June, 2010
Wedding Cans Update – Peter and Andrea reach 5-ton goal
The Wedding Cans couple has successfully reached their goal to collect 400,000 aluminum cans to pay for their wedding -- all accomplished in just eight months! Who would have ever thought collecting aluminum cans would pay for an entire wedding? Some may call it crazy, but this Spokane couple is proving that great success lies ...
Supreme Court Rules on gun control in Second Amendment case
In the final decision of the Supreme Court of the United States this session, the Supreme Court position on gun control has been clarified. This ruling does strike down laws that limit handgun ownership – to a point. The McDonald vs. Chicago decision is a clarification to last year's striking down of the Washington D.C. ...
Goal should be responsible lending, not a lending crackdown
Despite large difficulties like a state budget that remains in shambles due to rampant government spending, California legislators are reportedly hard at work to come up what they consider to be a responsible lending approach to loan lenders. Instead of allowing individuals to determine for themselves, lawmakers would rather hamper payday lending and eliminate the ...
Obama calls for $ 600 million border security fund
As controversy over the new Arizona immigration law SB 1070 rages on, the call for immigration reform and extra border security is boiling over and can't be pushed to the back burner. President Obama was forced to react to the sheer audacity of SB 1070; he's asking that Congress approve a $ 600 million fund ...
Monitoring driving habits – Is the tiwi worth it?
The tiwi sounds like practically the perfect solution for teen drivers. The small on-board pc monitors predefined "dangerous" behaviors and notifies each the driver as well as the parents of this dangerous activity. The tiwi was initially developed for fleet motorists but is being marketed to mother and father of teens. May be the pc ...
