Gay Rights Group Raps Obama for Tie to Gospel Singer
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Donnie McClurkin outrages gay group for saying he thinks homosexuality is a choice, not God’s intention.
October 23, 2007
Is a Presidential Coup Under Way?
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Source: Alternet.org Jim Hightower Hightower Lowdown. Posted October 23, 2007
Where is Congress? It’s way past time for members to stand up. Historic matters are at stake. The Constitution is being trampled, the very form of our government is being perverted, and nothing less than American democracy itself is endangered — a presidential coup is taking place. I think of Barbara Jordan, the late congresswoman from Houston. On July 25, 1974, this powerful thinker and member of the House Judiciary Committee took her turn to speak during the Nixon impeachment inquiry.
Gov’t May Waste $100M On Unused Anthrax Vaccine
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The government stands to waste $100 million a year if two federal agencies cannot agree to coordinate the use of a vaccine for the deadly anthrax virus. Full Story
Bush: Euro Missile Defense Urgently Needed to Counter Iran
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President Bush said Tuesday that plans for a U.S.-led missile defense system in Europe are urgently needed to counter an emerging threat of attack by Iran
Ron Paul introduces the “American Freedom Agenda Act of 2007″
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Ron Paul Schools Dems; Stands Up Against Terror Hysteria
Posted on Alternet by Joshua Holland
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/65836/
When he’s not railing against public education or warning of the threat the Bilderbergs and their New World Order represent, Paul keeps busy being 100% right about the War on Terrrrrrr.
Behind the Ron Paul sensation is a desperate desire for someone, anyone, to stand up and call “bullshit” on the “War on Terror” and all that it has entailed, from illegal surveillance of citizens and nightmarish foreign adventures to an executive branch mad with power and drunk on its sense of entitlement.
Last week Paul, whose opposition to much of the 20th century makes him terrible on just about every issue which touches the political economy and whose Birchian isolationism leas him to embrace conspiracy theories about shady cabals of globalists undermining American sovereignty and sapping our precious bodily fluids (not to mention his little white supremacy problem), simply schooled Democrats on how to roll back the disasters of the Bush era introducing the “American Freedom Agenda Act of 2007.”
Group To Obama: Drop Singer From Tour
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A gay rights group on Monday urged Barack Obama to cut ties with a gospel singer who it says spreads false information about homosexuality being a choice.
Oklahoma Lawmaker Objects to Getting Koran as Gift
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An Oklahoma lawmaker is objecting to getting a copy of the Koran from the Governor’s Ethnic American Advisory Council.
National Priorities Project on military spending and the states
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SOURCE: National Priorities Project
NEW FEDERAL SPENDING ANALYSIS SHOWS MOST STATES PAID MORE FOR MILITARY THAN THEY GOT BACK; State rankings on procurement contract and social program spending also available
In spite of the claims that military spending creates jobs, much of the money spent on the military never makes it back to the States, according to an analysis released today by the National Priorities Project (NPP) of newly released 2005 federal spending data.
NPP’s analysis provides state-level rankings comparing the money that came back to states in military spending with how much was paid in taxes by state taxpayers for military spending. A total of 32 states paid more in taxes than they got back, while 19 paid less. The top three states with the worst return for their tax dollar are Minnesota ($0.19), Delaware ($0.23) and New York ($0.24). States which had the best return for their tax dollar are New Mexico ($5.00), Alaska ($4.81) and Hawaii ($3.95). Per capita rankings are also available. This analysis is based on the Census Bureau’s Consolidated Federal Funds Report (CFFR) for fiscal Year 2005 and IRS tax data for 2005.
“These numbers challenge the myth that military spending is essential for job creation,” said Greg Speeter, executive director of the National Priorities Project. “For most Americans, spending close to $700 billion on the military next year would only promise fewer dollars to meet their real needs.”
NPP’s report also provides breakdowns by state and per capita on:
- the amount each state received in Department of Defense procurement contracts, showing that the largest recipients were California ($31.2 billion), Virginia ($26.8 billion) and Texas ($20.6 billion) while the smallest were Idaho ($156), Delaware ($178) and Wyoming ($184).
- the amount each state received from the Department of Education, the Environmental Protection Agency and Food and Nutrition Services, as compared to military spending. While $390.9 billion was distributed for the military in Fiscal Year 2005, $56.8 billion came to states in Department of Education programs.
- total expenditures by state as reported by the CFFR and compared with the information on taxes paid by state. Thirty-one states received more than its taxpayers paid in taxes and 20 states paid more in taxes than came back in federal spending.
These findings follow the release of a recent report by the Political Economy Research Institute which found that the economic impact of military spending that goes to local areas is not as effective at creating jobs as other types of spending. Specifically, the report shows that public spending on education creates more jobs that are higher paying than the same amount of money spent on the military.
October 22, 2007
DEA Chief Karen Tandy Steppingt Down to Take Private-Sector
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Drug Enforcement Administration chief Karen Tandy said Monday she is resigning, officials said, ending her four-year tenure as the first woman to hold that post