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The lasting impact of Eunice Kennedy Shriver
1. Eunice Kennedy Shriver. 1921 – 2009 - She set an example that we should all follow.
(From Time Magazine)
2. President Obama’s Health Care Town Hall could get nasty - Tea Party types will get snotty and the President will probably hear cries of “Socialist!” later this morning. Or not. I’d love to see the President [...]
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Henry Louis Gates Jr. Arrested, claims Racial Profiling
1. Henry Louis Gates Jr. arrested. At his house – Oh Henry. Oh Police Officer. Cooler heads should have prevailed probably on all ends. A neighbor called about a possible break in at the home. The front door was stuck, some say there were friends with Professor Gates and they were getting the door unstuck. [...]
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GM emerges from Bankruptcy
1. After 40 days and 40 nights… GM comes outta Bankruptcy - The financial flood is over (not really) for what was once the largest corporation in the world. But the feds still own 60% of GM, so… the Chevy/Cadillac/Buick/GMC Ark is still very much resting on the Mt. Ararat shoulders of Uncle Sam. (From [...]
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Goodnight G.M. Here’s to a better morning.
1. General Motors Files for Bankruptcy – It’s not often that the unthinkable and inevitable are one in the same. G.M. Filed for bankruptcy on the morning of June 1st 2009. My first car was a K-5 Blazer built in Flint Michigan. I still have it. The body has long since been destroyed by rust [...]
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Pelosi: The CIA and Bush Administration lied to me
1. Speaker Pelosi fires back - The CIA says they told her about waterboarding in 2002. She insists that they did not. Somebody’s lying, and is it possible that everyone is? Bonus: Article draws the parallel between Cheney and the extreme right, and Pelosi and the extreme left. Dead on accurate if you ask me. [...]
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Did the US torture pigs in Mexico?
1. Swine Flu… potential pandemic or much a do about nothing? – One thing’s for sure. Any flu virus that combines genetic material from humans, pigs, and birds… ain’t “nothing.” (From Global Post)
2. Still no Sec. of Health and Human Services - Or a Surgeon General, or a head
of the CDC. We could really use [...]
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April Fools. Conficker doesn’t do anything. Yet.
1. Conficker Worm activates, doesn’t do anything – Yet. This thing and its infected computers started scanning 50-thousand websites for instructions. But, it hasn’t done anything destructive yet. Standby…
(From the London Mail)
2. Sen. Ted Stevens Charges, are DROPPED?? - Misconduct by the prosecution has apparently made this thing a mess.
(From Talking Points Memo)
3. Obama Nominees [...]
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Newsflash: American Cars aren’t awful
1. So Maybe American Cars don’t stink? – Jim Harbour explained on NPR this morning that the Big Three U.S. Automakers are now cranking out cars that are just as “good” as Toyotas, Hondas, and Nissans. Or as he puts it, Niss-ans. But yeah, good luck changing the public perception of American Automobiles. He also [...]
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Sayonara Mr. Wagoner
1. GM’s CEO steps down, because, well the President asked him to - You know you work for a HUGE company when the only guy who can really get your resignation out of you is the President of the United States. So now what? Some are calling GM’s Rick Wagoner a scape goat, some say [...]
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Stocks take another hit
1. Stocks thrown down a flight of stairs – Dow loses -281.4 Ends up at 6594.44. GM warns of bankruptcy, Citi shares cost around a buck… eesh. (From Bloomberg)
1.5 Speaking of GM… what about Bankruptcy? – Would it really be that bad? (From Marketwatch)
2. CA Supreme Court likely to uphold ban on Gay Marriage – [...]
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American Automakers want $14 Billion More
1. GM and Chrysler want/need $14 Billion More – Price tag for saving the US Automakers now jumps to $39 Billion. GM Also promises to cut brands like Saturn and Pontiac. Which is too bad because the Pontiac Solstice could easily be the best looking American Made car on the market. (From the NY Times)
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Laura Bush and Newt Gingrich endorse Obama Speech to Schoolkids