Gulf Oil Leak and Halliburton
Net income increased to $480 million, or 53 cents a share, from $262 million, or 29 cents, a year earlier, Houston-based Halliburton said today The spill, triggered by an April 20 explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, which Transocean Ltd. leased to London-based BP. Halliburton provided cementing services on the well BP was drilling. [...]
BlagojeBurris Drama Continues
Burris, now come on, lets give the benefit of the doubt and say he had nothing to do with the selling of the seat or any other dirty pool being played by Blagojevich. That said, WHO would accept an offer from a man under so much scrutiny? I say a man with no conscience or [...]
Stimulus Cuts
Heres a new list of partial or complete cuts of the constantly revised Stimulus list: Partially cut: • $3.5 billion for energy-efficient federal buildings (original bill $7 billion) • $75 million from Smithsonian (original bill $150 million) • $200 million from Environmental Protection Agency Superfund (original bill $800 million) • $100 million from National Oceanic [...]
Stimulus List Outlined
This is the lastest list as of February 6, 2009 of what is actually IN the simulus package. MORE THAN $43 BILLION IN TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS $27 BILLION FOR HIGHWAY, ROAD AND BRIDGE INVESTMENTS $8.4 BILLION FOR PUBLIC TRANSIT INVESTMENT $2 BILLION FOR HIGH SPEED RAIL $1.3 BILLION FOR FAA AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT [...]
Tom Daschle Has Withdrawn
Former Sen. Tom Daschle has asked President Obama to withdraw his nomination for Secretary of Health and Human Services, according to a written statement from the White House. He felt that the scrutiny around him was distracting to the Obama plan and felt he could do nothing more than be a distraction.
Indiana expands unemployment
INDIANAPOLIS — The state will provide computers and training to libraries, churches and community organizations to help the unemployed apply for benefits. State officials said it could help reduce long lines at unemployment offices and cut down on the number of mistakes by people applying online. “We’re going work with all the faith-based and community-based [...]
Bye Bye Blagojevich
Didn’t work. His rantings were not listened to. For me he seems like a pathological liar and I guess to the Illinois Senate they did too. I am afraid that when he goes down hes going to take others along with him, will definitely be an interesting show to follow. Looks like he should have [...]
Just breaks yer heart doan it?
His pleadings to me sound like a confession of guilt. Trying to say that if other Senators were looked at they too would be taken from office. I think not. He was playing dirty pool and got busted. that’s all there is to say. He doesn’t know the political game as well as he thought [...]
“God willing, Bush has gone to hell.”
Well we all knew we hadnt heard the last of the Iranian tyrant, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, he was yet again ranting in a speech on live Iranian TV. BBC News, Tehran By Jon Leyne President Barack Obama, in his first foreign interview earlier this week, offered what he called the hand of friendship if Iran [...]
Insane Asylum for Blagojevich
That’s where I would put the nut! He has totally lost it, I cant believe he has held HIS own office for so long let alone be allows to appoint a senate office. Illinois’ beleaguered Gov. Rod Blagojevich said today that when he was deciding who would take President Obama’s Senate seat he considered appointing [...]
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