I believe autoworkers should find the name of the god to whom
Nardelli, Wagoner and Mulally pray.
It is obvious that god knows how to shower followers with good fortune.
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Detroit Churches Pray for ‘God’s Bailout’
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PRAYING FOR A MIRACLE
S.U.V.’s sat on the altar of Greater Grace Temple, a Pentecostal church in Detroit, as congregants prayed to […]
AP IMPACT: US diluted loan rules before crash
By MATT APUZZO – 14 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Bush administration backed off proposed crackdowns on no-money-down, interest-only mortgages years before the economy collapsed, buckling to pressure from some of the same banks that have now failed. It ignored remarkably prescient warnings that foretold the financial meltdown, […]
ABC NEWS
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College Presidents Cashing In, Study Says
Dozens of Presidents at Public Universities Reel In More Than $500K, Despite General Shortage of Funds
By JOEL SIEGEL
Nov. 17, 2008
The number of college and university presidents taking home eye-popping paychecks continues to climb even as more and more students have trouble paying their tuition bills.
Fifty-nine presidents of public universities […]
From Times Online
November 5, 2008
World press reaction to Barack Obama’s victory
Paris, several international newspapers’ frontpages, the day after the victory of Democrat Barack Obama in US presidential election
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Headlines proclaiming Obama’s victory at an international newsstand in Paris
Kaya Burgess and Jenny Booth (Jacques Demarthon/AFP/Getty Images)
France
An editorial in the national daily Le Monde proclaims “Obama’s victory ushers […]
Bachmann tried to undo the damage. Appearing on WCCO (Minneapolis’ local CBS affiliate), Bachmann denied she ever called Barack Obama’s views “anti-American”:
HOST: You do feel his [Obama’s] views are anti-American?
BACHMANN: I feel his views are concerning. I’m calling on the media to investigate them. I’m not saying that his views are anti-American. That was a […]
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
Sept. 3
Warning for College Student Voters
Last week, Virginia’s Montgomery County, home to Virginia Tech, issued a press release regarding proper protocol for college students registering to vote. In interviews with Inside Higher Ed Tuesday, it was described by turns as “unsubstantiated,” “chilling,” and (more generously) as not “incredibly encouraging or friendly.”
It reads, in […]
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From the August 20 broadcast of Premiere Radio Networks’ The Rush Limbaugh Show:
Obama’s patriotism is not being attacked in an ad. McCain’s just out there saying he’s putting his own personal political ambition ahead of the country’s. It’s — you know, it’s just — it’s just we can’t hit the girl. I don’t care how […]
As of 8:13 a.m. EDT
• Russian president says troop pullback to begin Monday
• French president Sarkozy demands Russia comply with truce
• Obama and McCain compete for evangelical vote ‘08 race
• Visitors asked to leave Florida Keys ahead of tropical storm
• 37 die in Afghan four-hour gunbattle amid surging violence
• Mummified remains identified from 1948 plane crash in Alaska
• Ellen DeGeneres marries […]
Mukasey: No prosecutions in Justice hiring scandal
By MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press Writer 16 minutes ago
NEW YORK - No criminal prosecutions are planned for former Justice Department officials accused of allowing politics to influence the hiring of prosecutors, immigration judges and other career government lawyers, Attorney General Michael Mukasey said Tuesday.
Mukasey used his sharpest words yet […]