Author Archives: Jim Vogas

Republican Congressman Knew of Problems at Walter Reed Hospital But Kept it Quiet – The top Republican who previously chaired the committee that wrote Defense Department budget bills admitted yesterday that he was aware of many problems at the Walter … Continue reading →

Internal Memos Tell US Officials How to Discuss Climate Change – Internal memorandums circulated in the Alaskan division of the Federal Fish and Wildlife Service appear to require government biologists or other employees traveling in countries around the Arctic not … Continue reading →

Republican Introduces Bill to Make English the Official Language of Texas – Rep. Bill Zedler (R-Arlington) introduced a bill Monday in the Texas House of Representatives that would add a referendum vote to the Nov. 6 ballot to make English … Continue reading →

Conservative Progress for America Voter Fund functioned like a political action committee without registering to become one – The Progress for America Voter Fund attacked John Kerry in the last presidential race. As a result, they have received the largest … Continue reading →

FOX News Contributor Dick Morris One Of Top 100 Tax Delinquents In Connecticut – Republican political consultant and Fox News contributor Dick Morris owes Connecticut over $280,000 in taxes and has been on the state’s list of tax delinquents for … Continue reading →

Texas Governor Perry took Merck money before mandating cervical vaccine – Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) says that it’s just a coincidence that he and eight other lawmakers received donations of $5,000 each from Merck lobbyists just a few days … Continue reading →

TXU Coal Plant Lawyer Says That Global Warming is “For Kings And Presidents…To Decide” – A lawyer for TXU Corp has told the judges who will rule on whether it can build a slew of new coal-burning power plants here … Continue reading →

Dick Cheney and Libby countermanded and misled colleagues as they pursued clearing Cheney’s name in connection with flawed pre-war intelligence – Hours of testimony and reams of documents in the trial of Lewis Libby has shown Vice President Dick Cheney … Continue reading →

Consumer Product Safety Commission Kept Findings About Lead in Lunchboxes Secret – In 2005, when government scientists tested 60 soft, vinyl lunchboxes, they found that one in five contained amounts of lead that medical experts consider unsafe — and several … Continue reading →

Senator Ted Stevens wants to ban Wikipedia – Remember US Senator Ted Stevens, the guy who infamously called the Internet a series of tubes? Early in January, Stevens introduced Senate bill 49, which among other things, would require that any … Continue reading →