Group Think, Duct Tape and Slam Dunks
Month: September 2010
Delaware Senate Candidate Christine O’Donnell on Politically Incorrect ~ 1998
Allegations of a checkered financial past were not enough to keep Christine O’Donnell from a surprise victory in Tuesday’s Republican Senate primary in Delaware. But as the Tea-Party-backed candidate enters the general election and the national spotlight, the trickle of accusations, from unpaid student debts and income taxes to IRS liens and improperly used campaign […]
MoreFrom One Politico to Another
Caroline Palmer Broadcasting and Cable February 15, 2007 Mike Allen, chief political correspondent for Politico.com, the new online/print publication from TV station/cable news channel owner Allbritton, got a plug from an affable President George W. Bush. In the President’s press conference Wednesday, he stopped Allen, former Time magazine White House correspondent, in mid train of […]
MoreHigh Fructose Corn Syrup Trying To Change Name To “Corn Sugar”
By EMILY FREDRIX, AP NEW YORK – The makers of high fructose corn syrup want to sweeten its image with a new name: corn sugar. The Corn Refiners Association applied Tuesday to the federal government for permission to use the name on food labels. The group hopes a new name will ease confusion about the […]
MoreChristopher Dodd Still Trying To Block Elizabeth Warren
Obama May Name Warren as Interim Consumer Agency Head By Hans Nichols and Lorraine Woellert – Sep 14, 2010 President Barack Obama may appoint Elizabeth Warren, the Harvard law professor who scolded U.S. banks while overseeing their bailout, as the interim head of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as early as this week, according […]
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