Showing posts with label suicide. Show all posts
Showing posts with label suicide. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Coal industry warns wind power will blow Earth into the Sun(VIDEO)

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In The Know: Coal Lobby Warns Wind Farms May Blow Earth Off Orbit
The Onion New Network (nudge, nudge, wink, wink)





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Cost of America's wars: $3.7 trillion and counting (No money for American infrastructure)

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When President Barack Obama cited cost as a reason to bring troops home from Afghanistan, he referred to a $1 trillion price tag for America's wars.

Staggering as it is, that figure grossly underestimates the total cost of wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan to the U.S. Treasury and ignores more imposing costs yet to come, according to a study released on Wednesday.

The final bill will run at least $3.7 trillion and could reach as high as $4.4 trillion, according to the research project "Costs of War" by Brown University.






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Top Black Republcan Herman Cain Wants To Screw Poor Black Americans by Ending Minimum Wage

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FANG: Do you think the current minimum wage is too high or even necessary?

CAIN: I don’t think the current minimum wage is necessary because most companies are paying higher than the minimum wage. Now you can’t say everybody’s paying higher than the minimum wage but a lot of companies [inaudible]






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Rick Scott Tried To Disband The Florida Highway Patrol

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Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) has launched an aggressive campaign against government services since taking office, slashing funding on everything from unemployment insurance to education to aid for homeless veterans, to high-speed rail, helping him become the least popular governor in America just six months into his term.






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