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steel will
"Bush's measures are new taxes on American consumers -- approaching $1 billion annually just on purchasers of cars and trucks -- and are purely political measures. Think of them as an $8 billion contribution coerced from manufacturers and consumers of steel products, for the benefit of about six Republican congressional candidates in steel-producing districts, and for Bush's reelection campaign."
deficit spending
study of headlines about marijuana study highlights deficit in mentalities. we are absolutely positive that these findings are conclusively inconclusive. wait, what was i talking about again?
green machine
ang lee goes from bruce lee to stan lee with his next movie.
gone fishin'
"The Left Bank Cafe is for sale. The Left Bank has a rich history and holds an important place in the Downeast community. The Left Bank is an institution that has brought world class music, international cuisine, and a warm cafe atmosphere to the far reaches of Maine's rugged coast."
master classes
american masters series
monitor merrymaking
"The publisher of The Tyndall Report, a newsletter that monitors television news, discusses his organization's NewsHour- commissioned study of cable news network content."
via pbs cablenews report
dab-aholics
"The Big Secret might, however, be that the highest levels of the Bush Administration knew during the summer of 2001 that the largest bankruptcy in history was imminent? Or it might be that Enron and the White House were working closely with the Taliban only weeks before the Sept. 11 attack. Was a deal in Afghanistan part of a desperate last-ditch "end run" to bail out Enron? Here's a tip for Congressional investigators and federal prosecutors: Start by looking at the India deal. Closely."
why-fi
"March 5, 2002 | You'd think there'd be enough laptop-toting yuppies around to fill a Starbucks in San Francisco. It's been months since the chain equipped 50 of its stores in the area with high-speed wireless Internet access. But a tour of both Starbucks and independent coffeehouses served by the separate Surf and Sip Network uncovers a disheartening trend: Even at the spacious Brickhouse Café, newly renovated in the heart of Multimedia Gulch, I'm the only one logged on to a high-speed connection that costs hundreds of dollars a month to operate."
live evil
"Why the "War on Terror" Won't Work"
forever hold your peace
"Today, despite the criticism Lott and Davis have received, several pundits are keeping up the attack. Here's what pundit Robert Novak said on CNN's "Crossfire" Friday:
"Barbara Krull sends me an e-mail saying, 'It is patriotic to debate foreign policy, especially when we have troops on the ground whose lives depend on our making sound policy.' Barbara, it was people like you who undermined our forces in the Vietnam War and brought Communist tyranny to a country that doesn't deserve it."