OREGON–(ENEWSPF)–January 30, 2012.  Well, the YouTube/White House “Your Interview with the President” livestream just wrapped up, and unfortunately the web giant did not find the time to present President Obama with the marijuana legalization video question from a retired police officer that received, by far, more votes than any other[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 31, 2012 – House Republican leaders today introduced their version of a transportation bill, under the guise of so-called jobs legislation.  But by loading the bill up with extreme provisions, GOP leaders are showing they’re more interested in scoring political points than in fixing our roads, improving our commutes[Read More…]

Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy hit back at Fox News during a UK press conference following the London Premiere of their new film. Fox had publically criticized the film for supposedly pushing a ‘dangerous liberal agenda’ at kids. Kermit mocks their blatant and pointless fear mongering before Miss Piggy[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—January 30, 2012. The decision announced today by the World Trade Organization (WTO) is a huge victory for American workers.  In clear and unequivocal language, the WTO stated that China’s decision to limit the export of key raw materials violated the commitments China made when it joined the WTO.[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 26, 2012. The Obama administration today announced new planning standards to guide how America’s 192 million acres of national forests and grassland will be used and protected in the future. The new standards follow more than 75 public meetings to gather input on how the Forest Service should update forest[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–Jan. 25, 2012.   Leo W. Gerard, president of the United Steelworkers (USW) issued the following statement today on President Obama’s State of the Union Address: “President Obama has listened to us as American workers and laid out a vision of the America we want and need, one that creates[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–Jan. 25, 2012.  Terry O’Sullivan, General President of LIUNA – the Laborers’ International Union of North America – made the following statement in response to President Obama’s State of the Union address: At a time when 1.3 million construction workers are still jobless, we are particularly encouraged by the[Read More…]

NRDC: Time to End Our Addiction to Fossil Fuels, Embrace Clean Energy  WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 24, 2012.  The following is a statement by Frances Beinecke, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, on President Obama’s State-of-the-Union address tonight: “Home-grown sources of energy certainly are preferable to imports, especially from unstable regions of[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 24, 2012.  Leaders are judged not just by what they say but to whom they listen. President Obama’s speech tonight shows that he has listened to the single mom working two jobs to get by, to the out-of-work construction worker, to the retired factory worker, to the student[Read More…]

Commentary Fernando D. Martinez, M.D., of the University of Arizona, Tucson, writes that the “overuse of PPIs in childhood asthma and in pediatrics in general is another example of a subtle but frequent phenomenon in clinical practice: therapeutic creep.” “Clinicians extend the use of a treatment with real or suggestive[Read More…]