Commentary By Gary Kopycinski Ground Zero is sacred ground. You better believe it is. So where is the voice of the G.O.P. shouting a unanimous and bombasitic, "NO!!!!!!" regarding the Ground Zero Strip Club? The G.O.P. wants us to believe that it is wrong for a religious group to openen[Read More…]
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Sierra Club: Polluters Using GOP to Push for License to Kill
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 13, 2010. The House GOP Conference yesterday issued a statement that shamelessly echoes the oil and coal lobbies’ endless efforts to avoid cleaning up their acts despite the known health problems their dirty industries cause and the new job opportunities offered by investment in clean energy. Hiding behind[Read More…]
Mexican President Calls for Debate on Prohibition While U.S. Officials Continue to Deny Reality
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 12, 2010. In late 2006, Mexican president Felipe Calderon announced a new government-backed military offensive against his country’s drug cartels, believing they could be defeated through sheer brute force. Four years later, more than 28,000 people have been killed, and the drug cartels are more powerful than[Read More…]
With Prayers for Michael R. Unglo and His Family, and a Wake Up Call to the Bishop of Pittsburgh
Commentary By Gary Kopycinski Editor and Publisher So I go to the Diocese of Pittsburgh’s Web site this evening to see where an old friend, an excellent, excellent priest, is stationed so I can contact him, and this is what I see, front and center, on the diocese’s home page:[Read More…]
Of Mosques (At Ground Zero) And Mendacity
Analysis By Simon Maloy If you’ve followed the conservative media over the past few weeks, you can be forgiven for thinking that it’s a tough time for white Christians in America right now, what with the New Black Panthers denying white people their voting rights and undocumented workers clogging up[Read More…]
Right-Wingers Falsely Portray Judge In Prop 8 Trial As Out Of Mainstream
Washington D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– The right wing has falsely portrayed U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker — who is presiding over the Proposition 8 trial in California — as extreme or out of the mainstream. But Walker was nominated by Presidents Reagan and George H.W. Bush and has been praised by Republican[Read More…]
Media Conservatives Qualify Support For ‘Religious Freedom’ To Attack Mosque Near Ground Zero
Washington D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– Several prominent media conservatives have claimed to "favor religious freedom" while qualifying that claim in order to attack the Islamic community center and mosque set to be built two blocks away from Ground Zero, demanding that it be moved elsewhere in New York City. Palin: "We’re all about[Read More…]
Bush Administration Removed Detainees From Guantánamo To Avoid The Law
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–August 6, 2010. The Bush administration moved four detainees from Guantánamo to secret CIA prisons overseas in 2003 to keep them from having access to lawyers, according to the Associated Press today. The transfer came just before the Supreme Court ruled that prisoners at Guantánamo could challenge their detention[Read More…]
Civil Liberties Groups Applaud Approval Of NYC Islamic Cultural Center For Upholding Values Of Freedom And Tolerance
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–August 3 – The New York Civil Liberties Union and the American Civil Liberties Union today praised the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission for standing up for the principles of religious freedom and tolerance in approving a proposal to build a 13-story Islamic cultural center near the World[Read More…]
Sierra Club: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Must Stop Blocking Home Energy Program
Washington, D.C–(ENEWSPF)–July 30, 2010. The Sierra Club filed suit against the Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”) for blocking participation in Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) programs by any of Fannie Mae’s and Freddie Mac’s mortgage holders. The FHFA has oversight over the Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”) and the[Read More…]
