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| Ad Wars: Republican Senator Embraces Obama | | 2008-06-25 10:03:12 | | Check out our entire video library at Political Realm TV.Presidential Watch: John McCainMcCain's latest web video, "Words," hits Barack Obama for not following through on a commitment to publicly finance his general election campaign.Gubernatorial Watch: MissouriTreasurer Sarah Steelman continues her negative attacks in two new ads. Steelman is positive for half of "Missouri First," talking about her work to create jobs and limit spending. The ad then turns negative, attacking Republican rival Kenny Hulshof's spending record. I'm not sure how effective the ad really is--it's as if the campaign can't decide the message they want to send, so they crammed as many blanket phrases in as possible, creating a really disjointed commercial.Steelman continues to attack Hulshof's spending in "Ed and Orville." The ad hits Hulshof for voting for various earmarks while in Congress. This ad is far more effective. It has a clear message and an interesting delivery.Senate Watch: ColoradoDemocratic | | By: Political Realm | | |
| | Ex-gratia: Senator kesal Dr M diburuk-burukkan | | 2008-06-21 00:15:00 | | malaysiakini - [...] Beliau dipetik oleh Bernama sebagai berkata, setiap kali Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri Datuk Zaid Ibrahim menyerahkan cek ex-gratia kepada bekas hakim atau warisnya, beliau enggan mengumumkan amaun cek yang diberikan atas alasan menghormati permintaan keluarga bekas hakim berkenaan.
"Persoalannya, wang yang digunakan untuk membayar ex-gratia itu merupakan wang rakyat | | By: No2umnO | | |
| | Senator Chris Dodd Caught in the Culture of Corruption | | 2008-06-16 18:33:02 | | Cross posted on Grizzly Groundswell
The chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, Senator Chris Dodd has been receiving preferential treatment on loans that he has taken out through Countrywide. You remember Countrywide don’t you? Countrywide is one of the “big bad predatory loan” companies that is now considered to be at the heart of the [...] | | By: Wake Up America | | |
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| Arizona Voters to Recall Senator McCain? | | 2008-05-22 14:12:05 | | Most amusing concept ever? Here's a plea to the Arizona voters to Recall John McCain, which would be just down right funny, but... it might also give a phenomenal long shot chance for Dr. Ron Paul to be tapped for the Republican nomination for US President.
The Revolution is heating up and Senator John McCain now finds himself at war with his own party. In particular, the Ron Paul r3volution!
It is my idea to start a recall petition drive against McCain, within his home state of Arizona; as a RINO (republican in name only) McCain cannot, should not, and will not be the standard barer for the Republican Party.
Please Start the Recall Petition process to remove McCain as Arizona's US Senator...
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| New Hampshire Senator John Sununu a Possible VP Candidate | | 2008-05-04 21:03:05 | | Cross posted on Grizzly Groundswell
New Hampshire senator John Sununu, who looks as though he is going to lose his re-election bid to Jeanne Shaheen as New Hampshire looks poised to turn a deeper shade of blue, it rumored to be one of the candidates for vice president that John McCain is looking at.
According to this article [...] | | By: Wake Up America | | |
| | | The Senator Manny Villar Cup and The Search for Billiard Idol! | | 2008-04-23 01:37:42 | | After the huge success of the five Billiard Idols competitions at the Farmers' Plaza in Cubao, Quezon City, and the unforgettable San Miguel Beer-Quezon City 9-Ball Championship, the Billiard Managers and Professional Players Association of the Philippines (BMPAP) have more in store for all Filipino pool players in May 2008! In light of the rescheduling of billiard events and competitions in April 2008 in lieu of the 2008 World 8-Ball Championship in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, the 6th leg of the Search for Billiard Idol resumes on May 3-4, 2008 at the Puyat Center in Farmers Plaza in Cubao! Entry fee is pegged at just Php200 with no table fees whatsoever! None! Zit! Nada! Prizes up for grabs include Php10,000 first prize; Php5,000 2nd; and Php2,500 for 3rd and 4th! The AnitoKid with Senator Manny VillarBut wait, there’s more! BMPAP is not done yet with its line of surprises for the month of May 2008! Not by a long shot, mind you! Come May 6-10, 2008, BMPAP is hosting The Se | | By: The AnitoKid Chronikos | | |
| | | Senator: The Performance Is Worthwhile for Everybody (Photos) | | 2008-04-09 05:43:28 | | By Reporter Xinyu Huaqing from Sydney
(Clearwisdom.net) On the evening of April 2, 2008, the Divine Performing Arts (DPA) presented their first showing of the Chinese Spectacular at the Sydney Entertainment Center.
Before the DPA arrived in Australia, more than 60 politicians and celebrities sent congratulatory letters and wished the performance success. In Sydney, politicians, celebrities, and [...]
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| | Senator Cardin's Homebuyers Credit More of the Same Terrible Tax Policy | | 2008-04-03 23:00:00 | | It's pretty ironic that there appears to be such widespread support in the United States Senate for expanding tax preferences for housing (see most recent Cardin press release which will be voted on today), yet such widespread opposition in almost every policy research organization in Washington, whether conservative or liberal.The Heritage Foundation opposes expanding tax preferences for housing. Howard Gleckman of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, yesterday wrote a terrific blog post explaining why they are bad tax policy. Dean Baker of the left-of-center Center for Economic and Policy Research opposes them. Of course, the Tax Foundation opposes all tax preferences for housing.Maybe those of us in our "ivory towers" just don't understand how tax policy affects housing, while these members of Congress are the true policy experts. In fact, I would like to nominate the entire U.S. Senate for the Nobel Prize in economics for showing the tax policy research community just h | | By: Tax Policy Blog | | |
| | South Carolina State Senator Seeks Tax on Pornography to Fight Sex Offenders | | 2008-04-02 23:00:00 | | Just when you thought policymakers (and some in the voting public) could not get any dumber when it comes to tax policy, you see this article and the quotes from citizens discussing a proposed tax on pornography in South Carolina. Here's what the bill's sponsor, Republican State Senator Mike Fair, had to say in support of his measure: "Just as we're trying to do with cigarettes, we have tried to do and continue to try to do with alcohol, is lets the users of those products pay for some of the consequences that come from that."The problem is that Fair's quote is totally wrong in several ways. First, with regard to cigarettes, the tax in almost every jurisdiction (when the federal tax is included) exceeds the negative external costs that the smokers are actually putting on the rest of society. Second, Fair asserts, with no proof, that pornography imposes a negative externality on society in the form of increased child molestation.&n | | By: Tax Policy Blog | | |
| | | Bob Casey Senator Endorses Barack Obama | | 2008-03-28 10:04:59 | | Bob Casey Endorses Barack Obama
This is good news for the Obama campaign, especially considering that so many Pennsylvania power-players like Ed “You’ll Accept Slots Parlors in Your Neighborhood Because I Say So and You’ll LIKE IT! Rendell and Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter have already endorsed Clinton. | | By: Small Business and SEO | | |
| | Senator John F. Kerry proclaims Vectrix a vehicle of the future | | 2008-03-19 18:42:50 | | Senator Kerry usually likes to drive his Harley-Davidson Wide Glide when he feels the need for the wind in his bouffant and bugs in his teeth. (Someone get that Senator a helmet!) Monday though, found him on the back of a Vectrix scooter while visiting their Bedford, Connecticut operations where, according to a report on SouthCoastToday, he spoke of going "beyond fossil fuels" and "really exciting great possibilities" and "a Vectrix for every blogger". (Ok, I made that last one up.) He reportedly did proclaim the bike a "vehicle of the future." Whether or not there was an electric scooter in his future went unstated.What I'm sure really got his audience excited was his discussion of potential future federal tax incentives for zero-emissions vehicles. Vectrix wants an amendment on legislation ensuring that such an incentive extends to include two and three wheel vehicles. They are serious enough about it to include a new political outreach section to their website. And serious they shou | | By: Auto News: Car Reviews, Car News, Car Shows | | |
| | US Senator 22-inch Chrome Rims Stolen | | 2008-03-18 12:32:00 | | If you did not hear about this a couple of months back, let this story be a cautionary tale on protecting your expensive custom wheels and tires. Anyone can get their wheels stolen at any time, so the best thing to do is make sure that you have wheel locks on each of your wheels. While this will not prevent someone from stealing your car, this will prevent them from stealing your wheels.
This is exactly what happened to Don Perata (D - Oakland). The Senator was driving his Senate-owned 2006 Dodge Charger set with 22-inch chrome wheels and a Candy Apple Red paint job when he was startled by a man knocking on his window... with a gun. The jacker instructed him to get out of the car. Perata was shaken up but otherwise fine.
Since the story broke a couple of months ago, the Senator's car was recovered. Surprisingly enough, it still had the wheels because each wheel had a wheel lock that the preps could not get off the wheels. Moral of the story is that a $40 set of wheel lock | | By: Wheel + Tire Market News - Wheelsnext | | |
| | Mohd Sabu Bakal Dilantik Senator? | | 2008-03-12 22:10:00 | | NAIB Presiden PAS, Haji Mohd Sabu dijangka akan dilantik Senator bagi menjenamakan semula perbahasan dalam Sidang Dewan Negara yang dilihat tidak proaktif dan dingin selama ini.
Beliau yang dianggap "ayam tambatan PAS" tewas di Parlimen Kuala Terengganu ditangan penyandang kerusi itu, Datuk Razali Ismail pada pilihan raya Sabtu lalu.
Menurut sumber, PAS Pusat akan mengutarakan cadangan kepada | | By: No2umnO | | |
| | Senator Hillary Clinton Tries to Attract Women Voters | | 2008-02-29 15:01:41 | |
As a woman I do not respect Senator Hillary Clinton and the reason I don't is that I feel she does not send the correct message to ANY women on this planet, since she has (and still is) enabling an abuser of women. How ironic (and phony) that this abuser of women, who we all know to be the former U.S. President Bill Clinton, of course, is out there doing his utmost to trumpet his wife's presidential ambitions, which I believe that she herself had set her sights on while she was speaking to us as First Lady. In MY personal opinion, part of the reason that she finds herself trailing behind Barack Obama in many states is due to the damage inflicted upon voters' ears by the sour notes that are sounding from that particular trumpet. READ ABOUT THIS HERE Practice non-violence in your lives. You will be leaving your children a beautiful legacy. | | By: Marilyn's Non-Violent Planet Newspage | | |
| | Najib kelirukan Masyarakat - Senator Dr. Ismail | | 2008-02-27 09:53:00 | | "Ini adalah kenyataan yang boleh menyelirukan masyarakat, kerana sebelum ini lebih kurang 2 bulan lepas,Perdana Menteri dan menteri-menteri melalui media TV dan akhbar telah menggambarkan bahawa kerajaan sudah tidak boleh lagi menanggung subsidi minyak yang banyak berikutan kenaikan harga minyak dunia melapasi 100 dollar setong.Seolah-olah harga minyak terpaksa dinaikkan di negara kita"
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| | How well did Senator Clinton handle the tragedy? | | 2008-02-23 13:12:38 | | Senator Clinton drew an enthusiastic crowd in Dallas this morning but the tone of her day quickly changed.
The Clinton campaign had to make several last minute changes to adjust to the news.
The theme of Senator Clinton’s campaign is: Ready to lead on day one.
Today, she reacted to events beyond her control and made a series [...] | | By: TexasFred's | | |
| | | Clinton Calls Being First Lady “More Experience” Than Being a State Senator | | 2008-01-12 00:12:40 | | Hillary Clinton realized after Iowa that people were in fact looking for change, not necessarily experience. Senator Clinton is now, of course, calling herself a candidate that can bring change. While campaigning in Nevada, the next Democratic primary state, Hillary is trying to tell voters that she is both the candidate of change and experience. Senator Clinton told voters that she thinks being married to the president gives her more experience than being an elected state-senator. “He was a part-time state senator for a few years, and then he came to the Senate and immediately started running for president. And that's his prerogative. That's his right. But I think it is important to compare and contrast our records.” Senator Clinton did do some great things as first lady, do not get me wrong, but whoever said that qualified her to BE president herself? Senator Clinton also referred to Obama’s time in the legislator as “a few years”. Let’s get this straight, it was 8 years that Barack Obama served in the Illinois State Senate, not “a few years”. Clinton also referred to Obama’s Senate work as “part-time”. Illinois General Assembly is not defined as a full-time legislator by name but the amount of work they do places them in the category of full-time. According to the Citizen Research Council of Michigan, a full-time legislator is, “defined as those in which legislators spend 80 percent or more of the time required by a full-time job on attending legislative sessions, committee work, studying issues, assisting constituents, and campaigning for election.” The Citizen Research Council categorizes Illinois as a full-time legislator. Senator Clinton not only lied about Obama serving in a “part-time” legislator, but she also intentionally downplayed the number of years he served there for her personal gain. Clinton also said that Obama “immediately started running for president” once he was elected to the U. | | By: The Mersman Political Blog | | |
| | Pennsylvania State Senator Seeks Porn Tax | | 2008-01-07 00:00:00 | | In what appears to be a growing trend, one state senator in Pennsylvania is seeking to impose a tax on adult entertainment services, arguing that such a tax would "remediate the harm they are doing in communities." More from the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:On the heels of a new Allegheny County levy on poured drinks, a McCandless state senator is pitching another sin tax -- this one on strip clubs, escort services and pornography sellers. Republican Sen. Jane Orie said Friday that she will ask the Senate to approve a resolution asking the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to study the possibility of a 10 percent excise tax on adult-oriented businesses. She said a tax would "remediate the harm they are doing in communities." This year Texas has enacted a $5 admission fee -- which some are calling a "pole tax" -- on strip clubs. And the Utah Supreme Court is preparing to hear arguments over the constitutionality of its 10 percent tax on nude-dancing est | | By: Tax Policy Blog | | |
| | The Door To Johan Is STILL Open For The Yankees...More From Senator Mitchell | | 2007-12-16 04:48:00 | | Hank Steinbrenner had a few things to say to the NY Daily News this past Friday concerning the state of his club and the Yankees' continuing but seemingly waning interest in Johan Santana. Seemingly. Here is a little bit of what he had to say, and then I'll be back with a comment or two...."We're all still very much pleased with what we've got," Steinbrenner added in a telephone interview. "As far as the door (to a Santana deal) being open, who knows? At this point, Chamberlain, Hughes, Kennedy, Cabrera and Cano, they're as close to untouchable as you get."The only reason I made a point of a deadline on Santana was that I didn't want to get caught up in the circus of the winter meetings. The purpose of that deadline was trying to get something done before the winter meetings."Peter here, and we hear ya, Hankie (if I can call his Dad George...Georgie, I annoint his son Hank...Hankie!). I must say that if the Twins have looked at what the Red Sox are offering them, a plate headline | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | Senator Antonio Trillanes and Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim Take Over the Manila Peninsula Hotel! | | 2007-11-29 02:26:04 | | I'm in Makati City right now. Senator Antonio Trillanes and Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim marched to the Manila Peninsula Hotel after storming out of the Makati City Regional Trial Court. Antonio Trillanes and Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim are calling upon the Filipino people to withdraw support from President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Will later post pictures on initial developments outside the Manila Penn. Some interesting reads include:- Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and Brigadier Gen. Danilo Lim walked out of a Makati City courtroom and called upon the Filipino people to withdraw support from President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Lim, who faces court martial proceedings in connection with the uprising on February 24 last year, was testifying on the coup d'etat case against the Magdalo Group when the incident occurred.- Transcript of Magdalo soldier Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim, which he read during the conference.- Civil society groups and bishops called for President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to resign and | | By: The AnitoKid Chronikos | | |
| | Senator Bunning Calls for AMT Repeal | | 2007-11-13 00:00:00 | | Kentucky Senator Jim Bunning (R), who is also a member of the Senate Finance Committee, has called for a repeal of the alternative minimum tax (AMT), arguing that it hurts too many "ordinary Americans." From the Lexington Herald-Leader:U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning said Tuesday he has introduced legislation to repeal a tax originally targeted at the wealthy but that now affects millions of middle-income people.Bunning, R-Ky., said he's co-sponsoring a bill that would do away with the alternative minimum tax."It's really hurting the every day, ordinary American severely," Bunning told Kentucky reporters during his weekly conference call.The article closes with this statement from Sen. Bunning:"There are a lot of us that think we should repeal it and charge it off, not pay for it. In other words, not increase taxes on other people, or taxes on businessess...to pay for a tax that was never intended to affect the taxpayers it is affecting right now."Despite wha | | By: Tax Policy Blog | | |
| | New Hampshire Senator John Sununu Helps to Extend Ban on Internet Taxes | | 2007-10-28 16:10:50 | | The senate reached a compromise on Thursday to extend the federal ban on internet taxes for another seven years. This is the longest extension of this ban so far. New Hampshire senator, John Sununu played a key role in getting this extension completed, although it didn’t go as far as he wanted. John Sununu wanted the ban [...] | | By: Wake Up America | | |
| | Senator Hutchinson to Step Down | | 2007-10-18 23:29:36 | | From CNN:WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison will not seek re-election after her current Senate term and may leave before her term ends in 2012 to run for Texas governor, a spokesman for the senator says. Hutchison, now in her third full term in the Senate, told Texas Monthly magazine that stepping down in two years "has to be considered." Her comments were confirmed by spokesman Matt Mackowiak. "Is it better for Texas for me to leave early and give someone else a chance to start building seniority before the class of 2013? I think it probably is," Hutchison said. Excerpts of the interview were posted Monday on the magazine's "State of Mine" feature written by editor Evan Smith.First let me come clean: I have no love for Kay Bailey Hutchison. She was a rubber stamp Republican for W (save for on immigration issues in which she was a hard liner), she voted for the war and then repeatedly voted against expanding VA facilities in Texas, and her office sent out some really snarky responses whenever I contacted them about various issues of import to me. In fact I supported Barbara Ann Radnowksy during the last election just on the off chance she'd oust Hutchison.In my opinion Texas (and America) need fewer Hutchinsons and more leaders that will look at all sides of an issue and vote for their constituents best interests rather than their party's. I'm glad to see her go. But I'm not gloating... nope....not gloating at all.
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| | | Why Senator Biden Could Never Be President | | 2007-09-10 00:49:52 | | Each of the candidates running for President has skeletons in their closet that would probably turn off the majority of the American public if they were to be let out. Thus, none of them obviously want any dirty laundry to be aired during the Presidential campaign. Aside from skeletons in the closet, there [...] | | By: Joe's Journal | | |
| | | Senator Craig's Children Are Defending Their Father | | 2007-09-05 20:08:16 | | I will always feel very sorry for Senator Craig's family, as the embarrassment of this very public scandal must be something terrible for them to endure. If the man's own adult children are defending their father and his actions, then I am choosing to believe them and refuse to condemn him in any shape or form. READ ABOUT THIS HEREPractice non-violence in your lives. You will be leaving your children a beautiful legacy. | | By: Marilyn's Non-Violent Planet Newspage | | |
| | Senator Craig Update | | 2007-09-05 03:44:00 | | Senator Larry Craig (R-ID) may reconsider his decision to resign, his spokesman Sidney Smith says."It's not such a foregone conclusion anymore, that the only thing he could do was resign. We're still preparing as if Senator Craig will resign Sept. 30, but the outcome of the legal case in Minnesota and the ethics investigation will have an impact on whether we're able to stay in the fight — and stay in the Senate."Seems like a lot of bloggers saw this one coming, in light of comparisons of this case with the Vitter "D.C. Madame" scandal and Craig's continued denial of his guilt. | | By: I Hate Your Opinions | | |
| | Senator Larry "Bathroom stall" Craig's missed connection! | | 2007-08-29 20:21:00 | | Senator Larry "Bathroom stall" Craig (R-ID) seems to have missed the connection with one possible suitor in the DC Union Station bathroom!
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Hey, Larry, we exchanged glances in the men's bathroom in Union Station last year. Initially, I thought I was imagining that you were cruising me, but after recent "revelations" in the news of your bathroom cruising prowess, I *knew* it was you!
Too bad I didn't understand what you were doing when I was taking a crap in a bathroom stall while you nervously were pacing outside my stall door and periodically peeking inside.
I should've known you were cruising me when you then sat in the stall next to mine and kept moving your foot into my stall and tapping it. I just figured you were trying to squeeze a big poop out and were having trouble with it and you were squirming about ha ha.
And then when you reached under our stall divider and flailed your hand about a few times, I figured you were just having a momentary epileptic seizure.
I'm sorry I was so dense and unaware of the ways and signals of bathroom cruising. If I had realized you were cruising me, we could've had some HOT sex. You could've spanked me while you told me that I was a "naughty, naughty bad boy" (just like you said Bill Clinton was in 1999 on "Meet the Press").
SIDEBAR --> On January 24, 1999, during the Clinton impeachment, Senator Craig told Tim Russert on Meet the Press: "The American people already know that Bill Clinton is a bad boy, a naughty boy. I'm going to speak out for the citizens of my state, who in the majority think that Bill Clinton is probably even a nasty, bad, naughty boy."
But since we had a missed connection, I guess I can only leave such thoughts as fantasy, only to hopefully be realized as reality someday :)
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| | | Senator Larry Craig Is A Creepy Deviant | | 2007-08-29 16:40:14 | | Every day that passes that this scumbag remains in the Senate is more damage to conservative Republicans. He needs to be thrown out immediately by Republican leadership in The Senate. What this man did (and apparently has done ) is no one's fault but his own. If this is not taken care of swiftly then the Party and the conservative movement will suffer. This guy makes me sick.I could care less if this guy smokes pole, but his incredible lapse of judgment should indicate to all of us that he is not worthy of serving in the United States Senate. Any Republican who defends Senator Craig's trolling for sex in men's bathrooms should be excoriated as well. This is a total no brainer.As far as the public perverts on the left, in that they seek to make Larry Craig's perverse behavior mainstream, they are going to have on air orgasms about this story. The left enjoys nothing more then Republican gay sex scandals. Chris Mathews might blow his load on air tonight instead of during a commercial | | By: Copious Dissent - Your Daily Dose of Liberty | | |
| | Senator Kohl Aims to Fight Elder Abuse | | 2007-08-13 19:05:52 | | With the number of elder abuse cases on the rise, Wisconsin Senator Herb Kohl is taking action. Senator Kohl made a stop in La Crosse today, renewing his call for a nationwide system of background checks aimed at preventing elder abuse. Wisconsin is currently part of a seven-state pilot program responsible for doing background checks on applicants to senior care facilities. Kohl hopes taking the program to national level will prevent elder abuse nationwide, and strengthen the current efforts in Wisconsin.Last year in Wisconsin alone almost ten thousand applicants were screened before they were hired by long-term care facilities, two hundred sixty-five of those applicants were denied because of a history of neglect or abuse. "During the pilot program over the last three years, in 7 states, 5000 people were identified as people we didn't want to employ, and would have otherwise been employed. I think that demonstrated the need for a national registry," Kohl says. By offering the program | | By: Elder Abuse | | |
| | Toy Gun Ban Being Proposed by New Jersey Senator | | 2007-08-09 05:56:08 | | "It misses the mark because it demonizes toys instead of criminal behavior," said Scott Bach, president of the New Jersey Association of Rifle and Pistol Clubs, which is the National Rifle Association's New Jersey organization.
Excuse me, Mr. Bach? Real guns are weapons of death and destruction and they SHOULD be demonized as the tools of harm that they are! I know that I wouldn't want my child to be running around playing with a toy gun in his or her hand and subsequently growing into an adult who feels a pull toward wanting a real gun as a substitute.Children being children (especially little boys) can have a "gun" whenever they choose to by simply using their hands. All they have to do is extend their index and thumbs out in the international gun gesture and voila! they've used their imaginations and need never hold a toy gun.In Yahoo! Answers, motheroftheyear asked, "Do you let your children play with TOY GUNS? the answers there are very interesting as well as enlightening. I p | | By: Marilyn's Non-Violent Planet Newspage | | |
| | Senator Kohl Provisions in 9/11 Bill Ensure National And Local Emergency Preparedness Plans Account For Needs Of Seniors | | 2007-07-27 19:06:00 | | WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Herb Kohl, Chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, today hailed the passage of H.R. 1, Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 Conference Bill, which included four of his provisions to ensure the needs of seniors are met in national, state, and local emergency preparedness plans.“These provisions send a strong signal to states and communities engaged in emergency planning that seniors must be a priority and cannot be forgotten or ignored during mass evacuations,” said Chairman Kohl. “We need specific plans, programs, and information for all vulnerable populations facing an emergency or disaster.”Chairman Kohl worked with Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN), Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman (ID-CT), and Ranking Member Susan Collins (R-ME) to include the following two provisions:Title I: Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to ensure that as state, local, and tribal governments develop the | | By: Elder Abuse | | |
| | Redden wants to remain a Senator | | 2007-07-27 18:55:33 | | Ian Mendes writes on Sportsnet.ca that Ottawa Senators pending unrestricted free agent defenseman Wade Redden would like to finish his current contract with his current club.
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Despite a recent admission by Senators GM Bryan Murray that he had a trade worked out for Redden at last month’s NHL entry draft, the veteran blueliner is not that eager to leave Ottawa.
“I knew that Bryan had talked to a few teams at the draft, but it surprised me at the time,” Redden told Sportsnet.ca from Kelowna, B.C. “He never came to (my agent) Donnie Meehan or myself and asked if I wanted to be moved.”
With players such as forwards Dany Heatley and Mike Fisher joining him as those set to become UFAs next year, Redden realizes that Murray will have to make some tough decisions.
“We’ll see what happens as the year goes. I know (Murray) has some decisions to be made with the free agents that will be coming up on our team,” he said.
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| | Senator Kohl Gives States More Power to Regulate Sales & Marketing of Medicare Advantage Plans | | 2007-07-27 14:30:00 | | Chairman of Aging Committee Delivers on Promise to “Hold Feet to the Fire”WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI), Chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, was joined today by Senators Byron Dorgan (D-ND) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) in introducing the Accountability and Transparency in Medicare Marketing Act of 2007. The bill would give state insurance commissioners the ability to develop standardized marketing and sales regulations of Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare prescription drug plans, and regulate both agents and companies in the marketing and sales of MA and prescription drug plans. If passed, the legislation would enable state insurance commissioners to adequately serve and protect Medicare beneficiaries in conjunction with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Currently, states are largely pre-empted from regulating the marketing of MA and Medicare Part D plans. The marketing guidelines for these plans were established by CMS and have pr | | By: Elder Abuse | | |
| | Can outcome of Emery’s arbitration hearing determine his (or Heatley’s) fate as a Senator? | | 2007-07-23 05:59:51 | | Erin Nicks of the Ottawa Sun wonders if the Ottawa Senators would cut ties with restricted free agent goalie Ray Emery if the club does not feel comfortable with the contract he will receive at an arbitration hearing on Tuesday.
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Should Emery receive a two-year deal at $4 million per or more, it’s possible that the Senators may be forced to let their number one goalie go.
Why? It’s simple.
Next off-season, the Senators will have five RFAs (including forward Jason Spezza) and three unrestricted free agents (including All-Star forward Dany Heatley) to re-sign. Speculation is already mounting that Heatley could garner as much as $10 million per season. And Spezza, well, he won’t come cheap either.
Thus, the Senators would be forced to make some hard choices: do they re-sign their number one goalie even if it may prevent them from having the funds to make an offer to their back-to-back 50-goal scorer, or do they drop Emery so they have the cap spa | | By: Rumor Me This | | |
| | Senator Kohl Works to Stop Mistreatment of Elders and Elder Abuse | | 2007-07-20 15:30:00 | | Washington - Alarmed by growing abuse of the elderly and worried that abuse will become more prevalent as baby boomers age, Democratic Sen. Herb Kohl has renewed his call for a nationwide system of background checks to identify applicants with criminal histories before they are hired by long-term care facilities."I want to stop the scourge of elder abuse and put in place a system that can be used across the country to prevent" mistreatment, Kohl said at a packed listening session Wednesday. Kohl and New Mexico Republican Sen. Pete Domenici introduced the Patient Safety and Abuse Prevention Act last month and are seeking more supporters. The Elder Justice Act, the first comprehensive federal legislation designed to reduce elder abuse, neglect and exploitation, is also under consideration now in the Senate.Legislative attempts to address abuse of the elderly as a pervasive national problem have been ongoing for years, said Robert Blancato of the Elder Justice Coalition in Washington and | | By: Elder Abuse | | |
| | Senator Kohl To Address Growing Problem Of Elder Abuse, Highlight National Solutions | | 2007-07-18 14:30:00 | | Contact: Ashley Glacel Phone: (202) 224-5364 Witnesses Support Nationwide System of Background Checks for Long-Term Care WorkersWASHINGTON – On Wednesday, July 18, Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Herb Kohl (D-WI) will hold a hearing to address the issue of elder abuse, a growing yet overlooked problem within America’s aging population. The hearing will be centered on the need for, and the benefits of, S. 1577, the Patient Safety and Abuse Prevention Act of 2007. This bipartisan bill, introduced by Chairman Kohl and Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM) last month, would establish a nationwide system of background checks to prevent those with criminal histories from working within long-term care settings. The bill was cosponsored by Senators Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Carl Levin (D-MI), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI).According to the Journal of the American Medical Association, victims of el | | By: Elder Abuse | | |
| | Schaefer a Bruin, Donovan a Senator | | 2007-07-18 02:14:51 | | As reported earlier on Tuesday by TSN, the Ottawa Senators have send forward Peter Schaefer to the Boston Bruins in exchange for veteran forward Shean Donovan.
The move is essentially a salary dump by the Senators, clearing about $1.175 million in salary cap space. Schaefer has a $2.1 million, while Donovan counts for $925,000 against the cap.
However, the trade also gives the Senators cap relief long-term. Schaefer’s contract expires after the 2009-10 season, while Donovan becomes an unrestricted free agent at the end of the upcoming season.
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| | Surgeon replaces deceased Senator | | 2007-06-22 15:48:00 | | Tragically, Senator Craig Thomas, a Republican from Wyoming, died nearly 3 weeks ago after being diagnosed with leukemia. Today, Governor Freudenthal temporarily appointed orthopedic surgeon John Barrasso to fill the vacant Senate seat and has today done so. Since both the late Senator and the newly appointed Senator belong to the Republican party, the fragile, delicate balance of power in the Senate has been preserved.A CLASSIC CONSERVATIVEBarrasso has said that he believes "in limited government, lower taxes, less spending, traditional family values, local control and a strong national defense." That's good news for me and other conservatives, although he could very well be alienated from the American people, like many in Washington already are. He also seems poised to respect the wishes of the residents of Wyoming, with a long list of contributions to the state under his name.AN UNEXPECTED ELECTION A special election has been scheduled and set for November 2008 to determine who will finish Thomas' term, which finishes in 2013. Incumbent Sen. Barrasso actually intends to win the seat in his own right in that election. Whoever the voters choose to fill the seat will assume office simultaneously with the 111th congress. | | By: Washington in the Spotlight | | |
| | U.S. Senator Oliver Morton | | 2007-06-20 16:07:59 | | Today at the Grand Old Partisan, Michael Zak pays tribute to one of the greatest Republicans who ever lived. U.S. Senator Oliver Morton has a staue of him in front of the U.S. Capiutol and also the...
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| | Senator Palpatine: SCEE Boss On 20 & 80GB Models For Europe | | 2007-06-11 16:24:32 | |
With one million PS3s out in the wild, and over two million games sold, SCEE boss David Reeves is in a buoyant mood. And when he’s buoyant, he’s talkative, especially when it comes to the subject of the 20 and 80GB models of the PS3. And how neither are likely to be seen in Europe.
I can confirm that it’s highly unlikely that the 20Gb version will be launch in PAL territories. The majority of retailers are happy that we launched with just the one unit. It has made things simple for them.As for the 80Gb console, there are markets like Korea where there’s very high broadband penetration and the people there are used to downloading content, so they require a certain size hard drive. But at the moment we don’t see a requirement for launching this version in Europe. Certainly not in the foreseeable future.
The 20GB, it was expected. Thanks for coming. But those comments on the 80GB model…less so. 80’s not much bigger than 60, David, s | | By: Information Popular Technologies Review | | |
| | | Senator Herb Kohl(D-Wi), Tackles Fraud and Abuse of Elderly Population , by Sponsoring Important Legislation! | | 2007-06-08 21:29:00 | | SENATORS INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN BILL TOCREATE NATIONWIDE SYSTEM OF BACKGROUNDCHECKS FOR LONG-TERM CARE WORKERS Bill Tackles Fraud and Abuse of Vulnerable Elderly Population by Screening Applicants WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI), Chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, and Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM) today were joined by original cosponsors Senators Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Carl Levin (D-MI), and Hillary Clinton (D-NY) in introducing the Patient Safety and Abuse Prevention Act of 2007. The bill would prevent those with criminal histories from working within long-term care settings by establishing a nationwide system of background checks. This new system would coordinate abuse and neglect registries with state law enforcement registries, and also add a federal component to the background check by cross-referencing potential employees with the FBI’s national database of criminal history records. Under th | | By: Elder Abuse | | |
| | Senator Kohl Decries Deceptive And Confusing Sales Practices Of Medicare Advantage Plans, Vows Continued Oversight By Committe | | 2007-05-17 14:40:00 | | PRESS RELEASE May 16, 2007Spurred by Hearing, Industry Promises to Improve Training of Insurance AgentsWASHINGTON – At a hearing held today by the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, Chairman Herb Kohl (D-WI) challenged the sales and marketing practices employed by insurance agents selling Medicare Advantage plans. Medicare Advantage plans, which are private plan options offered to Medicare beneficiaries as an alternative to traditional Medicare, now account for nearly 20 percent of total Medicare plans and are an increasingly profitable enterprise for many corporate providers. The Committee’s investigation has uncovered such questionable sales practices as removing seniors from traditional Medicare without their knowledge, signing seniors up for plans they cannot afford, and misleading seniors regarding which physicians and hospitals accept the plan. Officials representing the state insurance commissions from Wisconsin, Oklahoma, and Georgia offered testimony about complaints | | By: Elder Abuse | | |
| | Senator KOHL To Examine Sales & Marketing Practices Of Medicare Advantage Plans | | 2007-05-15 14:00:00 | | PRESS ADVISORY May 14, 2007 Contact: Ashley Glacel Phone: (202) 224-5364 Hearing to Culminate Months of Investigations on National and State LevelsWASHINGTON – On Wednesday, May 16, Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Herb Kohl (D-WI) will hold a hearing to scrutinize the sales and marketing practices of Medicare Advantage plans, which are private plan options offered to Medicare beneficiaries as an alternative to traditional Medicare. The hearing will address widespread complaints involving the manner by which these plans are being aggressively, and at times deceptively, promoted around the country. WHAT: Senate Special Committee on Aging Hearing – Medicare Advantage Marketing &Sales: Who Has The Advantage?WHEN: Wednesday, May 16 at 10:30 amWHERE: 106 Dirksen Senate Office BuildingWHO: Panel One:Abby L. Block, Director, Center for Beneficiary Choices, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Baltimore, Maryland.Panel Two:Commissioner Sean Dilweg, W | | By: Elder Abuse | | |
| | Senator Chuck Hagel (R-Neb) hints that impeachment may be needed | | 2007-03-26 15:37:00 | | Once again Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska hints that impeachment may be the way to deal with a president that will not listen and will act above the law as he please. The following is a partial transcript of the interview he gave today on ABC's This week with George Stepahnopolos.read more | digg storyhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/naOQ | | By: Genius of Love | | |
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