4th time: See Obama see the oil spill. Hear Obama talk the oil spill. So, what'll he say tonight?

4th time: See Obama see the oil spill. Hear Obama talk the oil spill. So, what'll he say tonight?4th time: See Obama see the oil spill. Hear Obama talk the oil spill. So, what'll he say tonight?

What are you doing over here reading about the oil spill's impact on the faltering Obama presidency when he spent the night on the Gulf coast to help distract your attention away from all the things that haven't happened during his watch over the nation's worst environmental disaster ever?

That's not what the Illinois White House team wants you to do. Wherever the president goes the media follows -- except no photos allowed of his Sunday golf outings. His activities are supposed to be the all-powerful public agenda-setter. Except, oops, they aren't. Even with Barack Obama's first Oval Office address to the nation set for tonight. Chances are he won't be sitting like this at his historic desk.

Here's the deal: For whatever reason -- wishful, political or ignorance because oil spills are a relative rarity in Obama's old South side Chicago state Senate district -- the nation's Top Talker was late to be seen reacting seriously to the gooey catastrophe.

Nine days elapsed before he could fit a look-see in between mini-vacations and DNC fundraisers and this summer's White House music presentations and a White House picnic for Congress and graduation warnings about making excuses in life and re-campaigning for his healthcare legislation, which so many of us thought he had already signed.

By the time Obama made his first Louisiana trip and didn't see one drop of oil, Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal was nine days into his now eight-week full-time devotion to directing and listening and talking and consoling.

4th time: See Obama see the oil spill. Hear Obama talk the oil spill. So, what'll he say tonight?">4th time: See Obama see the oil spill. Hear Obama talk the oil spill. So, what'll he say tonight?

What are you doing over here reading about the oil spill's impact on the faltering Obama presidency when he spent the night on the Gulf coast to help distract your attention away from all the things that haven't happened during his watch over the nation's worst environmental disaster ever?

That's not what the Illinois White House team wants you to do. Wherever the president goes the media follows -- except no photos allowed of his Sunday golf outings. His activities are supposed to be the all-powerful public agenda-setter. Except, oops, they aren't. Even with Barack Obama's first Oval Office address to the nation set for tonight. Chances are he won't be sitting like this at his historic desk.

Here's the deal: For whatever reason -- wishful, political or ignorance because oil spills are a relative rarity in Obama's old South side Chicago state Senate district -- the nation's Top Talker was late to be seen reacting seriously to the gooey catastrophe.

Nine days elapsed before he could fit a look-see in between mini-vacations and DNC fundraisers and this summer's White House music presentations and which so many of us thought he had already signed.

By the time Obama made his first Louisiana trip and didn't see one drop of oil, Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal was nine days into his now eight-week full-time devotion to directing and listening and talking and consoling.

As one result,of 1,030 likely general election....

Touchdown Jesus

Touchdown Jesus, the famous statue located on the Interstate 75, near Monroe, Ohio, was destroyed by a lightning strike. The statue’s posture, a giant Jesus with his arms raised in the air, looking at the sky, made the locals give the monument the unusual nickname.

Touchdown Jesus was not destroyed by the lightning hit itself but by the fire that started after. The fire spread quickly, endangering the nearby structures, according to some witnesses. Another victim of the same thunderstorm was a local amphitheater that also caught fire after a lightning strike, but fortunately the flames were not strong enough to entirely destroy the building. will rebuild the statues or not.

Sarah Palin Blames Environmentalists For Gulf Oil Disaster

In her latest note on Facebook, Sarah Palin is blaming "extreme 'environmentalists'" for causing the gulf oil disaster that has been unfolding for over a month. Her logic is that because environmentalists push for tougher drilling regulations onshore in places like the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (also known as ANWR) it forces oil companies to explore deeper offshore drilling which has more risks.

Palin writes:

With [environmentalists'] nonsensical efforts to lock up safer drilling areas, all you're doing is outsourcing energy development, which makes us more controlled by foreign countries, less safe, and less prosperous on a dirtier planet. Your hypocrisy is showing. You're not preventing environmental hazards; you're outsourcing them and making drilling more dangerous.

Extreme deep water drilling is not the preferred choice to meet our country's energy needs, but your protests and lawsuits and lies about onshore and shallow water drilling have locked up safer areas. It's catching up with you. The tragic, unprecedented deep water Gulf oil spill proves it.

You can read her full note on Facebook here.

This is one of several comments about the oil spill Palin has made that has caused a stir, including a tweet in which she said we said we shouldn't trust BP because it is a foreign oil company. Palin's husband Todd worked for BP for 18 years.

liza Shlesinger, the winner of American reality comedy sho

liza Shlesinger, American comedian from Dallas, now became the winner of American reality comedy show a€˜Last Comic Standinga€™ for the sixth season. From this the interesting news is, She became the only female comedian who won this competition.

Iliza Shlesinger, is also the younger winner who won this competition so far. Marcus and Jeff Dye, lliza Shlesinger are the three finalist for this year Last Comic Standing and Jeff Dye is the first participant who face the elimination in the final.

Finally, it was the Iliza Shlesinger who won this year Last Comic Standing. She is one of the member in the most popular a€œWhiteboy Comedya€�, a group of stand-up stand-up comedians in Los Angeles. She born on February 22, 1983 and she is the youngest winner of the show a€˜Last Comic Standinga€™.

a€˜Last Comic Standinga€™ is an American reality television talent show, which is hiring from 2003. This show is presenting by NBC network.

Anamika Veeramani is the official winner of 2010 Spelling Bee contest

Anamika Veeramani is the official winner of 2010 Spelling Bee contest and reportedly, she is the third Indian-American who has won this contest. The winning intelligent girl is just 14-year-old who belongs to North Royalton, Ohio, US. The contest was held at Grand Hyatt Hotel, Washington D.C. It was two-day contest which broadcasted live on ABC. The word which brought her to victory stand was ‘stromuhr’. Stromuhr is a medical term and reports say that only 1% of total populations on earth use it. There were a total of 274 contestants but Veeramani left all them behind and grabbed the victory. Talking about her win, she said that it was like a dream come true for her and it was exciting experience. She said that she had a poker face so it was even better for her that she won it. She wants to get a cardiovascular surgeon degree from Harvard.

She was handed 30,000 dollars in cash along with Trophy sponsored by E.W. Scripps Co. while other prizes include a saving bond worth 2,500 dollars, 3,499 dollars by Encyclopedia Britannica and a scholarship of 5,000 dollars from Sigma Phi Epsilon Educational Foundation.

The host for the 83rd Scripps National Spelling Bee was Chris Harrison of “The Bachelorette” and “The Bachelor”. The contest also included Vanya Shivashankar the sister of Kavys Shivashankar who was winner for 2009. Vanya was the youngest contestant with 8 years of age.
So congratulations to this brilliant girl who have achieved a big victory in this little age.
Anamika Veeramani

Anamika Veeramani

John Wooden, the legendary basketball coach died

John Wooden Quotes Desired After Death at Age 99. John Wooden, the legendary basketball coach from UCLA, died yesterday at the age 99. Given his long years of life, Wooden has been an inspiration to generations of basketball players. Upon his death, quotes that he uttered are something that many want to read in order to commemorate his life.

Some of John Wooden’s quotes have been uttered in more avenues than just basketball. Here are some inspirational quotes:

“Be prepared to be honest.”

“Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights.”

“Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.”

“Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.”

“It isn’t what you do, but how you do it.”

“It’s not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.”

John Wooden reportedly died from natural causes, although no official cause of death is listed. He was 99 years old and lived a very long and prosperous life. He’s known for taking UCLA to 10 consecutive NCAA titles from 1964 to 1975 and winning 88 consecutive games from 1971 to 1974. In 1989, Sports Illustrated named John Wooden the best basketball coach ever.

Wooden’s family is appreciative of the support of his fans who have offered their condolences during this time of loss.

Stephanie Courtney – Flo, the Progressive Girl to get co-star

Stephanie Courtney is one of advertising’s biggest stars, as she plays Flo, the Insurance Girl, on the national ads for Progressive Insurance and is Flo in everybody’s thought. She has made the character so famous that everybody knows it across the country.

Now, three contestants have the huge chance of playing alongside Flo (or Stephanie Courtney, however you may want to put it) in a new commercial, that will air nationwide. A huge search has been on the way in order to find Stephanie a co-star, and now the producers are closer than they ever were to make ends meet.

Three finalists will get the chance to act in front of Progressive Insurance representatives, alongside Stephanie Courtney – “Flo” and will want to convince them all that they have what it takes to be in the next commercial. It won’t be easy, but the three seem to be the guarantee that it will be a very difficult choice.

The three finalists are Amber Preston from Minneapolis, Ana Valverde from Los Angeles and Jacob Doherty from Cold Spring, KY. It is up to them to convince everyone that their place is alongside Flo in the next commercial.

Betty White "Hurt More Than She Thought" By Rue McClanahan's Death

Anne Lu - AHN Entertainment Contributor

Los Angeles, CA, United States (AHN) - Rue McClanahan's death has hurt her "Golden Girls" co-star Betty White more than she thought. White said the loss of her dear friend struck her hard.

The 88-year-old comedienne said in a statement, "Rue was a close and dear friend. I treasure our relationship. It hurts more than I ever thought it would, if that's even possible."

McClanahan passed away Thursday at 76 after suffering a stroke.

White, who played Rose Nyland on the defunct NBC sitcom, is now the only surviving star of the show. Bea Arthur, who played Dorothy Sbornak, died April last year from cancer, while Estelle Getty, who played Sophia Petrillo, died in July 2008 from natural causes.

McClanahan's role as Blanche Devereaux gave her an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in 1987.

Lakers vs. Celtics 2010 Game 1: Lakers Beat Celtics 102-89

LOS ANGELES So the Celtics want to play rough again? Kobe Bryant and the Lakers look ready this time around, and they barged into an early lead in the NBA finals.Bryant scored 30 points, Pau Gasol had 23 points and 14 rebounds, and defending champion Los Angeles got tough in a 102-89 victory over Boston in the NBA finals opener Thursday night.

Ron Artest scored 15 points after tumbling to the ground in a tangle with Paul Pierce in the opening minute of the 12th finals meeting in the NBA's most scintillating rivalry. Bryant and Gasol then led a gritty physical effort against the Celtics, who memorably pushed around the Lakers while winning their 2008 finals matchup in six games.

Pierce scored 24 points and Kevin Garnett added 16 after a slow start for the Celtics, who might not want to know Lakers coach Phil Jackson's teams in Los Angeles and Chicago have won 47 straight playoff series after winning Game 1.

Game 2 is Sunday night at Staples Center.


If the first 48 minutes of the rematch are any indication, this series again will be a knockdown, drag-out physical confrontation - and the supposedly finesse-oriented Lakers held their ground early.

Ray Allen scored 12 points in just 27 minutes, saddled with constant foul trouble while trying to guard Bryant. Pierce also picked up early fouls, while Garnett simply struggled, going 7 for 16 from the field and grabbing just four rebounds - even inexplicably missing an open layup with 51/2 minutes to play.

That's mostly because of Gasol, the Spanish 7-footer determined to assert himself after admittedly getting pushed around by Garnett two years ago. Gasol capped a strong game by sprinting downcourt and catching a long pass in stride for a dunk with 6:21 to play.

This one was rough from the opening tumble.

Just 27 seconds in, Artest and Pierce got double technical fouls after crashing to the court back-to-back with elbows locked. The mood didn't improve much in a game featuring 54 fouls, but Bryant's playmaking and the Lakers' inside advantages drove them to a 20-point lead after three quarters before surviving Boston's final run.

Los Angeles outrebounded the Celtics 42-31 and put up a strong shooting percentage until a fourth-quarter slump, again excelling at the their two biggest areas of strength in this postseason.

Andrew Bynum scored 10 points on his injured right knee as the Lakers improved to 9-0 at home in the playoffs, with 12 straight postseason home wins dating to last year's championship run.

BOSTON: Pierce 6-13 12-13 24, Garnett 7-16 2-2 16, Perkins 2-2 4-5 8, Rondo 6-14 1-4 13, R.Allen 3-8 6-6 12, T.Allen 1-4 2-2 4, Wallace 3-4 2-2 9, Davis 1-3 1-2 3, Finley 0-0 0-0 0, Robinson 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 29-67 30-36 89.

L.A. LAKERS: Artest 5-10 2-2 15, Gasol 8-14 7-10 23, Bynum 4-6 2-4 10, Fisher 3-8 3-3 9, Bryant 10-22 9-10 30, Vujacic 0-1 0-0 0, Odom 2-6 1-2 5, Farmar 2-4 0-0 4, Brown 3-5 0-0 6, Walton 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 37-76 24-31 102.

Boston



21 20 23 25 - 89

L.A. Lakers

26 24 34 18 - 102

3-Point Goals-Boston 1-10 (Wallace 1-2, Robinson 0-2, R.Allen 0-2, Pierce 0-4), L.A. Lakers 4-10 (Artest 3-5, Bryant 1-2, Vujacic 0-1, Odom 0-2). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Boston 38 (Pierce 9), L.A. Lakers 52 (Gasol 14). Assists-Boston 19 (Rondo 8), L.A. Lakers 18 (Bryant 6). Total Fouls-Boston 28, L.A. Lakers 26. Technicals-Pierce, Wallace, Artest. Att.-18,997 (18,997).