En Route Dallas, Texas–(ENEWSPF)–October 4, 2011 – 11:28 A.M. EDT MR. CARNEY: Okay. We ready? Before I take your questions, I would like to read to you an excerpt from the President’s speech that he will deliver today in Texas. This is just an excerpt: “Yesterday, the Republican Majority Leader in[Read More…]
Day: October 4, 2011
White House Report: American Jobs Act Supports Nearly 400,000 Education Jobs
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 4, 2011. Today, the White House released a report, Teacher Jobs at Risk, outlining how the Administration’s efforts – including the American Jobs Act – will keep teachers in the classroom, strengthen our schools and improve the local economy in communities across the country. The American Jobs Act[Read More…]
Tennessee High School Student: Principal Assaulted Me for Wearing T-Shirt Supporting Gay-Straight Alliance
MADISONVILLE, Tenn.–(ENEWSPF)–October 4, 2011. A 17-year-old senior at Sequoyah High School was reportedly shoved, bumped in the chest and verbally harassed by his principal last week for wearing a T-shirt in support of efforts to establish a gay-straight alliance (GSA) club on campus. In response, the American Civil Liberties Union[Read More…]
Occupy Wall Street ‘Occupation Blues’ October 4, 2011
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 4, 2011. If you want to see just what democracy looks like, be sure to view this video from Occupy Wall Street at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0JmJ7-bhrY&feature=player_embedded#t=0s Live stream from Occupy Wall Street can be viewed at: http://www.livestream.com/globalrevolution Source: www.occupywallstreet.org
Keynes Celebrates the End of the Gold Standard (Video)
Enjoy one of the very few video footage of John Maynard Keynes as he discusses the positive implications the end of the Gold Standard would have on Great Britain. Nod to Paul Krugman, who says, " And he was completely right. The comments on the video are full of people[Read More…]
‘Occupation’ Protests Starting in D.C., October 4, 2011
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 4, 2011. KEVIN ZEESE, kbzeese at gmail.com MARGARET FLOWERS, M.D. mdpnhp at gmail.com Zeese is a core organizer of October2011.org and co-director of ItsOurEconomy.US. He said today: “The Occupy Movement goes to the next level on Thursday with the occupation of Freedom Plaza. This Washington, D.C. occupation, which[Read More…]
Durbin Statement on Costello Decision not to Seek Reelection in 2012
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 4, 2011. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today released the following statement after learning the Congressman Jerry Costello (D-IL) will not be seeking reelection next year. “Jerry Costello is without question the most effective advocate for his district that I have worked with in Congress. As one example,[Read More…]
CDC Report Shows About 112 Million Annual Incidents of People Drinking and Driving
Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–October 4, 2011. Adults drank too much and got behind the wheel about 112 million times in 2010—that is almost 300,000 incidents of drinking and driving each day—according to a CDC Vital Signs study released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “The four million adults who[Read More…]
Ford and Zipcar Empower University Students, Provide $300,000 in Grants to Support Student Organizations
DEARBORN , Mich. and CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–Oct. 4, 2011 – Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) and Zipcar, Inc. (Nasdaq: ZIP), the world’s leading car-sharing network, today announced the launch of “Students with Drive,” a grant program that provides students with free Zipcar memberships and driving credits to support their community service[Read More…]
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie Will Not Run for President in 2012
Trenton, New Jersey–(ENEWSPF)–October 4, 2011. In a Press Conference today in Trenton, Republican Governor Chris Christie said that he has decided not to run for President in 2012. “Now is not my time. I have a commitment to New Jersey that I simply will not abandon,” Christie said. “That’s[Read More…]