Obama in, my pick, McCain supports a Military draft

I attended last night’s Obama Town Hall in Raleigh and I have to say while I do not feel it was one of his strongest speeches, seeing the man in person is something I hope everyone gets a chance to experience. The energy in the crowd was one of excitement and desire, a desire for change and [...]

McCain’s Mansions

 
McCain vs McCain

Pandora’s Pandemic Box

Over the past year people concerned about the research to be conducted at the National Bio Agro Defense Facility have been called alarmist, chicken little and NIMBY’s by the proponents of the NBAF for questioning the lab’s true purpose. Think about it common sense says, why would the US government spend three-fourths of a billion dollars on a facility to study [...]

Athens NBAF meeting, some oppose others argue need

Source: Ken Foskett - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

A polite crowd of about 200 people filled a University of Georgia auditorium Thursday to register support and opposition to a proposed animal research facility under consideration at UGA and sites in five other states.
The Department of Homeland Security will select the site of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility later [...]

Good Luck Athens,last show of the tour

Today is the DHS DEIS meeting in Athens, Georgia. (Good luck to all ) In preparation for the meeting the local politico’s apparently wanted to express to everyone how tough they really are and how supportive they are for the NBAF project.
Athens Commissioner Doug Lowry said he “thinks the politicians who’ve reversed their positions are a bunch of pansies”. Um, I don’t [...]

NBAF in NC $226,289,729 short

Homeland Security has released more documents relating to the NBAF. These documents are redacted and most meaningful content has been removed, ie. cost and any transparency. However, the total cost of the North Carolina location is said to be $677,289,729 (see page 51 of the NBAF Site Cost Analysis). If DHS expects to spend $451 million, then somebody needs [...]

Durham 4-1 says No to NBAF,will ask Consortium to withdraw NC

Durham Commissioners nix NBAF
Source: Lisa Sorg - Independent Weekly
The next coffin nail was hammered into the proposed National Bio and Agro Defense Facility Monday night when Durham County Commissioners voted 4-1 to oppose the federal disease lab that could be sited in Butner.
The commission also took a stronger step of passing a resolution to draft [...]

NBAF Insanity: Was Site selection ever about Safety?

On August 11th, the AP released a story that vindicates a lot of people who oppose the NBAF and the entire methodology used to justify it’s placement on the US mainland. For everyone else you should be very concerned. The DHS Undersecretary Jay Cohen  (a political appointee by George Bush nominated in June 2006), is disregarding his own government experts and [...]

Corruption at DHS Led to poor site for $451 mil lab,AP reports

Source: AP/ Huffington Post
By Larry Margasak - Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The Homeland Security Department swept aside evaluations of government experts and named Mississippi _ home to powerful U.S. lawmakers with sway over the agency _ as a top location for a new $451 million, national laboratory to study some of the world’s most virulent biological threats, [...]

NBAF hearing in Athens the last, Feds return to Athens

Source: By Blake Aued - OnlineAthens.com  
 
Federal officials are barnstorming the country staging daylong hearings on a proposed federal disease research lab, and locals are reacting with everything from dignitary-laden pep rallies to rowdy protests.
Athens residents soon will get their last chance to weigh in.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security returns to town Thursday for its [...]