http://benistiphan.today.com Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:25:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Republican Senator Arlen Specter has defected to the Democratic Party. The move isn't a real surprise, coming from a moderate Republican who was growing very weary of the direction that his party was taking. Not only does this solidify the strength of the Democrats, but it will also mark the ... http://benistiphan.today.com/2009/04/30/60-for-the-dems/ It has now been 100 days since Barack Obama was sworn in as the President of the United States. I would say that there has been modest progress, but definitely nothing to brag about.  So far policy and law has been limited. The stimulus plan may create millions of new ... http://benistiphan.today.com/2009/04/29/100-days-later/ Ever since 9/11, the city of New York has developed a phobia for commercial airplanes. On Monday morning, a Jumbo jet was spotted above the Manhattan skyline which promoted many to evacuate high rise buildings in fear of another terrorist attack. Turns out it was only Air Force One performing ... http://benistiphan.today.com/2009/04/28/the-art-of-terrorism/ coming soon http://benistiphan.today.com/2009/04/27/168/ The country of Iceland made international headlines after the leftist coalition captured power in the general election. Now even I will acknowledge that Iceland is a petty entity in the abroad international community, with a population of just over 300,000 and a global appreciation that stems from a hockey movie ... http://benistiphan.today.com/2009/04/26/iceland-is-leading-the-way/ First it was SARS, and now it's the swine flu. Once again, we are confronted with a looming health crisis, which has the potential of impacting the entire globe. A few dozen have died in Mexico as a direct result to exposure of the flu, while several cases in the ... http://benistiphan.today.com/2009/04/25/mexico-did-it/ For everyone out there in the Blogging community that was wondering where I have been for a couple of days, I would like to explain myself. No my computer did not crush, nor did I have some sort of family emergence, and I definitely was not on vacation. I just ... http://benistiphan.today.com/2009/04/24/im-back/ I was dumbfounded when I discovered that George W. Bush and Bill Clinton are coming to Toronto on May 29th. They have been invited to speak at a high-class gathering on the events of the past 16 years. Now clearly this isn't one of those opportunities provided by Ticketmaster, but ... http://benistiphan.today.com/2009/04/20/164/ So today marks the 15th anniversary of the Oklahoma City Bombing. It's quite interesting that there is a growing concern towards right wing home bred terrorism in America today. It is important to note that Timothy McVeigh isn't your typical psychopath, like the serial killers and school shooters of the ... http://benistiphan.today.com/2009/04/19/162/    Now was that so hard? So they greeted each other warmly, then they proceeded to chuckle and smile for a bit. This is just a brief description of what took place when Barack Obama and Hugo Chavez confronted each other during this year's Summit of the Americas. Many on the ... http://benistiphan.today.com/2009/04/18/161/