for next fiscal year. Would you be surprised if I told you (once again) that our United States will have a new record for our deficit?
“The US government’s budget deficit is expected to balloon to a record 482 billion dollars in the next fiscal year, largely due to an emergency economic stimulus and a slowing economy, a White House report showed Monday.”
So Senator Obama or Senator McCain will start off day one with the largest deficit ever recorded for any country in the history of the world. And this number does NOT reflect all WAR SPENDING for next year. Good luck, Mr. New President!
Agence France-Presse: http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hlERvqX9gO99K_WKAsGeK-bAJMtA
- Senator Bob Corker (R-TN) has released a surprisingly critical statement regarding this projected deficit, claiming the Bush administration’s budget is “not an honest view of our country’s budget deficit.”
Way to go, Senator Corker! Surprising, too.
The Chattanoogan: http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_132321.asp
Of course, the full House has to vote on the measure, too. Small steps.
AP: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h-he8f7AdVl4IRQAEFnivpPn6HOAD928E9I80
Memphis Commercial Appeal: http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2008/jul/30/charges-filed-shootout-chase-along-summer-memphis/
Steve Cohen (R-TN) spearheaded the bill’s passage. The bill says that Africans forced into slavery “were brutalized, humiliated, dehumanized and subjected to the indignity of being stripped of their names and heritage”
Way to go, Steve!
The Associated Press: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gQfZv7F8c9hdd5CVurA3dUGMq6pQD927Q66O0
Listen to Keith Josef Adkins commentary “Slavery Apology Comes too Late” from All Things Considered this afternoon: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93086561
The Senator is charged with accepting gifts in excess of $250,000 and failing to disclose them.
Reuters: http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKN2934582720080730
in Knoxville Sunday during a children’s production of Annie Jr. and opened fire with his shotgun, killing two, wounding seven. According to his suicide note (he expected the police to kill him), he went on his rampage because he could not find a job and *he hated “the liberal movement.”*
AP: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jOAQKzY-aOBqDspFkEAV_ZO65vZAD926SHLO0
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Obama and McCain again stress the importance of the economy, but do the candidates have solid plans?
Bloomberg: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a60Hgb0NQgXs&refer=us
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Obama meets with economic experts, including former Bush appointees. Meanwhile, Senator McCain “has a spot of skin removed from his face.”
AP: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iNxTApa2sQRu0Xx99P3jt2bEXw7gD9272L7O0
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Former Google Employees work on a rival search engine: Cuil (pronounced “Cool”).
Co-creator ” Tom Costello, a former researcher at Stanford, said that with 120 billion Web pages, Cuil’s search index is larger than any other.”
Internation Herald Tribune: http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/28/technology/28cool.php
both Democratic and Republican legislation in the Senate, and Senate Dems are hoping to pressure Republicans into joining them in getting the legislation unblocked. His reason main reason for being such an obstructionist on bipartisan spending bills? “We ought not be borrowing and expanding the federal government unless we get rid of stuff that is not working.”
Then STOP VOTING FOR WARS! Grrrr…
The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/28/washington/28coburn.html?ex=1374984000&en=b4f19b9fd12b0c4e&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
(at least) Three States are Accused of Purging Voter Lists … Kansas, Michigan, and Florida.
“Election officials in a handful of states appear to be ignoring the federal law dictating the way registered voters may be purged from voter rolls, civil rights attorneys say.”
As the election nears, more states may be questioned in their voter-purging practices. The reason that certain districts are supporting the surge (the theory goes) is that the methods they use to purge the voter roles disproportionately affects voters likely to support Senator Obama.
AlterNet: http://www.alternet.org/democracy/9269/three_states_accused_of_illegally_purging_voter_lists_/
Democrats in Congress hope to hold hearings and end this discriminatory practice.
USA Today: http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/2008-07-21-Dont-ask_N.htm
Ooooops (once again) on trying to distance oneself from the label “racist.”
During a speech, and after the press conference that took place Sunday in Austin, TX, Nader said progressives who will vote for Obama as the “least worst candidate” are actually trapped in “political slavery.”
Was there no other metaphor than “slavery” Mr. Nader could have used?
RawStory: http://rawstory.com//news/2008/Nader_Democrats_are_political_slaves_Obama_0728.html
and is suspending his journalistic activities.
YahooNews: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080728/ap_on_re_us/novak_brain_tumor
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There is an interesting article in The Ranger’s Blog on NatureNet on how the Discovery Channel and the BBC have different approaches to covering natural programing.
There are some good video clips, and it’s apparent that the Discovery Channel is going for entertainment (think Fierce Creatures) and the BBC is interested in educated viewers (in a very informative and entertaining way …). The BBC manages to have engaging, thought-provoking programming that maintains scientific integrity. The clips they have are basically the same story about bees, one from each network.
Discovery Channel: “The jumping spider packs a ton of skulking pouncing killing fire-power in its tiny body.” And “If this were a slasher film, the audience would be screaming, ‘Look out behind you!’” And “How’d you like to stare into these eyes, with your life on the line? Ha! Yikes!”
BBC: “A white crab spider sits, almost invisible, on a white flower, waiting in ambush. And it catches a bee.” And “…ultra-violet markings on some flowers serve to guide insects to nectar.” And “Honey-bees seem more likely to visit flowers with crab spiders on them than those without.”
I agree completely, based mainly on my viewing PLANET EARTH and BLUE PLANET. Whoa. Even with the same video footage, the editing and narration is very different.
NatureNet: http://naturenet.net/blogs/index.php/2008/07/28/bbc_vs_ng
in two homes after firefighters noticed the plants while responding to a house fire call.
ABC-24 (Memphis ABC Affiliate): http://www.myeyewitnessnews.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=0827adf7-ba00-4a67-95fb-200a66f22d0f
was unveiled by Richard Branson, Buzz Aldrain, and others at the Mojave Spaceport. For a mere $200,000, you could one day soon be flown up for 5 minutes of weightlessness and a heckuva view.
BoingBoing: http://www.boingboing.net/2008/07/28/all-about-eve-virgin.html
Mojave Spaceport: http://www.mojaveairport.com/
MyMidtownMemphis: http://mymidtownmemphis.blogspot.com/2008/07/potential-of-sears-crosstown-building.html
