Daily Archives: July 19th, 2006 «

 

President Bush vetoes stem cell bill

Posted by: ST on July 19, 2006 at 2:26 pm » 14 Comments

Not much time to comment, but wanted to post the link to the story: WASHINGTON – President Bush says he’s vetoed a bill that would have allowed expanded federal funding for embryonic stem-cell research — because it “crosses a moral boundary that our decent society needs to respect.” The measure, approved by boht the House [...]

 

A starry-eyed view of politics

Posted by: ST on July 19, 2006 at 11:43 am » 14 Comments

And I don’t mean starry-eyed as in “Oh my goodness, there’s Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie!” but instead starry-eyed as in literally looking at two mega-successful galactic movie enterprises (no pun intended – or maybe it was ) from a political standpoint: Star Trek and Star Wars. John Hood, president of the non-profit independent North [...]

 

Question of the day

Posted by: ST on July 19, 2006 at 9:55 am » 17 Comments

Ok, here’s the scenario: You visit a country of your own free will. Or you travel there to live and work. This particular country is not known for being the safest place in the Middle East to visit. In fact, the US State Department issues warnings all the way back from 2005 urging “the need [...]

 

Georgia primary: Cynthia McKinney faces runoff

Posted by: ST on July 19, 2006 at 9:01 am » 5 Comments

Good news: ATLANTA – Democratic firebrand Rep. Cynthia McKinney started preparing Wednesday for a surprise runoff with former DeKalb County Commissioner Hank Johnson, who has deep roots in the heart of her core constitency. With 99 percent of the precincts reporting, McKinney finished with 47 percent of the vote to Johnson’s 45 percent. “We’ve been [...]

 

Tony Snow to Helen Thomas: “Thank you for the Hezbollah view”

Posted by: ST on July 19, 2006 at 8:38 am » 7 Comments

Tony zings Mt. St. Helen …. again Here’s the transcript: Q The United States is not that helpless. It could have stopped the bombardment of Lebanon. We have that much control with the Israelis. MR. SNOW: I don’t think so, Helen. Q We have gone for collective punishment against all of Lebanon and Palestine. MR. [...]