Monthly Archives: January 2008
What’s Behind EPA’s Rejection Of State Emission Rules
The Environmental Protection Agency?s (EPA) December decision to prevent California from regulating automobile emissions beyond national standards may have puzzled some but not me. The way I see it they [EPA] are conceding to the auto manufacturers in this matter. … Continue reading
Feds Green-Light Wolf Kills In Greater Yellowstone
Despite the public outcry of conservationists, animal rights groups and just plain wolf lovers the Fish & Wildlife Service has made it easier to kill wolves in the Greater Yellowstone and Northern Rockies region — even while they remain protected … Continue reading
CDC Suppressed Toxic Trailer Warnings For Victims Of Hurricane Katrina And Rita
A recent study says FEMA ignored and hid government research on the effects of formaldehyde in trailers used by victims of hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Even going so far as to manipulate the findings so as to play down the … Continue reading
Supreme Court Will Hear ‘Light’ Cigarettes Case
??? On Friday the Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments deciding whether smokers may file court challenges, based on state law, to cigarette companies? advertising claims that some brands are ?light? or ?low in tar and nicotine.? The cigarettes case, … Continue reading
Ushering In Change? Obama Wins Palmetto State In A Landslide
The voters spoke loud and clear here in South Carolina yesterday. It was Barak Obama winning by a very convincing margin 55% to Obama, 27% to Clinton and 18% to Edwards. Obama carried every county in the state except two. … Continue reading
South Carolina Votes For Change Today
The polls opened up here in South Carolina at seven am and will close at seven pm. The democratic primary is on todays agenda. We are looking at three closely matched opponents. Hillary Clinton, Barak Obama, and John Edwards are … Continue reading
Plan to Allow Logging in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest
Here we go again with anti eco system policies, 3.4 million acres in Alaska‘s Tongass National Forest will be open to logging under a Bush Administration plan. Once more it seems that the Bush administration is in big corporations back … Continue reading
Cessation Of My Smoking, 2 Weeks Into A Lifetime Of No Cigarettes
I am making it official. I am or have quit smoking cigarettes. The last cigarette I had was while watching a Wednesday night basketball game a fortnight ago. Making it official already leaves a gnawing feeling in my gut just … Continue reading
State Children’s Health Insurance Program & Indian Health Services
??? For the second time in three months the House failed to override President Bush‘s veto of a bill that would increase spending on the popular State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). They have already passed a scaled back version … Continue reading
Random Musings and the Myrtle Beach Debate
Another cold day for us here in SC and another day of my fibro assaulting me. That and the fact that they let me run out of part of the meds for my bipolar had me out of sorts so … Continue reading