Giving what will be in final State of the Union address, President Bush has called forth an effort to stop the pork barrel spending of Congress. He said that he will veto any spending bill that does not cut in half the cost of pet projects by Congress which are known as earmarks. Bush plans […]
Clean Water Set to Refresh a Village’s Life
If there is one thing Robert Eperu wants more than anything, it is access to clean water, close to his home in the Katine district of Uganda. Only then will members of the family no longer need to walk four miles each day to collect water from a well covered in algae, contaminated with feces […]
McCain’s New Momentum Brings Him New Money
This month, John McCain has raised over $7 million. In three weeks, $7 million was collected. It would be more than McCain took in during a three-month period back in 2007. According to spokeswoman Jill Hazelbaker, the GOP presidential hopeful has expanded his contributor base to 110,000 donors along with raising $3 million online. Between […]
Survey opposed the views of needies
A survey conducted showed that Hongkongers are not really in dire need of more health-care financing from the government. The survey interviewed about 1000 permanent citizens of Hong Kong to do the survey. It was found that about half of the respondents thought the government should increase spending on health-care issues but that the citizens […]
Death: A Mocking Foe in the Fight against HIV/AIDS
Malawi’s Community based organizations involved in the fight against HIV/AIDS are complaining that death is mocking their efforts against the pandemic. Officials of one such organization told me that after spending a lot of time in taking care of the terminally ill and hoping for the better, death comes and prove their efforts […]
John McCain Faces Skepticism From Conservative Establishment
John McCain is not considered a conservative’s conservative according to David Keene, the chairman of the American Conservative Union. “There’s this personal animosity he has towards people over issues,” Keene said. So far, Keene has endorsed US Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney. Keene adds: “Most conservatives see that he would like to remake the party […]
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