elvis
a shared story
submitted by elvis 11 weeks 6 days 13 hours 36 minutes ago
Gov. Palin isn't telling the truth about her opposition to the "Bridge to Nowhere" -- but this is incredible: She continues to build an access road along an empty beach leading to a bridge that won't be built.
You read that right she's using taxpayer dollars...(more)
comments (0) |
report problem
a shared story
submitted by elvis 11 weeks 1 day 8 hours 18 minutes ago
Lehman Brothers said early Monday it will file for bankruptcy, becoming the largest financial firm to fail in the global credit crisis, after federal officials refused to help other companies buy the investment bank by putting up taxpayer money as a guarantee.
comments (0) |
report problem
a shared story
submitted by elvis 6 weeks 2 days 19 hours 49 minutes ago
In the last debate John McCain talked about how no one should criticize the good Americans who attend rallies for McCain and Palin.
Here is a video of some of those lovely Americans, who obviously stand for nothing but anger and hatred. America is better than this....(more)
comments (0) |
report problem
a shared story
submitted by elvis 12 weeks 6 days 22 hours 6 minutes ago
A former POW, Philip Butler challenges McCain's mental fitness for the job, pointing to his well-known bouts of irrational temper. And this guy knows McCain -- his cell was right across the hall from McCain.
While this has echoes of John Kerry being "swift-boated" there's a major...(more)
comments (0) |
report problem
a shared story
submitted by elvis 6 weeks 2 days 20 hours ago
Dozens of newly minted Republican voters say they were duped into joining the party by a GOP contractor with a trail of fraud complaints stretching across the country.
Voters contacted by The Times said they were tricked into switching parties while signing what they believed were petitions...(more)
comments (0) |
report problem
a shared story
submitted by elvis 11 weeks 3 days 20 hours 26 minutes ago
In Alaska, voters have twice voted to outlaw aerial hunting -- because it's so outrageously unsportsmanlike. Both times a loophole permitted it to continue.
As governor, Palin both actively supports aerial hunting and, in fact, participates in it. Oh, and the grizzly hide her father shot that's...(more)
comments (0) |
report problem
a shared story
submitted by elvis 12 weeks 6 days 22 hours ago
Republican John McCain, whose running mate disclosed that her unmarried 17-year-old daughter is pregnant, has opposed proposals to spend federal money on teen-pregnancy prevention programs and voted to require poor teen mothers to stay in school or lose their benefits.
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's announcement Monday...(more)
comments (0) |
report problem
a shared story
submitted by elvis 9 weeks 3 days 17 hours 22 minutes ago
Somalia’s notorious pirates have staged perhaps their most brazen attack yet, seizing a Ukrainian ship in the Indian Ocean full of arms bound for Kenya’s military, including dozens of battle tanks, maritime and diplomatic officials said Friday.
Somalia’s 1,880-mile coastline is infested with pirates, and they have...(more)
comments (0) |
report problem
a shared story
submitted by elvis 20 weeks 11 hours 55 minutes ago
What if “eating local” in Shanghai or New York meant getting your fresh produce from five blocks away? And what if skyscrapers grew off the grid, as verdant, self-sustaining towers where city slickers cultivated their own food?
comments (0) |
report problem
a shared story
submitted by elvis 10 weeks 3 days 12 hours 7 minutes ago
John "any opinion any time, just like me" McCain wrote and article over the summer PRAISING the banking system he now condemns and recommending that health insurance be modeled on banking. From the article:
"Here’s what McCain has to say about the wonders of market-based health reform:
...(more)
comments (0) |
report problem
a shared story
submitted by elvis 5 days 18 hours 19 minutes ago
Whenever I discussed the current bailout situation with people, I find they have a hard time comprehending the actual numbers involved. That became a problem while doing the research for the Bailout Nation book. I needed some way to put this into proper historical perspective.
If we...(more)
comments (0) |
report problem
a shared story
submitted by elvis 6 weeks 2 days 20 hours 1 minute ago
The competition was staggering, and for every one on this list, there are five who could just as easily have stood in. Ladies and gentlemen, the very worst of the worst.
comments (0) |
report problem
