mardi 1 mars 2011
Use condoms!
Aucun rapport avec l'histoire américaine! Juste une envie de rigoler...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nojWJ6-XmeQ
Kadhafi aide Charlie Sheen
Une entrée qui fait u peu dans le potinage de vedettes, mais je la trouvais savoureuse. L'acteur vedette a provoqué la fin de sa célèbre série en raison de ses nombreux problèmes personnels (drogue, prostitution, alcool, etc.). Il a eu le culot de blâmer le réseau CBS qui le paie déjà 2 millions pour chaque épisode. Sheen a demandé une hausse à 3 millions...
Gingrich's Controversial Past Could Derail 2012 Chances
L'ancien "speaker of the house" Newt Gingrich se lancera-t-il dans la course pour l'investiture républicaine? Je croyais que son passé le rattraperait, ce que semble confirmer cet article...
"The biggest obstacle to a Newt Gingrich presidential bid might be Gingrich himself.
The twice-divorced former U.S. House speaker has admitted an affair with a former congressional aide who is now his third wife. His career in Congress is remembered as much for his dramatic fall – the federal government shutdown, his censure and the loss of Republican seats in the House – as his rise. His polarizing style sometimes leaves would-be voters cold.
"I don't think it will be Newt's moral issues that will keep him from winning the presidency," said Tom Perdue, a Georgia-based GOP political strategist. "When he had a chance to govern, he proved that he couldn't."
Unlike many candidates, Gingrich won't have to struggle to make a name for himself. People already know Newt Gingrich. What remains to be seen is whether that hurts or helps him.
"The problem for Newt may be that some voters know him too well," said Ed Failor Jr. of Iowans for Tax Reform. "I think people can get past it, but it's not going to happen overnight."
Le reste sur le site du Huffington post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/01/newt-gingrich-presidentia_n_829543.html
U.S. Moves Military Assets Near Libya, Calls Qaddafi Delusional
On durcit encore le ton...
"Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the Pentagon is repositioning military units near Libya for possible use in a humanitarian relief effort, while the U.S. Treasury announced the freeze of $30 billion in assets of Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, his family or the Libyan government.
In the strongest rhetoric so far against Qaddafi from the Obama administration, Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, called the Libyan leader “delusional.” Qaddafi insisted in a television interview yesterday that “my people love me” and pledged to stay in power, while suggesting the U.S. wants to occupy Libya.
“When he can laugh in talking to American and international journalists while he is slaughtering his own people, it only underscores how unfit he is to lead and how disconnected he is from reality,” Rice told reporters at the White House yesterday. Qaddafi’s attitude to the bloody crackdown on his people highlights the necessity of U.S., European and United Nations sanctions that have been imposed on Libya in recent days, she said."
La suite sur Bloomberg:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=washingtonstory&sid=aCFm3wC9Ix4w
1 mars 1932: enlèvement du fils de Charles Lindberg
Célèbre pour sa traversée de l'Atlantique en 1927 (avec le Spirit of St-Louis), le pilote américain Charles Lindberg et son épouse vivront un véritable drame lors de l'enlèvement et de l'assassinat de leur fils en 1932. Les Lindberg quitteront ensuite les États-Unis pour n'y revenir qu'après l'attaque contre Pearl Harbor.
L'histoire de l'histoire de Lindberg, fertile en exploits, sera marquée par une autre controverse. Il accepta des mains de Göring la Commander Cross of the Order of the German Eagle. Certains prétendront qu'il a un penchant pour le régime hitlérien et le nazisme. C'est ce qui inspirera le romancier Philip Roth pour son roman The plot against America, une fiction qui fait de l'aviateur un rival de Franklin D. Roosevelt. Dans ce roman Lindberg triomphe et les États-Unis penchent résolument vers la droite...
Je termine ce billet en rappelant que pour secourir un ami malade, Lindberg se posera sur les Plaines d'Abraham en 1927. En vain...
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