The Onion Texas Constructs U.S. Border Wall To Keep Out Unwanted Americans MAY 19, 2009 The Texas-U.S. border wall will protect Texans from foreigners who do not share their beliefs and customs. WICHITA FALLS, TX—Calling it an essential step toward securing the Texas border and protecting his people’s way of life, Gov. Rick Perry announced [...]
Archive for May 19th, 2009
19 May
120 million “deprived” of health care is not correct
The Truth-O-Meter Says: The Democrats propose “a government-controlled health care plan that will deprive roughly 120 million Americans of their current health care coverage.” Mike Pence on Tuesday, May 12th, 2009 in an email 120 million “deprived” of health care is not correct With high-profile support from President Barack Obama, Congress is preparing a major [...]
19 May
American Politics: Over Promise Then Under Deliver
OpEdNews Original Content at http://www.opednews.com/articles/American-Politics-Over-Pr-by-Pete-LaTona-090519-513.html May 19, 2009 American Politics: Over Promise Then Under Deliver By Pete LaTona I spent 27 years in sales and marketing and during that time I participated in many new product launches. Bringing a new product to market can be very exciting, challenging and difficult. The greatest difficulty is often [...]
19 May
Prosecute sins of Bush-Cheney era
By Jack Cafferty, Currently employed by CNN but how long can that last? (CNN) — It doesn’t go away by itself. Watergate “went away” when Richard Nixon resigned the presidency in disgrace and left town never to be heard from in an official capacity again. The Bush presidency is thankfully over…but the damage he and [...]
19 May
Energy
The Road To Slashing Emissions: As some of you may have noticed, we recently made changes to The Progress Report. We have decided to remove the “Good News” and “State Watch” sections and replace them with a longer, reformatted “Blog Watch.” However, the content of those two former sections won’t be completely gone. We plan [...]
19 May
Somewhere, Hammurabi Is Crying
The Washington Post Kevin Zeese proposes a harsh sanction for the men behind harsh interrogation methods: Disbarment! (By Chris Gardner — Associated Press) By Dana Milbank Tuesday, May 19, 2009 The torture debate is becoming tortuous. Justice Department lawyers are dragging their feet on whether to sanction their former colleagues who approved over-the-line interrogation methods. [...]
19 May
LAWS TAKE ON FINANCIAL SCAMS AGAINST SENIORS
States Increase the Penalties When Victims Are Elderly; Is Special Protection Needed? By JENNIFER LEVITZ MAY 19, 2009 WALL ST. JOURNAL Fed up with purported financial advisers preying on unwitting older people, investigators from the Arkansas Securities Department last year staged an undercover sweep of one of the hucksters’ favorite showcases — free lunch seminars. [...]
19 May
Paying for Health Reform
washingtonpost.com President Obama is avoiding one of the best options. Tuesday, May 19, 2009 WHAT IF there were a way to pay for expanding health coverage that would also help hold down health-care costs and be fairer to low-income Americans than the current system? You’d think that President Obama would leap at this opportunity. Well, [...]
