Posts Tagged ‘News’
Outrageous News!
This first bit of news got me fired up. Ashley Payne, a Georgia school teacher was forced to resign over pictures of her with a glass of wine and the use of the word "bitch" on her Facebook page. She claims that the page was set to private and is unsure how the school's administrator even found out about it. They origionally said it was the [...]
Daily Right 9/16/09
Former Pres. Jimmy Carter told NBC Nightly News, we are all racist for not supporting policy put forth by the Obama administration. "I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man, that he's African-American," So, according to Mr. Carter, we would [...]
Interesting Headlines
Another Czar...it seems in light of the April Fool's worm scare, the senate has introduced legislation to strenghten cybersecurity. I don't know about anyone else, but it annoys me everytime something like this happens, the government solution seems to be, 'let's create another White House position to deal with it'. Why can't these kinds of [...]
News Roundup 3-12-09
Stocks rally today! In the largest 3-day gain since November today's 240 point jump brings the 3-day total to a positive 622 points. This week's rally got an extra dose of adrenaline after an accounting board told Congress Thursday it may recommend a let-up in accounting rules for troubled banks in three weeks. Banks have been dogging the [...]
International Concerns (UPDATED)
 There were several stories updated today that are of some concern to me over how fragile international relationships currently are. Could these be the tests that Vice Pres. Biden referred to leading up to the election, or are these just international tensions that have been brewing and are now coming to head? In any case, the response to [...]
More News
President Obama faces some opposition from his own party, A dozen of them were among 20 House Democrats who voted against the $410 billion discretionary fiscal 2009 spending package (HR 1105) on Feb. 25. Another group later forced House leaders to sideline a contentious bill (HR 1106) to allow bankruptcy judges to modify home loans. Although [...]
Couple news stories that caught my eye!
House Democrats on a spending spree...less than a week after the $787 billion stimulus package passes, WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Democrats unveiled a $410 billion spending bill on Monday to keep the government running through the end of the fiscal year, setting up the second political struggle over federal funds in less than a month with [...]
Europe’s gas supply from Russia cut off.
Thousands are without heating as Russia and Europe try to negotiate and end to the gas cutoff. The BBC reports: Ten of thousands of homes in Europe have been left with no heating, a situation which the European Commission has described as completely unacceptable. ... On Wednesday, heating systems shut down in some parts of central [...]
Hezbollah escalates tensions for Isreal.
More disconcerting news from the Middle East as Hezbollah decides to join the fight. JERUSALEM (AP) - Lebanese militants fired at least three rockets into Israel early Thursday, threatening to open a new front for the Jewish state as it pushed forward with a bloody offensive in the Gaza Strip that has killed nearly 700 people. Two people [...]
International Tensions
Israeli strikes continue: A senior Hamas leader has been killed by an Israeli air strike on his home in the Gaza Strip, Hamas officials say. Nizar Rayyan, the most senior Hamas figure to be killed since 2004, had urged suicide attacks against Israel. Â Plans for the ground assualt to begin tonight: Israel is poised to launch a [...]
OBAMA’S CABINET CREEP
From the New York Post: In one of his first speeches after winning the White House, President-elect Obama committed to eliminating billions in federal bureaucratic waste. Odd, then, that his early appointments suggest a greater commitment to increasing bureaucracy. Why else the need for duplicative titles, offices and [...]
Russian presence close to home.
A Russian anti-submarine destroyer and two logistical warships docked in Cuba on Friday, just 90 miles from the Florida coast. It is the first visit of it's kind for close to 18,000 russian troops since 1991. The BBC reports, "It is the latest sign of improved ties between Moscow and communist-run Cuba, which were allies during Soviet [...]
AP breaking news!
Extra, Extra...read all about it! Apperently, due to the recent accusations of corrupt Chicago politics, the AP decided to do some heavy digging into Obama's past and uncovered some shocking news. Just this morning, they put out this report on Barack Obama's questionable associations. This is amazing...who would have imagined? This [...]
Environmental Destruction in Poland!
 Environmentalists in Poland stumble onto environmental destruction...the culpits...  Digg.com reports:  Here's the entire article - it's VERY short:   ...  Beavers reported for 'logging' Green campaigners called in police after discovering an illegal logging site in a nature reserve - only to find it was the work of [...]
Obama chooses Emanuel for Chief of Staff.
Obama has chosen a chief of staff and republicans are nervous. Partisan dem and fellow Illinois politician Rahm Emanuel has accepted the nomination. This is a great step for Obama, showing us right from the start that his promise to reach acrossed the isle is a complete load. Other names being thrown out: Secretary of State John [...]
