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Stimulus Money For Weatherization Goes Unspent
Jackie Harpst expected a busy summer at her nonprofit housing agency, as work crews backed by Nebraska’s share of $5 billion in federal stimulus money headed out to seal windows and spread insulation.
Months after she thought work would begin, not a single window has been caulked. And she’s still not sure if her team will [...]
Health Care Protesters. Who Are They?
Nancy Snyder says she kept quiet when abortion was legalized and prayer in schools was eliminated. Not this time.
“They did it for prayer, they did it for abortion, and they’re not going to do it for our health care,” the 70-year-old nurse from Philipsburg, Pa., said Wednesday as she and her husband Robert, 74, a [...]
College Students Need Cash As States Cut Financial Aid
Struggling with budget shortfalls that reach into the billions, several states are making deep cuts in college financial aid programs, including those that provide a vital source of cash for students who most need the money.
At least a dozen states are reducing award sizes, eliminating grants and tightening eligibility guidelines because of a lack of [...]
Foreclosures Rise 7 Percent In July Outpacing Fed Efforts
The number of U.S. households on the verge of losing their homes rose 7 percent from June to July, as the escalating foreclosure crisis continued to outpace government efforts to limit the damage.
Foreclosure filings were up 32 percent from the same month last year, RealtyTrac Inc. said Thursday. More than 360,000 households, or one in [...]
Town Hallers Find Vending Therapetic
Americans are taking to town hall meetings across the country to vent frustration at the $11 trillion federal deficit, the health care fight and just about anything else that happens to spark their outrage.
Why the vicious tone? Some of the nation’s rowdiest town hallers say it feels therapeutic — and that at least they were [...]
THE STORY THE PRESS ISN’T TELLING YOU: TALIBAN NOW WINNING
The Taliban have gained the upper hand in Afghanistan, the top American commander there said, forcing the U.S. to change its strategy in the eight-year-old conflict by increasing the number of troops in heavily populated areas like the volatile southern city of Kandahar, the insurgency’s spiritual home. Gen. Stanley McChrystal warned that means U.S. casualties, [...]
POTUS Admits In Town Hall Meeting Fed Cannot Run Gov’t Agency Correctly
Filed by The Man In The Middle
Whenever POTUS strays from his carefully scripted verbiage the truth seems to seep out. During his Health Care Town Hall in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, he disputed the notion that adding a government-run insurance plan into a menu of options from which people could pick would drive private insurers out [...]
FACTCHECK.ORG: POTUS GOES TOO FAR IN CLAIMING AARP ENDORSEMENT
At his town hall event in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, President Obama went too far in claiming the support of AARP:
Obama: We have the AARP on board because they know this is a good deal for our seniors. …
[A]nother myth that we’ve been hearing about is this notion that somehow we’re going to be cutting your [...]
From FACTCHECK.ORG: Obama’s Health Care News Conference – ‘Some False And Questionable Statements From The Prez’
Summary
President Obama tried to sell his health care overhaul in prime time, mangling some facts in the process. He also strained to make the job sound easier to pay for than experts predict.
* Obama promised once again that a health care overhaul “will be paid for.” But congressional budget experts say the bills they’ve seen [...]
Diet Myths Exposed!
If you’re so committed to losing weight that you refuse to eat a baked potato for fear of eating empty carbs, you might be missing out on important nutrients and backing your diet into a corner. Open your mind to the truth behind these diet and weight myths and learn how to enjoy some of [...]
