Tamny: Have Republicans Finally Woken Up?

March 24, 2009

In a recent New York Times column, David Brooks took the Republicans to task for a “totally misguided” approach to our economic problems that in his view amounts to “no.” While Brooks acknowledges that the various solutions offered up by the Democrats have their shortcomings, to him it is the Republicans who aren’t being serious.

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Obama to GOP: Offer Budget Alternatives

March 24, 2009

WASHINGTON — Gearing up for negotiations with Congress over his proposed budget, President Obama chided Republican lawmakers Monday for opposing his initiatives without offering alternatives. “I do think that the Republican Party right now hasn’t sort of figured out what it’s for,” Obama said in a White House interview with The Courier-Journal and reporters from […]

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Yes, But it's Zogby: Pollster Claims Obama's Rating Around 50-50

March 24, 2009

The honeymoon is over, a national poll will signal today as President Obama’s job approval stumbles to about 50 percent over the lack of improvement with the crippled economy. The sobering numbers come as the president backpedals from two prime-time gaffes – one comparing his bowling score to a Special Olympian and another awkwardly laughing […]

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Tollefson: Should the Obama Conscience Rules Seek to Protect Persons or Provide Benefits?

March 24, 2009

Two recent actions by President Obama throw into sharp relief a tension between the role of the state as a protector of persons and the role of the state as a provider of benefits. First, promising to restore the integrity of science while seeking vast medical benefits for many, President Obama repealed the restrictions set […]

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Rescuers Release Australia's Beached Whales

March 24, 2009

PERTH, Australia (AFP) — Rescuers on Tuesday used trucks and cranes fitted with giant slings in a bid to transport 11 surviving whales from a mass beaching on Australia’s west coast to a safe harbour for release.

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Scheiber: Reading Between the Lines on Geithner Plan

March 24, 2009

So, from where I sit, Geithner’s second pass at explaining his bank plan has already gone much, much better than the first. (Unlike last time, I actually got into this briefing.)

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Sen. Bill Nelson on Obama Budget: We Need to Rework This Whole Thing

March 24, 2009

Sen. Bill Nelson, a member of the Senate Budget Committee, said the Obama budget will have to be revised in light of the latest Congressional Budget Office projections. The Florida Democrat said in an interview on Fox News Channel this morning that “we’re going to have to go back and rework this whole thing, and […]

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Mexico Offers $2 Million Bounty for Key Drug Lords

March 24, 2009

MEXICO CITY (AP) – Mexico’s government on Monday offered up to $2 million each for information leading to the arrest of 24 top drug lords in a public challenge to the cartels’ violent grip on the country. The list indicated that drug gangs have splintered into six main cartels under pressure from the U.S. and […]

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Dallas Police Department Dropping Police Code for Plain English

March 24, 2009

Catch a cop show over the past several decades and these strings of numbers barked over police radios might sound familiar: “1-Adam-12, a 4-15 fight.” …”We have a 9-11. Armed robbery in progress.” Or in the words of the bumbling Barney Fife: “Mayberry Unit No. 1 over and, uh, Roger. Roger. Out and under. 10-40. […]

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Geithner's Solution: Top Five Risks, and a Red Herring

March 24, 2009

As Wall Street takes stock of Geithner’s proposal, “there’s a hornet’s nest of political risk now emanating from Washington.” Some of those risks, according to Ian Bremmer: “Bank rescue fails to attract participation, Ad hoc overregulation, Diminished US global competitiveness, Domestic focus results in lack of global coordination, Fear of the Fed…”

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