Conservative Wins In Honduras
Exit polls are showing that the winner of the Honduran Presidential election is conservative candidate Porfirio Lobo. The election comes five months after a coup removed former President Zelaya from power. The debate over whether Zelaya will return to power between now and the inauguration of Lobo is still pending. Also still undecided is how many governments will accept the Lobo regime, as many consider the elections to be fradulent since they are being conducted by the coup leaders.

Tiger Woods Double Standard ?
Most of us have heard the story of Tiger Woods and his car accident and there do seem to be some open quesions. The official version is that he drove his Escalade into a tree and that his wife used a golf club to smash out the back window and then dragged him to safety. The problem with that story is that she weighs about 125 lbs and he weighs about 185. He’s also several inches taller than her. And most importantly the drivers door of the vehicle did not appear to be seriously damaged. So it raises the question of why she wouldn’t have simply pulled him out there. In addition there are reports that Tiger has been cheating on her and that they were

Fighting Extremism With Civility (Guest Voice)
WASHINGTON — The most surprising and disappointing aspect of our politics is how little pushback there has been against the vile, extremist rhetoric that has characterized such a large part of the anti-Obama movement. President Obama’s administration has largely ignored those accusing him of “fascism” and “communism,” presumably believing that restraint in defense of dignity is no vice. Republican politicians, worried about future primary fights, have been reluctant to pick a fight with a radical right that seems to be the most energized section of their party. Their “moderation” has consisted of a non-benign neg

And Now A Lesson For You
TMV is educational, too. So as many TMV readers head back to work, here’s a special lesson 4 U: Click here to view the embedded video. By the way, do you know the name of the man who did the voice for the classic Disney cartoon character Jiminey Cricket? If not you are not alone and he came to a sad end; Click here to view the embedded video. Here’s Cliff Edwards doing the ORIGINAL version of “Singing in the Rain” from a sound film made 80 years ago:

Another Horror Story
Just a warning, for those readers who are bored of hearing about desperately sick Americans who could be successfully treated with surgery but can’t get the surgery done because they don’t have health insurance, and so are probably going to die: John is a sawmill worker from Yamhill County, Ore., where I grew up. He was a foreman at a mill, he felt strong and healthy, and he had very basic insurance coverage through his job. On April 18, he was married, at age 23, and life was looking up.