Obama pal and actor: ‘He gets it right’

Actor Hill Harper is best known for his role on the CBS drama “CSI: NY,” where he plays Dr. Sheldon Hawkes, among other film and television roles. But right now, Harper has taken on another role: parlaying his celebrity status into a campaign for presidential hopeful Barack Obama.

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The Yucaipa City Council has approved the first reading of an ordinance that permanently bans medical marijuana dispensaries in the city.

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President Obama and Dick Cheney conspired on Thursday to propagate a myth. The myth is that we lived through an eight-year period of Bush-Cheney anti-terror policy and now we have entered a very different period called the Obama-Biden anti-terror policy.

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Bush' Final Address~What went wrong? Commentary from the Vine

George W. Bush, The 43 President of the United States, give his Farewell Address to the Nation. Here's a great place to VENT your feelings ABOUT BUSH & Cheney. Feel Free to let 'er rip, however...CoH means I won't tolerate ripping of fellow VINERS.

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What are your Inaugural 'Tailgating' Plans?

How will you celebrate the historic Inauguration of the 44th President of the Unites States? Here's a LINK to the schedule of some of the Inaugural Events in Washington DC up to 1/20/09

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Poll: The results are in and I . . .

I awoke this morning with a feeling of relief and calm. I don't think I moved all night long. Which would explain my stiff right shoulder this morning.

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NEW RULES! [funny] For the NEXT Presidential election....

I'm a fan of Bill Maher's "New Rules" segment of his HBO series "REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER" . I thought we all might have a few ideas, on lessons learned with this past election. Perhaps those lessons will help create a better Presidential election next time around, and forever.

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The Woman Who Gave Obama Hope

On Monday, November 3rd, the day before Election Day 2008, Barack Obama spoke to a crowd of more than 85,000 in Manassas, Virginia.

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"Alabama" Pennsylvanian Speaks Out

I'm originally from Carlisle PA--the dead center of this great state. I relocated to Pittsburgh, but have never really outgrown my small town roots (which, ironically, is WHY I like the 'burgh so much). The following letter...well...I've sent it everywhere.

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Chisun Lee is a reporter for ProPublica, America's largest independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.

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The Family Lies of Obama

According to the AP News Obama's Aunt Zeituni Onyango (zay-TUHN on-YANG-oh) is in the United States illegally. Of course Obama denies knowledge of this.

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MAJOR NEWS - CMPA, A Nonpartisan Research finds McCain/Palin Receive more Negative press on TV News

The Center for Media and Public Affairs at George Mason University is a nonpartisan research that has found that contrary to the Obama supporters that usually state that McCain is getting more positive coverage than Barack Obama or that Obama is not getting his fair shake in the  …

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Here's what we might expect from the first 100 days of an Obama administration.

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2008 Voting Information - In Your State - Election Protection

Knowledge is Power. Know your: Voting Status - Polling Place - ID Requirements for your State - Absentee Ballot Rules - Early Voting Guidelines Take Nothing for Granted!

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John McCain's "friend" Samuel the Slogan aka Joe the Plumber is discussed as an example of the worst in all of us, even as McCain holds him up as a "hero" and "example to Americans." This is a disgrace, as this column makes abundantly clear.

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Who TRUSTS Barack Obama? Colin Powell, the CIA, FBI, DoD, Homeland Security, the President,.....

Colin Powell, former Secretary of State, held a TOP level security clearance. He knows what a President needs to know. He would never support a candidate for President of the United States, who even for one moment, was not qualified.

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Examples of several anti-Obama robocalls being made by the McCain/Palin campaign with the RNC.

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Ya know it wont be over until the proverbial fat lady has sung.

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As the gloves come off in the presidential race, John McCain seems ever more willing to dispense with past claims to personal honor.

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Instead, McCain hammered away on tax cuts and restricting government spending as cure-alls. His choice of Palin was an offering to the party's conservative base.

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The grassroots campaign for Obama has not only made activists out of over 250 Americans participating in the group Americans in Italy for Obama, its now got many Italian citizens enthused, in particular that of the city of Venice's most recognized citizens, "I Gondolieri".

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Just weeks before he is to be sentenced, political fund-raiser Tony Rezko is in the midst of intense discussions with federal investigators, sources close to the investigation confirmed to the Chicago Sun-Times.

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An actuarial firm in the United States has said that both John McCain and Barack Obama would be both be cleared for insurance coverage if one of them becomes President of the United States.

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The subject of Friday's debate is supposed to be foreign policy, but questions about the economy are expected to intervene. The moderator will be Jim Lehrer of PBS.

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WAMU Failure: Winners, Losers and we the taxpayer's Dodge a bullet

The failure of Washington Mutual illustrates just how serious this problem is. The largest bank failure in history. So who wins and loses in this.

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The Economy: Fess up did you add to your rainy day fund? (POLL)

The economic woes of Wall Street are beginning to make their way to Main Street

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