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McCain staff asked for protester's ouster - "He was simply trying to uphold the policy." - (Found July 15, 2008 )

It was Sen. John McCain's staff who asked security at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts to remove people holding protest signs at the venue not U.S. Secret Service agents, who were not involved in Carol Kreck's ouster from the galleria. A video of the incident circulating widely on the Internet shows a DCPA security guard saying that he was told by the Secret Service to remove Kreck, who was holding a paper sign that said "McCain = Bush."
http://news.neilrogers.com/news/articles/2008071305.html

Former Bush spokesman Tony Snow dies of cancer - (Found July 15, 2008 )

Fox News is reporting that conservative commentator and former White House press secretary Tony Snow has died of cancer. Snow, 53, was a broadcaster for Fox News Channel and Fox News Radio when he replaced Scott McClellan as President Bush's press secretary in May 2006.
http://news.neilrogers.com/news/articles/2008071304.html

Jim Cramer on McCains lack of any knowledge whatsoever about economics - (Found July 15, 2008 )

After hearing about John McCains ridiculous criticism of Social Security you know, the fact that it still functions the way it has for, oh, 75 years CNBCs Jim Cramer cant help but laugh at the disorganized John McCain and his complete lack of knowledge about all things economic.
http://news.neilrogers.com/news/articles/2008071303.html

After Voting Against Equal Pay Legislation, McCain Claims Hes Committed To Equal Pay For Equal Work - (Found July 15, 2008 )

Today, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) participated in a town hall meeting in Wisconsin. During the discussion, he claimed that he is a strong supporter of equal pay for women and other workers: We havent done enough. We have not done enough. And Im committed to making sure that theres equal pay for equal work. That there is equal opportunity in every aspect of our society. And that is my record and you can count on it.
http://news.neilrogers.com/news/articles/2008071302.html

Army Secretary Asks for Probe of Firing - (Found July 15, 2008 )

Army Secretary Pete Geren has asked his staff for an internal review to examine the Army's firing last month of Gina Gray, the former public affairs director of Arlington National Cemetery who had worked to restore media coverage of military funerals.
http://news.neilrogers.com/news/articles/2008071315.html

Administration disavows its own global warming report - (Found July 15, 2008 )

Today, the EPA published its response to the April 2007 Supreme Court ruling in Massachusetts v. EPA which mandated that the agency determine whether greenhouse gases pose a threat to public health listing various ways to control emissions. In letters attached to the document, however, administration officials disavowed the documents conclusions. The Wall Street Journal reports:
http://news.neilrogers.com/news/articles/2008071316.html

Torture and the rule of law - (Found July 15, 2008 )

The New Yorker's Jane Mayer, one of the country's handful of truly excellent investigative journalists over the last seven years, has written a new book -- "The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals" -- which reveals several extraordinary (though unsurprising) facts regarding America's torture regime. According to the New York Times and Washington Post, both of which received an advanced copy, Mayer's book reports the following:
http://news.neilrogers.com/news/articles/2008071317.html

US Terrorism Watch List Tops 1 Million - (Found July 15, 2008 )

A U.S. watch list of terrorism suspects has passed 1 million records, corresponding to about 400,000 people, and a leading civil rights group said on Monday the number was far too high to be effective. The Bush administration disagreed and called the list one of the most effective tools implemented after the September 11 hijacked plane attacks when a federal no-fly list contained just 16 people considered threats to aviation.
http://news.neilrogers.com/news/articles/2008071513.html

Iran Shows Its Cards - (Found July 15, 2008 )

There can no longer be any doubt about the consequences of any U.S. andor Israeli military action against Iran. Armchair warriors, pundits and blustering politicians alike have been advocating a pre-emptive military strike against Iran for the purpose of neutralizing its nuclear-related infrastructure, as well as retarding Irans ability to train and equip terrorist forces on Iranian soil before dispatching them to Iraq or parts unknown. Some, including me, have warned of the folly of such...
http://news.neilrogers.com/news/articles/2008071512.html

NOLA Watch: Gulf Stream Fails the Smell Test - (Found July 15, 2008 )

Last Wednesday, on Capitol Hill, at a hearing packed with reporters, photographers, constituents, and industry reps, Representative Peter Welch (D-VT) zeroed in on a key moment in April 2006 that contradicted the testimony of Jim Shea, CEO of Gulf Stream.
http://news.neilrogers.com/news/articles/2008071511.html