Palin adviser's 'secret Scientology plot' outed
by Ron Brynaert
Gawker, of all places, has uncovered an old memo once written by an adviser to Alaska Governor Sarah Palin which "plotted to use friendly politicians to advance the power-hungry cult's agenda."That "power hungry cult" being the cult of Scientology, I should mention, not folks from the far right, Iditarod champion fan clubs or Illuminati. |
NH House approves gay marriage, sends bill to Sen.
by Norma Love
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The state House on Thursday voted narrowly to make New Hampshire the third state to allow gay couples to marry.The bill, which passed the House 186-179, next goes to the Senate, where its future is uncertain. Democratic Gov. John Lynch opposes gay marriage but has not said specifically that he would veto it — a position that spokesman Colin Manning reiterated after the vote. |
Cheney: The mouth that bored
by Doug Thompson
God, even Republicans say former Vice President Dick Cheney should just shut up and go away.The acid-tongued former Number Two in the Bush cabal is mouthing off like Rush Limbaugh on steroids, telling anyone who will listen (and most, thankfully, don't) that President Barack Obama is putting America in grave danger because he wants to restore basic freedoms to this country and recognize, once again, basic human rights. |
CNBC airs 'bullshit' comment during Obama town hall
by John Byrne
Oops. During Obama's town hall, CNBC appears to have inadvertently aired commentary from an unhappy attendee -- "bullshit."In this brief video clip, Obama is delivering remarks about job training and infrastructure. "But it's a matter of making the investment in infrastructure and also then training the workers to be able get those jobs and that's where we're going to be focused on, that's where the job growth is going to occur," he says. "One last point I want to make and I know I'm not supposed to talk this long." |
Enough is Enough: Let's Stop Wall Street Loan-Sharking
by Bernie Sanders
The "Masters of the Universe" on Wall Street - through their greed, recklessness and illegal behavior - have plunged this country into a deep recession causing millions of Americans to lose their jobs, their homes, their savings and their hope for the future. In order to fully understand the cause of this fiasco, I have introduced legislation calling for a thorough investigation of the financial meltdown and the prosecution of those CEOs who broke the law. The culture of greed, fraud and excessive speculation must come to an end. |
Hidden Homeless Emerge as US Economy Worsens
by Steve Gorman and Suzanne Hurt
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Emergency shelters brimming with homeless people in California's capital are quietly turning away more than 200 women and children a night in a sign of the deteriorating U.S. economy.The displaced individuals on waiting lists at St. John's Shelter and other facilities often turn instead to relatives or friends for temporary living quarters, perhaps moving into a spare room, garage or trailer. The less fortunate might sleep in their cars or a vacant storage unit. |
US Eyes Nuclear Rebirth After Three Mile Island
by Agence France Presse
WASHINGTON - Thirty years after the accident at Three Mile Island shattered Americans' trust in nuclear power, lawmakers are touting a nuclear rebirth as a safe, green way to wean the United States off foreign oil."We have the enormously powerful opportunity for a nuclear renaissance in our country. We need to pursue that aggressively and effectively to meet all of our energy and environmental goals," Senator David Vitter told a hearing of the Senate subcommittee on clean air and nuclear safety this week. |
The Market Mystique
by Paul Krugman
On Monday, Lawrence Summers, the head of the National Economic Council, responded to criticisms of the Obama administration’s plan to subsidize private purchases of toxic assets. “I don’t know of any economist,” he declared, “who doesn’t believe that better functioning capital markets in which assets can be traded are a good idea.” |
Is The New York Times Trying To Morph Obama Into Candidate Gore?
by Eric Boehlert
How? By suggesting Obama is becoming something of a chameleon who reinvents himself depending on the political setting. The press spent most of 2000 depicting candidate Gore as somebody who was so unsure of his own political skin that he was constantly 'reinventing' himself. |
Are Evangelicals Suffering From Buyer's Remorse with Obama?
by Bill Berkowitz
Plus: Let the Judicial Wars begin; Falwell Jr. warns of The Rapture; Out gays will create 'turmoil' in the military, says anti-gay leader, and more.Buyer's Remorse or Getting What they Expected?Are evangelicals who supported Obama or have agreed to work with his administration experiencing what religion writer David Gibson has termed "buyer's remorse," or are they getting what they expected out of Team Obama? |
Being Broke
by William Rivers Pitt
"He who knows how to be poor knows everything." -- Jules MicheletBeing broke means knowing about Coinstar machines and where the closest one is. Usually they're in the back corner of the local supermarket, right between the bank machine you can't get money from because your account is overdrawn and the counter where they sell the scratch tickets you're not quite desperate enough to try just yet. |
HARDBALL IN OHIO & THE LOST BALLOTS: Democrats May Lose Big with Brunner Senate Bid
by Michael Collins
HARDBALL IN OHIO & THE LOST BALLOTSDemocrats May Lose Big with Brunner Senate BidMichael Collins"Democracy is mocked by the Senate candidacy of the chief elections official, Jennifer Brunner, who did absolutely nothing about the massive defiance by the 58 county election boards that lost or destroyed the legally mandated records of the 2004 presidential election. Some champion of democracy, some Democrat." — Michael Collins |
Avenging Aunt: When Political Bonds Fracture Families
by Russ Wellen
A recent letter to Salon's distinguished advice columnist Cary Tennis reads: Like many extended families, ours has people who live and breathe Republican doctrine, and people who are liberal. Since the early Bush years, we have given each other a wide berth. |
