[From Ballot Access News] The Green Party of Missouri, which uses the ballot name “Progressive Party” submitted almost 15,000 signatures on July 24, to meet the statewide requirement of 10,000. Tags: green party <BR/>
Archive For July, 2006
Audit Finds U.S. Hid Cost of Iraq Projects
[From New York Times] By JAMES GLANZ BAGHDAD, Iraq, July 29 The State Department agency in charge of $1.4 billion in reconstruction money in Iraq used an accounting shell game to hide ballooning cost overruns on its projects there and knowingly withheld information on schedule delays from Congress, a federal audit released late Friday has [...]
Disowning Conservative Politics, Evangelical Pastor Rattles Flock
[From New York Times] By LAURIE GOODSTEIN MAPLEWOOD, Minn. Like most pastors who lead thriving evangelical megachurches, the Rev. Gregory A. Boyd was asked frequently to give his blessing – and the church’s – to conservative political candidates and causes. The requests came from church members and visitors alike: Would he please announce a rally [...]
Scratch ‘N Win Ballots To Debut In November
[From The Onion] | Issue 42•29 WASHINGTON, DC—In an effort to increase voter participation while generating additional revenue, several state election boards announced plans Monday to introduce new Scratch ‘N Win ballots in November, giving citizens the chance to win the right to vote in the 2006 elections. Nevada voters elected “The Guy From American [...]
Feeling Strains, Baptist Colleges Cut Church Ties
[From NY Times] GEORGETOWN, Ky. The request seemed simple enough to the Rev. Hershael W. York, then the president of the Kentucky Baptist Convention. He asked Georgetown College, a small Baptist liberal arts institution here, to consider hiring for its religion department someone who would teach a literal interpretation of the Bible. But to William [...]
American Rights at Work: Stephen Colbert Satirizes NLRB’s Anti-Union Assault
[From ] Last night on Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report”–a show satirizing Fox News’ “The O’Reilly Factor”–host Stephen Colbert took on the National Labor Relations Board and the potentially disastrous impacts its rulings could have on workers. Watch this hilarious clip here: Tags: Rights <BR/>
Lieberman-Lamont money
[From Politics in the Zeros] The vast bulk of campaign contributions for both Lamont and Lieberman comes from out-of-state. 70% for Lamont, 80% for Lieberman. I guess the people of Connecticut are afterthoughts for both candidates.
All Politics Is Local
[From Capitol confidential] TU Thomas J. Raleigh, a Democrat, retired Army lieutenant colonel and a Niskayuna resident, will formally announce a primary challenge U.S. Rep. Michael McNulty, D-Green Island, at the Italian American Community Center at 11 a.m. today. This will be the 21st CD’s first Democratic primary in a decade. Raleigh, who filed 307 pages [...]
How Not to Solve the Violence in the Middle East
[From How to Save the World] How Not to Solve the Violence in the Middle East: A fascinating article in today’s NYT invites 7 ‘experts’ to suggest first steps to resolve the exploding violence in Lebanon. The result is seven completely unworkable recommendations — and the bigger the name, the more incompetent the proposal. This [...]