Songs of the Month

Announcing a new feature to The College Politico:

Songs of the Month

Every month I will bring my favorite music of the moment. I will put my picks in a post and in the widget in the right hand column cleverly labeled “Songs of the Month”. And, of course, you can and are encouraged to buy this awesome music directly from the Amazon widgets.

This month the picks are The Glass Passenger by Jack’s Mannequin and Foile à Deux by Fall Out Boy:

P.S. You might not have noticed but Amazon has a special exclusive Jack’s track titled “Doris Day”. Check it out… its awesome:

Victory: Iraq Takes Control of ‘Green Zone’

green zone hand over

From CNN:

The U.S. military formally handed authority over Baghdad’s “Green Zone” to Iraqis on Thursday as new pacts governing the mission of international troops replaced a U.N. mandate.

Iraqi troops took over checkpoints around the heavily protected district, formally known as the International Zone, which houses Iraqi government offices and the U.S. Embassy.

While victory in Iraq has been evident for some time now, I think its safe to say that this will be the moment that history remembers as the successful end of the war. An end which will be remembered as a momentous victory for both the United States and the people of Iraq.

These quotes from both Iraqi and American officials crystalize the meaning of this achievement: Continue reading Victory: Iraq Takes Control of ‘Green Zone’

Happy New Year!

Just wanted to say happy new year to my faithful readers.

Thanks to your help The College Politico has been more successful than I could have imagined. It has garnered over 27,000 page views and has been linked at sites like Newsbusters.org, Hotair.com, Freerepublic.com, Stoptheaclu.com, and Conservativegrapevine.com.

It’s been a good year!

God Bless you and here’s to 2009!