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February 25, 2010
Walking across from the white house. you can see hes going down the staff executive drive right next to the white house, and as i mentioned, the blair house is just across the street, you see hes walking alongside vice president biden. were told by those on the street there are protessers with signs and shouting, but it looks like the president is engaged in a conversation with the vice president as he walks across the street to blair house. i want to bring in fox news legal analyst peter johnso...
February 23, 2010
Listen: >> the tourists visited venue -- you cant put this somewhere that is not where the tourists are. >> reporter: and so, the negotiations continue. martha: jonathan, obviously, nashville is the home of country music, and is amazing to me, that they would allow something like this to go forward. you say this is a private museum, right? are there many museums similar in nature to this one? >> reporter: there is a combination of private and public museums. you know, nashville officials say tha...
February 19, 2010
Medicaid provides to incontinent adults. the steps that the government is being forced to take are drastic. >> dont get me started on this governor, please. i would much rather talk about president obama and senator reid. the idea that you would cut diapers out from people who absolutely need them and have nothing else to do is absolutely absurd. president obama is still very, very popular in nevada. admittedly, people are very, very concerned and afraid. they want to know from president obama, ...
February 15, 2010
Crimination lawsuit against the department of agriculture. and the money has been approved to be paid out, were talking about $1 billion in settlement money from 1999. so whats taken so long? >> i tell you, its been a very frustrating wait. it took from 2000 to 2008 and senator obama and vice president biden passing legislation in the senate to pass in the farm bill in 2008 that would allow 80,000 black farmers to have their cases heard based on merit. and here it is the year 2010 and the black ...
February 14, 2010
So were acting already on a law thats in place and the black farmers are still waiting. so were urging the administration to take a step further and urge congress to appropriate the funds for the black farmers. weve waited long enough. >> can you give me kind after nutshell, what is the plight of the black farmer in america right now? how is "the business" of farming going? >> let me say this. farming is tough for black farmers, white farmers, for small farmers. but when you add discrimination a...
February 14, 2010
>> geraldo: a remake of "we are the world" for haiti. aside from the haitian singer wyclef john who i wouldnt trust with 25 cents. the organization behind the huge help for haiti telethon get excellent grades in their initial efforts with the first $35 million raise it looks like it is going to the intended beneficiaries. good samaritans involved in helping the devastated country heal itself. but those good samaritans are complaining bitterly that conditions in haiti continue to worsen even thou...
February 14, 2010
>> geraldo: a remake of "we are the world" for haiti. aside from the haitian singer wyclef john who i wouldnt trust with 25 cents. the organization behind the huge help for haiti telethon get excellent grades in their initial efforts with the first $35 million raise it looks like it is going to the intended beneficiaries. good samaritans involved in helping the devastated country heal itself. but those good samaritans are complaining bitterly that conditions in haiti continue to worsen even thou...
February 14, 2010
But do you think they meant to be racist? do you think this is the tempest and the tea pot? >> it was dumb and provoking. there is a higher up within the transportation bureau and warned them this was going to cause a tempest and -- i am not going to say it. they did it anyway which i thought was a little dumb. but asians are not yellow. i am yellow. you can thank helptitis b, c, d and the rare q for that one. this is my plight. i am offended. >> and the one you invented which is f. >> thats why...
February 14, 2010
>> geraldo: a remake of "we are the world" for haiti. aside from the haitian singer wyclef john who i wouldnt trust with 25 cents. the organization behind the huge help for haiti telethon get excellent grades in their initial efforts with the first $35 million raise it looks like it is going to the intended beneficiaries. good samaritans involved in helping the devastated country heal itself. but those good samaritans are complaining bitterly that conditions in haiti continue to worsen even thou...
February 13, 2010
Imagination. its not even acceptable, but it is technically better. its not saying much, though. could not a gotten any worse. a lot of people havent been here probably think what happened is old news. i know people arent as interested as hearing about it as much anymore. that always happens but its still hard to accept. haitians of course are used to it. theyre used to people losing interest in their plight. this time they had hoped it would be different. it may feel like this is a month-old tr...