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Like Bush, Obama Can't Admit When He's Wrong

It's the weekend, and because I noticed something odd on the news this morning I'm going to put my regular musings on storytelling aside for the day and talk about how, like Bush, Obama can't admit when he's wrong.

I'm not a news pundit or a politically savvy lawyer turned journalist, so it's entirely possible that I'm missing the boat on this one. However, I don't think I am, but time will tell.

I remember a few years ago, when the Left in this country said President Bush couldn't admit to his mistakes or admit he was wrong when it came to  WMD's, Rumsfeld, U.S. Attorney Gonzales, securing Iraq's freedom, or the war on terror.

I personally admire a person who can stick to their guns and not give up on their ideals or beliefs due to poll pressure. A person who uses their moral compass to get the job done, knowing they will not go beyond what their moral compass allows. Novelist, Andrew Klavan, recently compared Bush to Batman. Klavan says, "Doing what's right is hard, and speaking the truth is dangerous." Like Bush, most of us have learned that the hard way.

Knol...Is It Time To Buy Stock In Google

I remember President Reagan in a debate with President Carter, utter the words, "There you go again."  Well, there Google goes again. Google has just launched  a new site to rival Wikipedia. If you haven't read the story, check it out on Breitbart.com at, Google launches rival to Wikipedia.  Is it time to buy stock in Google or am I too late?

According to the article, Google's own version of a communally constructed online encyclopedia similar to Wikipedia went live late Wednesday with a free service dubbed "Knol," which indicates a unit of knowledge. Knol...hmm, I can't help but picture an ugly troll under a bridge. Eh, it's probably just me. "The key principle behind Knol is authorship," say  Google product manager Cedric Dupont and software engineer Michael McNally.