Fractured Priorities
USA Gets a D in Infrastructure
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Civil Engineers Deliver the Bad News
Michael Collins
“The overall grade for the nation’s infrastructure is again a D and the cost to bring it up to good condition has risen to $2.2 trillion. In more than a decade, the United States has made no measurable progress in improving [...]
Feds Drop Case Against Accused Iraqi Agent
“the Government has determined that continued prosecution of this case as to LINDAUER would not be in the interests of justice.”
Michael Collins
“Scoop” Independent News
(Jan. 16, Wash. DC) The Department of Justice entered a motion to drop all charges against Susan Lindauer yesterday morning, Jan. 15, 2009. The [...]
Ratings Rule in Obama’s “Virtual” Cabinet
Will Gupta’s ratings explode with Surgeon General nod?
Corporate Media’s Sanjay Gupta, MD for Top Doc
Michael Collins
The appointment of television celebrity, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, MD, as Surgeon General of the United States looks like the boldest step yet in the creation of a “virtual” cabinet by President-elect Barack Obama.
It’s looking like [...]
Seating Franken and Burris
Al Franken (D-MN) left and Roland Burris (D-IL) right
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Memo to the U.S. Senate:
Try Following the Rules
Michael Collins
Originally published at American Politics Journal
We’ve seen what happens when people don’t follow the letter and intent of important laws, particularly those where there is a general consensus and an absence [...]
