Saturday, January 31, 2009
Thursday, January 29, 2009
FEMA Camps Authorized
A new bill introduced in Congress authorizes the Department of Homeland Security to set up a network of FEMA camp facilities to be used to house U.S. citizens in the event of a national emergency.
The National Emergency Centers Act or HR 645 mandates the establishment of “national emergency centers” to be located on military installations for the purpose of to providing “temporary housing, medical, and humanitarian assistance to individuals and families dislocated due to an emergency or major disaster,” according to the bill.
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What other uses could these be put to? Think Economic Depression, High Unemployment, Public Insurrection, etc. Hmm?
The National Emergency Centers Act or HR 645 mandates the establishment of “national emergency centers” to be located on military installations for the purpose of to providing “temporary housing, medical, and humanitarian assistance to individuals and families dislocated due to an emergency or major disaster,” according to the bill.
Rest of the article
What other uses could these be put to? Think Economic Depression, High Unemployment, Public Insurrection, etc. Hmm?
Monday, January 26, 2009
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Friday, January 23, 2009
Must someone not also look back?
Yesterday, during Senate debate on Lilly Ledbetter, Senator Whitehouse got up and said the following:
As the President looks forward and charts a new course, must someone not also look back to take an accounting of where we are, what was done, and what must now be repaired? Our new President has said, ``America needs to look forward.'' I agree. Our new Attorney General-designate has said: We should not criminalize policy differences. I agree, and I hope we can all agree that summoning young sacrificial lambs to prosecute, as we did after Abu Ghraib, would be reprehensible
Remainder of the speech
As the President looks forward and charts a new course, must someone not also look back to take an accounting of where we are, what was done, and what must now be repaired? Our new President has said, ``America needs to look forward.'' I agree. Our new Attorney General-designate has said: We should not criminalize policy differences. I agree, and I hope we can all agree that summoning young sacrificial lambs to prosecute, as we did after Abu Ghraib, would be reprehensible
Remainder of the speech
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Letter from Baghdad
Saturday, January 10, 2009
The ordeal of Gaza......
Thursday, January 8th., 2009
Peace be upon you...
My heart is sad about what is happening in Gaza and its people for two weeks now, and wondering about the lowliness of this world we are living in?
There are cruel people, and there are cowards; cruel people who bomb by warplanes and kill the unarmed civilians with all malice and a dead conscience… and cowards- the neighbors who watch, condemn, and criticize with meaningless, empty words…
...More of the letter
The ordeal of Gaza......
Thursday, January 8th., 2009
Peace be upon you...
My heart is sad about what is happening in Gaza and its people for two weeks now, and wondering about the lowliness of this world we are living in?
There are cruel people, and there are cowards; cruel people who bomb by warplanes and kill the unarmed civilians with all malice and a dead conscience… and cowards- the neighbors who watch, condemn, and criticize with meaningless, empty words…
...More of the letter
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Justice Roberts Flubs Oath
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
Inauguration Address
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Largest US Embassy on Earth
BAGHDAD -- The United States inaugurated its largest embassy ever on Monday, a fortress-like compound in the heart of the Green Zone -- and the most visible sign of what U.S. officials call a new chapter in relations between America and a more sovereign Iraq.
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