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Archive for September 22nd, 2005
Thursday, September 22, 2005 Let's get out of Iraq By Len Butcher So far, it’s been a bad presidency for Bush –huge deficits, 9/11, the Afghanistan war, the war in Iraq, Hurricane Katrina and now Hurricane Rita ready to wreak havoc on his home state, Iran, and up to a few days ago, North Korea, saying they won’t stop their nuclear programs. Add to that all the [...]
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Thursday, September 22, 2005 Damn activist judges By Steve Sebelius So the damn activist judges on the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals — taking a break from ruling the Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitutional, have ruled power lobbyist Harvey Whittemore and liquor distributor Larry Ruvo can build a 300-foot-long floating pier (with up to four boat lifts!) in front of property they own in [...]
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Thursday, September 22, 2005 Told you so By Steve Sebelius The thing about making a deal with the devil is the devil always gets your soul, and you never get what the devil promised. If you doubt that, just ask U.S. Sen. Bob Bennett, the Utah Republican.
Back in 2002, Bennett was summoned to the White House (along with his colleague, U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch) [...]
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Thursday, September 22, 2005 China and Other U.S. Creditors To Pay for Katrina Reconstruction By Dave Berns "So we will borrow what we need to rebuild Louisiana and her neighbors. The future beneficiaries of that policy will be our creditors, including China and her neighbors. Right now, they like investing in America by owning our debt. And in the long run, creditor nations tend to rise as debtor nations decline," writes NPR's [...]
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Thursday, September 22, 2005 Driver Kills 1, Injures 13 on Strip Sidewalk By Dave Berns "He just drove onto a wide section of the sidewalk and took out all those people," Sheriff Bill Young told the Las Vegas Review-Journal. "He is a bad guy, and it looks like it may have been intentional. … All I know is that he stole his mother's car and that he had had a [...]
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Thursday, September 22, 2005 Kerkorian Plans to Boost GM Holdings By Dave Berns "Tracinda, the private-equity firm owned by billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian, said yesterday it plans to boost its stake in General Motors to as much as 9.9 percent and may approach the world's biggest automaker about getting representation on its board," writes today's Seattle Times.
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Thursday, September 22, 2005 Ford To Increase Hybrid Vehicle Supply By Dave Berns "Ford said the automaker will be able to produce 250,000 hybrids a year by 2010, 10 times the number it produces now," reports The Associated Press. "It now has two hybrid-sport-utility vehicles on the market. Ford has around 30 nameplates in its Ford, Lincoln and Mercury divisions."
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Thursday, September 22, 2005 Bankrupt Delta Airlines To Cut As Many As 9,000 Jobs By Dave Berns "The changes are part of the airline's effort to save an additional $3 billion annually by the end of 2007. That's on top of $5 billion Delta had previously said it wanted to save by the end of 2006," reports today's Washington Post.
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Thursday, September 22, 2005 Hurricane Rita Endagers U.S. Oil Supply By Dave Berns "Texas is home to refineries that can process about 4.6 million barrels of oil a day, or about 27 percent of U.S. capacity, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. The area surrounding Houston and nearby Texas City is a major refining center, housing more than 13 percent of U.S. capacity, according to industry data," [...]
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