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Opinion: Obama's Flimflam Plan to End Homelessness
By Michael Medved - AOL News(June 30) -- Last week's unveiling of the president's ambitious new "Opening Doors" program might have produced a deafening national chorus of hoots and guffaws, except for the embarrassing fact that the press paid scant attention to this sweeping initiative to end homelessness. In the midst of soaring deficits, a teetering world economy, a failing war in Afghanistan, a catastrophic oil spill, a surging Republican opposition and a chief executive with precipitously plummeting approval ratings, who could report with a straight face on a costly fresh effort that solemnly promises to "wipe out" ...
Obama Open to Puerto Rico Statehood
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyPresident Obama is open to the idea of Puerto Rico becoming a state, Associate Attorney General Thomas Perrelli said at a meeting of a task force devoted to issues related to the U.S. commonwealth. "The president strongly believes that the status question is a significant one" Perrelli said at this week's meeting of the President's Puerto Rico Task Force. "He also believes that Puerto Rico's status must be based on self-determination by the people of Puerto Rico. And we on the task force are here with open minds on this issue." Perrelli co-chairs the task force and attended on behalf of the ...
Governors With Their Hands Out
By Dave - Politics DailyMo Money - Reuters: ...Gov. David Paterson of New York said 43 states now have budget deficits totaling some $100 billion as tax revenues plunge. ... The latest package calls for $350 billion to create jobs by building or repairing roads, bridges and other public works; $250 billion to maintain education; and another $250 billion in "counter-cyclical" spending such as extending unemployment benefits and food stamps, which are typically a responsibility of the states. The remainder would be used to fund middle-class tax cuts, stimulate the embattled housing market, and stem the tide of ...
Bush Budget Doubles Diplomats
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyWhen President Bush submits his $3 trillion budget request to Congress today, it will contain a provision that seeks to put the State Department on track to double its size over the next ten years. The Administration is calling for hiring close to 1,100 new Foreign Service workers, to address staffing shortages at embassies and allow for current diplomats to undergo intensive language and national security training.Just last month, the State Department announced that it was cutting staff at foreign posts by 10%. At that time, the Department said that one in four positions at embassies around ...
The State of Our Unions
By Justin Paulette - Politics DailyClassical Values has a broad and thoughtful post on an issue of church-state relations which is beginning to stir some controversy. A Pennsylvania judge "invalidated a 10-month marriage, finding that a friend of the bride's who officiated at the wedding didn't have the power to do so under Pennsylvania law even though he had been ordained online by the Universal Life Church. The judge ruled the friend didn't qualify as a minister under state law because he had no regular congregation or place of worship." Further, state lawmakers are sponsoring laws to invalidate weddings performed by ...
Mideast Conference Gets Egypt's Support
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailySecretary of State Condoleeza Rice visited Cairo, Egypt, this week seeking that government's support for the White House's proposed Middle East peace conference in Annapolis, Maryland. Egypt's support is seen as key to gaining further participation from Arab countries. Egypt had been skeptical about the aims of such a conference until Rice's visit. After meeting with the Secretary of State, Egypt's Foreign Minister, Aboul Gheit, said that his country would support the United States led effort."We feel encouraged regarding what we heard from Secretary Rice and promised her that we would help ...
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