Showing posts with label politicians. Show all posts
Showing posts with label politicians. Show all posts

Saturday, 14 August 2010

A bad year for politicians to be getting paid by taxpayers

Friday, Aug. 13, 2010 - Republican House candidate Joe Heck has said that its not governments job to create jobs.

But for more than a decade, Hecks paychecks have come from government entities.

Source:
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/aug/13/bad-year-be-getting-paid-taxpayers/

Monday, 9 August 2010

Playing Politics with Stem Cells

>...Like Climategate, the public policy debate over hESCR (human embryonic stem cell research) has shown that scientists are not always disinterested parties..

Rather, scientists can be every bit as political and partisan as the politicians, selectively using scientific "evidence" to justify their ideological viewpoint.....>>

Source:
http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/08/playing_politics_with_stem_cel.html

Saturday, 10 July 2010

As TruthOMeter Spreads Politicians Rhetoric Exposed

PolitiFact, a Pulitzer Prize-winning project created to fact-check politicians' claims, is teaming up with news outlets around the country to expand its reach.

In Texas, where a contentious governor's race is under way, politicians are chafing at the ratings they're getting on the project's "Truth-O-Meter." Politicians are not happy!

Source:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128335475

Thursday, 1 July 2010

Alternative Energy Technology that is Not Being Used

Decade after decade politicians and scientists have promised us that we will soon be breaking our dependence on foreign oil based fuels and energy.

Unfortunately, fossil fuels continue to dry up and the big switch to renewable energy stills feels quite a ways away.

Source:
http://www.chacha.com/topic/alternative-energy-technology-that-is-not-being-used

Saturday, 19 June 2010

Ripping the populist mask off GOPBP

With their manic, absurd defenses of BP, certain leading Republicans (echoed by Fox News commentators) have achieved levels of self-parody far too exaggerated for a "Saturday Night Live" sketch.

Everyone understands that politicians of both parties sometimes stooge for corporations.

Source:
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/joe_conason/2010/06/17/populist

Monday, 31 May 2010

Hey This Cato Institute Is Doing Something

Cato literally exists to further the kind of awakening exemplified in the tea-party rallies and marches � and in raucous town-hall meetings politicians increasingly fear to hold.

Source:
http://johnny2k-time2escape.blogspot.com/2010/05/hey-this-cato-institute-is-doing.html

Sunday, 25 April 2010

Twittering India Minister Forced To Resign

During his tenure as a Minister he gained popularity and at the same time was often subject to controversy because of his open views on state affairs in his Twitter account (which is being followed by over 738,000 people).

His openness irked the traditional politicians and he was warned by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader...

Source:
http://www.eurasiareview.com/2010/04/twittering-india-minister-forced-to.html