Posts Tagged ‘deserve’

Obama says gay couples deserve same rights as all (AP)

President Barack Obama speaks during a Democratic National Committee event at the Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers, Thursday, June 23, 2011, in New York. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP – Treading carefully, President Barack Obama praised New York state lawmakers who were debating landmark legislation Thursday to legalize gay marriage, saying that’s what democracy’s all about. But as expected, the president stopped short of embracing same-sex marriage himself, instead asking gay and lesbian donors for patience.


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Lupica: Braylon doesn’t deserve break from Jets

Instead of taking a stand against drunk-driving and against the NFL Players Association, the Jets elect to sit the Braylon Edwards situation out, letting a soft union save the guy who couldn’t even remember what happened with fellow NFL receiver Donte Stallworth.

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Greenman: Brit PM Cameron, Lockerbie kin deserve answers

David Cameron did just about everything he could to sidestep a full accounting of how Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi got freed from prison last August.

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Daly: NY’s finest deserve praise for stopping Times Square car bomb

Last fall’s subway bombing plot was stopped by some sharp and hard-working federal agents and counter-terrorism cops. Saturday night, our saviors were a mounted cop and two rookies.

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Biden: Palestinians deserve ‘viable’ state (AP)

U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden, left, gestures next to Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, right, during a visit at the Nassar stone factory at the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Biden said Wednesday the Palestinians deserve a 'viable' independent state with contiguous territory, seeking to reassure them of U.S. support after Israel announced plans to expand a Jewish neighborhood in disputed east Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)AP – Vice President Joe Biden’s displeasure over an Israeli plan to enlarge an east Jerusalem settlement was on display Wednesday as he warned against actions that “inflame tensions” and reassured his Palestinian hosts that they deserve a sustainable, independent state.


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Biden says Palestinians deserve ‘viable’ state (AP)

Cindy Corrie, left, and Craig Corrie, right, the parents of Rachel Corrie, a pro-Palestinian activist who was crushed to death by an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza in 2003, sit together with their daughter Sarah at the District Court in Haifa, northern Israel, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. The family of an pro-Palestinian activist who was crushed to death by an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza is suing Israel. The parents of Rachel Corrie are seeking compensation from Israel's Defense Ministry for the death of their daughter in 2003. (AP Photo/Moti Milrod)AP – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has told the Palestinians that they deserve a “viable” independent state with contiguous territory.


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Majority of Americans say President Obama doesn’t deserve a second term: poll

President Obama’s new jobs plan may include finding one, a new survey suggests. 52% say he is undeserving of a second term in office, according to the CNN poll.

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