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It's one of those momentous moments in history that we'll remember forever. Time stops for a moment. We'll recall exactly what we were doing when we first heard the news that Obama Bin Laden was killed by U.S. armed forces. Americans and supporters celebrate this victory in the war against terror. Justice has been served.

Yesterday, President Obama delivered a well-prepared speech at the White House confirming his death and the circumstances surrounding it. Instantly, status updates in Facebook revealed users' jubilation and thoughts. Celebration erupted in Time Square, Ground Zero, and outside of the White House. Finally, there was something more newsworthy than the royal wedding that bombarded the airways. Something more relevant. That alone is reason for celebration.

Philip Defranco shares his views on recent news and political events. He talks about what matters to him, ranging from the shooting at Tucson, Arizona that targeted Rep. Gabrielle Gifford to Sarah Palin to condoms. Watch this video to hear his perspective. His high energy gets a bit annoying, but he touches upon some relevant issues.

At a press conference, President Obama nominated Sonia Sotomayor, federal appeals judge from New York, to the Supreme Court. If confirmed she would replace Justice David Souter. She would be the first Hispanic to serve on the high court. We've come a long way!

Taking out of context, clips of Sarah Palin and Barack Obama speaking to crowds of potential supporters were used to paint Obama in a certain light. Palin joked, "You know they say the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull - lipstick." Obama's attack of the Republican candidate, "You know they say you can put lipstick on a pig - it's still a pig." The smear campaigns rage on with Democrats and Republicans saying plenty of shit. That's politics.

Bristol Palin, the unmarried 17-year-old daughter of Sarah Palin, is pregnant and intends on keeping her baby. Her pregnancy puts the pro-life, pro-choice, and teen pregnancy issues in focus as Republican VP candidate, Sarah Palin, prepares for her speech at the Republican Convention tonight. The personal is political, especially when politics insist on creating laws that govern the personal lives and freedom of females.

She's strong and outspoken. She's a mother of five, wife, and governor of Alaska. She's young and good looking. She came in second place during the Miss Alaska beauty pageant in 1984. She's what Mccain needs as a running mate. She injects that enthusiasm, energy, youth, and beauty that the Republicans need in their campaign for the presidency.

Palin isn't the first woman chosen as a candidate for Vice President but she's only the second in U.S. history. The first was Geraldine Ferraro in 1984 who ran as candidate for Vice President on the Democratic ticket with Walter Mondale as candidate for President. For those who were disappointed that Obama didn't choose Hillary Clinton to be his running mate, there's another female on the ticket, just on the Republican one instead.

In her speech addressing the democrat convention, Michelle Obama, shares her personal journey and choices her husband, Barack Obama, has made during his career with the nation. She highlights his efforts to help ordinary folks. She was eloquent and poignant. She touches the heart of Americans. She takes us back to basics, recalling the great American story, evoking hope and dreams. It's political, yet personal at the same time.

Joining Barbara Walters, Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, and Sherri Shepherd of The View, Michelle Obama discusses many issues. She talks about the headlines, politics, her background, family, and struggles growing up. She offers her perspective on diversity. It's a refreshing talk among the women.

After about a decade, Monica Lewinsky's hotness is still being debated ... well, it's not really a debate. Kevjumba, of youtube fame, recently discovered Lewinsky and her role and controversy in politics during the Bill Clinton administration. Through his humor and wit, he brings light to the serious matter of Clinton's relationship with that woman, that rocked the nation and his presidency.

It's 2008. Yet again, the Clintons have stimulated many wagging political tongues as Hillary Clinton entered the race for the presidency. She is the first female to run for president in America. As a leading democrat candidate and skilled debater, she has a good chance at making her own mark in history. Feminism has done its work. Perhaps, the time has come for a female to lead this country. It's a new year. It's a new day. Happy, happy new year!

President George W. Bush was re-elected on November 2, as everyone knows by now. What is surprising to me are the extreme responses people have towards his re-election. The election happened in a democratic way, or as democratic as it gets for now. Enough of the nation wanted him back in office. He must be doing something right according to most people.

But there are those who strongly oppose him in office. One 25-year-old man, Andrew Veal, supposedly committed suicide at the former World Trade Center site. President Bush's relection isn't something I would kill myself over, no matter how strongly I oppose him. Veal's death, though tragic, is not going to change the fact that President Bush is going to be in office for the next four years. It is just that Veal is not going to be here to experience it.

Is life under Bush's presidency so unlivable and unbearable? We have so much freedom in this country. Elsewhere in the world, people struggle for the most basic rights that we take for granted sometimes, but they live on. They don't give up fighting. They have to be alive to make a difference. Ironically, in their plight, they are in a lot of ways, I think, more alive than many Americans who don't appreciate the freedoms that we do have in this country. Of course, there is always the freedom to take one's life. That seems like the easy way out.

Before the election, Nanci Griffith, a country singer-songwriter, had said that she would leave the United States if President Bush wins. Now that he has won, she's changing her story. Read more.