Saturday, May 03, 2008

SPB news for Saturday.


White House officials say high court ruling may speed closure of prison.

Shameful: 'Today' Plays Heart-Rending 911 Tape of Palfrey's Mother [And this is shameful indeed.]

Online petition for the firing of Condi.

Lawmakers seek probe of Pentagon public relations program Forty-one House members are calling on the Defense Department inspector general to investigate a public relations effort that relied on retired military officers to defend the administration's Iraq war policies. "When the Department of Defense misleads the American people by having them believe that they are listening to the views of objective military analysts when in fact these individuals are simply replaying DoD talking points, the department is clearly betraying the public trust," the lawmakers wrote in a joint letter to Defense Department Inspector General Claude M. Kicklighter on Friday.


Al-Jazeera cameraman freed from Guantanamo after 6 years An Al-Jazeera cameraman [Sami al-Haj] was released from U.S. custody at Guantanamo Bay and returned home to Sudan early Friday after six years of imprisonment that drew worldwide protests.

Questioner booted for rude language says he's worried by McCain's temper Clive businessman Marty Parrish was escorted from Sen. John McCain's town hall meeting by Des Moines police and members of the Secret Service after asking McCain if he had called his wife Cindy an expletive in 1992. Parrish, an licensed Baptist minister who holds a master's degree in political science, was questioned by Secret Service agents before being released. Parrish asked whether McCain called his wife Cindy a [c*nt], as has been alleged in the book "The Real McCain."

Obama May Levy $15 Billion Tax on Oil Company Profit Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's proposal for a windfall profits tax on oil companies could cost $15 billion a year at last year's profit levels, a campaign adviser said. The tax would help pay for a $1,000 tax cut for working families, an expansion of the earned- income tax credit and assistance for people who can't afford their energy bills.

1 comment:

KittyBowTie1 said...

Jackie--Does this answer your question about Obama and the oil companies? It won't happen, though. Too many people in Congress feed at the oil companies' troughs.

Shazam! Here's a great quote in the Letters to the Editor of Time written by John W. Gray of Toronto:

"Re Obama's alleged elitism: Weren't Washington, Jefferson, Wilson, F.D.R., and Kennedy certifiably elitists? Do the people really want Gomer Pyle for President?