Democrats continue hammering GOP over Barton apology to BP
Jun 21st
You have got to love the election season, when 3 words can make you the most hated man in the party. Barton you gotta know better then to apologize to a CEO that is responsible for poisoning the eco-system on the gulf coast. But how can this surprise us at all? The republicans are watching the backs of the corporations which I do understand, but how can you feel bad for a billionaire CEO that has been known to cheap out to keep his rigs up to date, who now has to pay $20 billion. But my question to you all is, do you feel for the BP CEO or do you think he deserves to face the consequences?
Mexican officials: Mayor of Guadalupe killed by gunmen
Jun 20th
CNN) — Gunmen shot and killed the mayor of the Mexican town of Guadalupe as his wife and child watched, the mayor of nearby Ciudad Juarez told CNN.
Mexican federal police confirmed the shooting death of Guadalupe Mayor Jesus Manuel Lara Rodriguez.
Ciudad Juarez Mayor Jose Reyes Ferriz said Lara, who maintained what was apparently a second home in Juarez, was killed outside that house as he walked to his car.
“He was a very good man, a man set on bringing law and order to that city,” said Reyes.
“This is a big loss,” he said.
Lara, who became the mayor of Guadalupe in 2007, had apparently taken up residence in
Juarez to protect his family, Reyes told CNN. He kept his official home in Guadalupe.
“He was killed in the eastern part of Juarez … he never told me he had a house here, he never asked for protection from the city,” the Juarez mayor said.
Reyes said violence increased in Guadalupe since 2,000 federal troops arrived in Juarez early in the year. Guadalupe — a city bordering Hudspeth County, Texas — once had 40 policemen but is now left with four, he said.
The northern Mexico state of Chihuahua is one of the main battlegrounds for rival drug cartels fighting for access to the U.S. drug-trade corridor.
Reyes said he had a long partnership with Lara as both mayors rallied for more support for border cities in the war against drug cartels.
“His [Lara's] case is the best proof that the fight against the flow of drugs into the U.S. is right at the border,” said Reyes.
More Troops In Afghanistan?
Jun 19th
Isn’t it time we finally bring the troops home? Soldiers are being killed on a daily basis, is it really worth it?
Justice Department plans to sue over Arizona law
Jun 19th
(CNN) — Obama administration lawyers are planning to file a legal challenge to a controversial Arizona immigration law within a month, according to a senior administration official.
The Justice Department would not confirm the claim, saying only that “The Justice Department is continuing to review the law.”
Federal government lawyers who have been working on the expected challenge for several weeks will most likely file their arguments in federal court in Phoenix in the days leading up to July 28, when the statute is scheduled to take effect, the official said.
Although the Justice Department indicates no final decisions have been made at this point, officials were put on the spot when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a recent television interview in Ecuador the government “will be bringing a lawsuit” in the case.
Administration officials have indicated the question of Arizona usurping federal authority to control the border and enforce immigration law is the most likely federal point of attack against the state law signed by Gov. Jan Brewer earlier this year.