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Archive for February, 2009
Thursday, February 26th, 2009
Author Unknown
I’m about to be homeless. I’m not scared. I know many very nice street people who can help me out. And I got my dog, and she will keep me safe. But the only thing I’m really not looking forward to is the cops waking me up everynight to ask me to move or [...]
Tags: homelessness, human rights, society Posted in Wealth Disparity | No Comments »
Thursday, February 26th, 2009
The last Presidential Administration (Bush) appointed what they thought would be reasonable and intelligent management.
The Ames Research Center did not fare for well. We got ourselves something like a DRUNKARD ex-Brigadier General of the U.S. Air Force appointed as our new Center Director. Our new leader decided that his best course of action would be [...]
Tags: burocracy, government mis-management, government waste Posted in Trust the Government? | No Comments »
Thursday, February 26th, 2009
For some strange reason the digitizing of all medical records is being pushed, and was even mentioned by OBOMA last night. Get ready for your medical records to become Government Owned!
You want Universal Health Care… all your private medical conditions will no longer be private. Just let that sink in for a minute.
Our Major Banks [...]
Tags: government, political change, socialism Posted in Trust the Government? | No Comments »
Thursday, February 26th, 2009
Don Black said he despises Barack Obama. And he said he believes illegal aliens undermine the economic fabric of the United States.
Black, a 55-year-old former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard, isn’t the only person who holds such firm beliefs, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, which today released its annual hate group report.
The center’s [...]
Tags: Blacks, Hate Crimes, KKK, President Obama, racists Posted in Racism | No Comments »
Thursday, February 26th, 2009
20. The implication that there was something wrong with the war plan is amusing.” –Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, on criticism of his management of the Iraq war
19. If you’ve seen one city slum, you’ve seen them all.– Spiro Agnew
18. A good many things creep around in the dark besides Santa Claus.–” Herbert Hoover, US President
17.”I [...]
Tags: government, politician quotes Posted in Trust the Government? | No Comments »
Thursday, February 26th, 2009
The Republicans have spent most of the last forty years destroying trust in government, and thrived on it. Even their worst disasters – Watergate, Iran-Contra, and, um, the last eight years – fed into their core story of the dangers of government. In their telling, if a Republican was found corrupt, well, that’s a government [...]
Tags: government, political parties, political reform, public policy Posted in Trust the Government? | No Comments »
Thursday, February 26th, 2009
Posted by Steve Newton
A leading human rights organization charges that, contrary to recent U.S. government reports that found prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, being treated humanely, they are in fact “deteriorating at a rapid rate” due to “harsh conditions that continue to this day, despite a few cosmetic changes to their routines.”
The Center for [...]
Tags: Geneva Conventions, Gitmo, government, Guantanamo, prison camps Posted in Political Corruption, Trust the Government? | No Comments »
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009
Introduction
The economic stimulus bill passed by Congress on February 12, 2009 includes robust whistleblower protections to ensure that employees of private contractors and state and local governments can disclose waste, fraud, gross mismanagement or a violation of law related to stimulus funds. This article summarizes the key provisions of Senator McCaskill’s (D-Mo.) whistleblower protection [...]
Tags: Legislation, Whistleblowing Posted in Whistle Blowing | No Comments »
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009
Tags: Abortion, pro-choice, pro-life Posted in Abortion | No Comments »
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009
Drew Nichter
Posted on Feb 16, 2009
EDITORS’ NOTE: Since the publication of this editorial in the Western Recorder, Drew Nichter and his wife have discovered, via a doctor’s use of ultrasound, that their unborn child does not appear to have Down syndrome. Baptist Press is reprinting the column here because of its strong pro-life message.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. [...]
Tags: Abortion, god, jesus christ, pro-choice, pro-life, roe vs wade Posted in Abortion | No Comments »
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