January 8, 2009 by roofingbird
It’s remarkably peculiar stuff for a Democrat, or even a pragmatist: Obama Delivers Remarks On Economy
CQ Transcripts Wire
Thursday, January 8, 2009; 11:36 AM
Nicely timed too. If you haven’t contacted your Congressional Representative on the Lilly Ledbetter Act, TODAY IS THE DAY!!!!!
Barack Obama and Lilly Ledbetter - Photo by NWLC
If he can get his picture taken with her, If he can give his opinon about Burris, He could have addressed something about how pay discrimination and job for women will be addressed in his economic plan. 51% of the population DESERVES FAIR PAY AND REDRESS!
Click on the picture to direct you to The National Women’s Law Center for information on the bill and how to get involved.
Here is a link to the Bill text, now H.R. 11. Once you are there, you can also find out the sponsors and other info, by clicking the blue link that says “Summary and Status”.
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January 7, 2009 by roofingbird
Marian Anderson
February 27, 1897- April 8 1993.
Fear is a disease that eats away at logic and makes man inhuman.
On this date, January 7, 1955, Marian Anderson became the first African-American to perform with the New York Metropolitan Opera. Continue Reading »
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January 7, 2009 by roofingbird
I’ve said before, I’m not a lawyer. I’m pretty clear about the cavernous maw of emptiness I have in this category. In reading the “Lawless” article below, I was reminded that as a constitutional lawyer, Obama is going to have some particular viewpoints about the state of affairs in the Justice Dept. What we have seen up to this week has been non-committal, maybe even conservatively strict. In the past, I’ve debated to myself as to whether given his path to now he will wind up entrenching patterns in the Department of Justice, or restore the balance BushCo tried so hard to break asunder. This article expressed pretty well some of the musing and questions I have. Continue Reading »
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January 6, 2009 by roofingbird
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January 6, 2009 by roofingbird
For that midnight political hamburger.
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January 5, 2009 by roofingbird
-UPDATE-090106
It looks like the challange is on. Ron Coleman has filed suit challenging the contest. He is throwing an entire noodle bowl of points at the court in hopes something will stick, HERE.
Love him or hate him, it’s official! Except, it’s not quite. read the link. The “certification” will only stand if Coleman doesn’t challange.
Politico.com Breaking News:
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The Minnesota Canvassing Board certified that Al Franken defeated Sen. Norm Coleman by 225 votes in the closely-contested Minnesota Senate race.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/scorecard/0109/Franken_declared_winner_over_Coleman.html
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January 5, 2009 by roofingbird
-UPDATE-
The notice discussed below has since been superseded by another, so you will not see it at the bottom of my page. However, it is still on the FDA website. It’s website issuance date is still in question.
More Melamine found in wafer rolls, (cookies), Recalled from National Brands.
If you don’t know, make the jump and read the FDA notice in the “continue reading” below.
If you will notice at the bottom of my blogsite this notice is listed in the FDA website today, Jan. 5, 2009. However, the notice is dated for Issuance on December 19th. At least two blogs were aware of a notice from Associated Press this early: Salon.com and Boston.com. The notices may have been derived from the company’s site. This is not the first time I have noticed a discrepancy in issuance date and notice date from the FDA.
Maybe there are simple and innocent answers for this gap. However, it’s clear that the FDFA did not issue a website national recall throughout the entire holiday season, even though they may have had the information. Someone did. Who benefited? What are we going to do about it?
Kudos to Salon.com, Boston.com and AP. Let’s hope all the wafers were distributed to your area, instead of nationwide, and returned. Otherwise, some of us may be looking at a slightly more plastic life. I didn’t, but if I thought I had ingested some of this garbage, I would talk to my doctor; even if I wasn’t sick. It never hurts hurt to establish a baseline. Continue Reading »
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January 4, 2009 by roofingbird
If you are a victim of stalking, please call the National Center for Victims of Crime, Stalking Resource Center at 1-800-394-2255 or 1-800-211-7996 (TTY).
My husband watches for these things and reminds me that January is National Stalking Awareness Month. If you have been imitating Rip Van Winkle, Peter Klaus, Honi M’agel or any other literary hypersomniacs, wake up and read below. Continue Reading »
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January 4, 2009 by roofingbird
The New Mexico Independent just put this out:
BREAKING NEWS: Richardson withdraws
N.M. governor cites federal investigation into a California company with state contract
By TRIP JENNINGS 1/4/09 11:36 AM
[Gov. Bill Richardson is withdrawing his name for consideration as U.S. Commerce Secretary, citing a federal investigation into a California company being investigated by the FBI.l Richardson has withdrawn his name from candicacy as Us commerce Secratary…]
http://newmexicoindependent.com/13830/breaking-nbc-news-reports-that-richardson-is-withdrawing-his-name-as-commerce-secretary
Hmm. He could be guilty of something. Or, as a personal observer to, and recipient of what the VRWC smear tactic did in the Clinton admin, he may think it might be too much for the Obama administration to take on right now.
The VRWC smear campaign came at a cost of more than 70 million voters dollars and the use of investigation as a political tool rather than a search for truth.
I still don’t like him for what he did to HRC, but I’m going to wait and see how this investigation turns out, and then decide who to point fingers at.
P.S. the fact that the NYT, AP and Wapo are leading the charge on this uproar, just like with the VRWC allegations, does not inspire my trust.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton: Living History
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January 3, 2009 by roofingbird
The ACLU could use little help. Seems a few of their regular contributors got stung by the Madoff bee. We are into the new year so I don’t believe contributions would count for 2008. However, the need is still there and contributions can be counted against 2009.
In the mean time, they have filed suit on the discriminatory Arkansas Act 1 law that went into affect on January 1st:
ACLU Asks Court To Strike Down Arkansas Parenting Ban (12/30/2008)
Over A Dozen Families Affected By Act 1 Step Forward To File Lawsuit
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CONTACT: media@aclu.org
LITTLE ROCK– The American Civil Liberties Union today filed a lawsuit seeking to strike down a new law that bans any unmarried person who lives with a partner from serving as an adoptive or foster parent in the state of Arkansas.
At a press conference at the Arkansas State Capitol this morning, several of the plaintiffs described how Act 1, which is set to go into effect on January 1, impacts their families and why they decided to be part of the case.
http://www.aclu.org/lgbt/parenting/38204prs20081230.html?s_src=RSS
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