SREC Member: 'I got into politics to put Christian conservatives into office.'

The rich are not bad. Just rich.
Here's a riddle: Todd Henderson's household makes north of $400,000 in a city where the median household income is $46,748. Yet Henderson says his family is "just getting by despite seeming to be rich." How can this be? The Hendersons don't "seem" rich. They are rich. They are one of the richest families in the country. Their country is the richest country in the world. And the world is richer than it's ever been before. The Hendersons are thus one of the richest families in the richest...

Sweet Seat In The Suite
Hey, Sports fans! If you’re looking for a new, roomy SUV for your home team, look no further than your Tri-State Chevy dealers. You can chose from great Vehicles like the 2010 Tahoe LTZ. Talk about a player with flash and dash, it has the right looks and design, and youll love its power. Thanks to a Vortec 5.3 liter V8 engine, its 320 horses really haul, and the standard StabiliTrak with traction control will have your Tahoe making all the right moves. Need room for a bigger team? The...

Jamie McCourt's SUV hits pedestrian at courthouse
Related Articles Los Angeles (AP) Jamie McCourt’s driver struck a Pedestrian as the former Los Angeles Dodgers CEO arrived at the Courthouse Monday to testify in her Divorce case. The Pedestrian was taken by ambulance to a Hospital after the driver of the Land Rover hit a woman on a sidewalk. Witness Debra Amos says the SUV was backing out of the driveway when it struck the Pedestrian, who works at the downtown building. Jamie McCourt was sitting in the front passenger seat and her...

Danger at the wheel
--> David J. Catalano veered off Post Road in East Greenwich one Sunday in May 2009 and slammed into a gas station attendant. Then he backed up his SUV and sped away -- with his mother in the passenger seat. Catalano drove home, the Police say, leaving 66-year-old Clifford LeValley to die. Within half an hour, the Police found Catalano at his North Kingstown home — but he wrestled away an officer’s Handgun, shot him in the back and shoulder, stole his Police Car and fled...

Facing problems from blackouts to subway shutdown, Venezuelan leaders cry sabotage before vote
Caracas, Venezuela -   Caracas, Venezuela (AP) — A power cut halts subway service in Venezuela's capital. It's sabotage, officials say. An Explosion rocks a State-run iron plant. Sabotage again, they explain. Power outages sweep the country and President Hugo Chavez calls on State workers to guard electricity plants against sabotage. With key congressional Elections only days away, Venezuela's leftist government is increasingly blaming attacks by shadowy opponents for...

Special report: Who can beat Hugo Chavez?
By Frank Jack Daniel LOS TEQUES, Venezuela | Tue Sep 21, 2010 12:44pm EDT LOS TEQUES, Venezuela (Reuters) - The Victorino Santaella Hospital, with its grimy floors, shuttered wards and too few doctors, tells a story of Venezuela's Democracy. It is a cautionary tale for those who might vote against President Hugo Chavez's Party in Sunday's parliamentary Elections. Henrique Capriles Radonski, a wiry 38-year-old who drives a scooter, defeated a powerful ally of the president two years ago to...

Roteiro para a vitória (via Professor Hariovaldo Almeida Prado)
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Los Alamos Scientist Accused of Nuclear Indictment Chargers
Nuclear Scientist Pedro Mascheroni and his wife Roxby Mascheroni, former contractors at Los Alamos National Laboratory, are accused on charges of attempting to provide Nuclear secrets to Venezuela. In 2008, Mascheroni talked with an undercover FBI agent who acted as a Caracas government official, reported The Associated Press . "Mascheroni allegedly said he could help Venezuela develop a Nuclear Bomb within 10 years and that under his program Venezuela would use a secret underground Nuclear...

Rebel commander killed in Colombia
AFP Colombia's Military killed an important leftist guerrilla commander over the weekend during a major offensive launched under the country's new president in the southern part of the country. Domingo Biojo, the co-ordinator of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in the south, was among 27 guerrillas killed on Sunday in an air and ground attack on a rebel camp near the Ecuadorn border, said General Oscar Naranjo. Naranjo, who is Colombia's Police Chief, said Biojo was a 25-year...

Venezuela to change parliament
Source: Agence France-Presse Sep 19, 2010 Venezuela to change parliament ARACAS - Venezuela'S Elections this month will likely reduce President Hugo Chavez's sway on the national assembly by giving back the opposition its first voices there since it boycotted the last vote in 2005. More than 17 million Venezuelans are eligible to vote on September 26 in Elections which both sides have presented as a plebisicite on the outspoken leftist president, 11 years after he came to power. Mr Chavez...

Pair Accused of Trying to Help Venezuela Get Nukes
NPR has some interesting details on the Nuclear physicist and his wife who were arrested and charged with trying to sell Nuclear information to Venezuela: Pair Accused Of Trying To Help Venezuela Get Nukes . CARRIE JOHNSON: Well, the key figure in this case is Pedro Mascheroni. He was born in Argentina, but he became a U.S. Citizen in 1972. He worked as a Nuclear physicist in a secret unit called the X Division at the Los Alamos Lab for about 10 years. And he’s described as a brilliant...

Venezuela ends mysterious 'terror flights' from Iran via Syria
It's NOT what you've been told. Especially by the likes of Fox News. It's no secret that we as a country have dirtied ourselves with alliances which have been involved in Ethnic Cleansing and Genocide of Arabic populations. We ourselves are guilty of many of the atrocities we accuse them of, except on a grander scale because we're a superpower. Until we are willing to address the root cause of hatred aimed at us, we will continue down the same road to hell we travel now.

Venezuelan Jews Meet With Chavez About Anti-Semitism in Media
Venezuelan Jewish leaders met with President Hugo Chavez to discuss the increase in anti-Semitic attacks in the state-run media. Representatives of the Venezuelan Confederation of Israelite Associations met Chavez Sept. 16 at the presidential palace in Caracas, where they presented him with many examples of anti-Semitic messages that appear in state-run and government-friendly media. The leaders also asked Chavez to re-establish diplomatic relations with Israel, The Associated Press...

Venezuela Deports 2 Drug Trafficking Suspects to U.S.
Caracas, Venezuela -- Venezuela deported two drug trafficking suspects to the United States on Monday including an alleged boss of the powerful Norte del Valle cartel in neighboring Colombia. The action comes only days after the U.S. criticized Venezuela's cooperation in fighting illegal narcotics. Justice Minister Tareck El Aissami said U.S. authorities had offered a $5 million reward for information leading to the capture of Jaime Alberto Marin, a leader of the Norte del Valle cartel also...

Pair Accused Of Trying To Help Venezuela Get Nukes
Melissa Block talks with NPR's Carrie Johnson about the arrest of a scientist and his wife in New Mexico today. The pair, former contract employees at Los Alamos National Laboratory, are accused of conspiring to help Venezuela develop a Nuclear weapon. Copyright © 2010 National Public Radio®. For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of Use. For other uses, prior permission required. DAVID GREENE, host: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm David Greene. Melissa...

U.S. senator sold on the oil sands
S enator Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, says he's “learned a lot” from his tour of the Oil Sands with Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach and two other senators. In an interview with the Globe from a Syncrude facility, Mr. Graham said he was impressed by what he saw. He was joined by fellow Saxby Chambliss, a Georgia Republican, and Democratic Senator Kay Hagan of North Carolina. Why are you here? Just do the math. There is more Oil received from the Oil Sands region...

Venezuela to change parliament
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez waves to supporters during a campaign rally with his Socialist Party in Guarenas outside Caracas. -- PHOTO: Reuters Caracas - Venezuela'S Elections this month will likely reduce President Hugo Chavez's sway on the national assembly by giving back the opposition its first voices there since it boycotted the last vote in 2005. More than 17 million Venezuelans are eligible to vote on September 26 in Elections which both sides have presented as a plebisicite on the...

HACER Weekly News Report USA
Washington, under Republican and Democratic administrations, has proved unable or unwilling to slow Chavez’s descent into authoritarianism. Unlike coups by prior caudillos in the Americas, the situation in Venezuela today is like a slow-motion train wreck, which makes it all the more frustrating. A lack of international outrage is discouraging pro-democracy Venezuelans across the ideological spectrum. They worry they have been forgotten, especially by anObamaadministration that finds...

Lindsey Graham drinks the tar sands Kool-Aid: "It is less carbon intensive than oil we find in California," extraction "really blends in with the natural habitat."
Who are you going to believe: Lindsey Graham or your own lyin’ eyes? In an amazing interview with Canada’s The Globe and Mail , “ U.S. senator sold on the Oil Sands ,” the once-serious, but now utterly incoherent Senator from South Carolina visits what some have rightly called the biggest Global Warming crime ever seen, and pronounces it A-OK: Q: Why are you here? LG: Just do the math. There is more Oil received from the Oil Sands region than Saudi...

Venezuela deports alleged Colombian cartel boss, other drug suspect to US
Caracas, Venezuela -   Caracas, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela deported two drug trafficking suspects to the United States on Monday, including an alleged boss of the powerful Norte del Valle cartel in neighboring Colombia. The action came only days after the U.S. criticized Venezuela's cooperation in fighting illegal narcotics. Justice Minister Tareck El Aissami said U.S. authorities had offered a $5 million reward for information leading to the capture of Jaime Alberto Marin, a...

The Venezuela News and Views final 2010 vote prediction (well, maybe)
Written from the Venezuelan provinces, this blog started as private letters to my friends overseas, letters narrating the difficult days of the 2002/2003 strike in Venezuela. These letters became this mix of news, comments, pictures of the Venezuelan situation. Unknowingly, I have written the diary of Venezuela slow descent into authoritarianism, the slow erosion of our liberties, the takeover of the country by a Military caste, the surrendering of our soul to our inner demons. Sunday,...

Hillary Clinton Busts Out
The Museum of Sex in New York City unveiled its latest acquisition today: a bust of Hillary Clinton, cast in resin. The Museum of Sex really and truly exists. On Fifth Avenue, in New York City. It's serious. When a former software Magnate opened the museum four years ago, yours truly covered it (meaning NPR, not me personally). According to the museum's Press Release: "Artist Daniel Edwards describes this new sculpture as capturing Clinton 'with her head held high, a youthful spirit and...

The Rage of the Rich; the Confusion of the Right (Updated)
Read Paul Krugman : Never mind the $700 Billion Price Tag for extending the high-end Tax Breaks: virtually all Republicans and some Democrats are rushing to the aid of the oppressed affluent. You see, the rich are different from you and me: they have more influence. Its partly a matter of Campaign Contributions, but its also a matter of Social pressure, since politicians spend a lot of time hanging out with the wealthy. So when the rich face the prospect of paying an extra 3 or 4...

One More Reason to Loathe Republicans
Esquire contributing editor Colby Buzzell reports “ What John McCain Doesn’t Get About Our Immigrant Troops “: ... My infantry platoon had guys from all over the country — we looked like a recruitment ad that screamed diversity — so I had no idea that foreign citizens fought alongside us. Nor did I know that such a thing was possible. But it didn’t bother me, and I actually thought it was incredible that Reyes would risk life and limb for a country that...

Tajikistan blames Islamist militants for ambush
© US Embassy, Dushanbe, Tajikistan The U.S. and Tajik officers congratulate each other on the completion of a 'counter-terrorism training course', Fakhrobod, Tajikistan, June 18, 2010. Dushanbe - Tajikistan said on Monday foreign Islamist Militants were responsible for killing at least 23 Troops in an ambush near the Central Asian Republic's border with Afghanistan. Defence Ministry spokesman Faridoon Makhmadaliyev said Sunday's "Terrorist Act" had been carried out by Militants linked to...