Gordon Brown triggers row with John McCain by ‘backing’ Barack Obama
Gordon Brown has triggered a potential row with John McCain, the Republican presidential candidate, after apparently backing Barack Obama – breaking convention not to get involved in foreign elections.
By Robert Winnett, Deputy Political Editor and Tom Leonard
Last Updated: 9:05AM BST 10 Sep 2008
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Oh that’s going to help O with the American people.
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Yeah, I know. A glutton for punishment.
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http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/09/09/obama-attacks-gop-tickets-mantra-of-change/
September 9, 2008, 6:23 pm
Obama Puts Different Twist on Lipstick
Amy Chozick reports on the presidential race from Lebanon, Virginia.
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What’s the difference between a more hopeful kind of politics and old-fashioned attacks? Lipstick.
Barack Obama says the John McCain-Sarah Palin policies don’t represent change, they’re “just calling the same thing something different.”
“You can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig,” Obama said during a town-hall style event here Tuesday night.
The comment played on Republican vice presidential candidate Palin’s joke during the Republican National Convention that the only difference between a pit bull and a hockey mom was lipstick.
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Given my opinion that this race will be “LOST”; not “WON”. It appears that the O campaign is, are, on the erge of stepping on their … … putting it politely … … their tongues. I would have deleted all references to lipsticks and pigs. When I heard this, I said to myself: “Self, He’s really calling the sitting GOvernor of Alaska a pig? Has he lost his mind?”
Yup, I bet that’s what others heard.
Hit her on the issues. Better yet, hit McC on the issues. The O campaign is acting like they are running against the VP candidate.
LOL, it is quite humorous to see these wanna be tyrants rassel for the right to tell people what to do!
Sheeple need the Massa!
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First time I ever saw it. An envelope for the maid. It even had a soft message on the front that went something like: “If you are planning to leave something for the maid and we’re not saying you have to, please use this envelope. Our people are scrupulously honest and any money they find loose in the room will be left there on the table.” What a great idea. Frau and I have decided to make up our own for all future trips.
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During our recent traipse around the countryside (NJ – Hickory – Jax – Cherokee – NJ), we happend to linger at an Indian Casino. I can attest that the ‘house’ was the only one that one in this visit. White men got scalped! Hence, I am revising my thinking about how to play in these.
We did well when we played big in the extremes of denomination (i.e., penny and dollar); in the middle (i.e., nickels and quarters) we had very little winnings.
On Poker, (my initial foray with my hand-written cheat sheet form the inet) I KNOW that you are supposed to hold “a low pair” as the about the sixth place on the list. In my play, I NEVER improved on a low pair. I played a lot of hands. I should have kept a stroke count, but I KNOW I never drew out to trips, two pair, or four. NEVER! I don’t know what the stats are, but NEVER! ZERO, nada, zilch. Either I was the unluckiest bettor known to man. Or those machines were rigged.
I did note that the pay tables on some of the slots were biased against the player (Three red sevens play the same as three any sevens.) And why can’t one take pictures in a casino?
Afraid some one might gather evidence?
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It happened in Church – October 19, 1962
Chapter Ninety – Settle up
It Started In Church – October 19, 1962
http://www.itstartedinchurch.com
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What Management Has Taught Me About Life|
September 9th, 2008 by Michael Miles
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One morning, a gentleman knocks on his son’s door. “Jaime,” he says, “wake up!” Jaime answers, “I don’t want to get up, Papa.” The father shouts, “Get up, you have to go to school.” Jaime says, “I don’t want to go to school.” “Why not?” asks the father. “Three reasons,” says Jaime. “First, because it’s so dull; second, the kids tease me; and third, I hate school.” And the father says,”Well, I am going to give you three reasons why you must go to school. First, because it is your duty; second, because you are forty-five years old, and third, because you are the headmaster!”
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I liked the joke!
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http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080908/D932GH280.html
US government takes on big role in mortgage market
Sep 8, 7:08 AM (ET)
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER and ALAN ZIBEL
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WASHINGTON (AP) – Uncle Sam has just become the 800 pound gorilla in the U.S. mortgage market. The Bush administration’s announced Sunday it was seizing troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) in a bid to help reverse a prolonged housing and credit crisis.
But private analysts worried that it may not be enough to stabilize the slumping housing market given the glut of vacant homes for sale, rising foreclosures, rising unemployment and weak consumer confidence.
Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Economy.com predicted that 30-year mortgage rates, currently averaging 6.35 percent nationwide, could dip to close to 5.5 percent. That’s because investors will be more willing to buy the debt issued by Fannie and Freddie – and at lower rates – since the federal government is now explicitly standing behind that debt.
“Effectively, the federal government has now become the nation’s mortgage lender,” he said. “This takes a major financial threat off the table.”
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Another step towards socialism. What about all the big bonuses that were paid out to the bozo management? Can anyone in DC spell ‘moral hazard’? Aggh!
Taxpayers should be outraged. Where does the 200B$ come from? Yup, you sheeple.
We better demand that they get out of the mortgage business immediately.
Where are the legislators that created this “public private partnership”? Yeah, retired drawing big fat gooferment pensions. And we are left holding the bag!
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http://channel-surfing.blogspot.com/2008/09/real-economy.html
Sunday, September 07, 2008
The real economy
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Forget the stock market. I’m standing in the Stop&Shop and looking at the milk prices: $4.29 a gallon.
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Interesting. Perhaps now you might want to forgo the gooferment’s price supports and price controls on stuff. Remember WashingtonDC’s solution of energy forever by gasohol out of corn. (A political payoff to ADM and the Farm states.) Think that might have some relation to food prices skyrocketing? Feed prices go up with food prices. Cost of milk goes up. Gas and diesel go up so the price of things carried in trucks goes up.
I can’t wait for the gooferment’s solution to “save” us from these problems!
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What’s a woman have to do to please the liberal media?
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