Daily Archives: 04/01/2010

~ my 2cents ..., ~ politics petitions pollution and pop culture

Thursday thoughts and news … CSPAN.org live-stream


Just one week after getting HC and education reformed, a shift in energy needs was not a popular move but strategic and contrary to what is being stated; not drill baby drill as a McCain/Palin ticket would have you know or do if they were in office, a treaty with Russia, China is now on board possible sanctions on Iran and more; the President will be in Maine continuing to explain what health care reform will do for you, your family and your neighbor.  It’s important to get the facts, block out the Republican noise because if it’s anything like what Congress already gets we will all benefit.

I believe in freedom of speech until it becomes words of hate and promotion of violence.  The signs of hate and racial commentary about or against anyone let alone the President of the United States is a hate-crime and should be treated as such; the behavior is not funny, it’s not expressing what the President is doing to our country as reported in several interviews.  It is obvious people in the CBS13 news report are not being completely truthful; and while calls were made to the owner of the lot; which were not responded to the news reports that the question is what to call the action.  That is obvious, it’s needs to be dealt with as a hate-crime and lawmakers from Cali need to deal with it.

I wonder if anyone else found it interesting that the 14 AG’s think they can repeal the mandates; when in fact the President was constitutional lawyer and though im not; i think that aspect of the bill probably was research and determined valid; it was being touted as something Republicans would run on but repealing a mandate would again take a majority vote not to mention the President’s signature … not going to happen.

Other News …

**Shahram Amiri, an award-winning Iranian nuclear scientist, “who disappeared last year under mysterious circumstances, has defected to the CIA and been resettled in the United States.” Officials called the defection an “intelligence coup” in the CIA’s effort to spy on and undermine Iran’s nuclear program.TP

**Though the union for Garbage removers have voted no strike; talks continue seattlepi.com

**Washington DC will hold a nuclear summit later this month April 12-13

watch Discussion on the Future of Journalism

and Cspan.org live-stream

Offshore Drilling Plan Reignites Energy Debate. Pres. Obama unveiled a new offshore drilling plan yesterday that has considerably politicized his agenda on energy and climate change. The new policy seeks to reduce dependence on foreign oil, protecting natural resources while gaining GOP support for upcoming energy and climate change legislation. Today, a panel discussion on ways to move away from dependence on fossil fuels

watch Energy Independence Panel: C-SPAN2, 9am ET
read LA Times: Plan Aims to Win Climate Votes

Leaders to Sign Nuclear Arms Pact Next Week. Pres. Obama and Russian Pres. Dmitry Medvedev will meet April 8th in Prague to sign the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START). Today, Dr. Alexei Arbatov, the Russian member of the International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament, shares his views on the state of U.S.-Russian security relations and how the new treaty may shape international policies.

Mail-in Census Forms Due; Agency Prepares to go Door-to-Door. Today is “Census Day,” the designated date to return 2010 Census forms and for which the official population count is measured. The Census Bureau reports that 52 percent of Americans have already returned their forms. The agency will now begin door-to-door visits to residents who failed to reply, collecting missing information and answering questions.

Census Bureau Director Robert Groves recently discussed the process on C‑SPAN’s Washington Journal.