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POPSOCTOBER SURPRISE -- Fiscal Year of 2009 Budget!!! Legislation in a remarkably secretive process concentrated in the hands of Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and David Obey Passage of the bill is complicated by the question of how much further oil exploration to permit off the U.S. coast. Democrats are seeking to attach a plan to open waters 50 miles off the Pacific and Atlantic coasts to oil and natural gas development, though only if the adjacent states agree to it. Republicans and the White House want to completely lift current restrictions on coastal drilling, and President Bush' veto pen gives them the edge. Discussions on the budget are far overshadowed by the ongoing debate over a $700 billion bailout plan for Wall Street. But the amount of money at stake — including a $488 billion Pentagon funding bill that hasn't seen a second's worth of public debate or review — is almost as great.
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POPSGOP: Lose Your Home, Lose Your Vote (cont.)McCain, who owns ten houses, has long been a lackey of the banking industry and a strong supporter of the industry's efforts to weaken government safeguards against irresponsible lending. Since 1989, the financial services, insurance and real estate industries have contributed $23.8 million to McCain's campaigns, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. This sector far outspent any other industry in making donations to the Arizona senator. Topping the list of McCain donors are Merrill Lynch ($366,035), Citigroup ($317,751), Goldman Sachs ($305,015), Morgan Stanley ($253,871), JPMorgan Chase ($207,728), Credit Suisse Group ($178,825), UBS ($178,515), Pinnacle West Capital ($164,050), Bank of America ($160,625), Lehman Brothers ($128,550) and Wachovia Corp ($121,346).
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POPSLives of the Rich & Famous: McCains own 13 cars But, hey, with all those houses, and errands to run... There was a time when I had no automobile at all ... (Barack and Michelle have one between them, BTW.) Perhaps a good economic stimulus plan would be a giveaway of the McCains' extra houses and cars. Hey, we live in America - they could say - we've got a right to be rabid materialists.
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POPSWoman pleads guilty to 1999 eco-terrorism act In her plea agreement, Mason also admits involvement in 12 other acts with property damage pegged at more than $2.5 million. They include the destruction of four homes under construction in Washtenaw and Macomb counties and an attempted arson at an Ice Mountain bottled water pumping station in Mecosta County, all in 2003. Mason will not be charged with those incidents, but they could affect her sentence. The U.S. attorney's office agrees not to seek more than 20 years in prison but could appeal if U.S. District Judge Paul Maloney goes below 15 years.
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POPSThe truth about Nothetn Ohio Detroit and flint are the focus of attention when it comes to poverty resulting from the industrial decline but this research demonstrates that the most severe of these issues affect places well outside of the American Car capitol of Michigan
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POPSGreen technology creating 'green collar' jobs I stand strongly behind my belief that if this country committed ourselves to becoming energy independent with the same determination that we committed to putting a man on the moon, that we could do it and we could create millions of new jobs in the process. It would be an enormous driver of economic growth and strengthen our leverage in the Middle East because we would no longer be reliant on their oil.
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POPSThe Fall of Great Cities: America's Fastest-Dying Cities
The former manufacturing backbone of the U.S. is in rougher shape than ever, still searching for some way to replace its long-stilled smokestacks. Where's it worst? Ohio has 4 of the 10 cities and Michigan has 2 cities making the ranking. So far this decade, 115,000 people have left Cleveland. Smaller changes in other regions can be just as painful: People are leaving in the thousands and they are not being replaced by either new babies or new immigrants. These cities face fleeing populations, painful waves of unemployment and barely growing economies... And they face even bleaker futures. Once great centers of business and industry, these cities now are shells of their former selves. They will have to re-shape their image & think outside of the box in order to try to attract future residents and businesses. The top 5 fastest dying American cities: 1. Canton, Ohio 2. Youngstown, Ohio 3. Flint, Mich. 4. Scranton, Pa. 5. Dayton, Ohio
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POPSTHANK YOU A much needed HUG to those underpaid and overworked CEO'S! They are keeping America great with these "cutting edge" ideas!
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POPSUsed cranes and all used heavy equipment Buy and Sell offers of new and used cranes can be posted for free with photos. Other construction and material handling equipment such as forklifts and telehandlers available at EveryMachinery.com
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