You morons, you who voted him on, stood behind him and defended him over these past eight years… are you assholes happy now?
If only it were you people that were on the endangered list. Actually, you are. You’re just too stupid to realize it.
Bush set to relax rules protecting species
Interior Department rushed to finish new regulation despite objections
WASHINGTON - Animals and plants in danger of becoming extinct could lose the protection of government experts who make sure that dams, highways and other projects don’t pose a threat, under a regulation the Bush administration is set to put in place before President-elect Obama can reverse them.
The rules must be published Friday to take effect before Obama is sworn in Jan. 20. Otherwise, he can undo them with the stroke of a pen.
The Interior Department rushed to complete the rules in three months over the objections of lawmakers and environmentalists who argued that they would weaken how a landmark conservation law is applied.
I see so many things wrong with this. Does it make more sense to allow law-abiding citizens to freeze to death just so police will have less work to do? Will people actually sit there while their cars are warming, or will they opt to not waste any time and begin their drive in a cold, frosted over car… possibly taking out a police officer two blocks away? (If that did happen, who would you root for in that court room?)
I really can’t see the police force being all that worried over a few cars being used this way. Sounds like someone from the auto insurance industry has done some leaning on the local government of Charlotte.
Fuck people’s rights. What next? Will we be told we can no longer carry cash in our pockets so as to not make robbery any easier for the bad guys?
Police: Don’t Leave Your Car Unattended While You Heat It Up
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — It’s cold outside, and that means many people want to warm up their cars before heading out the door for the day.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police told Channel 9 they are cracking down on drivers who heat up their cars and then go back inside.
The ordinance allowing officers to do so has been around for years, but they are cracking down now because thieves are targeting cars that are heating up and then using those cars in other crimes.
If police catch you warming up your car without being in it, they can write you a ticket.
Congratulations to mark Begich. I bet he never thought it would be so difficult to beat a friggin felon. What a country……
Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens lost his job to Mark Begich on Tuesday, putting an end to the era of “Uncle Ted” as the dominant force in Alaska politics.
Begich, the Democratic mayor of Anchorage, widened his lead to 3,724 votes in Tuesday’s count of absentee and questioned ballots. The lead is insurmountable, as the only votes left to count are approximately 2,500 ballots from overseas.
That this ship was pirated 450 miles out of port is amazing. Very scary. I’d think that the Saudi government could afford better security for their ships. But what do I know…..
The Saudi government confirmed today that it has begun negotiating with the pirates who hijacked a supertanker filled with $100 million worth of crude oil, the same day that an Indian warship blasted a pirate ship out of the water.
Without more protection ship owners will be forced to take longer routes.
Saudi Prince Saud Al-Faisal said today the Saudi government does not like to negotiate with “pirates, terrorists or hijackers” but Vela International, the owners of the tanker, is “the final arbiter” on the issue.
The capture of the massive tanker called the Sirius Star shocked the shipping world this week because it was the largest vessel ever seized by pirates and it occurred 450 nautical miles from Somalia, out on the Indian Ocean, an area that had not been affected by the spreading menace.
Former majority leader wrote a book proposing health care improvements
WASHINGTON - NBC News confirms from Democratic sources that former S.D. Sen. Tom Daschle will be President-elect Barack Obama’s Health and Human Services secretary nominee.
In addition, an official with Obama’s transition team says Daschle will oversee Obama’s health policy working group.
Daschle had been a close adviser to Obama throughout the Illinois senator’s campaign for the White House. Daschle, who represented South Dakota in the Senate, recently wrote a book on his proposals to improve health care and is working with former Senate majority leaders on recommendations to improve the system.
It’s doesn’t matter how many times I say it, it seems no one is listening… or cares. There are people out there right now dying because they don’t have the money to see a doctor. There are people out there right now dying because it’s cold and they have no shelter. There are people out there right now dying because they don’t have any food and are starving. And the good folks down at the local GM plant, from the high-priced CEO right on down to the high-priced janitor, who never gave a damn about the people living under the bridge, are screaming for free money. How many times have these people voted no to universal health care?
But they will get their helping hand. They. Will. Get. Their. Bailout.
Consumers to suffer if GM goes under
Higher car prices, the end of incentives and vehicle shortages could occur if GM and other Big Three automakers don’t get a bailout, according to experts.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — A bankruptcy of one of the Big Three automakers could hit American consumers hard, industry experts warn. [...]
Executives at GM have repeatedly maintained that bankruptcy is not an option, and Nardelli said his firm also wants to avoid a filing. But there is enough opposition to a bailout to make a bankruptcy, or even outright failure, of two of the nation’s largest automakers a serious risk in the coming two months. [...]
“Vehicles could cost anywhere from 5% to 15% more, maybe even more than that,” said Michael Robinet, vice president of global vehicle forecasts for auto consultant CSM Worldwide.
A South Texas grand jury has indicted Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on charges related to the alleged abuse of prisoners in Willacy County’s federal detention centers.
The indictment criticizes Cheney’s investment in the Vanguard Group, which holds interests in the private prison companies running the federal detention centers. It accuses Cheney of a conflict of interest and “at least misdemeanor assaults” on detainees by working through the prison companies.
Gonzales is accused of using his position while in office to stop an investigation into abuses at the federal detention centers.
Another indictment charges state Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr. with profiting from his public office by accepting honoraria from prison management companies.
Study finds gut germ in 40 percent of grocery meats; CDC says not to worry
A potentially deadly intestinal germ increasingly found in hospitals is also showing up in a more unsavory setting: grocery store meats.
More than 40 percent of packaged meats sampled from three Arizona chain stores tested positive for Clostridium difficile, a gut bug known as C. diff., according to newly complete analysis of 2006 data collected by a University of Arizona scientist.
Nearly 30 percent of the contaminated samples of ground beef, pork and turkey and ready-to-eat meats like summer sausage were identical or closely related to a super-toxic strain of C. diff blamed for growing rates of illness and death in the U.S. — raising the possibility that the bacterial infections may be transmitted through food.
“These data suggest that domestic animals, by way of retail meats, may be a source of C. difficile for human infection,” said J. Glenn Songer, a professor of veterinary science at the Tucson school, who talked with msnbc.com about work now under review by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Chris Matthews on Hardball starts a new segment which will air daily for the next 63 days, Name That Pardon, where he’ll guess who will get pardons from Bush. First up, Abramoff.
WASHINGTON - NBC News confirms from Democratic sources that former S.D. Sen. Tom Daschle will be President-elect Barack Obama’s Health and Human Services secretary nominee.
