Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—August 17, 2010. Today, a jury of his peers found Rod Blogojevich guilty on one of the twenty-four counts he was charged with. As one could expect, Blogojevich’s attorneys vowed to appeal the charge while U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald said a retrial would be held as soon as[Read More…]
Opinion
Senate Candidate Forced to Backtrack After Tasteless Medical Marijuana Jokes
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 16, 2010. In the latest example of a changing political atmosphere surrounding marijuana issues, a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Washington state has been forced to clarify a series of cliché jokes his office made at the expense of medical marijuana research and patients. Last week,[Read More…]
G.O.P. Silent on Ground Zero Strip Club, Loud on Mosque/Community Center
Commentary By Gary Kopycinski Ground Zero is sacred ground. You better believe it is. So where is the voice of the G.O.P. shouting a unanimous and bombasitic, "NO!!!!!!" regarding the Ground Zero Strip Club? The G.O.P. wants us to believe that it is wrong for a religious group to openen[Read More…]
Sierra Club: Polluters Using GOP to Push for License to Kill
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 13, 2010. The House GOP Conference yesterday issued a statement that shamelessly echoes the oil and coal lobbies’ endless efforts to avoid cleaning up their acts despite the known health problems their dirty industries cause and the new job opportunities offered by investment in clean energy. Hiding behind[Read More…]
Mexican President Calls for Debate on Prohibition While U.S. Officials Continue to Deny Reality
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 12, 2010. In late 2006, Mexican president Felipe Calderon announced a new government-backed military offensive against his country’s drug cartels, believing they could be defeated through sheer brute force. Four years later, more than 28,000 people have been killed, and the drug cartels are more powerful than[Read More…]
Newton Gingrich: Do As I Say, Ignore What I Do. Ex-Wife Speaks Out
We always knew Newton Gingrich was a piece of work, but, wow. What. A. Piece. Of. Work. he really is. Here’s a must-read from his second wife, Marianne Gingrich, reported in Esquire: "He believes that what he says in public and how he lives don’t have to be connected," she[Read More…]
With Prayers for Michael R. Unglo and His Family, and a Wake Up Call to the Bishop of Pittsburgh
Commentary By Gary Kopycinski Editor and Publisher So I go to the Diocese of Pittsburgh’s Web site this evening to see where an old friend, an excellent, excellent priest, is stationed so I can contact him, and this is what I see, front and center, on the diocese’s home page:[Read More…]
Of Mosques (At Ground Zero) And Mendacity
Analysis By Simon Maloy If you’ve followed the conservative media over the past few weeks, you can be forgiven for thinking that it’s a tough time for white Christians in America right now, what with the New Black Panthers denying white people their voting rights and undocumented workers clogging up[Read More…]
Right-Wingers Falsely Portray Judge In Prop 8 Trial As Out Of Mainstream
Washington D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– The right wing has falsely portrayed U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker — who is presiding over the Proposition 8 trial in California — as extreme or out of the mainstream. But Walker was nominated by Presidents Reagan and George H.W. Bush and has been praised by Republican[Read More…]
Media Conservatives Qualify Support For ‘Religious Freedom’ To Attack Mosque Near Ground Zero
Washington D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– Several prominent media conservatives have claimed to "favor religious freedom" while qualifying that claim in order to attack the Islamic community center and mosque set to be built two blocks away from Ground Zero, demanding that it be moved elsewhere in New York City. Palin: "We’re all about[Read More…]
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