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Tag: state officials

Aug 11
2011

Rick Scott's Super Cheap Health Care

Politics

Rick Scott, another darling of the Tea Party, gets some really cheap health care: Gov. Rick Scott, a critic of the federal health care overhaul, is paying less than $400 a year for health insurance for himself and his wife. While Scott is accepting no salary for his job as governor, the multimillionaire and former […]

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May 29
2010

Feds Looking Into Criminal Charges Against BP

Science

About damn time: A team of top federal prosecutors and investigators has taken the first steps toward a formal criminal investigation into oil giant BP’s actions before and after the drilling rig disaster off Louisiana. The investigators, who have been quietly gathering evidence in Louisiana over the last three weeks, are focusing on whether BP […]

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Feb 18
2009

So Does Not Paying Taxes Still Matter?

Misc

Funny how the Republicans went after Obama cabinet nominees for tax problems, yet their own star has her own problems: Gov. Sarah Palin must pay income taxes on thousands of dollars in expense money she received while living at her Wasilla home, under a new determination by state officials. The governor’s office wouldn’t say this […]

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Dec 12
2008
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Franken Gets A Big Victory

Misc

Looks like the Republican attempts at not counting all votes just got squashed: Al Franken received a potentially major boost towards his hopes of becoming Senator on Friday, when Minnesota state officials ruled that absentee ballots rejected because of clerical or administrative errors should, in the end, be counted. The decision by the state canvassing […]

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Nov 25
2008
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Gates To Remain As SecDef

Misc

No big surprise here: Defense Secretary Robert Gates has agreed to stay on under President-elect Barack Obama, according to officials in both parties. Obama plans to announce a national-security team early next week that includes Gates at the Pentagon and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) as secretary of state, officials said. Retired Marine Gen. James […]

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Oct 9
2008

OOPS! Todd Palin Looks Guilty

Misc

And the cookie starts to crumble: Todd Palin talked with over a dozen state officials, many of them repeatedly, in his crusade to get a state trooper fired whom he considered to be a bad cop, a dishonest person and a threat to the Palin family, according to his sworn statement given Wednesday to a […]

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Sep 26
2008

The Gift Nazi

Misc

It reminds me of the old Seinfeld episode of the Soup Nazi – “no soup for you!”. Instead it is Sarah Palin saying “no gifts for you” to Alaskan state officials. Of course that only applied to them. For Sarah Palin, she was allowed the gifts and accepted $25,000 worth of them.

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Feb 10
2008

Huckabee Won't Concede In Washington

Misc

Good for him: Mike Huckabee is challenging the results of the Washington state Republican caucuses, his campaign announced Sunday, after accusing the state party chairman of calling the election for John McCain before all the votes were counted. The campaign will be pursuing a full investigation, including sending in lawyers to join those already on […]

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Jun 10
2006

More Of The Blame Game On Katrina

Misc

This should send a real message to the people whose lives were changed last year by Katrina. Instead of worrying about the fact that 1000s of U.S. citizens were losing their lives while hundreds of thousands had lost their homes, the White House instead worried about who was taking the blame for the failures the […]

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Mar 7
2006

Dead still being found six months after storm ravaged New Orleans

Misc

With all the talk recently on Katrina and the video that was released of Bush on theat conference call I felt this story appropriate. Thew comment about firefighters searching for several months untilĀ  funding ran out is well….. just disturbing. As seems the case with Bush and his administration, money is more important that people. […]

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