Op-Ed Contributor - Dear A.I.G., I Quit! - NYTimes.com

The following is a letter sent on Tuesday by Jake DeSantis, an executive vice president of the American International Group's financial products unit, to Edward M. Liddy, the chief executive of A.I.G.

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Senator Gregg and the Princes Of Anarchy - TIME

"The odds that the American Treasury will not be able to sell debt are still relatively low.

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A minority gets to hold the state hostage - "California"

We're one of only three states that require two-thirds of the Legislature to pass a budget. The others, Rhode Island and Arkansas, are less populous than San Diego County. America's largest and most diverse state needs a better model.

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Good reasons to keep the supermajority vote - in California

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Listening to President Double Talk

To those who believe that Barack Obama is a different kind of politician – more honest, more courageous – please don't examine his administration's budget. If you do, you may sadly conclude that he resembles presidents stretching back to John Kennedy in one crucial respect.

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Unlucky or Unwise, Some Owners Are Left Out of Plan - NYTimes.com

This is an example of how good people are being left out from Gov't support because this bailout is patently unfair. We need a Mortgage solution that is a "Square Deal". All Amercican are affected why should only the "risky class" get a sweet deal?

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Senate approves resolution opposing Proposition 8 | L.A. Now | Los Angeles Times

"Californians have spoken. They have spoken a couple of times," said Sen. George Runner (R-Lancaster). "I guess I don't see the California citizens, who I believe thoughtfully went to their voting places, as participating in mob rule."

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Al Jazeera English - Americas - US to boycott UN racism conference

he United States has decided to boycott an upcoming UN conference on racism unless its final document is changed to drop all references to Israel.

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FOXNews.com - Apple's iPhone Flops in Japan, Now Sold for Free - Science News | Science & Technology | Technology News

I travel to japan a few times a year I have to do an informal survey.

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Front Row Washington » Blog Archive » Who speaks for the Republican Party? | Blogs |

WASHINGTON - For Americans United for Change, the left-leaning political action group that worked to defeat President George W. Bush's Social Security private accounts proposal, it's conservative radio commentator Rush Limbaugh.

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Newsmax.com - Recount 'Fatally Flawed", Coleman Team Warns

en. Norm Coleman's legal team is charging that the Minnesota senate race election will be "fatally flawed" if the three-judge panel reviewing it doesn't toss out 300 ballots thought to favor Democratic challenger Al Franken.

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Newsmax.com - Poll: Obama Popularity Lags Bush After First Month

he media may be smitten with President Barack Obama, but recent Gallup poll results show Americans giving the new president lower marks after one month in the White House than former President George W. Bush earned at the same point in his administration.

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Oklahoma Sen. James Inhofe on Spendulous Bill

Oklahoma Sen. James Inhofe tells Newsmax TV that only seven percent of the so-called "stimulus" package, "the largest spending bill in the history of the world" is actually stimulus while the rest is new government spending. He notes it gives tax money to people who pay no taxes.

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Two Obama Cabinet Members Added Earmarks to Omnibus Spending Bill - First 100 Days of Presidency - Politics FOXNews.com

Labor Sec. Hilda Solis and Transportation Sec. Ray LaHood are two of several ex-lawmakers whose districts will enjoy the fruits of their earmarks in the 2009 omnibus spending bill nearing passage in the House.

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Democrat Blue Dogs Fewer in Number, But Stronger in Bite

6 of 49 voted against the Spendulous Bill. Who are the real Blue Dogs?

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Obama's Words on Home Aid Ring Hollow?...Fact Check

President Barack Obama knows Americans are unhappy that the government could rescue people who bought mansions beyond their means. But his assurance Tuesday night that only the deserving will get help rang hollow.

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Ammiano wants to make marijuana legal in California

California would become the first state in the nation to legalize marijuana for recreational use under a bill introduced Monday by Assemblyman Tom Ammiano of San Francisco. IMAGES View More Images VIDEO View Larger Size MORE NEWS

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Will President Obama meet the fate of President Hoover?

See any SImilarities? The consensus among historians is that Hoover's defeat in the 1932 election was caused primarily by failure to end the downward spiral into deep Depression, compounded by popular opposition to prohibition.

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President OBAMA the New HOOVER?

The consensus among historians is that Hoover's defeat in the 1932 election was caused primarily by failure to end the downward spiral into deep Depression, compounded by popular opposition to prohibition.

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Time for a convention to fix the Constitution

CA Citizens have a chance get ride of all state politicians and start with a clean slate.

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Obama stimulus: More old school fix-ups, less New Deal grandeur - Los Angeles Times

FDR left a legacy of engineering marvels that still adorn the landscape: the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, the Grand Coulee Dam in Washington state, and New York's LaGuardia Airport and Triborough Bridge among them.

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Governors Hope to Guide Spending of Stimulus Funds - washingtonpost.com

But governors of both political parties said in interviews yesterday that the Obama administration should give states flexibility to make smart investments in education, health care and transportation.

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Schwarzenegger defends taxes, applauds stimulus - Los Angeles Times

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Obama defends Bush-era secrets - Josh Gerstein - Politico.com

President Obama's administration is moving aggressively to protect what the government insists are "state secrets" from a Bush-era wiretapping program.......Attorney General Eric Holder promised during the confirmation process to conduct a review of the Bush administration …

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Under Tight Security, Iraqis Vote on Almost Violence-Free Election Day - NYTimes.com

DAD — Iraqis voted on Saturday for local representatives, on an almost violence-free election day aimed at creating provincial councils that more closely represent Iraq's ethnic, sectarian and tribal balance.

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