Archive for April, 2008


29
Apr

SAIGON “FELL” TODAY; WHEN WILL BAGHDAD FOLLOW ?

VIETNAM WAR ENDED TODAY WHY? ONE SIDE WON! | CONSUMER CONFIDENCE FALLS AGAIN | CREDIT CARD FEES RISE | FTC WONDERS WHY THEY ALLOWED SO MUCH DECEPTIVE ADVERTISING | OBAMA HAS HAD ENOUGH FROM REVEREND WRIGHT | NBC NEWS CONDEMNS FLUFF, PRACTICES IT | MORE


29
Apr

CREDIT COMPANIES SQUEEZE CONSUMERS AS FTC WHINES AT ITS FAILURE

CONSUMER CONFIDENCE: DOWN AGAIN
NEW YORK - Soaring gas prices and weaker job prospects made Americans gloomier about the economy in April, sending a widely watched measure of consumer sentiment to a five-year low, a private research group said Tuesday.
The New York-based Conference Board said that its Consumer Confidence Index, which had plummeted in March, fell […]


29
Apr

Obama Finally Nixes Reverend Wright: Seeks to Recapture Momentum

DON’T MISS SEEING THIS: MARK FIORE–AMERICA DECIDES NETWORK
OBAMA BREAKS WITH REVEREND WRONG
Hell has no fury like a pastor scorned. How else to explain Reverend Wright’s making himself the center of attention when it was so clear that all this attention was never about him. It was about finding a chink in Obama’s armor/personna and driving […]


29
Apr

NEW LOBBY CRITICAL OF ISRAEL FORMED; $10 A GALLON GAS FEARED

Why Mortgage Industry and Bankers Fear Regulation | More Signs of Showdown with Iran | New Supreme Court Rule May Make It Harder For Voters | MTV Accused of Cheating Staffers | NYCLU Study On NYPD Shows Racial Bias in Pot Busts | The Legacy Of Tom Paine | More, Much More


29
Apr

HOLD ON TO YOUR WALLETS: GAS PRICE MAY CLIMB TO $10 A GALLON

NY SUN: ANALYSTS SAY GAS MAY SOON BE $10 A GALLON
Do you think a temporary relaxation of the gas tax–for the summer–will do much about this?
Get ready for another economic shock of major proportions — a virtual doubling of prices at the gas pump to as much as $10 a gallon.
That’s the message from […]


29
Apr

Can You Believe: RACE INFLUENCES WHO COPS BUST FOR POT?

NYCLU to Release Report Revealing Racial Bias in New York City Marijuana Arrests
Release: Tuesday, the New York Civil Liberties Union will release a detailed 106-page report that analyzes the NYPD’s marijuana arrest practices. The report, an examination of the role race plays in police work, comes just days after three detectives were acquitted for shooting […]

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