Eclectique News

Thursday, 30 April 2009, 17:37 | Category : African American, DNC, military, People, RNC, Washington, Women
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I can’t help but be intrigued by what our leaders are reading. And let’s just say, I do believe our current President actually cracks open these books. Being heavily involved in our local Big Read I was a tad disappointed the President isn’t reading our city book THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER by Carson [...]

Do as the Grown-ups say.

Tuesday, 28 April 2009, 8:36 | Category : Environmentalism, Healthcare
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Grown-ups told us to stop acting like pigs and wash your hands for a reason. “According to state agents of the Mexican social security institute, the vector of this outbreak are the clouds of flies that come out of the hog barns, and the waste lagoons into which the Mexican-US company spews tons of excrement,” [...]

Quote of the Day

Tuesday, 28 April 2009, 8:13 | Category : Culture
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This made me laugh. It’s unclear why Fox is going with “Lie to Me,” given that a viewer can get that 24/7 on Fox News. BarbinMD of Daily Kos on why Fox won’t air the President’s press conference marking the 100 days in office–in the midst of the swine flu thing, the economy tanking thing, [...]

Bea Arthur (1926 – 2009) – A Knock Out Punch

Monday, 27 April 2009, 9:32 | Category : People, Television
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Whether with a look, a dramatic pause, or a sarcastic snap of the word whip, no one could give a punch line a knock out punch like Bea Arthur (1926 – 2009). She was born Bernice Frankel in New York City. Her family moved to the Chesapeake Maryland area where her father owned a clothing [...]

The Eclectique Citizen: The President’s Weekly

Saturday, 25 April 2009, 18:11 | Category : Barack Obama, Eclectique Citizen
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The Obama Administration is looking for innovative ways to make government more effective, efficient, and less wasteful. Can these standards be applied to TARP recipients? Can government be as efficient as a kitchen table economist planning the family budget and financial priorities? The White House needs to invite my mom to that 21st Century Government [...]