The Sinking Lifeboat: Uncontrolled Immigration and the U.S. Healthcare System
America’s health care system is in crisis: Costs and insurance premiums are skyrocketing, the number of the uninsured is rising rapidly, providers are reducing staffing and services and increasing rates, and hospitals are closing or facing bankruptcy. Read the report here. Today at 4pm, John & Ken will talk to Ira Mehlman, spokesperson for the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR).
Tentative Deal Reached To End Grocery Strike
LOS ANGELES —Negotiators for three supermarket chains and grocery clerks reached a tentative contract agreement Thursday, creating hope that the longest supermarket strike in U.S. history would end and send 70,000 financially strapped employees back to work. Read the story here.
4% of U.S. Priests Since 1950 May Have Abused
WASHINGTON — In an extensive nationwide accounting of sexual abuse by Catholic priests, a committee of U.S. bishops will report today that 4,392 priests — 4% of all clerics — had allegedly abused as many as 10,000 minors since 1950. Read the story here. Read the full report here.
Mr. Ken Mehlman, the Bush-Cheney campaign manager, is probably the closest that John & Ken are going to get to the Bush administration…judging from how this interview went. Right out of the gate, he refuses to consider President Bush’s Amnesty Plan to be an amnesty plan. He even continues to wave the Weapons Of Mass Destruction flag. Since J&K gave his campaign manager here a lesson in “What Californians Are Pissed About”, it’ll be interesting to see how the Bush campaign changes by the time it gets to the west coast. Listen to the complete interview in the Audio Archives.
Jake, a convicted child molester and registered sex offender, runs a prison outreach program for other sex offenders. You think he’d be fighting J&K to try and keep perv rehab houses open in residential areas. But while Mr. Goldenflame is an admitted child molester, he’s very reasonable when it comes to what should be done with these guys when they’re ready to get out of jail. If you don’t want him there . . .he doesn’t want to be there. Now THAT’S a child molester we can all live with. Listen to the complete interview in the Audio Archives.
Thursday, February 26th, 2004
Ken Mehlman
Ken Mehlman is President Bush’s Campaign Manager and he is going to talk to John & Ken this afternoon at 5pm. Mr. Mehlman will help us to understand why Bush sounds lackluster, thought granting amnesty was a good idea, and what Bush plans to do if re-elected.
One jury to be seated, no sequestration
REDWOOD CITY — A judge today denied defense requests to sequester jurors and to have second jury decide whether Scott Peterson should receive the death penalty if found guilty of murdering his wife and unborn son. Read the story here. Also, we need your help. Take a look at this quote from what “Aspargos” said in court today, “I’ll guarantee you’ll have some radio station with some disc jockey with some bullhorn harassing them when they leave”, was he talking about John & Ken?
Settlement Near in Grocery Strike
Negotiators wrangling an end to the nearly five-month California supermarket strike and lockout were nearing an agreement today, sources said. Read the story here.
Wednesday, February 25th, 2004
Congressman David Dreier
Congressman David Dreier, highest ranked republican in California and Chairman of the House Rules Committee, has stated that the Federal Government has no business recognizing gay marriage. Congressman Dreier has stated that he is against gay marriage, but he is also against cluttering up the constitution. As Chairman, Dreier, single handedly has the power to stop the constitutional amendment from being voted on by the House of Representatives. John & Ken will talk to him at 5:30pm this afternoon, and you can be sure that John & Ken will slip in at least one amnesty question in as well. Visit Congressman Dreier’s website here.
Dog handler: Laci’s scent stopped at pier
REDWOOD CITY — Laci Peterson’s scent at the Berkeley Marina stopped at a waterside pier, a dog handler testified this morning in Scott Peterson’s double-murder trial. Read the story here.
State driving away jobs, study says
SAN FRANCISCO – Discouraged by high costs and strict regulations, just under 60 percent of California business leaders interviewed for a new study said they have policies to restrict job growth in the state or move jobs to other locations in the United States. Read the story here.
Tuesday, February 24th, 2004
Schwarzenegger After 100 Days:
With high approval ratings, voters see him doing what is right over what is politically popular. These views contrast sharply with those held about his predecessor (Gumby). Read the full report here (.pdf file).
Big Surge In Support For Prop. 57
Yes vote on proposition 57 now leads by 14 points. Although proposition 55 is ahead the opposition is growing. Now for the good news, proposition 56 trails. Read the full report here (.pdf file).
Geragos blasts prosecution document
REDWOOD CITY —Scott Peterson’s attorney, furious at Stanislaus County prosecutors after documents they filed Monday became newspaper headlines today, came out swinging as soon as court resumed this morning. Read the story here.
As GOP critics move in, Calif attorney general seeks gay marriage ruling
Facing increased pressure from Republicans to intervene in San Francisco’s same-sex marriage debate, California Attorney General Bill Lockyer said he’ll go straight to the state Supreme Court to try to resolve the deeply divisive issue. Read the story here.
Monday, February 23rd, 2004
Peterson judge quashes subpoena
The judge in the Scott Peterson case Monday quashed a defense subpoena that would have brought a Stanislaus County judge in to testify before the court. Read the story here.
U.S. Outlines Deportation Plan for Illegal Migrants
Mexican officials back sending those who are caught back to their home regions by plane, but they balk at making such trips mandatory. Read the story here.
Plan for U.S.-Mexico border fence rejected
California regulators denied a Department of Homeland Security request to fortify the westernmost stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border, setting the stage for a possible legal battle between the state and the Bush administration.
Read the story here.
Friday, February 20th, 2004
Judge: San Francisco Same-Sex Marriages Will Continue
SAN FRANCISCO —Gay and lesbian couples won another reprieve Friday when a judge declined to immediately stop San Francisco from granting them marriage licenses, saying conservative groups failed to prove the weddings would cause irreparable harm. Read the story here.
Voters still split on budget measures
SACRAMENTO —With the March 2 election drawing near, voters remain sharply divided on whether to approve Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s $15 billion economic recovery package, according to a public opinion poll released today. The Public Policy Institute of California survey found that support for Proposition 57, the $15 billion deficit-financing bond and centerpiece of the Republican governor’s plan, has increased 1 percentage point—to 38 percent—since a statewide television ad blitz began earlier this month. Read the full report here(.pdf file).
9 arrested as strikers shift tactics
Members of union and supporters stage acts of civil disobedience at stores. “We have a new approach starting this week: civil disobedience,” Dave Arian, president of the Harry Bridges Institute, shouted to a cheering crowd. “We’re going to begin closing these stores down.” Read the story here.
