President Obama's handwriting is neater than most.
See below where he passes on his condolences to the people of Norway after the recent tragedy.
"To the People of Norway - We are all heartbroken by the tragic loss of so many people - particularly youth with the fullness of life ahead of them. No words can ease the sorrow, but please know that the thoughts and prayers of all of Americans are with the people of Norway, and that we will stand beside you every step of the way." -Barack Obama
On the fourth of July the Fox News Twitter account was hacked and displayed the news that Barack Obama was assassinated. The tweets were up for a number of hours before being deleted.
Interestingly, if this were true Barack Obama would have been the 4th president to die on July 4th, the others are:
Thomas Jefferson-1826, age-83
John Adams-1826, age-90
James Monroe-1831, age-73
How much are the world's leaders paid and is there a great variance between countries?
The graph below will answer those questions. It reveals that while American President Barack Obama earns $400,000 per year, this pales in comparison to Lee Hsien Loong, the prime minister of Singapore who takes home a whopping $2.2 million.
Manmohan Singh, the prime minister of India on the other hand receives a meagre $4,000 of taxpayer’s money each year.
George W. Bush has been president of the United States for 8 long years. Over that time he has given us numerous photo opportunities. There's no way we could squeeze them all onto one post, but here are some of the most memorable moments from President Bush.
The Chinese government has approximately 30,000 internet police who work to remove or neutralise any critical political opinion form its citizens.
Google is covered by the censorship, as seen below by an image search for Tiananmen performed inside and outside of China.
Today we have some of the best (photoshopped) pictures and posters of Barack Obama from the 2008 presidential campaign. Thanks to politicalhumor.about.com for finding these.