Posts Tagged as ‘politics’

August 18, 2008

CEO campaign donations to McCain 10x more than donations to Obama

You’ve got to the follow the donation money in an election to see who gets the priority should that nominee win the race, right?
The Hill.com analyzed campaign contributions and found that,
The presumptive GOP nominee has received $208,200 from the chief executive officers of the 100 biggest Fortune 500 corporations, according to a review of campaign [...]

August 15, 2008

Rep. Michele Bachmann insults Christian’s intelligence

This troublesome statement from right-wing Rep. Michele Bachmann comes to us from Talking Points Memo.  She had this to say regarding a conversation around House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats leanings towards environmentalism and acknowledging global warming for the real man-made threat it is,
“[Pelosi] is committed to her global warming fanaticism to the point where she [...]

July 10, 2008

No Dan Burton, you don’t get it both ways

 

 
Indiana has made it to the nation spotlight again with the state’s trailer manufacturers knowingly selling the government trailers with high levels of formaldehyde.  Rep. Dan Burton’s defense?  It’s FEMA’s fault for not having rules and standards defined as to what is acceptable levels of the chemical in new trailers.
Mr. Burton, you need to understand [...]