Montana’s Gov. Brian Schweitzer, a Democrat, asked a really good question on Saturday: “Why allow bad beef to enter the U.S. from Canada and not allow safe medicine?” Schweitzer is incensed because of President Bush’s blatantly inconsistent policies. Bush refuses to allow U.S. citizens to legally import prescription drugs from Canadian pharmacies, citing safety concerns. [...]
Posts from ‘February, 2005’
Biden would make an excellent president
Biden, as we’ve mentioned previously, is one of the ablest members of the Senate, for that matter of the whole U.S. government, when it comes to international relations and national security matters.
Union offers reward to help find missing girl
This is a case of union members looking out for one of their own. Jessica’s grandfather is a longtime Teamster. It’s a side of unions we hear too little about, although such help is not uncommon.
Ample reason to be worried — very worried
The Bush administration and Republicans in Congress may not be terribly concerned about the U.S. economic outlook, but the rest of us had better be. Via Blog Left, there’s an unsettling item that originates from Australia. Here’s a portion of it: The main cause of concern is the fact the US is running a trade [...]
Hunger staging a comeback in land of plenty
The social contract started breaking down over the past 25 years and is now essentially a dead letter for millions.
The anything-to-win gang rides again
“Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.” That’s a time-honored way of saying that a high-pressure sales pitch isn’t necessary when you offer real value. Ipso facto, savvy people put their guard up when confronted with hard-sell tactics. They’ve learned by experience when and why to be wary. [...]
Going by results, what is there to like?
At some point, logically, even a president’s supporters should set aside personal and party loyalty, and take stock of the job he’s doing. A dispassionate look at the fruits of President George W. Bush’s labors this week yields little comfort and less encouragement, even to enthusiasts. Bush spent the week glad handing and backslapping his [...]
Alas, no rest for the weary
Quote: “We’ve had control of the Congress now for a decade, had control of the White House for five years . . .”
Feds bust man, 18, for spamming, blackmail
Anthony Greco is in big trouble for allegedly sending out more than 1.5 million instant messages hawking porn and mortgage refinancing to subscribers of MySpace.com.
RSS can get your news reading down to a system
RSS, or really simple syndication, makes it possible to scan news feeds from a huge variety of sources in one place. Sources include everything from major-media outlets to spanking-new weblogs. Typically, you get to see headlines and a brief excerpt of each item. Click and you get to see the full story. You can tap [...]
