Archive for August 7th, 2009

Chelsea Wedding Proposal: Those 40 Goats and 20 Cows for Hillary and Bill Offer Stands

August 7, 2009

url='http://www.emilymillerdc.com/2009/08/07/chelsea-wedding-proposal-those-40-goats-and-20-cows-for-hillary-and-bill-offer-stands/';size='small';username='@EmilyMillerDC';Hillary Clinton promised a Kenyan man to pass along his ”very kind offer” of 40 goats and 20 cows for her daughter Chelsea Clinton’s hand in marriage. Godwin Kipkemoi Chepkurgor, a man of modest means, originally made the offer in a letter to Bill Clinton when all three Clintons traveled to Africa in 2000....
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Michael Jackson Controversy: California Mayor Ordered U.S. Flag at Half-Staff

August 7, 2009

url='http://www.emilymillerdc.com/2009/08/07/michael-jackson-controversy-california-mayor-ordered-u-s-flag-at-half-staff/';size='small';username='@EmilyMillerDC';On the day of Michael Jackson’s funeral, Mayor Jim Dear of Carson, Calif., ordered that the American flag outside City Hall be lowered to half-staff, a gesture generally used to honor the deaths of presidents, police officers, firefighters and other heroes. The decision created a national backlash, prompting Dear to make a 180-degree turn...
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