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Archive for May, 2007

‘Too destructive to salvage’

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

The only reason politicians like TOM PRICE, TED KENNEDY, GEORGE BUSH, HILLARY CLINTON… push this failed program is because they sold out to LOBBYIST! Does anyone support this pork filled program riddled with scandals?
USATODAY-It’s time to say in a national newspaper what millions of teachers, students and parents already know: No Child Left Behind (NCLB) […]

TB SCARE!

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

Should Andrew Speaker be charged with a crime?
(CNN) — The man infected with potentially fatal tuberculosis is receiving treatment at a Denver, Colorado, hospital as federal health officials continue to track down airline passengers who may have been exposed to the illness.
The man has been identified by multiple medical and law enforcement sources as […]

China Executes Dramatic Food Quality Improvements

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

China is executing the guy “responsible” for the recent food quality problems to demonstrate how serious they are about improving things. Perhaps the Bush administration should take a page out of the Chinese regulatory playbook. Though executing all the incompetents in the White House would all but clear the joint out.
MSNBC: China’s former top drug […]

Why Do You Support Treason, Fred Thompson?

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

by Brent Budowsky (posted on NO QUARTER) Dear Fred Thompson. You are one of America’s strongest public supporters of Scooter Libby in the CIA Leak case and, as a potential commander in chief, there are some questions you should answer for the Nation:
If you are commander in chief, would you believe it is proper […]

Economic growth stalls in first quarter

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

Do you think we can keep running out of control trade debt and not worry about our economy?
MSNBC-WASHINGTON - The economy nearly stalled in the first quarter with growth slowing to a pace of just 0.6 percent. That was the worst three-month showing in over four years.
The new reading on the gross domestic product, […]

Low-Income Blacks and Illegal Immigration

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

Do you agree with Professor Carol Swain that our immigration policy is a sell out to working class people and that it hits the African American community the hardest? I made the same point in an essay about Rep. (D-GA) John Lewis’ voting record on immigration.
TH-I first read the name “Carol Swain” while scanning a […]

GOP Fear Fallout From New Ethics Probes

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

How much of this problem was caused by Tom Delay’s unethical leadership? Who did more damage to the GOP, Delay or Bush?
NPR-A half dozen federal investigations into the activities of Republican lawmakers are raising new worries for GOP leaders who hope to regain the House majority they lost last fall.
In recent weeks, two veteran Republicans […]

Dobbs: An answer for my critics

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

The right and the left will do what ever they can to get cheap labor! Former LA Times writer Nancy Cleeland came forward and resigned over the media covering up this issue. Do you think the New York Times will issue an apology to Lou Dobbs for their false hit piece?
CNN-NEW YORK — I’ve been […]

Hillary’s Iraq Problem

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

Would you vote for Hillary after learning that she blames her vote on Iraq on the fact that she did not read the intelligence report before sending soldiers off to war? Huffington is right, this story does not add up!
By-Arianna Huffington
….Neither Clinton nor Obama were on the Senate floor when the voting began. Sources tell […]

Fred Thompson: Analysis

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

Politico is reporting that former U.S. Senator Fred Thompson (R-TN) is planning to announce his bid for President of the United States on or around the 4th of July. Thompson has been touted by many Republicans as the last best hope for the GOP. Some are not convinced that Thompson is not any different from […]

Bush Pulls Border and Airport Screeners?

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

President Bush has once again demonstrated poor judgment on protecting our Country. Does anyone think it is a good idea to pull border agents and airport screeners to guard candidates?
Currant-WASHINGTON — The U.S. Secret Service expects to borrow more than 2,000 immigration officers and federal airport screeners next year to help guard an ever-expanding field […]

Blogosphere fury at Dems on Iraq vote

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

How big of a problem will this be for Democrats in 08 who supported the bill?
THE HILL-Furious that congressional Democratic leaders did not fight harder to pass a supplemental spending bill with a timeline to end the war in Iraq and tougher benchmarks, liberal online activists have ripped party leaders and threatened to halt contributions […]

Plame was ‘covert’ agent

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

Court document indicates Plame was a covert agent. Do you think this should be taken into consideration during Scooter Libby’s sentencing?
MSNBC-WASHINGTON - An unclassified summary of outed CIA officer Valerie Plame’s employment history at the spy agency, disclosed for the first time today in a court filing by Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald, indicates that Plame […]

US Interrogation Tactics = War Crimes

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007

Andrew Sullivan: “In Norway, we actually have a 1948 court case that weighs whether “enhanced interrogation” using the methods approved by president Bush amounted to torture. The proceedings are fascinating, with specific reference to the hypothermia used in Gitmo, and throughout interrogation centers across the field of conflict. The Nazi defense of the techniques […]

Bush’s Monica Problem

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007

Is it time for Gonzales to go? Is he the best man for the Job or is he another Michael Brown?
By Michael Isikoff and Evan Thomas
Newsweek
June 4, 2007 issue - The United States Department of Justice has not always been above politics. John F. Kennedy, after all, appointed his brother and consigliere Robert to […]