How Did Your Congressman/woman Vote?

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/vote.xpd?vote=h2010-491 House Vote On Passage: H.R. 847: James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010 Number: House Vote #491 in 2010 [primary source: house.gov] Date: Jul 29, 2010 9:46PM Result: Failed Bill: ‘);SetInnerHTMLFromAjaxResponse(‘/users/ajax_addmonitor_icon.xpd?monitor=bill%3ah111-847&action=add&elemid=monbtn_1′, ‘monbtn_1′)”>H.R. 847: James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010 Jeff Flake, my Congressman voted no. I am disappointed that [...]

Oil Industry Safety Record Blown Open

Published on Friday, July 30, 2010 by The Guardian/UK Oil Industry Safety Record Blown Open National Wildlife Federation says catalogue of oil industry accidents proves BP disaster in Gulf of Mexico is not a one-off by Suzanne Goldenberg, US environment correspondent The oil industry has been responsible for thousands of fires, explosions, and leaks over [...]

EPA Rejects Petitions to Reverse Climate Change Endangerment Finding

Published on Friday, July 30, 2010 by Environment News Service EPA Rejects Petitions to Reverse Climate Change Endangerment Finding WASHINGTON, DC – The Environmental Protection Agency today turned back 10 petitions from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Commonwealth of Virginia, Peabody Coal and others that asked the agency to rescind its scientific finding that [...]

Global Warming Pushes 2010 Temperatures to Record Highs

Published on Thursday, July 29, 2010 by The Guardian/UK Global Warming Pushes 2010 Temperatures to Record Highs Scientists from two leading climate research centres publish ‘best evidence yet’ of rising long-term global temperatures by Juliette Jowit Global temperatures in the first half of the year were the hottest since records began more than a century [...]

My Thoughts For Wednesday

Went to the doctor who is going to operate and take the thyroid out.  It looks like I have the beginning of Cancer so they need to take it out.  It is early so hopefully I won’t have to worry about it anymore once it is taken out.   It has been 6 days since [...]

Ahmadinejad Says Expects US to Attack MidEast Soon

Published on Tuesday, July 27, 2010 by Reuters Ahmadinejad Says Expects US to Attack MidEast Soon by Robin Pomeroy TEHRAN – Iran expects the United States to launch a military strike on “at least two countries” in the Middle East in the next three months, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told state-run Press TV. Iranian President [...]

Can Viable Carbon Tax Arise from the Senate’s Ashes?

Published on Tuesday, July 27, 2010 by Carbon Tax Center Can Viable Carbon Tax Arise from the Senate’s Ashes? by Charles Komanoff And now, ve may begin? Readers of a certain age, and a certain literary bent, will recognize the words of Alexander Portnoy’s psychiatrist, spoken at the close of Philip Roth’s transgressive 1969 novel, [...]

US ‘Fails to Account’ for Iraq Reconstruction Billions

Published on Tuesday, July 27, 2010 by BBC News US ‘Fails to Account’ for Iraq Reconstruction Billions by Gabriel Gatehouse A US federal watchdog has criticized the US military for failing to account properly for billions of dollars it received to help rebuild Iraq.The Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction says the US Department of [...]

My Thoughts for Monday

The God of Our Hearts   The heart centered in God loves without counting the cost; it loves like Jesus. God comes to us to set our hearts free, to enkindle in us the fire of love.   This quote came from one of my Catholic email groups and I thought I would focus my [...]

Prayer for Trust in Jesus

I have this in my Catholic Treasure file.  Hope you like this prayer as much as I do. Prayer for Trust in Jesus   O Christ Jesus, when all is darkness and we feel our weakness and helplessness, give us the sense of Your presence, Your love, and Your strength. Help us to have perfect [...]