| War against fiscal rascality
A new era of fiscal responsibility and prudent husbandry of budgetary votes seems to be on the horizon. In President Yar'Adua's typical approach to governance, a battle that is bound to liberate the nation's budget allocations from predatory forces appears to have quietly taken off. Those who have been closely monitoring the progress of the 2008 Appropriation Bill at the National Assembly should not have any problem agreeing that a new fiscal dawn, together with its salutary impact on development, is in the offing. .
Schwarzenegger's bad-news budget
Besides, rigid formulas are no substitute for the types of line-by-line judgment calls that the governor and legislators are elected to make. Schwarzenegger is right to serve up the fiscal news in unadorned fashion. There aren't any easy answers. A resolution to this mess will require a revival of bipartisan spirit that has helped this governor in the past - but may be very hard to find if interest groups and anti-tax ideologues dig in their heels. .
School, Lindsay Roberts deny all
Oral Roberts University and its president's wife, Lindsay Roberts, issued written statements Saturday saying that claims and accusations added to a lawsuit Friday are untrue.
A report attached to the lawsuit Friday contains allegations that Roberts, 51, spent a great deal of time with an underage male.
"I live my life in a morally upright manner and throughout my marriage have never, ever engaged in any sexual behavior with any man outside of my marriage as the accusations imply," Roberts said in her statement.
"Allegations against me in a lawsuit .
July 2006
An American car company can move its factories to Mexico and claim it's a Free Market. An American toy company can outsource to a Chinese sub-contractor and claim it's a Free Market. An American branded shoe company can produce its shoes in India and claim it's a Free Market. An American bank can move its corproation to Bermuda to avoid U.S. twes and claim it's a Free Market. We can buy cheaper ink-jet printers made in Mexico and cheaper sports shorts made in Bandladesh, because it's a Free Market. In fact, we can purchase almost anything we want (and save money by doing so) from twenty different foreign countries because it's a Free Market... Free for some, but illegal for you and me But Heaven help the Elderly and Disabled who dare to buy their prescription drugs from a Canadian Pharmacy! That, our leaders say, is Un-American.
Product Recalls
More than a quarter-million shop lights are under a voluntary recall because of an electrical shock hazard. The Consumer Product Safety Commission and Cooper Lighting say there is a potential problem with the prongs on the electrical cord. To see this recall on CPSC's web site, including pictures of the recalled product, please go to: http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml08/08089.html VISUAL PRESENTER RECALL About 54,000 Visual Presenters (sold as Image Presentation Cameras by Epson) are being recalled due to a fire hazard. The product was sold at dealers, office supply stores, and other retailers nationwide from December 1993 to June 2006. Consumers should stop using the recalled visual presenters immediately and contact Elmo USA at (877) 275-3566 for all models except Epson.
Baytex Energy Trust Announces Third Quarter 2007 Results
Capital expenditures for the third quarter of 2007 totaled $43.5 million for exploration and development activities. During the third quarter, Baytex participated in the drilling of 51 (48.6 net) wells, resulting in 38 (36.3 net) oil wells, 10 (9.5 net) gas wells, two (1.8 net) service wells and one (1.0 net) dry hole for a 98.0% (97.9% net) success rate. In addition, 17 wells were drilled by other operators on farm-outs from Baytex, with Baytex retaining overriding royalty interests. Total exploration and development capital expenditures for 2007 is expected to be consistent with previous guidance of approximately $150 million.
Production averaged 38,094 boe/d during the third quarter, a 14% increase over that of the previous quarter. This is in line with expectations due to the acquisition of properties at Pembina and Lindbergh at the end of June.
Austin Lawyer Indicted On Forgery Charges
The indictment said that after Garrison got Howard out of jail with a judge's forged signature, he threatened the family of a police officer. Howard is indicted on three counts of obstruction or retaliation. Garrison already faced drug and theft charges before he got in trouble with the law again, after forging judges' signatures on bonds to get his clients out of jail. According to arrest warrants filed Monday morning, Garrison forged the signatures of at least three judges late last year on bonds for his clients. Included in the warrants is a statement from a witness who went to Garrison for help bailing a friend out of jail. The witness said he watched Garrison forge a judge's signature, saying "I have one more ace up my sleeve." Garrison is a well-known criminal defense lawyer in Austin.
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