Kay Bailey Hutchinson Concedes Election To Governor Rick Perry In Texas Republican Primary
Governor Rick Perry
Digital News Report – Kay Bailey Hutchinson is giving her concession speech tonight after it became apparent that the incumbent Rick Perry has won the Republican primary for Governor. Perry will go up against Democrat Bill White in the general election.
“Whatever you think of Rick Perry, he ran a VERY good Republican [...]
Congressperson Louise Slaughter Makes Amazing Statements At Health Care Summit
Louise Slaughter – see video below
Digital News Report – New York congressperson Louise Slaughter made some statements today during the Health Care Summit that garnered national attention. The congresswoman described the plight of one of her constituents who had lost her teeth.
“She wore her dead sister’s teeth which of course were uncomfortable [...]
Mike Enzi Says Medicare Should Not Be Cut
Mike Enzi
Digital News Report – U.S. Senator from Wyoming Mike Enzi said that the current health care plan calls for cuts to Medicare and he is against that. “If Medicare were separate, and any savings that we did in Medicare reform went back into Medicare, it would do a lot to relieve the tension [...]
Tom Harkin Speaks Out On Public Option
Tom Harkin
Digital News Report – While health care reform is getting a restart with President Obama’s Health Care Summit, some things may not make it into the final piece of legislation.
Iowa Democratic Senator Tom Harkin believes one of those proposals is the public option. “I hate to say it, but I am [...]
Israeli Connection to Murder of Hamas Leader in Dubai
Al Bustan Rotana Hotel room in Dubai. wikimedia
Digital News Report – The assignation / murder of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh sounds like something from a Tom Clancy novel. Al-Mabhouh, who Hamas admits killed an Israeli soldier back in 1989, was staying at the Al Bustan Rotana hotel, near the airport in Dubai when he was killed.
After watching [...]
Problems With IRS May Have Led To Texas Plane Crash – Joseph Stack Apparent Airplane Suicide In Austin
A Piper 28, similar to the one involved in the crash
Digital News Report – Although police are still investigating the plane crash and have not revealed much information, there is some information circulating through the web that may help shed some light on the disaster (see link below).
Apparently a Texan named Joseph Andrew Stack crashed [...]
Transcript of Message On Joseph Andrew Stack Website Hints At Suicide
Here is the alleged text of Joseph Stack who reportedly flew a plane into the side of an Austin Texas building. Police have taken the original site down while performing their investigation.
The Raw Transcript is below:
If you’re reading this, you’re no doubt asking yourself, “Why did this have to happen?” The simple truth is [...]
Do Republican Politicians Want It Both Ways – Complain About Spending But Want Pork Themselves?
Tim Kaine
Digital News Report – At least 116 Republican governors, senators, and representatives have spent the past year railing against the Recovery Act, while simultaneously requesting funds to create jobs in their districts and taking credit for projects at ribbon-cutting ceremonies.
As the independent PolitiFact put it, they’re trying “have their cake… and vote against it [...]
Bill Clinton Hospitalized – Former President Taken To New York Hospital
Heart bypass surgery.
Digital News Report – Former President Bill Clinton was admitted to a New York City hospital today after complaining of discomfort in his chest. After a diagnosis, the 63-year old received two stints to unblock arteries in his heart.
In 2004 he was underwent a four-hour quadruple bypass surgery after a [...]
Illinois Earthquake Felt In Chicago
Divides – see larger map below
Digital News Report – Illinois residents experienced a small 3.8 magnitude earthquake on Wednesday at around 3:59 AM (1:59 AM Pacific). It was centered about 3 miles south-southwest of Pingree Grove, IL and just 20 miles north-northwest of Aurora, IL.
The U.S. Geological Survey says Chicago residents may [...]