Fragmented 2009 Almanac Clutter Recounts Notable Dates
A jumbled snippet lists historical markers from 1815 Napoleon to Imelda Marcos with odd names and misprints. It mentions Sean Astin and Sally Jessy Raphael, plus stray notes on the moon phase between February 24 and March 4.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
France
Niselle
Elba
Escoe
Imelda
Pierre-Auguste
John Foster Des
Eee Pweng
Puocieren
Sally Jessy Raphael
Sean Astin
John Foster Dulles
Imelda Marcos
New Moon
Debunking the entitlements debate and health care costs
Marie Cocco urges scrapping the term entitlement reform and argues Social Security is financially sound for decades while Medicare and Medicaid reflect a broader health care cost issue. She critiques Obama’s push for fixes, cites independent studies, and calls for a truth commission rather than an entitlement panel.
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Washington
Obama
Nancy Altman
Alan Greenspan
Kaiser Family Foundation
Banks in Crisis Urge Full Disclosure on Stress Tests
Washington column argues that the Obama administration must release a complete, unbowdlerized report on bank stress tests to restore trust. It warns that secrecy risks freezing capital at risk banks and suggests nationalization or a clean break from past policy as possible paths.
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Washington
George W. Bush
Obama
U.S
Citigroup
Bank of America
Bernard Madoff
Allen Stanford
Treasury
Timothy Geithner
Wall Street
Never drop the baton of hard work and responsibility
Cal Thomas warns that the generation has abandoned old values of hard work and personal responsibility. He argues government now rewards failure and promises more help, urging a return to self reliance and merit in the face of rising taxation and regulation.
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Dad
Ric Edelman
Edelman
Obama
John F. Kennedy
Clinton
Bill Clinton
Sky Mall
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Garry Trudeau
FIN
Marie Cocco
Eugene Robinson
Eugenerobinson
Washpost.com
Cal Thomas
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