In the year 2011, you would think that America would be long past the days when race mattered. In a time when we have a black President for the first time, you would think this would show how truly united America is on the subject of race. Unfortunately, that’s hardly the case.
We all know that workers deserve to be compensated appropriately and that the new UAW signing bonus is a good deal. What about the taxpayers though and the estimated $14.33 billion loss that we are taking? It just goes to show that Washington has special interests from all sides. If Washington really cared about...
For many people their morning begins with Facebook and their night ends with Facebook before they go to bed. With the ever-changing format of Facebook; have we become conditioned to accept them, no matter how much we don’t like those changes?
If one didn’t know any better they would think that all bans on CFCs came directly from the EPA in reference to depletion of the Ozone layer. That’s not the case when it comes to OTC Asthma inhalers. This ban is a direct result of lobbying by big pharma.
There’s an age old saying of; “when good cops go bad.” It should be coined more around the fact that bad people become cops and then often abuse their position of authority.
While we are staunch critics of Obama just like any other politician in Washington, this cartoon pretty much sums up the way everyone treats this President; damned if he does and damned if he doesn’t.
The United Nations kicked off a two-day event on Monday with the goal of learning the best ways to help curb noncommunicable diseases; which have become the leading causes of death in developing nations.
Television shows winning Emmy awards are much more important than real issues facing our nation. Charlie Sheen showing up on the Emmy stage is much more important than the problems with our economy, problems with our health care system, and any ‘real’ problem facing our nation today.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); 75% of children who died from flu related symptoms last year, had not received the flu vaccine. While 75% of children may have not received the Flu Vaccine, that still means 25% of the children who died had actually been vaccinated against the flu.
A glimpse into what’s really going on behind the scenes of national security is what Frontline gives us in their latest documentary entitled, ‘Top Secret America.’
(Int. Bus. Times – Sept. 15) — Nobel Prize-winning physicist Ivar Giaever resigned as a Fellow from the American Physical Society Tuesday, condemning the group’s official stand on global warming. In 2007, the APS adopted an official statement that emissions of greenhouse gases from human activities were changing the atmosphere in ways that affected the Earth’s climate. “The...
(Washington Times – September 14) — Is arsenic in our kid’s apple juice? The short answers to this question, depending on who is answering, are either: “Yes!” or “Yeah, but no need for concern.” The difference is at the center of a dispute that’s playing out today between federal regulators and the popular television...
Your favorite Olive Garden dishes might not quite taste like what they used to after Darden Restaurants joined Michelle Obama’s campaign in fighting for a healthier America and childhood obesity. The healthier choices come from reducing calories and salt in certain dishes, as well as offering healthier choices for kids meals according to bloomberg:...
The Federal Government is proposing new regulations that would make it illegal to use electronic cigarettes on airplanes. This new measure is in wake to confusion and complaints from flight attendants and passengers about the legality of using electric cigarettes during a flight according to an LA Times article: “Airline passengers have rights, and...
The Coast Guard Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) have released their assessment on the causes leading up to the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster back in 2010. In the assessment BOEM places most of the blame for the disaster directly on BP and their contractors including Transocean and Haliburton, while ignoring the faults of the Mineral...
