Obama faces stimulus clash with pork risk and reform calls
The piece argues a massive stimulus may become pork-laden and urges a leaner plan. It endorses quick targeted aid, public private infrastructure partnerships, regulatory relief, and tax reforms to spur private investment and sustainable growth. It cautions against debt financed by taxation, borrowing, or printing money.
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Barack Obama
Joe Biden
U.S. Conference of Mayors
Congress
Alice Rivlin
Clinton
Sarbanes-Oxley
Hello
Madoff
Detroit
Obama
Lawmakers and Federal Officials Contact Details Listed
The record lists contact information for U S Representative Mike Conaway of Midland and Senators John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchison. It includes office addresses in Washington D C and local offices in Odessa and Midland, with phone numbers and email or contact forms.
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U.S
Mike Conaway
Midland
Cannon House
Washington
D.C
Fox
W. Eighth St
Odessa
Desta Drive
Conaway
House
John Cornyn
Hart Senate
Washington, D.C
Cornyn
Senate
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Russell Senate
Hutchison
Let Peace Begin With Me Editorial Stance
Laura Dennis and Ken Brodnax present an editorial page pledge asserting freedom as self control and a moral gift from God. They argue true freedom comes from personal restraint, aligning with the Coveting Commandment, the Golden Rule, and the Declaration of Independence.
Global democracy under pressure in a turbulent year
A 2008 snapshot shows democracy facing economic strain and political pushback worldwide. From China’s Olympics and rights crackdown to Putin’s power move in Russia and Musharraf’s fall in Pakistan, leaders confront coups, protests, and contested elections. Zimbabwe’s power sharing. Ghana’s peaceful transfers. Fidel Castro’s departure. Hugo Chavez’s bid for 2050.
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Beijing
China
Michael Phelps
Human Rights Watch
Hu Jia
Sakharov
Soviet Union
Andrei Sakharov
Vladimir Putin
Putin
Georgia
Mikheil Saakashvili
Russia
Pakistan
Pervez Musharraf
Benazir Bhutto
Afghanistan
Mike McConnell
U.S
National Intelligence
Hamid Karzai
Bangkok
Democrat Party
Guinea
Lansana Conte
Zimbabwe
Robert Mugabe
Ghana
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Hugo Chavez
Chavez
Year in Review Satire From a Southern Libertarian
Byron Hart skewers 2008 politics with sarcasm about Bush, Clinton, Obama, Palin and other figures. The column riffs on shoes, dramedy, taxes, scandals, and media excess, ending with Hart’s satirical self description and contact.
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Byron Hart
Bush
Iraq
Bill Clinton
Hillary
Arkansas
Barack Obama
U.S
Cuba
Miami Beach
Jamie Lynn Spears
Britney
Sarah Palin
Nanachinan
Mercy Outreach Hosts Third New Year Dinner Gala Event
Mercy Trips Healthcare Outreach organized its third annual New Year’s Eve dinner and dance to support health care professionals involved in 2009 medical mission trips to Kanginima and Uganda. The notice invites reader feedback via email, encouraging positive and negative comments and asking for ideas.
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Mercy
Kanginima
Uganda
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CTC
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Oapa
Freedom Bees
Patrick Canty
Publisher
Laura Dennis
Ken Brodnax
Stephen Chapman
Freedomhouse.org
Chapman
The
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Jimmy Margulies
Margulies
Siwman
Democratic Party
Eliot Spitzer
Mercedes
Kitty
Crystal
KiKi
New York City
America
New York
Wurouwis
Caroline Kennedy
Ted Kennedy
Oprah
Hart
RevRonlo
Aol.com
Freedom.com
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