Coca Cola's Dictator, Willard's honest confession, the ACLU's ratings of candidates, and more.
PPE Poll Ron Paul is first, with 20%, followed by Romney at 19% and Santorum at 18%. Margin of error = 2.8%. The sample size is 1500, the largest among recent polls.
Faux & Friends Ann Romney appeared on the Fox broadcast this morning. Her husband, Willard, later commended her: “She was marvelous. They asked her tough questions, and she did exactly what you’re supposed to do: She didn’t answer them. She talked about what she wanted to talk about.” Way to be honest, Mitt.
ACLU Ratings The American Civil Liberties Union has rated candidates based on their stances on civil liberties. Rep. Ron Paul comes in first, with eighteen trophies, followed by President Obama, with two less. Rep. Bachmann places last, with no recognition, followed by Gingrich, with two trophies.
Last Stand Ron Paul has launched his last attack before the New Hampshire primaries. Watch it here.
Open for Business Google Politics launches today. The current news and election results will become available.
Ding Dong, the Kim is Dead In January 2001, the late Christopher Hitchens wrote of his visit to North Korea. The Vanity Fair article presents a unique insight of North Korean society, and the cultures of the people. I strongly recommend this article. Read "Visit to a Small Planet."
World Affairs Boomerang: News Abroad that Hits Back Home Coca-Cola has been accused of propping up one of Africa's most notorious dictators. The Guardian's David Smith reports from Johannesburg:
The multibillion dollar beverage company owns a concentrate-manufacturing plant in Swaziland, an impoverished kingdom ruled by Africa's last absolute monarch, Mswati III.
The king has travelled to Coca-Cola's headquarters in Atlanta in the US, much to the disgust of Swazi political activists who blame him for human rights abuses and looting the nation's wealth.
Mary Pais Da Silva, co-ordinator of the Swaziland Democracy Campaign, called for Coca-Cola to pull out of the country immediately.
"Coca-Cola must know they're doing business with the wrong people," she said. "At the end of the day it doesn't benefit the economy in any way. Their profits don't help the average Swazi, while the king is getting richer by the day." She added: "The king is milking the country. This is entrenching him more and more, giving him economic strength to crush opposition. Nobody should do business with the regime in Swaziland. They should cut ties and take their business elsewhere."
Mswait III has thirteen wives, which he selects from an annual dance. In the list of the country's absurdities include the world's lowest life expectancy rate: 31 years.
New Yorker This week's political cover: http://i.imgur.com/...
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