Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich equated bilingual education Saturday with “the language of living in a ghetto” and mocked requirements that ballots be printed in multiple languages.
Archive for October, 2007
Newt Gingrich – Abolish bilingual education
October 24, 2007BREAKING – Bush to transfer power to Cheney temporarily
October 24, 2007WASHINGTON – President Bush will have a routine colonoscopy on Saturday at his mountaintop retreat at Camp David, Md, his spokesman says.
White House and Pentagon cite executive priveledge on Pat Tillman documents
October 24, 2007Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) revealed on Friday afternoon that the White House and Pentagon were holding up a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee investigation into the friendly fire death of former professional football player and Army Corporal Patrick Tillman.
House Approves New Oil Company Taxes
October 24, 2007Declaring a new direction in energy policy, the House on Saturday approved $16 billion in taxes on oil companies, while providing billions of dollars in tax breaks and incentives for renewable energy and conservation efforts.
Iranian nuclear scientist ‘assassinated by Mossad’
October 24, 2007A PRIZE-WINNING Iranian nuclear scientist has died in mysterious circumstances, according to Radio Farda, which is funded by the US State Department and broadcasts to Iran. … Rheva Bhalla of Stratfor, the US intelligence company, claimed on Friday that Hassanpour had been targeted by Mossad…
Appeals Court Overturns D.C. Gun Ban
October 24, 2007The District of Columbia’s long-standing ban on handguns was overturned Friday by a federal appeals court, which rejected the city’s argument that the Second Amendment right to bear arms applies only to militias, not individuals.
Poll: 45% want impeachment of Bush, 54% want impeachment of Cheney
October 24, 2007Nearly half of the US public wants President George W. Bush to face impeachment, and even more favor that fate for Vice President Dick Cheney, according to a poll out Friday.
They Found The Iraqi WMDs! …… At The UN …… In New York!
October 24, 2007UNITED NATIONS (AP) – U.N. weapons inspectors discovered a potentially hazardous chemical warfare agent that was taken from an Iraqi chemical weapons facility 11 years ago and mistakenly stored in their offices in the heart of midtown Manhattan all that time, officials said Thursday.
Tancredo: Threaten to bomb Muslim holy sites in retaliation
October 24, 2007“Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo’s campaign stood by his assertion that bombing holy Muslim sites would serve as a good “deterrent” to prevent Islamic fundamentalists from attacking the United States, his spokeswoman said Friday.”
Republicans blocking Freedom of Information Act bill
October 24, 2007Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) issued a Friday afternoon statement criticizing Republican colleagues for holding up an open government bill that seeks to reform the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and end delays in government compliance with requests for information.
