Fishbowl America Round-Up #7

July 8, 2008 in Alabama, Humor, International, LGBT, News & Opinion, Politics & Government, Pop Culture, Religion, Science & Technology, Sports, Style, Video
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Fishbowl America Round-Up for July 8th:

• Edwards Would ’Seriously Consider’ VP Offer – John Edwards said Tuesday that if he were asked to accept the vice presidential slot or a cabinet position in a potential Barack Obama administration, he would “seriously consider” whatever the Illinois senator asked him to do.
• John McCain’s “Love” Doubles As Obama Attack – John McCain may be the supportive subject of this new campaign ad, called “Love,” but Barack Obama definitely provides the thrust of the message. Or, rather, takes the brunt of the message.
• Hagee’s Revenge? Videos Of Controversial Pastor Removed From YouTube – Late last week, with no prior notification, lawyers for the controversial evangelist John Hagee had a series of videos concerning the pastor removed from YouTube. The clips spanned from the contentious to the mundane; some included footage lifted from ser
• Barack Obama And Family Chat With Maria Menounos – In an Access Hollywood exclusive interview, Senator Barack Obama and his wife Michelle, along with daughters Malia, 10 and Sasha, 7 open up about rules, what it is like for friends to meet dad, communicating on the trail, potential plans for moving into t
• Obama’s Shift To Mile High Stadium May Limit Networks – Senator Barack Obama will accept his party’s nomination in a Denver football stadium that seats more than 75,000 people, campaign officials said Monday, a late change in plans intended to take advantage of the candidate’s ability to draw huge crowds.
• Webb Quits Veepstakes; House GOP Conference Chair Predicts Losses; Problems for Arizona GOP Hopeful – US Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) removed himself from the Veepstakes race, after the Obama campaign search committee informed him last week he was one of the contenders. “Last week I communicated to Senator Obama and his presidential campaign my firm intention
• He Loves Hats and We Love Him: Jason Mraz – In his new album, We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things, Jason Mraz has continued to refine his writing style from the cheerful guitar-driven pop of his first album. How can people NOT fall in love with a guy who writes such songs? I said it before and I’m

Fishbowl America Round-Up #2

July 6, 2008 in Alabama, Humor, International, LGBT, News & Opinion, Politics & Government, Pop Culture, Religion, Science & Technology, Sports, Style, Video
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Fishbowl America Round-Up for July 6th from 01:20 to 02:00:

• College is what you make of it – Opinion –
• Changing college courses can also change the course of lives – Lumina Foundation: Helping People Achieve Their Potential –
• Candidate stressed student involvement – News – Wrapping up a series of four visits by candidates for vice chancellor of student affairs and dean of students, Celestino Limas outlined his goals for the position Monday afternoon in Davies Theatre.
• DemConWatch: A look back at the last outdoor speech – As Oreo noted below, this “give a speech outdoors” thing has been done before – by John F. Kennedy in Los Angeles in 1960. Here are two articles from the NY Times. The first notes the venue was planned more than a year in advance, but it may not have help
• LA Times: Obama Invesco Speech Confirmed – The LA Times is the first to just say that Barack Obama’s acceptance speech at the 2008 Democratic Convention in Denver will be moved from the Pepsi Center to Invesco Field at Mile High, as opposed to it being just under consideration:
• Obama Campaign Not Happy With Convention Preperations – Oh dear. The NY Times reports that the Obama campaign is not pleased with what they’ve found in Denver:
• Ding Dong… Jesse Helms Still Dead – <object width=”425″ height=”344″><param name=”movie” value=”http://www.youtube.com/v/KIyewCdXMzk&hl=en&fs=1″></param><param name=”allowFullScreen” value=”true”></param><embed src=”http://www.youtube.com/v/KIyewCdXMzk&hl=en&fs=1&#8243; type=”application/x-shockw
• In a perfect world, it’d be Mr. Staver who’s encouraged to stay out of court – Speaking about the memo released by nine national LGBT groups encouraging folks to cool their jets before taking their newly-minted California marriage licenses back to their home states and fighting in the courts to have their unions recognized, one of t
• TIME TO KEEP CNN HONEST!! – Greta Van Susteren, worst news anchor ever, bad mouths Coop about “keeping them honest”
• Facebook the Fishbowl – Pretty please?
• McCain works hard to polish skills as orator – While unveiling his energy plan here recently, Sen. John McCain was performing relatively smoothly.