9:20pm Eastern update. Here’s the
roll on the Senate
John Doe protection amendment, which missed the 60-vote
threshold by 3 votes. Interesting facts: No Republican voted
against it. GOP presidential candidate Sam “Switchback”
Brownback didn’t bother to vote. Hillary voted for
it. Obama sat it out:
美聯社就話三藩市的油價是如何的貴；High gas prices are posted at a Shell gas station,
right, with a Chevron gas station gas prices posted at left, in San
Francisco, Thursday, May 10, 2007. With gasoline prices poised to break
records at the pump, energy futures prices jumped Thursday as traders
noticed a gas supply imbalance in the fine print of Wednesday's
government inventory report. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
嘩!
Hero of the year 2006 喎，為何陽光從來未聽過？他是誰？有什麼英雄事蹟？我就從來未聽過，但聽聽讀者文摘的故事先。
Jeff
是明尼蘇逹州的一個十六歲印弟安人，大約兩年前一個後生仔身穿乾濕褸走入紅湖中學，身內有不只一支，不止兩支，而是三支槍，見人就射，死八件，傷七件，而阿積挺身而出，手中只有一枝鉛筆，衝出去向槍手一野插下，之後同槍手滾作一團，混亂中，阿積面部被槍手打中，而警方來時，槍手自殺身亡，阿積的老師，稱讚阿積是大英雄。阿積救了很多人的性命。報道又話佢救了十多個人命，事件之後，阿積要接受長期醫療，物理和語言治療等。
首先 Jim Wallis
歌訟兇手殺人殺得多元化，嘩，由１８歲至７６歲，分別由九大州人組成，乜種族人都有。有男有女。
Looking at the profiles of the dead, I am struck by their
diversity. They ranged in age from 18 to 76; they came from nine states, along
with Puerto Rico, Egypt, India, Indonesia, and Romania. They were male and
female, African-American, Asian, Middle Eastern and Caucasian. They were all
people who began Monday little knowing it would suddenly end their lives.
This is not a time to seek easy answers or to assign blame. It is, rather, a
time to pray, mourn, and reflect. While this tragedy can perhaps be partially
explained by the easy accessibility of guns in our society, by the saturation of
violence in our popular culture, by the fact that the visible signs of Cho Seung
Hui's troubled life could have been taken more seriously, by concerns about
university security, or by any number of other things, ultimately there is no
simple explanation. And there are generally no single causes for such horrible
events.
２６台新聞，只報道學校的追悼會，但心水清的老番記者，提出一個問題。點解大學的 Convocation
中，第一個演講的神職人員是伊斯蘭教，大講亞拉，可蘭經，唔通維大理工是伊斯蘭教學校？又有佛教人士講佛，但全場沒有神職人員講 Jesus
一字！而第四個演講者是路德教傳教士，連 Jesus 都不敢提，可悲。
學校槍擊事件，激死保守派政客
一年之前，共和黨議員 Todd Gilbert ，提出正當有槍牌的學生及教職員可以帶槍返學，這條提案，就是 House Bill
1572，但當時被自由派反對，最後州 General Assembly
反了這條提案之後，維大理工發言人向記者說：『好高興州立法局的決定，因為這樣可以令到父母，學生，教職員都感到安全。』
可能 Larry Hincker
講得對，但１６日的悲劇告訴我們，感到安全和得到安全，是完全兩碼子的事，大學的槍枝管制根本沒有辦法保護到學生哥，只不過給冷血槍手一個機會，在全程兩個半小時中殺死３２個人手無寸鐵的學生。
Job
Creation Continues - More Than 7.8 Million Jobs Created Since August 2003
On April 6, 2007, The Bureau Of Labor Statistics Released New Jobs Figures –
180,000 Jobs Created In March. Since August 2003, more than 7.8 million jobs
have been created, with nearly 2 million jobs created over the last 12 months.
Our economy has now added jobs for 43 straight months, and the unemployment rate
remains low at 4.4 percent.
More American Workers Are Finding Jobs And Taking Home More Pay
Real After-Tax Income Per Person Has Risen By 10 Percent – More Than $2,900 –
Since President Bush Took Office.
Real Wages Rose 1.8 Percent Over The Past 12 Months Through February. This is
substantially faster than the average rate of the late 1990s economy, and it
means an extra $1,080 in the past year for the typical family with two wage
earners.
The Economy Has Now Experienced Over Five Years Of Uninterrupted Growth,
Averaging 3.0 Percent A Year Since 2001. Real GDP grew a strong 3.1 percent in
2006.
Since The First Quarter Of 2001, Productivity Growth Has Averaged 2.8 Percent.
This is well above average productivity growth in the 1990s, 1980s, and 1970s.
In 2006, U.S. Exports (12.7 Percent) Grew Faster Than Imports (10.5 Percent) For
the First Time Since 1997.
By Setting Clear Spending Priorities And Keeping Taxes Low, We Can Keep Our
Economy Growing
The President Has Submitted A Budget That Eliminates The Federal Deficit Within
The Next Five Years Without Raising Taxes. By contrast, Congressional Democrats'
recently-passed budget resolutions would raise taxes and increase government
spending while failing to address the most serious challenge to our Nation's
fiscal health: the unsustainable growth in entitlement programs, like Social
Security and Medicare.
Keeping Our Economy Growing Begins With Keeping Taxes Low. President Bush's tax
relief has helped spur economic growth by keeping more money in the pockets of
American taxpayers. The American people have used this tax relief to provide for
their families, create jobs, and help make America's economy the envy of the
industrialized world. The President calls on Congress to keep our economy
growing by making his tax relief permanent.
Keeping Our Economy Growing Requires Spending Tax Dollars Wisely. To help set
spending priorities, the President will work with Congress to cut the number and
cost of all earmarks at least in half. He also believes Congress should enact a
line-item veto to help the legislative and executive branches work together to
eliminate wasteful spending.
Our Growing Economy Gives Us A Chance To Address The Challenge Of Entitlement
Spending From A Position Of Strength. Congress needs to live up to its
responsibility by coming together to fix Medicare and Medicaid – and save Social
Security. If we do not act now, future generations will be faced with three bad
options: huge tax increases, huge deficits, or huge benefit cuts.
Keeping Our Economy Growing Also Requires Opening Markets And Expanding Trade.
Every time we break down barriers to trade and investment, we open up new
markets for American ranchers, farmers, workers, and entrepreneurs. Last year
the United States exported a record $1.4 trillion dollars worth of goods and
services – making us the largest exporter in the world. As we expand free and
fair trade, America enjoys lower prices, better jobs, and increased
productivity.
The President Calls On Congress To Extend Trade Promotion Authority So We Can
Make Headway On The Doha Round And Other Trade Agreements.
NEW
ORLEANS — A top hurricane forecaster called Al Gore "a gross alarmist" Friday
for making an Oscar-winning documentary about global warming.
"He's one of these guys that preaches the end of the world type of things. I
think he's doing a great disservice and he doesn't know what he's talking
about," Dr. William Gray said in an interview with The Associated Press at the
National Hurricane Conference in New Orleans, where he delivered the closing
speech.
自然氣象科學家，是有 degree 的，不是戈爾般自稱通天曉，今時今日，星島重會相信互聯網
internet 是戈爾發明的。０６年１月２７日戈爾說地球還有１０年時間會變火燒咁滅亡，我就同佢計時，重有８年９個月同１８日。唔知星島班 dittoheads
是不是又盲目相信呢？
They called him a liar and a villain, and screamed,
"What about your swimming pools?" in regards to recent
allegations that the monthly electricity bill of Gore's
estate rivaled a year's bill for the average American home.
Congressional Democrats are
in full cry over the news this week that the Administration's
decision to fire eight U.S. Attorneys originated from--gasp--the
White House. Senator Hillary Clinton joined the fun yesterday,
blaming President Bush for "the politicization of our
prosecutorial system." Oh, my.
As it happens, Mrs. Clinton is just the Senator to walk point
on this issue of dismissing U.S. attorneys because she has
direct personal experience. In any Congressional probe of the
matter, we'd suggest she call herself as the first witness--and
bring along Webster Hubbell as her chief counsel.
As everyone once knew but has tried to forget, Mr. Hubbell
was a former partner of Mrs. Clinton at the Rose Law Firm in
Little Rock who later went to jail for mail fraud and tax
evasion. He was also Bill and Hillary Clinton's choice as
Associate Attorney General in the Justice Department when Janet
Reno, his nominal superior, simultaneously fired all 93 U.S.
Attorneys in March 1993. Ms. Reno--or Mr. Hubbell--gave them 10
days to move out of their offices.
(AP) Attorney General
Alberto Gonzales takes a
question during a news
conference after he
addressed the...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The chief White House lawyer
floated the idea of firing all 93 U.S. attorneys
at the start of President Bush's second term,
but the Justice Department objected and
eventually recommended the eight dismissals that
have generated a political firestorm two years
later.
White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said
Monday that then-White House Counsel Harriet
Miers raised with an aide to Attorney General
Alberto Gonzales the prospect of asking all
chief federal district prosecutors to resign in
2004 as a logical way to start a new term with a
new slate of U.S. attorneys.
Perino also acknowledged Monday that
complaints about the job performance of
prosecutors occasionally came to the White House
and were passed on to the Justice Department,
perhaps including some informally from President
Bush to Gonzales.
The U.S. attorneys, the chief federal law
enforcement officials in their various
districts, typically are appointed to four-year
terms by the president on the recommendation of
state political leaders, but serve the pleasure
of the president and can be dismissed at any
time - like the attorney general and other
Cabinet officers.
(AP) U.S. Attorney David
Iglesias speaks at his
last new conference at
the U.S. Attorney
offices in...
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Democrats in Congress have charged that the
eight dismissals announced last December were
politically motivated and some of those fired
have said they felt pressured by powerful
Republicans in their home states to rush
investigations of potential voter fraud
involving Democrats.
Perino said Kyle Sampson, the aide Miers
contacted, objected that a wholesale change of
prosecutors would be disruptive. She also said
deputy chief of staff Karl Rove, the president's
top political adviser, vaguely recalls telling
Miers that he also thought firing all 93 was
ill-advised.
Sampson resigned Monday after acknowledging
that he did not tell other Justice officials who
testified to Congress about the extent of his
communications with the White House, leading
them to provide incomplete information in their
testimony, according to an official who spoke on
condition of anonymity because Sampson has not
announced his departure.
Perrino said the Justice Department was
working internally on a short list of firings,
and submitted that list to the White House in
late 2006.
"At no time were names added or subtracted by
the White House," Perino said. "We continue to
believe that the decision to remove and replace
U.S. attorneys who serve at the pleasure of the
president was perfectly appropriate and within
administration's discretion. We stand by the
Department of Justice's assertion that they were
removed for performance and managerial reasons."
(AP) U.S. Sen. Pete
Domenici, R-N.M., talks
to reporters in
Albuquerque on Tuesday,
Nov. 7, 2006. (AP...
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Dating back to mid-2004, the White House's
legislative affairs, political affairs and chief
of staff's office had received complaints from a
variety of sources about the lack of vigorous
prosecution of election fraud cases in various
locations, including Philadelphia, Milwaukee and
New Mexico, she said
Those complaints were passed on to the
Justice Department or Mier's office.
"The president recalls hearing complaints
about election fraud not being vigorously
prosecuted and believes he may have informally
mentioned it to the attorney general during a
brief discussion on other Department of Justice
matters," Perino said, adding that the
conversation would have taken place in October
2006.
"At no time did any White House officials,
including the president, direct the Department
of Justice to take specific action against any
individual U.S. attorney," Perino said.
The Washington Post reported initially on the
idea of dismissing all the prosecutors, saying
it reviewed a number of internal White House
e-mails preceding the final dismissals.
The new revelations Monday evening came after
congressional Democrats earlier in the day
singled out Rove for questioning about the
firings of the eight prosecutors and whether the
dismissals were politically motivated.
Those demands to question Rove signaled anew
Democrats' shifting focus beyond the Justice
Department and toward the White House in the
inquiry.
Last week, House Judiciary Committee Chairman
John Conyers, D-Mich., said he would seek to
interview Miers and deputy counsel William Kelly
for insight on their roles, if any, in the
firings.
Rove emerged as the Democrats' newest target
after weekend news reports said the New Mexico
Republican Party's chairman urged Rove to fire
David Iglesias, then the state's U.S. attorney.
In a statement Monday, Conyers said stories
about Rove's alleged link to Iglesias' dismissal
"raise even more alarm bells for us."
"As a result, we would want to ensure that
Karl Rove was one of the White House staff that
we interview in connection with our
investigation," said Conyers.
Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., who is leading
his chamber's probe into the firings, said he
also wants to question Rove.
In an interview this weekend with The
Associated Press, New Mexico GOP chairman Allen
Weh said Iglesias'"termination had already
occurred" by the time he spoke with Rove at a
holiday party last December. But Weh made no
secret of his dissatisfaction with Iglesias, in
part from the prosecutor's failure to indict
Democrats in a voter fraud investigation.
The White House has said previously that Rove
wasn't involved in the firings, but did alert
Miers to complaints about Iglesias. It was not
immediately clear whether Rove also told
Gonzales about the complaints.
Last week, Rove called the two-month
controversy "a very big attempt by some in the
Congress to make a political stink about it."
Schumer called it "almost unheard of" for a
federal prosecutor with favorable reviews to be
fired after a top presidential adviser like Rove
received complaints about his performance.
"The more we learn, the more it seems that
people at high levels in the White House have
been involved in the U.S. attorney purge,"
Schumer said Monday.
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Associated Press Writer Deb Riechmann
contributed to this report from Merida, Mexico.
【路邊社三藩市電】『你地唔好屈我個仔呀。』戈爾向傳媒說：『你地有所不知，其實我個仔只不過研發一部新車，你知
【美聯社三藩市電】這是美聯社的新聞圖片，向全世界發出。各位也可以在
嘩!
Hero of the year 2006 喎，為何陽光從來未聽過？他是誰？有什麼英雄事蹟？我就從來未聽過，但聽聽讀者文摘的故事先。
NEW
ORLEANS — A top hurricane forecaster called Al Gore "a gross alarmist" Friday
for making an Oscar-winning documentary about global warming.
戈爾走去加拿大大學演講
冇叉用的聯合國
民主黨不停想給共和黨醜聞的影子，是不是因為克林頓太多醜聞，老作都要共和黨多點
scandal，平衡一下？近斯的共和黨是布殊政府炒人魷魚，炒了８個 U.S. Attorney。民主黨好唔開心咁講。
