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Our only 20 billion dollar man, Sheldon Adelson, whose fortune proceeds from the Las Vegas Sands empire, a generous contributor to right wing causes in his own right, such as the Senate Republican Coalition and Freedom Watch, would certainly have something to do with a Netanyahu election victory.
correction, should read: Our OWN 20 billion dollar man, Sheldon Adelson...
If elected president, from his explanation of what he did in New York, Giuliani is going to cut taxes 43 times.
Last summer, when the Senate began committee debates about closing loopholes which permit Private Equity Fund partners to pay capital gain tax rates on income from businesses they manage instead of ordinary income tax rates as normal investment banks like Goldman Sachs do, Senator Schumer, who is quite sensitive to his local constutuency of Private Equity partners, was said to oppose the change.
Feinstein is the Joan Rivers of the Senate: plastic surgeons have begun mining her gray matter for new material.
I'm sure it's a very nice vehicle, but since I've the option of public transportation, I'll continue staring (off into space, of course) reading or standing, as I ride off to work, or wherever.
I was a tot during the sixties, when magazines like Time, Newsweek and Foreign Affairs illustrated predictions of skies soon to be streaked with jet pack commuters, so quite frankly, I don't find the idea of this smart car, stimulating.
America can stop nursing its drinks after the Bush administration, because former nurse, Judy, who nursed hubby Rudy back to robust health after his prostate cancer, is ready to pull the same trick for the heartland, and perhaps fulfil a stray Nurse Fantasy or two, for those in our nation who might entertain them.
If memory serves, in the article General Petraeus wrote for the Washington Post a few years back about his experience training the Iraqui Army, he claimed that if it hadn't been for Kerik's expertise, whose assignment from President Bush dovetailed with that of Petraeus, the Iraqui fighting forces would not have achieved such a high level of military cohesiveness.
The candidate is supposed to get raped by TV's Joe Franklin.
I myself find Ms Clinton high handed but I still think your Oprah post is your best.
Given the fact that Palestinians were forced from their land by the newly created citizens of the state of Israel, JPincus' statement:
"when the Arabs have so much land, no strong cultural or religious ties to the Jewish land, and plenty of ways to end the conflict tomorrow if they so wished to do so."
is truly stupid. Palestinian land became Israeli land by decree, but Palestinian cultural ties to the land weren't cut by decree.
So that they can end the conflict, tomorrow.
Keen political observer and esteemed newsman Schieffer was the first to point out that Al Gore was disqualified for our nation's highest honor because folks despised the idea of sitting down to chew the fat with him over a beer. However, we later learned that perhaps we had actually been misled by the media, because the fact was, Bush could not sit down and drink a beer with Americans, because he has a recovering alcoholic.
The question is not which Republican would have been willing to vote for Bush's impeachment but rather, which Democrat had the courage to bring articles of impeachment against Bush. Obviously, Congress is not a place for a man with courage. Spending time with Sen. Bob Bennett of Utah or Oklahoma Sen. Inohofe is hardly government service.
This article sure brings back memories. People look at First Lady Laura Bush today and see a classy, top drawer lady, yet admitedly, somewhat worse for the wear. However, almost 8 years ago, under similar circumstance described by the author, Laura was quite the charmer, and had that same quality Michelle now exhibits for transmitting 'real spitfirenes.' By way I'll never forgot the story she told my organization, Young Americans for Freedom, about how she met George for the first time.
She was still a 'miss' back then of course, working the information desk at the Main branch of the Midland libary, when a young man dressed in a cowboy hat, boots and spurs, swaggering in a somewhat exagerated manner, to her post. She soon noticed that he was carrying a pint bottle in a paper bag, and on closer inspection, she was able to make out the "Four Roses" logo, so she knew he'd been drinking bourbon. She was surprised by his request. He was looking for a copy of "Le Petit Prince," which she could not honor. Naturally, she told him "Mister, you're just going to have to march your drink out the libary this minute on account of there's no drinking allowed." Once again, she was taken aback by Bush's words, when he said he'd be happy to do so, but would the little lady oblige him by being his date at the Midland High School Football game that night. He'd pick her up at 5:30 after work because some buddies of his were throwing a tailgate party just before the game. Laura said she accepted the invitation, and a roomfull of Young Americans for Freedom erupted in boisterous applause.
If a violent dirtbag breaks into the Romney home and tries to have his way with Mitt's old lady, Josh had better be sleeping with his Mom, because as we learned in the debate last night, he's the man with the guns.
Sanctuary City. Sanctuary Mansion. If Romney had been faster on his feet, he would have responded to Giuliani's "sanctuary mansion" shot by bringing up Rudy's "love sanctuary," in which Rudy kitted out the city's "Emergency Command Center" in the 2nd World Trade Tower with a water bed and embroidered sheets and towels for his horn toad trysts. Mitt could have explained to the TV audience that just days before 9/11, while Rudy's estranged wife, Donna Hanover, was preparing for her lead role in the "Vagina Monologues," Rudy was doing Judy Nathan, his future wife.
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
Once seen as a lunatic fringe, reactionary anti-women groups are courting respectability
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