Car Czar Proposed to Oversee Auto Bailout

In a report sounding strangely like the Whip Inflation Now (WIN) and Energy Czar fiascoes of then President Jimmy Carter back in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s, there is a report currently floating around that declares that there will be a Car Czar appointed to be in charge of keeping the US Taxpayer funded bailout of the Big 3 Auto Makers running smoothly.

Car Czar Proposed to Oversee Auto Bailout

John McCain for President

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John McCain for President 2008

I heard on the radio on 550 KFYI in Phoenix Arizona that there is a spreading phenomenon, at least in the greater Phoenix Arizona area. According to a caller to the JD Hayworth Show, there are many people who feel they can’t vote for anyone but John McCain because they have been left with no choice

Many of these people do not agree with McCain’s positions on various things but feel that the alternative is far worse.

To show that they are voting for McCain but are doing so under protest, these people are putting John McCain bumper stickers on their cars upside down and putting yard signs in their yard upside down.

It appears to be spreading as people stop and ask – “Do you know that your bumper sticker (or yard sign) is upside down? ” and are told why. Some people even put a note on their yard sign to explain it to anyone who stops by to be helpful and turn the sign around.

John McCain For President 2008

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH !!

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH !!

It’s time to reevaluate our involvement!

Every day there are news reports about more deaths. Every night
on TV there are photos of death and destruction. Why are we still
there?

We occupied this land, which we had to take by force, but it causes
us nothing but trouble. Why are we still there?

Many of our children go there and never come back. Why are we still
there?

Their government is unstable, and they have loopy leadership. Why
are we still there?

Many of their people are uncivilized. Why are we still there?

The place is subject to natural disasters, which we are supposed
to bail them out of. Why are we still there?

There are more than 1000 religious sects, which we do not
understand. Why are we still there?

Their folkways, foods and fads are unfathomable to ordinary
Americans. Why are we still there?

We can’t even secure the borders. Why are we still there?

They are billions of dollars in debt and it will cost billions
more to rebuild, which we can’t afford. Why are we still there?

It is becoming clear … WE MUST PULL OUT OF CALIFORNIA !!!

Personal Politics – All too often, legislators’ private interests are hidden from public view

Special Report

Personal Politics

All too often, legislators’ private interests are hidden from public view

 

By David Dagan
Data by Daniel Lathrop, Susan Schaab and Leah Rush

WASHINGTON, September 24, 2004 — State legislators directly influence the lives of all Americans. The 7,400 lawmakers in state capitals across the country passed more than 42,000 laws in 2003 alone and spent more than $1 trillion in taxpayer money in fiscal 2002.

But state representatives are also often uniquely positioned to influence their personal financial fortunes or those of their employers while in office. In fact, more than 28 percent of state legislators who reported their finances sat on a committee with authority over at least one of their personal interests in 2001, according to a recent Center for Public Integrity report. Eighteen percent disclosed ties to organizations registered to lobby state government. And 10 percent were employed by other government agencies, including public schools and universities. See Who’s the Boss: Legislators with other government jobs.

Although state legislators frequently have jurisdiction over areas in which they hold personal interests, many states have weak mechanisms for disclosing those ties, a companion Center report notes. In fact, 24 states received failing scores on making basic information about the outside interests of their legislators available to the public.

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The personal politics of stem cells

The personal politics of stem cells
By BOB MCALISTER
Guest columnist
“Senators summoned their family ghosts Tuesday, and for a few moments they almost lived again — relatives who trembled helplessly, slowly lost their minds or withered away from incurable diseases.”

That sentence from McClatchy Newspapers sums up how and why the Senate voted to use tax dollars to experiment on human embryos. The senators made it personal.

Egocentricity, as common in Washington as cherry blossoms and crime, thrived, making objections to tax-funded experimentation on human embryos seem, well, inconvenient at most. As one senator said of his family members: “We will all die. But no one should have to die as they died.”

Most of human history has been lived with the assumption that God doesn’t give us a vote on how we die. The Senate voted against that notion.

Since exaggerated self-awareness and egoism are cool, let me say this: The legislators and lobbyists pleading for the law have nothing on me, anguish-wise.

I have lost good friends to Alzheimer’s. The wife of one friend had to move her husband from a first-rate facility to one of lesser quality because she ran out of money. The director at the new facility counseled her not to visit her husband every day, suggesting that she try to make a life for herself. She replied: “My husband is my life.”

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Personal Politics from U.S. Politics: Current Events

Personal Politics from U.S. Politics: Current Events

Personal Politics

I spend too much of my life “in my head.” I think about this and that — and fret about the other. But tonight, I let myself meander through a new blog space: women’s blogs. It all started with a reference to BlogHer by Chris Pirillo. I poked around a bit, then found a women’s speaker wiki. (Stay with me, there is a political point coming!)

I explored a few categories and stumbled upon Liz Lawley, a professor from Rochester who is currently on sabbatical across the lake at Microsoft, and working with someone I know, no less. From here, I found her blog, where I met Badger, the subject of this post.

Charlie Reina on Personal Politics and the Liberal Media

Charlie Reina on Personal Politics and the Liberal Media

In an ideal world, personal politics would not color a correspondent’s reporting, and over the years, this ideal has been a core value of the American newsroom.
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The question is, why is this so? Why are there so many liberals in this country’s major newspaper and broadcast network newsrooms?
I think the answer is, first of all, generational. The 1960s in particular were a time of great social upheaval in America, primarily because of the civil rights movement. We all may agree now on the legitimacy of that cause – (Who but the most racist of Americans would still advocate segregation?) – but it was no slam-dunk then. Whatever their personal politics might have been, reporters witnessed first-hand the horrors of racism: the lynchings and church bombings, the “whites only” lunch counters, the fire hoses and attack dogs that tossed civil rights marchers around like rag dolls. (When my children, now in their 20’s, saw film clips of this in high school, they couldn’t believe it was America.)

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Most Bloggers Focus On Personal Experiences, Not Politics Says Report

Most Bloggers Focus On Personal Experiences, Not Politics Says Report

Friday, July 21 2006 @ 05:18 AM CDT

Washington, DC – The ease and appeal of blogging is inspiring a new group of writers and creators to share their voices with the world. A new, national phone survey of bloggers finds that most are focused on describing their personal experiences to a relatively small audience of readers and that only a small proportion focus their coverage on politics, media, government, or technology. Related surveys by the Pew Internet & American Life Project found that the blog population has grown to about 12 million American adults, or about 8% of adult internet users and that the number of blog readers has jumped to 57 million American adults, or 39% of the online population. These are some of the key findings in a new report issued by the Pew Internet Project titled “Bloggers“: 54% of bloggers say that they have never published their writing or media creations anywhere else; 44% say they have published elsewhere. 54% of bloggers are under the age of 30. Women and men have statistical parity in the blogosphere, with women representing 46% of bloggers and men 54%. 76% of bloggers say a reason they blog is to document their personal experiences and share them with others. 64% of bloggers say a reason they blog is to share practical knowledge or skills with others. When asked to choose one main subject, 37% of bloggers say that the primary topic of their blog is “my life and experiences.” Other topics ran distantly behind: 11% of bloggers focus on politics and government; 7% focus on entertainment; 6% focus on sports; 5% focus on general news and current events; 5% focus on business; 4% on technology; 2% on religion, spirituality or faith; and additional smaller groups who focus on a specific hobby, a health problem or illness, or other topics.

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