from the Latin Quo Vadimus. Where are we headed? And do we know why? Analysis and features that help connect us by EU-based, US journalist Denis Campbell and colleagues.

Posts Tagged ‘George W. Bush’

Perception, Terrorism and Race

By Denis Campbell • Jun 30th, 2008 • Category: Politics

In America’s heartland, anything that paints Barack Obama as (place your fear mongering adjective here) passes as “God’s honest truth” even when proven a lie. MSNBC reported yesterday, “Gerri Kish, (is) 66-year-old (and) born in Hawaii, read both of Obama’s autobiographies. She has close friends, she said, who still refuse to believe her when she […]



The Spring, 2008 Irrelevancy Tour

By Denis Campbell • Jun 16th, 2008 • Category: Features

The George W. and Laura Bush EU farewell tour continued yesterday in the UK. After tea with Her Majesty at Windsor Castle, it was time for a lavish dinner with Gordon Brown at Number 10 Downing Street where the main topic was please, don’t pull your troops out of Iraq before my term ends. Prime […]



Full Contact Political Sport

By Denis Campbell • May 15th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Would George W. Bush stand for pointed questions on live TV from Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama or John McCain if forced weekly to endure a forum such as the UK’s Wednesday noon mosh pit a.k.a. Prime Minister’s Question time? This is a place where every member of the House, in theory, can ask questions of the PM and his government.  […]



Top 10 Recent Business Headlines

By Denis Campbell • May 15th, 2008 • Category: Business

10. Newcastle United FC Boss Wins £1.3m on Roulette Wheel Spin (The Telegraph)
Mike Ashley, the billionaire businessman and owner of Newcastle United Football Club, stunned gamblers at an exclusive casino by scooping £1.3 million on a single spin of the roulette wheel.
(Mike almost needed that spin to avoid relegation ending the season just seven points […]



Mission Accomplished 5 Years Later…

By Denis Campbell • May 1st, 2008 • Category: Lead Story

On 1 May 2003, President Bush stood on the deck of an aircraft carrier in San Diego in front of 5,000 soldiers and Declared “major combat operations in Iraq have ended.” Mission Accomplished said the banner behind their Commander in Chief. Every night MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann signs off his Countdown show by saying “That’s it […]