US Senator John McCain, who might have cost himself presidency by praising his competitor Barack Obama during the campaign, has now changed his views for some reason – even he apparently starts to realise flaws in Obama’s presidency.
“President Obama is leading an extreme left-wing crusade to bankrupt America,” McCain says in one of the radio ads his campaign is airing, NewsMax reports. “I stand in his way every day. If I get a bruise or …

US President Barack Obama made a significant discovery yesterday when he finally noticed that the US is at war against terrorists, especially al-Qaida, who haven’t, despite Obama’s wishful thinking, stopped plotting devastating terrorist attacks against the United States and the rest of the Free World.
“We are at war, we are at war against al-Qaida,” Obama said yesterday. “We will do whatever it takes to defeat them.”

Hundreds of law enforcement officers are being trained as federal air marshals to ramp up security as the administration of US President Barack Obama try to prevent a repeat of the near-catastrophic attempt to blow up an airliner bound for Detroit on Christmas Day, Fox News reports.
Obama ordered the US intelligence agencies to do a better job of recognising serious terror threats and sharing information with those who can disrupt a plot as quickly as …

White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel recently told the Israeli consul in Los Angeles that President Barack Obama’s administration is fed up with both Israel and the “Palestinians”, Ha’aretz reports.
Emanuel met with Jacob Dayan, consul general of Israel in Los Angeles, about two weeks ago, after which Dayan briefed the Foreign Ministry. Emanuel told Dayan that the US is sick of the Israelis, who adopt suitable ideas months too late, when they are no …

US President Barack Obama said yesterday that intelligence had enough information to uncover the terrorist plot to bomb a Northwest Airlines flight, but failed to piece it all together before the suspect boarded a plane for Detroit armed with explosives, Fox News reports.
Obama said the suspect’s name should have been added to the no-fly list based on information available about him, adding that the Government will quickly make changes to ensure future attempts are thwarted.
“The …

The United States lifted a 23-year ban on visitors infected with the HIV virus yesterday, The Times reports.
The ban was imposed in 1987 amid fears that HIV/AIDS could be spread by sharing lavatories or even coughing. It prompted health scientists to boycott America when holding conferences on the disease because of the 1989 detention of an HIV-positive Dutchman on his way to a meeting in San Francisco.
President Barack Obama, who completed a repeal process begun …

Former US Vice President Dick Cheney said today that President Barack Obama’s reaction to the botched terrorist attack on Christmas Day is proof that he “is trying to pretend we are not at war”, CNN reports.
Cheney hit Obama for what he described as the president’s “low-key” response to the events last week and criticised the administration’s broader approach to national security.
“He seems to think if he gives terrorists the rights of Americans, lets them lawyer …

The US government had intelligence from Yemen before Christmas that leaders of a branch of al-Qaida there were talking about a Nigerian being prepared for a terrorist attack, Fox News reports.
President Barack Obama was told in a private meeting yesterday while holidaying in Hawaii that the Government had a variety of information in their possession before the failed bombing on a Detroit-bound flight last week that would have been a clear warning sign had it …

41% of America’s voters strongly disapprove the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President, and only 26% strongly approve, according to Rasmussen Reports’ daily presidential tracking poll.
That gives Obama a presidential approval index rating of -15.
Overall, 46% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the President’s performance, and 53% disapprove.
36% give the President good or excellent marks for handling the economy while 47% think he’s done a poor job …

The United States Senate passed a health insurance overhaul today, 60-39, as both Democrats and Republicans held unified in their positions on the massive bill that mandates coverage for about nine per cent of the US population now without insurance, Fox News reports.
All 58 Democrats and two independents supported the $871 billion, 10-year package that aims to cover about 30 million Americans. Thirty-nine of 40 Republicans rejected the bill. Kentucky Senator Jim Bunning, who is …

The Guantánamo Bay prison may not close until 2011 because it will take months for the federal government to buy an Illinois prison and upgrade it to hold suspected terrorists, Washington Times reports.
Congress first must appropriate money for the takeover of the Thomson Correctional Centre and the necessary construction. Lawmakers wary of moving detainees from the Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, military base into the United States could balk at approving the funds. In the Senate, there’s …

A narrow majority of 52% of Israelis believe that “any price” must be paid to restore prisoners in enemy hands to their families – like the IDF soldier Gilad Shalit who terrorists kidnapped over three years ago.
However, 35% of Israelis maintained that terrorists responsible for the deaths of Israelis should not be released, Ha’aretz reports.
Some 58% also support the release of Arab Israelis in exchange for Gilad Shalit.
The survey also showed that Israelis believe the …

The United States got its first cyber-security coordinator today as President Barack Obama picked Howard Schmidt for the post, Reuters reports.
Schmidt is president of the Information Security Forum, a nonprofit consortium of 300 large corporations and public-sector organizations working on cyber-security issues.
Schmidt, a cyber-adviser in President George W. Bush’s administration, will be based in the National Security Council. He will report to the national security adviser to coordinate federal government cyber-security policy for both military …

2009 that is about to pass onto history was definitely an interesting year with a lot of world changing events, like the United States swearing in their first African-American President, mass protests against the dictatorship in Iran, European Union getting its first President etc. It was also an incredibly tragic year with air and nature disasters, and a lot of famous people parting their earthly lives.
Here is a little resume of 2009, the most important …

US Senate Democrats won a crucial test vote on President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, putting them on track for passage before Christmas of the legislation to remake the nation’s medical system and cover 30 million uninsured, Fox News reports.
All 58 Democrats and the Senate’s two independents held together early today against unanimous Republican opposition, providing the exact 60-40 margin needed to shut down a threatened GOP filibuster.
The vote came shortly after 1am, the unusual …

A mighty 42% of American voters strongly disapprove the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President, and only 28% strongly approve, according to Rasmussen Reports daily presidential tracking poll.
That gives Obama a presidential approval index rating of -14.
The number who strongly disapprove of Obama’s performance has now topped 40% for seven straight days and his overall approval index rating has been in negative double digits every day for over a month.
Obama is …