Bush: economy not in recession, in slowdown
April 22, 2008
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – President George W. Bush on Tuesday said the U.S. economy was not in a recession but was experiencing a slowdown.
Clinton says U.S. could “totally obliterate” Iran
April 22, 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton warned Tehran on Tuesday that if she were president, the United States could “totally obliterate” Iran in retaliation for a nuclear strike against Israel.
Obama wary of report of breakthrough with Hamas
April 22, 2008
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) – Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama on Tuesday expressed wariness about former U.S. President Jimmy Carter’s report of progress in his meetings with leaders of the Islamist Palestinian group Hamas.
Rules only work if there is the money, and people, to enforce them
April 22, 2008
Regulations matter little without regulators
I am glad to see this article. It is a point that I have been making for awhile.
You can make all kinds of laws, but what good are they if you can’t enforce them?
Doesn’t this breed a sort of contempt for the law?
Are elderly dying prisoners stuck with the image, they are mean and dangerous?
April 22, 2008
The media tends to control everything in a way that goes beyond conspiracy. Politicians are stuck with the image that they’re dirty and conniving no matter how hard a few try not to be, actors forced to play the same roles over and over again, Cuba has been mellowing, but anti-Castro militants, and those who cheer the Cuban dream from afar prevent us from realizing it.
Billary already making plans to nuke Iran
April 22, 2008
Yeah, this is what we really need right now. If Billary becomes POTUS heaven forbid it wake up on the wrong side of the bed with a raging case of PMS and decide to nuke another country because “it seemed like a good idea at the time”.
https://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24246275/
Primary’s end: Snipe, snipe and a lot of tripe
April 22, 2008
Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama questioned each other’s character and readiness to be commander in chief in last-minute television ads as the six-week Pennsylvania primary campaign steamed toward an uncertain conclusion Tuesday.
McCain is for sale, just like the rest
April 22, 2008
Arizona Sen. John McCain, the presumptive GOP candidate for Presidents, portrays himself as a “straight talker” who avoids back room,deal making politics.
In truth, McCain is just another politician on the take, ready and willing to do anything to help a fatcat friend with deep pockets and lots of pull.
And one of McCain’s best friends is an Arizona deal-maker named Donald R. Diamond.
Yes, the little things do matter
April 22, 2008
There are some inescapable axioms in presidential politics.
No summer vacation for gas tax
April 22, 2008
We have “spawning season,” “breeding season” and “calving season,” which make our “summer driving season” sound almost like a naturally occurring phase of the American cycle of life. Americans might watch football in the fall and clean their houses in the spring, but between Memorial Day and Labor Day, we drive.