NewsCloud.com America News http://www.newscloud.com/section/america Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:37:55 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 en-us George Carlin: Comedian George Carlin Dead http://www.newscloud.com/read/George_Carlin_Comedian_George_Carlin_Dead Stand-up comedian George Carlin, whose routine about forbidden words on the airwaves led to a key Supreme Court decision on government broadcast oversight, died of heart failure near Los Angeles. He was 71.

]]> Mr. Bush v. the Bill of Rights - Editorial - NYTimes.com http://www.newscloud.com/read/Mr_Bush_v_the_Bill_of_Rights_Editorial_NYTimescom In the waning months of his tenure, President Bush and his allies are once again trying to scare Congress into expanding the president's powers to spy on Americans without a court order.

]]> Right Web | Pentagon Reined in Cheney's Plans for Iran Strikes http://www.newscloud.com/read/Right_Web_Pentagon_Reined_in_Cheney_s_Plans_for_Iran_Strikes Pentagon officials firmly opposed a proposal by Vice President Dick Cheney last summer for airstrikes against Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) bases by insisting that the administration would have to make clear decisions about how far the United States would go in escalating the conflict with Iran, according to a former George W. Bush administration official.

]]> Inteligentaindigena Indigenismo : Madden removed from air by ESPN http://www.newscloud.com/read/Inteligentaindigena_Indigenismo_Madden_removed_from_air_by_ESPN Mark Madden, who made his reputation with bold, outlandish attacks on famous people, has been permanently removed from the air by ESPN.

]]> United States Sanctioned Massacre of Korean Civilians http://www.newscloud.com/read/United_States_Sanctioned_Massacre_of_Korean_Civilians An official from the Bush Administration recently lectured me on why south Koreans who express anti-American sentiments are misguided and misinformed about the history of our two countries. I actually thought it was a pretty funny statement coming from an administration so clueless about other societies. Here's another reason why we should be more critical of such statements ...

]]> Was there something wrong with my service? http://www.newscloud.com/read/CodyLyon_sblogolater_Was_there_something_wrong_with_my_service by Cody Lyon

EXCERPT:
The practice of tipping was actually a European import. In the United States, tipping took off in the 1920s after overcoming great opposition from those who saw it as patronizing and un-American.

And, up until the 1970s, waiters and waitresses could expect to earn an average 10 percent gratuity on restaurant checks. At some point, during the period from 1970 to 1980, servers across the country got a raise to the current 15 percent.
But even among individual American patrons, tipping habits can vary wildly.

]]> Air America Radio Host Randi Rhodes Suspended for Calling Clinton and Ferraro "Whores" http://www.newscloud.com/read/Air_America_Radio_Host_Randi_Rhodes_Suspended_for_Calling_Clinton_and_Ferraro_Whores Air America Radio Host Randi Rhodes has been suspended for calling Hillary Clinton and Geraldine Ferraro 'whores' on her radio show.  A statement was posted on their website.  Have people not learned from the Imus controvery?

]]> Randi Rhodes Suspended by Air America http://www.newscloud.com/read/Randi_Rhodes_Suspended_by_Air_America New York - Air America has suspended on-air host Randi Rhodes for making inappropriate statements about prominent figures, including Senator Hillary Clinton, at a recent public appearance on behalf of Air America in San Francisco which was sponsored by an Air America affiliate station.

]]> U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow: Husband Tom Athans in Police Prostitution Sting (Photos) http://www.newscloud.com/read/US_Senator_Debbie_Stabenow_Husband_Tom_Athans_in_Police_Prostitution_Sting_Photos Michigan liberal Air America talk show VP and husband of U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow was caught up in a police sting.  Tom Athans admitted to paying $150 to a prostitute at a suburban Detroit Residence Inn.    He cooperated with police and was not charged with a crime - which is a real CRIME.

]]> NOAA Launches Final Two Buoys to Complete U.S. Tsunami Warning System http://www.newscloud.com/read/NOAA_Launches_Final_Two_Buoys_to_Complete_US_Tsunami_Warning_System NOAA deployed the final two tsunami detection buoys in the South Pacific this week, completing the buoy network and bolstering the U.S. tsunami warning system. This vast network of 39 stations provides coastal communities in the Pacific, Atlantic, Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico with faster and more accurate tsunami warnings.

]]> Institute for Policy Studies: Iraq War Entering Year Six: Multiple Crises Rising in Middle East http://www.newscloud.com/read/Institute_for_Policy_Studies_Iraq_War_Entering_Year_Six_Multiple_Crises_Rising_in_Middle_East Gaza is under murderous assault and the United States is escalating regional threats while pushing new sanctions against Iran.

]]> National security agencies have failed in Iraq, Afghanistan (3/10/08) -- www.GovernmentExecutive.com http://www.newscloud.com/read/National_security_agencies_have_failed_in_Iraq_Afghanistan_31008_wwwGovernmentExecutivecom America's national security institutions have failed and the military has been left holding the bag in places such as Iraq and Afghanistan, conducting nation-building tasks for which it is ill-suited, according to the final report of a House Armed Services Committee panel established in 2007 to examine military roles and missions.

]]> Rapid Pentagon Report on Saddam's Iraq Censored? http://www.newscloud.com/read/Rapid__Pentagon_Report_on_Saddam_s_Iraq_Censored ABC News' Jonathan Karl Reports: The Bush Administration apparently does not want a U.S. military study that found no direct connection between Saddam Hussein and al Qaeda to get any attention.  This morning, the Pentagon cancelled plans to send out a press release announcing the report's release and will no longer make the report available online.

]]> YouTube - Top 10 Moments in the Race for http://www.newscloud.com/read/YouTube_Top_10_Moments_in_the_Race_for Evolution battle flares in states http://www.newscloud.com/read/Evolution_battle_flares_in_states