Finally, a little good news, at least for the summer. Via Hot Air , The Washington Post reports that consideration of a cap and trade bill will be put off by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee until at least September. That should give us plenty of time to spread the message that passage of any cap and trade bill will destroy what’s left of the economy. President Barack Obama’s push for quick action by Congress on climate change legislation suffered a setback on Thursday when the U.S.

While hubby Barack Obama was in L’Aquila for the G8 Summit, Michelle Obama visited the Pantheon in Rome today (July 9) with her daughters Sasha and Malia . After her return to Rome from L’Aquila, the First Lady treated her girls to a private, 30-minute tour of the well-preserved ancient Roman monument. This was their second early evening tour of archaeological Rome. At sunset on Wednesday, the lovely trio had a private visit of the Colosseum , the ancient arena.

Bloomberg – July 9 (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama will use new media strategy in Ghana on July 11 to reach one of the least- developed continents with … Read more here: (Bloomberg)”> (Bloomberg)”>Obama to Use New Media to Reach Africa With Ghana Message (Bloomberg)

Reminiscent of the no-bid, cost-plus contracts awarded in the Bush administration to defense contractors, ABC News reported last night the Obama Administration awarded a 5 year $18 million contract to Smartronix, a Maryland-based IT firm with connections to House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, for the redesign of Recovery.gov. Launched in February to track the expenditures of [...]

Thu 9 Jul 2009 Posted by Tim Sumner under Guantanamo, 9/11, Barack Obama, World Trade Center, Debra Burlingame, al Qaeda, September 11, Gitmo, Military Commissions, Eric Holder, USS Cole, detainees Elise Cooper of The New Majority wrote today of the June 16 and 17 meetings with Department of Justice officials of family members of the victims of terror (two groups of family members of about 45 people each met with the DOJ on those two days).

The Code Movie Review–Good For Just About Anyone – screenhead.com 07/09/2009 Filled under: Action, Actors, Comedy, Drama, Dvd, Movies, Reviews, Romance, suspense | | Trackback Tags: Action, action movie, antonio banderas, Comedy, comedy movie, morgan freeman, Romance, romance movie, suspense, suspense movie, The Code Even independent, direct to video filmmaking often stays away from certain types of movie.  For instance, you don’t see a whole lot of indie action fare.  Indie

The Washington Post explains that the Obama administration has been busy making deals to get its government run health care plan enacted, but it still faces hurdles. No single development appeared likely to kill Obama’s signature domestic agenda item, but the relentless barrage of challenges that seemed to hit hourly served to demonstrate why no president since Lyndon B. Johnson has been able to enact large-scale health legislation.