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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
As President, Obama Takes On 'The View'
July 28,2010
SCOTT Neuman - npr
President Obama is making his debut on daytime talk TV this week, the first sitting U.S. president ever to make such an appearance, according to ABC.
And he's choosing to do it on The View, the morning show co-hosted by Barbara Walters, Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Sherri Shepherd. They were quick to trumpet the news of Thursday's show — "He likes us, he really likes us," Behar gushed — and noted that Obama dropped by the set twice before he became president and that the first lady has also made an appearance.
So why this moment and this venue to make daytime television history?
It may well have something to do with soccer moms and the recent fiasco involving Shirley Sherrod, said David Zurawik, a media critic and commentator for The Baltimore Sun. While chatter on The View may run more toward Lindsay Lohan's mug shots or Madonna's influence on lingerie sales, the show sometimes touches on political topics and its core audience is the soccer-mom demographic so important to pollsters.
The hidden danger is that the hosts may find ways of asking a question that he's not expecting, and that could result in a gaffe.
- Eric Deggans, St. Petersburg Times media and TV critic
"It's a chance to address an audience that might be particularly offended by what happened with Sherrod," Zurawik said. Sherrod was forced to resign from the Department of Agriculture last week after a selectively edited Internet video clip wrongly implied that she had shown racial bias against a white farmer. She's since been asked to return, and Obama called her to personally express his regret over the rush to judgment.
"Here's a woman who was wronged by his administration," Zurawik said. "The View gives Obama an audience of women, although there are some men that watch."
White House spokesman Bill Burton told NPR that the president "likes to find opportunities where he is not just appearing on a traditional news program." He denied the appearance has anything to do with Sherrod.
But will the subject come up?
"You've seen the show," Burton said. "The women are very opinionated — they'll call the shots on what questions to ask."
The president's approval ratings of late aren't exactly at American Idol levels, and the Sherrod flap could make things worse. Sherrod appeared on The View last week to tell her side of the story.
Eric Deggans, TV and media critic at the St. Petersburg Times, said Obama's daytime turn also is a chance for him to bypass the Washington press corps and remind people that he's a regular guy.
"When you look at where Obama is now, it's not a good place. He has an array of media-savvy opponents, and he is struggling daily to get his message out," Deggans said.
"Obviously, he's not going to be grilled about the intricacies of financial reform," he noted. "But the hidden danger is that the hosts may find ways of asking a question that he's not expecting, and that could result in a gaffe."
It's happened before. Obama caught heat last year over a Special Olympics quip he made during a stint on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno.
When then-candidate Obama appeared on The View in 2008, Goldberg asked him to list the first three things he'd do as president. His answer: laying the groundwork to withdraw from Iraq, overhauling the health care system and addressing the energy crisis.
Obama can report tangible progress on at least two of those three issues, but given his sliding poll numbers, it's clear he has a lot of work to do. And as Zurawik said, "One appearance on daytime TV is not going to move the numbers that much."
Still, if he can win over Thursday's audience, it's a start.
--http://harlemvoiceblogs.blogspot.com
SCOTT Neuman - npr
President Obama is making his debut on daytime talk TV this week, the first sitting U.S. president ever to make such an appearance, according to ABC.
And he's choosing to do it on The View, the morning show co-hosted by Barbara Walters, Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Sherri Shepherd. They were quick to trumpet the news of Thursday's show — "He likes us, he really likes us," Behar gushed — and noted that Obama dropped by the set twice before he became president and that the first lady has also made an appearance.
So why this moment and this venue to make daytime television history?
It may well have something to do with soccer moms and the recent fiasco involving Shirley Sherrod, said David Zurawik, a media critic and commentator for The Baltimore Sun. While chatter on The View may run more toward Lindsay Lohan's mug shots or Madonna's influence on lingerie sales, the show sometimes touches on political topics and its core audience is the soccer-mom demographic so important to pollsters.
The hidden danger is that the hosts may find ways of asking a question that he's not expecting, and that could result in a gaffe.
- Eric Deggans, St. Petersburg Times media and TV critic
"It's a chance to address an audience that might be particularly offended by what happened with Sherrod," Zurawik said. Sherrod was forced to resign from the Department of Agriculture last week after a selectively edited Internet video clip wrongly implied that she had shown racial bias against a white farmer. She's since been asked to return, and Obama called her to personally express his regret over the rush to judgment.
"Here's a woman who was wronged by his administration," Zurawik said. "The View gives Obama an audience of women, although there are some men that watch."
White House spokesman Bill Burton told NPR that the president "likes to find opportunities where he is not just appearing on a traditional news program." He denied the appearance has anything to do with Sherrod.
But will the subject come up?
"You've seen the show," Burton said. "The women are very opinionated — they'll call the shots on what questions to ask."
The president's approval ratings of late aren't exactly at American Idol levels, and the Sherrod flap could make things worse. Sherrod appeared on The View last week to tell her side of the story.
Eric Deggans, TV and media critic at the St. Petersburg Times, said Obama's daytime turn also is a chance for him to bypass the Washington press corps and remind people that he's a regular guy.
"When you look at where Obama is now, it's not a good place. He has an array of media-savvy opponents, and he is struggling daily to get his message out," Deggans said.
"Obviously, he's not going to be grilled about the intricacies of financial reform," he noted. "But the hidden danger is that the hosts may find ways of asking a question that he's not expecting, and that could result in a gaffe."
It's happened before. Obama caught heat last year over a Special Olympics quip he made during a stint on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno.
When then-candidate Obama appeared on The View in 2008, Goldberg asked him to list the first three things he'd do as president. His answer: laying the groundwork to withdraw from Iraq, overhauling the health care system and addressing the energy crisis.
Obama can report tangible progress on at least two of those three issues, but given his sliding poll numbers, it's clear he has a lot of work to do. And as Zurawik said, "One appearance on daytime TV is not going to move the numbers that much."
Still, if he can win over Thursday's audience, it's a start.
--http://harlemvoiceblogs.blogspot.com
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Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Shirley Sherrod: White House Forced My Resignation
July 20, 2010 3:31 PM
by Stephanie Condon--CBS NEWS-Politics
The Department of Agriculture employee who resigned after a controversy erupted over recent remarks she made is now saying that the White House forced her resignation.
Shirley Sherrod, the USDA's former director of rural development in Georgia, said USDA deputy undersecretary Cheryl Cook called her Monday and said the White House wanted her to resign, the Associated Press reports.
"They called me twice," Sherrod told the AP, noting that she was driving when she received the calls. "The last time they asked me to pull over the side of the road and submit my resignation on my Blackberry, and that's what I did."
Sherrod submitted her resignation after she became the focus of scrutiny from Fox News and conservative blogs over remarks she gave at an NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet on March 27. A video of a portion of her remarks were posted on a conservative blog, giving the impression that Sherrod admitted to discriminating against a white farmer as an employee of the USDA.
The comments were taken out of context, however. In her remarks that day, Sherrod was recounting a story that pre-dates her tenure at the USDA by more than two decades. Sherrod says in her story that Chapter 12 bankruptcy had just been enacted; Chapter 12 was instituted for family farmers in 1986, while Sherrod was appointed to head the USDA's Rural Development office in Georgia just last July. Furthermore, the point of Sherrod's story is that race is not an issue.
Sherrod has said the video excerpt did not include the full story of her relationship with the farmer, with whom she says she became friends after helping him avoid foreclosure.
Nevertheless, Sherrod says the White House pressed for her resignation. A USDA spokesman would not comment on whether the White House was involved, the AP reports.
Earlier today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack released a statement saying he had accepted Sherrod's resignation, and added that the department has no tolerance for discrimination.
The NAACP on Monday released a statement condemning Sherrod's statements and saying the organization supported the USDA's position. The group, however, is now reportedly reconsidering its position.
---http://davidsradiotv2000.blogspot.com
by Stephanie Condon--CBS NEWS-Politics
The Department of Agriculture employee who resigned after a controversy erupted over recent remarks she made is now saying that the White House forced her resignation.
Shirley Sherrod, the USDA's former director of rural development in Georgia, said USDA deputy undersecretary Cheryl Cook called her Monday and said the White House wanted her to resign, the Associated Press reports.
"They called me twice," Sherrod told the AP, noting that she was driving when she received the calls. "The last time they asked me to pull over the side of the road and submit my resignation on my Blackberry, and that's what I did."
Sherrod submitted her resignation after she became the focus of scrutiny from Fox News and conservative blogs over remarks she gave at an NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet on March 27. A video of a portion of her remarks were posted on a conservative blog, giving the impression that Sherrod admitted to discriminating against a white farmer as an employee of the USDA.
The comments were taken out of context, however. In her remarks that day, Sherrod was recounting a story that pre-dates her tenure at the USDA by more than two decades. Sherrod says in her story that Chapter 12 bankruptcy had just been enacted; Chapter 12 was instituted for family farmers in 1986, while Sherrod was appointed to head the USDA's Rural Development office in Georgia just last July. Furthermore, the point of Sherrod's story is that race is not an issue.
Sherrod has said the video excerpt did not include the full story of her relationship with the farmer, with whom she says she became friends after helping him avoid foreclosure.
Nevertheless, Sherrod says the White House pressed for her resignation. A USDA spokesman would not comment on whether the White House was involved, the AP reports.
Earlier today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack released a statement saying he had accepted Sherrod's resignation, and added that the department has no tolerance for discrimination.
The NAACP on Monday released a statement condemning Sherrod's statements and saying the organization supported the USDA's position. The group, however, is now reportedly reconsidering its position.
---http://davidsradiotv2000.blogspot.com
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Paterson Signs Bill Limiting Stop-and-Frisk Data
July 16, 2010, 11:56 am
By AL BAKER AND COLIN MOYNIHAN---nytimes
Police officials in New York City can no longer electronically store the names and addresses of people stopped in the street to be questioned but found to have done nothing wrong, under a bill Gov. David A. Paterson signed into law on Friday.
At a signing ceremony in his Manhattan offices, Mr. Paterson ended a debate over the so-called stop-and-frisk database that had been raging for months and will fundamentally alter one of the Police Department’s chief crime-fighting strategies.
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly have argued that the database, originally created to comply with a law passed by the City Council in 2001, was invaluable because detectives could quickly cull it for clues they needed to solve cases and make arrests.
Stripping the database of the names and addresses of those stopped would result in more crime victims, Mr. Kelly said, who met twice with the governor this month in hopes of persuading him to veto the bill.
But in the end, Mr. Paterson said, “my conscience will not let me veto this bill.”
“There is a principle – which is compatible with the presumption of innocence, and is deeply ingrained in our sense of justice – that individuals wrongly accused of a crime should suffer neither stigma nor adverse consequences by virtue of an arrest or criminal accusation not resulting in conviction,” Mr. Paterson said.
Mr. Paterson was joined by the sponsors of the bill – Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries and Senator Eric L. Adams – who voiced their support for the governor’s decision and said the issue boiled down to finding a balance between law and order and civil liberties.
“This is a tremendous victory for all fair-minded New Yorkers,” Assemblyman Jeffries, a Brooklyn Democrat, said.
He said he believed that “reasonable efforts” to attain public safety must be “tempered by the privacy rights of law abiding people.”
Mr. Adams, a Brooklyn Democrat who had served 22 years on the Police Department before being elected to the Senate, said, “We do not allow the police in our country to hold the personal information of innocent people regardless of their ethnicity. This is wrong.”
Many pitched the debate forward – saying that the broader context of the department’s stop-and-frisk campaign could now be examined, with officials focusing on the “quality” of the street stops.
In 2009, the police documented 581,000 stops and have recorded nearly three million stops since 2004.
It is unclear how many of the people whose information is stored in the database were not fined or arrested after being stopped.
In a letter to Mr. Kelly on Thursday, Assemblyman Jeffries asked him to provide “the total number of people whose personal information is contained in the electronic N.Y.P.D. database.” He said he wanted to know how many of them had not been charged with a crime or issued a summons.
The new law applies only to the New York City Police Department, not agencies around the state. Under the law, the database would still include a record of the stop and catalog its points of data – including where and when the stop took place, the age and race of the person stopped and the reason that prompted the officer to make it.
Late on Thursday, as word circulated that Mr. Paterson would sign the bill, a spokesman for Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg expressed dismay.
“We’re disappointed that police officers will be denied an important tool they have been using to solve crimes and prevent others,” said the spokesman, Stu Loeser.
-----http://harlemcommunityorganizers.blogspot.com
By AL BAKER AND COLIN MOYNIHAN---nytimes
Police officials in New York City can no longer electronically store the names and addresses of people stopped in the street to be questioned but found to have done nothing wrong, under a bill Gov. David A. Paterson signed into law on Friday.
At a signing ceremony in his Manhattan offices, Mr. Paterson ended a debate over the so-called stop-and-frisk database that had been raging for months and will fundamentally alter one of the Police Department’s chief crime-fighting strategies.
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly have argued that the database, originally created to comply with a law passed by the City Council in 2001, was invaluable because detectives could quickly cull it for clues they needed to solve cases and make arrests.
Stripping the database of the names and addresses of those stopped would result in more crime victims, Mr. Kelly said, who met twice with the governor this month in hopes of persuading him to veto the bill.
But in the end, Mr. Paterson said, “my conscience will not let me veto this bill.”
“There is a principle – which is compatible with the presumption of innocence, and is deeply ingrained in our sense of justice – that individuals wrongly accused of a crime should suffer neither stigma nor adverse consequences by virtue of an arrest or criminal accusation not resulting in conviction,” Mr. Paterson said.
Mr. Paterson was joined by the sponsors of the bill – Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries and Senator Eric L. Adams – who voiced their support for the governor’s decision and said the issue boiled down to finding a balance between law and order and civil liberties.
“This is a tremendous victory for all fair-minded New Yorkers,” Assemblyman Jeffries, a Brooklyn Democrat, said.
He said he believed that “reasonable efforts” to attain public safety must be “tempered by the privacy rights of law abiding people.”
Mr. Adams, a Brooklyn Democrat who had served 22 years on the Police Department before being elected to the Senate, said, “We do not allow the police in our country to hold the personal information of innocent people regardless of their ethnicity. This is wrong.”
Many pitched the debate forward – saying that the broader context of the department’s stop-and-frisk campaign could now be examined, with officials focusing on the “quality” of the street stops.
In 2009, the police documented 581,000 stops and have recorded nearly three million stops since 2004.
It is unclear how many of the people whose information is stored in the database were not fined or arrested after being stopped.
In a letter to Mr. Kelly on Thursday, Assemblyman Jeffries asked him to provide “the total number of people whose personal information is contained in the electronic N.Y.P.D. database.” He said he wanted to know how many of them had not been charged with a crime or issued a summons.
The new law applies only to the New York City Police Department, not agencies around the state. Under the law, the database would still include a record of the stop and catalog its points of data – including where and when the stop took place, the age and race of the person stopped and the reason that prompted the officer to make it.
Late on Thursday, as word circulated that Mr. Paterson would sign the bill, a spokesman for Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg expressed dismay.
“We’re disappointed that police officers will be denied an important tool they have been using to solve crimes and prevent others,” said the spokesman, Stu Loeser.
-----http://harlemcommunityorganizers.blogspot.com
Monday, July 12, 2010
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Congress should extend unemployment insurance instead of focusing on politics of spending
Posted on Fri, Jul. 02, 2010
Kansas City.Com ---Star
Two million Americans stand to lose their unemployment benefits because Republicans in Congress have suddenly decided deficit spending is a bad thing.
The refusal by enough GOP senators to move a measure forward doomed the latest attempt to extend modest benefits to the long-term unemployed. The Democrats, meanwhile, refused to shift previously committed stimulus dollars, a move that would have convinced two Republicans to back the plan and provide enough votes to block a Senate filibuster.
To Republicans, the vote was a clear political statement: “We’re against government spending.” To the Democrats, the other side’s refusal to compromise was also a clear political message: “The GOP is heartless.”
Playing politics with the lives of others is hardly victimless.
Americans remember Republicans not too long ago were all in favor of deficit spending to pay for tax cuts under George W. Bush. Those have meant $2.48 trillion less in federal coffers — with most of the money going into the pockets of the wealthiest 5 percent of Americans. Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, also approved in the Bush years, have now cost more than $1 trillion.
The public also remembers, not so far back, Democrats were willing to move stimulus funds around to meet pressing needs. Auto bailout, anyone?
There are few things Congress can do that will have a more direct and positive effect on lives and the economy than extending unemployment benefits, as virtually every dollar allocated would quickly be spent on living expenses.
The long-term unemployed are not bums or “hobos,” as at least one GOP congressman has cruelly suggested. Many of them are people who worked for years and are desperate to work again but find themselves cast into a job market that has shed nearly 8 million positions in the last 2½ years.
Extending unemployment insurance until job prospects improve is the best thing Congress can do for them and for the nascent economic recovery.
---http://davidsradiotv2000.blogspot.com
Kansas City.Com ---Star
Two million Americans stand to lose their unemployment benefits because Republicans in Congress have suddenly decided deficit spending is a bad thing.
The refusal by enough GOP senators to move a measure forward doomed the latest attempt to extend modest benefits to the long-term unemployed. The Democrats, meanwhile, refused to shift previously committed stimulus dollars, a move that would have convinced two Republicans to back the plan and provide enough votes to block a Senate filibuster.
To Republicans, the vote was a clear political statement: “We’re against government spending.” To the Democrats, the other side’s refusal to compromise was also a clear political message: “The GOP is heartless.”
Playing politics with the lives of others is hardly victimless.
Americans remember Republicans not too long ago were all in favor of deficit spending to pay for tax cuts under George W. Bush. Those have meant $2.48 trillion less in federal coffers — with most of the money going into the pockets of the wealthiest 5 percent of Americans. Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, also approved in the Bush years, have now cost more than $1 trillion.
The public also remembers, not so far back, Democrats were willing to move stimulus funds around to meet pressing needs. Auto bailout, anyone?
There are few things Congress can do that will have a more direct and positive effect on lives and the economy than extending unemployment benefits, as virtually every dollar allocated would quickly be spent on living expenses.
The long-term unemployed are not bums or “hobos,” as at least one GOP congressman has cruelly suggested. Many of them are people who worked for years and are desperate to work again but find themselves cast into a job market that has shed nearly 8 million positions in the last 2½ years.
Extending unemployment insurance until job prospects improve is the best thing Congress can do for them and for the nascent economic recovery.
---http://davidsradiotv2000.blogspot.com
Saturday, July 03, 2010
Monday, June 28, 2010
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Saturday, June 26, 2010
World Cup: U.S. loses to Ghana 2-1
June 26, 2010 3:59 PM
Chicago Tribune-Breaking Sports
Tribune News Services RUSTENBURG, South Africa -- Asamoah Gyan scored in the third minute of extra time to give Ghana a 2-1 win over the United States and a place in the World Cup quarterfinals.The teams were level at 1-1 through 90 minutes at Royal Bafokeng Stadium before Gyan ran onto a long pass and held off defenders Carlos Bocanegra and Jay DeMerit to smash a left-foot shot over goalkeeper Tim Howard from about 12 meters (yards).Ghana is only the third African team to make it through to the World Cup quarterfinals. It will meet Uruguay at Soccer City on Friday.
Kevin-Prince Boateng had put Ghana ahead in the fifth minute with a low shot from the edge of the area. He ran into space that opened as DeMerit kept retreating, then sent a ferocious shot that beat the diving Howard at his near post.Landon Donovan equalized with a 62nd-minute penalty after Jonathan Mensah got his second yellow card of the tournament, ruling him out of the quarterfinals, for swiping away Clint Dempsey's legs as he broke from deep.Donovan crouched in contemplation as he prepared to take the penalty kick, picking at the grass and ignoring the players around him before getting up to steer his kick in off the right-hand post.It was Donovan's U.S.-record fifth goal at the World Cup and 45th in international football. The United States threw Howard into attack for injury time at the end of the match, but Ghana goalkeeper Richard Kingson punched the ball away from a corner and the Americans never came any closer. Both teams created enough chances to have won the game in normal time, with Ghana dominating the first 45 minutes before United States coach Bob Bradley stabilized his team at halftime with the second of two substitutions.United States midfielder Ricardo Clark, recalled to the starting lineup in an attempt to add solidity to the American midfield, had given Ghana its first real opening when he gave the ball away under pressure in the center circle.Ghana defended in numbers to deny space for the likes of Donovan and Dempsey to attack from deep, and countered swiftly through Boateng, Dede Ayew, Kwadwo Asamoah and Gyan when it did win possession. Get the full story here.
--http://davidsradiotv2000.blogspot.com
Chicago Tribune-Breaking Sports
Tribune News Services RUSTENBURG, South Africa -- Asamoah Gyan scored in the third minute of extra time to give Ghana a 2-1 win over the United States and a place in the World Cup quarterfinals.The teams were level at 1-1 through 90 minutes at Royal Bafokeng Stadium before Gyan ran onto a long pass and held off defenders Carlos Bocanegra and Jay DeMerit to smash a left-foot shot over goalkeeper Tim Howard from about 12 meters (yards).Ghana is only the third African team to make it through to the World Cup quarterfinals. It will meet Uruguay at Soccer City on Friday.
Kevin-Prince Boateng had put Ghana ahead in the fifth minute with a low shot from the edge of the area. He ran into space that opened as DeMerit kept retreating, then sent a ferocious shot that beat the diving Howard at his near post.Landon Donovan equalized with a 62nd-minute penalty after Jonathan Mensah got his second yellow card of the tournament, ruling him out of the quarterfinals, for swiping away Clint Dempsey's legs as he broke from deep.Donovan crouched in contemplation as he prepared to take the penalty kick, picking at the grass and ignoring the players around him before getting up to steer his kick in off the right-hand post.It was Donovan's U.S.-record fifth goal at the World Cup and 45th in international football. The United States threw Howard into attack for injury time at the end of the match, but Ghana goalkeeper Richard Kingson punched the ball away from a corner and the Americans never came any closer. Both teams created enough chances to have won the game in normal time, with Ghana dominating the first 45 minutes before United States coach Bob Bradley stabilized his team at halftime with the second of two substitutions.United States midfielder Ricardo Clark, recalled to the starting lineup in an attempt to add solidity to the American midfield, had given Ghana its first real opening when he gave the ball away under pressure in the center circle.Ghana defended in numbers to deny space for the likes of Donovan and Dempsey to attack from deep, and countered swiftly through Boateng, Dede Ayew, Kwadwo Asamoah and Gyan when it did win possession. Get the full story here.
--http://davidsradiotv2000.blogspot.com
Thursday, June 24, 2010
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Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Fate of McChrystal in doubt
6-22-2010
(Reuters) - The top U.S. general in Afghanistan faced possible removal on Tuesday after he and his aides were quoted in a magazine article mocking President Barack Obama and his top advisors.
General Stanley McChrystal, the U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan and the architect of Obama's war strategy, was summoned to Washington to explain his "enormous mistake in judgment" directly to the president, Obama's spokesman said.
Asked whether Obama was considering ousting the general, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters, "I would say all options are on the table."
McChrystal has apologized for the article, due to be published in Rolling Stone magazine on Friday.
It quotes McChrystal's aides calling one top Obama official a "clown" and another a "wounded animal." The general himself made belittling remarks about Vice President Joe Biden and the U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke.
The Pentagon blasted McChrystal over his comments and stopped short of expressing confidence in his ability to continue leading the nearly nine-year-old war, seen by many analysts as in a stalemate with the Taliban.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said McChrystal had "made a significant mistake and exercised poor judgment." Admiral Mike Mullen, who as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is the top U.S. military officer, expressed his "deep disappointment."
"Gen. McChrystal has apologized to me and is similarly reaching out to others named in this article to apologize to them as well," Gates said in a statement.
McChrystal himself offered his "sincerest apology for this profile" before flying to Washington, where he will also meet with Gates on Wednesday.
"It was a mistake reflecting poor judgment and should never have happened," McChrystal said in a statement.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai fully backed the U.S. general and "believes he is the best commander the United States has sent to Afghanistan over the last nine years," a spokesman said.
Just six months ago, Obama backed McChrystal's request for more troops, escalating an unpopular conflict in which costs and casualties are soaring.
(Additional reporting by Will Dunham, Matt Spetalnick and Jeff Mason in Washington, David Fox and Jonathon Burch in Kabul; editing by Patricia Wilson and David Storey)
---Top aide to General McChrystal resigns
-davidsamuels7@gmail.com
(Reuters) - The top U.S. general in Afghanistan faced possible removal on Tuesday after he and his aides were quoted in a magazine article mocking President Barack Obama and his top advisors.
General Stanley McChrystal, the U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan and the architect of Obama's war strategy, was summoned to Washington to explain his "enormous mistake in judgment" directly to the president, Obama's spokesman said.
Asked whether Obama was considering ousting the general, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters, "I would say all options are on the table."
McChrystal has apologized for the article, due to be published in Rolling Stone magazine on Friday.
It quotes McChrystal's aides calling one top Obama official a "clown" and another a "wounded animal." The general himself made belittling remarks about Vice President Joe Biden and the U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke.
The Pentagon blasted McChrystal over his comments and stopped short of expressing confidence in his ability to continue leading the nearly nine-year-old war, seen by many analysts as in a stalemate with the Taliban.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said McChrystal had "made a significant mistake and exercised poor judgment." Admiral Mike Mullen, who as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is the top U.S. military officer, expressed his "deep disappointment."
"Gen. McChrystal has apologized to me and is similarly reaching out to others named in this article to apologize to them as well," Gates said in a statement.
McChrystal himself offered his "sincerest apology for this profile" before flying to Washington, where he will also meet with Gates on Wednesday.
"It was a mistake reflecting poor judgment and should never have happened," McChrystal said in a statement.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai fully backed the U.S. general and "believes he is the best commander the United States has sent to Afghanistan over the last nine years," a spokesman said.
Just six months ago, Obama backed McChrystal's request for more troops, escalating an unpopular conflict in which costs and casualties are soaring.
(Additional reporting by Will Dunham, Matt Spetalnick and Jeff Mason in Washington, David Fox and Jonathon Burch in Kabul; editing by Patricia Wilson and David Storey)
---Top aide to General McChrystal resigns
-davidsamuels7@gmail.com
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World Cup Highlights
Soccer passion passed down
Today, June 16, 2010, 5:32:11 PM
Argentinian's explain how the passion for soccer is passed down from generation to generation.
Today, June 16, 2010, 5:32:11 PM
Argentinian's explain how the passion for soccer is passed down from generation to generation.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Monday, June 14, 2010
Apollo Theater Benefit and Awards
Aretha Franklin, Michael Jackson honored
Published : Monday, 14 Jun 2010, 11:24 PM EDT
MYFOXNY.COM - The iconic Apollo Theater in Harlem inducted Aretha Franklin and the late Michael Jackson into the Apollo Legends Hall of Fame on its special 2010 Benefit Concert and Awards Ceremony.
Hosted by comedian and Oscar-award winning actor Jamie Foxx, the ceremony also honored New Yorkers Mark Anthony and Jennifer Lopez with the Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis Arts and Humanitarian Award
This award, named after the late Ossie Davis and his wife, Ruby Dee, is given annually to a couple who embody a rarified command of their craft, a deep commitment to their community, and an unshakeable connection to each other and their family, according to the Apollo.
This event is the Apollo's largest annual fundraiser. Proceeds of the event benefit the Apollo Theater Foundation. Inc., which preserves and develops the Apollo Theater and its initiatives for performing artists, educational programs, and community outreach efforts in New York City.
Published : Monday, 14 Jun 2010, 11:24 PM EDT
MYFOXNY.COM - The iconic Apollo Theater in Harlem inducted Aretha Franklin and the late Michael Jackson into the Apollo Legends Hall of Fame on its special 2010 Benefit Concert and Awards Ceremony.
Hosted by comedian and Oscar-award winning actor Jamie Foxx, the ceremony also honored New Yorkers Mark Anthony and Jennifer Lopez with the Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis Arts and Humanitarian Award
This award, named after the late Ossie Davis and his wife, Ruby Dee, is given annually to a couple who embody a rarified command of their craft, a deep commitment to their community, and an unshakeable connection to each other and their family, according to the Apollo.
This event is the Apollo's largest annual fundraiser. Proceeds of the event benefit the Apollo Theater Foundation. Inc., which preserves and develops the Apollo Theater and its initiatives for performing artists, educational programs, and community outreach efforts in New York City.
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Ghana Gives Africa Its First Victory
By JEFFREY MARCUS
Published: June 13, 2010
PRETORIA, South Africa — Ghana and Serbia came into the opening game of Group D of the World Cup with different agendas.
Serbia aimed to erase the memory of its disappointing performance from four years ago in Germany, where it played with Montenegro, and was eliminated after three straight losses, including a 6-0 thrashing by Argentina.
Ghana, which had advanced to the Round of 16 in 2006, hoped to ride a wave of African support even deeper into this tournament, the first on its home continent.
It appeared the game was destined to be a scoreless draw, until a late penalty — the tournament’s first — gave Ghana the opening it needed in a 1-0 victory. The win was the first for an African team at this World Cup.
“We are so happy an African team won against a strong European team,” Ghana Coach Milovan Rajevac said. “We are happy if all of Africa is happy.”
In the 84th minute, with Ghana pressing a one-man advantage after Serbia’s center back Aleksandar Lukovic was sent off for receiving a second yellow card, Zdravko Kuzmanovic, a second-half substitute, hit the ball with his hand while leaping awkwardly to head a cross. The referee Héctor Baldassi from Argentina awarded the penalty kick and Asamoah Gyan smashed the ball to the right of goalkeeper Vladimir Stojkovic, to the delight of the vast majority of the 38,833 vocal fans in Loftus Versfeld Stadium. The stadium was the site of South Africa’s 1-0 victory over Sweden in 1999, its first win against a European opponent.
It capped a strong and ambitious effort by Ghana that left Rajevac, a Serbian, with conflicted emotions. He politely shook hands with Serbia’s coaching staff while his players celebrated on the field.
“For myself, my job, this is a great victory,” Rajevac said. “I’m sorry for the Serbian team. I love its players. I tried to perform my duties in a professional manner and it is very difficult to play against Serbia.”
He added, “I wish Serbia to attain 6 points in the next two games.”
Ghana controlled the ball and the pace of the game, though the teams shared possession almost equally. The Ghana players were quick and dynamic, showing keen passing, but lacked the strong final touch needed to score.
In the 15th minute, after sustained offensive pressure, Ghana had three good shots — two from Kwadwo Asamoah and one by Kevin-Prince Boateng — that were blocked well by the Serbian defense.
Boateng, Asamoah and Andre Ayew were strong on the left side of midfield in the first half, quickly moving the ball from Ghana’s defensive third into the attacking half of the field. Their probing passes tested a shaky Serbian backline.
Before the game, Lukovic said Serbia would concentrate on defense and show that it had shored up a backline that looked out of sorts in two pre-tournament exhibitions. Instead, Serbia was slow and predictable.
“During the game, I didn’t notice Ghana really had many opportunities to score before the penalty,” Serbia Coach Radomir Antic said. “We played the correct game during the first 45 minutes considering our opponent.”
Ghana had 13 shots to Serbia’s 10, but the Serbians conceded large swaths of green in the midfield, allowing Ghana’s outside players to advance up field.
Right back Branislav Ivanovic looked surprisingly overmatched, requiring help from Lukovic and Nemanja Vidic on a number of occasions in the first half. Ghana’s Ayew and Gyan were often able to run free.
Serbia was less aggressive on offense, preferring to have Dejan Stankovic and Nenad Milijas remain deep in midfield and send long balls to the tall forward Nikola Zigic to flick up the field with his head, or over the top of the defense for striker Marko Pantelic to run to. The approach failed. Serbia had only five shots in the first half, none of them a true threat to go in the net.
Ghana’s best chances came in the second half courtesy of Prince Tagoe. In the 54th minute he sent a lofting cross from the right side over the Serbian defense that met Ayew’s head, but went just wide. Moments later, Tagoe danced through two defenders, into the Serbian box. Ayew followed his cue, letting a shot go in the 56th minute, but the ball sailed high.
In the 60th minute, Gyan leaped high above the Serbia defenders to nod John Pantsil’s long throw-in off the post — surprising given the size of Serbia’s centerbacks Vidic and Lukovic.
Perhaps more stunning for Serbia was Lukovic’s lack of discipline. A lazy foul in the 74th minute earned him his second yellow card of the game and he was dismissed. Lukovic clearly held Gyan’s arm before the Ghana forward went down to the ground.
Eleven minutes later, Gyan converted the penalty kick to seal the game.
“Everybody is happy,” he said. “Not only Ghana, but the whole of Africa.”
---http://davidsradiotv2000.blogspot.com
Published: June 13, 2010
PRETORIA, South Africa — Ghana and Serbia came into the opening game of Group D of the World Cup with different agendas.
Serbia aimed to erase the memory of its disappointing performance from four years ago in Germany, where it played with Montenegro, and was eliminated after three straight losses, including a 6-0 thrashing by Argentina.
Ghana, which had advanced to the Round of 16 in 2006, hoped to ride a wave of African support even deeper into this tournament, the first on its home continent.
It appeared the game was destined to be a scoreless draw, until a late penalty — the tournament’s first — gave Ghana the opening it needed in a 1-0 victory. The win was the first for an African team at this World Cup.
“We are so happy an African team won against a strong European team,” Ghana Coach Milovan Rajevac said. “We are happy if all of Africa is happy.”
In the 84th minute, with Ghana pressing a one-man advantage after Serbia’s center back Aleksandar Lukovic was sent off for receiving a second yellow card, Zdravko Kuzmanovic, a second-half substitute, hit the ball with his hand while leaping awkwardly to head a cross. The referee Héctor Baldassi from Argentina awarded the penalty kick and Asamoah Gyan smashed the ball to the right of goalkeeper Vladimir Stojkovic, to the delight of the vast majority of the 38,833 vocal fans in Loftus Versfeld Stadium. The stadium was the site of South Africa’s 1-0 victory over Sweden in 1999, its first win against a European opponent.
It capped a strong and ambitious effort by Ghana that left Rajevac, a Serbian, with conflicted emotions. He politely shook hands with Serbia’s coaching staff while his players celebrated on the field.
“For myself, my job, this is a great victory,” Rajevac said. “I’m sorry for the Serbian team. I love its players. I tried to perform my duties in a professional manner and it is very difficult to play against Serbia.”
He added, “I wish Serbia to attain 6 points in the next two games.”
Ghana controlled the ball and the pace of the game, though the teams shared possession almost equally. The Ghana players were quick and dynamic, showing keen passing, but lacked the strong final touch needed to score.
In the 15th minute, after sustained offensive pressure, Ghana had three good shots — two from Kwadwo Asamoah and one by Kevin-Prince Boateng — that were blocked well by the Serbian defense.
Boateng, Asamoah and Andre Ayew were strong on the left side of midfield in the first half, quickly moving the ball from Ghana’s defensive third into the attacking half of the field. Their probing passes tested a shaky Serbian backline.
Before the game, Lukovic said Serbia would concentrate on defense and show that it had shored up a backline that looked out of sorts in two pre-tournament exhibitions. Instead, Serbia was slow and predictable.
“During the game, I didn’t notice Ghana really had many opportunities to score before the penalty,” Serbia Coach Radomir Antic said. “We played the correct game during the first 45 minutes considering our opponent.”
Ghana had 13 shots to Serbia’s 10, but the Serbians conceded large swaths of green in the midfield, allowing Ghana’s outside players to advance up field.
Right back Branislav Ivanovic looked surprisingly overmatched, requiring help from Lukovic and Nemanja Vidic on a number of occasions in the first half. Ghana’s Ayew and Gyan were often able to run free.
Serbia was less aggressive on offense, preferring to have Dejan Stankovic and Nenad Milijas remain deep in midfield and send long balls to the tall forward Nikola Zigic to flick up the field with his head, or over the top of the defense for striker Marko Pantelic to run to. The approach failed. Serbia had only five shots in the first half, none of them a true threat to go in the net.
Ghana’s best chances came in the second half courtesy of Prince Tagoe. In the 54th minute he sent a lofting cross from the right side over the Serbian defense that met Ayew’s head, but went just wide. Moments later, Tagoe danced through two defenders, into the Serbian box. Ayew followed his cue, letting a shot go in the 56th minute, but the ball sailed high.
In the 60th minute, Gyan leaped high above the Serbia defenders to nod John Pantsil’s long throw-in off the post — surprising given the size of Serbia’s centerbacks Vidic and Lukovic.
Perhaps more stunning for Serbia was Lukovic’s lack of discipline. A lazy foul in the 74th minute earned him his second yellow card of the game and he was dismissed. Lukovic clearly held Gyan’s arm before the Ghana forward went down to the ground.
Eleven minutes later, Gyan converted the penalty kick to seal the game.
“Everybody is happy,” he said. “Not only Ghana, but the whole of Africa.”
---http://davidsradiotv2000.blogspot.com
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