As American President George Bush was preparing to leave the G8 summit in Japan Thursday, July 10th, 2008, he told fellow world leaders: “Goodbye, from the world’s biggest polluter.” Bush was widely criticized for refusing to accept global emissions targets at his final G8 summit as president.
Source: The Independent
Rove, the former White House deputy chief of staff and top political advisor to President Bush, refused to appear today before a subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee to testify on the "politicization" of the Justice Department under the current administration. Citing a claim of executive privilege by Bush, Rove did not show up for today's hearing despite a committee subpoena.
"Mr. Rove's absence today is an insult to the American people and to the system of checks and balances that are the basis of our constitution and our democracy," Rep. John Conyers (D-Michigan) said in a statement.
"Mr. Rove is not above the law and Congress will assert its constitutional role to serve as a check on the power of the executive branch," Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.) added.
Source: CBS news
With the economy on the top of voters' minds, Republican presidential candidate John McCain's top economic adviser, Phil Gramm, a former Texas senator, said
You've heard of mental depression; this is a mental recession.
We may have a recession; we haven't had one yet.
We have sort of become a nation of whiners.
You just hear this constant whining, complaining about a loss of competitiveness, America in decline
Gramm's extensive ties to Enron proved problematic during the firm's implosion several years ago. Gramm served as a lobbyist for the international banking and subprime mortgage giant UBS until April. As Mother Jones documented, Gramm played a key role in the subprime meltdown during his time in the Senate.
Sources: The Huffington Post, The Washington Times, Mother Jones
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"when in the course of human events it becomes neccessary to sever the ties..."
this government deserves no loyalty from its citizens. in fact, its existance calls for resistance and both internal and external opposition.
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