Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 7:00PM
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By Diane Mapes
With the inauguration of President Barack Obama, the left has taken over the White House yet again – just as it did with Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush.
Confused? Don’t be. We’re talking hands, not political ideology.
“I’m a lefty. Get used to it,” Obama said as he signed his first official documents on Tuesday, making him the sixth southpaw-in-chief we’ve seen since the end of World War II. Interestingly, his opponent John McCain was also left-handed, as were former presidents Harry Truman and Bill Clinton, former vice presidents Nelson Rockefeller and Henry Wallace and the 1992 presidential candidate Ross Perot.
Why are so many lefties in or near the White House?
Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 5:37PM
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By Jasmin Aline Persch
You may think some sandwiches are scary – a Wendy’s Baconator, anyone? — but for one young British woman, eating a sandwich really was a dangerous act.
The otherwise healthy 25-year-old from Birmingham, U.K., regularly fainted while eating sandwiches or drinking fizzy sodas. Once while having a bit of grub behind the wheel, the young woman blacked out at a red light. Fortunately, she came to before the signal switched to green.
Having experienced the condition since she was 15, the young woman eventually realized a connection between certain foods and the fainting spells.
When she finally sought medical attention, her doctors didn’t recognize such curious symptoms. They extensively tested her blood, thyroid and pituitary glands, but found nothing unusual. They suspected it was all in her head.
