In the South, a Force to Challenge the G.O.P.
By ADAM NOSSITER and JANNY SCOTT
Published: May 16, 2008
NEW ORLEANS — The sharp surge in black turnout that Senator Barack Obama has helped to generate in recent primaries and Congressional races could signal a threat this fall to the longtime Republican dominance of the South, according to […]
Archive for the ‘Economy’ Category
$290 Billion Farm Bill Caters to
Many Groups, Faces Veto Threat
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
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WASHINGTON —
The House moved Wednesday toward passing a $290 billion farm bill that contains more subsidies for farmers as well as big increases in food stamps and other nutrition aid to help people with skyrocketing grocery prices.Supporters hoped […]
Illegal Aliens Arrested; Employer KNEW of THEIR STATUS and UNDERPAID Them!
Postville, Ia. – Buses have begun arriving at the Cattle Congress grounds in Waterloo after hundreds were detained in an immigration raid on a Postville meatpacking plant today.
Officials are not allowing media or others near the entrance. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials have declined […]
Ken Blackwell - Columnist for the New York Sun
It’s an amazing time to be alive in America. We’re in a year of firsts in this presidential
election: the first viable woman candidate; the first viable African-American candidate;
and, a candidate who is the first front running freedom fighter over 70.
The next president of America […]
Barack says we need to have a conversation about race in America.
Fair enough. But this time, it needs to be a two-way conversation. White
America needs to be heard from, not just lectured to by Black America.
This time, the Silent Majority needs to have its convictions, grievances
and demands heard. And among them are these:
First, America […]
Lee Says: This was sent to a friend of mine anonymously. The writer may be unknown but the thoughts are TREMENDOUS. I have already begun!
Are we Americans as dumb as we appear or is it that we just do not think?
While the Chinese, knowingly and intentionally, export inferior products and
dangerous toys and goods to be […]
Immigrants are emerging as among the first victims of a growing wave of home foreclosures in the Washington area as mortgage lending problems multiply locally and across the country.
Nationally, 375,000 high-interest-rate loans were made to Hispanics in 2005, and nearly 73,000 of them are likely to go into foreclosure, said Aracely Panameo, director of Latino […]
A great summation as to why this country is in the economic trouble it is!
Tina Griego, journalist for the Denver Rocky Mountain News wrote a
column titled, ‘Mexican Visitor’s Lament’ — 10/25/07.
She interviewed Mexican journalist Evangelina Hernandez while visiting
Denver last week. Hernandez said, ‘They (illegal aliens) pay rent, buy
groceries, buy clothes…What Happens to your country’s economy if […]
The Department of Housing and Urban Development funds hundreds, if not thousands, of these groups across the country. In October, HUD announced more than $44 million in new housing counseling grants to over 400 state and local efforts. The White House has increased funding for housing counseling by 150 percent since taking office in 2001.
Here’s […]
Democrat Calls for Public Pressure on
GOP to Change Energy Policy
Saturday, May 10, 2008
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