identified as a terrorist in the United States in the wake of 9/11. Khan will play a man with Asperger syndrome, which makes his behavior erratic. The fictional Khan of the film, sets out on a trip to find President Obama to persuade him that he is not a terrorist. The film has been picked up by American film company Fox Searchlight for international distribution after its release in 2010.
Detained by ignorance and a large set of misgivings it was a diplomacy and public relations nightmare.
But, less than six months later, Fox Searchlight released the trailer and you can see it below [Read more...]
Remembering the Lion: Communications Lessons from a Kennedy
The Kennedy Brothers (L-R): John, Robert & Ted
For some people, Sen. Edward M. “Ted” Kennedy will always be remembered as a tarnished aristocratic drunk who drove off of the Chappaquidick Bridge. For others, he will be remembered as the baby brother of Jack and Bobby. While, he never followed their direct footsteps, he still did very great things — as great men do. This is how I will remember him. There is so much he can teach us, love him or hate him he did have a special spark to share with the world. [Read more...]
War of the Words: President Clinton v. Kim Jong Il
Bill Clinton & Kim Jong Il - Image via Sky News UK
Is it just me? It can’t just be me, who REALLY wants to know what President Clinton said to Kim Jong Il to be granted a “special pardon†for the two American journalists held prisoner in North Korea. [Read more...]
Sarah Palin You Make Me Wonder Pt. Deux
Photo By: The Associated Press
Nothing special, nothing major – this is just a reiteration of my belief that our American educational system is in dire need of saving.
- If I were [Read more...]
Sarah Palin, You Make Me Wonder….
Photo By: The Associated Press
I know, she’s everyone favourite “rag” doll; no comment left unspoken, no wine left untasted, she dreamed a dream…or something like it.
While, trying to seem as level-headed as possible about this, Sarah Palin makes me wonder about the future of the human race.
Laugh, go on, I know you want to [Read more...]
Stay in Alaska please, Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
By: Rachel Steinman, guest blogger
Sarah Palin recently announced that she is resigning from being governor of Alaska.
During the press conference, Palin mentioned that she thought she could use her talents and experience outside of the governorship. Later, harkening back to her high school basketball years, Palin stated that “[she] know[s] when it’s time to pass the ball for victory.â€
While I applaud her for stepping down of a position she is extremely ill suited for [Read more...]
Baharestan the NEW Tiananmen Square?
With reports filtering in, from the likes of The Atlantic and the Associated Press, about mass brutal attacks on civilians by plain clothes enforcers, stray bullets and protests everyday – I wonder if Iran is the new China.
Is Baharestan the NEW Tiananmen Square?
The “Tiananmen Square Protests†(aka the “Tiananmen Square Massacreâ€/â€June Fourth Incidentâ€) started in the form of [Read more...]
With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility
By: Rachel Steinman, guest blogger
I do not have to remind anyone that Senator Arlen Specter changed his party affiliation after decades of being a proud cardholding member of the GOP.
There have been speculation on why Specter would change, especially now that he has single handily gave the Democrats an overwhelming majority in almost every branch of the United States government.
Some have argued that he did not like what the Grand Old Party was turning into, while others saw it as his ticket towards reelection.
While an entire blog (probably even a thesis) can be used to explain the reasoning of why, we have to look at the big picture:
- Democrats own our federal government.
From the leader of the free world to both chambers of Congress is consumed with Democrats.
It has been a very long time since the Democrats had this kind of control in the government.
John Stewart on the Daily Show remarked that this was the first time of complete and total domination of Democrats since President Jimmy Carter.
He also added the punch line that we saw how well that worked out.
Democrats can prevent filibusters in Senate, control the agenda in the House, and basically do whatever they want.
Now with a Supreme Court justice David Souter stepping down from court, President Barack Obama has almost free reign to put any left-leaning judge on the bench without criticism from an opposing party.
Now for the Democrats to maintain power they need to be able to work together.
Since the inauguration Congressional Democrats have argued that they are not just following Obama’s orders and sometimes have argued vocally against the President.
The Obama administration and Congressional Democrats need to work together and make sure that they do not abuse their power.
The American people did not like the corruption and the lies they were told by the Republican majority, Democrats do not follow in their footsteps!
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Rachel Steinman is currently a International Relations and History major, with a minor in Art History, at the University of Florida. She is the 2009-10 UF Model United Nations president and she hopes to enter law school in fall 2009. Â
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