| Legislation just gives Eyman a soapbox
With Tim Eyman, however, progress is headlines. Elvis Redux: The latest insult directed at pro-Obama states by Hillary Clinton's campaign was delivered late last week by former President Clinton. "The caucuses aren't good for her," he told a radio interviewer. "They disproportionately favor upper-income voters who don't really need a president but feel like they need a change." Huh? What made you an expert on the 244,000 Washington voters who showed up at the Democrats' caucuses? When did you last connect with a noncontributing citizen on a visit here? (Answer: 1996.) If Hillary somehow ends up as the nominee, how will she call on Democratic volunteers who've been told they "don't really need a president"? .
How Kevin Federline took his place among the world's most powerful men
Yes, the radical Shia cleric can only manage eighth spot, marked down for what we can only assume is an absence of cod-mystical tattoos and his failure to "bring it" in console-related activity. Bad news, too, for YouTube founders Steven Chen and Chad Hurley (13), and there'll be tears before bedtime in Syria, whose president, Bashar Assad, limps in at 21. Nothing's upsetting the High School Musical imperium, though: a bunch of dancing kids top the entire list. But it's K-Fed's showing that effectively skyrockets the exercise to No 1 in the list of Stupidest Power Lists Ever - a position previously held by British GQ for claiming that David Beckham was more powerful than Rupert Murdoch. (And this was in 2001, before David bought all the satellites. I suppose the equivalent nowadays would be observing that Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page lack the clout of Frank Lampard.) Anyways, foolhardy readers may ask, what of Britney, the Melinda Gates to K-Fed's Bill? Well, this week we have rumours of a far east adoption raid, and a detailed description of the singer's "fantasy room", a specially designated sex room in her Mulholland Drive home.
Hit-and-run suspect takes aim at state trooper
State Police troopers who knocked on the door of a house Saturday afternoon to question the man inside about a traffic accident shot the man in the groin after he came to the door brandishing a shotgun, authorities said. Within minutes, law enforcement officers surrounded the house in a quiet subdivision off Perkins Road with squad cars and crime scene tape. Curious neighbors stood in their front lawns watching while Carson Arnett, 54, lay facedown on the ground, hands cuffed behind his back, waiting for EMS to arrive. Two state troopers investigating a minor hit-and-run incident that happened before 11 a.m. at Interstate 10 and Bluebonnet Boulevard pulled up to Arnett’s residence, 3288 Madeira Drive, about 2 p.m., said Johnnie Brown, spokesman for State Police Troop A.
CSTV to Become the CBS COLLEGE SPORTS NETWORK
NEW YORK, Feb. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CBS Sports today announced a comprehensive reorganization of its college sports operations, incorporating the cable, broadcast and online activities of College Sports Television (CSTV) into its world-famous brand. Effective March 2008, CSTV will become the CBS COLLEGE SPORTS NETWORK, bringing the power of the CBS SPORTS name to yet another developing, cross-platform property. In addition, CBS Sports will begin developing proprietary programming for the cable network, and incorporate the growing online activities of CSTV into its industry-leading online operations. The announcement was made today by Sean McManus, President, CBS News and Sports, and Tony Petitti, Executive Vice President and Executive Producer, CBS Sports, who will oversee day to day operations of the network.
EMS: Courage and Compassion in Action: U.S. Health Care: An Oxymoron?
This time he tackles the U.S. health care system by presenting real-life examples of how the system is corrupt and the different ways it can turn a proverbial blind eye from its people. Although Moore spends a lot of time exploring health care in smaller European countries without actually comparing how they work or their overall statistics in relation to the U.S., I was deeply affected by "Sicko" and its description of the disastrous state of the outrageously expensive but poorly managed health-care system in the United States. The documentary walks viewers through several parts (as listed below), each highlighting separate health care issues in the U.S. and how the system is poorly structured and implemented: ● Many Americans are potentially forced to reduce their overall quality of life because they are not adequately covered by health insurance.
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