 | 11 TV Hill Debates With City Council President Candidates WBAL TV 11 News anchor Stan Stovall sits down with the candidates running for Baltimore City Council President. |
 | Bar Council president delighted with PM's speech This could best describe measures promised by the government to reform the judiciary as announced by Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. |
 | Banned UN Speech: Human Rights Nightmare (by Hillel Neuer) SIGN UP AND SHOW SUPPORT: WWW.UNWATCH.ORG Hillel Neuer of UN Watch exposes the hypocrisy of the UN Human Rights Council (March 23, 2007). For the first time ever, the Council president, Ambassador Luis Alfonso de Alba of Mexico, rejects the speech as "inadmissible" and bans it from ever being delivered again. "A diplomatic moment to remember..." — New York Sun, March 30, 2007 "YouTube's Top Rated, Most Discussed, Most Linked, Most Viewed Video of the Week..." — YouTube.com, March 2007 "Wow...a must see clip" — Little Green Footballs blog "Bloggers cheer. . . a stunning rebuke of the U.N. Human Rights Council" — Slate.com "Council President Luis Alfonso de Alba ruled the remarks inadmissible. . . in the depths of the U.N., this was of course logical: Mr. Neuer's commentary had been accurate..." — Wall Street Journal To comment, visit http://blog.unwatch.org. |
 | Monica Conyers, Ken Cockrel Outburst Detroit City Council President Pro Tem Monica Conyers, in which she referred to the council president as the movie character Shrek and taunted him to "do it baby" when he threatened to adjourn a hearing, brought proceedings to a temporary halt. |
 | Michael Sarbanes Campaign Announcement Michael Sarbanes announces his plans in front of friends and neighbors to be the next Baltimore City Council President. |
 | Detroit City Council Chimpout. http://www.detroitiscrap.com A Detroit City Council special investigative session into a police whistle-blower lawsuit settlement erupted into a yelling match when President Pro Tem Monica Conyers made claims that she was being disrespected. Advertisement The argument began when Conyers asked an independent attorney who was testifying if the council could be sued by Detroit residents for approving the $8.4 million lawsuit settlement. Councilwoman JoAnn Watson said: "They can sue you; I voted no." Conyers told Watson to stop interrupting and disrespecting her. She added: "We all know how you voted; you don't have to keep repeating it." Moments later Conyers interrupted Council President Ken Cockrel as he was questioning Carl Edwards, the Detroit attorney. Cockrel reminded Conyers that he had the floor and banged his gavel repeatedly. Conyers railed: "You're not my Daddy. You're not going to disrespect me. Grow up! Control your house and learn how to treat women." Cockrel told Conyers that she was "one to talk." As the council members yelled at each other, residents attending the hearings yelled, as well. "You're disrespecting the citizens!" and "This is a shame!" Cockrel took a quick recess to regain order before then breaking for l |
 | Detroit: Mayor Kwame "dissed" by City Council & a wtf? http://www.detroitiscrap.com Check out the video I put together here for full coverage and responses from the warring City Council. It seems right now that the apes in the city council are jockeying for power assuming that they will be able to take up the position of mayor and get all the perks that Kwame had. The Detroit City Council delivered a stinging rebuke to Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and in a stunning development told the mayor it would not accept his budget recommendation today. Council President Ken Cockrel Jr. told the mayor the news after he sat down at the council table. "It seems as if that could have happened in my office," Kilpatrick responded. "Grandstanding is not beneficial to our citizens." This is the first time Kilpatrick has come before council since it voted 7-1 in March to ask him to resign over the text-message scandal. |
 | Putin delivers final address to State Council as President Vladimir Putin has delivered possibly his final address to the country's political elite ahead of next month's presidential election. The President outlined his view of Russia's long-term development to Russia's top officials at the State Council. |
 | Detroit City Council hearing adjourned amid shouting match By Suzette Hackney • Detroit Free Press Staff Writer A Detroit City Council special investigative session into a police whistle-blower lawsuit settlement erupted into a yelling match when President Pro Tem Monica Conyers made claims that she was being disrespected. The argument began when Conyers asked an independent attorney who was testifying if the council could be sued by Detroit residents for approving the $8.4-million lawsuit settlement. Councilwoman JoAnn Watson said: "They can sue you; I voted no." Conyers told Watson to stop interrupting and disrespecting her. She added: "We all know how you voted; you don't have to keep repeating it." Moments later, Conyers interrupted Council President Ken Cockrel as he was questioning Carl Edwards, the Detroit attorney. Cockrel reminded Conyers that he had the floor and banged his gavel repeatedly. Conyers railed: "You're not my Daddy. You're not going to disrespect me. Grow up! Control your house and learn how to treat women." Cockrel told Conyers that she was "one to talk." Conyers also made repeated mocking reference to Cockrel as Shrek, the green, grumpy and rotund ogre from the animated film. As the council members yelled at each other, residents attending the hearings yelled, as well. "You're disrespecting the citizens!" and "This is a shame!" Cockrel took a quick recess to regain order before then breaking for lunch. |
 | Student Leadership Council Speech A speech I gave to run for Student Leadership Council President in Kuwait -- While I was in the Domincan Republic. |
 | Humala hanging out with Venezuela's electoral council pres. Jorge Rodriguez, Venezuelas' electoral council president, hanging out with Ollanta Humala, on primaries day. How come Humala is denying any link with Hugo Chavez please? |
 | Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick pleas guilty and goes to Jail, Monica Conyers President of City Council Today, Sept. 4, 2008 Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick accepted a plea deal which includes: *Resign Immediately *5 Years Probation *Not Run for Office while on probation *1 Million restitution to Detroit (20,000 due before jail) *Plea gulity to 2 felony charges *120 days in Jail *Lose his law license |
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