NewsCloud.com Government News http://www.newscloud.com/section/government Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:55:06 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 en-us 'Suicide is Painless' fraudster turns himself in http://www.newscloud.com/read/_Suicide_is_Painless_fraudster_turns_himself_in Now wait a second...Where is Neal Boortz when you need him? Here is a example of fraud, waste, and crime in the private sector that we think can solve all of our problems. Somehow he will blame the hedge fund abuse, the Enron fraud and the Worldcom fraud on the evil government. Greed exists in capitalism as well and it tends to hurt a greater number of people than the waste that occurs in the government. Just about everyone's portfolio has been hurt by the Enron and Worldcom disaster. Pure capitalism will just allow the businessmen to take over and rape the nation. You can try but you can't legislate morality, people will waste money and make bad decisions regardless of the economic system.

]]> 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.

]]> t r u t h o u t | US General Accuses Bush Administration of War Crimes http://www.newscloud.com/read/t_r_u_t_h_o_u_t_US_General_Accuses_Bush_Administration_of_War_Crimes Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba (now retired) served as the deputy commanding general for support for the Third Army for ten months in Kuwait during the early days of the Iraq occupation. In a statement released today, he bluntly accuses the Bush administration of war crimes and lays down a challenge for prosecution.

]]> 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.

]]> Mich. ruling allows K-9 units to sniff without warrant http://www.newscloud.com/read/Mich_ruling_allows_K9_units_to_sniff_without_warrant GENESEE COUNTY, Mich. - Police - or at least K-9 units - now can go sniffing around outside your house even without a warrant.

A recent court ruling said police don't need a search warrant to take drug-sniffing dogs to the front door of homes, as long as they have a tip there are illegal drugs there.

]]> America is rotting from the inside http://www.newscloud.com/read/America_is_rotting_from_the_inside Politicians are failing to comprehend the breadth of the US infrastructure crisis. Only disasters move our representatives to act - and in an election year, even those actions seem spotty at best and disingenuous at worst. The United States has much more than failing bridges to find, fund and fix. A comprehensive report by Dr. Denny Wilkins.

]]> 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.

]]> Nine WWI Vets Survive Worldwide http://www.newscloud.com/read/Nine_WWI_Vets_Survive_Worldwide Following the death of the Italian-French war veteran Lazare Ponticelli, a total of nine men who served in their countries' armed forces during World War I are known to be still alive around the world.

]]> 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.

]]> Trust in business versus trust in government http://www.newscloud.com/read/Trust_in_business_versus_trust_in_government Trust in business has jumped to 58 per cent but fewer people now trust Government, according to the latest Edelman Trust Barometer

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