Today President Barack Obama will announce his plans to help college graduates deal with their college loans. Borrowers’ debt load is growing and retarding the ability to buy homes, start businesses or…
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Outtakes: The Real Pensacola Tea Party
Can history repeat itself? Will Americans again rise to overthrow an oppressor that has threatened their freedom and quality of life like they did at the Boston Tea Party. Despite what Glenn…
Transparency Challenge for District 2
The race in the Republican primary for Escambia County District 2 is a dogfight. The top candidates – incumbent Gene Valentino, former County Administrator George Touart, State Rep. Dave Murzin and newcomer…
Twitter’s Most Influential Topics of 2009
Klout analyzes content from millions of Twitter users to identify the topics that captured the attention of the most influential voices and their communities on Twitter. Movies Influencers Talked About-Twilight (twilight): New…
You make your own future
Here is the speech that some parents were so frightened that their children might hear: Obama Speech
What took DOJ so long to investigate ECSO
Why did it take six years for the Department of Justice to investigate the first complaint against the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office and three years to investigate the second? National Public Radio…
Purple ticket curse
The trials and tribulations of IN staffers Sean Boone and Joani Delezen at the inauguration: Down But Not Out An Event Failure Couldn’t Stop Patriotic Pride I’ll start by saying Joani and…
Cold and crowded in D.C.
IN staffers Sean Boone and Joani Delezen are in Washington, D.C. for the inauguration. Here is Sean’s report on Monday: Its 8:42 and man am I beat. After commuting all over town…
IN goes to Obama Inauguration
Reporter Sean Boone and Production Manager Joani Delezen will be reporting from Washington, D.C. on Barack Obama’s Inauguration. We received tickets from Congressman Jeff Miller.
How Obama won Florida
Miami Herald’s Sunday edition had this cover story on how Obama won Florida. It’s a behind-the-scenes look at the campaign. The reporters interview Steve Schale, 34, Obama’s state director and had access…
50 facts you might not know about Obama
The Telegraph came up with this list. Here are a few of my favorites: • He is left-handed – the sixth post-war president to be left-handed • He has read every Harry…
Need a job?
You can apply for a position with the Obama administration online – www.change.gov. This website is designed to provide prospective applicants with information to help them apply for positions in the Obama-Biden…
Judge throws out birth certificate challenge
The Philadelphia Enquirer reports that U.S. District Judge R. Barclay Surrick threw out a complaint by attorney Philip Berg who claimed that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama was born in Mombasa, Kenya…
McCain campaign strategy or is it a tactic?
McCain campaign is now saying Obama is unfit to be president and nominate U.S. Supreme Court judges because of his past associations – some aren’t as close as the GOP insist –…
Obama VP via text messaging
Got an text message late Sunday inviting me to learn about Barrack Obama’s running mate selection via e-mail and/or text message. Sign up here if you want to participate. For the text…
BAM! Obama will win nomination
Total Delegates: Barrack Obama 1815 Hillary Clinton 1672 North Carolina (99%) Obama 887,186 Clinton 654,484 Indiana (95%) Clinton 606,497 Obama 589,888 Read: Obama claims big N.C. victory Read: Clinton declares victory in…
Bad press: Barack Obama
Obama’s Shades of Truth Does Barack Obama embroider his own history for political effect? Where Illinois’ Sidewalks End Senators Dick Durbin and Barack Obama blew into Springfield to outline all the money…
Emails attacks Obama
There are two emails that are circulating around Pensacola that attack Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama. One declares that he is a closet Muslim – which in some people’s eyes makes…
Is Rudy coming to Pcola?
There is a persistent buzz that GOP presidential candidate Rudy Guiliani will be coming to Pensacola this week. No confirmation yet, but stay tuned. Meanwhile supporters of Democratic presidential candidate, U.S. Sen….
Obama sidestepped tough votes
Barack Obama has captured the hearts of many young voters who are looking for a change in Washington. But will he be a catalyst for change? The NY Times reports that Obama…