And Are Gasoline Prices Headed Down?
By Jim Cardle
Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN Texas Georgia Republican Gov. Nathan Deal is set to sign into law an Arizona-style immigration law which allows police to question people about their immigration status as well as punish people who transport or harbor illegal immigrants. The tourism industry is bracing for possible boycotts.
So far no conventions booked for Atlanta have yet canceled.
Arizona was hit with a string of tourism and convention boycotts following the passage of its law a little more than one year ago. Brian Robinson a spokesman for the governor said
promoting legal immigration and assuring that federal laws are followed is the best way to protect the human rights of everyone in our state."
President Obama is scheduled to give a speech on immigration in El Paso Texas on Tuesday.
Are Gasoline Prices Headed Down?
Gasoline prices have begun to drop after reaching their peaks across the country last week according to
The Christian Science Monitor.
In Illinois for instance gasoline prices dropped five cents from their high of $4.32 per gallon. Concerns over potential fuel shortages interruption of deliveries due to weather and changeovers from winter fuel blends to summer fuel blends are easing.
Various analysts are saying that prices should head downward across the country. June typically sees dips in the price of gasoline as well.
Ryan Slams AARP
Rep. Paul Ryan R-Wisc. and his political action committee have slammed the AARP which is the subject of a House investigation and may soon be investigated by the Internal Revenue Service. The powerful association launched an advertising blitz last week against Ryans plans to overhaul Medicare in order to reduce the record federal deficit.
Last week the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) a left-leaning pressure group with significant business interests in the insurance industry launched a national ad campaign that intentionally misleads seniors about the Medicare debate" wrote Pat Shortridge a senior adviser to Ryans PAC in an email to supporters
according to The Hill newspaper.
Unfortunately Washingtons special interest groups like the AARP have decided to play politics. We either need them to have a serious conversation or get out of the way."
Syria Crackdown Widens
In Syria a government crackdown on protesters is widening according to various reports with sources inside the country claiming that hundreds have been killed and hundreds are being rounded up by security forces. The BBC reports that heavy gun fire and tank fire can be heard in various Syrian cities.
Some reports claim that government security forces are going house-to-house and arresting people in towns where pro-democracy protests have been held.
The United Nations is complaining that a humanitarian mission has not been allowed into the city of Daraa where the Assad government first crushed protests with its security forces. The Assad family has controlled Syria for 41 years; protests are now entering their seventh week.
Mississippi River Crests Historic Flooding in Memphis
Hundreds gathered in downtown Memphis to watch the Mississippi River rise the day before it was to crest at a new record level. Ignoring sunburns and thick humidity residents of Memphis gathered at the rivers edge according to the
Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
Some came straight from church while others waded in shallow muddy water and posed for pictures. The previous flood record in Memphis was set on February 10 1937 when the Mississippi crested at 48.7 feet above normal
