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The White House plan for oil independence: you got a better idea?
July 18, 2008 - The economy is listing, gas prices are spiking, and it seems as if there is no good news for our nation of drive-ins and drive-bys. That noise in the distance is the sound of conservationists being drowned out by economists as the country chooses which kind of green...Filed under: white house, oil drilling, oil independence, continental shelf, drilling moratorium, george w. bush
Clinton's 6 Degrees of Separation Anxiety
June 13, 2008 - Now that it's Obama's race, Hillary has a huge case of disappointment on her hands: Bill's. He's morose. He's moody. He's canceling a graduation speech one minute and...
Pick the pork: a 23/6 ethics quiz
April 11, 2008 - Last year, Congress passed some pretty tough ethics rules to curtail pork-barrel spending; then, because they are Congress, they immediately found ways to slither around those rules. Not only do we have to beware the "hard" earmarks (line items proposed in legislation), but now there are scads of h...Filed under: Citizens Against Government Waste, GAO, Government Accountability Office, earmarks, congressional earmarks, appropriation bills, authorization bills, Senate Appropriations Committee, Ted Stevens, Thad Cochran, Richard Shelby, US budget, Congressional budget, Congress ethics, soft earmarks, hard earmarks
Now Playing: the party boy arms dealer
March 28, 2008 - This week, the New York Times revealed that the main source of ammunition for the U.S.-backed Afghan antiterror forces is a dodgy outfit called AEY, run by a 22-year-old president (whose dad bought the company for him) and his 25-year-old vice president, a certified...Filed under: Efraim E. Diveroli, Efraim Diveroli, Diveroli, 22 year old arms dealer, 22-year-old arms dealer, AEY
Join al-Qaeda, see the world, blow yourself up
March 24, 2008 - While the U.S. Armed Forces are falling short of enlistment goals and the CIA and FBI continue to struggle with their attempts to infiltrate al-Qaeda, the bad guys seem to be doing ju...
Dollar hits new low, ain't looking so hot either
March 17, 2008 - Just in time for the dollar to hit a 12-year low against the yen (and for the euro and the Swiss franc to soar—but who's counting?), the U.S. Treasury introduced its redesigned $5 bill with the motto...Filed under: new $5 bill, new five dollar bill, new money, big purple five, purple $5, five dollars, ugly as sin
The Eliot Spitzer scandal: how involved is "involved"?
March 10, 2008 - Reports say New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer is "involved" in a prostitution ring. But what does that mean exactly? Perhaps one or more of the following: Vowed to "to change the ethics of the décor," including wallpaper with red flocked fleur-de-lis In an effort to "reform the...
Most-found elements in drinking water no longer lead residue, fecal matter, and rat droppings
March 11, 2008 - Now we can add tap water (and some bottled water) to our ever-growing list of things that may potentially kill us. It was reported recently that prescription drugs—e.g., antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers and sex hormones—have been found in random drinking water samples throug...Filed under: drugs, drinking water, drugs in water, pharmaceuticals in water, bottled water, contaminated, tastes so xanaxy
Telecom companies are being sued and there's nothing you or your iPhone can do about it
March 5, 2008 - This week, President Bush spoke to the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) seeking amnesty for the corporations that helped the government "listen in" on communications without the muss and bother of warrant...
Iran is #1, according to Iran
February 29, 2008 - This week, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad—the Sherri Shepherd of the Middle East—once again surprised and delighted citizens of Earth when he announced that Iran was the "number one world power." Though his proof ranked somewhere between "because I said so" and "okay, I just made th...
The saddest "Happiest Place on Earth"
February 26, 2008 - As the Iraq War wears on, the Walter Reed National Army Medical Center continues to receive complaints about its dilapidated facilities, outmoded equipment, and endless red tape—all resulting in...
