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QUOTE(Rex Kicka** @ Sep 12, 2007 -> 09:38 AM) Didn't Russia suspend shipments to Iran of nuclear producing equipment and material under the guise of "nonpayment?" I believe that was worked out.

http://www.cultureandmediainstitute.org/ar...0913180857.aspx What does this turd object to?

I remember reading a statistic that said over 50% of the state budget will go towards paying state pensions by 2050. IIRC.. This system is flawed. Do not expect lawmakers to change the gravy train.. Why isn't there one pension system? Why can Beavers get a pension from CPD, then become an alderman, and get a city pension, then become a Cook Co. Board Member, and get a pension from the county. INSANE. How about George Ryan, he retired with four different pensions. Does anyone here think Cook County is efficient with 26000 employees? I remeber going to the county building to get a marriage license. There was a serpentine line with ropes. Nobody but me and my then fiancee in line. I walked up to the window to apply for the license and the woman told me I had to wait in line.( I was the only one there). After taking my application she told me to procede to another window to pay for the license. When i got to that window I had to wait for the woman to finish eating her food. As Beavers said, "The payroll is already cut to the bone". LMAO.

Real reform would include reforming the cushy union contracts and pensions that are not only ruining the CTA but also the state budget and county budget. These people should have to pay for their healthcare like everyone else. Retired CTA workers get 100% healthcare for their entire families for life. Major problem.

Rahm Emanuel, Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, excoriated President Bush for comparing Iraq's Parliament favorably to our Congress, while in Australia: It has long been the custom that members of Congress do not go overseas and criticize the president — that partisanship ends at the water’s edge. But reading today’s accounts of the President’s remarks in Australia, it is clear he has a different view. Methinks Rahmmy has one more person to whine about. Meanwhile, Dennis Kucinich is in the Middle East: "US Democratic hopeful Kucinich meets Assad, blasts Bush": Kucinich, a strong anti-war opponent who trails far in the US presidential polls, also said he won't visit Iraq on his trip to the region because he considers the US military deployment there illegal. "I feel the United States is engaging in an illegal occupation ... I don't want to bless that occupation with my presence," he said in an interview in Lebanon, after visiting Syria. "I will not do it." Kucinich, who accused the Bush administration of policies that have destabilized the Mideast, met with Syrian President Bashar Assad during his visit to Damascus. He said Assad was receptive to his ideas of "strength through peace Pathetic.

Seems like Hillart needs a calculator to help her add up the dirty money she received from Mr. Hsu. UPDATE: Added link to the Los Angeles Times story with the donation amounts that the New York Times failed to report. Here are the excerpts: The Paws -- seven adults, most of whom live together in a small house near San Francisco International Airport -- apparently had never donated to national candidates until 2004. Over a three-year period, they gave $213,000, including $55,000 to Clinton and $14,000 to candidates for state-level offices in New York. ... Danny Lee, a manager at the packaging firm, has given $95,000 to federal Democratic campaigns -- $19,500 of which went to Clinton. Yu Fen Huang, who shares a New York house with Lee, has given $52,200 to Democrats, $8,800 to Clinton. Soe Lee has contributed $54,000 to Democrats, $8,800 to Clinton. The amounts add up to $92,100 going directly to Clinton. She's giving up $23,000 Probably just an oversight.

Kind of why I moved out of Berwyn. The neighbors thought my front lawn was an oil filter recycling dump. Not to mention the beer bottles and wonderful music blaring at all hours of the day and night. I need not digress anymore. I drive through the town now and again and I cannot believe how bad it looks.

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Aug 23, 2007 -> 10:06 AM) Does anyone know what it would signify if a company announced a repurchase program for their shares? is this healthy? or is this a sign of a bad economic future? The short term benefit is a higher stock price. BUT, the companies do not have to follow through with the re-purchases. These are only announcements to re-purchase stock, not actual re-purchasing itself.

QUOTE(Steff @ Aug 24, 2007 -> 09:02 AM) Umm.. they let her leave the church. Arrive at the airport. Wait in line. Fly to California. Claim her luggage. Then they approached her. I can see why they didn't go after her at the church while her son was around - and even that's debatable since her son made a few trips to DC to meet the prez over this. But for them to say they couldn't get her before this is complete bulls***. Gas prices. Shorter drive to Tijajuana from L.A. than from Chicago

Did anyone read Dennis Byrne in the Chicago Tribune. Pretty good piece. Where is the outrage over the steel plants pollution of the Lake. How about the city of Chicago's polluting of the River system. BP is not even in the same ball park as these two but they are an easy target because they are the evil oil company..

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Aug 16, 2007 -> 12:47 PM) It's getting plenty of press. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20280389/ http://money.cnn.com/2007/08/16/markets/ma...dex.htm?cnn=yes http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/moneym...ymag/index.html http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070816/ap_on_...meZtY55P39v24cA LOL.

This guy should be in general pop. while awaiting trial. Then we could all save some time and money because he probably wouldn't make it to trial.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Aug 14, 2007 -> 11:23 AM) They would have been so much happier if they had been murdered by an honest to goodness US citizen. Just like the DC sniper victims and Oklahoma City victims. Criminals are criminals and animals are animals. What does that have to do with this story? They wouldn't be dead if the illegal sh**bag was not in the country would he? Tell the family that Tex. I'm sure they'll feel better.

Add three more victims to the illegal murder list. Its a great country isn't it? Illegal kills our citizens after twice receiving bail for two previous crimes. God forbid you ask someone to show proof of residency. Ask the five year old this sick f*** raped. Ask the parents of these three people who were murdered if they care about this a******* rights. We must be sensitive to illegals' rights. Sanctuary country is what we are people. New Jersey should fry this guy ..yesterday.

Hey Nuke any thoughts on the story in TNR about your fellow soldiers? It turns out the soldier was lying about the events portrayed in TNR.

Will THE NEW REPUBLIC issue an apology for publishing lies,(2nd time caught), about U.S.troops in IRAQ? Will the MSM cover the story? Will Olbermann cover the story? I think we know the answers to these questions.

The Fed cannot lower rates without further destroying the dollar. It will be a shift in language only IMHO. Inflation not as important as the credit crisis.

http://public.cq.com/docs/cqt/news110-000002566387.html. Bi-partisan enough for you.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 6, 2007 -> 09:00 AM) I so dislike the DJIA as a measure of the markets. I really wish they'd focus more on the 500, as well as the Russell. I would feel better if the S&P 500 hit 1400 and then reversed. Maybe even 1370. 1400 being a full reversal from the July high, and 1370 being long term trend line dating to 2002. But, that's just my opinion .

Faced with a clear example of vote fraud, the House has agreed to investigate .. itself. The day after Democratic leadership in the House attempted to nullify a completed floor vote, the Majority Leader had to issue an apology and agree to an extraordinary bipartisan panel to probe the actions of House leadership: The House last night unanimously agreed to create a special select committee, with subpoena powers, to investigate Republican allegations that Democratic leaders had stolen a victory from the House GOP on a parliamentary vote late Thursday night. The move capped a remarkable day that started with Republicans marching out of the House in protest near midnight Thursday, was punctuated by partisan bickering, and ended with Democratic hopes for a final legislative rush fading. Even a temporary blackout of the House chamber's vote tally board led to suspicions and accusations of skullduggery. While Democratic leaders hoped to leave for their August recess on a wave of legislative successes, the House instead slowed to an acrimonious crawl that threatened to stretch the legislative session into next week. The agreement to form a special committee was extraordinary. Such powerful investigative committees are usually reserved for issues such as the Watergate scandal and the funneling of profits from Iranian arms sales to the Nicaraguan contras in the 1980s. "I don't know when something like this has happened before," said House deputy historian Fred W. Beuttler. He called the decision "incredible." It started when Democrats gaveled a vote to a close on a bill that would have prevented federal aid going to illegal immigrants. The Democrats insisted that the vote had been a tie, 214-214, but C-SPAN showed the vote as 215-213 for the Republicans. The Democrats tried to keep the vote from the record, and then belatedly reported it as a 216-212 loss for the GOP. Republicans erupted in outrage. Democrats had earlier in this session changed the previous rules allowing votes to remain open at the discretion of the president of the session, a practice they called unfair while in the minority. Instead, Republicans charged, they simply disregarded the result of a vote and replaced it with their own desires -- a highly dangerous precedent that creates dictatorial rule by the majority leadership. If allowed to stand, the incident would eliminate any requirement to actually vote at all in the House. The panel will consist of three Republicans and three Democrats. They have a deadline for an interim report of September 30th of this year, with the final report due a year later -- just before the next elections. In the meantime, the GOP wants the vote to return to its gavelled result. If they do not get that, the Republicans will likely embark on a series of parliamentary manuevers that will keep House leadership from accomplishing any of their top agenda items. After all, the Republicans have nothing to lose as long as Nancy Pelosi disregards the results of legitimate votes and rules by decree instead.

Het how about the Dems committing vote fraud in the House on Thurs. night. I'm glad they are upholding their pledge for a new way to do business, i.e. ehtics.

Minnesota and Wisconsin both have over 50% adult enrollment in their respective programs. If any of you think this program will stay on budget or under budget I want what your smoking. Once expanded, its never going to regress.

New York wants the eligibility to be 84000 for a family of four. some hardship. I know states make their own guidelines, but who subsidizes the states?

I think Bush should hold a state dinner for Libby in the near future.

I am taking up a collection for hankies to send to Schumer and Durbin who will be crying for awhile over this. I think this is better than Bush giving them the finger. Special prosecutors tend to waste a lot of money. Walsh, Starr etc...