Posted by: gonzaloasis on: February 24, 2010
The first general strike of the two main Greek Unions, which represent half of the five million workers of the country, has led to the paralysis of some of the main sectors like schools, universities, banks and transports. This last group has even failed to fulfill some of the minimum services. Ferris that travel among [...]
Posted by: lazygirjl on: February 1, 2010
President Barrack Obama delivered his first annual State of the Union address to Congress last week on Wednesday, January 27. He talked about jobs, Health Care reform, government spending and foreign policy. Here are things you might want to know about and related to his speech. Jobs: Obama will focus mainly on getting the economy [...]
Posted by: twingecko56 on: November 5, 2009
Maine’s same sex marriage law has been abolished. The law was repealed on Wednesday by an extremely close 6% margin. Advocates for gay and lesbian rights, however, are far from giving up. Betsy Smith, a campaigner for same sex marriages said to a crowd of her supporters “Having the protection of the law, as well [...]
Posted by: charliekennedy on: April 28, 2009
Hace 100 dias que el presidente de Estados Unidos Barack Obama esta en el mando. Desde que Obama tomo el cargo el 20 de enero de 2009, esta familia se ha vuelto la mas famosa de todas. Han estado en portadas de revistas alrededor del mundo y hasta Bo (el perro de la familia) se [...]
Posted by: pendletonpanther on: April 28, 2009
Longtime Republican Senator Arlen Specter has announced that he will be switching from the Republican to the Democratic Party. In a statement posted by his office Specter said “Since my election in 1980, as part of the Reagan Big Tent, the Republican Party has moved far to the right. Last year, more than 200,000 Republicans [...]
Posted by: charliekennedy on: April 2, 2009
For years it has been the duty of both mayors and governors to issue proclamations for just about anything requested. Once a request is sent in, it is the job of the mayor or governor to accept or decline the proclamation. Requests are generally honored as long as the topic is not controversial and the [...]
Posted by: dirkr on: February 28, 2009
Arne Duncan, the new secretary of education, is rallying to have his way and change the system of American education. I personally do not agree with his plans for the system and hope that he will not get his way. Should he have his way, kids will no longer be able to enjoy summer vacations [...]
Posted by: dirkr on: February 25, 2009
Senator McCain accepted the republican nomination for president knowing that only one of the two candidates had exactly what it took to work face to face with the other party and move past the nation’s partisan divisions. People would think that McCain’s vote would be opposite of Obama’s hopes. Instead, McCain compromised and wants to [...]
Posted by: dirkr on: February 18, 2009
Republicans are being ignored with the fact that they want the little things to get done before there is just one are of focus attended to, that being the economic stimulus bill. Democrats want to focus on that and get it done, but all their time is just going to this one thing that [...]
