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Entries for 'Selected News Articles'
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 |
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RCCC to focus on reelecting Djou, Liberal website calls Hanabusa “untainted”
By Selected News Articles @ 2:27 PM :: 10941 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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POLITICO: Michigan Rep. Mike Rogers, the National Republican Congressional Committee's incumbent retention chair, urged PAC leaders at a briefing Monday to focus on helping just nine GOP members of Congress shore up their bids for re-election, telling attendees that the committee's work had already shielded a substantial group of members from facing any serious challenge in 2010.
"A year and a half ago, I was giving you the names of 30 members and you know what? It worked," Rogers said, according to a source familiar with his remarks. "We feel strongly at this point that only nine incumbents need your help to withstand the attacks by the DCCC and their allies."
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Tuesday, June 15, 2010 |
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House votes to annex Hawaii, June 15, 1898
By Selected News Articles @ 11:43 AM :: 7838 Views :: Hawaii History
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On this day in 1898, the House approved Senate Joint Resolution 55 providing for the annexation of Hawaii as a U.S. territory. At the time, Hawaii was an independent republic. The vote was 209-91.
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Tuesday, June 15, 2010 |
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Psychologists dump 'Gay Gene' theory
By Selected News Articles @ 12:12 AM :: 17684 Views :: Family, Health Care
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Are same-sex attractions biologically determined? Most people are under the impression that they are. Organizations such as the American Psychological Association (APA), have helped propagate the idea.
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Monday, June 14, 2010 |
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NRCC: “Colleen Hanabusa and her Washington friends have pushed the economy into a jobless recovery”
By Selected News Articles @ 1:39 PM :: 9935 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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“Over the course of the past two years of a Democrat-led supermajority, Colleen Hanabusa and her Washington friends have pushed the economy into a jobless recovery by supporting an anti-jobs, anti-small-business agenda at the expense of a healthy economy,”
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Sunday, June 13, 2010 |
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Hawaii could lose tobacco funds in $1.1B arbitration
By Selected News Articles @ 12:40 PM :: 7892 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Financially pressed states might have to return $1.1 billion to Big Tobacco this year, if a review finds the states aren't trying hard enough to keep a 12-year-old legal settlement from hurting the companies too much.
This summer, states and the nation's Big Three tobacco firms will begin arbitrating a dispute over 2003 payments made under the settlement, the companies have disclosed in financial filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Sums ranging from $705 million to $1.1 billion for each of the subsequent years also are headed for arbitration.
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Friday, June 11, 2010 |
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Bloomberg: Hawaii will run out of pension funds in 2020
By Selected News Articles @ 12:52 PM :: 9816 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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June 11 (Bloomberg) -- Seven states will run out of money to pay public pensions by 2020. That hasn’t stopped them from hiring new employees.
The seven are Illinois, Connecticut, Indiana, New Jersey, Hawaii, Louisiana and Oklahoma....
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Wednesday, June 9, 2010 |
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WSJ: Djou questions Bernanke on stimulus--Dow rises 115 points
By Selected News Articles @ 3:20 PM :: 11481 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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WSJ: It took Charles Djou, the new Republican Congressman from Hawaii, to put it bluntly to Bernanke. Should there be “additional fiscal stimulus?”
And Bernanke answered as bluntly as a Fed Chairman ever will, “If you (Congress) decide to do more fiscal stimulus, then it would be very helpful to combine that with a plan for a fiscal exit strategy.”
Everyone in that hearing room got the joke. Congress not only has no plan for a fiscal exit strategy. It can’t even be trusted to come up with one. That’s why we now have a presidential bipartisan debt commission.
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Tuesday, June 8, 2010 |
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The Hill: New members Critz, Djou start off in campaign mode
By Selected News Articles @ 1:56 PM :: 9839 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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For Reps. Mark Critz and Charles Djou, the Washington axiom of a “permanent campaign” has never been more apt.
The capital’s newest congressmen have been in office less than a month, but the looming November election has forced them to begin their legislative careers in full campaign mode.
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Monday, June 7, 2010 |
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Abercrombie on Marijuana: “Of course it should be utilized”
By Selected News Articles @ 11:10 PM :: 11331 Views :: Energy, Environment
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In a June 3 Maui Time interview, former Rep Neil Abercrombie tells Maui Time readers he wants marijuana to be utilized, he thinks TEA Parties are manipulated “by cynical sociopaths”, and he “helped to keep sugar alive in this state for 20 years.” And Charles Djou’s Congressional victory…well see for yourself.
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Saturday, June 5, 2010 |
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RS: Introducing Cam Cavasso, Candidate for Hawaii’s Senate Seat
By Selected News Articles @ 2:36 AM :: 7805 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Cam Cavasso, a former Hawaii State Representative and small businessman from Oahu, has announced that he will challenge Senator Inouye in this upcoming November election....
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Thursday, May 27, 2010 |
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Honolulu Mayor: Rules for Special Election
By Selected News Articles @ 8:29 PM :: 8098 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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(Vacancy is to be) (f)illed by a special election to be called by the Council within 10 days and to be held within 60 days after occurrence of the vacancy. If any special or general election is to be held in the City after 30 days and within 180 days after the occurrence of the vacancy, the election shall be held in conjunction with such other election.
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Tuesday, May 25, 2010 |
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National Democrats portray Dan Inouye as Republican plaything
By Selected News Articles @ 3:31 PM :: 11453 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Mapping out their plan of attack in nightly Hawaii-focused 7:00 pm meetings, top NRCC brass sought ways to exploit the hard feelings that still remained from Case’s 2006 primary challenge to Democratic Sen. Daniel Akaka—a move that rankles many Hawaii Democrats to this day.
(So it is the Republicans who got Inouye and Akaka all riled up over this. Perhaps the DCCC agrees with Ed Case's assessment of the Senators' mental faculties?)
In one instance Djou media advisor Ben Burger worked with NRCC officials to craft a 30-second TV ad that asserted Case missed many votes “while campaigning against Senator Akaka.”
(Is that all it took?)
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Tuesday, May 25, 2010 |
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1986: A good omen for Charles Djou
By Selected News Articles @ 12:47 PM :: 11100 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The closest precedent to the situation in Hawaii 1 today was the 1986 race for the same seat, which featured both a special election and a divisive Democratic primary and resulted in a Republican victory in November. That divisiveness presumably contributed to the poor showing of Democratic nominee Mufi Hannemann in November. That looks like a good omen for Charles Djou.
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Tuesday, May 25, 2010 |
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National Dems: Dump Hanabusa AND Case
By Selected News Articles @ 11:55 AM :: 10081 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Dems are beginning to consider the need for some kind of compromise candidate. Hanabusa is still unlikely to win a general election, they believe, and Case will have trouble winning a primary. Though official behind-the-scenes talks have yet to begin, they are likely to start in earnest in the future.
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Saturday, May 22, 2010 |
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Last Day for voting: Drop-off locations at Pearl City, Capitol close at 6PM
By Selected News Articles @ 11:43 AM :: 9486 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Voters in the Hawaii first Congressional District Special election may drop off their mail-in ballots at the Office of Elections, located at 802 Lehua Ave. in Pearl City. The deadline to return ballots is 6pm today.
Pearl City Elections Office location>>> MAP
Ballots are also being collected at the State Capitol near the Father Damien statue until 6pm.
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Friday, May 21, 2010 |
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WSJ: Paradise Lost? A Project in Hawaii Stumbles
By Selected News Articles @ 10:12 AM :: 13746 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment, World News, Family
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The final tally will become clearer later this month, when Bank of Scotland, now part of Lloyd's Banking Group PLC, completes an auction for the debt on the property on the west side of Hawai'i, or, as it is known to locals, the Big Island. The price is expected to be in the $50 million-to-$100 million range, according to people involved in the process.
In 2006, at the height of the real-estate boom, a private appraiser valued the property, known as Hokuli'a, at between $600 million and $800 million, according to people familiar with the matter. The owner, Lyle Anderson, a Phoenix-based developer, has sold about one-third of the lots. But in early January, he defaulted on its debt, which was in the form of a $1 billion Bank of Scotland mortgage on Hokuli'a and five other less-valuable properties, according to people involved in the project's sale.
How this happened: Hokuli’a Settlement Exposed
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Tuesday, May 18, 2010 |
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Chief Justice Roberts: “Kagan asked court to allow censorship”
By Selected News Articles @ 2:50 PM :: 5500 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Obama doubles down on book burning....
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Monday, May 17, 2010 |
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Behind in polls, Ed Case’s manager flips out in POLITICO interview
By Selected News Articles @ 2:21 PM :: 9002 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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"Charles Djou is scared to death, desperate and knows his campaign is slipping. He's a fraud, a charlatan and the political equivalent of a 'Rick Roll' and the voters of the district can see that," said Jason Burke, Case's campaign manager....
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced this week that it was pulling out of the district after spending more than $250,000 on TV ads blasting Djou.
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Friday, May 14, 2010 |
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Republican Charles Djou Holds Cash Advantage Ahead of Special Election in Heavily Democratic Hawaii District
By Selected News Articles @ 2:03 PM :: 9898 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Votes are already being cast in the free-for-all special election in Hawaii's 1st Congressional District, and a Republican candidate has emerged with the most cash on hand in the campaign's final stretch.
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Friday, May 14, 2010 |
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CQ: Democrats May Get the Blues in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 2:55 AM :: 10124 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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...turnout has been high in the district with about 30 percent of ballots already turned in to the state elections office. According to an automated telephone survey taken May 6 and 7, 53 percent of voters had already mailed in their ballots and 45 percent of those folks reported they voted for Djou.
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Thursday, May 13, 2010 |
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Supreme Court Nominee Elena Kagan: "Where I grew up nobody ever admitted to voting Republican"
By Selected News Articles @ 5:17 AM :: 6265 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Where I grew up — on Manhattan’s Upper West Side — nobody ever admitted to voting Republican. The real contests for Congress and the state legislatures occurred in early September, when the Democratic primary was held. And the people who won those races and who then took the November elections with some 80 per cent of the vote were real Democrats — not the closet Republicans that one sees so often these days but men and women committed to liberal principles and motivated by the ideal of an affirmative and compassionate government.
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Wednesday, May 12, 2010 |
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Poll: Djou ahead by 14 points as voters cast ballots
By Selected News Articles @ 5:27 PM :: 10981 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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More than half the respondents — 52.6 percent — had already voted. And of that group, Djou got 45 percent of the vote, one reason it's so difficult to imagine trends changing in any significant way between now and May 22….
Djou leads among voters who believe limiting government power or national security are the most important issues in the election. They are "through the roof" for Djou, Rosenthal said.
Hanabusa wins among voters who identify education as the most important issue, while Case wins among voters who pick energy independence and environmental protection.
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Wednesday, May 12, 2010 |
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Untold story: The Racist Roots Of Gun Control Laws
By Selected News Articles @ 12:27 PM :: 5888 Views :: National News, Ethics
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81-year-old Robert Hicks passed away April 13, and is remembered for being, among other things, the last known surviving member of the Deacons for Defense and Justice.
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010 |
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Democrats on the Run in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 11:56 AM :: 10586 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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If you’re looking for a sign that Republicans’ message of fiscal responsibility and government accountability will win this November and Democrats will struggle to defend their reckless agenda, look no further than Obama's home district in Hawaii. In the very-blue first district, a rising-star Republican candidate is leading two Democrats in a peculiar and enthralling three-way, vote-by-mail special election to fill the vacancy left by Congressman Neil Abercrombie.
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Monday, May 10, 2010 |
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National Dems give up on Obama’s home district
By Selected News Articles @ 12:20 PM :: 10690 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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WASHINGTON — House Democrats are abandoning efforts to win a special election in Hawaii as a party feud threatens their prospects in President Barack Obama's native state.
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee spokeswoman Jennifer Crider today said the organization would stop spending for the May 22 contest to replace Rep. Neil Abercrombie, who left Congress to run for governor.
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Friday, May 7, 2010 |
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National Democrats to 're-evaluate' participation in Hawaii Congressional race—Advertiser: “So what?”
By Selected News Articles @ 11:56 AM :: 9759 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Asked if the committee would continue to spend money in the 1st District special election, Van Hollen responded: “We’ll have to re-evaluate based on the situation. The Democrats haven’t been able to come together and resolve this issue. Right now, it’s extremely difficult. So right now, we’ll have to re-evaluate that.”
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Friday, May 7, 2010 |
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WaPo still desperately trying to come up with excuses for Djou victory
By Selected News Articles @ 12:45 AM :: 9679 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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This is how the Dem media will spin a Djou victory. It is not going to be acknowledged as an expression of changing voter attitudes, it is just Democrat infighting. Yeah, right—liberals should just keep on believing that. Their self-deception will prevent them from recalibrating their message as they go to their political demise.
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Thursday, May 6, 2010 |
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UH Manoa activist sold Hawaii controversial Student Loan Bonds
By Selected News Articles @ 11:40 AM :: 15229 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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As a student at the University of Hawai'i in the early 1970s, Thompson was a Vietnam War protester and ethnic-studies instructor, said John Witeck, a fellow activist who now works in human resources at the school in Honolulu.
"Pete was one of the spark plugs, very bright, a charismatic speaker," Witeck said in a March 12 telephone interview. "He was always good with numbers. He's very meticulous, always very organized."
Thompson didn't know the market was failing when he sold the state the bonds, he said in a March 24 interview as he handed out samples of his wife's vegetarian food at a farmers market near downtown Honolulu.
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Wednesday, May 5, 2010 |
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State Budget: Time running short for Medicaid help
By Selected News Articles @ 10:57 AM :: 8573 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The Medicaid assistance, set to expire at the end of December, has become a critical component in many state budgets during a time of devastating deficits. So critical, in fact, that two-thirds of the states crafted 2011 budgets assuming that more of it would come through, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
For a while, this looked like a safe bet. The House had included the states’ extension in its original version of health care reform. But by the time Congress produced a final bill for President Obama to sign in March, the aid to states had disappeared into the legislative ether. Now, with Congress ratcheting up its scrutiny of new spending, it’s not at all clear that the Medicaid assistance will ever materialize.
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Tuesday, May 4, 2010 |
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GM papaya wins approval in Japan
By Selected News Articles @ 10:28 PM :: 17176 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Dennis Gonsalves, director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center in Hilo, Hawaii, and professor emeritus of plant pathology at Cornell, detailed to the 63rd annual meeting of the Western Society of Weed Science in Hawaii how Hawaiian agriculture has done what no other ag sector has; win approval to market a genetically modified food crop in the U.S. and Japan.
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Tuesday, May 4, 2010 |
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Obama to Inouye: Dump Hanabusa
By Selected News Articles @ 12:12 PM :: 12294 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Voters are already casting their ballots in the May 1-22 Special Election and the Democrats are still fighting over who should be running. National Democrats think that all Hanabusa voters would automatically go to Case or vice-versa, but that’s not the way it works. There are two parties within the one party and a faction which loses by these Chicago-style tactics will not line up to vote for Case in November. Likewise Case voters will not line up to vote for Inouye’s Hawaii-style union thugs in November and many will cross over. Either way Charles Djou wins. Think “1986.”
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Tuesday, May 4, 2010 |
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WaPo: How Djou is winning Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 1:25 AM :: 8811 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Last month the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee tried to raise Djou's negatives by arguing that his signature on Americans for Tax Reform's pledge meant he'd honored a "special interest group" to protect tax breaks for evil corporations. ATR punched back immediately and nonpartisan groups fact-checked the ad, finding it wanting. (And I'm told that the many D.C. groups that try to get GOP candidates to sign their pledges are on notice to behave the same way when one of those candidates get hit.)
It's a simple story of the conservative base engaging while the Democratic base squabbles or sleeps.
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Tuesday, May 4, 2010 |
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WaPo: Republican hopes in Hawaii special rise with new poll
By Selected News Articles @ 1:14 AM :: 7581 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The result of the special election is likely to be interpreted as a national referendum on the state of play in advance of the November midterm elections. But, remember that Democrats -- even if they lose later this month -- are likely to win the seat in the fall due to its strong lean toward their party and the fact that it will be a one on one race rather than a three-way battle….
(Obviously the Washington Post doesn't know what "1986" means.)
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Tuesday, April 27, 2010 |
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Democrats reek of George Wallace
By Selected News Articles @ 1:58 PM :: 5647 Views :: National News, Ethics
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There was a time when majorities in both parties (even if narrower among Democrats) endorsed the equal treatment of all Americans, without regard to race. Public opinion shifted heavily and quickly in the same direction, perhaps because the moral and rational case was compelling. As sociologist John Shelton Reed wrote, "During the three years 1963 to 1966, support for de jure segregation became a minority view among white Southerners. The percentage of white Southern parents who completely opposed public school desegregation, for example, dropped from 61 to 24." That was a dramatic shift in a short time. It was permanent, too, the death rattle of Jim Crow.
Sadly, however, the ascendancy of "colorblind" politics in the Democratic Party was fleeting. The Democrats were the masters of racial patronage; with hardly a hiccup, they took the game to another level. Where once they played on the fears and prejudices of whites, they found new "victim" constituencies to "protect" with pledges of government largesse and favoritism.
So, blacks and perhaps Hispanics, among others, became the new and increasingly dependent beneficiaries of racial preference. Other "peoples of color," such as Indians and Asians, perceived as intent on self-reliance, generally were not among the favored. Thus, the same old game resumed, with a cynical new arrangement of pieces on the playing board. Once again, the Democrats sought gain through divisive means, playing on fear and resentment.
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Sunday, April 25, 2010 |
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Honolulu Special Election: "Democrats petrified, going nuts"
By Selected News Articles @ 5:11 PM :: 12195 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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"The rhetoric has certainly ratcheted up," said Neal Milner, a University of Hawaii political scientist. He added, "the stakes are very high, higher than for a usual special election, because the national Democrats are petrified that a Republican will win this seat in (President Barack) Obama's home territory."
"Djou benefits from the latter and I think that is quite possible," Milner added. "The DCCC must be going nuts."
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Tuesday, April 20, 2010 |
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VIDEO: National Dems launch new attack commercial against Djou
By Selected News Articles @ 5:32 PM :: 8805 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Another blast from the same DCCC which produced the “False” attack ad upon which this ad seeks to build. Now the DCCC is attacking Djou over Obama's stimulus program--but they don't mention "stimulus' even once in the commercial, instead we are to believe it was all about saving teachers' jobs.
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Monday, April 19, 2010 |
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Former Abercrombie staffer infiltrates GOP
By Selected News Articles @ 1:14 PM :: 11319 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Former Abercrombie staffer George 'Skip' Roberts at GOP conference in Minnesota.
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Saturday, April 17, 2010 |
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Poll: Djou leading Congressional race
By Selected News Articles @ 11:56 AM :: 9251 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The poll showed Honolulu City Councilman Charles Djou (R) with 32 percent, former Rep. Ed Case (D) with 29 percent and state Senate President Colleen Hanabusa (D) with 28 percent. The survey found 7 percent of respondents were undecided in the winner-take-all vote-by-mail special election.
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Sunday, April 11, 2010 |
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Poll: Djou tied for lead in Congressional race
By Selected News Articles @ 10:18 PM :: 9538 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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...Right now, the race is close: according to a Democratic source, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has conducted an internal poll showing Case at 32%, Djou at 32%, Hanabusa at 27%, and 9% undecided.
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Wednesday, April 7, 2010 |
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Politico: Inouye aide to assist Hanabusa (Inouye to DC: “Obama? Who’s Obama?”)
By Selected News Articles @ 6:20 PM :: 9841 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The source said the move was in part intended as a warning shot to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which is considering an endorsement for Case.
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Wednesday, April 7, 2010 |
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POLITICO: National Dems still refuse to rule out Case endorsement
By Selected News Articles @ 2:08 AM :: 10172 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Chris Van Hollen said Tuesday he wouldn't rule out making an endorsement in the May special election in Hawaii's 1st Congressional District.
As two Democrats — former Rep. Ed Case and state Senate President Colleen Hanabusa — compete against a single GOP candidate in the three-way election, Van Hollen didn't reject reports that the DCCC may swing behind Case's campaign.
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Tuesday, April 6, 2010 |
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Dan? Who’s Dan? National Dems sabotage Hanabusa to help Case
By Selected News Articles @ 12:13 PM :: 11632 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Determined to avert that result, the two sources said the DCCC is providing under-the-radar organizational support to former Rep. Ed Case against Democratic state Sen. Colleen Hanabusa, including assistance from DCCC Western Regional Political Director Adam Sullivan.
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Monday, April 5, 2010 |
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NRO: In Hawaii, a cheery Republican is inching closer to a Scott Brown–style upset
By Selected News Articles @ 12:52 AM :: 10027 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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“I’m the only one who actually lives in the congressional district,” Djou says. “I have two opponents who are running insider themes. Case is running on his experience, his seniority, and [the fact that he] knows the corridors of Congress. Hanabusa is running on how she’s going to be a team player with Democrats in Congress. It’s clear that voting for Case or Hanabusa will not change Washington, D.C. My election will mean change, not just here, but if I win this race, we’re going to have a very big impact across the country.”
“I have never voted for a tax increase, and neither of my opponents can say that,” Djou says. “In five debates so far, both of them have repeated that they will not take a pledge to not raise taxes. They have both said they believe that there’s even an appropriate time to raise taxes, even in a recession.”
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Saturday, April 3, 2010 |
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Dems Wary Of Hawaii Special Election
By Selected News Articles @ 2:54 AM :: 12711 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Case led in the last public poll, but that was nearly three months ago. Privately, Democratic strategists sense a momentum shift for Djou.
"The onus is on the White House. ... Can you imagine how bad it would be messaging-wise if we lost Obama's home district after losing Massachusetts?" one strategist said.
White House officials did not respond to requests for comment.
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010 |
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To rule over Hawaii: Obama nominates Gay Marriage activist to 9th Circuit Court
By Selected News Articles @ 12:53 PM :: 9025 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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New information is emerging about President Barack Obama's federal appeals court nominee Goodwin Liu. If the Seante approves Liu's appointment to the 9th Circuit Court, Liu will be among the judges ruling on appeals of cases originating from Federal District Court in Honolulu.
…In 2007, Liu joined 17 other professors and submitted a friend of the court brief to the California Supreme Court, arguing that California's definition of marriage between a man and a woman violated the state constitution.
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Monday, March 22, 2010 |
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Progressives denounce Obamacare: “Giveaway to corporations, hardship for middle class”
By Selected News Articles @ 10:39 PM :: 9769 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Real health care reform is the thing we’ve fought for from the start. It is desperately needed. But this bill falls short on many levels, and hurts many people more than it helps.
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Monday, March 22, 2010 |
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Buy insurance or lose 2.5% of income: “Wheelchair Tax”, Union “Cadillac Plans”, 44% rental tax, part of $409.2B in new taxes
By Selected News Articles @ 1:03 PM :: 7608 Views :: National News, Ethics
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The top tax rates on interest and rental income would rise to as high as about 44 percent...Starting in 2013, Americans under 65 won’t be able to deduct medical expenses until they exceed 10 percent of income, up from 7.5 percent now...those who buy devices such as wheelchairs would pay a 2.3 percent excise tax. Drugmakers may pass on a $3 billion annual fee.
The Medicare taxes superseded an earlier Senate proposal to tax high-value employer-provided insurance coverage, dubbed “Cadillac plans.” That 40 percent excise tax was delayed until 2018, when it would begin to apply ....
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Monday, March 22, 2010 |
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States vs Obamacare: Florida, Washington, Pennsylvania, Nebraska and others to file suit
By Selected News Articles @ 12:54 PM :: 8913 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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First, he said, the mandate to buy insurance or pay a fine amounts to "a tax on living." Unlike auto insurance or payroll taxes, McCollum said, the new fees would apply to people for not doing anything, not triggered by any status or activity on a citizen's part.
Secondly, he said, the bill imposes spending requirements on the states --amounting to more than $1.6 billion for Florida. McCollum said Congress can't legally do that.
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Friday, March 19, 2010 |
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Raw Deal: What Were Dems Thinking When They Let Neil Abercrombie Retire?
By Selected News Articles @ 12:50 PM :: 10602 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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"I think Neil was determined to get moving on his gubernatorial race," DCCC chairman Chris Van Hollen told me yesterday...."Once a person makes up their mind to do something, this is America, they're free to do it."
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