The AP ran a story about Senator Inouye’s earmarks going to companies that made significant contributions to his campaign. One beneficiary is Navatek. When the Navy passed over Navatek’s proposal, Inouye reinserted Navatek’s amphibious vehicle into a Defense Appropriations bill as an earmark. In a related chart of earmarks and campaign contibutions, Oceanit shows up… Read more »
Monthly Archives: November 2009
Federal stimulus: Hawai’i cuts schools but boosts military construction
The choices leaders make in times of crisis like the present reveal something of their true character and interests. As a result of furloughs, the state of Hawai’i recently came in last for number of public school days. Mark Niesse of the AP recently reported: At 163 school days, Hawaii’s school year ranks behind every… Read more »
Contamination clouds future of Umatilla Chemical Depot
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/10/contamination_at_umatilla_clou.html Contamination at Umatilla clouds land-use issue By Richard Cockle, The Oregonian October 31, 2009, 7:10PM HERMISTON — With the Army on track to destroy the last of the deadly mustard agents at its Umatilla Chemical Depot in 2011 and return the sprawling property to public use, developers from ports to tribes are drawing up… Read more »
Will Obama speak from Hiroshima?
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/10/30-4 Published on Friday, October 30, 2009 by The Japan Times Online Hiroshima Beckons Obama by John Einarsen For the past 64 years the name “Hiroshima” has conjured a nightmare vision for all humanity: the unthinkable specter of instantaneous atomic annihilation. Only by personally visiting Hiroshima or Nagasaki, the two cities that have experienced atomic… Read more »
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