Every year this country dumps $15 billion into the war on drugs. This number has continued to grow every year, yet the drug “problem” in the United States continues to grow. So while we are talking about trimming the fat from the budget, how about we start with this huge waste? It seems a lot […]
A very grim assessment from the prime minister of Haiti: Hundreds of thousands of people have died in Haiti’s earthquake, the prime minister told CNN Wednesday. Haitian authorities said the powerful quake destroyed most of the capital city of Port-au-Prince. A top envoy called it a “major catastrophe.” Haiti’s first lady, Elisabeth Debrosse Delatour, reported […]
Image via Wikipedia It’s been over a week now since some hacked emails from the Climate Research Unit surfaced showing that researches sexed up some data; something the right is calling “climategate” and proof that global warming is a hoax. Since then the right has complained nonstop about the lack of media coverage on this […]
The AP has been becoming more and more vile in their claim of propriety. Last year they wanted people to pay a ridiculous amount of money to quote any of their articles and now, well they are going after the artist who made this famous poster: On buttons, posters and Web sites, the image was […]
We are rapidly losing jobs. The economy is on the brink. This week has been no better, yet Republican leadership continues to play games with the stimulus bill. Here’s how the Democrats need to proceed on it. The stimulus package has strong public support, while the Republican leaders opposing it have some of the lowest […]
This is something we really need. It seems like, for all too long, we have had leaders worrying about their own ambitions instead of bettering the nation. Now we have a leader who thinks outside of the box. Obama has built an enormous wealth of information from the information he collected during his historic campaign. […]
That is what Rep. Rick Renzi is accused of: Rep. Rick Renzi, R-Ariz., allegedly defrauded dozens of pro-life organizations for hundreds of thousands of dollars to fund his first congressional bid, according to an analysis of the recent indictment against him, a state insurance claim and an interview with an insurance lawyer involved in the […]
The Malkinites of the world hate when the government tries to help people out, but that is exactly what they are doing: Prodded in part by some of the nation’s biggest banks, the Bush administration and Congress are considering costly new proposals for the government to rescue hundreds of thousands of homeowners whose mortgages are […]
You read this and it makes our problems seem so petty: The United Nations (UN) has warned that half a million people in Kenya will need aid in the weeks ahead if the country’s political crisis intensifies. [SNIP] The UN children’s organisation UNICEF estimates one in three children under five were already malnourished before this […]
All this man does is lie to the Congress, the American people and the World. It won’t stop until he is out of office either: A previously undisclosed exchange of letters shows that President Bush was told in advance by his top Iraq envoy in May 2003 of a plan to “dissolve Saddam’s military and […]