The United States has removed former South African president Nelson Mandela and his African National Congress from a three-decade old immigration watch list for possible terrorists, the White House said Tuesday.

In time for the anti-apartheid leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner’s 90th birthday on July 18, President George W. Bush signed a bill Tuesday which effectively ended a system in which Mandela had to get special certification from the US secretary of state that he is not a terrorist in order to visit the United States.

Mandela won the Nobel peace price in 1993, and was president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.

Bill Clinton says Barack Obama must ‘kiss my ass’ for his support 
Telegraph.co.uk 
By Tim Shipman in Washington and Philip Sherwell in New York 
Last updated: 1:13 AM BST 29/06/2008 

Bill Clinton is so bitter about Barack Obama’s victory over his wife Hillary that he has told friends the Democratic nominee will have to beg for his wholehearted support. Hillary Clinton has put on a united front with Barack Obama. Mr Obama is expected to speak to Mr Clinton for the first time since he won the nomination in the next few days, but campaign insiders say that the former president’s future campaign role is a “sticking point” in peace talks with Mrs Clinton’s aides. The Telegraph has learned that the former president’s rage is still so great that even loyal allies are shocked by his patronising attitude to Mr Obama, and believe that he risks damaging his own reputation by his intransigence. A senior Democrat who worked for Mr Clinton has revealed that he recently told friends Mr Obama could “kiss my ass” in return for his support. 

Grover Norquist, a conservative activist douchebag who specializes in promoting an anti-tax agenda, dropped by The Times’ Washington bureau today and, as part of his negative critique of Obama’s liberal stances on economic issues and other matters, he termed the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee “John Kerry with a tan.”

 ”Even if you never met him, you know this guy,” said Karl Rove. “He’s the guy at the country club with the beautiful date, holding a martini and a cigarette that stands against the wall and makes snide comments about everyone who passes by.” 

Just thought that I’d note that I just got back from the new Woodstock concert museum in Bethel, NY. 

http://www.bethelwoodscenter.org/museum.aspx 

It was very cool.  McCain did not like his much talked about 1 million dollars going to the project memorializing what he called a major “cultural and pharmaceutical event”.  I’d much prefer that million going to celebrate resistance to unneccessary and immoral wars than going to pay for about 4 WHOLE minutes of killing people in Iraq.

He can bitch about ear marks til the cows come home for all I care.  Here’s what his bogus and illegal war are costing us:

 IRAQ
Per Month - $10.3 billion
Per Week - $2.4 billion
Per Day - $343 million
Per Hour - $14 million
Per Minute - $238,425
Per Second - $3,973

Those numbers can be found along with many interesting tidbits in the following congressional report on the cost of the war:

 http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL33110.pdf

Bet McCain can’t be found talking about the cost of a hundred year presense in Iraq. 

So, John, when you are ready to end this bullshit war, you let me know. That is when your whining about out of control spending will make some sense to me. Until then you are just another governmental hypocrite!