Posted July 9th, 2010 by editor
The federal government is suing Arizona for attempting to do what the federal government, by law, is supposed to do but wont do.
This is like a bad joke, but its deadly serious. The illegal alien problem with all its attendant crime and leeching of public money is horrendous in the United States, and Arizona [...]
Tags: bad joke, federal government, ground zero, public money, united states
Posted June 8th, 2010 by editor
The cost of doing business in China is going up, and that could drive up consumer prices in the United States and Europe.
Source:http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/08/business/global/08wages.html
Tags: business in china, cost of doing business in china, doing business in china, europe, united states
Posted May 16th, 2010 by editor
All politics is local ? a cliche but true.
Although this hasn’t stopped the great institutions of American journalism from rushing out reams of commentary ? most of it written by people who don’t live in Britain ? about the result of the British election and its meaning for the United States.
Source:http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/worldview/100514/liberal-democrats-third-party-politics
Tags: american journalism, british election, cliche, commentators, hasn, institutions, reams, uk election, united states
Posted May 11th, 2010 by editor
A BP shareholder from the United States is suing company executives over ignoring safety issues prior to the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon and subsequent Gulf oil spill.
Source:http://www.csmonitor.com/From-the-news-wires/2010/0510/BP-shareholder-sues-company-executives-over-Gulf-oil-spill
Tags: bp, company executives, explosion, gulf oil, horizon, oil spill, safety issues, shareholder, united states
Posted April 22nd, 2010 by editor
On his radio show today, Glenn Beck continued to warp the legacy of the civil rights movement in the United States by claiming that his 9/12 Project and the angry white man are the next phase of the civil rights movement.
Beck read the civil rights movement commitment card and, then said, “It looks to [...]
Tags: civil rights movement, commitment card, glenn beck, legacy, radio show, united states, warp, white man
Posted April 7th, 2010 by editor
The United States should consider raising taxes to help bring deficits under control and may need to consider a European-style value-added tax, White House adviser Paul Volcker said on Tuesday.
Source:http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6355N520100406
Tags: european style, paul volcker, united states, value added tax, white house, white house adviser
Posted April 6th, 2010 by editor
Immediately following her Tuesday speech at the Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America’s national convention, a marijuana advocacy group says it will offer former Alaska Gov.
Sarah Palin $25,000 to deliver a similar address to supporters of a regulated cannabis market in the United States.
Source:http://www.tokeofthetown.com/2010/04/sarah_palin_offered_25000_by_marijuana_advocates.php
Tags: advocacy group, alaska gov, cannabis market, marijuana advocates, sarah palin, united states, wholesalers, wine and spirits, wine and spirits wholesalers of america
Posted March 27th, 2010 by editor
It perhaps was not the endorsement President Barack Obama and the Democrats in Congress were looking for.Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro on Thursday declared passage of American health care reform “a miracle” and a major victory for Obama’s presidency, but couldn’t help chide the United States for taking so long to enact what communist…
Source:http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Cuban-leader-applauds-US-apf-124808403.html?x=0&.v=1&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed
Tags: american health care, barack obama, communist, congress, cuban leader, democrats, endorsement, fidel castro, health care reform, miracle, presidency, revolutionary leader, united states, victory
Posted March 6th, 2010 by editor
Turkey recalled its envoy to the United States following a vote by a congressional panel passing a resolution calling the killing of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey genocide.
Source:http://edition.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/03/04/turkey.armenia/index.html
Tags: armenians, congressional panel, genocide, ottoman turkey, united states, vote
Posted February 26th, 2010 by editor
Though the income gap in the United States has slowly decreased over the last few decades, there still remains a significant disparity in income between genders and across races.
Source:http://www.mint.com/blog/trends/the-us-income-gap/
Tags: decades, disparity, gap, genders, income gap, united states