Disaster
Danger: Food Supply Vulnerable to Terrorism
Imported food makes up a substantial and growing portion of the U.S. food supply and, considering the health and safety concerns of keeping American’s safe, Washington insiders seem oblivious to that part of protecting American citizens. To ensure imported food safety, federal agencies must focus their resources on high risk foods and coordinate efforts, according... »
Case of Jailed Deadbeat non-dad Shows Need for Overhaul of Child Support Laws
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution recently ran articles on a case that should outrage any fair-minded person. Georgia man Frank Hatley was in a Cook County jail for over a year for failure to pay child support. However, DNA tests proved that the child in question was not biologically his. He had never been married to or... »
America Without “Liberal” or “Conservative” Representation
Nothing more immediately spoils the honesty of political debate in America today than the common use of the terms “liberal” and “conservative.” They are too often used anachronistically, in a way maintained in the public mind through narrow relative thinking – and probably more often without thinking at all. It is common for these terms... »
Let Bankruptcy Courts Take the Wheel
General Motors, having sucked up $9.4 billion of taxpayer cash since Christmas, now desperately craves the remaining $4 billion authorized by President Bush for disbursement in February. And come March, once that new money has disappeared down the Detroit drain hole, renewed pleas for aid will undoubtedly land on President Obama’s desk. Will the new... »
Australia: Firestorm death toll climbs toward 200
173 people have been killed in fires raging through Australia, making this the deadliest bushfire in Australian history. Nearly 815,447 acres (330,000 hectares) have been burned and 750 homes have been burned to the ground. In 1983, 75 people were killed on what was dubbed the Ash Wednesday fires. 71 people were killed in... »
Strong earthquakes in Indian and Pacific Oceans
Yesterday, there was an earthquake of magnitude 6.2 in Indonesia’s Banda Sea, and two quakes of similar strength in the Pacific Ocean. As of 9 am today, no damage has been reported. These are the strongest earthquakes since Monday. The Indonesian earthquake was in the sparse island group of Maluku, north of Australia, at 2016... »
Indonesia ferry sinks near Majene, more than 260 people missing
The 700-ton Indonesian KM Teratai Prima ferry with 300 passengers bound for Samarinda, East Kalimantan, from Parepare, South Sulawesi, was struck by tropical cyclone Charlotte and sank at about 4 a.m. Sunday 30 miles (50 kilometers) off Majene, western Sulawesi. Majene district police head Adj. Sr. Comr. Suyatmo said more than 260 people are... »
Eight killed by flooding in Fiji
Severe flooding in the island nation of Fiji have killed eight people and have forced thousands to evacuate the area. The flooding was mainly in the western part of the country’s main island, Viti Levu, where most of the resorts hosting international travelers are located. Fiji’s National Disaster Office has advised all tourists still... »
Speaking of Israel is to Speak of the Middle East
Speaking of Israel is Speaking of the Middle East: Leette Eaton- White I gave you my personal perspective of the current situation in Israel in a very pro-Israel way in my last article for HipHopRepublican.com. Now I will continue my Pro-Israel lean but now I am going to give more reasons why I feel this... »
US Officials Should Strengthen Their Ability to Respond to TB Incidents
US Officials Should Strengthen Their Ability to Respond to TB Incidents by Jim Kouri, CPP In spring 2007, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and state and local health officials worked together to interdict two individuals with drug-resistant infectious tuberculosis (TB) from crossing U.S. borders and direct them... »
ATF Joins Palin’s Church Arson Investigation
Acting Special Agent in Charge Douglas R. Dawson, Seattle Field Division, of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) today announced that agents from the Anchorage Field Office joined the Wasilla Bible Church arson investigation. On Dec. 13, 2008, the Central Mat-Su Fire Department and the Alaska State Fire Marshals Office contacted ATF Anchorage... »
Fraudulent “Credit Crisis†Paves Way for Economic Disaster
Doing the kind of investigative reporting we should expect from the major media, a financial research and consulting firm has released a major analysis of the “credit crisis†that concludes that the claims made by Treasury Department Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke to justify a socialist takeover of the financial... »
The Government is a Dog
The Government Is A Dog: Leette Eaton White                 Hello all. As the months have gone from fall to winter we have seen the economy take a turn for the worst.  Every average American’s worst money management nightmare has come true and what the liberals have been practically begging to happen has to come to... »
Jewish Group Expresses Grief, Outrage Over Mumbai Terrorist Attacks
As Indian forces for a third day continued to root out terrorists responsible for a wave of deadly attacks across Mumbai, the American Jewish Committee (AJC), which maintains an office in Mumbai and is in close contact with Indian government and Jewish community officials, issued the following statement: The outlines of the terrorist attacks in... »
G20 Lays Blame, But No Solutions
A new world order? Not likely. What? You’re confused as to what and who makes up this new “Group†of countries now supposedly in charge of straightening out the world’s economic recession? The politically loaded international photo-op was principally aimed at instilling confidence in the folks back home with two blunt instruments. One, “Watch... »
The New World Order: The Final Showdown for America
“Permit me to issue a nation’s money, and I care not who makes its laws.” –Meyer Anshelm Rothchild ~1780 Thomas Jefferson cautioned, “If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks … will deprive the people of all property until their... »
Second school in Haiti collapses
Less than one week after the College La Promesse Evangelique in Pétionville, Haiti collapsed, a second school in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, has partially collapsed injuring nine people. The Grace Divine school partially collapsed while school was in session, but no one was trapped or killed. At least two people were transported to an area... »
Obama to Inherit “New Global Order” from Bush
The bankruptcy of Iceland, now receiving a $2.1 billion two-year loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) “to support an economic recovery program,†has been depicted as something that could never happen to America. Is the U.S. too big to fail? Or is the U.S. going through the same process, albeit on a... »
Fed Covers Up Financial Crisis
Our “adversary†media have been extremely deferential toward those promoting the looting of the American taxpayers during the ongoing economic and financial crisis. However, Bloomberg News should be congratulated for filing suit against the Federal Reserve in an effort to disclose the securities the central bank is accepting on behalf of American taxpayers... »
Death toll rises in Haitian school collapse
At least 82 people have died after a school collapsed in Haiti on Friday. The death toll rose from 61 to 82 after rescue workers found 20 students and their teacher between two floors of the school. At least 200 more are feared trapped and over 100 have been injured, some seriously. “This morning we... »
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