Make Something Like ten times his current salary. Yay for jim demint, good money. Kind of. Its good for him, but its really good for his colleague, Republican Senate leader Mitch Mcconnell. You see, jim demint is not your ordinary senator. Hes like the Grover Norquist of the senate. Hes the guy the other republican senators are really afraid of. And that is because moreso than anyone else and definitely more than any other republican politician, demint is behind the Tea Party Strategy of purifying the Republican Party in the cleansing fire of party primaries. Demint created this pact called the senate conservativist fund, a pact he made into a super pac which makes it more super and exists to help conservative republicans beat other republicans. Since 2009 demint has raised more than 17 million to promote promising candidates in an effort to remake the senate not just in a republican image but in a diehard conservative one. The image of jim demint, even. And he has often done it by goi
There are reports of a threefoot tsunami in the miyagi prefecture. The u. S. Geological survey says theres no risk of a widespread tsunami, and so far, there have been no news of injuries or damage. Of course, were going to keep an eye on any aftershocks that occur and well bring you the very latest. Well, elsewhere, all eyes are on cairo this morning as turmoil has once again overtaken egypts capital. This time, its in response to a politically explosive power grab by the democracys president , mohamed morsi. Right now, soldiers are setting up barricades as morsis opponents plan a million man march in Cairos Tahrir square later today. Last night, army tanks surrounded the president ial palace as thousands of protesters waved flags and shouted topple the regime. You may remember, thats the same chant heard during the revolution that brought down egypts dictator hosni mubarak. In a tv address thursday, morsi failed to defuse growing anger, saying his absolute powers will expire with a n
Australia as Prime Minister. I caught up with her at the global offices in washington, d. C. Julia gillard, welcome to talk to al jazeera. For decades, now, the world has been preaching to itself about the value of education. Transform individual lives, remake society, big bang for the buck. Is there anywhere where that lesson hasnt taken yet . Do you still have to preach the gospel of education . I dont think we have to preach the gospel, education changes lives more educated people, higher skills, more prosperous economy. What weve got to do is get out and not only talk about that gospel but implement it on the ground so we are changing childrens lives. And whilst a lot of progress has been made and we should be congratulating ourselves for that, more has to be done. Im gad to chair, and to make a difference for the children who are still out of school and the children who are in school that the quality of their learning isnt really high enough. They are not coming out of school bein
I caught up with her at the global offices in washington, d. C. Julia gillard, welcome to talk to al jazeera. For decades, now, the world has been preaching to itself about the value of education. Transform individual lives, remake society, big bang for the buck. Is there anywhere where that lesson hasnt taken yet . Do you still have to preach the gospel of education . I dont think we have to preach the gospel, education changes lives more educated people, higher skills, more prosperous economy. What weve got to do is get out and not only talk about that gospel but implement it on the ground so we are changing childrens lives. And whilst a lot of progress has been made and we should be congratulating ourselves for that, more has to be done. Im gad to chair, and to make a difference for the children who are still out of school and the children who are in school that the quality of their learning isnt really high enough. They are not coming out of school being able to read or right or do
I caught up with her at the global offices in washington, d. C. Julia gillard, welcome to talk to al jazeera. For decades, now, the world has been preaching to itself about the value of education. Transform individual lives, remake society, big bang for the buck. Is there anywhere where that lesson hasnt taken yet . Do you still have to preach the gospel of education . I dont think we have to preach the gospel, education changes lives more educated people, higher skills, more prosperous economy. What weve got to do is get out and not only talk about that gospel but implement it on the ground so we are changing childrens lives. And whilst a lot of progress has been made and we should be congratulating ourselves for that, more has to be done. Im gad to chair, and to make a difference for the children who are still out of school and the children who are in school that the quality of their learning isnt really high enough. They are not coming out of school being able to read or right or do