On 4/5/2012 I wrote to Rep. Mark Amodei in opposition laying out my reasoning why he should OPPOSE passage of H.R. 4089, the Sportsmen’s Heritage Act of 2012: Dear Rep. Mark Amodei: I OPPOSE PASSAGE of H.R. 4089, the Sportsmen’s Heritage Act
HHS’ New Open Government Plan HHS has released Version 2.0 of the Open Government Plan. The new plan incorporates feedback from the public and guides HHS efforts to be more transparent, participatory, and collaborative. A number of new projects in the plan will improve the
Mitt Romney is already selling tickets to his “Presidential Inaugural retreat.” In case you think I’m kidding, I’ve included the letter from Romney’s campaign to big donors. Yesterday, at a private fundraising event, he said the Department of Housing and Urban Development
The Humboldt County Democratic Convention will be held this Saturday, April 14, 2012 at French Ford Middle School, 5495 E Palisade St, Winnemucca. Pre-Registration: 13 April 2012 from 6-9PM by calling 775-623-1029 Saturday Registration: 14 April 2012 from 9AM-12AM Delegates and alternates who
Last night, Jon Ralston reported that unelected Senator Dean Heller mislead Nevadans when he said last week on Face to Face that he only voted against taxpayer giveaways to Big Oil because Democrats “always wanted to use them for more stimulus and
–Wes Boyd & Joan Blades, Founders of MoveOn.org Have you ever heard the story of how MoveOn started? In 1998, when Newt Gingrich and the Republicans in Congress were focusing all of their efforts on impeaching President Clinton over a sex scandal, we
Here’s the buzz: American honey bees are disappearing at an alarming rate and the government knows why. Scientists say a pesticide called clothianidin, made by chemical giant Bayer, is strongly linked to the rapid decline in bee populations. When exposed to the
BANKING When Bankers Rule the World David Korten, Op-Ed: “The tell-all defection of Greg Smith, a former Goldman Sachs executive, provided an insider’s view of the moral corruption of the Wall Street banks that control of much of America’s economy and politics. Smith
In this election alone, Romney has raised more than $750,000 from oil and gas special interests. And to keep those monies flowing into his campaign coffers, h’ss pandering to his Big Oil donors and telling them exactly what they want to hear.