According to the Census Bureau, for the fourth year in a row, the nation’s poverty rate has increased, rising to 12.7 percent of the population last year. The percentage of people without health insurance did not change. Overall, there were 37 million people living in poverty, up 1.1 million people from 2003. Asians were the only ethnic group to show a decline in poverty — from 11.8 percent in 2003 to 9.8 percent last year. The poverty rate among...
Monthly Archives: August 2005
The Ravages of Hurricane Katrina and the Global Warming Connection
The full measure of damage caused by Hurricane Katrina may not be known for days. AP News has a list of the effects known to date, here. Rescue efforts are still underway in most areas. Los Angeles County Fire Department’s swift-water rescue team left L.A. early this morning to join the rescue efforts, as worn out National Guard units “strained by long overseas deployments” and volunteers from across the country scramble to get to the hurricane ravaged area. Last...
Kerry and Waxman Ask GAO to Investigate Manipulation by White House of Global Warming Science
Today, Sen. Kerry and Rep. Waxman have asked the GAO to investigate the extent to which White House officials and political appointees at agencies have manipulated the science on global warming. Below is their letter. June 9, 2005 Mr. David M. Walker Comptroller General of the United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Dear Mr. Walker: Yesterday, the New York Times reported that a top White House official, former oil industry lobbyist Phillip A. Cooney, has reviewed and...
Katrina’s Real Name — Global Warming
Republicans want to deny that it’s happening, but some know better than to believe their phony science and lies. All one has to do is look at the weather patterns over the past year or so and the undeniable Arctic Melting to understand that Global Warming is happening and we better do something about it before it is too late. Ross Gelbspan, the author of ”The Heat Is On” and ”Boiling Point” tells it like it is, in his...
LCV Endorses Senator Maria Cantwell for Re-election
The LCV annouced today that are endorsing Washington Senator Maria Cantwell for re-election. Cantwell is their first endorsement for the 2006 election cycle. LCV is proud to announce its first endorsement of the 2006 election cycle: Washington Senator Maria Cantwell. Senator Cantwell is one of our nation’s strongest environmental leaders in Congress — one of only two Senators to earn a perfect score on LCV’s 2004 National Environmental Scorecard. She fights every day to protect the health, quality of...
If You Can’t Stand the Heat, Get Out of Texas
After a weekend of protests outside of his Crawford ranch, Bush has left the HEAT of Texas, for a little Medicare Bamboozle Tour in Arizona and California. President Bush tried Monday to drum up support for a Medicare prescription drug benefit that begins next year, encouraging audiences to learn about the new plan even if they don’t want to sign up. Sphere: Related Content
Arhnold Chooses Corporate Lobbyists to Head Environmental Agencies
Looks as though the Governator is taking another page out of the Bush guide to choosing environmental appointees. When first elected Arhnold wowed some environmentalists in California by showing himself to be on the green side of the environment. Now it seems that the only green Arhnold cares about is $$$, when it comes to the environment. Many Californians who voted for Arhnold and feeling a similar pang of Buyer’s Remorse, that Bush voters are now feeling. Schwarzenegger’s effort...
Wasn’t the Cold War Supposed to be Over?
Late last night I posted that Senators Lugar and Obama were detained before departing from Russia yesterday. They were there on a fact finding mission, touring nuclear weapon destruction sites. Jeff Zeleny, a Chicago Tribune correspondent posed this question about the incident: “Wasn’t the Cold War supposed to be over?” Here’s a few quips from his story: What began as a seeming bureaucratic misunderstanding escalated into an incident involving the White House, the State Department and several U.S. military...
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