Last night in an interview with ABC's Charlie Gibson, the man who is barely still president (big sigh of relief) owned up to a few of his failures as president. He said the Iraq war exceeded his expectations (and not in a good way) and that he was unprepared for war. He also took a bit of the blame for John McCain's election loss. The biggest regret of his presidency?
Intelligence failure in Iraq, he said. He wishes the intelligence "had been different." It was, Bush, it was! Also, no mention of regrets RE: Katrina or Dick Cheney.
Hey, drop the confetti! The U.S. has officially been declared in recession! In fact, the U.S. economy has been secretly in recession for an entire year! What sneaky, debt-ridden, lay-offing, over-extended little devils Americans are. On mention of this stealth-now-real recession, the Dow plunged nearly 700 points. In case you're wondering, President Bush is sorry about the economy too.
Is it shame? Economic realities? Good ol' Alaskan consignment store shopping attitude? Sarah Palin is rewearing clothes from the campaign (and not even the cutest stuff, which, we're left to believe she did, indeed, give back)!
The Obamas are headed to Hawaii this Christmas! It's actually not news, since they spend every Christmas there, but back in August, when he took a week off in Hawaii before the convention, there were calls for him to go somewhere "normal," like Pebble Beach, S.C. Nevermind that when you grow up in Hawaii and your only living relatives live in Hawaii, going to Hawaii for Christmas is normal. (And nevermind when you grow up anywhere west of the Mississippi -- or is it west of I-95? -- going to Pebble Beach is not normal.
Some doctors don't want to scale back on vacations, so they're dropping -- yes, DROPPING! -- vaccines from their caregiving offerings to families with kids. Apparently, private insurers don't reimburse enough to make it worth it for the doctor. Plus, there's gotta be a whole lot of profit in caring for kids with measles, ear infections and meningitis! We'll file this one under "Pros" in the Universal Healthcare: Should We/Shouldn't We debate.
MSNBC has a list of the 20 Top Medical Breakthroughs for Women. So you think it's going to be about detecting heart disease early or studies determining correct dosages of common drugs. Nah. It's stuff like "liposuction is great because there are stem cells in belly fat." And also, "anti-aging products really work!"
Somebody, cut this guy off! No, not literally. But this Dutch man has fathered 46 kids through sperm donation and he's nowhere near ready to stop. He sounds altruistic (even hosting a party recently for all his children), but should his genes really be so over-represented in the population?
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