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Archive for September, 2005


Thursday, September 1, 2005
Condi Rice Vacationing in New York During Gulf Coast Disaster
By Dave Berns
Item 1: Courtesy of The National Journal Group, Inc.; The Hotline and The New York Post via a Nexis search: Copyright 2005 The National Journal Group, Inc. The Hotline “Page Six” reports: Sec/State Condoleeza Rice, in NY “on three days’ vacation to shop and see the U.S. Open,” was seen “hitting some balls with retired champ Monica Seles at the Indoor [...]
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Thursday, September 1, 2005
Iraq constitution needs more time
By Len Butcher
Hurricane Katrina has dominated the news in this country and deservedly so, but we can’t ignore the fact that something is taking place in Iraq that could destroy all of the American efforts there to bring peace, stability and democracy to that country. That “something” is the constitution that was recently drafted, but unsigned by [...]
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Thursday, September 1, 2005
Quotable
By Steve Sebelius
“The analysis provided by the [Legislative Counsel Bureau] and the Tax Commission would allow the largest decisions in our state to be done completely behind closed doors. In my mind, that completely eviserates the Open Meeting Law.” — Neil Rombardo, senior deputy attorney general, on a ruling that the Tax Commission could consider appeals in [...]
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Thursday, September 1, 2005
The outrages never end
By Steve Sebelius
So community college employee Topazia “Briget” Jones, hired despite a staggering lack of qualifications as a favor to ex-Assemblyman Wendell Williams, has managed to wrangle almost $100,000 from the university system behind a federal complaint for such allegations as sexual harassment and discrimination. Bear in mind that this is a person who, having been hired [...]
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Thursday, September 1, 2005
Can’t “those people” control themselves?
By Steve Sebelius
So, according to the Review-Journal, White People’s Party founder Michael O’Sullivan has a criminal record dating to when he was 17, for such felonious acts as burglary, aggravated battery and robbery back in Illinois. And here in Las Vegas, he’s got a record of battery, obstruction of a police officer, failing to register as an [...]
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