Category Archives: Bad Deeds

  Empty Chairs at the Chemical Safety Board – When the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) was authorized by Congress in 1990 under the Clean Air Act amendments, it stipulated a five-person Board. For most of the … Continue reading →

  Lawmakers Slip in Language to Force Constellation Program to Stay As-Is – A bipartisan group of lawmakers slipped a provision into a massive government spending package last week that would force President Barack Obama to seek congressional approval for … Continue reading →

Before we get to the bad deeds, I would like to pass on a couple of comments on the Senate Health   Care Bill that I spotted: – Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Chairman Tom Harkin (D-Iowa): He vowed … Continue reading →

  Senate Unveils CompromiseCareâ„¢ – The United States Senate today unveiled details of its health care plan, tentatively called CompromiseCareâ„¢: · Under CompromiseCareâ„¢, people with no coverage will be allowed to keep their current plan. · Medicare will be extended … Continue reading →

  Health Insurers Caught Paying Facebook Gamers Virtual Currency To Oppose Reform Bill – Health insurance industry trade groups opposed to President Obama’s health care reform bill are paying Facebook users fake money — called “virtual currency” — to send … Continue reading →

  North Slope Oil Spill in Alaska Among Worst Ever – Remember how conservatives tell us how oil drilling is completely safe? Well (no pun intended), a North Slope spill of an estimated 46,000 gallons was caused when a pipeline … Continue reading →

  Sarah Palin’s Father Says She Left Hawaii Because Asians Made Her Uncomfortable – Sarah Palin journeyed to Hawaii to attend the first of the four colleges she enrolled in. She and a friend who went with her lasted only … Continue reading →

  ‘Trigger-Happy’ Private Security Guards Undermine Mission in Afghanistan – The Army Times reported that “ill-disciplined private security guards escorting supply convoys to coalition bases are wreaking havoc as they pass through western Kandahar province … and undermining coalition efforts … Continue reading →

  The Internet as You Know it is About to End – The web as you know it is going to end if the telecom companies get their way. They grew accustom to controlling your phone rates. They grew accustom … Continue reading →

  Forty Percent of Democrats Say They Probably Won’t Vote Next Year – Forty percent of self-identified Democratic voters say they are “not likely” or “definitely” won’t vote in next year’s Congressional elections, according to a little-noticed poll released over … Continue reading →