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Delaware foreclosures are at an all-time high
Post Date: 2010-05-05 12:09:04 by no gnu taxes
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The US economy is in the throes of a deep recession. Unemployment is at its peak of 10% As people lose jobs even those with very sound credit history are faltering on mortgage payments. Hence, foreclosures have become common. In Delaware, quarterly foreclosures have increased by 46.3 % In comparison, the nationwide figures have increased by 16 %. It may be noted that nationwide, one out of every 138 homes got a foreclosure notice. Foreclosures have increased by 8 per cent. This was pointed out by RealtyTrac. One out of 324 homes in Delaware has received a foreclosure notice. This is one of the worst records in USA. In Nevada, one out of each 33 houses is foreclosed. Banks too have become ...
From New Citizen to Suspect in a Year
Post Date: 2010-05-05 11:21:11 by Skip Intro
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From New Citizen to Suspect in a Year Pakistan-Born Shahzad Faced Foreclosure in Connecticut and Disliked President Bush; an Invisible Man at His University Faisal Shahzad was losing his Connecticut home to foreclosure, disliked President George W. Bush, and was an almost invisible presence at the American university where he earned two degrees. Those are some of the details in the still-emerging portrait of the man who authorities say has implicated himself in the botched Times Square bomb plot. Details about the alleged Times-Square bombing suspect emerge. WSJ's Evan Perez joins the News Hub with details. Mr. Shahzad was born in Pakistan's Northwest Frontier Province, ...
2 of Teabagger Republican Candidate Joe Walsh's Aides, Some Volunteers Quit
Post Date: 2010-05-05 11:06:16 by Skip Intro
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2 of Republican Candidate Joe Walsh's Aides, Some Volunteers Quit Chicago - There is a lot of unwanted campaign turmoil for the Republican candidate in the race for Illinois' 8th Congressional seat. Sunday two of his top aides and about half a dozen campaign volunteers quit. Now they are calling on Joe Walsh to step down. "We've pretty much had enough of Joe's campaign. We've had enough of the lies, deception and his contant rhetoric and we're done," said Richard Cape, a former field director. Police were called to Walsh's Graylake campaign office Sunday afternoon after Cape and others went there to retrieve office equipment and other property ...
Times Square Bomber is a Registered Democrat
Post Date: 2010-05-05 08:19:09 by no gnu taxes
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Times Square Bomber, Faisal Shahzad is a registered Democrat. What? a registered Democrat, your kidding, I thought that the violent side of America could only be found in the Tea Party. Oh My . I wonder how Olberman and Madcow will blather about this little bit of news? Perhaps they can get advise from Mathews on what to say on air. If he can stop the quiver from running up is leg long enough to come up with a coherent thought. Well Faisal claims to have worked alone but it would appear that the Coffee Party has members in Pakistan also, as two of Faisal’s co-conspirators have already been identified and arrested. Fiasal…. Coffee Party…Radical Islamist….. Did I just ...
GOP Voters In Ohio Turn Back Tea Party Challengers
Post Date: 2010-05-05 01:48:17 by Brian S
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Republicans chose established candidates over tea party challengers in two statewide races Tuesday, while Democrats picked their lineups as they try to protect a slim majority in the Ohio House come November. The conservative tea party movement was at the center of an intensely competitive primary for state auditor. In the end, Delaware County prosecutor David Yost, the GOP's chosen candidate, defeated state Rep. Seth Morgan, who was the first big candidate to be endorsed by the newly formed Ohio Tea Party political action committee. With 67 percent of precincts reporting unofficial results, Yost received 65 percent of the vote, while state Rep. Seth Morgan got ...
U.S. exempted BP's Gulf of Mexico drilling from environmental impact study
Post Date: 2010-05-04 22:08:06 by Skip Intro
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U.S. exempted BP's Gulf of Mexico drilling from environmental impact study The decision by the department's Minerals Management Service (MMS) to give BP's lease at Deepwater Horizon a "categorical exclusion" from the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) on April 6, 2009 -- and BP's lobbying efforts just 11 days before the explosion to expand those exemptions -- show that neither federal regulators nor the company anticipated an accident of the scale of the one unfolding in the gulf. Now, environmentalists and some key senators are calling for a reassessment of safety requirements for offshore drilling. Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.), who has supported offshore oil ...
Times Square Bomb Suspect Is Cooperating After Admitting Role, U.S. Says
Post Date: 2010-05-04 21:07:13 by Brian S
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By Patricia Hurtado and Justin Blum May 4 (Bloomberg) -- A naturalized U.S. citizen from Pakistan told prosecutors he tried to detonate a car bomb in New York’s Times Square to kill tourists and theater goers, and has been providing information on the terrorist plot, the U.S. said. Faisal Shahzad was accused of trying to “kill and maim persons” when he drove an improvised bomb into the crowded Manhattan neighborhood May 1, prosecutors said in a complaint unsealed in New York. Authorities said the plot dated back to December. Shahzad faces five counts including attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and receiving bomb-making training in the Waziristan region of ...
Oil Spill Proves It: Obama Hates Gulf Coast People
Post Date: 2010-05-04 17:49:19 by no gnu taxes
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When Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast in 2005, the media and Hollywood were ready with two competing storylines: President Bush was incompetent in his disaster response (media) AND President Bush had sinisterly planned/allowed Hurricane Katrina to wallop a predominantly African-American New Orleans (Hollywood), perhaps for political gain. It was no surprise that "singer" Kanye West told a national audience that President Bush "hates black people" during a televised award show. Now the disaster is on the other foot. Here is how the recent spill of copious amounts of crude oil should be covered by the media and the Hollywood-types; 1) The oil spill occurred ...
Why Does President Obama Hate the Environment?
Post Date: 2010-05-04 17:43:55 by no gnu taxes
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If President Obama, or anyone in his administration for that matter, cared about the environment, why did they do nothing for days and days after an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico started burning? Administration officials claim that they were on top of the situation from day one, but the truth is, it took them days to respond. It took the president twelve days to get down to Louisiana to respond to this disaster. Twelve days! And he criticized Bush for his Katrina reaction? Please! Rush Limbaugh got a hold of EPA administrator Lisa Jackson’s schedule. You would think she would have been on top of this from day one, isn’t the EPA charged with protecting the environment? It’s ...
Obama’s Katrina? No! It’s Much Worse
Post Date: 2010-05-04 17:39:54 by no gnu taxes
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Some in the press have been asking; is this oil spill Obama’s Katrina? New information has surfaced that would suggest this oil spill is worse than Katrina, in respect to the response from the Obama administration. I will argue that the response to Katrina was expected and not the fault of the Bush administration. I have talked with plenty of people involved in the rescue in New Orleans and the fault lies squarely on the shoulders of Ray Nagin (mayor of New Orleans). New information reveals that the Obama administration ignored a specific plan designed in 1994, by the Clinton administration, to deal with such a disaster. The plan called “In Situ Burn” was designed to make ...
Bush-Era Regulators Downplayed Risks Of BP's Oil Rig
Post Date: 2010-05-04 12:41:35 by Brian S
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In the wake of the growing environmental catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico, BP is being blamed for discounting the potential for a massive oil spill and underestimating its effects. But the federal agency tasked with oversight of offshore oil drilling may be even more responsible for understating the impact of a spill in the environmentally-sensitive area. In a 2007 environmental impact statement for the Western and Central Planning Area Sales, which includes the Macondo Prospect where the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded on April 20, the Interior Department's Minerals Management Service downplayed the potential for environmental damage. (h/t Professor John Bonine at the University of ...
Fla. Gov: Entire State Should Prepare For Spill
Post Date: 2010-05-04 12:34:28 by Brian S
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(05-04) 09:23 PDT Pensacola, Fla. (AP) -- Florida Gov. Charlie Crist says that even though the Panhandle will likely see the first impact from the oil spill, the entire state should be prepared. Crist says in a worst-case scenario, currents could carry the oil down the state's Gulf coast, through the Keys and then up the Atlantic coast. Crist toured the Escambia County emergency operations center Tuesday and received a briefing on local efforts and plans. Crist says he doesn't want his state to be criticized for not doing enough. He says it's better to be seen as doing too much.
Despite plan, not a single fire boom on hand on Gulf Coast at time of oil spill
Post Date: 2010-05-04 11:28:41 by WhiteSands
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Despite plan, not a single fire boom on hand on Gulf Coast at time of oil spill By Ben Raines May 03, 2010, 12:09PM View full size(Elastec/American Marine Photo)An image provided by Carmi, Ill.-based Elastec/American Marine shows an oil burn being conducted in one of its patented Hydro-Fire Boom systems. The inflatable, fire-resistant, water-cooled boom was developed to contain surface oil and burn it offshore, helping prevent destruction of critical environmentally sensitive shoreline habitats, company officials said. If U.S. officials had followed up on a 1994 response plan for a major Gulf oil spill, it is possible that the spill could have been kept under control and far ...
Another Islamofascist Attempts a Terrorist Attack and You idiot Liberals Still Want to Blame the Tea Party
Post Date: 2010-05-04 10:21:44 by no gnu taxes
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A bomb scare in Pittsburgh, and a real bomb in Times Square have put terrorism back in the news. Authorities caught a Pakistani man they believe drove an SUV full of propane tanks and gasoline into Times Square and lit the fuse. Had the contraption been given enough time, the propane tanks would likely have blown up and sent shrapnel at New Yorkers at supersonic speed. We dodged a bullet because a tee shirt vendor spotted the thing. I would be much more reassured had homeland defense stopped the bombing, but like the underwear bomber, this one slipped through the cracks. Many are questioning the competency of Janet Nepolitano. The primary question being asked is, are there enough resources ...
No More Bush to Kick Around and Obama too Holy to Blame, Lame Duck Nagin Now gets Blame for New Orleans
Post Date: 2010-05-04 08:57:39 by no gnu taxes
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Everything was Bush's fault when he was in the WH. Now, when it comes to FEMA, it's just the bureaucracy, stupid. But with the New Orlean's recovery still failing, someone has to get the blame. And it won't be the Obama administration. Besides, he's leaving office. So, Ray Nagin has out-lived his useful uselessness. Data show New Orleans recovery stalled under Nagin NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- As Mayor Ray Nagin leaves office, hundreds of damaged city buildings including police stations and fire houses sit unrepaired more than four years after Hurricane Katrina, stark reminders of how the recovery has floundered. Only seven percent of 283 city-owned structures slated to be ...
Gulf oil spill is not Obama's Katrina, it's worse
Post Date: 2010-05-04 08:52:27 by no gnu taxes
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Just a couple of days ago, the New York Times had this: White House Memo: Shadow of Katrina Hangs Over Official Response to Spill. Other outlets call the spill Obama's Katrina. I disagree. It isn't Obama's Katrina, it's worse. You see, when the media crucified Bush for FEMA's response, or lack thereof, what they left out was that the New Orleans tragedy was the fault of the Louisiana governor who refused federal assistance, and the impotent Ray Nagin who left buses standing unused in the parking lots. My take on the oil spill is that it is different than Katrina in that a single city or state isn't affected here (Katrin a hit Mississippi too but that was dropped ...
Former NOAA oil spill cleanup boss says Obama waited too long in Gulf disaster (On Purpose or Just Incompetent?)
Post Date: 2010-05-04 08:45:19 by no gnu taxes
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Why didn't federal officials implement an oil spill clean up plan they've had on the books since 1994 as soon as possible after crude began pumping into the Gulf of Mexico following the explosion and sinking of BP's Deepwater Horizon drilling platform 53 miles south of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico? The Mobile Register reports that Ron Gouget, who formerly managed the oil spill cleanup department of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, as well as a similar unit for the state of Louisiana, is criticizing the Obama White House's failure to act according to existing government plans in the event of a spill in the area now being deluged with thousands of ...
Goldi - Disappointed With Her CountryMen
Post Date: 2010-05-04 08:40:49 by Biff Tannen
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#3. To: Magician (#1) Our brave, courageous, and GREAT Founders would not have tolerated a Usurper in our White House. They would have pulled him out bodily, forced him to own up to his citizenship and eligibility...or else. They would have gone further: They would have either tarred and feathered him, then deported or jailed him...OR they would have hung him for TREASON. Immediately. Trials then were rapid...within days of being accused. That we even tolerate this shows how desperately far we are from our Founders, and how lost we are from our origins. Goldi-Lox posted on 2010-05-04 8:35:29 ET
Huff Po: Big Oil Fought Off New Safety Rules Before Rig Explosion
Post Date: 2010-05-04 00:51:55 by WhiteSands
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As families mourn the 11 workers thrown overboard in the worst oil rig disaster in decades and as the resulting spill continues to spread through the Gulf of Mexico, new questions are being raised about the training of the drill operators and about the oil company's commitment to safety. Deepwater Horizon, the giant technically-advanced rig which exploded on April 20 and sank two days later, is leaking an estimated 42,000 gallons per day through a pipe about 5,000 feet below the surface. The spill has spread across 1,800 square miles -- an area larger than Rhode Island -- according to satellite images, oozing its way toward the Louisiana coast and posing a threat to wildlife, including ...
Obama shares blame for failing to prevent Gulf of Mexico oil spill
Post Date: 2010-05-04 00:48:05 by WhiteSands
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There’s been a long-standing contest to see which crisis would become “Obama’s Katrina.” The sinking last week of the Deepwater Horizon, the Gulf of Mexico-based offshore oil drilling platform, may be the best candidate thus far. Not only did 11 workers die as a in the explosion that destroyed the rig, but about 5,000 gallons of crude a day are leaking out of the well when we received assurances last week from the Coast Guard that there was no sign of an oil spill. And this comes on the heels of Obama’s much-ballyhooed triangulation around offshore drilling as a key component of his energy policy. The website ‘Better Shirts’ has created a ‘Spill Baby ...
Santa Cruz police ask FBI to help investigate what they believe was 'coordinated' attack on the city
Post Date: 2010-05-04 00:24:50 by WhiteSands
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SANTA CRUZ - At the request of city police, the FBI on Monday joined an investigation into the weekend riot downtown, which authorities say was a "methodical and coordinated" attack by anarchists. Police asked for the FBI's help because investigators believe the Saturday night May Day street party, an unsanctioned event advertised by fliers placed around town and at UC Santa Cruz, was designed to provide "political and physical" cover for an unnamed anarchist group. Masked demonstrators grabbed large rocks from Pacific Avenue tree beds and threw them through business windows. They also scrawled anarchist graffiti on buildings and jumped on top of a police car, ...
Suspect in Times Square Attack Arrested
Post Date: 2010-05-04 00:20:26 by go65
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A Pakistani American has been arrested in Long Island in connection with Saturday's attempt to set off a car bomb in Times Square. Shizzad Fizhail or something like that.
DEVASTATING: Video Shows Feds Knew Of Potential Ecological Disaster Immediately After Rig Explosion
Post Date: 2010-05-03 23:43:23 by WhiteSands
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This is devastating. Video from NOAA site shows officials knew quickly of potential for massive oil flow Federal officials knew of the potential ecological disaster after the oil rig explosion on April 20th. A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration video, shot as officials coordinated response to the Deepwater Horizon disaster, shows that federal officials almost immediately worried that the oil well could leak up to 110,000 barrels per day, or 4.6 million gallons. The video appears on a federal Web site. It was filmed in Seattle, at NOAA’s Western Regional Center, as scientists and federal officials in Seattle, Houston and New Orleans engaged in telephone ...
UF expert says oil spill could spread to east coast of Florida (to Limbaugh's House)
Post Date: 2010-05-03 22:17:31 by go65
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A University of Florida professor and oceanographic expert says he believes the east coast of Florida might see the worst of the impact of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. At the same time, state health officials say the chemical-like smell reported to be wafting occasionally across parts of the state, including Alachua and Marion counties, has not been definitively linked to the oil spill but that they continue to monitor the reports. Y. Peter Sheng, coastal and oceanographic engineer at UF, said the six-day ocean current models released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reveal that the western coast of Florida, from the Big Bend to Cedar Key, could be spared. ...
Oil May Reach Loop Current Within 24 Hours Eventually Carrying Oil South Along The Florida Coast And Into The Florida Keys
Post Date: 2010-05-03 15:20:11 by Brian S
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By BRIAN SKOLOFF (AP) – 47 minutes ago GULFPORT, Miss. — Scientists say the Gulf oil spill could get into the what's called the Loop Current within a day, eventually carrying oil south along the Florida coast and into the Florida Keys. Nick Shay, a physical oceanographer at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, said Monday once the oil enters the Loop Current, it likely will end up in the Keys and continue east into the Gulf Stream. Shay says the oil could affect Florida's beaches, coral reefs, fisheries and ecosystem within a week. He described the Loop Current as similar to a "conveyor belt," sweeping around the Gulf, ...
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