The Swamp: McCain's allies: Oil fears and a Castro tale

To be or not to be? That is the question.   " Sometimes, supporters say the darnedest things. Consider the conference call that Sen. John McCain's campaign organized today, corralling three Republican or supportive mayors around Florida to counterbalance coverage of...

Obama NOT addressing Black Mayors conference in New Orleans

"by David Hammer, The Times-PicayuneThursday June 05, 2008, 6:48 PMSen. Barack Obama will not be in New Orleans for a presidential forum Saturday, his campaign said this evening."Senator Obama will be in Chicago this weekend spending time with his family," said Obama...

Jordanian Islamists and Municipal Elections: Confirmation of a Problematic Tr...

The results of the Jordanian municipal elections may portend future Islamists trends in Jordan. As Mr. Schenker notes:"Jordanians go to the polls tomorrow to elect nearly 1,000 local representatives and 92 mayors. On their own, these elections are of minimal interest to...

US town set to ban saggy trousers

US town set to ban saggy trousers A man wearing low-slung trousers, exposing his underwear Low-slung trousers are fashionable among some young people A mayor in the US state of Louisiana says he will sign into law a proposal to make wearing saggy trousers an act of indecent...

Belgian cops can't keep up with speeding drivers

Belgium is one of those small European countries that is en route to everywhere else - in other words, transportation is key. So when the criminal justice system can't keep up with scofflaws, you know something is rotten in...Belgium. "The prosecutor's office, grappling...

Why would you want a NASCAR track in your area?

"Gov. Chris Gregoire said she suggested building a NASCAR racetrack in Lewis County to officials from the stock car racing organization but they were not interested."Something about trying to attract a bunch of rednecks to your county just does not make sense to me,...

Four Montreal mayors will support ADQ - Globe and Mail

" Move from traditional backing of Liberals reflects ebbing of sovereigntist threat RHÉAL SÉGUIN QUEBEC -- Mayors of four anglophone municipalities on the West Island of Montreal are throwing their support behind Mario Dumont's Action Démocratique du...

Violent Crime Is Up - Cue the theorizing.

"DURING THE 1990s and the early part of this decade, crime fell and stayed down -- and politicians of all stripes claimed credit. Conservatives attributed the drop to tough sentencing policies that swelled the national prison population. The Clinton administration cited its...

In France, 40 hopefuls scramble for the ballot

Rachid Nekkaz, an ethnic North African businessman from the Paris suburbs, is running for president of France. And, unlike most of the other 39 hopefuls in the race to succeed President Jacques Chirac, he may actually get his name on the ballot.Nekkaz has already navigated...

Suffolk Bill Is New Front On Illegal Immigration

"The thing that feeds illegal immigration is the hiring"."If every county and town and state used this type of law, it would go a long way in mitigating the immigration problem. If you dry up the jobs, you dry up the flow of illegal immigration."

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Making a change in Mexico's future

Some Mexicans resident in the U.S. believe that it is important to vote in the Mexican elections on July 2, 2006. Do they pay their taxes to the Mexican Government? Or do they pay their taxes to the U.S. Government?  The basic principle is that you vote for the...

Asymmetrical Federalism

"The Harpocrite government has created a new form of asymmetrical federalism, with its denial of the Kyoto agreement. First it was Quebec that said it would go it alone as a province in meeting its Kyoto targets.Provinces can pay Kyoto tab, PM says Now this; Mayors to go it...

the dirty little secret behind the UAE port security scandal

Does government take it's orders from corporate interests?