The Wire for 05/19/08

McCain Campaign Threatens Oregon Union Members with Arrest
by Seth Michaels, May 15, 2008
John McCain paid a visit to Portland, Ore., this week. As usual, AFL-CIO union members came out to try to speak to the presumptive Republican presidential nominee about important issues—and, as usual, they were turned away.
In fact, McCain campaign aides were so unhappy to be confronted that they threatened these union members with arrest if they approached the room in which McCain was holding an event.http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/05/15/mccain-campaign-threatens-oregon-union-members-with-arrest/Read More

Business did well during session
By MONICA HATCHERmhatcher@MiamiHerald.com 04/05/08 Miami Herdald
The business lobby said the legislative session was surprisingly good despite huge budget cuts and the passage of a guns-at-work law backed by the National Rifle Association.
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Lawmakers seek stronger U.S.-world ties in space
Mark K. Matthews and Robert Block Sentinel Staff Writers May 17, 2008
WASHINGTON - President Bush had a simple plan for NASA in 2004. Stick another American flag on the moon and launch a new American-led space age. Four years later, Democrats in Congress have unveiled another idea. Going it alone is expensive; let's invite the world. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/space/orl-nasa1708may17,0,4235665.story Read More

The Real McCain, video by Robert Greenwald
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Cannon: Commuter Rail Needs "Simple, Agreed, Accepted" Plan
posted by John Kennedy on May 15, 2008 1:50:56 PM
Central Florida's commuter rail plans stalled when the Legislature adjourned earlier this month without approving legislation clearing the way for CSX Corp. to sell its tracks to private operators and pulling in federal matching funding.
But Rep. Dean Cannon, R-Winter Garden, said Thursday that talks continue among supporters seeking to develop a strategy to resolve a range of legal, financial and political issues that sidetracked the rail measure
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_politics/2008/05/cannon-commuter.html Read more