The other 'N' word roars back
Juneau Empire Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:14 PM PDT
I hope this column makes you sick. See, we'll be talking about Nazis, something many of us are doing lately. Indeed, just this week a fellow named Joseph e-mailed me about a caller he heard on a radio show. The man, vexed over health-care reform, likened President Obama to Adolf Hitler. Asked why, he said, "Hitler took over the car companies, then health care and then he killed the Jews." |
Threats, jeers saturate angry health care debate
The Trentonian Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:14 PM PDT
NEW YORK (AP) â€" The images are striking: One congressman's office defaced by a swastika, other congressmen heckled at public meetings, videos and placards likening Barack Obama to Hitler, private citizens with guns joining anti-Obama protests. |
Vanita Gupta wins battle to shut down Hutto detention centre
rediff.com Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:06 PM PDT
The Obama administration's decision to improve the United State's immigration detention system, including ending family detention at the T Don Hutto Residential Center, an erstwhile state penitentiary in Taylor, Texas, is being hailed as a major victory for attorney Vanita Gupta. |
New Credit Card Rules Kick In Thursday
CBS4 Miami Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:00 PM PDT
Remember that sweeping credit card law President Obama signed into law in May, the one designed to protect consumers from bills and fees in this tough economy? Wednesday is the last day for credit card companies to operate under the old rules, before the first wave of new changes takes effect Thursday. |
Who Cares About Human Rights? Not the Obama Administration
Foreign Relations Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:58 PM PDT
This week brought the odd juxtaposition of two seemingly unrelated events: the death of former South Korean president Kim Dae Jung, and the visit to the United States of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak. What links the two events is America's human rights policy - or lack of it. |
'Special interests' on both sides in health fight
The Record and Herald News Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:57 PM PDT
As public pitchman, President Barack Obama accuses special interests of fighting to block his health care overhaul. Yet Obama has spent months assembling a formidable lineup of special interests of his own. |
Health care reforms are the antithesis of Nazi practice
The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:57 PM PDT
It is the nuclear bomb of epithets, a shorthand way of tarnishing any opponent. In recent weeks, Rush Limbaugh and others repeatedly have compared President Obama to Adolf Hitler and his health care policies to Nazi tactics. |
Obama should shift on heathcare
Financial Times Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:49 PM PDT
One of the sticking points in Barack Obama’s drive to pass healthcare reform is his proposed “public option†â€" a government-run insurance scheme to compete with existing private plans. Mr Obama has often said that this idea is needed to “keep the private insurers honestâ€. |
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