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...over the course of the day, a remarkable marathon of interviews, with Romney showing himself eager to tackle almost any subject but one. At the end of one press conference, he was asked if he had any interest in serving as vice president. Romney turned to Marsha Blackburn, a Republican congresswoman from Tennessee. "You can take that," he said with a smile. She demurred. So Romney turned to face the reporters again. "We haven't got anything on that one," he said. "Thanks...
...local farmers are particularly bitter at the environmental priorities governing water use. "We're looking after fish, and yet we're losing crops," says almond farmer Cort Blackburn. "You cannot put the fish in front of all the people." Chris Cardella, a farmer on the east side of Firebaugh, agrees: "We need legislature to overrule all our environmental impacts because humans come first over fish." Mosebar dismisses such "myopic" thinking: "If we're assisting the fish, we're also assisting our food production." He hopes this crisis will spawn better infrastructure for moving and storing water...
...wells, or drilling new ones. Others are bargaining with neighbors to give up on "road crops" such as tomatoes and sell their water to desperate owners of permanent crops like almond trees and grape vines. Most are bracing for the worst: "I'm sweating it," says almond farmer Blackburn. "I've never been down this road before, but we're going to take a hit financially. If this drought continues, we'll lose...
...Congressional leaders such as Representatives John Dingell, Ed Markey, John Conyers, Marsha Blackburn and Senators John Kerry and Barack Obama have raised strong objections to they way the chairman is conducting FCC business, suggesting additional independent panels, investigations into process, and even legislation to curb the commission’s powers...
...Apostle Paul recognizes that "when I want to do good, evil is right there with me." It seems clear to me that it is by God's design that we human beings are like this. It is not just a matter of our "gray cells." David Caudery, Blackburn, Victoria...