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A thorough review of the real-life effects of minimum wage laws
2008-01-27 18:35:00 In the U.S., the argument tends to be a simple left-right conflict: minimum wages raise the standard of living for the working poor vs. minimum wages cost poor people their jobs. Germany, which is currently considering whether to implement its first-ever minimum wage law, has done a rather more thorough review of the real-life consequences of ... More About: Economy , Life , Government , Laws , Review
California?s water deal sounds fishy to me
2008-01-26 18:06:00 My Way News reports: With water becoming increasingly precious in California , a rising number of farmers figure they can make more money by selling their water than by actually growing something. Because farmers get their water at subsidized rates, some of them see financial opportunity this year in selling their allotments to Los Angeles and other desperately ... More About: Economy , Sounds , Water , Deal
Totally unclear on the concept
2008-01-26 04:44:00 Burden of proof by kos Fri Jan 25, 2008 at 09:02:41 AM PST Your government: “The burden of proof is on the individual to show they’re legally entitled to be in the United States,” said ICE spokeswoman Kice. Aren’t we told that being an undocumented immigrant is an illegal act, that it’s a crime? So since when is someone presumed guilty ... More About: Government , Concept
There is only one possible explanation
2008-01-26 04:25:00 My favorite bookstore in town is my local Goodwill store. I go there at least twice a week since it opened. Occasionally when I see a particularly offensive right wing propaganda title I re-shelve it in the humor section. I have seen the people that buy them and always am too polite and respectful of ...
There?s only one word to describe this: pathetic
2008-01-26 04:19:00 A liberal advocacy group plans to spend $8.5 million in a drive to ensure that President Bush’s public approval doesn’t improve as his days in the White House come to an end. They couldn’t find a more worthy cause on which to spend $8.5 million? WOULD YA BUY ME A COFFEE? Click here to donate via PayPal. More About: Word , Pathetic , Election 08 , Path
Philosophical View on a Dead Horse
2008-01-26 04:08:00 The tribal wisdom of the Dakota Indians, passed on from generation to generation, says that, “When you discover that you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount and get a different horse.” However, in government, education, and all over the world, more advanced strategies are often employed, such as:1. Buying a stronger ... More About: View , Dead , Philosophical , Horse
Tempering Health-Care Goals
2008-01-25 20:42:00 By Laura Meckler WASHINGTON — Democrats backing universal health care long favored a single-payer system, with government replacing insurance companies and covering everyone. More recently, most have advocated a more modest — and politically feasible — system that provides universal coverage by building on the employer-based system. WOULD YA BUY ME A COFFEE? Click here to ... More About: Economy , Health , Government , Health Care , Goals
Hamas challenges Egypt?s bid to close Gaza border
2008-01-25 20:37:00 By Nidal al-Mughrabi RAFAH, Gaza Strip (Reuters) - Egypt started to close its breached border with the Gaza Strip on Friday but Palestinian militants bulldozed a new opening in a challenge to Cairo and Israel’s blockade of the Hamas -run territory. Palestinian crowds cheered as Hamas militants used a bulldozer to flatten ... More About: War On Terror , World News
Help Decide the 2007 Porker of the Year!
2008-01-25 04:33:00 Help Decide the 2007 Porker of the Year ! And the Nominees are: Rep. James Clyburn Sen. Blanche Lincoln Rep. John “Jack” Murtha Rep. James Oberstar Sen. Richard Shelby Rep. Don Young Cast Your Vote! WOULD YA BUY ME A COFFEE? Click here to donate via PayPal. More About: Government , Blindness , Citizens Against Government Waste
Tentative deal reached on economic package
2008-01-24 21:04:00 By Richard Cowan and Donna Smith WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House and Congress reached a tentative deal on an economic stimulus package of tax rebates for families and incentives for business investment with a cost that may exceed $150 billion, the Senate’s top Democrat said on Thursday. WOULD YA BUY ... More About: Economy , Government , Deal , Economic , Package
Israel wants to cut Gaza links after border breach
2008-01-24 21:00:00 By Adam Entous and Rebecca Harrison JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel wants to cut its links with the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip after militants blasted open the territory’s border with Egypt in defiance of an Israeli blockade, Israel’s deputy defense minister said on Thursday. Israel, which occupied the Gaza Strip in 1967, pulled ... More About: Government , Links , World News
Bill Clinton says race, gender to decide S.C. vote
2008-01-24 20:58:00 DILLON, South Carolina (AP) ? Hillary Rodham Clinton downplayed recent acrimony between her campaign and that of Barack Obama as her husband, former President Bill Clinton , suggested she may lose Saturday’s Democratic presidential primary because many black voters will side with Obama. WOULD YA BUY ME A COFFEE? Click here to donate via PayPal. More About: Government , Gender , Race , Vote
Carded at polls: No photo ID, no vote
2008-01-24 20:54:00 By DEBORAH HASTINGS AP National Writer | AP There’s the poor, 32-year-old mother of seven who says it would cost her at least $50 to vote in person. There’s also the 92-year-old woman who’s voted for decades in the same polling place, but now can’t vote there because she let her driver’s license ... More About: Photo , Government , Vote , Polls , Election 08
Study: Bush, aides made 935 false statements in run-up to war
2008-01-23 23:17:00 WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Bush and his top aides publicly made 935 false statements about the security risk posed by Iraq in the two years following September 11, 2001, according to a study released Tuesday by two nonprofit journalism groups. UPDATE: From the article: “In short, the Bush administration led the nation to war on the basis ... More About: War On Terror , Government , Study , Aides
Racially Charged Murder Case Moved to Bay Area
2008-01-23 23:15:00 Months after getting his change-of-venue motion granted, defense attorney Stuart Hanlon got another win ? his Lake County murder case is going where he wanted it to go: Contra Costa County. His client, Renato Hughes, is accused of murder resulting from a 2005 home invasion in Lake County by Hughes and two accomplices. The accomplices were ... More About: Murder , Justice , Case , Bay Area , Area
Exclusive: Hamas ?spent months cutting through Gaza wall in secret operatio
2008-01-23 19:20:00 James Hider of The Times at the Rafah border crossing http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/wor ld/middle_east/article3238615.ece As tens of thousands of Palestinians clambered back and forth between the Gaza strip and Egypt today, details emerged of the audacious operation that brought down a hated border wall and handed the Islamist group Hamas what might be its greatest propaganda coup. WOULD YA BUY ME ... More About: War On Terror , Exclusive , World News
Gazans knock down border, flee to Egypt
2008-01-23 19:16:00 By IBRAHIM BARZAK, Associated Press Writer http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080123/ap_on _re_mi_ea/israel_palestinians RAFAH, Gaza Strip - Tens of thousands of Palestinians on foot and donkey carts poured into Egypt from Gaza Wednesday after masked gunmen used land mines to blast down a seven-mile barrier dividing the border town of Rafah. The border breach was a dramatic protest against the closure of the ... More About: War On Terror , World News , Knock , Middle East conflicts
Welcome to America!
2008-01-23 08:10:00 Could it help if something like this were made available in most incoming airplanes, as a brochure, for free to all passengers? (with translations in several languages, of course) Welcome to America ! Americans are hardworking, fun-loving people who like being clean. Most Americans have clean water in their houses, and enjoy cleaning their bodies with a bath ... More About: Opinion , Editorial , Immigration , Discussion
Suicide bomber attacks Iraqi school
2008-01-22 20:50:00 By CHRISTOPHER CHESTER, Associated Press Writer BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber pushing an electric heater on top of a cart packed with explosives ... More About: War On Terror , School , Suicide , Terrorist , Iraqi
Media Groupthink
2008-01-21 20:33:00 American Heritage Dictionary group·think (gr??p’th?ngk’) Pronunciation Key n. The act or practice of reasoning or decision-making by a group, especially when characterized by uncritical acceptance or conformity to prevailing points of view. Protein Wisdom has a terrific piece on media groupthink. Here’s a taste: That the New York Times ? the epitome of ?the media? ? decided it ... More About: Media , Media Bias , Groupthink
It?s not just the illegal immigrant wannabees who disrespect our borders
2008-01-21 05:42:00 Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, today released a U.S. Border Patrol report titled, ?Mexican Government Incidents ? 2006 Fiscal Year Report,? obtained under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). But for Judicial Watch?s September, 2007 FOIA request, this information would not have been made public. ... More About: Borders , Illegal , Immigrant
Turns out it?s true - the media is complicit with the White House in news c
2008-01-19 19:55:00 Or at least it WAS true during the Clinton presidency: Guidance and cooperation in news planning is essential. Right now every news organization (MTV to JAMA) is planning expanded coverage of health care. News directors, planners and editors, and features producers and editors are anxious and willing to receive guidance on how to time and shape ... More About: Media , House , Government , The Media
Liberal Hatemongers
2008-01-18 05:30:00 By ARTHUR C. BROOKS January 17, 2008; Page A16 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120053277 483496183.html?mod=opinion_main_commentar ies A politically progressive friend of mine always seemed to root against baseball teams from the South. The Braves, the Rangers, the Astros — he hated them all. I asked him why, to which he replied, “Southerners are prejudiced.” The same logic is evident in the complaint the American political ... More About: Liberal , Election 08
AMERICANS SLAM NEWS MEDIA ON BELIEVABILITY
2008-01-17 23:11:00 SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY NEWS Contacts: Funda Alp, 203-396-8241, alpf@sacredheart.edu John Galayda, 203-371-7751, galaydaj@sacredheart.edu For Immediate Release January 8, 2008 FAIRFIELD, Conn.?A Sacred Heart University Poll found significantly declining percentages of Americans saying they believe all or most of media news reporting. In the current national poll, just 19.6% of those surveyed could say they believe all or most news media ... More About: News , Media , Media Bias , Slam
Sonoran legislators oppose employer sanctions law
2008-01-17 23:06:00 Melissa Gonzalo 12 News Jan. 16, 2008 06:22 PM Sonoran legislators from Mexico’s PAN democratic party said their state is not prepared for a mass return of Mexican nationals. They met with Arizona legislators at the State Capitol Wednesday morning. They said they understand the reasons for the employer sanctions law, but said they don’t think all the ... More About: Employer , Sanctions , Legislators
Democrats seek to hinder voting by union members in Nevada
2008-01-16 05:00:00 The rules were approved almost a year ago, but two days after Nevada ’s biggest union endorsed Obama, the Nevada State Education Association and four members of the committee that approved the rules file suit to change them: On Friday, six Democrats and a teachers union connected to Clinton filed a lawsuit claiming the rules enabling Las Vegas ... More About: Union , Hinder , Voting
Just when you think the NYT can?t sink any lower?
2008-01-15 05:25:00 …they do: Individually, these are stories of local crimes, gut-wrenching postscripts to the war for the military men, their victims and their communities. Taken together, they paint the patchwork picture of a quiet phenomenon, tracing a cross-country trail of death and heartbreak. The New York Times found 121 cases in which veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan committed ... More About: Media Bias , Lower
Undecided about Election ?08?
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The Democrat Party work ethics
2008-01-10 04:14:00 Did anyone else notice? In Elizabeth Edwards’ speech last night in New Hampshire the crowd was cheering her comments. Until she said, “You never get anything if you don’t work for it,” which was cheered by MAYBE 3 people. If I find a video I’ll link. WOULD YA BUY ME A COFFEE? Click here to donate ... More About: Party , Ethics , Work , Democrat , Election 08
An example of tolerance and diversity
More articles from this author:2008-01-08 03:20:00 Can you guess who said this? ?You can?t be a rational person six days of the week and put on a suit and make rational decisions and go to work and, on one day of the week, go to a building and think you?re drinking the blood of a 2,000-year-old space god. That doesn?t make you ... More About: Diversity , Tolerance 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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