Thursday, January 24, 2008

Political Paintball

As the primaries are getting nasty, some say the candidates should duke it out in a real paintball battle. Who would win? You can decide for yourself by playing the game "Political Paintball."











Furthermore, it's Super Bowl XLII in Tempe, Arizona, pitting the New York Giants vs. New England Patriots. Can the Giants pull off the biggest Super Bowl upset since Broadway Joe's Jets defeated the heavily favored Baltimore Colts?



http://www.nfl.com/videos?videoId=09000d5d806388b4

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Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Idol's back!!!!!!





American Idol is back!!!! Reality TV is certainly a cultural change in terms of U.S. television consumption habits. Simon, Randy, Paula and Ryan are back for more of the same right from our backyard, Philly! Unfortunately, the ratings were down a bit from last year's opening. Check out the following article:


"American Idol" season debut down from last year"

http://www.reuters.com/article/televisionNews/idUSN1661553020080116

The following clip from Season 6 gets my vote for most hilarious "Idoler":












The Wire




Staying in show business, the critically acclaimed HBO series, "The Wire" enters its fifth and final season. Many of the major news magazines covered this story. Newsweek ran this article in the magazine and posted a clip on their website:

Article: http://www.newsweek.com/id/84555

Video: http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1243727405/bclid1199152756/bctid1366492858

Time Magazine ran the following article: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1699870,00.html




Romney wins Michigan!!!

Mitt Romney wins his firstt big primary in the state where he grew up and his father was governor.




Hillary Clinton won the Democratic primary in Michigan, but many candidates including Barack Obama and John Edwards did not put their names on the ballot because the state moved up the date of its primary.

However, there was a democratic debate last evening in Las Vegas, with the Nevada and South Carolina primaries looming.


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Monday, January 7, 2008

Friday, January 4, 2008

Welcome!!!

Global Current Jan-Michael Johnson


Obama/Huckabee win!!!

Barack Obama (Democrat) and Mike Huckabee (Republican) win the long awaited Iowa Caucuses. Now it's on to New Hampshire. See both candidates victory speeches.

Barack Obama victory speech


Mike Huckabee victory speech


In other news, Brittany Spears and child went to the hospital.

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