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20080806
 Barack
Obama -  John
McCain -  Oil
-  Companies
-  Politics
- 2008
Election -  Ohio
-  Arizona
-  Working
- Families
"Energy
wars continue on trail." ... "In Youngstown [Ohio],
[2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack] Obama said that
[2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate John] McCain has "proposed
an energy plan that’s nothing but four years more of the same," and that
helps oil companies and not consumers, according to excerpts provided by
the Obama campaign." ... "Obama says that "under [Arizona] Senator McCain’s
plan, the oil companies get billions more, we don’t pay any less at the
pump, and we stay in the same cycle of dependence on oil that got us into
this crisis. The oil companies have placed their bet on Senator McCain,
and if he wins, they will continue to cash in while our families and our
economy suffer and our future is put in jeopardy.That’s the choice we face
in this election. We can choose four years more of the same failed policies
that have gotten us where we are. Four years more of oil companies calling
the shots while hard working families are struggling. That’s what Senator
McCain is offering."" ... "Obama then promotes his own plan for alternative
energy and green-collar jobs." ... "Trying to reinforce Obama's point about
McCain't ties to Big Oil, the Democratic National Committee posted a web
video that shows McCain as a puppet whose strings are being pulled by oil
company lobbyists." ... ""Big Oil in the White House. We've seen this show
before," the video concludes. " -By Foon Rhee
-Boston/Globe
 WATCH:
McCain Oil Industry Lobbyists Puppet Masters ad
20080728
 Jim
Adkisson -  Terrorism
- Politics
-  Tennessee
- Church
- Children
"Timeline:
Church service marred by gunfire." ... "A neighbor
told 10News [suspected killer, Jim] Adkisson described himself as a "Confederate"
and a "believer in the old South." She says Adkisson self-identified in
this way to her on more than one occasion, but that she didn't know what
he meant by it." ... "The shootings happened at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian
Universalist Church on Kingston Pike." ... "A witness who spoke to 10 News
said police had arrived and one person was being detained at the scene."
... "A children's production of "Annie" was taking place as part of the
normal Sunday service at the time of the shooting, the witness, who is
a member of the church, said. The gunman walked into a packed sanctuary
and opened fire." -WBIR.com
Tennessee
Valley Unitarian Universalist Church - TVUUC.org
Jim
Adkisson - Political
- Terrorism
- Tennessee
- Out-of-Work-  Homeless
-  Food
- Gay
- Churchgoers
-  Women's
- Rights
- Children
"Police:
Man shot churchgoers over liberal views." ... "An
out-of-work truck driver accused of opening fire at a Unitarian church
[in Knoxville, Tennessee], killing two people, left behind a note suggesting
that he targeted the congregation out of hatred for its liberal policies,
including its acceptance of gays, authorities said Monday." ... "[Jim]
Adkisson, a 58-year-old truck driver on the verge of losing his food stamps,
had 76 rounds with him when he entered the church and pulled a shotgun
from a guitar case during a children's performance of the musical "Annie.""
... "The Unitarian-Universalist church advocates for women's rights and
gay rights and has provided sanctuary for political refugees. It also has
fed the homeless and founded a chapter of the American Civil Liberties
Union, according to its Web site." -By Duncan Mansfield
-AP via -Yahoo
20080718
 Hillary
Clinton - Women's
-  Medical
-  Science
- Abortion
- Language
- Politics
- Family
-  Federal
- Money
-  New
York
"Clinton
vows to fight "insulting" abortion plan." ... "A
[Republican President] Bush administration plan to define several widely
used contraception methods as abortion is a "gratuitous, unnecessary insult"
to women and faces tough opposition, [New York Democratic Senator] Sen.
Hillary Clinton said on Friday." ... "The former Democratic presidential
candidate joined family planning groups to condemn the proposal that defines
abortion to include contraception such as birth control pills and intrauterine
devices." ... "It would cut off federal funds to hospitals and states where
medical providers are obligated to offer legal abortion and contraception
to women." ... ""We will not put up with this radical, ideological agenda
to turn the clock back on women's rights," the New York senator told a
joint news conference with New York [Democratic Representative] Rep. Nita
Lowey, also a Democrat, at Bellevue Hospital." ... ""Women would watch
their contraceptive coverage disappear overnight," said Clinton." (1, 2)
-By Michelle Nichols with contributions by Ellen Wulfhorst
and Eric Beech -Reuters
20080627
 David
Vitter -  Larry
Craig -  Sam
Brownback -  James
Inhofe - Gay
- Family
-  Law
- Politics
-  La
-  Idaho
-  Kansas
-  Oklahoma
"The
Federal Marriage Amendment is back — with Vitter’s and Craig’s support."
... "Republicans are looking at the political landscape, and they’re feeling
awfully discouraged. The polls look bad, the base looks depressed, and
fundraising looks iffy. Rallying the far-right troops with an anti-gay
amendment to the Constitution — even though it has no chance at even getting
so much as a hearing — might be helpful to the conservative movement."
... "But the funny part is looking over the list of the 10 original sponsors.
Most of the names are predictable — [Kansas Republican Senator Sam] Brownback
and [Oklahoma Republican Senator James] Inhofe, for example — but there
are two others whose names stand out: [Republican Senators] Sens. David
Vitter (R-La. [Republican-Louisiana]) and Larry Craig (R-Idaho [Republican])."
... "Yes, two of the principal sponsors of a constitutional amendment to
“protect” marriage include one far-right Republican who hired prostitutes
and another far-right Republican who was arrested for soliciting gay sex
an airport men’s room." ... "As
my
friend Kyle put it, these two are “not exactly the poster boys of the
family values crowd or particularly upstanding examples of the supposed
sanctity of the ‘union of a man and a woman.”‘" -By
Steve Benen -TheCarpetbaggerReport.com
20080613
John
McCain -  Clayton
Williams - Money
- Politics
- Family
- Abortion
- Law
-  Texas
- 2008
Election
"McCain
Cancels Fundraiser with Oilman Who Joked About Rape."
... "Clayton Williams, who ran unsuccessfully against the late Texas [Governor]
Gov. Ann Richards (D [Democratic]), sparked controversy nearly two decades
ago when he joked women should give in while being raped. "As long as it's
inevitable, you might as well lie back and enjoy it," the oilman remarked
at the time." ... "The Planned Parenthood Action Fund, which has sharply
criticized [2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate John] McCain
for his opposition to abortion rights and other family planning programs,
first contacted the Post about Williams' remarks. The group's president,
Cecile Richards, is the daughter of the late Texas governor." ... ""It's
shocking that John McCain would choose to fundraise with Clayton Williams,
who made his political career saying completely inappropriate and disrespectful
remarks about women," Richards wrote in an e-mail. "This is a real misstep
for the McCain campaign, who is having a hard time getting support from
women."" -By Juliet Eilperin
-WashingtonPost
John
McCain's contributor Clayton Williams "in His Own Words".
 J
Robert Flores
-  Crime
- Political
- Juvenile
- Justice
- Science
-  Sports
-  New
Jersey - Texas
- "Football
Charity Says It Deserved a $500,000 Govt Grant: Despite
Not Even Applying, the Charity Was Awarded a Grant; Some [Department Of
Justice] DOJ Staffers Objected." ... "A group that promotes leadership
through football says it doesn't know how it was awarded a $500,000 federal
grant to help stop juvenile crime, but that it "wasn't political."" ...
"The grant is one of a number for the Department of Justice's Office of
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) that has come under
scrutiny after current and former employees said the official who awarded
the money ignored professional staff recommendations and played favorites
with groups connected to the [Republican] Bush White House. ABC
News conducted an investigation into the OJJDP, which aired earlier this
week on "Nightline"." ... "The National Football Foundation (NFF),
formerly based in New Jersey and now in Texas, says they did not apply
for the grant and have had no contact with J. Robert Flores, the official
who awarded the money." ... "Some OJJDP staffers said this program did
not deserve the funding." ... ""The football program, like the World Golf
Foundation, has lots of private resources and outside funding. They have
wealthy powerful people on the board," one staffer said." ... "The staffer
added that by law the OJJDP's primary focus is to fund programs that intervene
and protect kids who are on the cusp of entering into the juvenile justice
system or who are already in the system, and there is no research that
shows this program targets the most at-risk kids." (1,
2)
-By Anna Schecter -ABCNEWS.com
20080612
Health
- Science
-  Environmental
-  Safety
- Laws
-  Manufacturing
- Industries
-  EU
-  US
-  Global
- Consumers
- Government
- Politics
-  Computer
-  Privacy
- Newborns
"Chemical
Law Has Global Impact: [European Union's] E.U.'s
New Rules Forcing Changes By [United States] U.S. Firms." ... "Europe this
month rolled out new restrictions on makers of chemicals linked to cancer
and other health problems, changes that are forcing U.S. industries to
find new ways to produce a wide range of everyday products." ... "The new
laws in the European Union require companies to demonstrate that a chemical
is safe before it enters commerce -- the opposite of policies in the United
States, where regulators must prove that a chemical is harmful before it
can be restricted or removed from the market. Manufacturers say that complying
with the European laws will add billions to their costs, possibly driving
up prices of some products." ... "The changes come at a time when consumers
are increasingly worried about the long-term consequences of chemical exposure
and are agitating for more aggressive regulation. In the United States,
these pressures have spurred efforts in Congress and some state legislatures
to pass laws that would circumvent the laborious federal regulatory process."
... "Adamantly opposed by the U.S. chemical industry and the [Republican
President] Bush administration, the E.U. laws will be phased in over the
next decade. It is difficult to know exactly how the changes will affect
products sold in the United States. But American manufacturers are already
searching for safer alternatives to chemicals used to make thousands of
consumer goods, from bike helmets to shower curtains." ... "The European
Union's tough stance on chemical regulation is the latest area in which
the Europeans are reshaping business practices with demands that American
companies either comply or lose access to a market of 27 countries and
nearly 500 million people." ... "From its crackdown on antitrust practices
in the computer industry to its rigorous protection of consumer privacy,
the European Union has adopted a regulatory philosophy that emphasizes
the consumer. Its approach to managing chemical risks, which started with
a trickle of individual bans and has swelled into a wave, is part of a
European focus on caution when it comes to health and the environment."
... "A study by the nonprofit Environmental Working Group found an average
of 200 industrial chemicals in the cord blood of newborns." (1, 2)
-By Lyndsey Layton -WashingtonPost
J
Robert Flores
- Political
- Federal
- Juvenile
- Justice
- Health
- Science
- "Questions
Surround Govt Funded Abstinence Program: Why Did
a Lower-Ranked Organization Get Money While Higher-Ranked Groups Were Denied
Funding?" ... "An organization that promotes sexual abstinence for teens
received a federal grant of over a million dollars, twice what it had requested,
despite the skepticism Department of Justice staffers had about the group
and the fact that it refused to participate in a congressionally mandated
study." ... "So why did the Best Friends Foundation receive the grant from
the Justice Department's juvenile justice office even though dozens of
competing organizations were rated higher by the office's own reviewers?
Current and former staffers say it was because of Best Friends' powerful
president and founder, Elayne Bennett." ... "Not only is Bennett the wife
of Bill Bennett, a former [Republican President] Reagan and [Republican
President] Bush administration official and conservative political commentator,
but she is also personally close to the chief administrator of the Office
of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), J. Robert Flores."
... "DOJ staffers were deeply skeptical when Best Friends applied for a
grant of around a half-million dollars last summer. For one thing, the
organization had backed out of a congressionally mandated study to examine
whether or not abstinence programs are effective." ... "Then there were
the DOJ staffers own internal reviews, which placed Best Friends behind
dozens of other competing organizations. Out of 104 grants in their category,
Best Friends ranked 53rd." ... "But those other organizations didn't have
Elayne Bennett. Bennett, say current and former DOJ staffers in the OJJDP,
often spoke on the phone with Flores and had access to him and his aides
that other juvenile organizations ordinarily wouldn't have." ... "Meanwhile,
competing with Best Friends for a federal grant from the OJJDP was a Washington
non-profit, the Rape Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN), an advocacy
group for victims of rape and sexual assault." ... "In the category of
OJJDP grants for which both organizations applied, Best Friends ranked
51st, while RAINN came in at 14th. RAINN did not receive a grant from the
OJJDP." (1, 2,
3,
4)
-By Murray Waas -ABCNEWS.com
20080611
 
Racist
-  Media
- Politics
- 2008
Election - Obama
- Family
- Mom
"Fox
News calls Michelle Obama "Obama's baby mama"." ...
"An alert reader wrote in just a little while ago to let us know about
something he'd spotted on Fox News Wednesday afternoon. During a segment
discussing conservative attacks against Michelle Obama, the wife of [2008
Election] presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama, the network described
the former as "Obama's baby mama."" ... "I checked, and sure enough, as
you can see below, our e-mailer was right. In fact, that description was
displayed on-screen several times during the segment, which featured anchor
Megyn Kelly and conservative blogger Michelle Malkin, an FNC contributor.
" -By Alex Koppelman -Salon
Barack
Obama - John
McCain - Money
- Politics
- Workers
-  Retirees
- Homeowners
-  Students
-  Farmers
- Families
- US_Debt
- Law
-  Illinois
- Arizona
- 2008
Election
"A
Preliminary Analysis of the 2008 Presidential Candidates' Tax Plans."
[Full
Report PDF] ... "Senator [from Illinois and 2008 Election Democratic
Presidential Candidate Barack] Obama would permanently extend certain provisions
of the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts primarily affecting taxpayers with incomes
under $250,000; increase the maximum rate on capital gains and qualified
dividends; and enact new and expanded targeted tax breaks for workers,
retirees, homeowners, savers, students, and new farmers. Senator [from
Arizona and 2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate John] McCain
proposes to extend permanently the AMT "patch" that has prevented most
individuals and families with incomes below $200,000 from being affected
by the tax, and in our interpretation of his proposal, Senator Obama would
do the same." ... "Although both candidates have at times stressed fiscal
responsibility, their specific non-health tax proposals would reduce tax
revenues by $3.7 trillion (McCain) and $2.7 trillion (Obama) over the next
10 years, or approximately 10 and 7 percent of the revenues scheduled for
collection under current law, respectively. Furthermore, as in the case
of [Republican] President Bush's tax cuts, the true cost of McCain's policies
may be masked by phase-ins and sunsets (scheduled expiration dates) that
reduce the estimated revenue costs. If his policies were fully phased in
and permanent, the ten-year cost would rise to $4.1 trillion, or about
11 percent of total revenues." -TaxPolicyCenter.org
20080610
Special
Report - J
Robert Flores
- Money
- Politics
- Secret
- Government- Juvenile
- Justice
-  Nev
"Special
Report: Juvenile Justice." ... "The following documents
accompany Youth Today's ongoing
reporting on the [United States] U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention." ... "*From "At
Justice, 84th Place Wins"" ...
"OJJDP spreadsheets
containing scores and place-rankings for bids submitted under various 2007
grant programs, including mentoring, research and delinquency prevention
(winners are highlighted by red borders)." ... "*From "Former
Justice Official Says Juvenile Chief Misled Her" and
"A
Friend at Justice"" ... "A memo
that U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Administrator
Robert Flores wrote to Regina Schofield last July, in which he explained
how he chose 10 winning proposals from among more than 100 bids for the
National Programs grants." ... "*From "Juvenile
Judges Group Secretly Pays to Settle U.S. Fraud Claim""
... "Under a set of confidential agreements, the National Council of Juvenile
and Family Court Judges will pay $300,000 to settle allegations
that it committed fraud to get grant money from the U.S. Department of
Justice, while its director [Mary Mentaberry] will pay $16,500 to settle
conflict-of-interest charges." ... "The Justice Department charged that
the council falsified employee time sheets, billed the federal government
for work by "ghost" employees, failed to disclose that it hired the spouses
of employees and fired a worker who questioned those practices, according
to settlements
filed this month in U.S. District Court in Reno, Nev. [Nevada]" ... "Serena
Hulbert, who alleges she was wrongfully fired from the council, filed a
new
lawsuit for wrongful termination on April 23, according to court
records." ... "*From "Juvenile
Justice, A Panel of One"" ...
"Here are PDFs
of the winning 2007 National Juvenile Justice Program bids." ... "Here
is a detailed
list of bidders for OJJDP's 2007 National Juvenile Justice Program
grants (winners are highlighted)." ... "Here is a spreadsheet
of all OJJDP 2007 discretionary grants." -YouthToday.org
20080609
J
Robert Flores
- Crime
- Political
- Federal
- Sports
- Religious
- Juvenile
- Justice
"Justice
Department Official Awards $500,000 Grant to Golf Group:
Former Staffer Tells ABC News Anti-Crime Funds Given to Programs With The
"Right" Connections." ... "A senior Justice Department official says a
$500,000 federal grant to the World Golf Foundation is an appropriate use
of money designed to deal with juvenile crime in America." ... "The Justice
Department, in a decision by [Republican President Bush's Department of
Justice Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention J. Robert] Flores, gave the money to the World Golf Foundation's
First Tee program, even though Justice Department staffers had rated the
program 47th on a list of 104 applicants. The allegations were first reported
earlier this year by the trade journal Youth
Today." ... "Current and former Justice Department employees allege
that Flores ignored the staff rankings in favor of programs that had political,
social or religious connections to the [Republican President George W.]
Bush White House." ... "The honorary chairman of the First Tee program
is former [Republican] President George [H.W.] Bush [George W. Bush's father]."
... "A key witness will be a former employee of Flores' office, Scott Peterson,
who says the grants were awarded based more on politics than merit." ...
""This is cronyism, this is waste, fraud and abuse," Peterson told ABC
News in an interview aired on Nightline Monday night." ... "Many top-rated
programs were denied federal grants." ... "Flores was appointed to the
position by President Bush six years ago and has overseen about $1.5 billion
dollars in grants during that time." ... "A Washington, D.C. program, Best
Friends, that promotes abstinences was awarded $1.1 million by Flores even
though it ranked 53rd on a list of 104 applicants." ... "Best Friends is
run by Elayne Bennett, the wife of Bill Bennett, a former Republican cabinet
member and now political commentator." (1, 2,
3)
-By Brian Ross, Anna Schecter, and Murray Waas
-ABCNEWS.com
WATCH:
"Does the White House favor social programs based on politics?"
20080602
 Dick
Cheney -  Humor?-(
- Family
- Lineage
-  History
-  Book
-  West
Virginia - "Dick
Cheney's Incest Joke Irks West Virginian Lawmakers."
... "[Republican Vice President Dick] Cheney explained that during the
course of researching his family lineage for Lynne's memoir "Blue Skies,
No Fences" last year, he learned there were Cheneys on both his father's
and his mother's side of the family. There was a Richard Cheney on his
mother's side, the vice president said." ... ""So I had Cheneys on both
sides of the family and we don't even live in West Virginia," Cheney quipped."
... "[West Virginia Democratic Representative Robert Byrd later responded:]
"That a man who has ascended to the seat of vice president of the United
States would openly display such contempt and astounding ignorance toward
his own countrymen is an insult to all Americans. Now that he or the administration
he represents no longer needs their vote, Mr. Cheney apparently feels that
he is now free to mock and belittle the people of West Virginia."" -By
Mary Ann Akers -WashingtonPost
WATCH
Republican Cheney make West Virginia incest joke.
20080530
-
Barack
Obama - John
McCain -
 Accounting
-  People
- Families
- US
-  Iraq
-  Military
- Book
-  MT
- Arizona
-  Wisconsin
- 2008
Election - "Obama
slams McCain on Iraq facts." ... "[2008 Election
Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack] Obama isn't expected to
speak until 7:45 pm ET at a rally in Great Falls, MT [Montana]. But his
campaign has released excerpts of his remarks, which go right after [2008
Election Republican Presidential Candidate John] McCain's "pre-surge
levels" misstatement yesterday. They also invoke Scott McClellan's
new book." ... "[Barack Obama:] "There are honest differences about how
to move forward in Iraq, just like there were honest differences about
whether or not we should go to war," Obama is supposed to say. "John McCain
was for the invasion of Iraq; I opposed it. John McCain wants to continue
George
Bush’s war in Iraq indefinitely; I want to end it. So there’s going
to be a clear choice for the American people this November."" ... ""But
that’s not what John McCain’s been talking about the last few days. He’s
been proposing a joint trip to Iraq that’s nothing more than a political
stunt. He’s even been using it to raise a few dollars for his campaign.
But it seems like [Arizona Senator] Sen. McCain’s a lot more interested
in my travel plans than the facts, because yesterday – in his continued
effort to put the best light on a failed policy – he stood up in Wisconsin
and said, 'We have drawn down to pre-surge levels' in Iraq."" ... ""That’s
not true, and anyone running for commander-in-chief should know better.
As the saying goes, you’re entitled to your own view, but not your own
facts. We’ve got around 150,000 troops in Iraq -- 20,000 more than we had
before the surge. We have plans to get down to around 140,000 later this
summer -- that’s still more troops than we had in Iraq before the surge.
And today, Sen. McCain refused to correct his mistake. Just like George
Bush, when he was presented with the truth, he just dug in and refused
to admit his mistake. His campaign said it amounts to 'nitpicking.'"" ...
""Well, I don’t think tens of thousands of American troops amounts to nitpicking.
Tell that to the young men and women who are serving bravely and brilliantly
under our flag. Tell that to the families who have seen their loved ones
fight tour after tour after tour of duty in a war that should’ve never
been authorized and never been waged."" ... ""It’s time for a debate that’s
based on the truth, and I can’t think of anything more important than how
many Americans are in harm’s way. It’s time for a debate that’s based on
how we’re going to end this war -- not a debate that’s based on raising
a few dollars for John McCain’s campaign."" ... ""The American people have
had enough spin. Just this week, we were reminded by President Bush’s own
former spokesman of how it was deception -- not straight talk -- that misled
the American people into war. It’s time to cut through the tough talk so
that we can be straight with the American people about a war that’s cost
us thousands of lives and hundreds of billions of dollars without making
us safer. It’s time to end the political game-playing so that we can finally
end this war. That’s what I’ll do in this campaign. And that’s what I’ll
do when I’m President of the United States."" -From
Mark Murray and Athena Jones -MSNBC
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