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Caterpillar Delays Bulldozer Shipments to Israel During Rachel Corrie Trial
By Paul Wachter - AOL News(Oct. 26) -- Caterpillar, the Illinois-headquartered construction and farming equipment company, has said it will delay shipments of D9 bulldozers to Israel during the Rachel Corrie trial. Corrie, a pro-Palestinian activist from Washington state, was killed by an Israeli Defense Forces soldier who ran over her while driving a D9 to demolish a Palestinian home in Gaza in 2003. Her family is suing Israel, and Corrie has become an iconic figure in pro-Palestinian circles. (One of the boats in the aid flotilla bound for Gaza that Israeli troops stormed this summer, killing nine, was named for ...
BP Testing Delayed on Gulf Oil Fix
By not in system - AOL NewsNEW ORLEANS (July 13) - BP is delaying critical tests on a leaky well cap designed to finally stop the flow of oil in the Gulf of Mexico after government officials said more analysis was needed on the plan. BP engineers were scheduled to start slowly shutting off valves on the 75-ton metal stack of pipes and valves, aiming to stop the flow of oil for the first time in three months. A series of preliminary steps were completed, including mapping the seafloor. National Incident Commander Thad Allen said in a statement Tuesday night the process "may benefit from additional analysis" that would ...
Tom DeLay Will be on 'Dancing With the Stars' Despite Injury
By Emily Miller - Politics DailyTom DeLay, the former Republican House Majority Leader and a contestant on ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" has injured his foot, but says he plans to be on the premiere on Monday. ...
Tom Delay is Right, Texas is Wealthy
By Dave - Politics DailyIn the midst of this YouTube video Tom Delay says something that annoys some liberals. Relevant bit at 1:20 Matthew Yglesias One problem here is that Texas isn't a wealthy state. Its median household income of $47,548 made it 28th in the country. Below average, in other words. New Jersey is second, California is eighth, and New York is nineteenth. Indeed, of the top ten states in per capita income nine are "blue" states. Texas isn't a wealthy state? And Paul Krugman doubles down:Just one minor issue: you really shouldn't use median income, which can be distorted to the extent that ...
Traitor: Obama Betrays Soldiers?
By Justin Paulette - Politics DailyIf this story is true, it is the most important revelation of the election. Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari has apparently revealed that the centerpiece of Barack Obama's conversation with Iraqi leaders in July was his hope of delaying the draw-down of American military forces in Iraq. Zebari's recounts that Obama "asked why we were not prepared to delay an agreement until after the US elections and the formation of a new administration in Washington." Obama also reportedly insisted that Congress steer negotiations on the time-table of troops withdrawal, rather than the Bush ...
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