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Thank You, Austin American Statesman and Austin Central Appraisal District for bringing the top water offenders to our attention.  To be

fair, there are other factors worth considering about this chart. Why didn’t the Statesman show a 3-4 months usage average, instead of one month?  Why didn’t Statesman address the broken pipe trend? How hard [...]

Posted by bosskitty August 15th, 2008 | Tags: Accountability, Austin, conservation, public utilities, regulation, Texas, Water | Category: Accountability, Austin, Environment, Politics, Public Health, Water, changing planet, conservation, policy, public utilities | Leave a comment

Medicare: Thousands of Medicare Providers Abuse the Federal Tax System
F.D.A. Issues Strictest Warning on Diabetes Drugs
As America ages, the GREED factor related to Health Care grows exponentially. Services provided are watered down and cost is inflated to squeeze every penny out of the US Taxpayer. Health Care is no longer the realm of [...]

Posted by bosskitty June 21st, 2008 | Tags: Avandia, Big Pharma, Corporate corruption, FDA, Health Care, Medical System, Politics, Tim Russert | Category: Accountability, Big Pharma, Corporate Corruption, FDA, Health Care, Health Care Reform, Hypocracy, National, Oversight, Politics, Public Health, Scandal, Tim Russert, Whistleblower, abuse, cover up, manufacturers, marketing, pharmaceuticals, profiteers | Leave a comment

It used to be oil for food. Now, its oil substitute OR food. Super Powers are focusing on a dying concept. Cheap energy the old fashioned way is no longer viable.

Posted by bosskitty April 13th, 2008 | Category: Corporate Corruption, Environment, Foreign Policy, Global Economy, Global Power, Global Warming, Health, Human Rights, Mismanagement, Oil, Oversight, Planet, Politics, Power Shift, Public Health, Statistics, War Cost, Waste, World Health, World Order, contradictions, critical resources, economics, energy, fiscal responsibility, food, global community, hunger, jobless, negligence, oil-for-food, poverty, recession, refugees, renewable energy, unemployment | Leave a comment

Global Food Crisis At A Store Near You, Lifestyles To Change Soon

Posted by bosskitty April 11th, 2008 | Category: Banquet, Business, Casualties, Disaster, Foreign Policy, Health, Human Rights, Poor, Power Shift, Public Health, Rice, World Health, consequences, consumerism, economy, endanger, food, global community, markets, oil-for-food | Leave a comment

Murder Trial Points to War Trauma
A Maryland murder trial is being turned into a debate on the lingering traumatic impact of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq on the psyche of the Americans who served there.
Army Ranger veteran Gary Smith is on trial for murdering fellow Ranger Michael McQueen.
Military leaders have acknowledged that the service [...]

Posted by bosskitty March 27th, 2008 | Category: Army Rangers, Gary Smith, Michael McQueen, PTSD, Public Health, VA, War Cost, veterans, veterans benefits | Leave a comment

Military Doctors Withholding Treatment from Soldiers with Mental Health Problems
The military is denying crucial care to soldiers, making them vulnerable on the battlefield.
Since 9/11, one Army division has spent more time in Iraq than any other group of soldiers: the 10th Mountain Division, based at Fort Drum, New York.
Over the past 6 [...]

Posted by bosskitty February 27th, 2008 | Category: 10th Mountain Division, Accountability, Afghanistan, Army Medical Command, Casualties, Double Cross, Health Care, Hypocracy, Iraq, Mismanagement, PTSD, Pentagon Corruption, Politics, Preventative medicine, Public Health, VA, VFW, War Cost, administration, betrayal, consequences, department of defense, depression, disinformation, mental health, military, suicide, troops, veterans benefits, victims | Comments (2)

 
GAO Hands FEMA Another Katrina Blow
FEMA officials must be wondering if Hurricane Katrina will ever blow over. Now, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports that FEMA lost another $30 million taxpayer dollars through “ineffective oversight” of contracts to maintain and deactivate those mobile homes and travel trailers use for emergency housing. The loss, reports the [...]

Posted by bosskitty November 28th, 2007 | Category: Excess, FEMA, GAO, Katrina, Mismanagement, Oversight, Public Health, Tax Dollars, arrogance, catastrophe, consequences, emergency, fraud, profiteers, refugees | Comments (3)

WHO: Nearly 2 million people die every year from diseases related to bad sanitation
World Toilet Association aims to provide toilet facilities to impoverished nations
South Korea’s “Mr. Toilet” unanimously elected association’s first president
2.6 billion people worldwide lack access to proper restrooms

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The World Toilet Association kicked off its [...]

Posted by bosskitty November 24th, 2007 | Category: Mr. Toilet, Public Health, South Korea, World Health, World Toilet Association, bio hazards, hygiene, pandemic, sanitation, taboos, toilets | Leave a comment

Naturalization paperwork jam hits Texas hard
Backlog may keep some from casting votes for president
WASHINGTON — Millions of people who applied for naturalization and other immigration benefits to beat a midsummer fee increase are caught in a paperwork pileup that threatens the chance for some to become U.S. citizens in [...]

Posted by bosskitty November 21st, 2007 | Category: America, Border, Border Wall, Citizenship, Corruption, DHS, Democracy In Action, Eddie Lucio III, Founding Fathers, HHS, Homeland Security, Human Rights, Human Traffiking, Hypocracy, Immigration, Mexican, Middle East, Narcotics, No Border Wall, Politics, Public Health, Rio Grande, Roma Texas, Tax Dollars, Texas, Texas Politics, Ugly American, aliens, arrogance, asylum, betrayal, candidates, civil liberties, consequences, contradictions, criminal, deportation, displaced persons, drug war, drugs, equality, extortion, illegal arms, immigrants, policy, poverty, prejudice, profiteers, refugees, scams, slavery, taxpayers, victims | Comments (1)