The U.S. Marine Corps on Monday banned social media Web sites Facebook, Twitter and MySpace from its computer networks. In an announcement, the Marines said the ban is necessary because “these Internet sites in general are a proven haven for malicious actors and content and are particularly high risk due to information exposure, user...
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Twitter, Facebook Banned by Marines on Military Network
Mitt Romney vs. Tim Pawlenty on Healthcare: 2012 Campaign Begins?
Mitt Romney and Tim Pawlenty are both publicly criticizing the healthcare reforms from President Obama and the Democrats currently being debated in Congress. At the same time, the two Republicans are jabbing at each other on an alternate approach to healthcare issues, seemingly establishing their differences in advance of 2012 campaigns for the White...
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Republicans Target 70 House Democrats for 2010
The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) has identified 70 Democrats to target for the 2010 election, according to an email obtained by AOL Politics Daily. Many of the targeted members are Democratic freshmen and sophomores from conservative districts. The email sent from an NRCC staffer to Republican PACs says that “we have the opportunity...
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Sarah Palin Resurfaces to Support NRA
Sarah Palin made her first public appearance since resigning as Alaska governor at a National Rifle Association (NRA) event Saturday night in Anchorage. Palin gave a “stirring” speech on the Second Amendment right to bear arms, according to the group. According to the NRA, Palin’s speech to 130 people was the highlight of a...
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Sarah Palin Disses Reagan Library
Sarah Palin announced that she is not attending a Republican women’s event at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on August 8, despite weeks of media reports to the contrary. Former Alaska Governor Palin’s spokeswoman said in a statement on Facebook that “The Governor has other work and commitments to take care of at that...
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Texting While Driving Ban Proposed in Senate
Senate Democrats introduced a bill on Wednesday that would ban texting on a cell phone or other personal electronic device while driving. If passed, the bill would force states to enact laws against texting while driving, or risk losing federal highway funds. “iPhones, Sidekicks and Blackberries are ingenious, indispensable devices,” Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.)...
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Sex Scandals: Whose are Worse? Republicans vs. Democrats
Mark Sanford, John Ensign, and perhaps Chip Pickering: Summer 2009 may go down as the season of Republican sex scandals. But if you look at the long history of political sex scandals, I think Democrats win both in quantity and (low) quality. “The Kennedys, Clinton, Spitzer. For sheer volume and creativity, no group of...
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Which States are Raising Taxes in the Recession?
The recession has forced some states to raise taxes — both personal income and sales — to make up for budget shortfalls. In the first half of 2009, 10 states made major changes to personal income-tax rates, most of which are retroactive to Jan. 1 of this year. In recent months, New Jersey, New...
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Colin Powell Wonders If Palin Quit for ‘Wonderful World of Speaking’
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell called former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin “a fascinating figure,” but said “I don’t think she was ready to be president of the United States last fall when she was named the vice presidential candidate.” Asked about Palin’s curious resignation, he said: “I don’t know if she is doing...
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Sen. John Cornyn: U.S. Should Bomb China, Not India – Huh?
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) said in a TV interview that the F-22 bomber is needed because the U.S. may need to bomb India. He then clarified that – oops- he didn’t mean India; he meant we may need to bomb China. China? Cornyn may not be a geography whiz, but just because both China...
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Sarah Palin’s Sex Appeal Is Grist for ‘Political’ Debate on MSNBC
An MSNBC show held a political debate Monday on former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s sex appeal. The show’s anchor, Donny Deutsch, stated his belief that there is national interest in Palin because “we’ve never seen a woman in power who looks like this and has this appeal.” Above Deutsch on the screen was the...
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Colin Powell: Skip Gates Could Have Avoided Arrest
Gen. Colin Powell says that Harvard Professor Henry Louis “Skip” Gates could have avoided arrest and the ensuing controversy by just talking calmly to Cambridge, Mass., Police Sgt. James Crowley and coming outside his house. “I’m saying Skip, perhaps in this instance, might have waited a while, come outside, talked to the officer and...
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