Will we cost out Capital Punishment soon?

Perhaps this is how capitalist societies stay honest. Rather than abolish laws that seem outdated and cause controversy, they just raise the bar to make them too costly to execute ... " Mr. O’Malley, a Democrat and a Roman Catholic who has cited religious opposition to...

New Hampshire Legislature Defining Conditions For Secession

New Hampshire, the "Live Free or Die," state is currently framing, HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 6 ( HCR6 ), legislation designed to specify under which conditions the state may secede from the federation of the United States of America. The bill specifically addresses which...

Ice Storms in the US; NA Hit Hard by Snow

School closures are happening across the US and Canada today as a cold front moves in again and hits areas with snow, freezing rain, and even ice storms. Central Illinois might get hit by an ice storm later today,...

State of Emergency in U S Northeast: Many Still Without Power

President Bush declared a state of emergency and authorized the use of federal funds to help New Hampshire and Massachusetts residents, the areas worst affected by the ice storm that ravaged the Northeastern US...

Ice Storm Hits Northeastern United States: State of Emergency

Update: 6:22AM PST Dec 14 Over a million people along the eastern seaboard are without power as the infrastructure was seriously damaged by the ice storm. In what is described as the worst storm in the last ten...

‘Yes, we can!’ Charter School Fails in St. Louis

First used by Barack Obama in the concession speech that followed his Jan. 8 primary loss to Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire, “Yes, we can!” went on to become an official slogan for the Democrat’s...

Fil-Am chef seen to keep White House job

Filipino American, who are famous, have made significant contributions to the American culture, politics, and society. Filipina-American Cristeta Comerford became the first woman executive chef at the White House,...

Forest Service warns of avalanches in NH mountains

The US Forest service has issued an avalanche advisory for regions of New Hampshire's White Mountains.  Mount Washington, the highest mountain in the northeastern US, and the third highest east of the...

City Hall's connection to the US

Samuel Johnson once said that "Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel".  As I watch the maneuvering in City Hall I'm reminded of his line.  After getting decimated in the recent civic election...

It's begun! Obama wins New Hampshire county

" New Hampshire: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama emerged victorious in the first election returns of the 2008 presidential race, winning 15 of 21 votes cast in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire. People in the village in New Hampshire's northeast corner voted...

McCain Sharply Criticizes Bush's Policies as 'Abuse of Power'

"In his most forceful effort yet to distance himself from President Bush, John McCain slammed the current administration's policies and chastised Bush for increasing the debt burden for future generations, failing to fund expanding Medicare and abusing executive powers. In...

Allen Raymond, Ex-GOP Operative, Gives Story of 'Fixng Elections'

For the last few years, many of us have been tossing our own conspiracy theories back and forth on many things. One such conspiracy theory was “election rigging.” Actually, it is one of the biggest conspiracy...

Europe bails out banks, UK wants new Bretton Woods

" LONDON (Reuters) - Governments across the world launched multi-billion dollar bailouts on Monday to shore up tottering global banks and Britain called for a new Bretton Woods agreement to reshape the world...

Congress races to reach bailout deal before Monday

"   Sat Sep 27, 2008 2:00pm Share   By Richard Cowan and Kevin Drawbaugh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress raced to strike a deal on a proposed $700 billion bailout of the financial industry in an intense weekend negotiating...

Palin sticks to the familiar in first solo outing

Uh oh! It looks like Sarah may be the weakest link in this campaign.She doesn't feel comfortable campaigning much on her own it seems. She is rejoining McCain already next week. And McCain can't be seen without...

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