Linda Mae's Blog

  Afghanistan supplies 95% of the world's opium trade, and the crop outputs continue to rise year after year. A recent U.S. study found that $10 MILLION a day in herion leaves through Kabul International airport alone, "undetected". Afghan Finance Minister, Omar Zakhilwal acknowledged that corrup...

Closing Guantanamo is a top priority for Obama, and he signed an executive order hours into his presidency directing that the process of closing the prison begin. Obama has said he wants terrorism suspects transferred to American soil so they can be tried for their  crimes. Well today the White ...

While stopping short of saying the White House told Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) to cut a deal with Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT), an administration official today said eliminating the provision Lieberman objected to would be acceptable. On Sunday, Lieberman said he couldn't support a bill that ...

From NBC's Luke Russert Here's a clip from an interview Joe Lieberman (I-CT) did with "The Connecticut Post" newspaper in September of 2009. He flat out says that he supports a Medicare buy-in for those in their 50's and strengthening public options that already work. Now, Lieberman is 100% again...

   Evidently some republicans have a problem with the proposal to implement a "too big to fail" tax on financial giants, which would build a fund that would be tapped in the event that a large financial institution fails and needs to be unwound. This fund (officially known as the Systemic Dissol...

Do the people who hold this guy up as some kind of Truth teller.... Even know Who this guy REALLY is? Despite the fact that he no scientific training, he's been called upon twice by Republicans in Congress to testify before subcommittees as a climate "expert" -- you can read his statement to the ...

The US government has declared greenhouse gases a human health hazard, meaning Barack Obama can sidestep congress to order cuts in emissions. The announcement by the US Environmental Protection Agency (Epa) was clearly timed to build momentum towards an agreement at the international conference o...

 Well it seems someone...or thousands of someones... believe in global warming and that something needs to ne done as we can see here as they marched in the streets in Copenhagen ....... Thousands of protesters have gathered in the Danish capital Copenhagen to call on governments at the UN global...

Recently I wrote a Post Will the Real Linda Mae Stand Up... It was part One in answer to all the attention I am receiving by the members of a certain Political group here in the "Rain" Because my political OPINIONS differ from theirs they have become OBSESSED with me... and with anything to do wi...

WOW... Not only are Americans rating emotional, physical, and fiscal health. higher than 17 months ago... but they also state it is in an upward spiral and believe they will even better off 5 years from now than at present... This is great news and while I doubt it will quench any of the firey d...