President Obama's Earth Day speech may not have been as green as it was anticipated.
President Obama's Earth Day speech may not have been as green as it was anticipated. A speech in the White House's Rose Garden definitely would have been more green. President Obama spoke on Thursday at a Des Moines, Iowa plant that makes towers for wind turbines. President's team burned 9,116 gallons of fuel in the air during the 1,800 mile trip. That does not include the gasoline for the motorcade and all the various support A proposal to change the face of the 50-dollar bill from President Ulysses S. Grant to President Ronald Reagan is not gaining much traction with voters. Republican Congressman Patrick McHenry of North Carolina says it's time to honor the man he calls the last great president of the 20th century. But a new poll from Marist shows that 79 percent of those surveyed think the Reagan 50 is a bad idea. Maybe most surprisingly, 71 percent of Republicans oppose the change as well as 83 percent of Democrats and 79 percent of Independents.
