Unsurprisingly, most of the news of the week remained focused on Osama bin Laden’s death. More details arose about the successful Navy SEAL mission, called “Operation Geronimo,” that took down the terrorist mastermind at his secret compound in Pakistan. For instance, Pres. Obama’s approval rating jumped 9 points (which is a lot) after bin Laden’s death. Also, a bomb-sniffing dog was apparently a key part of the take-down Osama team. The pentagon is tight-lipped about the identity of said-dog…wouldn’t want the fame to go to his head? The White House also decided not to release pictures of the deceased terrorist, raising suspicions in many-a-conspiracy-theorists’ mind. Al-Qaeda , though, did confirm his death.

National test results released this week revealed that (shocker) American students lack civic knowledge. Only 24% of seniors scored “proficient” in civic knowledge. I’m not sure how I would have done on the test, but I do know the purpose of The Bill of Rights, which fewer than half of eighth graders could repeat. Another stat: three-quarters of high school seniors did not know any of the powers granted to Congress in the Constitution. Sandra Day O’Connor, a pretty bomb female US Supreme Court Justice, responded to the results, saying that “we have neglected civic education for the past several decades, and the results are predictably dismal.” Read More »

Osama bin Laden is dead. But I’m sure you already knew that. Navy SEALs descended on his compound in Pakistan yesterday, killing him and two others. Apparently, one of bin Laden’s wives was used as a shield during the gunfight. U.S. officials received a tip concerning his whereabouts all the way back in August and have been planning the mission since then. After the White House broke the news, thousands of citizens rushed the White House (the first reportedly being local college students- we do know how to party) and Ground Zero.

The state of Hawaii released President Obama’s birth certificate, hoping to silence the so-called ‘birthers.’ Presidential wannabe Donald Trump reignited the rumors that our President (yep, the same one who just took down Osama bin Laden) was not actually born in the U.S.  On Wednesday, along with a copy of the doc, Obama made an announcement: “I just want to make a larger point,” he said. “We’ve got some enormous challenges out there,” and “sideshows and carnival barkers” (achem, Mr. Trump) can’t distract us from them. Hopefully, this will end the doubts once and for all, but it’s not likely- there are already conspiracy theories surrounding Osama bin Laden’s death. Read More »

So, last night was crazy, right? Here I am, sitting on my couch enjoying a bag of Pop Chips (yes, an entire bag. So much for portion control) watching NeNe Leakes flip her sh*t on Celebrity Apprentice when suddenly the news breaks in.

Osama Bin Laden has been killed, they tell me. Obama is going to address the nation shortly, I’m informed. Twitter was on fire. My Facebook Newsfeed was blowing up with pro-American reactions and “America, F**K Yeah!” lyrics. The text messages were pouring in.

And so it went from a typical Sunday night to the kind of moment we will all remember forever. Much like the tragedy of 9/11, the minute details of the moment I found out that Osama Bin Laden had finally been found and killed will forever be etched into my brain. I’ll always remember where I was and what I was doing when the news broke (as pathetic as I was at that moment).

So I want to know: what were you doing when you found out? And how did you find out? Was it the news? Online? Was it this very post? (If so, you really should start watching more news broadcasts!) Share below.

Then pour one out for the Navy SEALs. Yeah boy!

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Tonight is the 2nd Presidential Debate, which is sure to be awesome (even if it’s not nearly as hyped as Palin vs. Biden’s Teeth).

The event is going to be moderated by NBC’s Tom Brokaw, but instead of Tommy asking the questions, the debate will have a town hall format.

Which means the people get to ask the questions.

So, people of Nashville who will be sitting pretty in the town hall-y debate, if you are reading this, we have a few questions we’d like to ask the candidates. Real questions that require real answers instead of that fluff Gwen Ifill came up with (and Sarah Palin dodged) during the VP “debate.” Read More »