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Iraq museum reopens; 10,000 looted items still missing

Iraq’s National Museum has reopened nearly six years after it was ransacked and vandalised in the aftermath of the 2003 US-led invasion. This video is from BBC, broadcast Feb. 23, 2009. Download video via RawReplay.com…

New Hampshire lawmaker seeks to reaffirm state ‘sovereignty’

A Republican New Hampshire state representative, Dan Itse, told Fox’s Steve Doocy and Brian Kilmeade that he has offered a bill to reaffirm the sovereignty of New Hampsire. Itse says that Congress and the Obama administration are on the verge of requiring involuntary servitude and taking away Second Amendment rights…

Filmmaker blames media for portraying Palin as ‘idiot’

Documentarian John Ziegler talk to NBC’s Matt Lauer about a new film that blames the media for Gov. Sarah Palin’s loss in the 2008 election. Ziegler’s film, “Media Malpractice: How Obama got elected and Palin was targeted,” is due to be released today. This video is from NBC’s Today Show,…

Dustin Lance Black accepts Oscar for best original screenplay

Dustin Lance Black accepted the Oscar for best original screenplay for “Milk.” In his acceptance speech, Black talked about how moving to California effected his life. “It gave me the hope one day I could live my life openly as who I am and then maybe even I could even…

Sean Penn acceptance speech calls for equal rights

Sean Penn accepted the Oscar for best actor at the 81st Annual Academy Awards Partial transcript “For those who saw the signs of hatred as our cars drove in tonight, I think that it is a good time for those who voted for the ban against gay marriage to sit…

Schwarzenegger: Obama needs GOP to be ‘team players’

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has a message for Republicans who want to oppose President Obama’s policies. “I feel very strongly that I think that President Obama right now needs team players,” Schwarzenegger told ABC’s George Stephanopolous. “It’s a very difficult time now, where we have to play together, rather than…

Granholm: I’ll take stimulus money that GOP governors turn down

Fox invited two Democratic Governors, Jennifer Granholm and Ed Rendell, and two Republican governors, Tim Pawlenty and Mark Sanford, to debate use of the stimulus money. Sanford is one of several Republican governors that say they may not take some or all of the stimulus money offered to their state.…

Granholm: GOP wants ‘creative destruction’ for auto industry

Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm thinks that Republican governors need to do more homework before dismissing government loans to save the automotive industry. “My pal here from South Carolina, who I think is a bit — you’d have to say he’s a bit of an oulier in terms of economic theory,…

Ron Paul: ‘Dispose of the drug war’

Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, told HBO’s Bill Maher that the U.S. should remove federal prohibitions on marijuana. This video is from HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher, broadcast Feb. 20, 2009. Download video via RawReplay.com…

Gibbs: Burris should think about his future

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs responded press reports that many are calling for the resignation of Sen. Roland Burris. This video is from CNN.com, broadcast Feb. 20, 2009. Download video via RawReplay.com…