World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz said on Thursday he made "a mistake for which I am sorry" over his handling of the promotion and pay increase of a staff member, Shaha Riza, whom he is dating.
In a defeat for the Bush administration, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday that a U.S. government agency has the power under the clean air law to regulate greenhouse gas emissions that spur global warming.
The nation's highest court by a 5-4 vote said the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency "has offered no reasoned explanation" for its refusal to regulate carbon dioxide and other emissions from new cars and trucks that contribute to climate change.
Yet another example of conservatives claiming the inability to act when it best suits them. The reason conservatives hate government is because a government that acts in the public's interest will usually clash with conservatives' interests, which represent a very small number of people. These people, however, control an enormous amount of wealth and power and it is only government, therefore, that can provide us with checks and balances on this aristocracy.
Apparently the White House's Department of Lessons Learned - yes, it really exists and is funded on your dime - is not doing its job well. Shocking.
Becaue the 2006 hurricane season was mild, the new pumps were never put to the
test.
The Corps and the politically connected manufacturer of the equipment, Moving Water Industries Corp. of Deerfield Beach, Fla., are still struggling to get the 34 pumps, designed and built under a $26.6 million contract, working properly.
The pumps have been plagued by excessive vibration, overheated engines, broken hoses and blown gaskets.
"You want to build confidence, but you have to tell it like it is," said Gwen Bierria, 65, who is rebuilding her home with her husband next to the London Avenue canal, one of two canals that were breached during Katrina and flooded vast sections of the city.
Because "reality has a well-known liberal bias". From the front page:
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