CA AG Cracks Down On Nestle Water Bottling Plant
Jul 29, 2008 5:01 pm US/Pacific
SACRAMENTO (AP) ? Attorney General Jerry Brown on Tuesday said he will sue to block a proposed water-bottling operation in Northern California unless its effects on global warming are evaluated. www.cbs13.com Read more$300B Housing Rescue Plan Passes Key Senate Test
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
WASHINGTON — A massive foreclosure rescue bill cleared a key Senate test Tuesday by an overwhelming margin, with Democrats and Republicans both eager to claim election-year credit for helping hard-pressed homeowners.
"This bill is a federal government bailout.", Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo FoxNews.com June 24, 2008 Read more
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U.S. Weighs Takeover of Two Mortgage Giants
Friday July 11, 12:35 pm ET
By STEPHEN LABATON and STEVEN R. WEISMAN
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'Cap-and-trade' scheme would raise energy prices, cost jobs and reduce each household income by thousands each year.
By Julia A. Seymour
Business & Media Institute
6/4/2008 4:39:06 PM
Do you want to be up to $3,700 poorer every year for the next 20 years?
The Senate is debating a bill this week that has been touted as a solution to global warming – it contains so-called “cap-and-trade” restrictions on energy use. But what you probably haven’t heard from the media is that such a system could cost $1.7 trillion to $4.8 trillion – about the cost of “660 hurricanes – 35 per year – for two decades,” according to The Heritage Foundation.
That would come out somewhere between a $949 to $3,726 decline in income per household, per year.
The Business and Media Institute, June 4, 2008 read more
By Allison Klein
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, June 5, 2008; A01
D.C. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier announced a military-style checkpoint yesterday to stop cars this weekend in a Northeast Washington neighborhood inundated by gun violence, saying it will help keep criminals out of the area.
Starting on Saturday, officers will check drivers' identification and ask whether they have a "legitimate purpose" to be in the Trinidad area, such as going to a doctor or church or visiting friends or relatives. If not, the drivers will be turned away.
"I knew eventually we'd be a police state," said Wilhelmina Lawson, who has lived in the neighborhood for 20 years. Washington Post, June 5, 2008 Read more
Taxpayers May Face Hurricane Tab
By ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON/ Wall Street Journal
May 31, 2008; Page A1
WASHINGTON -- As hurricane season begins, Democrats in Congress want to nationalize a chunk of the insurance business that covers major storm-damage claims.
The proposal -- backed by giant insurers Allstate Corp. and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., as well as Florida lawmakers -- focuses on "reinsurance," the policies bought by insurers themselves to protect against catastrophic losses. The proposal envisions a taxpayer-financed reinsurance program covering all 50 states, which would essentially backstop the giant insurers in case of disaster.
"I'm calling on the voters in both parties to demand that the nominee of their party publicly support a national disaster fund," said Florida state Sen. Steven Geller, an uncommitted Democratic superdelegate. "If they won't, vote for the other party." The Wall Street Journal May 31, 2008 Read more
Obama camp spies endgame in Oregon
WASHINGTON (AFP) — Barack Obama set his sights on November's general election Saturday as he campaigned in Oregon, where he hopes to declare victory in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
"We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times ... and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK," Obama said. AFP read more
| The Rush Limbaugh Show 2008: The No-Choice Election |
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Friday May 16, 8:36 am ET
By John Dunbar, Associated Press Writer Senate votes to roll back FCC rule that loosens media ownership restriction
"Today the Senate stood up to Washington special interests by voting to reverse the FCC's disappointing media consolidation rules that I have fought against," he said. "Our nation's media market must reflect the diverse voices of our population, and it is essential that the FCC promotes the public interest and diversity in ownership." Barack Obama
LI superintendent gets state's biggest pension
Retired Commack superintendent and current Malverne schools chief James Hunderfund enjoys a special distinction. He collects the largest public pension in New York -- $316,245 a year. Newsday May 5, 2008 read more
Republicans look to Obama
"I like how family oriented he is," said Caroline Harlan, a 26-year-old Republican.
INDIANA | But Hillary supporter says she has Democratic vote sewn up in Hoosier state
FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- Is this an omen for how Tuesday's vote will go?
About 4,700 people filled this city's Headwaters Park to hear White House hopeful Barack Obama a few hours after rival Hillary Clinton drew 400 people to a rally at Indiana Tech University campus a mile away. But, to be fair, Clinton had a crowd of about 2,000 here a week ago.
Chicago Sun-Times May 5, 2008 read more
Machine Gun-Toting Officers To Patrol NYC Subway
"It's a very good idea. It's like a deterrent. It's going to make me feel safer, much safer, yes it will. It's a good idea," said commuter Patricia Knight Williams. wcbstv.com April 24, 2008 read more
Justice Dept. to monitor Pa. primary
PHILADELPHIA, April 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. Justice Department says it will monitor voting in Philadelphia during Pennsylvania's presidential primary election Tuesday. The federal monitors will be deployed to try to ensure compliance with federal voting rights laws, the Justice Department said in a news release Monday. The monitoring arises from an April 2007 agreement with the city that settled allegations Philadelphia had violated the Voting Rights Act and the National Voter Registration Act, the statement said. United Press International (UPI) April 21, 2008 read more
McCain takes on economy: Mortgages, jobs, gas. Presumptive Republican nominee for president would allow some troubled homeowners to get more affordable loans.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Sen. John McCain on Thursday offered his most detailed ideas to date for easing the strains of the economic downturn and the mortgage crisis. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee's speech touched on jobs, gas prices and the need to make loans more affordable for homeowners. He addressed a small business roundtable in Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Americans are more dissatisfied with the country’s direction than at any time since the New York Times/CBS News poll began asking about the subject in the early 1990s, according to the latest poll.
In the poll, 81 percent of respondents said they believed that “things have pretty seriously gotten off on the wrong track,” up from 69 percent a year ago and 35 percent in early 2003.
The New York Times April 3, 2008 read more
WASHINGTON — Democrats and Republicans in the Senate agreed on Tuesday to draft a housing rescue bill that could deliver billions of dollars to homeowners facing foreclosure and help steer the economy away from a deep recession. Foxnews.com April 2, 2008 read more
ElectionWatch: Clinton's Rate Foreclosure Freeze Could Cause 'Chaos'
Media gloss over details and effects of liberal candidates' proposed mortgage bailouts. The Democratic presidential race is still going strong and both candidates have latched on to the housing market as a key issue. Both want to bail out mortgage holders, but the news media have given little in-depth attention to concerns about either plan. Warnings that Hillary Clinton’s proposals could devastate the economy have gone almost unnoticed. Business and Media Institute March 12, 2008 read more
Caps and Trade-offs: Presidential Candidates Embrace Massive Penalties for Emissions
All three frontrunners have declared support for energy legislation that would cost consumers and businesses lots of money.
The 2008 campaign season features sharp disagreements among the leading presidential aspirants from both parties. Climate change, however, seems to be the exception that proves the rule, as all three frontrunners have embraced broadly similar policy prescriptions that would supposedly combat global warming. Business and Media Institute March 5, 2008 read more
