lives lost

Some 9-11 World Trade Center queries

I'm just watching the movie - World Trade Center - on TV and was wondering if someone could answer some queries or point me to a site that does give some facts. 1. How many hours apart did the 2...

Three Years After Katrina, We Remember. But Have We Learned?

In January of 2003, I sat in Joe Kelley's seminar at the University of Maine as he foretold the devastation that was to come to New Orleans. I'd never heard this chilling story before and listened...

FDA Acknowledges Its Own Incompetence

If the FDA cannot do its job, the health and safety of the U.S. are at risk. In recognition of this, in December 2006 FDA Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach, MD, formed a subcommittee to assess...

Sudanese president vows never to cooperate with ICC

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir vowed that he would never cooperate with the International Criminal Court on Sunday to a crowd of Arab, African, and Asian trade union leaders. To a jovial...

Ed Schultz Calls McCain "A Warmonger"

Ed Schultz, a liberal talk show host based in Fargo, N.D., called presidential nominee John McCain a "warmonger," while working the crowd at an Obama fund raising event on Friday. The McCain camp has...

Shayne Lamas Feels Her Hotness Should Exempt Her From Jumping Through The 'Bachelor' Hoops [Better T

newVideoPlayer("shaynebach_defamer.flv", 463, 387,"");The Bachelor's movable harem made a pit-stop in Vegas last night for the second of two group dates. To be quite frank, the entire enterprise took...

The 2002 speech that Hillary is afraid of

Hillary Clinton has been positively apoplectic for days over Barack Obama's "speech in 2002." The speech she's so critical of, so afraid of, is this speech below. It's the speech in which Barack...

What's Really Wrong With Healthcare (Hint: It's Quality)

I haven't seen any presidential candidate correctly diagnose the American healthcare crisis yet. The problem isn't access, which is what the current debate is all about. True, access is a huge...

Battles that could be won

Throughout history, many battle could have been won with the technology available at the time, but for some reason, the technology was no used. I am thinking in particular of D-Day in World War Two....

Mourning the loss at Virginia Tech University

The first thing you should do today is take a moment, put down your blackberry, turn off your cellular phone, and remember the innocent lives lost in the senseless tragedy that occurred on Monday at...

Mourning the loss at Virginia Tech University

The first thing you should do today is take a moment, put down your blackberry, turn off your cellular phone, and remember the innocent lives lost in the senseless tragedy that occurred on Monday at...