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- NYC financial workers see low-flying planes, panic2 hours agoNEW YORK (AP) A low-flying Boeing 747 and a fighter jet over lower Manhattan caused a brief panic among workers near ground zero.It was part of a federal government photo opportunity and...
- http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=7411169&page=1B of A CEO threatened by PaulsonKen Lewis, the CEO and President of the Bank of America says he was threatened by the Bush Administration's Secretary of Treasury Henry Paulson when he tried to...
- There is an email floating around about the idea of giving $1 Million to each family in America to float us out of this financial disaster. It is tongue in cheek but I'm not so sure that is not a great idea.Actually if the government handed over $1...
- A 456-page study by Bowen's office, "Hard Lessons: The Iraq Reconstruction Experience," reviews the problems with the reconstruction of Iraq.http://www.chinadaily.net/world/2009-02/03/content_7442224.htmThe Bush administration initially thought that...
- http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/167200.asp?from=blog_last3This is a summary of a few polls recently take regarding Obama's performance as our president - so far: Obama polls: Strongly positiveThe folks on Fox News demonize him...
- http://www.newser.com/story/45080/senate-report-pins-torture-on-rumsfeld.htmlSenate Report Pins Torture on Rumsfeld - and apparently Bush.The following is an excerpt from the short article at the above link.The report reserves scorn for a 2002 memo...
- http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/66622.htmlAbusive tactics used to seek Iraq-al Qaida linkJonathan S. Landay | McClatchy NewspapersWASHINGTON The Bush administration applied relentless pressure on interrogators to use harsh methods on detainees...
- http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/15/army-soldier-guilty-iraq-detainees-murder#history-bylineAssociated PressWednesday 15, 2009A US army master sergeant was convicted today of murder in the execution-style slayings of four bound and...
- I have heard that there is both a private ignore button and a public ignore button but I don't know where to find the public Ignore button.I think I may have hit that button - the public ignore button - and blocked out a friend of mine on the...
- http://www.publicintegrity.org/articles/entry/1243/The following is about the lack of oversight, concerning defense contracting over the past 2 decades. This lack of oversight did not start with Bush Clinton was involved in reducing the oversight...
- http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/Associated Pressupdated 3:08 p.m. PT, Thurs., April 9, 2009Wells Fargo profit news powers big stocks rally.Banks $3 billion first quarter may show lending conditions are improvingNEW YORK - Stocks surged Thursday...
- Many in this W&T forum have admonished others of us - for opposing the war. We have been told that if we dont support the war then we dont support the soldiers and their families. We have been especially admonished for making the families of the...
- Ok - I'm waiting a good 2 to 3 minutes for my messages to be sent. I am also waiting for what seems like forever to get from one site to the other on DS.Is anyone else experiencing this? Can someone from DS let us know what is happening?
- http://www.thenewamerican.com/world-mainmenu-26/asia-mainmenu-33/956Laura Ling and Euna Lee, the two U.S. journalists detained by North Korea on March 17, will be tried for "illegal entry and hostile acts," the communist nation's state-run KCNA news...
- And so did her husband more to come on that later.I am so proud that these two warm, intelligent and caring people are representing our country abroad. They are mending our bridges...