Posted by
Sue on Tuesday, October 06, 2009 10:03:17 PM
Here are some highlights of some things you may have missed.
Attorney General Holder stated today that it will be diffifult to meet the January 22, 2010 deadline to close GITMO.
You think? I thought it was supposed to be so easy...
Gold hits an all time high, $1036.40 per ounce as the dollar slips.
Safe School Czar (another one), Kevin Jennings criticizes schools for promoting heterosexuality "because we read Romeo and Juliet."
Oh good grief. Another award winner.
From CA...Orange County Treasurer-Tax Collector Chriss Street announced that about 60,000 to 70,000 local property owners got tax bills last week that erroneaously said they still owed property taxes – even though they already paid them with their montly mortgage payment.
Wonder how much money was spent on postage?
Remember GE....Former GE CEO, Jack Welch, finally home after 92 days in the hospital battling discitis.
Speedy recovery to him.
The White House will keep the Olympic offices open. The office is permanant and has other purposes other than helping the U.S. cities bid for the Olympics.
And those purposes would be?
A mining co. owned in part by Goldman Sachs is in line to get $3M earmark, raising questions as to why.
Nothing to see here...just move along.
The Vice President will visit three NATO allies, Poland, Romania, and Czech Republic, from October 20-24. During the visit, the Vice President will meet with heads of state and government, parliamentary leaders, other political figures, and representatives of civil society to discuss a broad range of issues - including expanding trade and investment, strengthening democracy, and cooperating to meet common security challenges both bilaterally and through NATO. Additional details on the Vice President’s trip will be released at a later date.
Where is the Secretary of State? Is Biden the foreign policy Czar?
ACORN speaks: Any successful efforts to cut off funding for the group would have little effect, says its CEO.
Well, then lets give all of the money back to the tax payers that has been given to you lovely people.