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anthony weiner039s twitter rant abc: 5-31-2011
Bookmarked 758 weeks ago subscribe for news updates every 10 minutes likedislike favorite comment embed on blog facebook share and tweet this video get the word out on this videoget an email once a dayhttp:tinyurlcomnewsemailupdateslike on facebook to get updateshttp:tinyurlcomnewsfacebookfollow on twitter to get updateshttp:tinyurlcomnewstwitter-tuesday may 31 2011 10:40 pmhttp:enwikipediaorgwikianthony_weineranthony david weiner pronounced nni win born september 4 1964 is the u s representative for new york039s 9th congressional district serving since 1999 he is a member of the democratic party the district includes parts of southern brooklyn and south and central queens in queens it includes the neighborhoods of forest hills maspeth fresh meadows glendale howard beach kew gardens kew gardens hills middle village ozone park rego park rockaway beach and woodhaven in brooklyn it includes the neighborhoods gerritsen beach marine park midwood mill basin and sheepshead bay in the 1998 u s house election weiner ran against republican louis telano for the seat being vacated by charles schumer who was running for the senate seat held by al d039amato weiner defeated telano by a margin of 66--23 he was re-elected in 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 and 2010 never receiving less than 59 of the vote in the house he is a member of the committee on energy and commerce he was an unsuccessful candidate for mayor of new york city in the 2005 mayoral election a graduate of state university of new york at plattsburgh suny weiner was an aide to then-u s representative schumer 1985--91 he was a member of the new york city council 1992--98 weiner was born in brooklyn new york to mort a neighborhood lawyer and fran a mathematics teacher at midwood high school one of three children he has two brothers seth d 2000 and jason the family lived for a time in the park slope neighborhood of brooklyn raised jewish weiner identifies strongly with his jewish roots he told moment magazine in 2011 039we weren039t a very religious household but we had a very strong sense of our judaism039weiner took the specialized high schools admissions test shsat and entered brooklyn technical high school he originally had failed the admission test for stuyvesant high school by one point after graduating 1981 he attended the state university of new york at plattsburgh where he played hockey he originally sought to become a television weatherman but his interests soon turned towards politics and he became active in student government weiner and jon stewart of the daily show with jon stewart were roommates after college stewart has contributed to weiner039s election campaigns and has hosted weiner on his show after graduating with a bachelor of arts degree weiner worked on the staff of then-congressman and current senator chuck schumer 1985--91 first working in schumer039s office in washington d c he was sent to the district office in brooklyn in 1988 when schumer encouraged him to become involved in local politics in 1991 after a three-way primary and a four-way general election weiner was elected to the new york city council at 27 he was the youngest person to serve on the council to that date over the next seven years on the city council weiner initiated programs to tackle quality of life concerns he started a program to put at-risk and troubled teens to work cleaning up graffiti he spearheaded development plans for historic sheepshead bay that led to a revival of the area and when supermarkets started leaving the neighborhood weiner worked to reverse the trend as chairman of the subcommittee on public housing he fought to increase federal funding to ban dangerous dogs and to add more police officers to the beat his investigation into the cause of sudden fatal stairwell fires made headlines he exposed dangerous practices that eventually led the city to replace the paint in developments citywide in 1998 congressman chuck schumer opted to try to unseat senator d039amato in the democratic primary election schumer won the right to face d039amato whom he defeated in the general election and weiner won the democratic nomination to succeed schumer which was tantamount to election in the heavily democratic 9th district he is only the fifth person to represent the dist |
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president obama speaks on college affordability
Bookmarked 737 weeks ago president obama announces a proposal that will lower monthly student loan payments for 16 million students next year october 26 2011 |
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president obama in las vegas
Bookmarked 737 weeks ago the president meets with a las vegas family who was able to buy a home with help from the administration039s housing policies october 24 2011 |
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president obama speaks on housing and the economy
Bookmarked 737 weeks ago the president speaks about project rebuild part of the american jobs act that will help the private sector put construction workers back to work rehabilitating vacant or abandoned homes and businesses which will help stabilize home prices across the country october 24 2011 |
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jon stewart changes fox news 911 responders bill opinion
Bookmarked 769 weeks ago cenk uygur host of the young turks explains how jon stewart of the daily show changed fox news coverage of a bill to help 911 first respondersnew tyt network channels: http:wwwyoutubecomusertytsportshttp:wwwyoutubecomuserthetopvlognew tyt facebook page: http:wwwfacebookcomtytnationfollow us on twitter: http:twittercomtheyoungturks http:wwwtheyoungturkscommembershipdiscounts: http:wwwtheyoungturkscomgodaddyfree movies: http:wwwnetflixcomtytnote: the above two links are for tyt sponsorsread ana039s blog and subscribe at: http:wwwexaminercomx-5445-politics-in-education-examinertyt network new wtf channel: http:wwwyoutubecomuserwhattheflickshowcheck out tyt interviews http:wwwyoutubecom |
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911 inside job: ten years later
Bookmarked 744 weeks ago http:wwwinfowarscom911-inside-job-ten-years-laterin a special report marking the 10th anniversary of the september 11 attacks infowarscom reporter aaron dykes examines some of the biggest smoking guns and unanswered questions of 911that catalyzing event has transformed society thrusting the united states and many of its allies into perpetual wars in iraq afghanistan and many other states in the region at the same time in the name of stopping potential terrorists a police state has risen at home-- from tsa groping to homeland security targeting returning veterans constitutionalists and political activists our bill of rights and constitution have been thrown out the windowmeanwhile the victims039 family members suffering rescue workers and patriots have struggled for truth and justice with no answers at all from those in power instead so-called investigations have been nothing more than cover-upsfrom wtc building 7 to evidence of demolition subverted intelligence the al qaeda hoax and political grandstanding nothing from the official story adds up and there is every reason to persevere in the fight to bring the truth to the public039s attention |