By BOB DAVIS and T.W. FARNAM
August 26, 2008; Page A1
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Democrats convened in Denver on Monday with the economy’s woes muscling to the top of political concerns, as reflected in further drops in stocks and housing prices.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 241.81 points, or 2.1%, to 11386.25, amid continuing worry over the economic and credit problems. Inventories of unsold homes rose to a record, while prices continued to slip, threatening to delay the housing market’s recovery.
Sen. Barack Obama, whom the party will nominate for president this week, addressed one of the key issues, the parlous state of the government-sponsored buyers of mortgages. "I don’t think we can allow Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to collapse," he said at a town-hall meeting in Davenport, Iowa, adding that their shareholders "shouldn’t be protected."
Against this backdrop, Sen. Obama is proposing...
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President-elect Barack Obama unveiled his national security team today, nominating Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state and choosing Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates to stay on as Pentagon chief.... more
Chicago, 1 Dic (Notimex).- El presidente electo de Estados Unidos, Barack Obama, anunció hoy la designación Hillary Clinton, quien fuera su rival por la candidatura presidencial del Partido Demó leer más ... more
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Private schools are requiring fewer “community service” hours , reports the New York Times. They’re hoping for more quality service.
Through the holidays and beyond, high school students will be working feverishly to serve the needy — packing food baskets, ladling meals at soup kitchens, collecting toys for children in hospitals — all in the name of amassing the community service credits they need for graduation.
Cynics call these programs a form of forced altruism. P... more
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Centrist From: electriccityweblog.com Post Date: 2008-12-02 06:00:46
“ If I were a left-winger, I’d be tearing out my hair about now .”
So says Mona Charen in suggesting that President Obama’s initial appointments indicate a centrist leaning. ... more
WASHINGTON - In the much praised career of Eric H. Holder Jr., President-elect Barack Obama’s choice to be attorney general, there is one notable blemish: Mr. Holder’s complicated role in the 2001 pardon of Marc Rich, a billionaire financier who had fled the country rather than face federal tax evasion charges.
Mr. Holder’s supporters portray him as having been a relatively uninvolved bystander caught in a Clinton-era controversy, the remarkable granting of a last-minute pardon by P... more
HELLO, Washington.
The nation’s capital is bracing for huge crowds on Inauguration Day as excitement over Barack Obama’s win draws travelers from all over to witness the historic event. Most downtown hotels are either sold out Jan. 20 or charging exorbitant prices and requiring at least three-night minimum stays. Rooms at Washington bed-and-breakfasts are going for $800 a night. And the suburbs are booking up fast. Marriott hotels as far north of the city as Baltimore and as far s... more
Number 10, Richard Nixon, 1973
"You know, I always wondered about that taping equipment but I’m damn glad we have it, aren’t you?"
Number 9, Herbert Hoover, 1929
"The fundamental business of the country, that is, production and distribution of commodities, is on a sound and prosperous basis."
Number 8, Bill Clinton, 1998
"That depends on what the meaning of ’is’ is."
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The 2007 CGI Annual Meeting kicks off with an inspiring welcome from President Clinton announcing the first round of major commitments to action made by CGI members. The opening ceremonies include a lively panel discussion with the presidents of Afghanis...... more
A New Partnership From: hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com Post Date: 2008-12-01 10:54:44
Putting their bitter campaign rivalry firmly in the past, Barack Obama announced his selection of Hillary Clinton as his secretary of state this morning, calling her, "a friend, a colleague, a source of counsel."
"She is an American of tremendous stature who will have my complete confidence," Obama said during a press conference in Chicago.
Clinton thanked her fellow New Yorkers for allowing her to serve as their senator for the last eight years. The choice to leave a job she loves wa... more
Gaza affiliation awaits Hamas surrender
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Top Palestinian negotiators with Israel said Monday that they are prepared to establish a Palestinian state initially in the West Bank, which Gaza can join if the militant group Hamas gives up control of the strip.
The envoys from the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) added that progress has been made in peace talks in the past year that goes beyond what was achieved before President Clinton ... more
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there are a few posters here who think that Jews are plotting to take over the world. they seem to think that Jews are inherently evil. this is ridiculous to most thinking people. and when you ask them why they hate Jews, they say something like "i dont; i just hate Israeli foreign policy." sometimes they claim to have Jewish friends or girlfriends.(this is not limited to thosoe who hate Jews. bigots of all kinds use this trick)
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