Ron Mills- News And Commentary: News and Video's That did not make our Daily Post

Thursday, June 28, 2007

News and Video's That did not make our Daily Post

GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney could be in trouble with the law. It turns out that it is against Massachusetts state law to strap a dog to the roof of your car. The crime is punishable by up to five years in prison. (This will add to the perception by some that Romney is heartless, artificial and without conviction.)
There is a notable increase in the number of Iraqi lobbyists on Capitol Hill trying to impact US policy.
The House of Representatives has voted to give itself a $4,000 raise.
By a 5-4 vote, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled against reinstating conspiracy charges against Tom DeLay. However, DeLay does still face two money-laundering charges.
West Coast Democrats want to investigate Dick Cheney's involvement in a 2002 water policy that lead to the deaths of more than 70,000 salmon along the Oregon-California border. A court later ruled that the policy violated the Endangered Species Act.
While issuing subpoenas to uncover the Administration's warrantless wiretap program, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman said this presidency was worse than Nixon's. "I've never known an administration so willing to operate outside the law, even to operate against the law, in violation of the law, as this administration," Leahy added.
The state of Louisiana will ban cockfighting next year, due to a bill passed on Wednesday.
Speech writer Theodore Sorensen has published what he wants the presidential nominee to say at the Democratic Convention next summer.
New Hampshire Democrats (Suffolk University Poll): Clinton - 37%, Obama - 19%, John Edwards - 9%, Richardson - 9%. The poll also finds that if Al Gore was in the race, he would beat Hillary Clinton.