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Soon U.S. Citizens Must Ask for Government Permission to Fly or Travel
Imagine my surprise when I received this in my email box today.
Story from Natural News
The Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is moving forward to institute a rule that would require all passengers to go through a government review process before boarding any airplane that takes off or lands anywhere with in the [...]
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Bush begging for Telecom Immunity
After watching Bush studder through his press conference demanding his FISA law pass. I stumbled upon the reason for the urgency, he’s referring to and it ain’t got nothing to do with national security.
Consider this from Roll Call.
“With the House Democrats’ refusal to grant retroactive immunity to phone companies stalling the rewrite of the warrantless wiretapping program — [...]
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Ron Paul Schools Ben Bernanke Yet Again
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Bernanke Deliberately Destroying Dollar? Ron Paul
Congressman Ron Paul slammed Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke during a House Financial Services Committee meeting today for following a policy of deliberately destroying the dollar and wiping out the American middle class.
Paul held Bernanke to task over his refusal to address the decline of the dollar and its clear link to inflation.
“Inflation comes from [...]
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74 MILLION DoD CONTRACT COMPANY PRODUCING SUBSTANDARD HELMETS
Tape Recordings of Whistle Blower Conversations About Production of Substandard Helmet Material Will Be Played
Washington, DC - Tomorrow, Thursday, February 28th, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), will join VoteVets.org and two whistle blowers to discuss the need for a congressional investigation into a $74 million Department of Defense contract awarded to a [...]
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Spying on the Home Front
With all of the attention FISA is getting these days. I thought I would remind everyone of an excellent Frontline episode from the summer of 07, “Spying on the home front”. It was a wake up call when I saw the first time, so if you haven’t made you decision on whether or not warrent-less wiretaps are [...]
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To Whom it May Concern, Town Hall Meeting was Recorded
Doesn’t the consortium realize the town hall meeting were being recorded? The only “gross misconceptions” I am aware of at this point is coming from Arden’s assurances while exposing his desperation. It’s pretty stupid of him to say “an outbreak is not possible”.
Because the lab will only research diseases passed from animal to animal and in some [...]
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GOP on Missing Email, “No Intention of trying to restore”
By Dan Eggen Washington Post Staff Writer
After promising last year to search its computers for tens of thousands of e-mails sent by White House officials, the Republican National Committee has informed a House committee that it no longer plans to retrieve the communications by restoring computer backup tapes, the panel’s chairman said yesterday.
The move increases [...]
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FDIC Braces for Increased Financial Institution Failures
The Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON — The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is taking steps to brace for an increase in failed financial institutions as the nation’s housing and credit markets continue to worsen.
• Out of Retirement: The FDIC is recruiting 25 of its retirees experienced in handling insolvent financial institutions.
• The Reasoning: The agency is preparing for an [...]
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