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After Deadline: Cogdill pushing for more National Guard benefits

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:07:24 -0700
National Guard soldiers from the Modesto-based 1st Battalion of the 184th Infantry Regiment are deployed in Iraq and Kosovo right now, missions that will let them benefit from the GI Bill when they come home. A bill carried by Sen. Dave Cogdill, R-Modesto, would expand college tuition benefits for National Guard soldiers who are not deployed on federal missions. Here are some comments today from Gov. Schwarzenegger, Cogdill and Maj. Gen. William Wade, the adjutant general of the California N

Sssss-Snake Snatcher Strikes Centennial Pet Shop

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:32:02 -0700
He's about 6 feet tall and 185 pounds, wears pajamas in public, and really, really likes snakes--as well as the occasional gecko.

Time to Primary John Cornyn

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:40:00 -0700
Although the junior Senator from Texas, John Cornyn, has just been re-elected to his Senate seat in the last election, it’s not too early to plan John Cornyn’s early retirement package. Because it is time to primary John Cornyn. Today, John Cornyn became an apologist for liberal Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter. From CQ Politics: “While we were disappointed by Senator Specter’s decision to switch parties, he was very candid to acknowledge that this was simply

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‘Politics of Sand' documentary will be shown May 3 at Hatfield (Newport News-Times)

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:06:35 -0700
A free showing of the documentary, “Politics of Sand: The Battle to Save Oregon's Beaches for the Public,” is scheduled for 2 p.m., Sunday, May 3, at the Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport.

New poll shows opinion shift is strong and consistent.

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:09:00 -0700
There is more evidence that the “controversy” over same-sex marriage is dying rapidly. I have argued that we know the end of this debate and it won’t go the way that the Religious Rights wants it to go. The more they try to get traction on the issue the more they end up falling on their face. The New York Times and CBS News recently polled Americans on various issues, as they have been jointly doing for some years. Their newest poll shows how attitudes have shifted rapidly in favor of marri

Phil's kidding, right?

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:56:00 -0700
We hope so. However we suspect that when Phil Goff was talking to Newstalk ZB earlier today, he was being deadly serious when he said: ...the person who should be most grateful for the legacy left by Michael Cullen is the current Finance Minister Bill English Whatever Phil. Is this what you were REALLY meaning when Audrey Young quoted you around the time of the budget last year - you might have forgotten this, but we haven't: Phil Goff's revealing comments this week showed t