Posts Tagged ‘View’

Smith Takes a Realistic View on Funding

The defense budget was plummeting when Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., was elected to Congress in 1996, and the former state senator was focused on jobs and the economy in his region. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

Milwaukee Fans Urge Bucks To Stop Blocking View Of Miami Heat

MILWAUKEE—While attending Thursday’s first-round playoff matchup between the Miami Heat and the Milwaukee Bucks, frustrated fans repeatedly urged their hometown team to stop blocking their view of the visiting Heat squad, sources confirmed. The Onion Tweet This Post

Mixed view of Weiner’s possible NY mayor bid

NEW YORK (AP) — Voters have mixed feelings about former Rep. Anthony Weiner's potential New York City mayoral run, a new poll shows: He gets more support than several other Democratic contenders, but half of voters say they wouldn't even entertain casting a ballot for him. Tweet This Post

Democrats View Taxes Very Differently

A new Washington Post-ABC News finds 53% of self-identified Democrats view the income tax system favorably while 43% see it unfavorably. That’s a stark contrast to the 66% of Republicans and 62% of independents who have an unfavorable opinion of the tax system. Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire Tweet This Post

Gay Son Doesn’t Change Lawmaker’s View of Gay Marriage

Rep. Matt Salmon (R-AZ) told KTVK-TV that he does not support gay marriage despite having a gay son. Tweet This Post

Voucher School Textbook Offers New View of 1960s

John Aravosis reports that voucher schools in Louisiana and Indiana are using a U.S. History textbook in their eighth grade classes that teaches that the “hippies” of the 1960s were draft dodgers who were rude, didn’t bathe, and worshipped Satan. Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire Tweet This Post

Voucher School Textbook Offers New View of 1960s

John Aravosis reports that voucher schools in Louisiana and Indiana are using a U.S. History textbook in their eighth grade classes that teaches that the “hippies” of the 1960s were draft dodgers who were rude, didn’t bathe, and worshipped Satan. Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire Tweet This Post

Hometown Wistfully Toured Via Google Street View

COLUMBUS, OH—Eleven years after last walking through his hometown, 29-year-old local man Paul Brundage reportedly spent the entire evening Friday revisiting his childhood neighborhood in Decatur, IL using the Google Maps Street View feature. Tweet This Post