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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (13796)	8/24/2007 7:39:40 AM
From: Hope Praytochange	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224706

warwoundfakerkerry deserved to be hung from the neck until dead like traitors used to be punished.

To: American Spirit who wrote (13796)	8/24/2007 1:15:46 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224706

Man Accused of Biting Girlfriend's Snake By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: August 24, 2007 Filed at 12:54 p.m. ET (AP) -- A man bit his girlfriend's pet snake in half during a fight and remarked that it ''tasted lovely,'' lawyers testified Friday. Cliff Am. spirit, a 53-year-old massage parlor operator, was arraigned in High Court on charges of assaulting his girlfriend, Coleen McGleenon, and fatally torturing her royal python Aug. 4. McGleenon's lawyers said he headbutted her twice and picked up her pet, put it in his mouth, and threw its severed head at her. ''Your snake tasted lovely,'' he was quoted as saying. Cliff Am. spirit's lawyer, Adrian Higgins, said his client admitted both offenses and had attacked the snake because he knew his girlfriend loved it. He said Cliff Am. spirit, from the border village of Keady, had been consuming alcoholic drinks for several hours before the attack.

To: American Spirit who wrote (13796)	8/28/2007 1:03:10 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224706

Poverty rate declines significantly >By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press Writer Aug 27 2007 WASHINGTON - The nation's poverty rate dropped last year, the first significant decline since President Bush took office. The Census Bureau reported Tuesday that 36.5 million Americans, or 12.3 percent — were living in poverty last year. That's down from 12.6 percent in 2005. The median household income was $48,200, a slight increase from the previous year. The last significant decline in the poverty rate came in 2000, during the Clinton administration. In 2005, the poverty rate dipped from 12.7 percent to 12.6 percent, but Census officials said that change was statistically insignificant. The poverty numbers are good economic news at a time when financial markets have been rattled by a slumping housing market. However, the numbers released Tuesday represent economic conditions from a year ago. The poverty level is the official measure used to decide eligibility for federal health, housing, nutrition and child care benefits. It differs by family size and makeup. For a family of four with two children, for example, the poverty level is $20,444. The poverty rate — the percentage of people living below poverty — helps shape the debate on the health of the nation's economy. The figures were released at a news conference by David Johnson, chief of the Census Bureau's Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division. The poverty report comes five years into an uneven economic recovery, and well into a presidential campaign that still has 14 months to go. Poverty has not been a big issue in the campaign, and political scientists said they doubted the new numbers would change that. "The poor are politically mute," said Larry Jacobs, a political scientist at the University of Minnesota. "What rational politician would listen to the poor? They don't vote, they don't write checks, why care?" Democrat John Edwards has made fighting poverty a centerpiece of his campaign. But, Jacobs noted, "He's struggling to raise money and he's lagging in the polls." Evelyn Brodkin, a political scientist at the University of Chicago, said she expects the rising number of people without insurance to get more attention in the campaign. The share of Americans without health insurance hit 15.8 percent last year, up from 15.3 percent the previous year. "It affects people in the middle, and it affects corporations," Brodkin said. "Especially those who compete globally, they are really hurting because they have to compete with companies that don't have huge health insurance bills for their labor force." Lyndon Johnson was the last president to launch a major initiative aimed at eradicating poverty, said Sheldon Danziger, co-director of the National Poverty Center at the University of Michigan. Danziger said low unemployment in 2006 helped lower the poverty rate. But, he noted, the rate was slow to drop despite five years of economic growth.<