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President Bush fears over regulation; defends capitalism
“History has shown that the greater threat to economic prosperity is not too little government involvement in the market, it is too much government involvement in the market…”
14Nov2008 | Loozianajay | 0 comments | Continued
Did Russia ever have these many Czars?
Bloomberg
President-elect Barack Obama is pushing Congress this year to approve as much as $50 billion to save cash-starved U.S. automakers and appoint a czar or board to oversee the companies, a move that would require President George W. Bush’s support, people familiar with the matter said.
Also he has apparently withdrew his statement not to interfere […]
Obama meets Reality: Intelligence Policies Will Stay Largely Intact
President-elect Barack Obama is unlikely to radically overhaul controversial Bush administration intelligence policies, advisers say, an approach that is almost certain to create tension within the Democratic Party.
12Nov2008 | Loozianajay | 1 comment | Continued
Bush the Statesman
No matter how people remember President Bush’s time in office, let there be no doubt about how he wants to end it: gracefully.
11Nov2008 | Loozianajay | 0 comments | Continued
GOP walk away licking their wounds. Where now?
NY Daily News
Dem victory is part of the Bush legacy Thanks to two unfinished wars and an economic meltdown, Bush’s legacy is the historic landslide election of an inexperienced Barack Obama and a liberal-led Democratic Congress determined to undo every shred of the last eight years.
Bush leaves his own party defeated and demoralized. Not since […]
America’s Burden And The President’s Role As World Leader
NY Post
AMERICA’S BURDEN - NEXT PREZ WILL SHAPE WORLD WE’RE condemned to lead. No matter which presidential candidate we choose tomorrow, his decisions to act or not to act will determine not only the safety of our country but the future of the world. Allies and non-aligned states kick and complain, but expect us to […]
Ohio appeals to SCOTUS; God wins in court; Bush accused of withholding info; NYC facing financial troubles
Washington Post
Ohio Files Appeal to Supreme Court on Voter Registration Data
New York Daily
Judge tosses suit against God
USA Today
Senator says White House withheld CIA interrogation information
Capital Trend
NYC could shed 165,000 jobs
Washington hammers out plan for bailout. Will it pass?
U.S. Seals Bailout Deal — WSJ
WASHINGTON — The White House and congressional leaders agreed on a deal to authorize the biggest banking rescue in U.S. history.
The $700 billion program would effectively nationalize an array of mortgages and securities backed by them — instruments whose deteriorating value has clogged the nation’s financial system.
A pill we can […]
Bailout bill grows fat and other news
This is our Congress in its finest fashion.
A week ago, it totaled just three pages — the White House’s request for $700 billion to rescue tottering financial institutions by buying their devalued mortgage-related assets.
By Monday, after an intense weekend of negotiations, the draft of the bailout legislation before Congress had swelled to 42 pages.
By […]
President Bush cuts 8,000 troops from duty in Iraq
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush plans to pull 8,000 more combat and support troops out of Iraq by February, a measured drawdown that will leave nearly the same level of U.S. forces in the war zone for the rest of the year.
Bush’s decision, to be delivered in a speech Tuesday, is perhaps his final stamp […]
President Bush says Russia’s actions unacceptable; VP Cheney says aggression must not go unanswered
(Associated Press)
President Bush on Monday sharply criticized Moscow’s harsh military crackdown in the former Soviet republic of Georgia, saying the violence is unacceptable and Russia’s response is disproportionate.
The United States is waging an all-out campaign to get Russia to halt its retaliation against Georgia for trying to take control of the breakaway province of South […]
President Bush signs housing bill
The President signed into a law measures that would give the Treasury Department increased authority to protect the two largest mortgage companies in the U.S., and to bail out thousands of families in danger of losing their homes in a sweeping new housing bill.
The law authorizes the Treasury to rescue the mortgage finance giants, […]
I agree. I don’t think the article was necessarily pitting the North against the South but was drawing out differences ...
Besides the north vs south battle this article implies, it hits on the one thing I think America is forgetting ...
Nope. Looks like the bleeding will stop with Coleman and Chambliss victories. I'll just be glad when the GOP can ...
It seems that the Obama folk use variations of the word "douche" with great frequency. For some reason they consider ...
Yeah, John Zeigler's a real piece of work. He contacts Nate Silver to ask if Nate wants to interview him ...
Finally a real one? Don't you mean there's finally a poll which says what YOU'd like to say. ...
But didn't all the most educated people vote Democratic?
That's not to say you can't be both educated and ignorant of ...
Right now I don't see a silver bullet in the GOP that can pull off a Reagan type resurrection. ...
Paulson did not exactly reject a bailout for the automakers and reiterated: it would be unwise to let US automakers ...
Red Spy,
My claim followed by however was intentional. The purpose was to say that the issues shouldn't be treated ...